موجِباتُ الضَّلاَلَةِ Factors that Cause One to Stray (from the Straight Path)

1ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لِكُلِّ ضَلَّةٍ عِلَّةٌ، ولِكُلِّ ناكِثٍ شُبهَةٌ .

1– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘For every misguidance there is a cause, and behind every disloyal act is an obscurity.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 148]
 

2ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ألاَ وإنّ شَرائعَ الدِّينِ واحِدَةٌ، وسُبُلَهُ قاصِدَةٌ، مَن أخَذَ بها لَحِقَ وغَنِمَ، ومَن وَقَفَ عَنها ضَلَّ ونَدِمَ .

2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Know that indeed the paths to religion are one, and its courses lead straight ahead. Whoever follows them attains the objective, and whoever stops, moving away from them, strays and ends up regretful.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 142]
 

3ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اُنظُرُوا أهلَ بَيتِ نَبِيِّكُم فَالْزَمُوا سَمْتَهُم ... لا تَسبِقُوهُم فَتَضِلُّوا، ولا تَتَأخَّرُوا عَنهُم فَتَهلِكُوا .

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Look at the household of your Prophet and adhere to their direction…Do not overtake them, for then you will stray, nor lag behind them lest you fall into ruin.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 97]
 

4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن يَطلُبِ الهِدايَةَ مِن غَيرِ أهلِها يَضِلَّ.

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who seeks guidance from the wrong source goes astray.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7501]