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6ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): المَسؤولُ حُرٌّ حتّى يَعِدَ. |
| 6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘A responsible person is free until he makes a promise.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 336] |
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7ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الوَعدُ أحَدُ الرِّقَّينِ، إنجازُ الوَعدِ أحَدُ العِتقَينِ . |
| 7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The promise is one of two bondages; and fulfilment of the promise is one of the two freedoms.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1646-1647] |
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8ـ أبو الحُمَيساءِ: بايَعتُ النَّبيَّ صلى الله عليه وآله قَبلَ أن يُبعَثَ فَواعَدتُهُ مَكانا فنَسِيتُهُ يَومِيَ والغَدَ، فأتَيتُهُ اليَومَ الثّالثَ ، فقالَ صلىاللهعليهوآله: يافَتى، لَقد شَقَقتَ علَيَّ ، أنا هاهُنا مُنذُ ثلاثةِ أيّامٍ ! |
| 8– Abu al-Humaysa’ said, ‘I pledged allegiance to the Prophet (SAWA) before he set out [for a place], and I had an appointment with him in a particular place, but I forgot that day and the next, so I came to him on the third day, so the Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Young man, you have brought great difficulty to me, I have been waiting here for three days.’[Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 1 p. 57 no. 39] |
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9ـ الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام لِلجَعفريّ: تَدري لِمَ سُمِّيَ إسماعيلُ صادِقَ الوَعدِ؟ قالَ: قلتُ : لا أدري، قالَ : وَعَدَ رجُلاً فجَلَسَ لَهُ حَولاً يَنتَظِرُهُ . |
| 9– Imam al-Rida (AS) said to al-Ja`fari, ‘Do you know why Ishmael was named the one who was true to his promise?’ [He said], ‘I said, ‘No, I do not know.’ He said, ‘He promised to meet a man and he sat waiting for him for one whole year.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 94, no. 10] |
