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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Whoever has the following characteristics will enjoin the right and forbid the wrong: is knowledgeable about the right and abandons the wrong; is moderate and just concerning what he enjoins as right, and what he forbids as wrong; and behaves according to what he enjoins and/or forbids.”
وقال الصادق (عليه السلام): إنما يأمر بالمعروف وينهى عن المنكر من كانت فيه ثلاث خصال: عالم لما يأمر به، وتارك لما ينهى عنه، عادل فيما يأمر، عادل فيما ينهى، رفيق فيما يأمر، رفيق فيما ينهى.
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