چکیده:
Humility is a virtue in which a person does
not consider himself superior to others, regards others as
better than himself, and is content with his position.
Sometimes ‘humility’ is mistaken for abjectness or
meanness, a quality that is rejected in Islam. Verses in the
Qur’an and hadith provide criteria for virtuous humility;
these criteria distinguish humility from abjectness. In this
article, examples of virtuous humility in some
contemporary great scholars’ conduct have been provided,
and praiseworthy humility referred to in the Holy Qur’an
and hadiths have been introduced and elaborated on
خلاصه ماشینی:
"" Ayatullah Ja’far Subhani also said about Allamah, "As a person who was close to him, and I do not remember him saying anything in order to feign knowledge or proposing anything without being asked about.
" Likewise, a scholar of the Qum seminary narrated, "Once I was praising Allamah’s Qur’anic commentary al-Mizan in his presence, and Allamah told me, ‘Do not praise me for my book because I may feel pleased and as a result lose my sincerity and intention [to gain proximity to God].
In a letter to members of the Iranian Parliament in February of 1981 AD, he wrote: "Those people who are being killed on the frontiers, war-stricken, displaced and living in tents are servants of God. They are superior to us; why do not we care about them?" When Imam Khomeini, who spent his entire life offering various services to Islam and achieving sublime purposes, met the self-sacrificing young people who were heading towards the front lines, in his humbleness told them, "I kiss your hands above which are the hands of God, and I take pride in this kiss.
Allamah Muhammad Taqi Ja’fari Ayatullah Sayyid Rida Burqe’i, a founder of the Office of Dissemination of Islamic Culture related: After publication of some parts of the Commentary on Nahj-ul-Balaghah by Allamah Ja’fari, one day I went to the Office.
In order to identify acceptable instances of humility, it is worthwhile to refer to the conduct of prominent religious scholars and humble people."