زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٤٩ - Vigilance and self -examination or studying incentivesand consequences

shall elude such society and environment as we avoid a societytainted with contagious diseases.

Seclusion and dissociation of Abraham A. S. or the People ofCave are instances of such cases.

The speech of Imam Sadegh A. S. to Safian Souri too refers tothis reality. When he said:

«فَسَدَ الزَّمانُ وَ تَغَيَّرَ الْاخْوانُ فَرَأَيْتُ الْانْفِرادَ اسْكَنَ لِلْفُؤادِ» ..

The world is vicious and friends are altered, so I foundseclusion more peaceful.. [١]

This is a reply to most arguments of advocators of seclusion. Also when a man is ill humored and is not able to avoid it, his seclusion for securing people from his ill humor is desirable.

The other point which should be mentioned is that whileass ociating with people, a man should spend some hours of dayand night in seclusion and solitude so that he can think andstudy and have opportunity for a favorite worship and attentionto God, free from any doubt and hypocrisy. Most of the greatmen have had such hours in their daily life schedule, and it ispossible that a part of seclusion traditions refers to the sameconcept.

Thus, the basic principle in man's life is association, whileseclusion and dissociation are exceptional cases.

Vigilance and self -examination or studying incentivesand consequences

Ethic scholars have emphasized in their books on thenecessity of these two principles for acquisition of good moral

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