زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ١٢٩ - Source of formation of society

«انَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيَسْكُنُ الَى الْمُؤْمِنِ كَما يَسْكُنُ الْقَلْبُ الْظَمآنُ الَى الْماءِ الْبارِدِ» ..

The same tranquility, which the thirsty feel when findingwater, the believers feel in solidarity with each other.. [١]

Furthermore, it is inferred from this interpretation that theneed of society's individuals to social life is based on a natural and normal need, without which it is not possible for a man to live.

٠١- It is noteworthy that Islam has never contented to anylimit of social relations, and is continuously trying for makingthese relations more strong and nearer, and proceeds in thispart as far as it says: there should be such a spiritual relationamong the believers that even their bodies are influenced.

Prophet S. A. in a tradition says:.

«الا وَ انَّ وُدَّ الْمُؤْمِنِ مِنْ اعْظَمِ سَبَبِ الْايمانِ ... الا وَ انَّ الْمُؤْمِنَيْنِ اذا تَحابّا فِي اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ تَصافَيا فِي اللَّهِ كانا كَالْجَسَدِ الْواحِدِ اذَا اشْتَكى‌ احَدُهُما مِنْ جَسَدِهِ مَوْضِعاً وَجَدَ الْآخَرُ الَمَ ذلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ» ..

Pay attention that friendship with a believer is one of thegreatest causes of belief, and two believers who make friends with each other for God, become like a body so that when one of them feels discomfort in one part of his body, the other too feels pain in the same part.. [٢]

It is deduced from above tradition that sometimes friendshipand relation of two believers becomes so strong and solid that their bodies are unified, and when one of them feels discomfort in one of the organs of his body, the similar organ will become painful in the body of the other without any special cause. That

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