زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٢٦ - Hygiene of morality

destroying their causes, and since preventing a disease is mucheasier than curing it, hygiene has a precious importance in the life of individuals and destiny of the societies. On this account, heavy budgets are spent for it.

These two parts exactly exist in moral cases and mentaldiseases. So, we shall avoid occurrence of moral deviations as faras possible, and try for hygiene of morality of ourselves andothers through adopting necessary counsels.

١- Avoiding poisonous and suspicious associations Surely, a lot of moral deviations are caused by association, and just like contagious and epidemic diseases, particularly in cases that mental condition is ready for acceptance of morality of others, due to little age or little knowledge or weak belief and such like, association with immoral individuals is a fatal and noxious poison.

It is seen in a lot of cases that destiny of a man is comp letelychanged due to association and thereby, direction of his life ischanged.

Effects of association in correcting man's personality are sosignificant that it is said for knowing anybody; we shall look athis companion and friend. Imam Ali A. S. says:.

«مَنِ اشْتَبَهَ عَلَيْكُمْ امْرُهُ وَ لَمْ تَعْرِفُوا دِينَهُ فَانْظُرُوا الى‌ خُلَطائِهِ» ..

When you are uncertain about someone and do not know hisreligion, look at his friends.. [١]

The Prophet S. A. says:

«الْمَرْءُ عَلى‌ دِينِ خَلِيلِهِ وَ قَرِينِهِ» ..

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