Hadith on Responsibility
4 sayings
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Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Be careful of your duty to Allah with respect to His people as well as His places, for verily you will be answerable even for the places [you frequented] and the animals. Obey Allah and do not disobey Him
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 167; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 792 · permalink
Indeed each of you is a shepherd responsible for his own herd. The commander of the people is their shepherd and responsible for his herd, just as a man looks after his household and is responsible for them, and a woman tends to her husband and children and is responsible for them.
Sahih Muslim, no. 1829; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 792 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Every single person is answerable for all that he possesses and all who depend on him
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7254; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 793 · permalink
It has been narrated in Man La Yahzuruhu al-Faqih that a man once came to Imam al-Sadiq (AS) saying, 'I have a neighbour whose slave girls sing and play the lute, and sometimes when I go to the outhouse I take my time there so I may listen to them ? So Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said to him, 'By Allah! Have you not heard the verse of Allah, Mighty and Exalted, [in the Qur'an], "Verily the hearing and the sight and the heart, each of those shall be answerable for it"?![
al-Faqih, v. 1, p. 80, no. 177; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 793 · permalink