Chapter 7 - On Prohibited Characteristics

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Just seeing one's enemies engaged in committing sins is enough of a Divine Help for any believer.”

God's Prophet (a.s) said: “Nothing is dearer to God than faith and doing good deeds and abandoning the prohibited things.”

God's Prophet (a.s) said: “Do not point at your friends with your finger. Also do not point at the new moon with your finger.”

God's Prophet (a.s) said: “All the following people were cursed by Muhammad (a.s): Whoever feeds the people with money earned from usury or buys food or drinks for himself with such money, whoever records usury in the books, the two people who witness usury, whoever puts a tattoo on someone, and the woman being tattooed, whoever hunts and whoever guides a hunter.”

Imam Baqir (a.s) said: “Whoever goes to the toilet in a graveyard or urinates standing up or in water; whoever walks with one shoe; or drinks while standing up, or stays alone in a room, or sleeps with greasy hands will be overcome by Satan, and will not be freed until God wills. These are the easiest ways for Satan to overcome man. God's Prophet (a.s) was approaching a desert occupied by Jinns during one of his battles. When they got there, he told his companions to be careful and hold each other's hands when they wanted to cross through it. He instructed them not to cross it alone. One of his companions crossed it alone and got a headache when he got out. When the Prophet heard about him, he took that man's thumb and said: “O' evil! Leave in the Name of God. I am God's Prophet.” The man immediately got well and stood up.

In another tradition we read: “The best time for Satan to overcome one is when he is in one of the states mentioned in tradition no. 1856. Once Satan overcomes one in one of these states, he will not easily let go unless God wills.”

Imam Kazim (a.s) said: “Be afraid of becoming insane if you go to the toilet in a graveyard, or walk with only one shoe, or sleep alone.”

Imam Baqir (a.s) said: “The fastest time for Satan to overcome you is when you sleep alone. None of you must not sleep alone.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Do not quarrel or you might harm your reputation. Do not argue with patient or ignorant people, since patient people will overcome you and ignorant people will humiliate you.”

Imam Baqir (a.s) was questioned about an evil man. They asked: “Should we defame him in public, or should we treat him with patience?” Imam Baqir (a.s) said: “It is better to treat him with patience than to defame him. There is always relief after every difficulty: “Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.” [The Holy Quran: Inshirah 94:6]

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “One who possesses knowledge never talks in vain.”

God's Prophet (a.s) said: “If there is a bad omen in anything, it is in the tongue.”

Luqman advised his son: “O' My son! You will be accused whenever you go to bad places.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Whenever a believer accuses one of his believing brothers, his faith will disappear just as salt dissolves in water.”

The Prophet (a.s) said: “A believer will never be bit through the same hole twice.”

A man went to the Prophet of God (a.s) and asked: “O' Prophet of God! Should I let go of my camel and rely on God, or should I tie it up and rely on God?” The Prophet (a.s) said: “Tie it up and rely on God.”

Imam Baqir (a.s) said: “Follow those who wish you well and make you cry. Do not follow those who fool you and make you laugh. Know that you shall soon appear in front of God.”

Can a slave see the hair of his master if his master is a woman?” He said: “Yes. He can even see her legs.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A castrated man cannot go to Heaven through the intercession of his parents or children.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A castrated man cannot have any children. God does not fulfill his calls to have a child.”

Ali ibn Mahziar asked Imam Kazim (a.s) about a servant his father had purchased. He asked the Imam (a.s): “How is he?” Imam Kazim (a.s) said: “He is castrated. May God damn the castrated people. They are the worst creatures.”

Imam Kazim (a.s) advised one of his children: “Never think that you have no shortcomings in praising God, since God the Almighty is never worshipped as He deserves to be worshipped.”