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Hadith 1229
Hadith #
1229
Book
Al-Khiṣāl
Volume
1
Section
1
Part
Part 27: On Four-Hundred-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter
In One Meeting, Imam Ali Taught Four-hundred Things Each of Which is Very Useful for a Muslim’s Life and Religion
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
27-6 Do not give false testimony.Do not sit at a table at which alcohol is served since you never know when you will die.When you go to the table to eat, sit like a good servant of God. Do not sit with your legs crossed, since God doesn’t like this kind of sitting and considers those who sit that way to be His enemy.The Prophets dined after dusk.Do not forgo eating dinner since that would ruin the body.Fever is the forerunner for death. It is God’s prison on the Earth. Whenever God wants to imprison someone on the Earth, he would get a fever. Fever would shed one’s sins as leaves fall off a tree in the fall.All illnesses are internal except for wounds and fever that enter the body.Lessen the burning of fever with violet and cool water, since such a burning is from hell.Do not treat a Muslim until illness overtakes him.Saying supplications would change destiny. Use it as a tool for defense.There are ten good aspects of making ablutions after cleaning one’s self.Do not be lazy since a lazy person would not honor the Honorable the Exalted God’s rights.You should renew your ablutions when you let out bad-smelling air.Cleanse yourself since the Honorable the Exalted God doesn’t like a filthy person and anyone who sits with him would hate him.You should not play with your beard while you are saying your prayers. You should not play with anything else either while you are praying.Strive to do good deeds before you get busy with other work.A believer is one who suffers himself while others are comfortable with him.The best of your sayings are the remembrance of the Honorable the Exalted God.Do not commit sins since that would imprison your share of daily bread.Treat the patients in your family by giving charity, and guard your property by paying the alms-tax.Prayer is the tool for becoming near to God for all pious people.Hajj is the weak people’s holy war.The Holy War for a women is taking good care of her husband.Poverty is the greatest death.Having a small family is a type of wealth.Destiny is half of life.Sadness is half of oldness.No one who is moderate will ever become poor.Whoever seeks advice regarding his affairs would not get harmed.Kindness is good to noble or religious men.There is a fruit for everything. The fruit of good deeds lies in hurrying up in doing them.Anybody who is certain that God will give in return would give charity.The reward of one who doesn’t do anything in times of difficulty will be ruined.The best deed for man is waiting for the arrival of the Relief (i.e. the Riser (MGB)) from the Honorable the Exalted God.He who makes his mother and father sad has becomes disobedient of them.Expedite the arrival of your sustenance by giving charity.Fend off calamities by saying supplications before the calamities arrive.I swear by Him who splits up a seed and creates man, the speed with which poverty and calamities rush towards a believer is more than the downward speed of the flood from the top of the mountain and the running speed of camels.Ask God for protection against calamities since hard disasters can take away one’s religion.
27-6 لا تشهدوا قول الزور، ولا تجلسوا على مائدة يشرب عليها الخمر، فان العبد لا يدري متى يؤخذإذا جلس أحدكم على الطعام فليجلس جلسة العبد، ولا يضعن أحدكم إحدى رجليه على الاخرى و[لا] يتربع، فانها جلسة يبغضها الله، ويمقت صاحبهاعشاء الانبياء بعد العتمة. ولا تدعوا العشاء فان ترك العشاء خراب البدنالحمى رائد الموت وسجن الله في الارض، يحبس فيه من يشاء من عباده، وهي تحت الذنوب كما يتحات الوبر من سنام البعيرليس من داء إلا وهو من داخل الجوف إلا الجراحة والحمى، فانهما يردان على الجسد ورودااكسروا حر الحمى بالبنفسج والماء البارد، فان حرها من فيح جهنملا يتداوى المسلم حتى يغلب مرضه صحتهالدعاء يرد القضاء المبرم، فاتخذوه عدةللوضوء بعد الطهور عشر حسنات، فتظهرواإياكم والكسل، فانه من كسل لم يؤد حق الله عز وجلتنظفوا بالماء من النتن الريح الذي يتأذى بهتعهدوا أنفسكم، فان الله عز وجل يبغض من عباده القاذورة الذي يتأنف به من جلس إليهلا يعبث الرجل في صلاته بلحيته ولا بما يشغله عن صلاتهبادروا بعمل الخير قبل أن تشغلوا عنه بغيرهالمؤمن نفسه منه في تعب والناس منه في راحةوليكن جل كلامكم ذكر الله عز وجلاحذروا الذنوب فان العبد ليذنب فيحبس عنه الرزقداووا مرضاكم بالصدقةحصنوا أموالكم بالزكاةالصلاة قربان كل تقيالحج جهاد كل ضعيفجهاد المرأة حسن التبعلالفقر هو الموت الاكبرقلة العيال أحد اليسارينالتقدير نصف العيشالهم نصف الهرمما عال امرؤ اقتصد، وما عطب امرؤ استشارلا تصلح الصنيعة إلا عند ذي حسب أو دينلكل شيء ثمرة وثمرة المعروف تعجيلهمن أيقن بالخلف جاد بالعطيةمن ضرب يديه على فخذيه عند مصيبة حبط أجرهأفضل أعمال المرء إنتظار الفرج من الله عز وجلمن أحزن والديه فقد عقهمااستنزلوا الرزق بالصدقةادفعوا أمواج البلاء عنكم بالدعاء قبل ورود البلاء، فو الذي فلق الحبة وبرأ النسمة، للبلاء أسرع إلى المؤمن من انحدار السيل من أعلى التلعة إلى أسفلها ومن ركض البراذينسلوا الله العافية من جهد البلاء، فان جهد البلاء ذهاب الدين
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