hadith
2126
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When someone addressed Imam al-Baqir (AS), saying, ‘I am weak in my worship, praying and fasting but a little, though I strive to eat only that which is permissible, and be sexually intimate with only those whom it is permissible, the Imam replied, ‘What jihad is there better than restraint of the stomach and the private parts?!
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لمّا قالَ لَهُ رجُلٌ : إنّي ضَعيفُ العَملِ قَليلُ الصّلاةِ قليلُ الصَّومِ ، ولكنْ أرْجو أنْ لا آكُلَ إلّا حَلالاً، ولا أنْكِحَ إلّا حَلالاً ـ : وأيُّ جِهادٍ أفْضَلُ مِن عِفَّةِ بَطْنٍ وفَرْجٍ ؟!
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