محمد بن الهيثم العجلي

Blowing at three things is detestable: blowing at a talisman, blowing at food, and blowing at the place of prostration.”

Whoever is antagonistic with the following three people will be debased: his father, the King and the one who has given him a loan.”

On the Resurrection Day, God shall resurrect as a learned scholar whoever memorizes forty traditions regarding what is forbidden and what is allowed and shall not punish him.”

“Those who startled the Prophet’s she-camel upon his return from the Battle of Tabuk8 were the following fourteen: Abul Sharur, Abul Davahi, Abul Ma’azif and his father, Talha, Sa’ed ibn Abi Vaqas, Abu Ubayda, Abul Oar, Al-Muqayrih, Salim - the servant of Ibn Haziqat, Khalid ibn Valid, Amr ibn As, Abu Musa al-Ash’ari, and Abdul Rahman ibn Oaf. They are the ones about whom the Honorable the Exalted God revealed the following, ‘…and they meditated a plot which they were unable to carry out:’”

he had heard God’s Prophet (sw) say, “Indeed the nation of Moses (as) divided up into seventy-one sects after him. One sect shall be saved and the other seventy sects will go to Hell. The nation of Jesus (as) divided up into seventy-two sects after him. One sect shall be saved and the other seventy-one sects will go to Hell. My nation will be divided up into seventy-three sects after me. One sect will be saved and the other seventy-two sects will go to Hell.”

God - may His Majesty be Exalted - said, ‘There are four characteristics as follows: one is for Me; one is for you; one is between Me and you and one is between you and My servants. The one that is for Me is that you should worship Me and do not ascribe any partners for Me. The one which is for you is to do good deeds and I will reward you for it. The one which is between you and Me is that you should supplicate to Me and I will answer. The one that is between you and My servants is that you should accept for yourself whatever you accept for people.’ There is no mention of Adam in this tradition.”

The following ten characteristics are especial attributes of a Divine Leader. Immaculateness; knowledge that is being the most knowledgeable of the people; being the most pious of the people; being the most knowledgeable of the people regarding the Quran; being the known Trustee of the previous Divine Leader; his miracle; reasoning; he goes to sleep, but his heart will not go to sleep; he doesn’t have a shadow; he sees the back as well as he sees the front.”The compiler of the book - may God have Mercy upon him - said, “The miracle and the reasoning of the Imam are indeed his knowledge and the fulfillment of his supplication. And the fact that sometimes a Divine Leader foretells future events before they occur, is due to what he has received from God’s Prophet (MGB). He doesn’t have a shadow since he has been created from the light of the Honorable the Exalted God. He sees the back as well as he sees the front due to the insight as the Honorable the Exalted God says, ‘Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.’

These are the religious decrees. God guides whoever decides to adhere to them. Make ritual ablutions (wuzu) just as the Honorable the Exalted God has commanded in His Speaking Book. (O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer,) wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and your feet to the ankles…) This is allowed once or twice.Ritual ablutions (wuzu) will only be defiled by defecation, farting, urination, ejaculation, menses and spotting. Whoever washes his feet (during ablutions) from over the slippers God, His Prophet and His Book. His ablutions are not correct and his prayer is not accepted. There are various forms of ritual bathing (ghusl) like bathing after the major ceremonial impurity (caused by sexual intercourse or the ejaculation of semen) ; wet dreams; menstruation; touching the dead after it gets cold; for having washed the dead; on Fridays; on the two Eids ; upon entering Mecca; upon entering Medina; going on pilgrimage; entering the state of ritual consecration (or Ihram); on the day of Arafat ; on the first night of the (Arabic) month of Ramazan ; on the 17th night; the 19th night;, the 21st night, and the 23rd night of Ramazan. (All these are based on traditions.) However, the ritual bathing for major ritual impurity is obligatory as is the ritual bathing for menstruation.

Messenger of God (ṣ) said, "O' ʿAlī, give good news to your Shīʿahs and your helpers of ten distinctive characteristics. The first, they are of pure birth. Second, their faith in God is good. Third, God - Mighty and Exalted - loves them. Fourth, their graves shall be spacious. Fifth, the Path will be illuminated before their eyes. Sixth, the elimination of poverty from before their eyes and the wealth of their hearts. Seventh, God's detestation for their enemies. Eighth, they are safe from leprosy, vitiligo, and insanity. O' ʿAlī, the ninth is that their sins and transgressions shall fall away from them. And tenth, they shall be with me in the Garden, and I with them."