Amusement......... "Corrupts the wills of determination"

Feb 27, '13 11:35 AM for everyone

Amusement

1ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أيُّها النّاسُ، اتَّقوا اللّه‏َ ؛ فما خُلِقَ امرؤٌ عَبَثاً فيَلهوَ، ولا تُرِكَ سُدىً فيَلغوَ!

1– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘O people, revere Allah, for man was not created in vain that he may amuse himself, nor has he been abandoned to futility that he may be vain!’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 370]

2ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اللّهوُ قُوتُ الحَماقَةِ.

2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Amusement is the provision of stupidity.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 937]

3ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): شَرُّ ما ضُيِّعَ فيهِ العُمرُ اللَّعِبُ .

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The worst thing that life is wasted on is play.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5729]

ثَمَراتُ اللَّهوِ

The Effects of Amusement

4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اللّهوُ يُسخِطُ الرَّحمنَ، ويُرضي الشَّيطانَ، ويُنسي القُرآنَ.

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Amusement brings discontent to the Merciful, pleases Satan, and it makes one forget the Qur’an.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 9, no. 66]

5ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اللّهوُ يُفسِدُ عَزائمَ الجِدِّ.

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Amusement corrupts the wills of determination.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2165]

6ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَجالِسُ اللّهوِ تُفسِدُ الإيمانَ.

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Gatherings of amusement corrupt the faith.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9185]

7ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أبعَدُ النّاسِ مِن النّجاحِ المُستَهتَرُ باللَّهوِ والمِزاحِ.

7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The farthest of people from success is the one infatuated with amusement and jokes.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3333]

8ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن كَثُرَ لَهوُهُ قَلَّ عَقلُهُ.

8– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He whose amusement increases his intellect decreases.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8426]

الإيمانُ وَاللَّهوُ

Faith and Amusement

9ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في صفةِ المؤمنِ ـ: مَشغولٌ وَقتُهُ.

9– Imam Ali (AS), describing a believer, said, ‘His time is always occupied.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 333]

10ـ الإمامُ الحسنُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): المؤمنُ لا يَلهو حتّى يَغفُلَ، فإذا تَفَكّرَ حَزِنَ.

10– Imam Hasan (AS) said, ‘A believer does not occupy himself with amusement lest he becomes negligent, and when he thinks he becomes sad.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 52]

11ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ فيمَن طَلبَ الصَّيدَ لاهِيا ـ: وإنّ المؤمنَ لَفي شُغُلٍ عن ذلكَ، شَغَلَهُ طَلَبُ الآخِرَةِ عَنِ المَلاهي ... وإنَّ المؤمنَ عَن جَميعِ ذلكَ لَفي شُغُلٍ، ما لَهُ وللمَلاهي؟! فإنَّ المَلاهيَ تُورِثُ قَساوَةَ القَلبِ وتُورِثُ النِّفاقَ .

11– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), regarding someone who wanted to go hunting for amusement, said, ‘A believer is too busy for that; acquiring the Hereafter preoccupies him away from amusements…’ until he said, ‘A believer is too busy for all this, and what does he have to do with amusement, for amusement enegenders hard-heartedness and hypocrisy.’[Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 13, p. 216, no. 15163]

لَهوُ المُؤمِنِ

Amusement of Believers

12ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): كُلُّ لَهوِ المؤمنِ باطِلٌ إلّا في ثلاثٍ: في تأديبِهِ الفَرَسَ، ورَميِهِ عَن قَوسِهِ، ومُلاعَبَتِهِ امرأتَهُ، فإنّهُنَّ حَقٌّ.

12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Every kind of amusement is wrong for a believer except for three: his taming of a horse, his casting from a bow, and his foreplay with his wife, for they are [with] the truth.’[al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 50, no. 13]

13ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): خَيرُ لَهوِ المؤمنِ السِّباحَةُ، وخَيرُ لَهوِ المَرأةِ المِغزَلُ .

13– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The best amusement for a believer is swimming, and the best amusement for women is the spinning wheel.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 40611]

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THE BLESSED NECKLACE

Feb 27, '13 11:34 AM for everyone

A pale and dusty old man came into the mosque. He was clad in rags. He went to the Prophet and in three short sentences explained his circumstances:

"Oh Prophet of God, I am hungry, give me food. "I am clothless, give me clothes. "I am without means, help me!" The Prophet (S.A.) told him, "I have nothing in hand. Go to my daughter's house. She will help you. The house of Fatima was near and one of the Prophet's companions led the old man to it. The old man knocked at the door.

”Who is it?"

"I'm a hungry person, I'm clothless, I'm without means, be kind and generous to me, God will be kind and generous to you.

Fatima took from her neck the necklace given to her by her cousin and gave it to the old man saying. "Sell this  necklace and spend the money. I hope that in the future you will be free of need."

The poor man returned happily. The Prophet was still in the mosque. The old man showed the necklace and said, "Oh Prophet, your daughter, Fatima, gave me her necklace to sell."

One of the Prophet's friends, Ammar ibn Yasir, heard what the old man said and asked him what price he wanted.

The old man said that he would sell it for enough food to satisfy his hunger, enough cloth to clothe his body, and enough money to get home.

Ammar said, "I buy this necklace from you, "for a meal of bread and meat, "clothes of Yemenite cloth, "a four- footer' to take you home, "and, in addition, eight dinars of gold and 200 dirhams of silver."

Ammar then took the old man home and paid him the price of the necklace.

The old man ate the food, put on the clothes and went on his way satisfied and happy.

Then Ammar put perfume on the necklace, wrapped it up in a piece of cloth and ordered his slave, "Go to the Prophet of God. I have given you and this necklace to him."

The slave went to the Prophet and delivered Ammar's message.

The Holy Prophet looked at the necklace and said, "And I have given you and the necklace to my daughter."

The slave went to Holy Fatima and told her what the Prophet had said and presented the necklace. Fatima thanked him and said, "And in the path of God, I have freed you. You are not a slave anymore!"

That man, the slave, became very happy and with joy and surprise said, "What a blessed necklace!

"It satisfied hunger, "clothed the body. "Bestowed means in place of helplessness, "mounted the walker, "freed the slave, "and finally returned to its owner!"

The Holy Prophet of Islam and his followers strove hard to combat slavery and were continually freeing slaves, whatever the price. Thus, in Islam, the freeing of slaves is counted amongst the highest acts of worship, and, in some circumstances, is even considered obligatory.