etiquette of the pious

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A brief picture-book on the social

etiquette of the Prophet Muhammad

and his Pure Household.

Compiled by: Qaim Mohamad


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Table of Contents1.Chapter on the Believers ...42.Chapter on Hypocrisy . 123.Chapter on Oppression .. .154.Chapter on Knowledge.245.Chapter on Love and Affection276.Chapter on the Family.. ...32

7.Chapter on Racism...388.Anecdotes39


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To the light behind the cloud

The guide behind the shroud

Behind his cloak he awaitsWhile darkness lingers and sedates

When will we touch your rays?

For my skin yearns for your light

Will our eyes meet with your gaze?For my heart longs for your sight

My Master,Let your baptize set us ablaze

Let your rise chastise the unwise

Let your radiance envelop our days

And let your blade vanquish the lies


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Chapter on the Believers

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The Prophetsaid to Imam `Ali,"O Ali, I advise you to imbue yourself with [these] characteristicspreserve them on

my behalf. O Allah, help him:

1. First, speak the truth, and do not allow a lie to leave from you, ever.

2. Second, piety, and do not be disloyal, ever.

3. Third, fear of Allah in His mentioning, as if you see Him.

4. Fourth, weep a lot from the fear of Allah, and for every tear a thousand houses will be

built for you in Paradise.

5. Fifth, give your fortune and your blood for your religion.

6. Sixth, take hold of my Sunna in my prayer, my fasting, and my charity. As for prayer,

it is fifty units of prayer [per day]. As for fasting, it is three days per month: the first

Thursday [of the month], the middle Wednesday [of the month] and the last Thursday [of

the month]. As for charity, it is your effort, until you say, 'I [have given] excessively', but

it is not [ever] excessive.

7. And upon you is the night prayer (saltul-layl). And upon you is noon prayer, and


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upon you is the noon prayer, and upon you is the noon prayer.

8. And upon you is the recitation (tilwa) of the Quranin every situation.

9. And upon you is the raising of your hands in your prayer, and turning them.

10. And upon you is using a tooth stick (siwk) with every ablution.

11. And upon you are beautiful manners (mahasin al-akhlq)possess them, and

avoid having bad manners." (al-Kafi)

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Imam Muhammad al-Baqir said,"Verily, the Shi`a of `Aliare pale due to abstinence [from worldly pleasure]; slim and with

dry lips. Their lips are fasting, their stomachs are thin, their colour is changing because

of their fear of God, and their faces are yellow. When the night comes, they sit on the

ground and put their foreheads on the ground. They prostrate often, they shed tears

often, they supplicate often, they cry often, and they are sad while the people are

happy." (al-Khisal)


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Imam Àli ar-Ridasaid,Whoever hates our Shiàhas certainly hated us, and whoever follows them has

certainly followed us. They are from us, and they are created from our clay. Whoever

loves them has loved us, and whoever hates them is not from us. Our Shià see through

the light (nr) of Allah, they move by the mercy of Allah, and they triumph by the honour

of Allah. No one from our Shià becomes ill except that we become ill due to his illness.

They do not become sad, except that we are sad for his sadness. And they are nothappy except that we are happy for his happiness.

Our Shià are those who establish prayer, give alms, go on pilgrimage to the Sacred

House, fast in the month of Ramadan, and follow the Ahl al-Bayt and disassociate from

their enemies. They are the people of faith and the fear of Allah; the people of piety and

the fear of Allah. And whoever rejects them has certainly rejected Allah. Whoever


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disputes with them, has certainly disputed with Allah, because they are the true slaves

of Allah, and the genuine patrons of Allah.

By Allah, verily, each one of them will be able to intercede for as many people as the

Rabi`a tribe and the Mudar tribe. Allah accepts their intercession due to their honour to

Allah.(Sifat ash-Shi`a)

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Imam Ja`far as-Sadiqsaid, "A true believer has more sanctity than the Ka`ba".(al-Khisal)


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Imam Muhammad al-Baqirsaid,"The closest of people to Allah, the most knowledgeable about Him and the most kind to

the people are Muhammad and the Imams , so enter wherethey enter and disassociate from whom they disassociate with. It denotes Husaynand

his descendants, as the truth is with them and they are the successors; the Imams are amongst them. So wherever you see them follow them, and when the daycomes when you no longer see one from them, beseech Allah and remain on the Sunna

you are upon. Love those whom you love and hate those whom you hate, for what

comes to you of the relief will not be expedited." (Kamal ad-Deen)

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The Prophet Muhammadsaid,"My Nation should always do the following four things:

1. They should love those who repent.

2. They should be sympathetic towards the weak.3. They should help those who do good.

4. They should ask for forgiveness for sinners." (al-Khisal)

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Imam Ja`far as-Sadiqsaid,"Our Shi`a are those who are merciful with each other; those who, when alone,

remember Allah. If we are mentioned, then Allah is mentioned; and if our enemies arementioned, then the Shaytan is mentioned." (al-Kafi)


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The Prophet of Allahsaid,There are four groups on whose behalf I will intercede on the Day of Judgment: Those

who honour my family after me; those who fulfill their needs; those who try to assist

them in times of need; and those who love them both with their hearts and their words.

(`Uyoon Akhbar ar-Rida)


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The Messenger of Allah ,said"The best of the people are those who desire worship. They hold to it, love it in their

hearts, accompany it with their body and are devoted in it. Such people are concerned

no more about the world, whether it gives them comfort or difficulties". (al-Kafi)


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Chapter on Hypocrisy

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The Holy Prophet ,said"Whoever has two faces in this life will have two tongues made of fire on the Day of

Resurrection." (al-Khisal)


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`Ali b. Abi Talib ,saidI heardAllah's Prophet say: I am afraid that you will underestimatethe religion, accept bribery when you are about to judge on a case, cut off ties with

relatives, take the Quran as a musical instrument, andestablish people [as your

leaders] who are not nobler than you in religion.(`Uyoon Akhbar ar-Rida)

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Imam Ja`far as-Sadiq ,said"A circle in the mosque promotes us and promotes itself. They are not from us and we

are not from them. I set off to conceal and hide myself, but then they expose my cover.May Allah expose their covers! They say: "Imam!". Surely, by Allah, I am not an Imam

except to those who obey me. As for those who disobey me, I am not an Imam to them.

Why do they attach themselves to my name?! Why don't they separate my name from

their mouths? Surely - by Allah - Allah will never gather any of them with me in [the

same] house." (al-Kafi)


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Imam Zayn al-Abidin ,said"A hypocrite prohibits [wrongdoing] but does not refrain from it himself, and he enjoins in

that which he does not do himself.

When he prays, he complains. When he bows, he slumps. When he prostrates, he

pecks (prostrates very quickly so fast). When he sits, he spreads himself out. When he

is going to bed, his only concern is food, even though he is full. When he wakes up in

the morning, his only concern is sleep, even though he did not stay up during the night.

When he speaks to you, he lies. When he makes a promise, he does not fulfill it. If you

entrust him with anything, he betrays it. And if you disagree with him, he backbites you."(Saduq's Amali)

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The Prophet ,said"The worst I fear for my Nation are three:

(1) the downfall of a scholar,

(2) the argumentation of a hypocrite using the Quran,

(3) and a world that causes you to follow your desires - so blame yourselves for that."

(al-Khisal)


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Chapter on Oppression

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The Prophet Muhammad ,said"The most wicked people in my Nation are those who are respected for fear of their

wickedness. Whoever the people respect due to fear of his wickedness is not from my

Nation." (al-Khisal)

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Imam al-Sadiq ,said"The most despised servant in Allahs creation is he whose tongue is feared by the

people." (al-Kafi)


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Ja`far as-Sadiq said,

"Whoever fears Allah, Allah will make everything fear him. And whoever does not fear

Allah, Allah will make him fear everything." (al-Kafi)


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Imam `Alisaid, regarding those who rose up against him at Jamal,"They thundered like clouds and shone like lightning but despite both these things theyexhibited cowardice, while we do not thunder until we pounce upon the foe nor do we

show flow (of words) until we have rained." (Nahj al-Balagha)


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:)(

Ja`far as-Sadiq ,said"There is no injustice that is worse than one where a victim does not find any support

except Allah, the Exalted and Glorified." (al-Kafi)

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A governor of al-Hajjaj, the oppressive Umayyad ruler of Iraq, came to Imam

Muhammad al-Baqir

and said, "I have been a governor from the times of al-Hajjaj up to this day. Is repentance possible for me?"

The Imam replied, "No. Not until you return the rights of everyone who has a right." (al-

Kafi)


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Imam Muhammad al-Baqir ,said"A person who did not shed any blood will be raised on the Day of Resurrection, and a

container of a dosage of blood will be given to him. It will be said to him, 'This is your

share of the blood of so-and-so.'

He will say, 'My Lord, you know that You had caused me to die without having shed any

blood.'

So He (Allah) will say, 'Of course you shed blood. You heard some news about so-and-

so, and you narrated it against his interests; until the news reached a tyrant who

murdered him on the basis of that narration. This is your share of that blood.'" (al-Kafi)


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In the expedition of Dhaat al-Riqaa`, the Messenger of Allahdisembarked under a tree at the edge of a valley. A flood began that cut him .off between him and his companionsSo a man from the polytheists saw him, and he saw the Muslims standing at the edge of

the valley waiting for the flood would cease. So the man from the polytheists said to his

people: "I will kill Muhammad".

So he went and attacked the Messenger of Allahwith a sword, thenhe said: Who will save you from me, O Muhammad?

So he said: My Lord, and your Lord. So Jibrail uprooted himfrom his horse, and he fell upon his back, and the Messenger of Allahstood up, took the sword and sat upon his chest and said: "Who will save you from me,

O Ghawrath (the mans name)?"


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So the man said: Your generosity and your honour, O Muhammad.

So he let him go, and the man stood up and said: By Allah, you arebetter than me and more honourable.(al-Kafi)

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The Prophet Muhammadsaid to his companions,"A community will come after you, from which one man will have a reward equal to fifty

of you".

The companions said, "O Messenger of Allah, we were with you at Badr, Uhud, and

Hunayn, and the Quran was revealed in our presence!"

The Prophetreplied, "If you were to bear what they endured you would not have taken

up their patience. (Tusis Ghayba)


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Imam Ja`far as-Sadiqsaid:"Patience to faith is like a head to its body. If the head leaves, the body will also depart,

just as when patience leaves, faith departs too". (Wasa'il ash-Shi`a)

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Imam Musa al-Kadhimwas with his companion and his servant, harvesting in agarden of his. The companion saw the servant taking handfuls of dates and throwing

them behind the wall [of the garden]. So the companion came to the servant, took holdof him, and brought him to Imam al-Kadhim.So al-Kadhimcalled, "O person", and the servant said, "I am at your service."

al-Kadhimsaid, "Are you hungry?"


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The servant said, "No, my master."

al-Kadhimsaid, "Are you unclothed?"

The servant said, "No, my master."

al-Kadhimsaid, "Then what led you to take this?"

The servant said, "I desired it."

al-Kadhimsaid, "Go on - it is yours." The Imam then said to his companions, "Let him

be." (al-Kafi)


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Chapter on Knowledge

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The Messengersaid,"The superiority of a learned person over an [ordinary] worshiper is like the superiority of

the moon over all of the stars on the night of a full moon". (Basa'ir ad-Darajat)


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A man asked the Prophet: O Prophet of God! What is (therequirement of) knowledge?The Prophetreplied: Silence.The man asked: What is next?

The Prophetreplied: Listening to knowledge (i.e. those who areknowledgeable).

The man asked: And what is next?

The Prophetreplied: Remembering it.The man asked: And what is next?

The Prophet replied: Acting upon it.The man asked: And what is next?

The Prophetsaid: Spreading and sharing it with others.(al-Khisal)


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The Messenger of Allahsaid,"One who travels a road seeking knowledge in it, Allah will make him travel a road to the

Garden. And the angels set their wings for the seeker of knowledge, pleased with him.

And whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the Earth seeks forgiveness for him,

even the fish in the sea. And the virtue of the learned upon the worshipers is as the

virtue of the full moon upon all of the stars." (Basa'ir ad-Darajat)

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Imam al-Baqirsaid,"Beware of disputes, for they create doubt, invalidate deeds, and lead their participants

astrayfor one may say a thing that is not forgiven from him. There was once a

community who left the required knowledge and sought unrequired knowledge, until

they spoke of Allah [and His essence] and became perplexed by it; [so much so] that if

a man were to call in front of them they would reply to the back, and to the front if called

from the back... until they vanished in the Earth." (al-Kafi)


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The Chapter on Love and Affection

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The Prophet Muhammadsaid, "The heart of the believer is sweet,loving sweetness." (Tibb an-Nabi)


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Imam Muhammad al-Jawadsaid, quoting the Holy Prophet,If someone comes to you and you are satisfied with his manners and religion, marry

him. Surely, if you do not do that, there will be sedition ( fitna) in the Earth and much

corruption (fasd).(Tahdheeb al-Ahkam)


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The Prophet Muhammadsaid,"The saying of the man to the woman I love you never leaves her heart." (Wasa'il ash-

Shi`a)


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The Prophet Muhammadsaid,"Most of the people of the Fire are unmarried." (Wasa'il ash-Shi`a)

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Imam al-Baqirsaid,"The Day of Resurrection is the wedding of the pious." (al-Khisal)


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A man asked the Prophet: "O Messenger of Allah! Please let me knowsomething which I can do to be loved by Allah in the Heavens and by the people onEarth."

The Prophettold him: "Be inclined to what belongs to Allah to beloved by Allah, and abstain from what belongs to people to be loved by people." ( al-

Khisal)

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The Angel Gabriel said to the Holy Prophet:"O Muhammad! Live as much as you want - you will inevitably die. Love whatever you

want - you will inevitably be separated from it. Do whatever you want - you will inevitably

reap what it sows. Know that a mans honour is in his staying up at night [praying] and

his glory is in his independence from the people." (al-Khisal)


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Chapter on the Family

When the Prophet Muhammad conquered Mecca, he stood at the topof Mount Safa and said,

"O children of Hashim, O children of `Abd al-Muttalib! I amAllah's Messengerto you,

and I am compassionate towards you. Do not say, Muhammad came out of us. By

Allh, there are no followers from you or from the others, except those with piety. I will

not recognize you if you come to me on the Day of Judgment bearing this world upon

your shoulders. The people must come to me bearing the hereafter [as their concern].

Indeed, I have excused myself from what is between me and you, and what is between

Allah and you. I have my deeds and you have your deeds.(Sifat ash-Shi`a)


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The Holy Prophetsaid,Love your children and treat them with affection and kindness. When you make a

promise to them, you must keep it, because children consider you their sustainer.(al-

Kafi)


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A man said to Imam Zayn al-`Abideen,"You are the best to your mother out of all the people, yet I have not seen you eat with

her."

The Imam said, "I fear that my hand may precede to take that which her eyelooks at first. Then I would be impious before her." (Wasa'il ash-Shi`a)

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Zakariyya b. Ibrahim said, "I was a Christian then I converted, so I went to perform the

Hajj, so I entered to meet Imam Ja`far as-Sadiqso I said to him, 'I was aChristian but have now converted to Islam.'"

So he "?[said, "And what thing did you see in Islam [that has attracted you to itZakariyya said, "The words of Allah - 'And you [Muhammad] did not know the book, nor

the faith, but we have made it a light unto which we guide whomsoever we wish.'"

The Imam said, "Indeed Allah has guided you. O Allah, guide him further, guidehim further, guide him further. Ask me what you want, my son."

Zakariyya said, "My father and mother are still Christians, and so are the people of my

house, and my mother is blind, so do I remain with them? And do I eat in their utensils?"

The Imam said, "Do they eat pork?" Zakariyya, "They do not, nor do they touchit." The Imam said, "(Then) there is no problem. And look after your mother,and do good to her, so when she dies do not let another one proceed you in her (right),and be the one who oversees the whole of her affair, and do not tell anyone that you

came to meet me until you come to me again in Mina if Allah wills."

So Zakariyya went to meet him in Mina, and the people were around him asthough he was a teacher of children: this one asks him, and that one asks him.

So when Zakariyya returned to Kufa, he turned towards his mother, and took care of

her, so he used to feed her with his hands, and wash her clothes and her head, and

serve her.

So she said to him, "O my son - you did not do this for me when you were upon my

religion, so what is this change that I see in you after you ran away and entered into the

Hanafiyyah?"

Zakariyya said to her, "A person from the progeny of our Prophet ordered me to do

this." So she said, "Is this person a prophet?" Zakariyya said, "No, but he is a son of the


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prophet." So she said to him, "My son - surely this is a prophet, for (what he has told

you) is from the teachings of the prophets". Zakariyya, "O my mother, there is no any

other prophet after our Prophet, but he is his son."

So she said, "O my son, your religion is the best of religions, declare it to me." So

Zakariyya declared it to her, so she entered into Islam, and he taught it to her, so she

prayed the Dhuhr and the Asr and the Maghrib and the Final Isha, and he kept on

declaring it for her throughout the night, so she said suddenly, "O my son, repeat for me

what you had taught me." So he repeated it for her, so she declared it and died, so

when it was morning - it was the Muslims who washed her, and he was the one who

prayed upon her, and entered her into her grave. (al-Kafi)

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Zayn al-`Abideensaid,"The right of your father is that you know that he is your root. Without him, you would

not exist. Whenever you see anything in yourself which pleases you, know that your

father is the root of its blessing upon you. So praise God and thank Him in that

measure. And there is no strength save in God." (Risalat al-Huquq)


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Imam al-Baqirsaid,"From the joys of a man is to have for himself a son. He knows that in him is similarity in

his form, his character, and his features. And I do not know anyone similar in my form,

character, and features except this sonmeaning Ja`far as-Sadiq." (al-Kafi)


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Chapter on Racism

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The Prophet Muhammadsaid,"If one practices racism, or if it is practiced for him, then the collar of belief is removed

from his neck." (al-Kafi)

( . (: The Prophet Muhammadsaid,"Whoever contains even a mustard seeds weight of tribalism in his heart, Allah will

raise him on the Day of Resurrection among the bedouins ofjahiliyya." (al-Kafi)


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Anecdotes

. : ) ) Ja`far as-Sadiqsaid,

"Allah loves beauty and beautification and hates wretchedness and feigned misery.

(Wasa'il ash-Shi`a)


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Imam `Alisaid,"I am astonished by mankind. His beginning is sperm, his end is a corpse, and inbetween the two he is not but a vessel of excrement. Despite that, he is prideful." (Nahjal-Balagha)


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Imam as-Sajjadsaid:"I would be embarrassed in front of my Lord if I requested Paradise for a brother from

my brethren even though I was too stingy with them in a gold coin (dinar) or a silver coin

(dirham). If that were so, on the Day of Judgment it would be said to me: 'If Paradise

belonged to you, you would have been stingier and stingier and stingier.'" (Kitab al-

Ikhwan)


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The Messenger of Allahsaid,"Remind each other, meet each other, and discuss with one another, for discussion (al-

hadith) is the polishing of the heart. The heart rusts just as a sword rusts, and its

polishing is discussion." (Wasa'il ash-Shi`a)


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Prophet Muhammadsaid, "One who spends the night with hisstomach full while his neighbour is hungry does not believe in me."

Imam Muhammad al-Baqirsaid, "The radius of the neighbour is forty housesfrom each side: from in front of him, from behind him, from his right and from his left."

(al-Kafi)

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The Messenger of Allahlooked at a man of tousled up hair of hishead, his clothing dirty, and a repulsive state. So he said, "From thereligion is pleasure and the showing of blessing." (al-Kafi)


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