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WIVES AND GOOD TREATMENT TO THEIR HUSBANDS

288- قالَ اللّه تَعالى :

« وَ مِن آياتِهِ اَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّن اَنفُسِكُم اَزوَاجـًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا اِلَيها وَ جَعَلَ بَينَكُمْ مَّوَدَّةً وَ رَحمَةً اِنَّ في ذلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِقَومٍ يَّتَفَكَّرُونَ ».

سورة الروم/30/21

Allah (s.w.t.) said:“And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for those who reflect.”

Sura al-Room, No. 30, Verse 21

289- : فِي بِحارِ الأنوارِ عَنِ النَّبِىِّصلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

جاتِ امـرَأَةُ عُثمـانَ بـنِ مَظعُـونٍ إِلى بَيـتِ اُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَقالَت لَها: لِـمَ عَطَّلْتِ نَفْسَكِ مِنَ الطّيبِ وَالصَّبْغِ وَالخَضابِ وَ غَيرِهِ؟ فَقالَت: لِأََنَّ عُثمـانَ بنَ مَظعُونٍ زَوجي ما قَرَّبَني مُذ كَذا وَ كَذا، قالَـت اُمُّ سَلَمَةَ: وَ لِمَ ذا؟ قالَت: لِأَنَّهُ قَـدْ حَـرَّمَ عَلى نَفسِـهِ النِّساءَ وَ تَرَهَّـبَ، فَأَخْبَرَتْ اُمُّ سَلَمَةَ رَسُـولَ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم بِذلِكَ وَ خَرَجَ إِلى أَصحابِهِ وَ قالَ :

أَ تَرْغَبُونَ عَنِ النّـِساءِ، اِنّي آتِي النِّساءَ وَاُفْطِرُ بِالنَّهارِ وَ أَنامُ اللَّيلَ، فَمَن رَغِبَ عَن سُنَّتي فَلَيسَ مِنّي

بحار الأنوار/93/73

When the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.k.) received some information from 'Umm Salamah about 'Uthman ibn Maz'un, he set out towards his followers and, (addressing some of them), said:“Do you keep away from (your) wives? Surely, I go to women, I eat food during the day, and I sleep at night. So, he who turns away from my way of life is not of me.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 93, p. 73

290- قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

وَ مَنْ تَرَكَ التَّزوِيجَ مَخافَة العَيْلَةِ فَقَدْ اَساءَ الظَّنَّ بِاللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ

من لايحضرهُ الفقيه/3/385

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said:“He who abandons marriage for the fear of the expenses imposed on him, mistrusts Allah, Almighty and Glorious.”

Man La Yahduruhul Faqih, vol. 3, p. 385

291- عَنِ الإمامِ الرِّضا عليه السلام قالَ: اِنَّ امرَأَةً سَأَلَتْ أبا جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام فَقالَتْ: اَصلَحَكَ اللّهُ إِنّي مُتَبَتِّلَةٌ، فَقالَ لَها: وَ مَا التَّبَتُّلُ عِندَكِ؟ قالَت: لا اُريدُ التَّزويجَ أَبَداً، قالَ: وَلِمَ؟ قالَت: أَلْتَمِسُ في ذلِكَ اَلفَضْلَ، فَقالَ عليه السلام :

اِنْصَرِفي، فَلَوكانَ فِي ذلِكَ فَضلٌ لَكانَتْ فاطِمَةُصَلَواتُ اللهِ عليها اَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْكِ، اِنَّهُ لَيسَ اَحدٌ يَسبِقُها إِلى الفَضلِ

بحار الأنوار/103/219

It is narrated from Imam Rida [a.s.] that Imam Sadiq [a.s.], in answer to a woman who wanted not to marry in order to gain a great virtue, said:“Do not do that, because if it was a virtue, Fatimah (May God bless her and give her peace) would be more competent than you, and, surely, there is none (of women) who can excel her in any virtue.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 219

292- عَن أَبِي عَبدِ الله عليه السلام قالَ: اِنَّ ثَلاثَ نِسوَةٍ أَتَيْنَ رَسُولَ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلمفَقالَت اِحداهُـنَّ: اِنَّ زَوجِـي لا يأكُـلُ اللَّحمَ، وَ قالَـتِ الأُخرى: اِنّ زَوجِى لا يَشَمُّ الطِّيبَ، وَ قالَتِ الأُخرى: اِنَّ زَوْجِي لا يَقرَبُ النِّساءَ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم يَجُرُّ رِداءَهُ حَتّى صَعِدَ المِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللّهَ وَ اَثنى عليه ثُمَّ قالَصلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

ما بالُ اَقوامٍ مِن اَصحابِي لا يأْكُلُونَ اللَّحمَ، وَلا يَشَمُّونَ الطِّيبَ وَ لا يأْتُونَ النّـِساءَ

الكافي/5/496

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] is narrated to have said that three women came to the Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] and said that their husbands avoided eating meat or using perfume or approaching their wives. Then, (protesting their behaviour), he [p.b.u.h.] hastened to come out and went up in the pulpit and, after praising Allah said: “What has happened to some groups of my followers that they do not eat meat, do not utilize perfume, and avoid approaching their wives?

AI-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 496

293- عَنِ الإمامِ الصّادِقِ عليه السلام قالَ: جاءَتْ اِمرَأَةُ عُثمـانَ بنِ مَظعُـونٍ إِلى النَّبِيّ صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم فَقالَت يا رَسُـولَ الله اِنَّ عُثمـانَ يَصُـومُ النَّهارَ وَ يَقُـومُ اللَّيـلَ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم مُغْضِبًا يَحْمِلُ نَ عليه حَتّى جاءَ إِلى عُثمانَ فَوَجَدَهُ يُصَلِّـي فَانصَرَفَ عُثمانُ حينَ رَآى رَسُولَ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم فَقالَ لَهُ :

يا عُثمـانُ لَـمْ يُرسِلنِـي اللّهُ تَعالى بِالرَّ هِبانِيَّةِ وَلكِنْ بَعَثَنِـي بِالحَنِيفِيّةِ السَّهلَةِ السَّمْحَةِ، اَصُومُ وَ اُصَلِّـي وَ اَلمِْسُ اَهلِي فَمَن اَحَـبَّ فِطرَتِي فَلْيَسْتَنَّ بِسُنَّتِي وَ اِنَّ مِنْ سُنَّتِي اَلنِّكاحَ

الكافي/5/494

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said that when Uthman ibn Maz'un's wife announced to the Prophet [p.b.u.h.] that her husband was always busy fasting and praying day and night without paying attention to his life and wife, the Prophet [p.b.u.h.] went unto his house and found him praying. When 'Uthman finished his prayer, the Messenger of Allah [p.b.u.h.] said:“O' 'Uthman, Allah has not sent me for monkery but appointed me for a fluent, easy religion (which protects the rights of the body and soul). I fast, keep up prayers, and associate with my family. Then, he who likes my way and my creed, must follow my way of life, my Sunnah; and, verily, marriage is of my Sunnah.”

AI-Kafi, vol. 5, p.494

HONOUR YOUR WIVES

294- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

وَيلٌ لإِمرَأةٍ اَغْضَبَـتْ زَوجَها وَ طُوبى لإِمـرَأةٍ رَضِـيَ عَنها زَوجُها

بحار الأنوار/8/310

Imam Rida [a.s.] narrated from his fathers from Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] from the Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] who said:“Woe to the woman who makes her husband angry, and happy is the woman whose husband is pleasantly contented with her.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 8, p. 310

295- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

مَن كانَت لَهُ اِمرَأَتانِ فَلم يَعدِل بَينَهُما فِي القَسْمِ مِن نَفسِهِ وَ مالِه جاءَ يَومَ القِيامَة مَغلُولاً مائِلاً شِقُّهُ حَتّى يَدخُلَ النّارَ

بحار الأنوار/7/214

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“He who has two wives and does not treat justly in dividing his self and his wealth between them, he will be raised on the Resurrection Day while he is chained in punishment and half of his body is not straight until he enters Hell.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 7, p. 214

296- قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :

مَنِ اتَّخَذَ اِمرَأَةً فَليُكْرِمْها، فَاِنَّما اِمرَأةُ اَحَدِكُم لُعْبَةٌ فَمَنِ اتَّخَذَها فَلا يُضَيِّعْها

بحار الأنوار/103/224

Imam Baqir [a.s.] said:“He who takes a woman (marries) should certainly respect her, because the wife of anyone of you is a means of your pleasure, so the one who marries a woman should not spoil or disgrace her (by disregarding her respectable rights).”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 224

297- قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :

فَدارُوهُنَّ عَلى كُلِّ حالٍ وَ اَحسِنُوا لَهُنَّ المَقالَ لَعَلَّهُنَّ يُحسِنَّ الفِعالَ

بحار الأنوار/103/223

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said:“In any condition conciliate the wives, and talk with them warmly and through kind words, thereby, they may change their actions into good ones.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 223

298- عَن مُوسَى بنِ جَعفَرٍ، عَن آبائِهِ (ع) قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

كُلَّمَا اِزدادَ العَبدُ اِيماناً اِزدادَ حُبًّا لِلنِّساءِ

بحار الأنوار/103/228

Imam Musa ibn Ja'far [a.s.] narrated from his father [a.s.] from the Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] who said:“However much the Faith of a man increases, his regard for women increases.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 228

299- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

حُبِّبَ اِلَيَّ مِنَ الدّنيا ثَلاثٌ: اَلنِّساءُ وَالطِّيبُ، وَ قُرَّةُ عَيني فِي الصَّلوةِ

بحار الأنوار/76/141 & الخصال/1/183

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said: “From the things of the world, I regard women and perfume highly, but prayer is the light of my eyes, (the love and worship of Allah).

Al-Khisal, vol. 1, p. 183 & Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 76 p. 141

299- قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :

شَرُّ النّاسِ اَلمُضَيِّقُ عَلى اَهلِهِ

نورالابصار شبلنجى

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said:“The worst man is he who restricts his household.”

Nur-ul-Absar Shablanjy

WIFE AND PLEASING HER HUSBAND

300- قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :

لا شَفيعَ لِلمَرأَةِ أَنْجَحُ عِندَ رَبِّها مِن رِضا زَوجِها

بحار الأنوار/81/345

Imam Baqir [a.s.] said:“No intercessor for a woman, on the Reckoning Day, is more effective with Allah than the consent of her husband.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 81, p. 345

301- رَوى أَبُو الحَسَنِ الرِّضا عليه السلام عَن اَميرِالمُؤمِنينَ عَلِىٍّ عليه السلام قالَ :

خَيرُ نِسائِكُم اَلخَمْسُ قيلَ يا اَمِيرَ المُؤمِنينَ وَ مَا الخَمْسُ قالَ الهَيِّنَةُ اللَّيِّنَةُ المُواتِيَةُ الَّتي إذا غَضِـبَ زَوجُها لَم تَكتَحِـل بِغُمضٍ حَتّتى يَرضى وَ إذا غابَ عَنها زَوجُها حَفِظَتْهُ في غَيبَتِه فَتِلـكَ عامِلٌ مِن عُمّالِ الله وَ عامِلُ الله لا يَخيبُ

الكافي/5/324

Imam Abi-l-Hassan-ir-Rida [a.s.] narrates from Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] who said: The best women among you are those who have five qualities.”

Amir ul Mu'mineen [a.s.] was requested what those five were when he said:

1- She is easy-going, obedient, humble, and economical to her husband.

2- She is good tempered to him.

3- She is cooperative and helpful to him in difficulties.

4- Whenever her husband is angry or depressed, she does not rest until she finds him happy and pleased.

5- When her husband is absent from her, she protects his belongings in his absence.

Such a woman is an agent of the agents of Allah and the agent of Allah will not be disappointed, (she gains her correct hopes).”

Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 324

302- قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

اَيُّمـا اِمرَأَةٍ باتَتْ وَ زَوجُها عليها ساخِطٌ في حَقٍّ لَم تُقبَلْ مِنهـا صَلوةٌ حَتّى يَرضى عَنها

الكافي/5/507

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said:“Any woman who spends the night while her husband is rightfully angry with her, her prayer is not accepted from her until he becomes pleased with her.”

AI-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 507

303- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

حَقُّ الرَّجُلِ عَلَى المَرأَة، إنارَة السِّراجِ وَ اِصلاحُ الطَّعامِ و أَنْ تَستَقْبِلَهُ عِندَ بابِ بَيتِها فَتَرَحَّبَ بِهِ و أَنْْ لا تَمنَعَهُ نَفسَها اِلاّ مِن عِلَّةٍ

مكارم الاخلاق/2/246

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“The right of a man upon (his) wife is: lighting the light, preparing food, receiving him at the threshold of the door of the house with pleasant conversation, and avoid refusing to offer herself to him except for the time there is an excuse.”

Makarim-ul-Akhlaq, vol. 2, p. 246

304- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

لا تُؤَدِّي المَرأَةُ حَقَّ اللهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتّى تُؤدِّيَ حَقَّ زَوجِها

مستدرك الوسائل/14/257

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“A woman has not performed the right of Allah, Almighty and Glorious unless she performs the right of her husband.”

Mustadrak-ul-Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 14, p. 257

305- قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :

جاءَتِ امرَأَةٌ إِلى النَّبيِّصلی الله عليه و آله و سلم فَقالَت يا رَسُولَ الله ما حَقُّ الزَّوجِ عَلَى المَرأَةِ؟ فَقالَ: أَنْْ تُطيعَهُ وَلا تَعْصِيَهُ

وسائل الشيعة/10/527

Imam Baqir [a.s.] said:“Once a woman came to the Prophet [p.b.u.h.] and said: “O' Messenger of Allah! What is the right of a husband upon his wife?” Then, he answered her:“That she obeys him and does not offend him!”

Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 10, p. 527

ADMIRABLE QUALITIES OF WIVES

306- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

ما مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ تَسْقِي زَوجَها شَربَةً مِن مـاءٍ اِلاّ كانَ خَيرًا لَها مِن عِبادَة سَنَةِ صِيامِ نَهارِها وَ قِيامِ لَيلِها

وسائل الشيعة/20/172

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“There is no (believing) woman who gives her husband a glass of water but it will be rewarded her better than the worship of one year during which she fasts on days and keeps vigil during the nights.”

Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 20, p. 172

307- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

... وَ عليها أَنْْ تَطِيبَ بِأَطيَـبِ طِيبِها وَ تَلْبَـسَ بِأَحسَنِ ثِيابِها وَ تَزَيَّنَ بِأَحسَنِ زينَتِها وَ تَعرِضَ نَفسَها عليه غُدْوَةً وَ عَشِيَّةً

الكافي/5/508

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“It is to a woman to perfume herself with her best fragrances, wear her best clothes, and ornament herself with her best ornamentation in order to present herself available to her husband whether it is day or night.”

AI-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 508

308- قالَ الإمامُ اَميرُالمُؤمِنينَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام :

جِهادُ المَرأَةِ حُسنُ التَّبَعُّلِ

نهج البلاغة، الكلمات القصار/494

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said:“The Jihad (fighting in the way of Allah) of a woman is to afford pleasant company to her husband.”

Nahjul-Balagha, saying No. 494

309- عَن اَبي جَعفَرٍ عليه السلام قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم: قالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجلَّ إذا أَرَدتُ أَنْ أَجْمَعَ لِلمُسلِـمِ خَيرَ الدّنيا وَ الآخِـرَةِ، جَعَلْتُ لَهُ قَلْبًا خاشِعاً، وَ لِسانًا ذاكِـرً، وَ جَسَـدًا عَلَى البَـلاءِ صابِراً، وَ زَوجَةً مُؤمِنةً تَسُرُّهُ إذا نَظَرَ اِلَيها وَ تَحفَظُـهُ إذا غابَ عَنها في نَفسِها وَ مالِهِ

الكافي/5/327

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“Allah, Almighty and Glorious, has said: 'Had I willed to gather the good of this world and the next for a Muslim believer, I would set for the one a humble heart, a thankful tongue, and a body patient in afflictions. (To a man I would give) a pious wife whom when he looks at he is delighted and who (she) protects herself and his properties for him when he is away from her.”

Usul-i-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 327

310- قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

مَلعُونَةٌ مَلعُونَةٌ اِمرَأةٌ تُؤْذِي زَوجَها وَ تَغُمُّـهُ وَ سَعِيـدَةٌ سَعِيدَةٌ اِمرَأَةٌ تُكرِمُ زَوجَها وَلا تُؤْذِيهِ وَ تُطِيعُهُ فِي جَمِيعِ اَحوالِهِ

بحار الأنوار/103/252

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said:“Intensively is cursed (by Allah) the woman who hurts her husband and makes him grievous, but intensively is prosperous the woman who respects her husband and does not hurt him while she does obey him in all conditions.”

Bihar-uI-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 252

311- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

اِنَّ مِن خَيرِ نِسائِكُم اَلوَلوُدَ الوَدُودَ اَلسَّتيرةَ العَفيفةَ اَلعَزِيـزةَ فِي اَهلِها اَلذليلَةَ مَعَ بَعلِها اَلمُتَبَرِّجَةَ مِن زَوجِها اَلحَصانَ عَن غَيرِه الَّتي تَسمَعُ قَولَهُ وَ تُطيعُ اَمرَهُ وَ إذا خَلابِها بَذَلَـتْ لَهُ ما أَرادَ مِنها، وَلَم تَبَذَّلْ كَتَبََّذُّلِ الرَّجُلِ

بحار الأنوار/103/235

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“Verily your best woman is she who is fertile, affectionate, keeps secrets, and is pious. She obeys her husband and is honourably dear among her kinsmen. When she is with her husband, she reveals her ornaments but conceals it from anyone other than him. She hearkens to his speech and obeys his commands. When she is in private, she dresses herself beautifully and is eager to offer him generously whatever he wants from her. She is usually ornamented (for him) and is not plain as men are.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 235

312- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

مِنْ سَعادَة المَرْءِ المُسلِمِ اَلزَّوجَةُ الصّالِحَةُ وَالمَسكَنُ الواسِـعُ وَالمَركَبُ الْهَنِيءُ وَالوَلَدُ الصّالِحُ

بحار الأنوار/104/98

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“From the prosperity of a Muslim man is that he has a pious wife, a large (comfortable) house, a pleasant mount, and a righteous child.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 104, p. 98

313- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

جِهادُ المَرأَةِ حُسْنُ التَّبَعُّلِ وَ اَعظَمُ النّاسِ حَقّاً عليها زَوجُها

بحار الأنوار/103/256

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“The Jihad (fighting in the way of Allah) of a woman is to afford pleasant company to her husband and the right of her husband over her is the greatest right of all people over her.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 256

DIVORCE AND ITS EFFECTS

314- قالَ اللّه تَعالى :

وَ إذا طَلَّقتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَبَلَغْـنَ اَجَلَهُـنَّ فَاَمسِكُوهُـنَّ بِمَعرُوفٍ اَو سَرِّحُوهُـنَّ بِمَعـرُوفٍ وَلا تُمسِكُوهُـنَّ ضِـرارًا لِّتَعتَـدُوا وَ مَن يَّفعَلْ ذلِكَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفسَهُ وَلا تَتَّخِذُوا آياتِ اللهِ هُزُوًا وَاذْكُرُوا نِعمَتَ اللهِ عَلَيكُـمْ وَ مَا اَنـزَلَ عَلَيكُـم مِّنَ الكِتابِ وَالحِكمَةِ يَعِظُكُم بِه وَاتَّقُوا اللّهَ وَ اعْلَمُوا اَنَّ اللّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

سورة بقره/2/231

Allah (s.w.t.) said:“And when you divorce women and they reach their prescribed time, then either retain them in good fellowship or set them free with liberality, and do not retain them for injury, so that you exceed the limits; and whoever does this, he indeed is unjust to his own soul; and do not take Allah's communications for a mockery, and remember the favor of Allah upon you, and that which He has revealed to you of the Book and the Wisdom, admonishing you thereby; and be careful (of your duty to) Allah, and know that Allah is the Knower of all things.”

Sura Al-Baqarah, No. 2, Verse 231

315- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

تَزَوَّجُوا وَلا تُطَلِّقُوا فَاِنَّ الطَّلاقَ يَهتَزُّ مِنهُ العَرشُ

وسائل الشيعة/22/9

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“Marry and do not divorce because the Throne of heaven quakes from divorce.”

Wasa'il ush Shiah, vol. 22, p. 9

316- قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

اِنَّ اللّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُحِبُّ البَيتَ الّذي فِيهِ العُرْسُ وَ يُبْغِضُ البَيتَ الّذي فِيهِ الطَّلاقُ وَ ما مِنْ شيْءٍ اَبْغَضُ إِلى اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ مِنَ الطَّلاقِ

الكافي/6/54

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said: Allah, Almighty and Glorious, is pleased with the house wherein marriage takes place and is displeased with the house wherein divorce is found, and there is nothing with Allah more hateful than divorce.”

Al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 54

317- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

اِنَّ اللّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُبْغِضُ اَوْ يَلْعَنُ كُلَّ ذَوّاقٍ مِنَ الرِّجالِ وَ كُـلَّ ذَوّاقَةٍ مِنَ النِّساءِ

الكافي/6/54

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“Certainly, Allah, Almighty and Glorious, dislikes or curses any man or woman whose intention of divorce or marriage is merely tasting the pleasure of it.”

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] repeated this statement three times to emphasize that any man who divorces his wife for a new marriage and tasting the pleasure of the new wed, as well as if any woman who demands her divorce for the same purpose and marries another man, is involved in the curse of Allah.

Al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 54

318- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

مَن سَلِمَ مِن نِساءِ اُمَّتي مِن اَربَعِ خِصالٍ فَلَهَا الجَنَّةُ إذا حَفِظَتْ ما بَينَ رِجْلَيْها وَ اَطاعَتْ زَوْجَها وَصَلَّتْ خَمْسَها وَ صامَتْ شَهْرَها

بحار الأنوار/104/107

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“The lady from the women of my Ummah who safely observes four traits deserves Heaven: if she protects her piety, obeys her husband, establishes her five cardinal prayers, and fasts in the month of Ramadan.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 104, p. 107

LOWERING THE GAZE AND GUARDING THE MODESTY

319- قالَ اللّهُ تَعالى :

قُلْ لِلمُؤمِنينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ اَبصارِهِم وَ يَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُم ذلِكَ اَزكى لَهُم اِنَّ اللّهَ خَبيرٌ بِما يَصنَعُونَ

سورة النّور الرقم 24 الآية 30

Allah (s.w.t.) said:“Tell the believing men to cast down their looks and guard their private parts, that is purer for them, surely Allah is well acquainted with what they do.”

Sura An-Nur, No. 24, verse 30

320- قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

اَلنَّظَرُ سَهْمٌ مِن سِهامِ اِبليـسَ مَسمُومٌ، مَن تَرَكَها لِلّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لا لِغَيرِهِ اَعْقَبَهُ اللّهُ اِيمانًا يَجِدُ طَعْمَهُ

من لا يحضره الفقيه/4/18

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said:“An unlawful look (at na-mahram) is an arrow from the arrows of Satan which is poisonous. He who abandons it for the sake of Allah, Almighty and Glorious, and not for something else, consequently, Allah will give him a Faith that he finds its pleasure (in his self).”

Man La Yahduruhul Faqih, vol. 4, p. 18

321- قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

فَزِنَى العَينَينِ اَلنَّظَرُ، وَزِنَى الفَمِ اَلقُبْلَةْ، وَزِنَى اليَدَينِ اَللَّمـسُ صَدَّقَ الفَرجُ ذَلِكَ أَم كَذَّبَ

الكافي/5/559

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said:“The fornication of the eyes is the intercourse of unlawful (lustful) looks, the fornication of the lips is a forbidden kiss (of na-mahram), and the fornication of the hands is touching (hands or other limbs of a na-mahram), whether the response of the genital affirm it or disaffirms it .”

Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 559

322- قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :

لَعَنَ رَسُولُ الله صَلَّى اللّه عليه وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ رَجُـلاً يَنظُرُ إِلى فَرجِ اِمرَأَةٍ لا تَحِلُّ لَهُ، وَ رَجُلاً خانَ اَخاهُ فِي اِمرَأَتِـه ، وَ رَجُلاً يَحْتاجُ النّاسُ إِلى نَفْعِهِ فَسَأَلَهُمُ الرُّشْوَةَ

الكافي/5/559

Imam Baqir [a.s.] said:“The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] cursed the man who looks at the private part of a woman who is not lawful to him, and also the man proves treacherous to his religious brother's wife, and also the man that people need his help (because of his position) but he asks for a bribe from them.”

AI-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 559

WOMEN AND ORNAMENTATION

323- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

قَوْلُ الرَّجُلِ لِلْمَرْأَةِ إنِّي أُحِبُّكِ لايَذْهَبُ مِنْ قَلْبِها أَبَدًا

وسائل الشيعة/14/10

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“A man's word telling his wife: 'I love you' never will quit her heart.”

Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 14, p. 10

324- سُئِلَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام عَنِ القَرامِلِ الَّتِي تَضَعُها النِّساءُ فِي رُؤُوسِهِنَّ يَصِلْنَهُ بِشُعُورِهِنَّ فَقالَ: لا بَأسَ عَلَى المَرأَةِ بِما تَزَيَّنَتْ بِهِ لِزَوْجِها

الكافي/5/119

Imam Baqir [a.s.] said:“It does not matter what a women ornaments herseff with for her husband.”

AI-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 119

325- قالَ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام :

نَهى رَسُولُ اللهِ صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم أَنْْ تَتَزَيَّنَ لِغَيرِ زَوجِها فَاِن فَعَلَـتْ كانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْْ يُحْرِقَها بِالنّارِ

من لا يحضره الفقيه/4/6

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said that the Prophet [p.b.u.h.] prohibited the ornamentation of a woman for someone else other than her husband, and said:

“Thus, if she does so, it is the right of Allah, Almighty and Glorious, to burn her in Hell.” (Unless she repents.)

Man La YahduruhuI Faqih, vol. 4, p. 6

326- عَن أَبي عَبدِ الله عليه السلام قالَ :

كُلُّ مَنْ اِشْتَدَّ لَنا حُبًّا اِشْتَدَّ لِلنِساءِ حُبًّا

وسائل الشيعة/14/11

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said:“Everyone who intensifies love for us (AhIul-Bayt) intensifies love for his wife, too.”

Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 14, p. 11

327- قالَ النَّبِيّ صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

خَيرُ نِسائِكُم اَلعَفِيفَةُ الغَلِمَةُ

وسائل الشيعة/20/30

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“The best of your women is the one who is pious and obeys her husband in lust and ornamentation (but is impenetrable for others).”

Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol 20, p.30

FORNICATION AND ITS HARMFUL EFFECTS

328- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

مَكتُوبٌ فِي التَّوراةِ: أَنَا اللّهُ قاتِلُ القاتِلينَ و مُفَقِّرُالزّانِينَ

الكافي/5/554

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“It is written in the Turah: 'I am Allah, the killer of murderers and distractor of fornicators.”

Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 554

329- قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

لِلزّاني سِتُّ خِصالٍ: ثَلاثٌ فِي الدّنيا وَ ثَلاثٌ فِي الآخِـرَةِ، أَمَّـا الَّتي فِي الدّنيا فَيَذهَبُ بِنُـورِ الوَجـهِ وَ يُورِثُ الفَقـرَ وَ يُعَجِّـلُ الفَناءَ وَ اَمَّا الَّتي فِي الآخِـرَةِ فَسَخَـطُ الرَّبِّ وَ سُـوءُ الحِسابِ وَالخُلُودُ فِي النّارِ

الكافي/5/541

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said:“There are six effects for a fornicator, three of which are in this world and the other three will be in the next world. Those that occur in this world are: taking the honour of the person and defaming the one; causing the one to become poor; and shortening the length of life, (i.e. hastening one's death). Then, those which will be in the Hereafter are: the wrath of Allah, graveness in Reckoning, and residing in Fire eternally.”

Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 541

330- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

اَيُّهَا النّاسُ لا تَزْنُوا فَتَزْنِيَ نِساءُكُمْ، كَماتَدِينُ تُدانُ

الكافي/5/554

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said again from the Turah:

“O' people, do not commit fornication because your wives will do the same, too. That which you sow, you will reap.” (The same as you do will be done to you).

Al-Kafi, vol.5, p.554

331- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

وَ مَنِ التَزَمَ اِمـرأَةً حَرامًا قُرِنَ في سِلسِلَةٍ مِن نارٍ مَـعَ شَيطانٍ فَيُقْذَفانِ فِي النّارِ

من لا يحضره الفقيه/4/14

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“...He who embraces a woman who is unlawful (haram) to him, will be bound by a chain of fire alongwith Satan and both will be thrown into Hell.”

Man La Yahduruhul Faqih, vol. 4, p. 14

332- قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

كُلُّ ما أَنْزَلَ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ ماءَهُ فِي هذا وَ شِبْهِهِ فَهُوَ زِنى

الكافي/5/541

Once, 'Ammar ibn Musa asked Imam Sadiq [a.s.] about

commiting sexual intercourse with beasts or masterbation by the hand or other limbs of one's ownself, and he [a.s.] replied:“Any form of these kinds and the like of them by which man pours forth his water, is (considered as) fornication (and it is unlawful).”

AI-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 541

333- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

... مَلعُونٌ مَلعُونٌ مَنْ نَكَحَ بَهِيمَةً

الكافي/2/270

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“Cursed is he, cursed is he who copulates with beasts.”

AI-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 270

334- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

سِحاقُ النِّساءِ بَيْنَهُنَّ زِنى

كنز العُمّال/5/316

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“Lesbianism between themselves is (the same as) fornication.”

Kanz-ul-'Ummal, vol. 5, p. 316

HYGIENE IN ISLAM

335- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

ثَلاثَةٌ يُحِبُّهَا اللّهُ: قِلَّةُ الكَلامِ وَ قِلَّةُ المَنامِ وَ قِلَّةُ الطَّعامِ، ثَلاثَةٌ يُبْغِضُهَا اللّهُ: كَثْرَةُ الكَلامِ وَ كَثْرَةُ المَنامِ وَ كَثْرَةُ الطَّعامِ

اثنى عشريه/92

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“There are three traits which Allah loves (in people): briefness in speech, short (length) of sleep, and small (portion) of food; while there are three traits which He dislikes (in them): loquaciousness, oversleeping, and overeating.”

Al Ithna'Ashariyyah, p. 92

336- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

تَنَظَّفُوا بِكُلِّ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، فَاِنَّ اللّهَ تَعالى بَنَـى الاِسـلامَ عَلَـى النَّظافَةِ، وَلَنْ يَدْخُلَ الجَنَّةَ اِلاّ كُلُّ نَظِيفٍ

كنز العُمّال/26002

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“Try to be clean as much as you are able to. Verily, Allah has based the foundation of Islam on cleanliness; hence, never can a person enter Paradise but the clean ones.”

Kanz-ul-'Ummal, Tradition 26002

337- قالَ الإمامُ اَميرُالمُؤمِنينَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام :

إِدْمانُ الشَّبَعِ يُورِثُ أَنواعَ الوَجَعِ

غرر الحكم/359

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said:“Overindulgence of food causes various kinds of diseases.”

Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p. 359

338- عَنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ جَهْمٍ قالَ: قالَ اَبُوالحَسَنِ مُوسَى بنُ جَعفَرٍ عليه السلام :

خَمْسٌ مِنَ السُّنَنِ فِي الرَّأْسِ وَ خَمْسٌ فِي الجَسَدِ: فَاَمَّا الّتي في الرّأَْسِ: فَالسِّـواكُ، وَ اَخْذُ الشّارِبِ، وَ فَرْقُ الشَّعْرِ، وَ المَضمَضَة وَ الاِسْتِنْشاقُ، وَ اَمَّا الَّتي فِي الجَسَدِ، فَالخِتانُ، وَ حَلْقُ العانَةِ، وَ نَتفُ الاِبْطَيْنِ، وَ تَقلِيمُ الأظْفارِ، وَ الاِستِنْجاءُ

الخصال/125

Imam Musa ibn Ja'far, the seventh Imam, [a.s.] said:

“There are five sunnah about the head and five others related to the body. The first five concerning the head, are: washing the mouth, trimming the moustache, combing the hair, and drawing up water through the mouth and nostrils.

The second five, concerning the body, are: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, depilating the armpits, clipping the nails, and cleansing the privy parts (with water, tissue, cloth,

etc., while water is preferable).”

Khisal by Saduq, p. 125

339- قالَ الإمامُ اَميرُالمُؤمِنينَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام لِلحَسَنِ عليه السلام :

أَلا اُعَلِّمُكَ أَربَعَ خِصالٍ تَستَغنِي بِها عَنِ الطِّبِّ؟ قالَ:بَلى، قالَ: لاَ تَجْلِسْ عَلَى الطَّعامِ إِلاّ وَأَنْتَ جائِعٌ وَلاَ تَقُمْ عَنِ الطَّعامِ إِلاّ وَ أَنْتَ تَشْتَهِيهِ وَ جَوِّدِ المَضْـغَ وَ إذا نِمْتَ فَاعْرَضْ نَفْسَـكَ عَلَى الخَلاءِ فَاِذَا اسْتَعْمَلْتَ هَذا اِسْتَغْنَيْتَ عَنِ الطِّبِّ

وسائل الشيعة/24/245

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] told Imam Hassan [a.s.]:“Shall I teach you four traits by which you will be in no need of any medical treatment?”

“Yes,” Imam Hassan answered. Then, Ali [a.s.] said:

1- Do not sit for food (in order to eat) unless you are hungry;

2- And, do not leave the (table of) food but you still have an appetite for it;

3- Chew (your food in your mouth) well;

4- And, when you want to go to bed, (primarily) go to the water-closet to ease nature.

If you take these in action, you will be in no need of any medical treatment.”

Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 24, p. 245

BUSINESS AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

340- قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

أَيُّمـا رَجُلٍ اشْتَرى طَعاماً فَكَبَسَـهُ اَربَعينَ صَباحـاً يُرِيـدُ بِـه غِلاءَ المُسلِمينَ ثُمَّ باعَـهُ فَتَصَـدَّقَ بِثَمَنِـهِ لَم يَكُن كَفّارةً لِمـا صَنَعَ

بحار الأنوار/103/89

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said:“He who purchases the food stuff which is a public necessity and stores it for forty days with the hope that its price will go up in the Muslim market, then, sells it and gives the entire sum as charity to the poor, it can not be the atonement for what he has done.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 89

341- قالَ الإمامُ اَميرُالمُؤمِنينَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام :

مَنِ اتَّجَرَ بِغَيرِ فِقهٍ فَقَدِ ارتَطَمَ فِي الرِّبا

بحار الأنوار/103/93

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said:“He who ventures transactions without observing the concerning Islamic rules, has surely run into usury,” (while he is not aware of it).

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 93

342- عَن اَمِيرِالمُؤمِنينَ عَلِىٍّ عليه السلام قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم :

مَن باعَ وَاشتَرى فَلْيَجتَنِبْ خَمْسَ خِصالٍ وَ اِلاّ فَلا يَبِيعَـنَّ وَ لا يَشتَرِيَنَّ: الرِّبا، وَالحَلْفُ، وَ كِتْمـانُ العَيْـبِ، وَالمَـدْحُ إذا باعَ، وَالذَّمُّ اِذَا اشْتَرى

الخصال/1/286

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] narrates from the Messenger of Allah who said:“He who is in business and buys and sells things must avoid five traits, otherwise he should not buy or sell anything: usury, taking oath, concealing the faults or defects of the goods, praising it wrongly when selling it, and finding faults in it when buying it.”

AI-Khisal by Saduq, vol. 1, p. 286

343- قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :

مَنْ طَلَبَ الرِّزْقَ فِي الدّنيا اِستِعفافًا عَنِ النّاسِ وَ تَوْسِيعًا عَلى اَهلِهِ وَ تَعَطُّفًا عَلى جارِهِ لَقَى اللّهَ عَزَّوَجَـلَّ يَـومَ القِيامَة وَ وَجهُهُ مِثلُ القَمَرِ لَيلَةَ البَدرِ

الكافي/5/78

Imam Baqir, the fifth Imam [a.s.] said:“He who seeks for sustenance in this world in order to be independent of people for his needs, to provide for his famlly members, and to stretch affection unto his neighbours, will meet Allah, Almighty and Glorious, on the Day of Judgement while his face will be as bright as the full moon.”

Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 78