1369 - ما يَزيدُ فِي العُمُرِ

1369. THAT WHICH LEADS TO AN INCREASE IN LIFESPAN

4598.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أكثِرْ مِنَ الطَّهورِ يَزِدِ اللَّهُ في عُمرِكَ .¹

4598.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Remain mostly in the state of purity and Allah will increase your lifespan.’²

4599.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن سَرَّهُ أن يُبسَطَ لَهُ في رِزقِهِ ويُنسَأَ لَهُ في أجَلِهِ فَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَهُ .³

4599.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever would like his sustenance to be amplified and his destined end to be postponed should maintain relations with his kin.’⁴

4600.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: مَن أرادَ البَقاءَ - ولا بَقاءَ - فَلْيُباكِرِ الغَداءَ ، وَليُجَوِّدِ الحِذاءَ ، وَليُخَفِّفِ الرِّداءَ ، وَلْيُقِلَّ غُشْيانَ النِّساءِ .⁵

4600.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who wishes to remain alive – though there is no remaining forever – should eat his breakfast early, wear good shoes, dress in light clothing, and lessen his sexual intercourse with women.’⁶

4601.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : مُروا شيعَتَنا بِزِيارَةِ قَبرِ الحُسَينِ بنِ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام ؛ فإنَّ إتيانَهُ يَزيدُ فِي الرِّزقِ ، ويَمُدُّ فِي العُمرِ ، ويَدفَعُ مَدافِعَ السُّوءِ .⁷

4601.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Command our Shia to visit the grave of al-Husayn b. Ali (AS), for verily going there increases sustenance, extends one’s life, and repels evil forces.’⁸

4602.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن حَسُنَت نِيَّتُهُ زِيدَ في عُمرِهِ .⁹

4602.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who has good intentions is given an increase in lifespan.’¹⁰

4603.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن حَسُنَ بِرُّهُ بِأهلِ بَيتِهِ زِيدَ في عُمرِهِ .¹¹

4603.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who excels in his good treatment of his family is given an increase in his lifespan.’¹²

4604.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام: إن أحبَبتَ أن يَزيدَ اللَّهُ في عُمرِكَ فسُرَّ أبَوَيكَ .¹³

4604.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘If you would like Allah to increase your lifespan then please your parents.’¹⁴

(اُنظر) الرَّحِم : باب 811 .

(See also: CONSANGUINAL RELATIONS: section 811)

1368 - مَن يَكونُ عُمُرُهُ حُجَّةً عَلَيهِ‏

1368. HE WHOSE LIFE WILL BE A PROOF AGAINST HIM

(وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيها رَبَّنا أخْرِجْنا نَعْمَلْ صالِحاً غَيْرَ الَّذِي كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ أوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُمْ ما يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَنْ تَذَكَّرَ وَجاءَكُمُ النَّذِيرُ فَذُوقُوا فَما لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ نَصِيرٍ) .¹

“They shall cry therein for help: ‘Our Lord! Bring us out, so that we may act righteously – different from what we used to do!’ ‘Did we not give you a life long enough that one who is heedful might take admonition? And [moreover] the warner had [also] come to you. Now taste [the consequence of your deeds], for the wrongdoers have no helper.’”²

4594.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: إذَا كانَ يَومُ القِيامَةِ نودِيَ: أينَ أبناءُ السِّتّينَ ؟ وهُوَالعُمرُ الّذي قالَ اللَّهُ تَعالى‏ : (أوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم ما يَتَذَكَّرُ فيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ) .³

4594.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘On the Day of Resurrection, it will be announced, ‘Where are the sixty year olds?’ for this is the age referring to which Allah, most High, has said, “Did we not give you a life long enough that one who is heedful might take admonition?”⁴

4595.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : العُمرُ الّذي أعذَرَ اللَّهُ فيهِ إلَى ابنِ آدَمَ سِتّونَ سَنَةً .⁵

4595.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The age up to which Allah accepts the excuse of His servants for certain things is sixty years.’⁶

4596.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : فيالَها حَسرَةً عَلى‏ كُلِّ ذي غَفلَةٍ أن يَكونَ عُمُرُهُ عَلَيهِ حُجَّةً ، وأن تُؤَدِّيَهُ أيّامُهُ إلَى الشِّقوَةِ !⁷

4596.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘So alas for every negligent one that his age be a proof against him, and that the days of his life should lead him to perdition!’⁸

4597.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : إذا أتَت عَلَى العَبدِ أربَعونَ سَنَةً قيلَ لَهُ : خُذْ حِذرَكَ ؛ فإنَّكَ غَيرُ مَعذورٍ ، ولَيسَ ابنُ أربَعينَ سَنَةً أحَقَّ بِالعُذرِ مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سَنَةً .⁹

4597.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘When a man reaches forty years of age, it is said to him, ‘Be on your guard, for now you have no excuse’, and the forty-year old man is no longer as worthy of being excused as the twenty-year old man.’¹⁰