254. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “Hasten to make your youth acquainted with traditions before that Murji’ites do.”1
F- Writing:
255. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The right of children upon the father is that the father should teach them how to write, swim and cast [an arrow – archery]. He should also bequeath the child with lawful wealth [as inheritance].”2
G- Hygiene:
256. The Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) said: “For everything there is a means, and the means for having good health lies in four things: little talking, sleeping, walking and eating.”3
257. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The mother of all medicines is eating less.”4
258. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The stomach is the house of all ailments, and abstinence [having a diet] is the source of all remedies.”5
259. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said, when he was asked about the Quran that how it has all sciences except medicine: “Be aware! There is a verse in the Qurān which contains the whole science of medicine. It says: ‘…and eat and drink but be not prodigal.”67
260. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.), from the wise sayings attributed to him: “Do not live to eat, but eat to live.”8
1.. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۸, p. ۱۱۱ h. ۳۸۱. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۴۷, h. ۵, with ‘your children’ instead of ‘your youth’. Both narrating from Jamil al-Darrāj.
2.. al-Sunan al-Kubrā, vol. ۱۰, p. ۲۶, h. ۱۹۷۴۲. Shu‘ab al-Imān, vol. ۶, p. ۴۰۱, h. ۸۶۶۵. Both narrating from Abu Rāfi‘.
3.. al-Fadā'il, p. ۱۲۹, narrating from Ibn Mas‘ud. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۸, p. ۱۴۴, h.۶۷.
4.. al-Mawā‘iz al-‘Adadiyah, p. ۲۱۳.
5.. Qurān, ۷:۳۱.
6.. Tibb al-Nabi (s.a.w.), p. ۱۱.
7.. al-Da‘awāt, p. ۷۵, h. ۱۷۴. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۶۲, p. ۲۶۷, h. ۴۲.
8.. Sharh Nahj al-Balāghah, vol. ۲۰, p. ۳۳۳, h. ۸۲۴.
