13 - ما يَدفَعُ الأجَلَ المُعَلَّقَ‏

13. What Safeguards against the Suspended End

29.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : بالصَّدَقةِ تُفْسَحُ الآجالُ .¹

29.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'People's terms are extended by charity.' ²

30.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : يَعيشُ النّاسُ بإحسانِهِم أكثرَ مِمّا يَعيشُونَ بأعمارِهِم ، ويَموتُونَ بذُنوبِهِم أكثرَ مِمّا يَموتُونَ بآجالِهِم .³

30.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'People live by their goodness towards others more than they do according to their [predestined] life terms; they also die due to their sins more than they die due to the end of their terms.' ⁴

(اُنظر) العُمر : باب 1371 .

(See also: LIFESPAN: section 1371)