251 - الإطعام‏

251. FEEDING OTHERS

1181 - فَضلُ إطعامِ الجائِعِ‏

1181. THE VIRTUE OF FEEDING A HUNGRY PERSON

(وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعامَ عَلَى‏ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِيناً وَيَتِيماً وَأَسِيراً * إِنَّما نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لا نُرِيدُ مِنْكُمْ جَزاءً وَلا شُكُوراً).¹

“They give food for the love of Him, to the needy, the orphan and the prisoner, [saying], ‘We feed you only for the sake of Allah. We do not want any reward from you nor any thanks.”²

(أَوْ إِطْعامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ * يَتِيماً ذا مَقْرَبَةٍ * أَوْ مِسْكِيناً ذا مَتْرَبَةٍ).³

“or feeding [the needy] on a day of starvation, or an orphan among relatives, or a needy man in desolation.”⁴

3793.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : قوتُ الأجسادِ الطَّعامُ ، وقوتُ الأرواحِ الإطعامُ .⁵

3793.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The nourishment of the body is food whilst the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.’⁶

3794.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما أكَلتَهُ راحَ، وما أطعَمتَهُ فاحَ .⁷

3794.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘That which you yourself eat gets consumed whereas that which you feed others diffuses [i.e. the benediction in that sustenance].’⁸

3795.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ إطعامَ الطَّعامِ وهِراقَةَ الدِّماءِ .⁹

3795.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah loves the feeding of food to others, and the spilling of blood [offering a sacrifice].’¹⁰

3796.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مِن مُوجِباتِ الجَنَّةِ والمَغفِرَةِ إطعامُ الطَّعامِ السَّغْبانَ، ثُمَّ تَلا قولَ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ : (أَوْ إِطْعامٌ في يَومٍ ذِي مَسْغَبةٍ ...).¹¹

3796.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘One of the things which gives one obligatory entrance into Paradise and forgiveness is feeding a starving person’, then he went on to recite the verse of Allah in the Qur’an: “or feeding [the needy] on a day of starvation.”¹²

3797.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ أميرَ المؤمنينَ عليه السلام أشبَهُ الناسِ طُعمَةً برسولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله، كانَ يَأكُلُ الخُبزَ والخَلَّ والزَّيتَ، ويُطعِمُ الناسَ الخُبزَ واللَّحمَ .¹³

3797.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘Verily the Commander of the Faithful resembled the Prophet (SAWA) the most in the way that he ate. He used to eat bread, vinegar and (olive) oil, and feed others bread and meat.’¹⁴

(اُنظر) عنوان 249 «الضيافة» .

(See also: HOSPITALITY 249)

1180 - تجنب الدواء مَهما أمكَنَ‏

1180. AVOIDING MEDICINE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

3791.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : تَجَنَّبِ الدَّواءَ مَا احتَمَلَ بَدَنُكَ الدَّاءَ ، فَإذا لَم يَحتَمِلِ الدّاءَ فَالدَّواءُ .¹

3791.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Avoid medicine as long as your body can bear the pain but when it could no longer bear it, only then, the medicine.’²

3792.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اِمشِ بِدائِكَ ما مَشى‏ بِكَ .³

3792.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Get along with your pain as long as it gets along with you⁴