258 - الظُّفر

258. NAILS

1195 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ تَقليمِ الأظفارِ

1195. ENCOURAGING THE CLIPPING OF ONE’S NAILS

3864.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : تَقليمُ الأظفارِ يَمنَعُ الداءَ الأعظَمَ، و يُدِرُّ الرِّزقَ .¹

3864.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Clipping one’s nails prevents the worst disease, and yields abundant sustenance.’²

3865.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : إنّما قَصُّ الأظفارِ لأنّها مَقِيلُ الشَّيطانِ، ومِنهُ يَكونُ النِّسيانُ .³

3865.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Do cut your nails indeed for verily they are Satan’s resting place, and from him ensues forgetfulness.’⁴

3866.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ أستَرَ وأخفى‏ ما يُسَلَّطُ الشَّيطانُ مِنِ ابنِ آدَمَ أن صارَ أن يَسكُنَ تَحتَ الأظافِيرِ.⁵

3866.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily the most hidden and subtle way that Satan has managed to gain control over man is that he has made himself an abode under his nails [i.e. in unclean places].’⁶

257 - الطِّيَرَة

257. THE EVIL OMEN

1194 - التَّطَيُّرُ

1194. DRAWING EVIL OMENS

3856.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن رَدَّتهُ الطِّيَرَةُ عَن حاجَتِهِ فَقَد أشرَكَ .¹

3856.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who is driven by an evil omen to abandon fulfilment of his need has indeed associated something with Allah.’²

3857.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن خَرَجَ يُريدُ سَفَراً فَرَجَعَ مِن طَيرٍ فقد كَفَرَ بما اُنزِلَ على‏ محمّدٍ .³

3857.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who leaves his home intending to travel, then returns because of an evil omen has indeed disbelieved in what has been revealed to Muhammad.’⁴

3858.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أصدَقُ الطِّيَرَةِ الفَألُ .⁵

3858.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The truest omen is the optimistic auspice.’⁶

3859.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ليسَ مِنّا مَن تَطَيَّرَ أو تُطُيِّرَ لَهُ .⁷

3859.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘One who draws evil omens or believes evil omens drawn by others, or predicts the future or has his future predicted for him, or practices magic or has magic practiced for him, is not one of us.’⁸

3860.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : كَفّارَةُ الطِّيَرَةِ التَّوَكُّلُ .⁹

3860.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The penance for taking an evil omen is complete reliance on Allah.’¹⁰

3861.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لا طِيَرَةَ ولا شُؤمَ .¹¹

3861.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘There is no such thing as an evil omen or bad luck.’¹²

3862.مكارم الأخلاق : في الحديث: إنّ النبيَّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله كانَ يُحِبُّ الفَألَ الحَسَنَ ويَكرَهُ الطِّيَرَةَ ، وكانَ يَأمُرُ مَن رَأى‏ شَيئاً يَكرَهُهُ ويَتَطَيَّرُ مِنهُ أن يقولَ : اللّهُمّ لايُؤتِي الخَيرَ إلّا أنتَ، ولا يَدفَعُ السَّيّئاتِ إلّا أنتَ ، ولا حولَ ولاقُوَّةَ إلّا بكَ .¹³

3862. It is narrated in Makarim al-Akhlaq: ‘Verily the Prophet (SAWA) used to like the optimistic auspice and used to dislike the evil omen. He used to tell people who saw something they disliked and took it to mean an evil omen to say: ‘O Allah, none gives good but You, and none repels evil but You, and there is no power and no strength except with You.’¹⁴

3863.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الطِّيَرَةُ على‏ ما تَجعَلُها إن هَوَّنتَها تَهَوَّنَت، وإن شَدَّدتَها تَشَدَّدَت، وإن لَم تَجعَلْها شَيئاً لَم تَكُن شَيئاً .¹⁵

3863.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The evil omen takes effect according to what you make of it – if you do not take it seriously, it will not be serious, and if you attach great importance to it, it will bear great importance, and if you do not make anything of it, it will not mean anything.’¹⁶