121 - الحياء

121. MODESTY

599 - فَضلُ الحَياءِ

599. THE VIRTUE OF MODESTY

1811.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الحياءُ سَبَبٌ إلى‏ كُلِّ جَميلٍ.¹

1811.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Modesty is the means to all beauty.' ²

1812.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الحياءُ مِفْتاحُ كُلِّ الخَيرِ .³

1812.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Modesty is the key to all goodness.' ⁴

1813.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أعقَلُ النّاسِ أحْياهُم .⁵

1813.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The most intelligent person is the most modest one.' ⁶

1814.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الحياءُ يَصُدُّ عنْ فِعْلِ القَبيحِ.⁷

1814.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Modesty prevents ugly actions.' ⁸

1815.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : سَبَبُ العِفَّةِ الحياءُ .⁹

1815.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The means to chastity is modesty.' ¹⁰

120 - الحيوان‏

120. ANIMALS

598 - حُقوقُ الحَيَوانِ‏

598. THE RIGHTS OF ANIMALS

1798.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - لَمّا أبْصَرَ ناقَةً مَعْقولَةً وعلَيها جِهازُها - : أينَ صاحِبُها ؟ مُروهُ فلْيَسْتعِدَّ غَداً للخُصومَةِ .¹

1798. When the Prophet (SAWA) saw a she-camel, whose knees were tied up, carrying her load, he said, 'Where is her owner? Tell him that he should prepare for the lawsuit tomorrow [the Day of Resurrection].' ²

1799.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ ويُعينُ علَيهِ، فإذا رَكِبْتُمُ الدَّوابَّ العُجْفَ فأنْزِلوها مَنازِلَها ، فإنْ كانتِ الأرضُ مُجْدِبَةً فانْجوا عَنها ، وإنْ كانتْ مُخْصِبةً فأنْزِلُوها مَنازِلَها .³

1799.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily Allah loves gentleness and He aids in implementing it, so when you ride a lean animal, dismount it at the right place for if the land is barren and arid then get away from it and if the land is lush and fertile then dismount the animal [and allow it to rest].' ⁴

1800.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ارْكَبوا هذهِ الدَّوابَّ سالِمَةً واتَّدِعُوها سالِمَةً ، ولا تَتَّخِذوها كَراسِيَّ لأحاديثِكُم في الطُّرُقِ والأسْواقِ ، فَرُبَّ مَرْكوبَةٍ خَيرٌ مِن راكِبِها وأكْثَرُ ذِكْراً للَّهِ تباركَ وتعالى‏ مِنهُ .⁵

1800.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Mount the sound animals and look after them properly and do not treat them as chairs for your conversations in the streets and the markets, for many riding animals are better than their rider and are more remembering of Allah - Blessed and most High.' ⁶

1801.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : للدّابّةِ على‏ صاحِبِها سِتُّ خِصالٍ : يَعْلِفُها إذا نَزلَ ، ويَعْرِضُ علَيها الماءَ إذا مَرَّ بهِ ، ولا يَضْرِبُها إلّا على‏ حقٍّ ، ولا يُحَمّلُها ما لا تُطيقُ‏⁷ ، ولا يُكلّفُها مِن السَّيرِ إلّا طاقَتَها ، ولا يَقِفُ علَيها فُواقاً .⁸

1801.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The animal has six rights over its owner: once the owner has dismounted the animal he should allow it to graze, he should give it access to water if they pass by it, he should not hit the animal except when it truly deserves it, he should not burden it with a load that it cannot bear, he should not overtask it with a journey that it cannot endure and he should not sit on it for lengthy periods of time.' ⁹

1802.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لا تَضْرِبوا الدَّوابَّ على‏ وُجوهِها؛ فإنَّها تُسَبِّحُ بحَمْدِ اللَّهِ .¹⁰

1802.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Do not hit animals on their faces for verily they praise and glorify Allah.' ¹¹

1803.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : غُفِرَ لامْرأةٍ مُومِسَةٍ مرَّتْ بكلبٍ على‏ رأسِ رَكِيٍّ يَلْهَثُ كادَ يَقْتُلُهُ العَطَشُ ، فنَزَعَتْ خُفَّها فأوْثَقَتْهُ بخِمارِها فنَزَعَتْ لَهُ مِن الماءِ ، فغُفِرَ لَها بذلكَ .¹²

1803.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A prostitute was forgiven when she passed a panting dog almost dying of thirst at the foot of a well, whereby she took off her shoe and tied it to her headscarf and lowered it into the well to extract water [for the dog], and for that action she was forgiven.' ¹³

1804.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما مِن دابَّةٍ - طائرٍ ولا غَيرِهِ - يُقتَلُ بغَيرِ الحقِّ إلّا ستُخاصِمُهُ يَومَ القِيامَةِ .¹⁴

1804.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'No animal, including a bird or any other kind, is killed unjustly except that it will raise a complaint against him [the killer] on the Day of Resurrection.' ¹⁵

1805.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن قَتلَ عُصْفوراً عَبَثاً عَجَّ إلى‏ اللَّهِ يَومَ القِيامَةِ مِنهُ ، يقولُ : يا رَبِّ ، إنّ فُلاناً قَتلَني عَبَثاً ولَم يَقتُلْني لِمَنفَعَةٍ .¹⁶

1805.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Whoever kills a sparrow in vain, it will cry out to Allah against him on the Day of Resurrection saying, 'O my Lord, so and so killed me in vain and did not kill me for any useful purpose.' ¹⁷

1806.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَو غُفِرَ لَكُم ما تَأتونَ إلى‏ البَهائِم لَغُفِرَ لَكُم كَثيراً .¹⁸

1806.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If the oppression that you have committed towards animals is forgiven for you, then [realise that] you have been forgiven a lot [of your sins].' ¹⁹

1807.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ألَا تَتَّقي اللَّهَ في هذهِ البَهيمَةِ الّتي مَلّكَكَ اللَّهُ تعالى‏ إيّاها ؟! فإنّهُ شَكا إلَيّ أنّكَ تُجيعُهُ وتُدْئبُهُ .²⁰

1807.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Are you not Godwary with respect to this animal that Allah has allowed you to possess?! Because verily it has complained to me that you keep it hungry and tire it out.' ²¹

1808.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَعنَ اللَّهُ مَن مَثَّلَ بالحَيوانِ .²²

1808.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'May the curse of Allah be on the one who treats an animal harshly.' ²³

1809.كنز العمّال : نَهى‏ [رسول اللَّه صلى اللَّه عليه وآله ] عن قَتلِ كُلِّ ذي رُوحٍ إلّا أنْ يُؤذي .²⁴

1809. It is narrated in Kanz al-Ummal, from Ibn Abbas who said, 'The Prophet (SAWA) forbade the killing of any living thing unless it causes harm.' ²⁵

1810.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ امرأة عُذِّبَتْ في هِرّةٍ رَبَطتْها حتّى‏ ماتَتْ عَطَشاً .²⁶

1810.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Verily a woman was chastised for the fact that she tied up a cat and left it till it died of thirst.' ²⁷