Sleep & Dreams

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ اشْتَرَى جَارِيَةً يَطَؤُهَا فَبَلَغَهُ أَنَّ لَهَا زَوْجاً قَالَ يَطَؤُهَا فَإِنَّ بَيْعَهَا طَلَاقُهَا وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُمَا لَا يَقْدِرَانِ عَلَى شَيْ‌ءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمَا إِذَا بِيعَا[1].

Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, and Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, altogether from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Ibn Muskan, from Al Hassan Bin Ziyad who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who bought a slave girl. He slept with her, and (news) reached him that for her is a husband.

اشْتَرَيْتُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ بِهَا هَذَا الْحَبَلُ قَالَ أَ قَرِبْتَهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَعْتِقْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ بِمَا اسْتَحَقَّ الْعِتْقَ قَالَ لِأَنَّ نُطْفَتَكَ غَذَّتْ سَمْعَهُ وَ بَصَرَهُ وَ لَحْمَهُ وَ دَمَهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that Rasool-Allah saww went over to a man from the Helpers, and there was a mother with a large belly arguing. So he saww asked about her, so he said, ‘I bought her, O Rasool-Allah saww , and with her was th

إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لِبَعْضِ الْحَاجَةِ فَقَالَ لَهَا لَعَلَّكِ مِنَ الْمُسَوِّفَاتِ‌ قَالَتْ وَ مَا الْمُسَوِّفَاتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي يَدْعُوهَا زَوْجُهَا لِبَعْضِ الْحَاجَةِ فَلَا تَزَالُ تُسَوِّفُهُ حَتَّى يَنْعُسَ زَوْجُهَا وَ يَنَامَ فَتِلْكَ لَا تَزَالُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَلْعَنُهَا حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ زَوْجُهَا.

"Once a woman came to the Messenger of Allah (sw) for a certain need and he said to her, ‘Perhaps you are of the Musawwifat .’ She asked, ‘And what is the Musawwifat, O Messenger of Allah?’ He replied, ‘It is a woman whose husband calls her for something that he needs but she procrastinates until her husband begins to

كَانَ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ قَوْمٍ خَلَقَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَطَلَبَهُمْ إِبْلِيسُ الطَّلَبَ الشَّدِيدَ وَ كَانَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِمْ وَ خِيَرَتِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذَا خَرَجُوا إِلَى الْعَمَلِ خَرَجُوا بِأَجْمَعِهِمْ وَ تَبْقَى النِّسَاءُ خَلْفَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ إِبْلِيسُ يَعْتَادُهُمْ‌[2] فَكَانُوا إِذَا رَجَعُوا خَرَّبَ إِبْلِيسُ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ تَعَالَوْا نَرْصُدْ هَذَا الَّذِي يُخَرِّبُ مَتَا

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘People of Lot were of the excellent people Allah had created. Iblis persuaded them very intensely. Due to their excellent manners, they would go to work together in groups and leave women behind at home. Iblis (Satan) would come to them every day and in their absence Iblis (Satan) would d

لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنَامَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْنَ أَمَتَيْنِ وَ الْحُرَّتَيْنِ إِنَّمَا نِسَاؤُكُمْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ اللُّعَبِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not unlawful to sleep between the two of your slave-girls or free wives; your women are like dolls.’”

يَثَّغِرُ الْغُلَامُ‌[2] لِسَبْعِ سِنِينَ وَ يُؤْمَرُ بِالصَّلَاةِ لِتِسْعٍ وَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ لِعَشْرٍ وَ يَحْتَلِمُ لِأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَ مُنْتَهَى طُولِهِ لِاثْنَتَيْنِ وَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَ مُنْتَهَى عَقْلِهِ لِثَمَانٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً إِلَّا التَّجَارِبَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has stated this Hadith. ‘Children’s milk teeth are replaced in seven years. They must be instructed to perform Salat (prayer) at the age of nine years, their bed must be separated at the age of ten, they experience wet dream at the age of fourteen, their growth in length stops at the age of twen

[لَا] يَجُوزُ طَلَاقُ الْغُلَامِ إِذَا كَانَ قَدْ عَقَلَ وَ وَصِيَّتُهُ وَ صَدَقَتُهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَحْتَلِمْ. - مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مِثْلَهُ.

4. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from a number of his people from ibn Bukayr who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘Divorce by a child is [not] permissible if he understands as well as his will and charity and even if he does not

الْمُخْتَلِعَةُ الَّتِي تَقُولُ لِزَوْجِهَا اخْلَعْنِي وَ أَنَا أُعْطِيكَ مَا أَخَذْتُ مِنْكَ فَقَالَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنْهَا شَيْئاً حَتَّى تَقُولَ وَ اللَّهِ لَا أُبِرُّ لَكَ قَسَماً وَ لَا أُطِيعُ لَكَ أَمْراً وَ لآَذَنَنَّ فِي بَيْتِكَ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِكَ وَ لَأُوطِئَنَّ فِرَاشَكَ غَيْرَكَ فَإِذَا فَعَلَتْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَهَا حَلَّ لَهُ مَا أَخَذَ مِنْهَا وَ كَانَتْ تَطْلِيقَةً بِغَيْ

‘The woman who is divorced by means of al-Khul‘, who says to her husband, ‘Divorce me and I pay what I have received from you.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not lawful for him to receive such payment until she says, ‘By Allah, I will not honor your turn, will not obey any of your orders, will allow people to enter your h

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ لَا تَأْتُوا الْفِرَاخَ فِي أَعْشَاشِهَا وَ لَا الطَّيْرَ فِي مَنَامِهِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ وَ مَا مَنَامُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ اللَّيْلُ مَنَامُهُ فَلَا تَطْرُقْهُ فِي مَنَامِهِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَ لَا تَأْتُوا الْفَرْخَ فِي عُشِّهِ حَتَّى يَرِيشَ وَ يَطِيرَ فَإِذَا طَارَ فَأَوْتِرْ لَهُ قَوْسَكَ وَ انْصِبْ لَهُ فَخَّكَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘Do not go to the baby birds in their nests at night or to the birds during their sleep [until the morning].’ A man then asked, ‘What is during their sle

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مُؤَاكَلَةِ الْمَجُوسِيِّ فِي قَصْعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَ أَرْقُدَ مَعَهُ عَلَى فِرَاشٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ أُصَافِحَهُ قَالَ لَا[2].

“I once asked abu al-Hassan, Alayhi al-Salam, about eating with a Zoroastrian in a bowl and sleeping with him on one furnishing and shaking hands with him. He (the Imam) said, ‘No.’”

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ أَكْلَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ كَانَ ص يَأْكُلُ عَلَى الْحَضِيضِ وَ يَنَامُ عَلَى الْحَضِيضِ.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, would eat like a slave and sit like one. The Messenger of Allah would eat while sitting on the ground and sleep on the ground.’”

تَرْكُ الْعَشَاءِ مَهْرَمَةٌ[2] وَ يَنْبَغِي لِلرَّجُلِ إِذَا أَسَنَّ أَلَّا يَبِيتَ إِلَّا وَ جَوْفُهُ مُمْتَلِئٌ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Jamil ibn Salih who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ’Neglecting dinner is senility, thus it is necessary for an aged man to go to sleep when his stomach is full of food.’”

إِذَا اكْتَهَلَ الرَّجُلُ فَلَا يَدَعُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ بِاللَّيْلِ شَيْئاً فَإِنَّهُ أَهْدَى لِلنَّوْمِ وَ أَطْيَبُ لِلنَّكْهَةِ.

“Abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), has said, ‘When a man becomes old he must not neglect eating something during the night; it brings peaceful sleep and nicer breath.’”

دَعَا بِتَمْرٍ فَأَكَلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا بِي شَهْوَةٌ وَ لَكِنِّي أَكَلْتُ سَمَكاً ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ بَاتَ وَ فِي جَوْفِهِ سَمَكٌ لَمْ يُتْبِعْهُ بِتَمَرَاتٍ أَوْ عَسَلٍ لَمْ يَزَلْ عِرْقُ الْفَالِجِ يَضْرِبُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once asked for dates and ate it; then said, ‘I have no appetite for it but it is because I just ate fish. He (the Imam) then said, ‘If one goes to sleep for the night and there is fish in his stomach after which he has not made a few dates or honey to follow it the vein of paralysis continues to

كَانَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلُ ع كَثِيراً مَا يَأْكُلُ السُّكَّرَ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ.

“Abu al-Hassan, al-Awwal would eat sugar very often when going to sleep.’”

إِذَا بَلَغَ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً[1] فَلَا يَبِيتَنَّ وَ فِي جَوْفِهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنَ السَّمْنِ.

‘When a man becomes fifty years old he must not go to sleep with an amount of ghee in his stomach.’”

مَنْ بَاتَ وَ فِي جَوْفِهِ سَبْعُ طَاقَاتٍ مِنَ الْهِنْدَبَاءِ أَمِنَ مِنَ الْقُولَنْجِ لَيْلَتَهُ تِلْكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ’If one goes to sleep with seven leaves of endives in his belly he will remain safe from colic (colitis) pain that night by the will of Allah.’”

أَطْعِمُوا مَرْضَاكُمُ السِّلْقَ يَعْنِي وَرَقَهُ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ شِفَاءً وَ لَا دَاءَ مَعَهُ وَ لَا غَائِلَةَ لَهُ وَ يُهْدِئُ نَوْمَ الْمَرِيضِ وَ اجْتَنِبُوا أَصْلَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُهَيِّجُ السَّوْدَاءَ.

“Abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), has said, ‘Feed your patients beets, the leaves, because there is cure in it without illness or shock and it makes sleep of a patient more relaxing; but abstain from its roots because it stirs up al-Sawada ’ (a certain illness).”’

أَخَذَنِي الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُوسَى فَأَمَرَ فَوُجِئَ فَمِي‌[1] فَتَزَعْزَعَتْ أَسْنَانِي فَلَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَمْضَغَ الطَّعَامَ فَرَأَيْتُ أَبِي فِي الْمَنَامِ وَ مَعَهُ شَيْخٌ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ فَقَالَ أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ سَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَهْ مَنْ هُوَ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَبُو شَيْبَةَ الْخُرَاسَانِيُ‌[2] قَالَ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ الْفَاسِقَ الْعَبَّاسَ

“Al-‘ Abbas ibn Musa took me and commanded to hit my mouth, so my teeth became shaky and I could not chew food. I then saw my father in my dream. There was an old man with him whom I could not recognize. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said to me to offer greeting of peace to him.’ I then asked, ‘Father, who is h

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ص عَنِ الْفِرَاشِ الْحَرِيرِ وَ مِثْلِهِ مِنَ الدِّيبَاجِ وَ الْمُصَلَّى الْحَرِيرِ وَ مِثْلِهِ مِنَ الدِّيبَاجِ- هَلْ يَصْلُحُ لِلرَّجُلِ النَّوْمُ عَلَيْهِ وَ التُّكَأَةُ وَ الصَّلَاةُ فَقَالَ يَفْرُشُهُ وَ يَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا يَسْجُدُ عَلَيْهِ‌[1].

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about silk furnishings and similarly about brocaded items, prayer rugs of silk and of brocaded ones; if it is proper for a man to sleep on it, perform Salat (prayer) or lean against it. He (the Imam) said, ‘He can spread it and stand on it but he cannot perform Sajdah (prostration) o

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الْفَرْقُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَهَلْ فَرَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ فَرَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ لَيْسَ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ قَالَ مَنْ أَصَابَهُ مَا أَصَابَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَفْرُقُ كَمَا فَرَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقَدْ أَصَابَ سُنَّةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ إِلَّا فَلَا قُلْتُ لَهُ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حِينَ صُدَّ عَنِ الْبَيْتِ وَ ق

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), if parting hairs is of Sunnah. He (the Imam) replied, ‘No, it is not of Sunnah.’ I then asked if the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, parted his hairs.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he (the Messenger of A

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يَكْتَحِلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَرْبَعاً فِي الْيُمْنَى وَ ثَلَاثاً فِي الْيُسْرَى.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, applied eye powder before going to sleep-four times in the right and three in the left.’”

لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ تَمَسَّ الْخَلُوقَ فِي الْحَمَّامِ أَوْ تَمَسَّ بِهِ يَدَيْكَ مِنَ الشُّقَاقِ تُدَاوِيهِمَا بِهِ وَ لَا أُحِبُّ إِدْمَانَهُ وَ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّقَ الرَّجُلُ وَ لَكِنْ لَا يَبِيتُ مُتَخَلِّقاً.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not harmful to touch al-Khuluq in the bathhouse or touch to cure cracks in your hand, but I do not like to always use it.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful to use al-Khuluq but one must not sleep overnight with it.’”

لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّقَ الرَّجُلُ لِامْرَأَتِهِ وَ لَكِنْ لَا يَبِيتُ مُتَخَلِّقاً.

‘It is not harmful for one to use al-Khuluq for his wife, but he must not sleep overnight with it.’”

لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَتَخَلَّقَ الرَّجُلُ وَ لَكِنْ لَا يَبِيتُ مُتَخَلِّقاً.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not harmful to use al-Khuluq, but one must not sleep overnight with it.’”

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ ثَلَاثَةٌ مُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ رَجُلٌ كَذَبَ فِي رُؤْيَاهُ يُكَلَّفُ أَنْ يَعْقِدَ بَيْنَ شَعِيرَتَيْنِ وَ لَيْسَ بِعَاقِدٍ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ رَجُلٌ صَوَّرَ تَمَاثِيلَ يُكَلَّفُ أَنْ يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا وَ لَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ‌[1].

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has stated this Hadith. ‘Three kinds of people will be in suffering on the Day of Judgment. Of such people, one is a man who lies about his dream. He will be held responsible to form a knot between two pieces of barley grains and he will never be able to do so. One is a man who builds statues.

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ يُبَاتَ عَلَى سَطْحٍ غَيْرِ مُحَجَّرٍ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, prohibited sleeping on the flat roof without a safety fencing wall around it.’”

أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَبِيتَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى سَطْحٍ لَيْسَتْ عَلَيْهِ حُجْرَةٌ وَ الرَّجُلُ وَ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ سَوَاءٌ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), disliked a man’s sleeping overnight on a flat roof without safety fencing wall around it. It is the same for both men women.’”

أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ الْبَيْتُوتَةَ لِلرَّجُلِ عَلَى سَطْحٍ وَحْدَهُ أَوْ عَلَى سَطْحٍ لَيْسَتْ عَلَيْهِ حُجْرَةٌ وَ الرَّجُلُ وَ الْمَرْأَةُ فِيهِ بِمَنْزِلَةٍ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), disliked a man’s sleeping alone overnight on a flat roof without safety fencing wall around it; and that it is the same for both men and women.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ السَّطْحِ يُنَامُ عَلَيْهِ بِغَيْرِ حُجْرَةٍ قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةِ حِيطَانٍ فَقَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةً قُلْتُ كَمْ طُولُ الْحَائِطِ قَالَ أَقْصَرُهُ ذِرَاعٌ وَ شِبْرٌ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about sleeping overnight on a flat roof without fencing wall around it. He (the Imam) said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, prohibited it.’ I then asked if three yards (Zira’ arm-length) is suffi

نَزَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَالَ يَا مَيْمُونُ مَنْ يَرْقُدُ مَعَكَ بِاللَّيْلِ أَ مَعَكَ غُلَامٌ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَلَا تَنَمْ وَحْدَكَ فَإِنَّ أَجْرَأَ مَا يَكُونُ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ إِذَا كَانَ وَحْدَهُ.

‘Do not sleep alone; Satan becomes more daring against man when he finds him alone.’”

مَنْ تَخَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرٍ أَوْ بَالَ قَائِماً أَوْ بَالَ فِي مَاءٍ قَائِماً أَوْ مَشَى فِي حِذَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ أَوْ شَرِبَ قَائِماً أَوْ خَلَا فِي بَيْتٍ وَحْدَهُ وَ بَاتَ عَلَى غَمَرٍ[1] فَأَصَابَهُ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ لَمْ يَدَعْهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ أَسْرَعُ مَا يَكُونُ الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَى الْإِنْسَانِ وَ هُوَ عَلَى بَعْضِ هَذِهِ الْحَالاتِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص خَرَجَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَأَتَى وَادِ

‘Unless Allah wills otherwise, something from Satan reaches very fast to one who defecates on a grave or urinates standing or urinates in stagnant water or walks in one shoe or drinks water standing, or stays in a house alone or sleeps overnight with his hands greasy with animal fat. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah (sa

قَالَ: إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ أَشَدَّ مَا يَهُمُّ بِالْإِنْسَانِ حِينَ يَكُونُ وَحْدَهُ خَالِياً لَا أَرَى أَنْ يَرْقُدَ وَحْدَهُ.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said that Satan is the strongest against man when he is alone without anything and I say that he must not sleep alone.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَبِيتُ فِي بَيْتٍ وَحْدَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَأَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ وَ إِنِ اضْطُرَّ إِلَى ذَلِكَ فَلَا بَأْسَ وَ لَكِنْ يُكْثِرُ ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ فِي مَنَامِهِ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who sleeps in a house alone. He (the Imam) said, ‘I dislike it but if it is an emergency, then it is not harmful, however, he must speak of Allah a great deal and as much as he can, when he goes to sleep.’”

أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَنَامَ فِي بَيْتٍ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ بَابٌ وَ لَا سِتْرٌ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), disliked one’s sleeping in a house which does not have a door or a curtain.’”

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَرِهَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتاً مُظْلِماً إِلَّا بِسِرَاجٍ.

“The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, disliked entering a dark house without a lamp.”

لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ أَيْنَ نَزَلْتَ قَالَ فِي مَكَانِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ مَعَكَ أَحَدٌ قَالَ لَا قَالَ لَا تَكُنْ وَحْدَكَ تَحَوَّلْ عَنْهُ يَا مَيْمُونُ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ أَجْرَأَ مَا يَكُونُ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ إِذَا كَانَ وَحْدَهُ.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), once asked Muhammad ibn Sulayman, ‘Where have you found lodging?’ He replied, ‘It is in so and so place.’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘Is there anyone else with you?’ he replied, ‘No, there is no one with me.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Move from there, O Maymun and do not stay there alone; Satan is most daring

لَا تَشْرَبْ وَ أَنْتَ قَائِمٌ وَ لَا تَبُلْ فِي مَاءٍ نَقِيعٍ وَ لَا تَطُفْ بِقَبْرٍ وَ لَا تَخْلُ فِي بَيْتٍ وَحْدَكَ وَ لَا تَمْشِ فِي نَعْلٍ وَاحِدٍ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ أَسْرَعَ مَا يَكُونُ إِلَى الْعَبْدِ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَى بَعْضِ هَذِهِ الْأَحْوَالِ وَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ مَا أَصَابَ أَحَداً شَيْ‌ءٌ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَالِ فَكَادَ أَنْ يُفَارِقَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

“One of the two Imam, (abu Ja‘far or abu ‘Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, has stated this Hadith. ‘You must not drink water when you are standing, must not urinate in stagnant water, must not spit on a grave, must not stay in a house alone, you must not walk in one shoe; Satan is the fastest against a servant when he is

إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ أَشَدَّ مَا يَهُمُّ بِالْإِنْسَانِ إِذَا كَانَ وَحْدَهُ فَلَا تَبِيتَنَّ وَحْدَكَ وَ لَا تُسَافِرَنَّ وَحْدَكَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Satan is the strongest against man when he is alone, thus one must not sleep alone or travel alone.’”

ثَلَاثَةٌ يُتَخَوَّفُ مِنْهَا الْجُنُونُ التَّغَوُّطُ بَيْنَ الْقُبُورِ وَ الْمَشْيُ فِي خُفٍّ وَاحِدٍ وَ الرَّجُلُ يَنَامُ وَحْدَهُ. وَ هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءُ إِنَّمَا كُرِهَتْ لِهَذِهِ الْعِلَّةِ وَ لَيْسَتْ هِيَ بِحَرَامٍ‌[1]

10. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ali ibn Ibrahim all from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Dihqan from Durust from Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan, Musa (a.s.), has said, ‘Three things are feared for causing insanity: defecating among the gravesites, walking

انْقِطَاعُ يُتْمِ الْيَتِيمِ بِالاحْتِلَامِ وَ هُوَ أَشُدُّهُ وَ إِنِ احْتَلَمَ وَ لَمْ يُؤْنَسْ مِنْهُ رُشْدٌ وَ كَانَ سَفِيهاً أَوْ ضَعِيفاً فَلْيُمْسِكْ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ مَالَهُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The orphan-hood of an orphan is over when he experiences wet-dream, and that is the time when he reaches manhood but if he experiences wet- dream and does not have proper understanding because of dimwittedness or weakness, then his guardian must keep his assets for him.’”

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ يَتِيمٍ قَدْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ وَ لَيْسَ بِعَقْلِهِ بَأْسٌ وَ لَهُ مَالٌ عَلَى يَدَيْ رَجُلٍ فَأَرَادَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ الْمَالُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِمَالِ الْيَتِيمِ مُضَارَبَةً فَأَذِنَ لَهُ الْغُلَامُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِهِ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ وَ يَدْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ مَالَهُ قَالَ وَ إِنِ احْتَلَمَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ عَقْلٌ لَمْ يُدْفَعْ إِلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ أَبَداً. - حُمَ

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of an orphan who has read the Quran, his understanding is proper and his assets are in the hands of a man who wants to work using those assets in business in the manner of profit sharing ( al-Mudarabah ) to which the boy has agreed. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not prop

إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَ دَخَلَ فِي الْأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ مَا وَجَبَ عَلَى الْمُحْتَلِمِينَ احْتَلَمَ أَوْ لَمْ يَحْتَلِمْ كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْهِ السَّيِّئَاتُ وَ كُتِبَتْ لَهُ الْحَسَنَاتُ وَ جَازَ لَهُ كُلُّ شَيْ‌ءٍ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ ضَعِيفاً أَوْ سَفِيهاً[1].

‘When a boy becomes strong when he is thirteen years old and has entered in his fourteenth, it becomes obligatory on him what is obligatory on those who experience wet-dream, regardless, he experiences wet-dream or not. Good deeds are written for him and all (lawful) things are permissible for him unless he is weak or

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ‌ يَثَّغِرُ الصَّبِيُّ لِسَبْعٍ وَ يُؤْمَرُ بِالصَّلَاةِ لِتِسْعٍ وَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ لِعَشْرٍ وَ يَحْتَلِمُ لِأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَ يَنْتَهِي طُولُهُ لِإِحْدَى وَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَ يَنْتَهِي عَقْلُهُ لِثَمَانٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ إِلَّا التَّجَارِبَ.

“Amir al-Mu’minin (AS) has said, ‘A child teethes at the seventh year; he must be instructed to perform Salat (prayer) at the ninth; their bed must be separated at the tenth; experiences wet-dream at the fourteenth; his growth stops at twenty-one and growth of his reasoning ability stops at twenty-eight except experien

قَالَ وُلِدَ عَلَى عَهْدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَوْلُودٌ لَهُ رَأْسَانِ وَ صَدْرَانِ فِي حَقْوٍ[3] وَاحِدٍ فَسُئِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يُوَرَّثُ مِيرَاثَ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ يُتْرَكُ حَتَّى يَنَامَ ثُمَّ يُصَاحُ بِهِ فَإِنِ انْتَبَهَا جَمِيعاً مَعاً كَانَ لَهُ مِيرَاثُ وَاحِدٍ وَ إِنِ انْتَبَهَ وَاحِدٌ وَ بَقِيَ الْآخَرُ نَائِماً يُوَرَّثُ مِيرَاثَ اثْنَيْنِ. - عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that in the time of ’ Amir al-Mu’minin a child was bom with two heads and two chests on one groin. ’ Amir al-Mu’minin was asked about it; if the child receives inheritance for one or for two. He (the Imam) said, ‘The child must be allowed to sleep then called to wake up. If both wake up

قُلْتُ‌ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْغَائِبِ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ يَزْنِي هَلْ يُرْجَمُ إِذَا كَانَتْ لَهُ زَوْجَةٌ وَ هُوَ غَائِبٌ عَنْهَا قَالَ لَا يُرْجَمُ الْغَائِبُ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَ لَا الْمُمْلَكُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَبْنِ بِأَهْلِهِ‌[1] وَ لَا صَاحِبُ الْمُتْعَةِ قُلْتُ فَفِي أَيِّ حَدِّ سَفَرِهِ لَا يَكُونُ مُحْصَناً قَالَ إِذَا قَصَّرَ وَ أَفْطَرَ فَلَيْسَ بِمُحْصَنٍ.

Ali, from his father, form Abdul Rahman Bin Hammad, from Umar Bin Yazeed who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘Inform me about the absentee from his wife, he commits adultery, would he be stoned when there was a wife for him and he was absent from her?’ He asws said: ‘The absentee from his wife is not stoned, nor t

لَيْسَ لِامْرَأَتَيْنِ أَنْ تَبِيتَا فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَهُمَا حَاجِزٌ فَإِنْ فَعَلَتَا نُهِيَتَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَإِنْ وُجِدَتَا مَعَ النَّهْيِ جُلِدَتْ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا حَدّاً حَدّاً فَإِنْ وُجِدَتَا أَيْضاً فِي لِحَافٍ جُلِدَتَا فَإِنْ وُجِدَتَا الثَّالِثَةَ قُتِلَتَا.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Abdul Raham Bin Abu Hashim, from Abu Khadeeja, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘It is not for the two women that they should be sleeping in one quilt, except that there happens to be in between the two of them, a partition. So if they were

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَقْذِفُ الرَّجُلَ بِالزِّنَى فَيَعْفُو عَنْهُ وَ يَجْعَلُهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فِي حِلٍّ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ بَعْدُ يَبْدُو لَهُ فِي أَنْ يُقَدِّمَهُ حَتَّى يَجْلِدَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُ حَدٌّ بَعْدَ الْعَفْوِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ هُوَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ الزَّانِيَةِ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ وَ تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ لِلَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ حَيَّةً فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَعْفُو

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ الْوَاجِبُ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَزْنِي أَوْ يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ أَنْ يُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ وَ لَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مَعَ نَظَرِهِ لِأَنَّهُ أَمِينُ اللَّهِ‌ فِي خَلْقِهِ وَ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَسْرِقُ فَالْوَاجِبُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَزْبُرَهُ‌[1] وَ يَنْهَاهُ وَ يَمْضِيَ وَ يَدَعَهُ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ ذَاكَ قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْحَقَّ إِذَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ فَالْوَاجِبُ عَل

Ali Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Mahmoudy, from his father, from Yunus, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I heard him asws saying: ‘It is Obligatory upon the Imam asws when he asws finds a man committing adultery, or drinking the wine, that he asws should esta

قَالَ: إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِنِّي احْتَلَمْتُ بِأُمِّكَ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا افْتَرَى عَلَى أُمِّي فَقَالَ لَهُ وَ مَا قَالَ لَكَ قَالَ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ احْتَلَمَ بِأُمِّي فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الْعَدْلِ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَقَمْتُهُ لَكَ فِي الشَّمْسِ فَاجْلِدْ ظِلَّهُ فَإِنَّ الْحُلُمَ مِثْلُ الظِّلِّ وَ لَكِنْ سَنَضْرِ

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at who said, ‘A man said to a man, during the era of Amir Al-Momineen asws , ‘I bed-wetted with your mother (in mind)’. So it was raised to Amir Al-Momineen asws . He said, ‘This one has fabricated upon my mother’. So he asws said to him