وَ الْمَلَّاحِ وَ مَنْ طَلَبَهُ لَاهِياً وَ أَشِراً وَ...
وَ الْمَلَّاحِ وَ مَنْ طَلَبَهُ لَاهِياً وَ أَشِراً وَ بَطِراً فَإِنَّ سَعْيَهُ ذَلِكَ سَعْيٌ بَاطِلٌ وَ سَفَرٌ بَاطِلٌ وَ عَلَيْهِ التَّمَامُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَ الصِّيَامِ وَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَفِي شُغُلٍ عَنْ ذَلِكَ شَغَلَهُ طَلَبُ الْآخِرَةِ عَنِ الْمَلَاهِي And the entertainment and the one who seeks entertainment and evil and arrogance, that striving of his is a vain striving, and a false journey, and upon him is the complete regarding the Salat and the fasting, and the Momin tends to be too pre-occupied from that, being busy in seeking the Hereafter (rather than) from the entertainment.
وَ أَمَّا الشِّطْرَنْجُ فَهِيَ الَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَاجْتَنِبُوا الرِّجْسَ مِنَ الْأَوْثانِ وَ اجْتَنِبُوا قَوْلَ الزُّورِ فَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ الْغِنَاءُ وَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ عَنْ جَمِيعِ ذَلِكَ لَفِي شُغُلٍ مَا لَهُ وَ الْمَلَاهِي فَإِنَّ الْمَلَاهِيَ تُورِثُ قَسَاوَةَ الْقَلْبِ وَ تُورِثُ النِّفَاقَ And as for the chess, it is which Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: therefore keep aside from the uncleanness of the idols and keep aside from the false words [22:30] .
The ‘false words’ are the songs, and the Momin is too busy from entirety of that. What is for him and the entertainment? The entertainment inherits hardness of the heart and inherits the hypocrisy. وَ أَمَّا ضَرْبُكَ بِالصَّوَالِجِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَكَ يَرْكُضُ وَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَنْفِرُ عَنْكَ وَ إِنْ أَصَابَكَ شَيْءٌ لَمْ تُؤْجَرْ وَ مَنْ عَثَرَ بِهِ دَابَّتُهُ فَمَاتَ دَخَلَ النَّارَ.
And as for your striking with the riding sticks, the Satan -la dances with you and the Angels flee away from you, and if you attain something you will not be Rewarded, and the one whom his riding animal stumbles with him, so he dies, will enter the Fire’’.
[2] Never hunt during the Night nor Prior to Friday Salat on Friday: عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَمُّونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مِسْمَعٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) عَنْ إِتْيَانِ الطَّيْرِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ قَالَ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ اللَّيْلَ أَمَانٌ لَهَا .
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziiyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman, from Misma’a, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww forbade from coming to the birds (for hunting) at night, and he -saww said: ‘The night is a security for it’.
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