From him, from his father, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Yahya Al Halby, from Abdul Hameed Al Ta’aiy, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws looked at a man who had worn a shirt which had been hitting the ground, so he -asws said: ‘These are not clean clothes’.
[36] Appendix I: The Sins of Eyes: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ بُرَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الزُّبَيْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَيُّهَا الْعَالِمُ أَخْبِرْنِي أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَا لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ شَيْئاً إِلَّا بِهِ قُلْتُ وَ مَا هُوَ قَالَ الْإِيمَانُ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَعْلَى الْأَعْمَالِ دَرَجَةً وَ أَشْرَفُهَا مَنْزِلَةً وَ أَسْنَاهَا حَظّاً قَالَ قُلْتُ أَ لَا تُخْبِرُنِي عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ أَ قَوْلٌ هُوَ وَ عَمَلٌ أَمْ قَوْلٌ بِلَا عَمَلٍ فَقَالَ الْإِيمَانُ عَمَلٌ كُلُّهُ وَ الْقَوْلُ بَعْضُ ذَلِكَ الْعَمَلِ بِفَرْضٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ بَيَّنَ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَاضِحٍ نُورُهُ ثَابِتَةٍ حُجَّتُهُ يَشْهَدُ لَهُ بِهِ الْكِتَابُ وَ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَيْهِ (an extract)……… Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Bakr ibn Salih from al-Qasim ibn Burayd who has said that it has been narrated to us by Abu Amr al-Zubayri: ‘I said to Abu Abd Allah -asws ‘الْعَالِمُ أَيُّهَا’ ‘O Scholar, tell me which deed is more virtuous before Allah -azwj He -asws said.
‘It is the deed without which Allah -azwj does not Accept any (deed).’ I asked, ‘What is that?’ He -asws said, ‘الْإِيمَانِ’ ‘Eman [37] in Allah -azwj besides whom no one deserves to be worshipped. It (Eman) is the highest in degree among the deeds, the most valuable among them and the top-most among them in (matters of) reward.’ I then said, ‘Please, tell me then about the Eman. Is it deeds or it is words without deeds?
‘The Imam -asws replied: ‘All of the Eman is deeds and certain parts of such deeds are words. Allah -azwj has made it obligatory as is explained in His book. Its ‘نُورُهُ’ Noor (Divine Guidance) [38] is clear, its evidence is well established.
The (Holy) Book testifies to it for one, and calls one to it.’ Eyes: Allah -azwj has Made it Obligatory for the eyes not to look at things He -azwj has Made unlawful to look at and to stay away from what Allah -azwj has Prohibited of the things that are not lawful for them. Such things are of their deeds and of Eman.