Pay attention to restraining from the worldly attractions...

Pay attention to restraining from the worldly attractions (sins) and assist yourselves with striving hard in work.’ [41] The Sitting manners in a gathering: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَنْبَغِي لِلْجُلَسَاءِ فِي الصَّيْفِ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ اثْنَيْنِ مِقْدَارُ عَظْمِ الذِّرَاعِ لِئَلَّا يَشُقَّ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فِي الْحَرِّ Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni who reports the following from Abu Abd Allah -asws : ‘The Messenger of Allah -saww has said: ‘In a gathering during summer the distance between two people should be an elbow’s length (about eighteen inches) so that no difficulty is caused to any of them.’ [42] عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُرَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ الزَّاهِدِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِدُونِ التَّشَرُّفِ مِنَ الْمَجْلِسِ لَمْ يَزَلِ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مَلَائِكَتُهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَقُومَ Ali has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from Mohammed ibn Murazim from abu Sulayman al-Zahid narrates the following from Abu Abd Allah -asws : ‘Whoever feels content with a seat without formalities in a gathering, Allah -azwj and His -asws angels continue doing and asking favours for him until he leaves the gathering.’ [43] كِتَابُ الْغَايَاتِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ شَرَفاً وَ إِنَّ أَشْرَفَ الْمَجَالِسِ مَا اسْتُقْبِلَ بِهِ الْقِبْلَةُ.

(The book) ‘Kitab Al Gharaat’ – From Ibn Abbas who said, ‘For all things there is a nobility, and the noblest sitting is what the Qiblah is faced with’’. [44] نهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ ع فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلَى الْحَارِثِ الْهَمْدَانِيِ‏ إِيَّاكَ وَ مَقَاعِدَ الْأَسْوَاقِ فَإِنَّهَا مَحَاضِرُ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ مَعَارِيضُ الْفِتَنِ‏.

(The book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ – ‘He -asws said: ‘Among what he -asws wrote to Al-Haris Al-Hamdany: ‘Beware of sitting in the markets, for it is an attendance of the Satan -la and exposures to the temptations’’. [45] مُنْيَةُ الْمُرِيدِ، نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ص عَنْ أَنْ يُقَامَ الرَّجُلُ عَنْ مَجْلِسِهِ وَ يَجْلِسَ فِيهِ آخَرُ قَالَ ص وَ لَكِنْ تَفَسَّحُوا وَ تَوَسَّعُوا. (The book) ‘Muniyat Al Mureed’ – ‘The Prophet -saww prohibited from the man standing from his seat and another one sits in it.