فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ فِي النَّاسِ شِرْكُ شَيْطَانٍ...
فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ فِي النَّاسِ شِرْكُ شَيْطَانٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَ مَا تَقْرَأُ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ شارِكْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْوالِ وَ الْأَوْلادِ So, it was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww , and among the people are associates of Satan -la ?’ So Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Have you not read the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [17:64] and shares with them in wealth and the children ?’ قَالَ وَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ فَقِيهاً هَلْ فِي النَّاسِ مَنْ لَا يُبَالِي مَا قِيلَ لَهُ قَالَ مَنْ تَعَرَّضَ لِلنَّاسِ يَشْتِمُهُمْ وَ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَتْرُكُونَهُ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي لَا يُبَالِي مَا قَالَ وَ لَا مَا قِيلَ فِيهِ He (the narrator) said, ‘And a man asked a Scholar -asws , ‘Is there among the people, the one who does not care what is said for him?’ He -asws said: ‘The one who exposes the obscenities to the people and he knows that they would not be leaving him (remain silent).
So that is the one who does not care what he says and what is said regarding him . [21] The Scope of the humour and the laughter مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُعَمَّرِ بْنِ خَلَّادٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ فَيَجْرِي بَيْنَهُمْ كَلَامٌ يَمْزَحُونَ وَ يَضْحَكُونَ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ عَنَى الْفُحْشَ Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Isa, from Moammar Bin Khallad who said, ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan -asws saying, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws !
The man happens to be with a group, and the speech flows between them, so they are joking and laughing. So he -asws said: ‘There is no problem for as long as long as it wasn’t anything obscene.’ I thought he meant lewdness (vulgarity) .
ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَيُهْدِي لَهُ الْهَدِيَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ مَكَانَهُ أَعْطِنَا ثَمَنَ هَدِيَّتِنَا فَيَضْحَكُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ كَانَ إِذَا اغْتَمَّ يَقُولُ مَا فَعَلَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ لَيْتَهُ أَتَانَا Then the Imam -asws added: ‘It was so that Bedouins would come to Rasool-Allah -saww and bring gifts for him -saww , and they was saying, ‘Give us the price of our gifts’.
So Rasool-Allah -saww would laugh; and whenever he -saww was distressed he -saww would ask: ‘What happened to the Bedouin? If only he would come to us -saww ’.
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