● أَفْشُوا السَّلامَ بَيْنَكُمْ تَحَابُّوا.
● أَفْشُوا السَّلامَ بَيْنَكُمْ تَحَابُّوا. Make greeting open, and bonds of friendship strengthen. ● اِغْتَنِمُوا دَعْوَةَ المُؤْمِنِ المُبْتَلَى. Make the most of an afflicted believer's supplications. ● بَادِرْ بِأَرْبَعٍ قَبْلَ أَرْبَعٍ: شَبَابِكَ قَبْلَ هَرَمِكَ؛ وَصِحَّتِكَ قَبْلَ سُقْمِكَ؛ وَغِنَاكَ قَبْلَ فَقْرِكَ؛ وَحَيَاتِكَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِكَ. Make the most of four things before four others: Youth before old age, health before illness, richness before poverty and life before death.
● اِغْتَنِمُوا الدُّعَاءَ عِنْدَ الرِّقَّةِ فَاِنَّهَا رَحْمَةٌ. Make the most of supplication in times of tender- heartedness, for it gives rise to (God's) grace. ● بَادِرُوْا بِالاَعْمَالِ فِتَنَاً كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ المُظْلِمِ: يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ مُؤْمِنَاً وَيُمْسِي كافِرَاً، وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنَاً وَيُصْبِحُ كافِرَاً، يَبِيْعُ أَحَدُهُمْ دِينَهُ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيا قَلِيْلٍ.
Make the most of your chances to do good deeds before a time when sedition comes to pass as gloomy as parts of dark nights, when man happens to be a believer in the morning but a disbeliever in the evening and vice versa, and when he exchanges his faith for the insignificant worldly fame.
● بَادِرُوْا بِالاَعْمَالِ سِتَّاً: اِمَارَةَ السُّفَهَاءِ وَكَثَرَةَ الشَّرْطِ؛ وَبَيْعَ الحُكْمِ؛ وَاسْتِخْفَافَاً بِالدَّمِ؛ وَقَطيعَةَ الرَّحِمِ؛ وَنَشَاءً يَتَّخِذُونَ القُرْآنَ مَزَامِيْرَ يُقَدِّمُوْنَ أَحَدَهُمْ لِيُغَنِّيْهِمْ؛ وَاِنْ كانَ أَقَلَّهُمْ فِقْهَاً.
Make the most of your chances to do good deeds prior to the occurrence of the following six: the rule of the ignorant, the trade of ranks and positions, belittlement of bloodshed, breaking bonds of kinship, the recitation of the Quran by the newcomers (in religion) who appoint a singer to imamate (leadership), though he is the least in understanding the religion. ● بَرِّدُوْا طَعَامَكُمُ يُبَارَكُ لَكُمْ فِيْهِ. Make your food cold to bring you bliss (health).
● عَوِّدوْا قُلُوبَكُمُ التَّرَقُّبَ، وَأكْثِرِوْا التَفَكُّرَ. Make your minds accustomed to the remembrance of God, and meditate a lot. ● أَصْلِحُوا دُنْيَاكُمْ؛ وَاعْمَلُوا لآخِرَتِكُمْ كَأَنَّكُمْ تَمُوتُونَ غَدَاً. Make your world thrive, and for the other world in such a way try as if tomorrow you would die. ● مِنَ البِرِّ أَنْ تَصِلَ صَدِيْقَ أَبِيْكَ. Making friends with your father's friend is a form of kindness. ● ما مَلأَ آدَمِيٌّ وِعَاءً شَرَّاً مِنْ بَطْنٍ.
Man does not fill up anything worse than his stomach.
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