O Ali, do not copulate on the night before the fifteenth of...

O Ali, do not copulate on the night before the fifteenth of every -lunar- month and the night before the first of every -lunar- month. Have you not noticed that the insane are often affected on these two nights? O Ali, if you have a baby, you should recite azan, in his right ear and recite iqama in the left. Thus, the Shaitan will never affect him. O Ali, may I inform you of the evilest people?

Ali (peace be upon him): I said, "Yes, you may, God's Messenger." He (peace be upon him and his family) said: They are those who never forgive and never overlook. May I inform of those who are worse than those people are? Ali (peace be upon him): I said, "Yes, you may, God's Messenger." He (peace be upon him and his family) said: They are those whose evil is not secured and good is not expected from them. O Ali, do not go to the bathroom naked.

Damn are those who go to the bathroom naked and those who look at them. O Ali, do not wear a ring in the forefinger or the middle finger. People of Lot the prophet (peace be upon him) used to wear their rings in those two fingers. You should never disrobe the pinkie (A ring should always be in your pinkie). O Ali, God surely likes the servant who says, "O Lord, forgive me.

Except You, no one forgives the sins." In this case, the Lord says: "O My angels, My servant has known that except Me, no one forgives the sins. Be the witnesses, I have forgiven him." O Ali, beware of telling untruths, for it blackens the face then the teller of lies will be recorded with God as liar. Honesty whitens the face and the honest will be recorded with God as truthful. You should know that honesty is blessed and lie is ill-omened. O Ali, beware of backbiting and talebearing.

Backbiting breaks the -ritual- fasting and talebearing causes the burial punishment. O Ali, do not swear by God whether you say the truth or not except in cases of emergency. Do not make God the subject of your oath, for God will never keep or compassionate him who swears by His Name falsely. O Ali, do not care for tomorrow's livelihood. Every tomorrow comes with its livelihood. O Ali, beware of disputation, for begins with ignorance and ends with regret.

O Ali, persist in using the toothbrush, for it purifies the mouth, satisfies the Lord, and betters the sight. Cleaning the teeth (with a special stick called khilal) makes the angels approach you, for they dislike the malodor of those who do not clean their mouths after eating.