A reliable tradition from Imam Ja'far-e-Sadiq (a.

A reliable tradition from Imam Ja'far-e-Sadiq (a.s.) states that when an animal gets out of hand while harnessing or is angry then one should pick its ears, otherwise even without picking the ears one should recite the following verse: ‘Seek they other than the religion of Allah? When unto Him submitteth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth willingly or unwillingly and unto Him they shall be returned.

Etiquette of mounting and prayers connected with it: A reliable tradition from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) states that when a person is mounting on the animal he should say ‘Bismillah’, for an angel mounts behind him and as long as that person is on the animal, the angel looks after him.

If a person does not say ‘Bismillah’ while mounting, then a devil mounts behind him and asks him to sing; if he cannot sing, the devil fills the man's mind with false hopes, and as long as the man is mounted, he thinks about all the impossible things. He further stated that while mounting, one should recite: ‘Take the name of Allah ride; strength and might are possessed only by Allah.

Thanks are due to Allah Who has enlightened us about these things and if Allah had not shown us the path we would not have been enlightened. Pure and purified is that Lord Who has made these animals submit to us though these had no power to submit by themselves.

To earn legitimately (Halal) and trade: According to Imam Ja'far-e-Sadiq (a.s.), if a person has no intention of getting money by permissibble means, but wants to acquire it, that he may not be dependent and he may be able to return his debts and may be kind to his relatives, then there is no goodness in him (i.e. if he does not believe in permissibility and non-permissibility then his actions are of no avail).

In another tradition he has stated that for himself one should take the help of the world but should not become a liability for other people. According to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), a person who burdens another man with his wife and children, is cursed. A reliable tradition states that a person asked Imam Ja'far-e-Sadiq (a.s.) if he could wish for worldly riches. The Imam (a.s.) asked him why he needed it.

The man replied that he needed that money for the expenditure on children and for kind deeds, charity and sadqa, Haj and Umrah. The Imam (a.s.) answered that wishing for money for the above purposes is not for the sake of the world; but for salvation.