Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: Funny Stories and Laughing ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َرْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِزَاحَ فَإِنَّهُ يَذْهَبُ بِ٠َاءِ الْوَجْهِ وَ٠َهَابَةِ الرِّجَالِ. 16.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from ibn Muskan from Muhammad ibn Marwan from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Beware of joking; it eliminates the dignity of one’s face and his respect.” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/569))