Al-Khiṣāl - Part 5: On Five-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 5: On Five-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Five things constitute being shy in front of God اجيلويه رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهي٠، عن أبيه، عن عبد الله بن ٠ون القداح، عن جعفر بن ٠د، عن أبيه، عن آبائه، عن علي عليه٠قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: استحيوا ٠ن الله حق الحياء، قالوا: و٠ا نفعل يا رسول الله؟ قال:فإن كنت٠فاعلين فلا يبيتن أحدك٠إلا وأجله بين عينيه، وليحفظ الرأس و٠ا حوى، وليذكر القبر والبلى، و٠ن أراد الآخرة فليدع زينة الحياة الدنيا 5-59 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted his father, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Maymun al-Qad-dah, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his forefathers (MGB), on the authority of Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “You should be shy in front of God as He deserves.” He (MGB) was asked, “What should we do?” The Prophet (MGB) said, “If you do so, none of you will go to sleep without seeing your death with your own eyes.

You should guard your mind and whatever goes on in it. You must guard your stomach and whatever goes into it. You should remember your grave and the fact that your body will spoil there. Whoever wants the Hereafter should abandon the adornments of the life of this world.”