traduza o texto completamente e perfeitamente para o portugues Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) said that Allah will take account of three
things from all the humans: firstly, the food that a person consumed,
secondly, the dress that the person had used thirdly, the help the person
had given to others with good intent,
The Prophet of Allah (a.s) has said, “O Abu Dharr! If Allah gives good
raiment to a person, he should wear it! If He gives coarse clothing, the
person should be content with it. Man should be grateful to Allah under
all circumstances.”
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THE SEVENTH RAY OF LIGHT: PURITY AND
CLEANLINESS
Hazrat Ali (a.s) said, “The cleanliness of the head gets rid of the dirt from
the body and gives light to the eyes. Wearing clean and tidy clothes
keeps away cares and sadness from the person. It becomes a cause for
the acceptance of the person’s prayers. Taking regular bath and hygiene
of the body keeps one in good health. People prefer the company of
clean and tidy persons. Wearing a good perfume is very necessary. At
least on Fridays, one should wear a good perfume. This was the tradition
of the Prophets (a.s). Our Prophet (a.s) used to spend more on perfumes
than on his personal food.”
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) has said that wearing perfumes gives contentment to one’s heart. He also said that one genuflection (Rakat) of prayer
wearing a perfume is better than seventy without it.
Remember, there are plenty of traditions about the virtues of purity
and cleanliness. We are contenting ourselves with the few examples
quoted above.
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THE EIGHTH RAY OF LIGHT: ABOUT DELICACIES
There are several traditions of the Prophet of Allah (a.s) and the Imams
(a.s) about the virtues of good food. They have said that meat is the tastiest and the most nutritious of the foods. Some people wrongly feel that
the Prophet (a.s) has deprecated Khana e pur gosht (the household that has
plenty of meat). This is a misnomer. In fact khana e pur gosht is an idiom
that means a household where people sit and do backbiting of others.
The Prophet (a.s) definitely has deprecated this habit of people. Otherwise meat, in fact, is complete food. When a person eats meat, the flesh
of his body increases and consequently his strength too enhances. He
will have more energy for physical work and prayer.
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) says that it is a saying of the Prophet (a.s) that
if a person doesn’t eat meat for forty days at a stretch, he should borrow
money to buy and eat. Meat. Allah will give him means for clearing his
debt. If Allah has provided a person to eat well after meeting all his obligations, he must! Otherwise, his abstention from good food would be
termed as refraining from using Allah’s Bounties!
Hazrat Ali (a.s) has said that Allah likes people of piety. Piety is the ornament for a person. But the most important thing for a pious person is
honest livelihood and good food. A pious person lives with his worldly
brethren earning honest livelihood and wholesome food. The worldly
people, however, cannot be in the company of the pious in the Hereafter.
Good food improves the physical strength of the bodies, which helps
in the good performance of the worldly duties and spiritual prayers. If a
person doesn’t get proper nutrition, he might be weak and sickly and
consequently unable to discharge his duties properly.
Hazrat Ali (a.s) further said that good food, fruits and beverages are
allowed to be used by a person who can acquire them through fair
means. However, gluttony is bad. And excessive use of anything can
have negative effect on the health of a person.