traduza o texto completamente e perfeitamente para o português The Prophet (a.s) said, “O Abu Dharr! Be quiet while with a funeral
procession and when in battle and recite the Holy Book!”
Hazrat Ameer al Momineen (a.s) said, “There are five times of prayer,
when it is accepted: 1. While reciting the Quran. 2. When the Adhan is
said. 3. While it is raining (when the first rain drops fall on the land). 4.
At the time of battle when the skirmish between the believers and the infidels is in progress. 5.When the oppressed pray.”
When the Quran is recited, listen quietly and with intent. At that time
quiet is mandatory and talking taboo. Some jurists are of opinion that
when the Imam (a.s) leads the prayer and recites the verses, the congregation should be quietly standing behind him. Also the Prophet (a.s) has
exhorted (Sunnat e muwakkida) that people should quietly listen to the recitation of the Quran.
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) narrates that when a person hears quietly one
word of the Quran recited, Allah will apportion one reward for him and
deletes one sin from his account of deeds (Nama e Aamaal). The person
will be advanced one stage ahead in the Heaven for this act.
Keeping quiet while proceeding with a funeral procession means that
one should go with patience and equanimity and not crying and wailing.
The Prophet of Islam (a.s) has said that Allah doesn’t like two sounds:
the sound of people crying in times of difficulty and singing in times of
happiness.
343LAUGHTER & JEST
A momin will have gracefulness on his face even if he is sad at his heart.
A person remaining morose all the time is not good. A momin must keep
a broad forehead, pleasant mien, and good nature. He should also have a
good sense of humor. But all this should be in moderation.
It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (a.s) that excessive jesting puts
one to shame and excessive laughter harms ones faith. If a person lies,
the radiance of his face diminishes.
The Prophet Dawood (a.s) told to Hazrat Sulaiman (a.s) three things,
one of which was, “My Son! Don’t laugh much that on the Day of Reckoning one would rise a beggar because of this!”
It has appeared in the traditions that three things cause Allah’s ire: 1.
Sleeping during the day without remaining awake in the nights. 2.
Laughing without any cause for doing so. 3. Eating to ones satiation.
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) narrates that one who laughs much in worldly
activities, will cry much on the Day of Judgement. There are many who
cry in fear of Allah’s Retribution. They are the ones who will be happy
on the Day of Judgement.
The Prophet of Allah (a.s) has said: I am surprised how one laughs
who is sure of the retribution of the Hellfire? With excessive laughter the
heart dies.
The Prophet of Allah (a.s) always kept his laughter to the extent of a
smile. None heard him laugh loudly. Once he passed a group of persons
laughing loudly, when he said, “O people! Excessive expectations and
scarcity of good deeds have misled you.Think of your graves. Take lesson from the thought of inevitable death and the retribution of the Day
of Reckoning!”
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) said that laughter causes loss of faith like the
water dissolving the salt. Laughing for no reason is a sign of ignorance.
He also said, “Don’t joke or quarrel with your friend. Jest is like abuse
and the cause of hate and enmity.” He also said, “Don’t expose your
teeth in laughter when your bad deeds are there to put you to shame.
You cannot prevent yourself from the onslaught of death!”
O Abu Dharr! Two things are bad: 1. Laughing without reason. 2.
Delay in offering the mandatory prayers because of laziness.
O Abu Dharr! Man knows that his inner instinct (Nafs e Ammara)
makes him commit mistakes day and night that put him to hardship and
repentance. Then how one can laugh knowing all this? It doesn’t mean
that he should always be morose and forlorn. A momin must be pleasant
344and smiling. But he should not laugh excessively. One should know that
jesting much one loses his respect and excessive laughter reduces ones
faith.
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) has said that people indulging in the futile
worldly activities always keep laughing. They will cry on the Day of
Reckoning. Those who cry out of the fear of the Retribution, will not cry
in the Hereafter.
Jest and good humor in moderation is a part and parcel of good behavior and a sign by which a momin is recognized. Jest should be with the
sole purpose of pleasing the momins.