سورة الواقعة

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): فَشارِبُونَ شُرْبَ الْهِیمِ [Then drink as drinks the thirsty camel] — that is, they drink from the deadly water of Zaqqum, and al-Him (الْهِیمِ) means a herd of camels.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Hisham ibn Sulayman ibn Khalid said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "Is there any objection to a person who drinks water in one breath?" He said: "It is disliked, and that is shurb al-him (drinking of al-him)." I asked: "What is al-him?" He said: "A herd of camels."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Mu'awiya ibn Wahb said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about a person who drinks [water] in one breath. He said: "It is disliked." And he said: "This is the drinking of al-him." I said: "What is al-him?" He said: "The camel."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Halabi narrates from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) that he said: When drinking, if you drink in three breaths it is better than drinking in one breath. And he said: "It is disliked to resemble al-him in drinking." I asked: "What is al-him?" He said: "Sand."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu Basir said: I heard Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) say: "Drinking in three breaths is better than drinking in one breath, and he disliked being likened to al-Him." And he said: "Al-Him is the old camel."

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): فَشارِبُونَ شُرْبَ الْهِیمِ [And drink as drinks the thirsty camel] — that is, like the drinking of a camel that has become extremely thirsty; so it keeps drinking water continuously until it dies.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Al-Halabi said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: "When drinking, if you drink in three breaths it is better than drinking in one breath." And he said: "It is disliked that drinking be likened to al-Him." I asked: "What is al-Him?" He said: "Sand and gravel."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Ruh ibn Abd al-Rahim said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) disliked being like al-Him. I said: "What is al-Him?" He said: "A hill of sand." [Meaning the Imam (peace be upon him) disliked drinking water quickly and in one breath.]

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Ali al-Kufi in a marfu' hadith reports: It was said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "Should a man drink in one breath?" He said: "There is no harm in it." I said: "Those who are with us say: 'That is the drinking of al-Him.'" His Eminence (peace be upon him) said: "The drinking of al-Him is only that over which the name of Allah is not mentioned."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Uthman ibn Isa narrates from one of the shaykhs of Madinah: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "What is the ruling regarding one who drinks water in a single breath without pausing until he is quenched?" He said: "Is there any pleasure other than that?" I said: "They say that this is شُرْبُ الْهِیمِ [the drinking of the thirsty camels]." He said: "They lied. شُرْبُ الْهِیمِ [the drinking of the thirsty camels] is only the drink upon which the name of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is not mentioned."