سورة الأعراف

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): Abdullah ibn Mughira said: Imam Kazim (peace be upon him), regarding the verse خُذُواْ زِینَتَکُمْ عِندَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Take your adornment at every place of worship], said: "Among such things is combing the hair at every prayer."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): The meaning is combing the hair at the time of every prayer, whether the obligatory prayer or the recommended prayer.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abd al-Rahman ibn Hajjaj said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said regarding the verse خُذُوا زِینَتَکُمْ عِنْدَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Take your adornment at every place of worship]: "Combing the hair brings sustenance, beautifies the hair, fulfills needs, increases the fluid of the backbone, and removes phlegm." And the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) used to comb the part below his beard forty times and the part above it seven times, and he would say: "Combing increases the intellect and removes phlegm."

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): Combing the hair causes the removal of epidemic disease.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Ibn Sinan said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said regarding the verse خُذُوا زِینَتَکُمْ عِنْدَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Take your adornment at every place of worship]: "The garments on the two Eids and Fridays."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): In the book Majma al-Bayan it is narrated from Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) that regarding the verse خُذُوا زِینَتَکُمْ عِنْدَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Take your adornment at every place of worship] he said: "That is, take your garments with which you adorn yourselves for the prayer on Fridays and Eids."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): In the book Da'a'im al-Islam it is narrated: For one who goes out to the Eid [prayer], it is fitting that he wear his best clothes and perfume himself with his best fragrance, and [regarding this saying of Allah] the Mighty and Majestic: يَا بَنِی آدَمَ خُذُواْ زِینَتَکُمْ عِندَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَ کُلُواْ وَ اشْرَبُواْ وَ لاَ تُسْرِفُواْ إِنَّهُ لاَ یُحِبُّ المُسْرِفِینَ [O children of Adam! attend to your embellishments at every time of prayer, and eat and drink and be not extravagant; surely He does not love the extravagant], he said: "That refers to the two Eids and Friday." And he said: "It is fitting for the imam to wear a burd (mantle) on the day of Eid and to bind a turban, whether it be winter or the heat of summer."

Imam Hasan (peace be upon him): Khaythama ibn Abi Khaythama said: Hasan ibn Ali (peace be upon him), whenever he prepared himself for prayer, would put on his finest clothes. He was asked: "O son of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! Why do you put on your finest clothes?" He said: "Indeed Allah is beautiful and loves beauty, so I beautify myself for Allah, and He says: خُذُواْ زِینَتَکُمْ عِندَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Attend to your embellishments at every time of prayer], so I love to wear my finest clothes."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Ala ibn Sayaba said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), regarding the verse: خُذُواْ زِینَتَکُمْ عِندَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Attend to your embellishments at every time of prayer], said: "That is, performing ghusl at the time of meeting every imam."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla narrates from his father that Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: ... خُذُوا زِینَتَکُمْ عِنْدَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Attend to your embellishments at every time of prayer], seek out those houses which Allah has permitted to be raised and in which His name is constantly mentioned.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Husayn ibn Mihran said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), regarding the verse: خُذُواْ زِینَتَکُمْ عِندَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Attend to your embellishments at every time of prayer], said: "The meaning is the Imams (peace be upon them)."

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) sent Abdullah ibn Abbas to Ibn al-Kawwa and his companions, while he was wearing a fine shirt and a robe. When they looked at him, they said: "O Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him)! You are the best of us in our estimation, yet you wear this garment?" He said: "This is the first matter in which I will dispute against you. قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِینَةَ اللهِ الَّتِیَ أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِ وَ الْطَّیِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ [Say: Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has brought forth for His servants, and the good things of provision?], and Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: یَا بَنِی آدَمَ خُذُواْ زِینَتَکُمْ عِندَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [O children of Adam! attend to your embellishments at every time of prayer]."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Zurara said: I asked Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) about the statement of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: خُذُواْ زِینَتَکُمْ عِندَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [attend to your embellishments at every time of prayer]. He said: "On the evening of Arafah."

Imam Rida (peace be upon him): It means clothing.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): That is, on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha and on Friday one should perform ghusl and wear white clothing.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): The garments on the two Eids and Fridays.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): خُذُوا زِینَتَکُمْ عِنْدَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Take your adornment at every masjid]; the meaning is that you should pay attention to and look at your shoes at the doors of the masjid [lest they be soiled with impurity and filth].

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): خُذُوا زِینَتَکُمْ عِنْدَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Take your adornment at every masjid] — the adornment meant here is shoes and a ring.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): خُذُوا زِینَتَکُمْ عِنْدَ کُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ [Take your adornment at every masjid] — there were people who used to circumambulate the House of Allah naked, the men by day and the women by night. Allah commanded them to wear clothing.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Do you think that Allah gives sustenance to those who have honour with Him and withholds sustenance from those who are lowly and abased before Him? Wealth is Allah's wealth, and He places it with a person as a deposit and trust, and He has permitted them to be moderate in eating, drinking, clothing, marriage and riding, and to give the rest to the poor believers so as to set their affairs in order. Whoever does this, whatever he eats, drinks, rides upon, or marries with is lawful, and the rest is unlawful for him. Then he said: "وَ لاَ تُسْرِفُواْ إِنَّهُ لاَ یُحِبُّ المُسْرِفِینَ [Do not be extravagant; indeed He does not love the extravagant]. Have you seen a man with whom Allah has placed wealth as a trust so that he buys a horse for ten thousand dirhams with it, while a horse worth twenty dirhams would suffice him? And he buys a slave-girl for a thousand dinars, while a slave-girl worth twenty dinars would suffice him?" And he said: وَ لاَ تُسْرِفُواْ إِنَّهُ لاَ یُحِبُّ المُسْرِفِینَ [Do not be extravagant; indeed He does not love the extravagant].

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): there were people who used to eat nothing except the bare minimum of food (qut). Allah commanded them to eat and drink and not to be extravagant.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Asbagh ibn Nubata said: I heard Imam Ali (peace be upon him) say [to his son Hasan (peace be upon him)]: "My dear son, shall I teach you four words by which you will have no need of medicine?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Do not sit down to food unless you are hungry, and do not rise from the table while you still have appetite, chew well, and before sleeping go to the toilet. If you observe these four, you will have no need of medicine and remedy." He said: "In the Qur'an there is a verse that contains all of medicine: کُلُوا وَ اشْرَبُوا وَ لا تُسْرِفُوا [Eat and drink, but do not be extravagant]."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Nothing is more hateful to Allah than a full stomach.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: Abu Hujayfa came to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) while he was belching from being overly full. The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "[Beware of eating too much,] for those who eat their fill most in this world will be the hungriest on the Day of Resurrection." [From that time on,] Abu Hujayfa never filled his stomach with food until he passed away [and met his Lord].

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): The furthest a servant is from Allah the Mighty and Majestic is when his only concern is his stomach and his sexual desire.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): The believer eats with one intestine, and the disbeliever eats with seven intestines.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): There is no extravagance in things that improve the body. I myself sometimes give orders that white flour be mixed with oil and I rub it on myself. Extravagance is only in things that waste wealth and harm the body.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Sulayman ibn Salih said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "What is the least degree of extravagance that has been forbidden?" He said: "That you wear your guest-clothing which preserves your dignity in a non-guest setting [for work], and that you pour away the leftover water in your cup, and that you eat dates and throw the pits here and there."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Whoever asks something from people while he has that day's sustenance is counted among the extravagant.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): وَ کُلُوا وَ اشْرَبُوا [and eat and drink]; its form is the form of a command, but what is intended by it is permissibility.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Ishaq ibn Ammar said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "Can a believer have ten shirts?" He said: "Yes." I said: "Twenty?!" He said: "Yes." I said: "Thirty?!" He said: "Yes, this is not extravagance; rather, extravagance is that you wear and use your guest-clothing for other than its purpose."