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[diracdeltafunc]

Laughing and Smiling

1ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كانَ ضِحكُ النبيِّ صلى ‏الله ‏عليه ‏و‏آله التبسُّم .
1– Imam Ali said, ‘The Prophet (SAWA)’s laughter was a smile.’[Amali al-Tusi, p. 522, no. 1156]


2- الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا قَهْقَهتَ فقُلْ حينَ تَفرُغُ: اللّهُمّ لا تَمقُتْني .
2– Imam al-Baqir said, ‘When you laugh boisterously, say, ‘O Allah do not despise me’ when you have finished.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 664, no. 13]


3- الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): القَهقَهَةُ مِن الشَّيطانِ
3– Imam al-Sadiq said, ‘Loud boisterous laughter is from Satan.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 664, no. 10]


4- الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ضِحكُ المؤمِنِ تَبَسُّم .
4– Imam al-Sadiq said, ‘The laughter of a believer is a smile.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 664, no. 5]


5- الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن تَبَسَّم في وَجهِ‏أخيهِ كانَت لَهُ حَسَنةٌ .
5– Imam al-Sadiq said, ‘He who smiles at his brother gets the reward of a good deed.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 206, no. 1]


ذَمُّ كَثرَةِ الضِّحكِ

The Censure of Laughing Too Much

6ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إيّاكَ وكَثرَةَ الضِّحكِ؛ فإنّهُ يُمِيتُ القَلبَ .
6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Beware of laughing too much for verily it kills the heart.’[Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 335, no. 1]


7ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لو تَعلَمُونَ ما أعلَمُ لَضَحِكتُم قليلاً وَلَبَكَيتُم كثيرا .
7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘If you knew what I know, you would laugh but a little and you would cry much.’[Nur al-Thaqalayn, v. 2, p. 249, no. 261]


8ـ في حديث المِعراجِ: عَجِبتُ مِن عَبدٍ لايَدري أنّي راضٍ عَنهُ أو ساخِطٌ علَيهِ وهُو يَضحَك!
8– It is narrated within the tradition about the Prophet (SAWA)’s ascension that Allah said, ‘How I wonder at the servant who laughs while he does not know whether I am pleased or displeased with him!’[Irshad al-Qulub, p. 200]


9ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن كَثُرَ ضِحكُه ذَهَبَت هَيبَتُهُ .
9– Imam Ali said, ‘The earnestness of one who laughs too much deteriorates.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 96]


10ـ الإمامُ العسكريُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مِنَ الجَهلِ الضَّحكُ مِن غَيرِ عَجَبٍ.
10– Imam al-`Aaskari said, ‘Laughing without cause stems from ignorance.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 59, no. 10]



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Edited by diracdeltafunc, 03 August 2011 - 03:51 PM.

[Basim Ali]

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... and mental retardation.

Thank you for sharing. *smile*

[-Enlightened]

Basim Ali, on 03 August 2011 - 03:56 PM, said:

... and mental retardation.

Thank you for sharing. *smile*

lol

[diracdeltafunc]

Basim Ali, on 03 August 2011 - 03:56 PM, said:

... and mental retardation.

Thank you for sharing. *smile*

Is that part of the translation?

[Mohsin-Syed]

very nice hadith

[Gypsy]

Very nice.

Thanks for sharing.

[Rasul]

Thanks for Sharing!

[AlAbd AlThaleel]

Thank you for sharing. Hopefully we can all take the Imams' advice.

[Awaiting_for_My_Master]

  

Surely laughing is one of my weak points. Thank you brother for enlightening my heart.

Duakum

[diracdeltafunc]

Awaiting_for_My_Master, on 01 April 2012 - 12:32 PM, said:

  

Surely laughing is one of my weak points. Thank you brother for enlightening my heart.

Duakum

My pleasure!

[ireallywannaknow]

I laugh/giggle too much too. Makes me seem like an idiot and I think I get less respect. Makes sense with these hadith in mind.

[Replicant]

There has to be a balance, we also have narrations on the merits of laughing and joking:

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A believer is fun and playful, and a hypocrite is grim and angry.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 49]

Imam al-Baqir said, ‘Indeed Allah loves those who are playful among people without obscenity.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 663, no. 4]

Imam al-Sadiq said, ‘Every single believer should have playfulness in him.’ [The narrator said] I asked, ‘What is playfulness?’ He replied, ‘Joking.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 664, no. 2]

Imam al-Sadiq asked Yunus al-Shaybani, ‘How much do you jest around with each other?’ I said, ‘Little.’ He said, ‘This is not how it should be, for playing is part of good character, and through that you bring happiness to your brother, and the Messenger of Allah (SAWA) would jest with people wanting to make them happy.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 663, no. 3]

[Murtada]

^Here is some more to add; all from al Kaafi by Shaykh al Kulayni, Book of Social Manners, Chapter 23: Funny Stories and Laughing

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Sharif ibn Sabiq from al-Fadl ibn abu Qarrah from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following:
“Every believing person knows how to tell funny stories. I asked, ‘What is al-Da’abah?’ The Imam said, ‘It is funny stories.’”

3. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Muhammad ibn Ali from Yahya ibn Sallam from Yusuf ibn Ya’qub from Salih ibn ‘Aqabah from Yunus al-Shaybani who has said the following:
“Abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, has said, ‘How is your telling funny stories for each other?’ I said, ‘It is very little.’ The Imam said, ‘Do not do so. Telling funny stories is of delightful moral discipline. You can bring joy to your brother (in belief). The Messenger of Allah would tell funny stories to bring cheerfulness feelings to a man.’”

4. Salih ibn ‘Aqabah has narrated from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Ju’fi who has said the following:
“I heard abu Ja’far, recipient of divine supreme covenant, saying, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, loves a funny storyteller in a group free of abusive matters.’”

5. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Asbat from al-Hassan ibn Kulayb from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following:
“The laughing of a believing person is smiling.”

6. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from Mansur from Hariz from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following:
“Much laughing deadens the heart. He has also said, ‘Much laughing melts one’s religion just as water melts salt.’”

7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following:
“Abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, has said, ‘It is ignorance to laugh without astonishment.’ The narrator has said that the Imam would say, ‘In laughing do not allow your teeth to become visible, when you have committed disgraceful deeds. One who has committed evil deeds should not feel secure about what kinds of misfortune the night may bring.’”

10. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabi from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following:
“Laughing loud is from Satan.”

20. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from ibn Faddal from al-Hassan ibn al-Jahm from Ibrahim ibn Mehzam from those whom he has mentioned (in his book) from abu al-Hassan, the first, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following:
“Yahya (John) ibn Zakariya would weep and would not laugh. Jesus, son of Mary would laugh and weep. What Jesus did was better than what Yahya would do.”