On Miscellaneous Topics
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 28
وَ سُئِلَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ « أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ » فَقَالَ «تَوْبِيخٌ لاِبْنِ ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام was asked about the Allah’s سبحانه وتعالى words: "Did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember therein to remember?" (Surah Fatir 35:37) Imam عليه السلام said: "It is a reproach for one who reaches eighteen years of age”.
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