Seeking the Place to Relieve Oneself and the Etiquettes of Entering and Exiting
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 3
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 3
Seeking the Place to Relieve Oneself and the Etiquettes of Entering and Exiting
مَا قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ اَلْبَاقِرُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنَّ لِلَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وتَعَالَى مَلاَئِكَةً وَكَّلَهُمْ بِنَبَاتِ اَلْأَرْضِ مِنَ اَلشَّجَرِ وَ اَلنَّخْلِ فَلَيْسَ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ وَ لاَ نَخْلَةٍ إِلاَّ وَ مَعَهَا مِنَ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَلَكٌ يَحْفَظُهَا وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْهَا وَ لَوْ لاَ أَنَّ مَعَهَا مَنْ يَمْنَعُهَا لَأَكَلَتْهَا اَلسِّبَاعُ وَ هَوَامُّ اَلْأَرْضِ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهَا ثَمَرَتُهَا.
Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام said: "Indeed, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Blessed and Exalted, has appointed angels to protect the vegetation of the earth, including trees and palm trees. There is no tree or palm except that there is an angel with it from Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Mighty and Majestic, who guards it. If it were not for the presence of those angels to protect them, wild animals and pests would consume their fruits."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh