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
وَ إِنَّمَا نَهَى رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنْ يَضْرِبَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ خَلاَءَهُ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ أَوْ نَخْلَةٍ قَدْ أَثْمَرَتْ لِمَكَانِ اَلْمَلاَئِكَةِ اَلْمُوَكَّلِينَ بِهَا» قَالَ «وَ لِذَلِكَ يَكُونُ اَلشَّجَرُ وَ اَلنَّخْلُ أُنْساً إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِ حَمْلُهُ لِأَنَّ اَلْمَلاَئِكَةَ تَحْضُرُهُ.
(Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام ) has narrated: "The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم prohibited any Muslim from relieving himself under a tree or palm that has borne fruit due to the presence of the angels assigned to them. Imam عليه السلام said: 'That is why trees and palms seem luster when they bear fruit, for the angels are present there.'".
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh