Chapter on Oaths, Vows, and Expiations
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 38
وَ رَوَى بَكْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْأَزْدِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: "لَوْ حَلَفَ اَلرَّجُلُ أَنْ لاَ يَحُكَّ أَنْفَهُ بِالْحَائِطِ لاَبْتَلاَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى حَتَّى يَحُكَّ أَنْفَهُ بِالْحَائِطِ وَ لَوْ حَلَفَ اَلرَّجُلُ أَنْ لاَ يَنْطَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ اَلْحَائِطَ لَوَكَّلَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ شَيْطَاناً حَتَّى يَنْطَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ اَلْحَائِطَ ".
Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Azdi narrated from Abu Basir, from Imam عليه السلام, that he said: "If a man swears that he will not rub his nose against a wall, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, will test him until he rubs his nose against the wall. And if a man swears that he will not strike his head against the wall, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Glorious, will assign a devil to him until he strikes his head against the wall."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh