919 - أثرُ السُّجودِ

919. THE EFFECT OF PROSTRATION

(سِيماهُمْ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ مِنْ أَثَرِ السُّجُودِ).¹

"Their mark is [visible] on their faces, from the effect of prostration." ²

2924.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّي لأكرَهُ للرَّجُلِ أن تُرى‏ جَبهَتُهُ جَلحاءَ لَيسَ فيها شي‏ءٌ مِن أثَرِ السُّجودِ .³

2924.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'I hate it for a man to have a smooth forehead not having any trace of prostration on it.' ⁴

2925.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : كانَ لأبِي عليه السلام في مَوضِعِ سُجودِهِ آثارٌ ناتِيةٌ ، وكانَ يَقطَعُها في السَّنَةِ مَرَّتَينِ ، في كُلِّ مَرّةٍ خَمسَ ثَفِناتٍ فَسُمِّيَ ذا الثَّفِناتِ لذلكَ .⁵

2925.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'My father (AS) used to have protruding marks from prostration on his forehead, which he used to cut twice a year, and every time he would do so, he would scrape off five calluses, and came to be nicknamed 'the one with calluses.' ⁶