162 - الرضاع‏

162. SUCKLING

825 - رِضاعُ المُولُودِ

825. SUCKLING

(وَالوالِداتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كامِلَينِ لِمَنْ أَرادَ أَنْ يُتِمَّ الرَّضاعَةَ) .¹

"Mothers shall suckle their children for two full years - that for such as desire to complete the suckling - and on the father shall be their maintenance and clothing, in accordance with honourable norms." ²

انظر : الأحقاف : 15 والطلاق : 6 .

(See also: Qur'an 46:15 and 65:6)

2600.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ليسَ للصَّبيِّ لَبَنٌ خَيرٌ مِن لَبَنِ اُمِّهِ .³

2600.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There is no better milk for a child than the milk of his mother.' ⁴

2601.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اُنظُرُوا مَن تُرضِعُ أولادَكُم؛ فإنّ الوَلَدَ يَشِبُّ علَيهِ .⁵

2601.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Take into account who it is that suckles your children, for verily this is what a child grows on.' ⁶

2602.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : اِستَرضِعْ لِولدِكَ بِلَبَنِ الحِسانِ ، وإيّاكَ والقِباحَ ؛ فإنّ اللَّبَنَ قد يُعدِي .⁷

2602.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Get beautiful wet-nurses to suckle your child and keep away from ugly ones, for verily the milk has an effect [on the child].' ⁸

161 - الرشوة

161. BRIBERY

824 - التَّحذِيرُ مِنَ الرَّشوَةِ

824. Warning Against Bribery

2594.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إيّاكُم والرّشوَةَ فإنّها مَحضُ الكُفرِ ، ولا يَشُمُّ صاحِبُ الرّشوةِ رِيحَ الجَنَّةِ .¹

2594.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Beware of bribery for verily it is sheer infidelity, and the briber will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise.' ²

2595.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الراشيَ والمُرتَشِيَ والرائشَ الذي يَمشِي بَينَهُما .³

2595.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah's curse is on the briber, the bribed, and the agent between them.' ⁴

2596.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّما أهلَكَ مَن كانَ قَبلَكُم أنَّهُم مَنَعُوا الناسَ الحَقَّ فاشتَرَوهُ ، وأخَذُوهُم بالباطِلِ فاقتَدَوهُ .⁵

2596.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The ruin of your predecessors lay in the fact that they deprived people of their rights and subsequently resorted to buying them back, and they handled people using unethical means, which they followed.' ⁶

2597.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : وقد عَلِمتُم أ نَّهُ لا يَنبَغِي أن يكونَ الوالِي على الفُرُوجِ والدِّماءِ والمَغانِمِ والأحكامِ وإمامَةِ المسلمينَ البَخِيلُ ... ولا المُرتَشِي في الحُكمِ فَيَذهَبَ بالحُقوقِ ، ويَقِفَ بِها دُونَ المَقاطِعِ .⁷

2597.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'You know full well that he who is in charge of honour, people's lives, war booty, legal commandments and the leadership of the Muslims must not be a miser... nor should he accept bribes in his judgment for he would forfeit their rights, and deprives the rightful from his right.' ⁸

2598.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في قولِهِ تعالى‏ : (أَكَّالُونَ للسُّحْتِ) - : هُو الرَّجُلُ يَقضِي لأخِيهِ الحاجَةَ ثُمّ يَقبَلُ هَدِيَّتَهُ .⁹

2598.Imam Ali (AS) said about Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "eaters of the unlawful" ¹⁰ , 'This refers to the man who fulfils a need for a fellow brother and then accepts a gift from him.' ¹¹

2599.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الرُّشى‏ في الحُكمِ هُو الكُفرُ باللَّهِ .¹²

2599.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Accepting bribes as a judge or ruler is tantamount to disbelief in Allah.' ¹³