Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

وَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: مَتَى أَضْرِبُ دَابَّتِي تَحْتِي قَالَ «إِذَا لَمْ تَمْشِ تَحْتَكَ كَمَشْيِهَا إِلَى مِذْوَدِهَا».

A man asked Abu Abdullah (a.s): "When is it permissible for me to strike the animal I am riding?" Imam (a.s) replied: "When it does not walk under you as it would walk toward its feeding trough."

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «اِضْرِبُوهَا عَلَى اَلْعِثَارِ وَ لاَ تَضْرِبُوهَا عَلَى اَلنِّفَارِ فَإِنَّهَا تَرَى مَا لاَ تَرَوْنَ ».

It is narrated that Imam (a.s) said: "Strike them for stumbling, but do not strike them for shying away, for they see what you do not see."

وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «إِذَا عَثَرَتِ اَلدَّابَّةُ تَحْتَ اَلرَّجُلِ فَقَالَ لَهَا تَعَسْتِ تَقُولُ تَعَسَ أَعْصَانَا لِلرَّبِّ ».

The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings of Allah (swt) be upon him and his family) said: "If a mount stumbles under its rider and the rider says to it, 'May you perish!' it responds, 'Perished is the one who disobeys our Lord (azj) the most.'"

وَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «فِي اَلدَّوَابِّ لاَ تَضْرِبُوا اَلْوُجُوهَ وَ لاَ تَلْعَنُوهَا فَإِنَّ اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَعَنَ لاَعِنَهَا » وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ «لاَ تُقَبِّحُوا اَلْوُجُوهَ.

Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s) said: "Regarding animals: Do not strike their faces and do not curse them, for Allah (swt), the Mighty and Glorious, curses the one who curses them." In another narration, Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s) said: "Do not insult their faces."

وَ قَالَ اَلنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «إِنَّ اَلدَّوَابَّ إِذَا لُعِنَتْ لَزِمَتْهَا اَللَّعْنَةُ.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah (swt) be upon him and his family) said: "When animals are cursed, the curse clings to them."

وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «لاَ تَتَوَرَّكُوا عَلَى اَلدَّوَابِّ وَ لاَ تَتَّخِذُوا ظُهُورَهَا مَجَالِسَ».

The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings of Allah (swt) be upon him and his family) said: "Do not sit sideways on animals, and do not make their backs your seats."

وَ قَالَ اَلْبَاقِرُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ حُرْمَةٌ وَ حُرْمَةُ اَلْبَهَائِمِ فِي وُجُوهِهَا ».

Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s) said: "Everything has a sanctity, and the sanctity of animals lies in their faces."

رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ: «مَا بُهِمَتِ اَلْبَهَائِمُ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ تُبْهَمْ عَنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مَعْرِفَتِهَا بِالرَّبِّ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ مَعْرِفَتِهَا بِالْمَوْتِ وَ مَعْرِفَتِهَا بِالْأُنْثَى مِنَ اَلذَّكَرِ وَ مَعْرِفَتِهَا بِالْمَرْعَى اَلْخِصْبِ».

Ali ibn Ri'ab narrated from Abu Hamzah, from Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s), that he used to say: "Animals are not ignorant of four things: their knowledge of their Lord (azj), the Blessed and Exalted; their knowledge of death; their distinction between male and female; and their knowledge of fertile pasture."

وَ أَمَّا اَلْخَبَرُ اَلَّذِي رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَوْ عَرَفَتِ اَلْبَهَائِمُ مِنَ اَلْمَوْتِ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ مَا أَكَلْتُمْ مِنْهَا سَمِيناً قَطُّ».

As for the narration from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) in which he said: "If animals knew about death what you know, you would never eat a fat one among them."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: فِي قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ « اَلَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوٰالَهُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ اَلنَّهٰارِ سِرًّا وَ عَلاٰنِيَةً فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ وَ لاٰ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لاٰ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ » قَالَ «نَزَلَتْ فِي اَلنَّفَقَةِ عَلَى اَلْخَيْلِ».

The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings of Allah (swt) be upon him and his family) said regarding the verse of Allah (swt), the Mighty and Glorious: "Those who spend their wealth in the night and the day, secretly and openly, they shall have their reward with their Lord (azj), and they shall not fear nor grieve." (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:274) Prophet (saws) said: "It was revealed concerning spending on horses."