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18-03-2024 |09 Ramaḍān 1445 AH

Beauty

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Allah, most High, is beautiful and He loves beauty. And He likes to see the evidence of His bounty on His servant. He loathes misery and pretending to be miserable.

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ اللّه‏َ تعالي جميلٌ يُحِبُّ الجَمالَ، ويُحِبُّ أنْ يَري أثَرَ نِعمَتِهِ علي عَبدِهِ، ويُبغِضُ البُؤْسَ والتَّباؤسَ.

Reference: ’[Kanz al-’Ummal, no. 17166]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Allah likes for His servant, when he leaves to meet his brothers, to dress himself well and to beautify himself.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنَّ اللّه‏َ يُحِبُّ مِن عَبدِهِ إذا خَرجَ إلي إخْوانِهِ أنْ يَتَهيّأَ لَهُم ويَتَجَمّلَ.

Reference: [Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 1, p. 85, no. 1]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Each one of you should trim his moustache and the hairs in his nose and he should groom himself for this enhances his beauty.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لِيَأخُذْ أحدُكُم مِن شارِبهِ والشَّعْرِ الّذي في أنْفِهِ، ولْيَتَعاهَدْ نَفْسَهُ، فإنَّ ذلك يَزيدُ في جمَالِهِ.

Reference: [Qurb al-Isnad, p. 67, no. 215]

Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘Dress up and beautify yourself, for Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty; and make sure it is lawful [beautification].’

الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): البَسْ وتَجَمّلْ، فإنَّ اللّه‏َ جميلٌ‏يُحِبُّ الجَمالَ، وليَكُن مِن حَلالٍ .

Reference: [Wasa’il al-Shi’ah, v. 3, p. 340, no. 4]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘The best thing given to a believer is good character, and the worst thing given to a man is a corrupt heart in a beautiful figure.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): اطلُبوا الخيرَ عِند حِسانِ الوُجوهِ، فإنَّ فِعالَهُم أحري أن تكونَ حَسَناً.

Reference: [Kanz al-’Ummal, no. 5170]

Description: he Prophet (S) said, ‘Beautiful hair is part of Allah’s dressing [for you], so make sure to honour it.

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الشَّعرُ الحَسَنُ مِن كِسْوَةِ اللّه‏ِ فأكْرِموهُ .

Reference: ’[Wasa’il al-Shi’ah, v. 1, p. 432, no 2]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Whoever keeps his hair long should care for it well, otherwise, he must cut it.

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَنِ اتَّخذَ شَعراً فليُحْسِنْ وَلايَتَهُ، أو لِيَجُزَّهُ .

Reference: ’[Wasa’il al-Shi’ah, v. 1, p. 432]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘There is no beauty better than the intellect.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لا جَمالَ أحْسَنُ مِن العَقلِ .

Reference: [Nahj al-Sa’ada, v. 1, p. 51]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘There is no clothing more beautiful than good health.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لا لِباسَ أجْمَلُ مِن العافِيَةِ .

Reference: [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 381, no. 5]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Allah, the Exalted, placed the beauty of woman in her face and of man in his speech.

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّه‏َ عزّوجلّ (جَعَلَ) صُورَةَ المَرأةِ في وَجهِها، وصُورةَ الرّجُلِ في مَنطِقهِ .

Reference: [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 293, no. 63]

Description: Imam al-’Askari (a.s.) said, ‘Physical beauty is the outer beauty, and the beauty of the intellect is inner beauty.’

الإمامُ العسكريُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): حُسنُ الصُّورةِ جَمالٌ ظاهِرٌ، وحُسنُ العَقلِ جَمالٌ باطِنٌ.

Reference: [A’alam al-Din, no. 313]