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• Keeping quiet while proceeding with a funeral procession means that one should
go with patience and equanimity and not crying and wailing.
• The Prophet of Islam (a.s.) has said that Allah doesn’t like two sounds: the sound
of people crying in times of difficulty and singing in times of happiness.
LAUGHTER & JEST
A momin will have gracefulness on his face even if he is sad at his heart. A person
remaining morose all the time is not good. A momin must keep a broad forehead,
pleasant mien, and good nature. He should also have a good sense of humor. But all
this should be in moderation.
• It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (a.s.) that excessive jesting puts one to
shame and excessive laughter harms ones faith. If a person lies, the radiance of his
face diminishes.
• The Prophet Dawood (a.s.) told to Hazrat Sulaiman (a.s.) three things, one of
which was, “My Son! Don’t laugh much that on the Day of Reckoning one would
rise a beggar because of this!”
• It has appeared in the traditions that three things cause Allah’s ire: 1. Sleeping
during the day without remaining awake in the nights. 2. Laughing without any
cause for doing so. 3. Eating to ones satiation.
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that one who laughs much in worldly activities,
will cry much on the Day of Judgement. There are many who cry in fear of
Allah’s Retribution. They are the ones who will be happy on the Day of
Judgement.
• The Prophet of Allah (a.s.) has said, “ I am surprised how one laughs who is sure
of the retribution of the Hellfire? With excessive laughter the heart dies.
• The Prophet of Allah (a.s.) always kept his laughter to the extent of a smile. None
heard him laugh loudly. Once he passed a group of persons laughing loudly, when
he said,” O people! Excessive expectations and scarcity of good deeds have
misled you.Think of your graves. Take lesson from the thought of inevitable death
and the retribution of the Day of Reckoning!”
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) said that laughter causes loss of faith like the water
dissolving the salt. Laughing for no reason is a sign of ignorance. He also said,”
Don’t joke or quarrel with your friend. Jest is like abuse and the cause of hate and
enmity.” He also said, “ Don’t expose your teeth in laughter when your bad deeds
are there to put you to shame. You cannot prevent yourself from the onslaught of
death!”
• O Abu Dharr! Two things are bad: 1. Laughing without reason. 2. Delay in
offering the mandatory prayers because of laziness.
• O Abu Dharr! Man knows that his inner instinct (Nafs e Ammara) makes him
commit mistakes day and night that put him to hardship and repentance. Then
how one can laugh knowing all this? It doesn’t mean that he should always be
morose and forlorn. A momin must be pleasant and smiling. But he should not