CHAPTER
3
Excessive Laughter
Son, don't laugh too much. It
kills your heart and destroys the glow on your face. To avoid laughter, look at
your thumb. This will stop your laughter and kaffara of laughter is Allahumma
La Tamkutni.'There is no restriction on mild
laughter. It is a sign of good nature. It is praiseworthy. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)
used to smile faintly.Like laughter, don't crack too
many jokes. It lessens your reputation (Wasael 2, p. 206), destroys
Noor-e-Iman' (Mustadrak 2, p. 27), destroys decency (Mustadrak 2,
p. 77) and gives rise to enmity. (Wasael 2, p. 217)Polite nature is a good thing.
Aimme Masoomeen (a.m.s.) always used to behave politely. They used to teach
their followers also to behave politely. There is lot of sawab in pleasing a
momeen.Son, don't be happy when someone
is killed. Hazrat Imam Reza (a.s.) has said: If one is pleased with the action
of someone, than he is counted as one who has committed the act.(Mustadrak
2, p. 344)It is stated that if a momeen is
killed in the east and if someone staying in west is pleased, then he also will
be counted as a killer. It is for this reason that Imam-e-Asr (a.s.) will take
revenge of the martyrdom of Imam Husain (a.s.) after his reappearance, so that
his ancestors are pleased.(Tafseer-e-Safi)Son, save yourself from
back-biting and making allegations. It results in lessening of good deeds and
increase in bad deeds. The good deeds of back-biter is transferred to one whom
you are back-biting and his bad deeds are transferred to the back-biter. Thus,
back-biter loses both ways.(Mustadrak 2, p. 106)