Posted: Jul 24, 08 3:28pm

From

Lantern of the Path

by Abu 'Abdillah al-Imam ja'far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq

(translation by Fadlallah Haeri ) Ansaryan Publications

If you are intelligent, then you should be of firm resolution and sincere intention before you set out for any place, for surely the self's nature is to overstep the bounds and encroach on the forbidden. You should reflect when you walk, and take note of the wonders of Allah (SWT)'s work wherever you go. Do not be mocking, or strut when you walk; Allah (SWT) said,

Do not go about in the land exulting overmuch. (Qur'an Surah 31 Ayat 18)

Lower your gaze from whatever is inappropriate to faith, and remember Allah (SWT) frequently. There is a tradition which says that those places where, and in connection with which, Allah (SWT) is mentioned will testify to that before Allah (SWT) on the Day of Judgement and will ask forgiveness for those people so that Allah (SWT) will let them enter the Garden.

Do not speak excessively with people along the way, for that is bad manners. Most of the roads are the traps and markets of Satan, so do not feel safe from his tricks. make your coming and your going in obedience to Allah (SWT), striving for His pleasure, for all your movements will be recorded in your book,' as Allah (SWT) said,

On the day when their tongues and their hands and their feet shall bear witness against them regarding what they did, (Qur'an Surah 24 Ayat 24)

and;

We have made every man's actions to cling to his neck. (Qur'an Surah 17 Ayat 13)