Recitation of the Holy Quran
كش، رجال الكشي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ يَذْكُرُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ قَالَ: حَجَجْتُ وَ سُكَيْنٌ النَّخَعِيُّ فَتَعَبَّدَ وَ تَرَكَ النِّسَاءَ وَ الطِّيبَ وَ الثِّيَابَ وَ الطَّعَامَ الطَّيِّبَ وَ كَانَ لَا يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ دَاخِلَ الْمَسْجِدِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ
(The book) ‘Rijal Al Kashy – Muhammad Bin Masoud said, ‘Al Fazl Bin Shazan wrote to me mentioning from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed who said,
‘I went to Hajj and Sukeyn Al-Nasaie was worshipping, and neglected (going to) the women, and the perfume, and the (good) clothes, and the good food, and he would not raise his head to the sky inside the Masjid.
فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ دَنَا عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ فَصَلَّى إِلَى جَانِبِهِ فَقَالَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مِنْ مَسَائِلَ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَاكْتُبْهَا وَ أَرْسِلْ بِهَا إِلَيَّ
When he arrived in Al-Medina he approached Abu Is’haq and prayed Salat by his side. He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you! I want to ask you about an issue’. He said, ‘Go and write it and have it sent to me’.
فَكَتَبَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ رَجُلٌ دَخَلَهُ الْخَوْفُ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتَّى تَرَكَ النِّسَاءَ وَ الطَّعَامَ الطَّيِّبَ وَ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ أَمَّا الثِّيَابُ فَشَكَّ فِيهَا
‘He wrote, ‘May I be sacrificed for you! A man, (for whom) fear of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic enters into him, to the extent that he neglects (going to) the women, and the good food, and he is not able to raise his head towards the sky, and as for the clothes, there is doubt in it.
فَكَتَبَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ فِي تَرْكِ النِّسَاءِ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ فِي تَرْكِ الطَّعَامِ الطَّيِّبِ فَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ اللَّحْمَ وَ الْعَسَلَ
‘He wrote (in reply), ‘As for your words regarding neglecting (going to) the women, so you have known what happened to Rasool-Allah-saww from the women; and as for your words regarding neglecting the good foot, so Rasool-Allah-saww used to eat the meat and the honey.
وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ إِنَّهُ دَخَلَهُ الْخَوْفُ حَتَّى لَا يَسْتَطِيعَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَأَكْثِرْ مِنْ تِلَاوَةِ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ الصَّابِرِينَ وَ الصَّادِقِينَ وَ الْقانِتِينَ وَ الْمُنْفِقِينَ وَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحارِ
And as for your words, ‘Fear has entered into him to the extent that he is not able to raise his head towards the sky’, so frequent from reciting these Verses: (They are) the patient, and the truthful, and the devoutly obedient, and the (benevolent) spenders, and the seekers of Forgiveness at pre-dawn [3:17]’’.[1]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 67 – The book of Eman and Kufr – Ch 51 H 6