مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْ ءٌ إِلَّا وَ لَهُ حَدٌّ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام نَعَمْ أَنَا أَقُولُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْ ءٌ مِمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ صَغِيراً وَ كَبِيراً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ حَدّاً إِذَا جُوِّزَ بِهِ ذَلِكَ الْحَدُّ فَقَدْ تُعُدِّىَ حَدُّ اللَّهِ فِيهِ فَقَالَ فَمَا حَدُّ مَائِدَتِكَ هَذِهِ قَالَ تَذْكُرُ اسْمَ اللَّهِ حِينَ تُوضَعُ وَ تَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ حِينَ تُرْفَعُ وَ تَقُمُّ مَا تَحْتَهَا قَالَ فَمَا حَدُّ كُوزِكَ هَذَا قَالَ لَا تَشْرَبْ مِنْ مَوْضِعِ أُذُنِهِ وَ لَا مِنْ مَوْضِعِ كَسْرِهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَقْعَدُ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ إِذَا وَضَعْتَهُ عَلَى فِيكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ وَ إِذَا رَفَعْتَهُ عَنْ فِيكَ فَاحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَ تَنَفَّسْ فِيهِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَنْفَاسٍ فَإِنَّ النَّفَسَ الْوَاحِدَ يُكْرَهُ.

Are you the one who holds that everything has a limit? He said: Yes, I am the one who says that everything, small or great, that God has created has a limit; and if that limit is overstepped, God's limit has been overstepped. I said: What is the limit of your table-cloth? He said: When you spread the cloth you say "In the name of God", and when you take it up you praise and thank God. I said: What is the limit of your water jug? He said: Do not drink from its side or from the broken part, for that is Satan's place. When you drink water, utter the name of God; when you take it from your mouth, praise God; and drink water in three breaths, for drinking in a single breath is disliked.

«11»- سن، المحاسن مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنِ ابْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله فِي خُطْبَتِهِ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا مِنْ شَيْ ءٍ يُقَرِّبُكُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ يُبَاعِدُكُمْ مِنَ النَّارِ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ وَ أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ.

Al-Mahasin: Abu Hamza relates from Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, that the Prophet said in the sermon of the Farewell Pilgrimage: O people, fear God! There is nothing that would bring you near to Paradise and keep you far from Hell but that I have commanded it or forbidden it.

«12»- سن، المحاسن صَالِحُ بْنُ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُغِيرِيَّةِ عَنْ شَيْ ءٍ مِنَ السُّنَنِ فَقَالَ مَا مِنْ شَيْ ءٍ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ آدَمَ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ جَرَتْ فِيهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ مِنْ رَسُولِهِ سُنَّةٌ عَرَفَهَا مَنْ عَرَفَهَا وَ أَنْكَرَهَا مَنْ أَنْكَرَهَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَمَا السُّنَّةُ فِي دُخُولِ الْخَلَاءِ قَالَ تَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ وَ تَتَعَوَّذُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ قُلْتَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى مَا أَخْرَجَ عَنِّي مِنَ الْأَذَى فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْهُ وَ عَافِيَةٍ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَالْإِنْسَانُ يَكُونُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَلَا يَصْبِرُ حَتَّى يَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي الْأَرْضِ آدَمِيٌّ إِلَّا وَ مَعَهُ مَلَكَانِ مُوَكَّلَانِ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَانَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ ثَنَيَا رَقَبَتَهُ ١ ثُمَّ قَالا ابْنَ آدَمَ انْظُرْ إِلَى مَا كُنْتَ تَكْدَحُ ٢ لَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلَى مَا هُوَ صَائِرٌ٣.

Al-Mahasin: Abu Usama says: I was with Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him. A man of the Mughiriyya group was asking about something of the manners of Islam. He said: Concerning all the needs of human beings, the practice of God and His Messenger is in force; whoever knows it knows it, and whoever does not know it denies it. That man asked: What is the practice concerning going to the privy? He said: You remember God and seek refuge with God from Satan. When you have finished you praise and thank God and say: Praise be to God who has brought this harm out of me with ease and soundness. That man said: In that state no one has the patience to look at what has come out of him. He said: With every human being there are two angels who, when a man is relieving himself, bend his neck and say to him: Son of Adam, look at what you strove for in this world — what has become of it!

«13»- جا، المجالس للمفيد الْجِعَابِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُقْدَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حُمْدُونٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ظَرِيفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام يَقُولُ مَا رَأَيْتُ عَلِيّاً عليه السلام قَضَى قَضَاءً إِلَّا وَجَدْتُ لَهُ أَصْلًا

Majalis of al-Mufid: Al-Hasan b. Zarif says: I heard Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, saying: Every judgement and ruling 'Ali, peace be upon him, gave, its root and proof was sound