Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: The eye is the strap of the rear. Sayyid ar-Razi says, “This is a wonderful metaphor. It is as though Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib (p.b.u.h.) has likened the rear part of the body to a bag and the eye to a strap. When the strap is let loose, the bag cannot retain anything. According to the well-known and reputed view, this is a saying of the Prophet, but some people have stated it belong to Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib (p.b.u.h.). Al-Mubarrad has mentioned it in his book Al-Muqtadab under a chapter titled “Words of single letters”. We, too, have discussed this metaphor in our book titled Majazat al-athar an-NAbawiyyah.”
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:04:06 +0000