“Is there a way to wine, that I might drink it?
Is there a way to Nasr ibn Hajjāj?”

“Is there a way to wine, that I might drink it?
Is there a way to Nasr ibn Hajjāj?”

He summoned him and found him to be a handsome young man. He had his head shaved, but this only increased his beauty, so he banished him to Basra lest women be tempted by him.

It is also related of him that he learned of a man with whom boys would sit, and he forbade them to keep his company. Thus, if a boy’s appearance is feared to be a temptation to men or women, his guardian should be prevented from displaying him unnecessarily or enhancing his beauty, especially by pampering him in bathhouses and bringing him to gatherings of entertainment and singing. Such conduct warrants discretionary punishment. Likewise, anyone whose immoral conduct has become apparent should be prevented from owning handsome, beardless slave boys, and they should be separated from him.

The jurists agree that if someone gives testimony before a judge, but is widely known for some form of sinful conduct that disqualifies him as a witness, his testimony must not be accepted. A person may challenge his credibility on that basis even without having witnessed that conduct himself.

It is authentically reported that a funeral procession passed by the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and those present spoke well of the deceased. He said:

“It is assured; it is assured.”

Then another funeral procession passed by him, and they spoke ill of the deceased. He said:

“It is assured; it is assured.”

They asked him about this, and he replied:

“You spoke well of the first deceased, so I said that Paradise was assured for him. You spoke ill of the other deceased, so I said that the Fire was assured for him. You are