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Eleventh Infallible Sayings
- As a man asked him for an advice,
Imam al-Jawad (A.S.) said: Put your head on steadfastness, embrace
poverty, reject the lusts, oppose your passions, and know that you
cannot be out of Allah's sight. Consider how you should behave, then.
- Allah revealed to one of His
prophets: Your asceticism will give you comfort. Your devotion to Me
will endear you to Me. But, did you antagonize My enemies and cherish
My disciples?
- It was related that highway robbers
stole the large amounts of cloth that belonged to Imam al-Jawad
(A.S.). The head of the caravan sent the Imam a message in which he
informed him of that news. The Holy Imam (A.S.) answered him: Our
souls and riches are within the pleasant gifts and the deposited loans
of Allah Who makes us enjoy some of them pleasantly and delightedly
and seizes whatever He wills with rewards and merits. He whosever
intolerance overcomes his steadfastness will waste his rewards. Allah
protect us against so.
- He who detested a matter that he
witnessed is as same as those who were absent from it, and he who was
absent from a matter that he loved is, as same as those who witnessed
it.
- He whoever listens to a caller is
serving him. If the caller was Allah's representative, he is then
serving Allah. If the caller was the Shaitan's representative, he is
then serving the Shaitan.
- Dawud-bin-al-Qasim related: I asked
Imam al-Jawad(A.S.) about the meaning of 'Samad'. He said: Everything
that lacks navel is 'Samad'. I said that people claim that 'Samad' is
everything that lacks interior. Imam al-Jawad(A.S.) commented:
Everything that lacks interior lacks navel.
- Abu-Hashim al-Ja'fari related: On
the wedding day of Imam al-Jawad (A.S.) and Ummul-Fadhl, daughter of
Al-Ma'mun. I said: O master, the blessing of this day is clearly great
for us. The Holy Imam (A.S.) replied: O Abu-Hashim, Allah's blessings
in this day have been great for us. "Yes, master," I said, "What
should I say about the day?" Imam al-Jawad (A.S.) answered: Say only
good things about the day so that you will be given from these good
things. "Master," I said, "I will follow this instruction completely."
Imam al-Jawad (A.S.) said: You will be guided to the right and you
will see only the good if you adhere to this instruction.
- Imam al-Jawad(A.S.) wrote to one of
his disciples: We are only ladling from this world. He whose belief
and religion are the same as his acquaintance will surely accompany
the acquaintance everywhere. The life to come is surely the remaining
abode.
- A cameleer who took Imam al-Jawad
(A.S.) from Medina to Al-Kufa asked for more money after the Imam had
given him four hundred dinars. The Holy Imam (A.S.) said: How strange
this is! Do you not know that Allah's increasing gifts will be stopped
when the servants stop showing Him gratitude?
- To show a matter before preparing
for it properly is spoiling it.
- "Toba" depends upon four things:
sincere regrets, verbal "istighfar", deeds and determination never to
repeat the sin.
- To show a matter before preparing
for it properly is spoiling it.
- Don't pretend to be Allah's servant
and be His enemy in privacy.
- To show a matter before preparing
for it properly is spoiling it.
- Sincerity is the best of all
worships.
- To show a matter before preparing
for it properly is spoiling it.
- Relying on Allah is the price of
every valuable thing and the ladder to every treasured thing.
- To show a matter before preparing
for it properly is spoiling it.
- Love is attracted due to three
traits: being just in social dealings, assisting others in hardships
and having a pure heart.
- To show a matter before preparing
for it properly is spoiling it.
- Four things are required to do
anything: health, independence, knowledge and divine assistance.
- To show a matter before preparing
for it properly is spoiling it.
- Three deeds are performed by the
believers: following the wajibaat, abstaining from sins, and not
neglecting the religion.
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