Imam Hasan's Words of
Wisdom
Imam
Hasan(A.S.) said: O people, he who advises for Allah's sake and betakes
His sayings as guidance will surely be led to the most upright way and
Allah will grant him success to the right guidance and will direct him
to the best. The disciple of Allah is certainly secured and preserved
while His enemy is surely fearful and disappointed. Be cautious of Allah
by very much mention of Him, fear Him by means of God-fearing, and
approach to Him through obedience to Him, for He is surely near and
replying.
Allah the Blessed the Elevated says: If any of My servants asks you
about Me, tell them that the Lord says, "I am near; I accept the prayers
of those who pray." Let My servants answer My call and believe in Me so
that perhaps they may know the right direction. (Holy Qur'an,2:186)
Answer Allah and believe in Him because it is improper for any one who
acknowledges Allah's greatness to behave arrogantly. The sublimity of
those who acknowledge Allah's greatness is certainly their modesty, the
dignity of those who acknowledge Allah's majesty is their submission to
Him, and the safety of those who acknowledge Allah's power is to
acquiesce to Him and to avoid denying after acknowledgment and deviating
after guidance.
You should know convectively that you will not recognize God-fearing
before you realize the character of guidance, you will not hold on the
bond of the Book before you know those who deserted it, and you will not
recite the Book so properly before you know those who distorted it.
After you know all these, you will know heresies and overacting, will
see forgery against Allah and distortion, and will know how the
declining ones fell. Let not the ignorant engage you in their ignorance.
Seek these from their proper people, for they are surely the light by
which enlightenment is sought and the leaders whose examples should be
followed. By them, knowledge survives and ignorance fades away. Their
clemency refers to their ignorance, their utterance of wisdom refers to
their silence, and their appearance refers to their hidden. They neither
oppose the right nor do they disagree about it. Different traditions
existed before them and Allah's decision passed before them. This is
surely a reminder for those who mention. When you hear it you should
undestand it heedfully, not just for relation. The relaters are
certainly numerous while the heedful are few. Allah is the One Whose
help is sought.
His Admonition
You should know that Allah has not created you vainly and will not let
you pass to nothing. He limited your terms of death and arranged your
livings so that every intelligent will realize his actual position and
realize that whatever Allah has disposed for him will unavoidably befall
him and whatever is taken away from him will never hit him. Allah has
saved you from running after the sustenance of this world, given you all
the time for worshipping Him, urged you thanking Him, ordained you to
mention Him, advised you to fear Him, and made fear of Him the utmost
purpose of His satisfaction. Certainly, God-fearing is the door to all
repentance, the head of all wisdom, and the honor of all actions.
God-fearing is the means by which triumph is achieved.
Allah says: The pious ones will be triumphant. (Holy Qur'an 78:31)
Allah will save the pious ones because of their virtuous deeds. No
hardship will touch them nor will they be grieved.(Holy Qur'an 39:61).
O servants of Allah, fear Allah and know that he whoever fears Allah
will have an exit from seditious matters and Allah will direct him in
his affairs, prepare for his guidance, support him with argument, whiten
his face, and achieve all his hopes with those whom receive Allah's
grace, such as the prophets, the veracious, the martyrs, and the
virtuous. They are the best friends one can have.
Source:Tuhaf al-Uqool
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