Short Maxims of Imam Hasan (A.S.)
1-
The people who consult for their affairs will surely be guided to the
right.
2- Meanness is to avoid thanking the grace.
3- Imam al-Hasan (A.S.) said to one of his sons: O son, do not befriend
anyone before you know his means and sources. When you try him and
please to associate with him, you should then befriend him on bases of
pardoning his faults and consoling him in misfortunes.
4- Do not fight the dim and like the fighting of the triumphant and do
not depend upon the destiny like the surrendering. To seek the graces is
a prophetic tradition and to seek moderately is a form of chastity.
However, neither chastity will stop the earnings nor will
acquisitiveness bring any surplus. The earnings are already divided and
acquisitiveness leads to sins.
5- The true close one is that whom is drawn near by cordiality despite
the far kinship, and the true remote one is that whom is taken away by
cordiality despite the near kinship. Nothing is closer to the body than
the hand. Hands may be amputated and cut due to betrayal.
6- He who depends upon Allah's good option for him will not wish to be
in a situation other than that which Allah opts for him.
7- Dishonor is less bearable than the fire (of Hell).
8- The good that lacks evil is to thank the grace and to tolerate the
misfortune.
9- Imam Hasan(A.S.) said to a man who had just been cured from a
disease: Allah has mentioned you; therefore, you should mention Him, and
has pardoned you; therefore, you should thank Him.
10-Imam Hasan(A.S.) said when he concluded the peace treaty with Muawiya:
By Allah, it was not doubt or sorrow that made us stop confronting
people of Syria. We could fight the Syrian people with safety and
steadfastness. Today, enmity, unfortunately, seized the safety and
intolerance seized the steadfastness. When you fought in (the battle of)
Siffin, your religion was preceded to your worldly life. Today, your
worldly life is preceded to your religion.
11- I do not know anyone who is not foolish in his relation to His Lord.
12-As someone accused him of enjoying haughtiness, Imam Hasan(A.S.)
said: No, I enjoy honor. Allah says: Honor belongs to Allah, His
Messenger and the believers. (Holy Qur'an 63:8).
13- Describing the features of one of his virtuous friends, Imam
Hasan(A.S.) said: He was the greatest of people in my eye. The head of
his characters that made him great in my eye was the insignificancy of
this world in his eyes. He was beyond the power of ignorance. He
extended his hand to no one except the trustful and only for a profit.
He was not complaining, showing dissatisfaction, or repining. He spent
most of his time with silence; but when he spoke, he was excelling the
speakers. He was weak and feeble, but in situations of seriousness, he
was as same as an attacking lion. When he was sitting with the scholars,
he was abiding by listening more than speaking. He was not overcome in
silence even if he was overcome in speaking. He was not saying what he
would not do and was doing what he did not say. When he ignored which of
the two matters, which he encountered, was the nearer to his Lord, he
used to notice the one that was nearer to his passion so that he would
take in the other. He avoided blaming anyone for a matter the like of
which might be excused.
14- He who frequents to the mosque will gain one of eight things- a
decisive (Quranic) Verse, a useful friend, an original information, an
expected mercy, a word that guides to the right, a word that saves from
perdition, or a desertion of sins whether shyly or fearfully.
15- People of Quraish visited Imam Hasan(A.S.) for the birth of a male
baby. They said (their usual expression of congratulation in such an
occasion): "Enjoy the existence of this knight." He answered, "What is
this saying? Who knows, he may be walking." "O son of Allah's
Messenger," said Jabir, "What should we say then?" The Imam(A.S.)
answered: To congratulate for a male newborn, you should say: May you
thank the Endower, blessed be this gift, and Allah may cause him to
attain maturity and bestow upon you with his earnings.
16- As he was asked about chivalry, Imam Hasan(A.S.) answered: Chivalry
is to cling to the religion, recondition the wealth, and fulfill the
duties completely.
17- The most discerning sight is that which is most piercing in the
good. The most perceptive hearing is that which retains the reminding
and makes benefits. The soundest heart is that which is pure from
suspicions.
18- As a man asked him for advice, Imam Hasan(A.S.) said: Avoid praising
me because I know myself better than you do. Avoid belying me because
the opinions of those whom are belied are valueless. Avoid backbiting
anyone before me." As the man asked the Imam's permission to leave, the
Imam(A.S.) permitted him.
19- He who seeks worship should clean himself for it. Decline the
recommendable rites if they injure the obligatory ones. Conviction is
refuge for safety. He who considers the long journey will surely prepare
for it. The intelligent should not cheat those who seek advice. Between
the admonition and you lies the screen of haughtiness. Knowledge
invalidates the excuses of the learners. Every anticipated(one) asks for
respite and every respited busies himself with negligence.
20- O servants of Allah, fear Allah, seek(from Him) seriously and
escape(His punishment). Enter upon acting before the befalling of the
punishment and the coming of the distroyer of the pleasures. The comfort
of this world is not ceaseless, its misfortunes cannot be trusted, and
its troubles cannot be avoided. It is surely an unsteady delusion and a
slanting pillar. O servants of Allah, you should therefore take a
warning from the examples, learn lessons from the transmitted events,
refrain from committing sins for the sake of Paradise, and benefit by
the admonitions. Allah is a sufficient protector and supporter, the Book
(of Allah) is sufficient arguer and adversary, Paradise is a sufficient
reward, and Hell is a sufficient penalty and evil result.
21- When you meet your friends, you should kiss them on the place of
light in the forehead.
22- As he passed by some people who were playing and laughing on the
Eid-ul-Fitr, Imam Hasan(A.S.) stopped at them and said:
Allah has made the month of Ramadan the racetrack of His creatures so
that they will compete with each other in acts of obedience to Him to
attain His satisfaction. Some people preceded others and could win,
while others dropped behind and failed. How strange that who plays and
laughs on the day when the good-doers are rewarded and the wrongdoers
are losing is! By Allah I take the oath, if the cover is removed, they
will realize that the good-doers are engaged in their advantages and the
evildoers are engaged in their sins. The Imam(a) then left.
Source:Tuhaf al-Uqool
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