Fifth
Infallible Sayings
- O Allah what did he finds who lost
you, and what did he loose who found you.
- On his way to Karbala, Imam
Hussain(A.S.) said: This world has changed, snubbed, and its good has
turned tail. Nothing has remained from it except a thing that is as
scanty as the leftover of a cup and a mean life that is like a noxious
grazing. Have you not noticed that the right is ignored and the evil
is not forbidden? This is sufficient for making the believer's desire
for meeting Allah rightfully. I consider death as happiness and life
with the wrongdoers as boredom. People are certainly the slaves of
this world. The religion is only a slaver on their tongues. They turn
it wherever their livelihood demands. If they are examined by
misfortunes, the religious will be very little.
- Imam Hussain(A.S.) said to a man who
backbit another before him. O you, stop backbiting, for it is the
daily meal of the dogs of Hell.
- Before Imam Hussain(A.S.), a man
said that favors are worthless if they are done to other than its
people. The Imam Hussain(A.S.) commented: No, this is in accurate.
Favors should be like the heavy rain that covers the pious and the
sinful.
- Whenever Allah seizes the power of
somebody, He will surely free him from acts of obedience to Him, and
whenever He seizes the ability of somebody, He will surely save his
from the burdens.
- Some people worshipped Allah for the
purpose of gaining His gifts. This is the worship of the merchants.
Some worshipped Him for the purpose of avoiding His punishment. This
is the worship of the slaves. Some worshipped Him as showing gratitude
to Him. This is the worship of the genuine ones. It is the best
worship.
- A man received Imam Hussain(A.S.)
saying, "How are you? Allah may grant you good health." The Imam
Hussain(A.S.) instructed him: Salaam-greeting-should precede wording.
Allah may grant you good health. Do not permit anybody before he says
salaam.
- There are seventy advantages for the
greeting. Sixty-nine are given to the one who greets first and one is
given to the one who responds to the greeting.
- When Allah wills to lead a servant
to destruction gradually, He bestows upon him with graces and does not
favor him with showing gratitude for these graces.
- Imam Hussain(A.S.) said to a man who
begged him: Asking for financial help is acceptable only in big loss,
extreme poverty, or horrible guarantee. The man said: Because of one
of these I came. Hence, the Imam Hussain(A.S.) ordered to be given one
hundred dinars.
- Imam Hussain(A.S.) said to his son
Ali(A.S.): O son, beware of wronging him who does not have a supporter
except Allah the Majestic.
- A man from Ansar wanted to ask Imam
Hussain(A.S.) for financial help, but the Imam Hussain(A.S.) said: O
brother of Ansar, protect your face from the humility of seeking
others help. You may write your need in a paper and I will respond to
it pleasantly, God willing. The man wrote to the Imam (A.S.) that he
owed a certain individual five hundred dinars and that man insisted on
receiving his money soon. He also asked the Imam Hussain(A.S.) to
speak to persuade that man to grant him a respite until he becomes
able to defray the sum. As Imam Hussain(A.S.) read the paper, he
entered his house to take out a bale containing one thousand dinars.
He handed them to the man and said: You may defray the debt and use
the other five hundred dinars for settling your financial problems.
"Do not say your need to anybody except three, a religious, a
chivalrous, or a highborn individual. The religious will try to keep
his religion pure, the chivalrous will be embarrassed by his chivalry,
and the highborn will feel that you have not kept your face from
asking for your need; therefore, he will protect your face against
disappointing you."
- Sitting with the intelligent is a
sign of successfulness. Disputation with other than the disbelievers
is a sign of ignorance. A sign of a scholar is his self-criticism of
his sayings and his acquaintance with the various hypotheses.
- Beware of things for which you
apologize. The true believer should not make mistakes and should not
apologize. The hypocrite makes mistakes and apologizes everyday.
- The true stingy is that who refrains
from greeting.
- He who tries to achieve something
through acting disobediently to Allah will miss what he expects and
fall in what he fears.
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