Eighth
Infallible Sayings
- The person moving to help his Momin
brothers is like the person who is walking between Safa and Marwa.
- He who treats people kindly will be
accepted as arbiter.
- To trust everybody in times of
injustice and cheating is disability.
- If problems are added to each other,
they will give birth of relief.
- To recognize the actuality of your
friend, you should enrage him. If he keeps up his friendship, he is
true friend lest, he is false.
- Do not appreciate one's affection
before you enrage him three times.
- Do not trust your friend perfectly,
because the knockdown of the trustful is incurable.
- Islam is a definite rank. Faith is
one rank higher than Islam. Conviction is one rank higher than faith.
People have been given a rank lower than conviction.
- To remove a mountain is easier than
removing faith.
- The desire for the worldly pleasures
causes grief and sadness. Abstinence from the worldly pleasures brings
about the rest of both heart and body.
- Life is to rent a house and buy
bread.
- He who gains oppression is not
gaining welfare. He who mistreats people should not complain when
people mistreat him.
- In homelands, exchanging visits is
the means of association. In travel, correspondence is the means of
association.
- A Muslim always has three
characteristics: knowledge about the religion, good management of
life, and perseverance in the faces of calamities.
- An actual believer is that whose
sexual appetite does not overcome him and whose stomach does not shame
him.
- A twenty-year friendship is kinship.
- Favors should be done only to the
highborn or the religious. Those who show gratitude are very few.
- Enjoining good and forbidding evil
should be practiced with a faithful believer that he would learn a
lesson, or an ignorant that he would earn. Enjoining good and
forbidding evil become surely worthless when they are applied to the
powerful tyrants.
- As some people showed ingratitude
for Allah's graces, He changed the graces into crises. As other people
showed steadfastness against the misfortunes that inflicted them,
Allah changed the misfortunes into graces.
- Imam As-Sadiq(A.S.) was asked about
personality, he answered: Personality stands for that Allah should not
see you in situations against which He warned, and miss you in
situations of which He ordered.
- Thank him who did you favor, and
confer upon him who thanked you. Graces that are shown gratitude will
not be removed while those that are shown ingratitude will not
persist. Thanks increase the graces and saves against poverty.
- To miss a need is better than asking
it from other than its people. Bad mannerism in a misfortune is more
catastrophic than the misfortune itself.
- As a man asked him a short item of
instruction that collects the welfare of this world and the world to
come, the Holy Imam (A.S.) said: Never tell untruths.
- Imam As-Sadiq (A.S.) was asked about
eloquence. He answered: Eloquence is to express the idea in as few as
possible words. The eloquent is that who attains his demand in the
least effort.
- Debt is grief at night and humility
in day.
- If your worldly demands are
attainable, you should check your religion.
- Treat your fathers piously so that
your sons will treat you piously. Keep yourselves away from the
strange women so that your harem will be chaste.
- Salutation is voluntary while
responding is obligatory.
- Do not answer those who speak before
they greet you.
- Shaking hands is the perfect
greeting of the resident and embracement is the perfect greeting of
the traveler.
- Shake hands, because this will
confiscate malice.
- Fear Allah even if to some extent.
Construct a screen between Him and you even if transparent.
- As for those who control themselves
in rage, desire, fear, and lust, Allah will prevent Hell from burning
their bodies.
- Everything has limits. The limit of
conviction is not to fear anything besides Allah.
- The (Faithful) believer should enjoy
eight characters; he should be venerable in shaking situations,
steadfast against misfortunes, thankful in luxury, satisfied with what
Allah has decided to him, avoid oppressing the enemies, avoid over
tasking the associates, should fatigue his body, and make people feel
glad with him.
- Knowledge is the comrade of the
faithful believer, clemency is his supporter, patience is the
commander of his army, lenience is his brother, and charity is his
father.
- As for those who practice without
guidance, they are like him who walks without choosing a definite
path. The more he walks, the remoter he becomes.
- He who recognizes Allah accurately
will fear Him. He who fears Allah accurately will disregard the
worldly pleasures.
- The actual fearful is that who
cannot speak due to the intensity of fear.
- We love those who are intelligent.
Knowledgeable, perceptive, expert, clement, courteous, patient,
veracious, and loyal. Allah gave the noble characters exclusively to
the prophets(a.s). He who enjoys such characters should thank Allah
for them. He who does not enjoy them should supplicate to Allah for
them. As he was asked about these noble characters, Imam As-Sadiq(A.S.)
said: The noble characters are piety, satisfaction, patience,
gratefulness, clemency, pudency, generosity, bravery, enthusiasm,
veracity, charity, fulfillment of the trusts, conviction, good
mannerism, and chivalry.
- The firmest handle of faith is to
love, hate, give, and deprive-all for Allah's sake.
- The Divine Throne will be shaken
when one makes Allah the witness of a false matter.
- He whose conducts are bad is
tormenting himself.
- Favor is well-known. Except its
reward, nothing is better than doing favor.
- The most effective soldiers of Eblis
are women and rage.
- The world is the believer's jail,
patience is his fortress, and Paradise is his abode. The world is the
disbeliever's paradise, grave is his jail, and Hell is his abode.
- Whenever you see a servant (of
Allah) pursuing people's flaws and neglecting his own flaws, you
should then realize that he has been trapped (by the Shaitan).
- The server of food who thanks (Allah
for so) will be rewarded as same as those who fast just for gaining
the rewards of Allah, and the individual who is cured and thanks
(Allah for curing him) will be rewarded as same as the diseased one
who is steadfast against that disease (for the sake of Allah).
- You should not trust the betrayer
after you had tested him and you should not accuse him whom you
trusted.
- Fear of Allah is sufficient
knowledge and deceit is sufficient ignorance.
- The best adoration is to know Allah
and behave humbly with Him.
- Everything has its tax and the tax
of knowledge is to teach its people.
- Beware of associating with the
lowly, because the association with them will never lead to welfare.
- To wear rings on the fingers is a
prophetic tradition.
- The most favorable friend to me is
that who shows me my flaws.
- Friendship is nil unless its limits
are kept. He who does not keep these limits should not be regarded as
friend. The first limit is that the inner self and the appearance
should be identical. The second limit is that the friend should regard
your goodness as his goodness and your evil as his evil. The third
limit of friendship is that a position or fortunes should not change
the friend's relation with his friends. The fourth limit is that the
friend should not deprive his friend of anything that he is capable of
doing. The fifth limit which is the most comprehensive is that the
friend should never leave his friend alone in calamities.
- The believers laughter should be
only a smile.
- There is no difference between
depositing a trust with a betrayer or a negligent.
- Imam As-Sadiq(A.S.) said to
Al-Mufaddal: I instruct you to stick on six characters and relate them
to my adherents-Shia. You should fulfill the trust of him who entrusts
you with anything. You should like for your brother whatever you like
for yourself. You should know that every matter has an end; therefore,
you should beware of the outcomes of matters. Similarly, every matter
has a sudden event; hence, beware of the sudden events. Beware of
climbing an easy mountain if its slope is uneven. Never promise your
brother of a matter that you cannot fulfill.
- People are equal like the teeth of a
comb. With the support of his brothers, a man can be regarded as
great. No goodness is expected in the friendship of those who do not
like for their friends whatever they like for themselves.
- You should regard him who became
angry with you three times without addressing any bad saying to you as
a true friend.
- You will not be faithful believer
before you become fearful and hopeful. You will not be fearful and
hopeful before you work for what you fear and hope.
- Faith is not identified through
outer appearances and hopes. Faith is that which is pure in the hearts
and assured by deeds.
- If a man is more than thirty year
old, he is middle-aged. If he is more than forty year old, he is old
man.
- Whenever Allah opens a door to the
worldly pleasures, He will open to acquisitiveness.
- The believer is strange in this
world. He should not feel worry of its humility and should not compete
with its people for gaining its honor.
- Hasty walking removes the believer's
brightness and extinguishes their illumination.
- Allah surely hates the oppressive
wealthy man.
- Rage eliminates the intelligence of
the wise. He who cannot control his rage will not be able to control
his mind.
- The niggardly is that who gains
wealth illegally and spends it unsuitably.
- Good mannerism is a part of the
religion. It increases the earnings.
- Morals are of two forms: one is
intent while the other is nature. Imam As-Sadiq(A.S.) was asked,
"Which of them is better than the other?" He answered: The intentional
morals are better than the natural, because the owner of natural
morals cannot change them, while the owner of the intentional morals
is preserving the acts of obedience (to Allah).
- The actual generous charitable
individual is that who spends his wealth for fulfilling the rights of
Allah.
- You should know that I will fulfill
the trust of even the killer of Ali(A.S.) if he deposits something
with me or seeks my advice of consultation.
- Sufian said: I asked Abu-Abdullah
(A.S.) whether it is acceptable to praise oneself or not. He answered:
It is acceptable to praise oneself in cases of necessity. Joseph the
prophet (A.S.) said: Put me in charge of the treasuries of the land. I
know how to manage them. (Holy Qur'an 12:55). The virtuous servant (of
Allah) also said: I am a trustworthy advisor for you. (Holy Qur'an
7:68).
- Mohammed bin Qays said: I asked Abu-Abdullah(A.S.)
whether it is acceptable to sell weapon to the two parties both of
whom are wrong. Holy Imam(A.S.) said: Sell to them only defensive
weapons: armors, shields, helmets, and the like.
- Allah gives the worldly pleasures to
those whom He loves as well as those whom He dislikes, while He gives
the faith only to whom He selects among the creatures.
- Abu-Baseer related: I asked
Abu-Abdullah (A.S.) about faith and Islam. He answered: Faith is the
avoidance of acts of disobedience to Allah. Islam is to practice our
rites and slaughter animals as we do.
- Bad-temperedness, bad humor, envy,
obduracy, fabrication and oppression these six characters should never
be in the believers behavior.
- The believer should live between two
fears the past sin that he does not know what Allah will do about it
and the remaining days that he does not know what misfortunes he will
encounter during them. Thus, the believer begins his day fearfully and
ends his day fearfully. Except fear, nothing mends the believer.
- You will not be regarded as (true)
believers before you see the misfortunes as graces and the luxury as
disaster.
- The possession of four thousand
dirhams is fortune. The possession of twelve thousand dirhams is
treasuring up. Twenty thousand dirhams cannot be amassed by legal
ways. The possessor of thirty thousand dirhams will surely be
suffering perdition. The possessors of one hundred thousand dirhams
are definitely not reckoned with our adherents Shia.
- The best deeds of the servants are
three: they are to treat the believers fairly, to console the friends,
and to mention Allah in every situation. Some asked: "What is the
meaning of mentioning Allah in every situation?" The Imam (A.S.)
answered: This means to mention Allah when you want to commit a sin so
that He will prevent you from committing it.
- Beware of joking, because it causes
rancor and drives into malice. Joking is the lesser revilement.
- Younus related: Before Imam as-Sadiq(A.S.)
I said: My loyalty to you - the Holy Prophet's family - and
recognition of your rights are most favorable to me than this world
with all of its insides." I noticed the Holy Imam (A.S.) was enraged.
After a while, he (A.S.) said: O Younus, you have evaluated us in an
improper measurement. What is the world and what are its insides? It
is no more than relief of a trouble or screening of a defect. By
loyalty to us, you are gaining the endless life.
- In misfortunes, Imam As-Sadiq(A.S.)
used to say: All praise is due to Allah Who did not make my misfortune
in my religious affairs. All praise is due to Allah Who could, if He
willed, make my misfortune more catastrophic than what it is now. All
praise is due to Allah for the matter that He willed to be, and it was
as He willed.
- If the world advances to some
people, it will garb them with the others' charms. If it leaves some
people, it usurps their own charms.
- Daughters are advantages and sons
are graces. You will be rewarded for the advantages and asked about
the graces.
- If a believer leaves behind a sheet
of paper on which some knowledge is written, this very sheet of paper
will serve as a wall between him and the Hell and against each letter
written on it, Allah will give him a city in a paradise seven times
this world.
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