As for those who strive in Us,
We surely guide them to Our paths (Quran)
The Messenger(S)said: "Capture knowledge." (It was...) said, "What is its capturing?" He said, "Its writing down." Al-Hakim, Bihar al-anwar.
TheProphet (s):"I am leaving behind [...] the Book of Allah and my [...AhlulBayt] As long as you hold on to them you will not be misguided."
The Prophet (S):"There is nothing that brings you nearer to paradise and takes you farther from hell but that I have commanded it to you..."
Imam abu al-Hassan (a.s.) said regarding the attributes (of Allah): "Do not exceed what is in the holy Quran." al Kafi.
Imam Al Baqer a.s: "Beware of thinking about Allah’s self [...] think about His great and wonderful creations." al Kafi.
Imam Al Sadiq a.s: "He who thinks of how and when about Allah he has met his doomed" Al kafi.
Amirul Mu'aminin Ali (a.s.) : "I am the eyes of Allah. I am the hands of Allah. I am the sides of Allah. I am the door to Allah." Al Kafi.
al-Sadiq a.s.: Whoever disagrees with the book of Allah and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.) he has certainly become a unbeliever."
Imam al-Sadiq a.s.:"There is no case for which there is not a law in the book or the Sunnah, the noble tradition of the holy Prophet (s.a.)"
Imam al-Sadiq a.s.: "The Holy Prophet said SAAW said:All innovations are misguidance and all misguidance is Hell" al-Kafi.
Imam al-Sadiq a.s.: Note the position of the people from the degree of their narration of Hadith from us" al-Kafi.
Imam al-Sadiq a.s.: "seventy sins of an ignorant person may be forgiven before only one sin of a learned person is forgiven" al-kafi.
Imam alSadiq a.s.: "People are destroyed only because they do not ask (what they do not know)" al-kafi.
Imam alSadiq a.s. "The holy Prophet said SAAW: ;Association with religious people is a honor in this life as well as in the next life" al-kafi.
Imam al-Kadhim (a.s.): "Speaking to a scholar even at a dump-site is better than speaking to an ignorant person at a best furnished palace."
Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) : "When a true believer who is a Faqih, dies, it causes an irreparable damage in the Islamic system." al-kafi.
Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) : "People are of three kinds: The scholars, the learning group and the garbled ones." al-kafi, H 54, Ch. 3, h 2.
"O People of the Household! . . . With you is all that which the Divine apostles have brought hitherto ..." Ziyarat al-Jamia by al-Hadi (a).
al-Sadiq (a):"My hadith is the hadith of my father [...] and the hadith of the Commander of the Faithful is the hadith of the Messenger ..."
Imam Sadiq (a) :"Anyone whose actions are for the sake of people, the reward is for the people (to give it). Every hypocrisy is polytheism"
The holy Prophet(s):"There will come a time for people when their inward aspects are filthy, and their outward appearances seem charming..."
The holy Prophet (s):"Actions are to be judged by intentions. There is surely for man what he intends..." Wasa'il-ush-Shi'ah, vol. 1, p. 35.
The Messenger of Allah (SA) said: "Worship Allah as if you see Him. If you do not see Him, He does see you." Biharul Anwar, vol. 74, p. 74.
Imam Sadiq (a) said: "If usury were permitted (halal), people would leave their businesses and trade." Bihar-al-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 1l9.
The Messenger of Allah peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "The heir of my knowledge is `Ali."
The Messenger of Allah : "Loving him (imam Ali a.s.) is indicative of genuine faith, and hating him is hypocrisy."
The Messenger of Allah : "`Ali is the gateway of my knowledge, the one who explains after me the Message with which I have been sent..."
The Messenger of Allah : "I am the storehouse of wisdom, and `Ali is its door..."
The Messenger of Allah : "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate."
Imam al-Kadhim (a.s.) said :Imam Ali (a.s) has said: "Allah is worshipped better by no means other than intelligence."
Imam al-Kadhim (a.s.) :"It is certain that those who do not fear Allah have no understanding about Him."
Al-Baqer (a.s): "Allah [...] will hold everyone accountable according to the degree of the intelligence that He had given them..."
Imam al-Sadiq (a.s) said : "One who has Intelligence he has a religion also and one who has religion he enters Paradise."
al-Sadiq(a): "Knowledge is not acquired by learning. It is only a light Allah (...) penetrates in the heart of one whom He intends to guide."
TheProphet (s):"I am leaving behind [...] the Book of Allah and my [...AhlulBayt] As long as you hold on to them you will not be misguided."
The Prophet (S):"There is nothing that brings you nearer to paradise and takes you farther from hell but that I have commanded it to you..."
Imam abu al-Hassan (a.s.) said regarding the attributes (of Allah): "Do not exceed what is in the holy Quran." al Kafi.
Imam Al Baqer a.s: "Beware of thinking about Allah’s self [...] think about His great and wonderful creations." al Kafi.
Imam Al Sadiq a.s: "He who thinks of how and when about Allah he has met his doomed" Al kafi.
Amirul Mu'aminin Ali (a.s.) : "I am the eyes of Allah. I am the hands of Allah. I am the sides of Allah. I am the door to Allah." Al Kafi.
al-Sadiq a.s.: Whoever disagrees with the book of Allah and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.) he has certainly become a unbeliever."
Imam al-Sadiq a.s.:"There is no case for which there is not a law in the book or the Sunnah, the noble tradition of the holy Prophet (s.a.)"
Imam al-Sadiq a.s.: "The Holy Prophet said SAAW said:All innovations are misguidance and all misguidance is Hell" al-Kafi.
Imam al-Sadiq a.s.: Note the position of the people from the degree of their narration of Hadith from us" al-Kafi.
Imam al-Sadiq a.s.: "seventy sins of an ignorant person may be forgiven before only one sin of a learned person is forgiven" al-kafi.
Imam alSadiq a.s.: "People are destroyed only because they do not ask (what they do not know)" al-kafi.
Imam alSadiq a.s. "The holy Prophet said SAAW: ;Association with religious people is a honor in this life as well as in the next life" al-kafi.
Imam al-Kadhim (a.s.): "Speaking to a scholar even at a dump-site is better than speaking to an ignorant person at a best furnished palace."
Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) : "When a true believer who is a Faqih, dies, it causes an irreparable damage in the Islamic system." al-kafi.
Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) : "People are of three kinds: The scholars, the learning group and the garbled ones." al-kafi, H 54, Ch. 3, h 2.
"O People of the Household! . . . With you is all that which the Divine apostles have brought hitherto ..." Ziyarat al-Jamia by al-Hadi (a).
al-Sadiq (a):"My hadith is the hadith of my father [...] and the hadith of the Commander of the Faithful is the hadith of the Messenger ..."
Imam Sadiq (a) :"Anyone whose actions are for the sake of people, the reward is for the people (to give it). Every hypocrisy is polytheism"
The holy Prophet(s):"There will come a time for people when their inward aspects are filthy, and their outward appearances seem charming..."
The holy Prophet (s):"Actions are to be judged by intentions. There is surely for man what he intends..." Wasa'il-ush-Shi'ah, vol. 1, p. 35.
The Messenger of Allah (SA) said: "Worship Allah as if you see Him. If you do not see Him, He does see you." Biharul Anwar, vol. 74, p. 74.
Imam Sadiq (a) said: "If usury were permitted (halal), people would leave their businesses and trade." Bihar-al-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 1l9.
The Messenger of Allah peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "The heir of my knowledge is `Ali."
The Messenger of Allah : "Loving him (imam Ali a.s.) is indicative of genuine faith, and hating him is hypocrisy."
The Messenger of Allah : "`Ali is the gateway of my knowledge, the one who explains after me the Message with which I have been sent..."
The Messenger of Allah : "I am the storehouse of wisdom, and `Ali is its door..."
The Messenger of Allah : "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate."
Imam al-Kadhim (a.s.) said :Imam Ali (a.s) has said: "Allah is worshipped better by no means other than intelligence."
Imam al-Kadhim (a.s.) :"It is certain that those who do not fear Allah have no understanding about Him."
Al-Baqer (a.s): "Allah [...] will hold everyone accountable according to the degree of the intelligence that He had given them..."
Imam al-Sadiq (a.s) said : "One who has Intelligence he has a religion also and one who has religion he enters Paradise."
al-Sadiq(a): "Knowledge is not acquired by learning. It is only a light Allah (...) penetrates in the heart of one whom He intends to guide."
TheProphet(S):"What I have made lawful is lawful until the day of Judgment,and what I have forbidden is forbidden until theday of Judgment."
The Holy Prophet (S) said: "Seeking for lawful sustenance is the same as holy struggle in the way of Allah".
The Holy Prophet : "One prayer of a man in congregation is worthier than his forty years of prayers at home (alone)."
The Holy Prophet : "Fie upon that Muslim who does not allocate (at least) one day a week to the study of the details of his religion ..."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "There is nothing worthier than gold save what remains of a true believer's life." Ghurar-ul-Hikam.
Imam Al-Mahdi [a] wrote in a letter to Al-Mufid: "We are aware of your circumstances and nothing of your affairs is concealed from us."
Imam Mahdi [a]: "I am Al-Mahdi and I am the still-living one who will establish justice throughout the world ..." Kamal-ud-Din, p. 445.
ImamSadiq[a]:"O' Mufaddal! (a companion) tell our followers the data (about Al-Mahdi) in order that they may not doubt in (their) religion."
ImamSadiq [a]: "At the time of Al-Qaim [a] a believer who is in the East can see his (Muslim) brother who is in the West, and vice versa..."
Imam Ali [a] : "When our Qaim rises, the sky will send down its drops...and savages and beasts will continue to live together peacefully..."
The Holy Prophet said: "Al-Mahdi is of my progeny from the sons of Fatimah [a]." Sunan-I-Abu Dawud, vol. 4, p. 107.
The Holy Prophet:"No drop is more beloved with Allah, Almighty and Glorious, than the drop of blood which is poured in the way of Allah.”
ImamSadiq[a] :"He who is slain in the path of Allah , He will not recount anything of his sins to him, (his sins will be forgiven totally)."
The Holy Prophet : "There is a goodness above any goodness until when a believing person is killed in the way of Allah, Almighty ..."
Imam Baqir, the fifth Imam [a] said: "Avoid laziness and discontent. These two are the keys to every vice." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 78, p. 175.
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "Never, never will prosperity be reached by remaining idle and lazy." Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p.197.
The Holy Prophet : "There are seventy branches of worship, the best of which is earning a living lawfully." At-Tahthib, vol. 6, p. 324.
The Holy Prophet : "No believer will become wretched by consultation, and none will gain merit through stubbornness." Nahj-ul-Fisahah.
Imam Kadhim [a] said: "Had people a moderate habit in eating, their bodies would become strengthened." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 66, p. 334.
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "I ensure that he who economizes will never become indigent." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 71, p. 346.
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "He who has even a little arrogance in his heart will not be allowed to enter Heaven." Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 310.
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen [a] : "He who considers himself a great one (self-conceited), is naught with Allah.” Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 6, p. 9.
Imam Ali [a] said: "How many wretched people there are whose days are being numbered but yet they are laboriously seeking wealth."
al-Sadiq[a]:"He who devotes his heart to this world will be subjected to 3 conditions: endless grief, unquenchable desire, and futile hope."
ImamSadiq[a]: "If a son of Adam possessed two vast valleys wherein gold and silver flowed, he would still wish to search for the third one."
Imam Ali[a]:"Even though miserliness, cowardice [...] are different qualities, yet they are common in having an incorrect idea about Allah."
al-Hassan ibn Ali [a]:"I wonder about the person who contemplates about his nutrition but he does not consider (the food of) his intellect."
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "The love of this fleeting world is the origin of all vices." AI-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 315.
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] : "If man perceived his death and its speed towards him, he would certainly detest the world and its hopes."
al-Kadhim[a]:"The likeness of this world is as the water of the sea. However much a thirsty person drinks from it, his thirst increases ..."
The Holy Prophet : "He whose two days (of life) are the same (making no spiritual progress) is at loss." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 71, p. 173.
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "Remember, (when committing sin), that pleasures are fleeting while the consequences remain."
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "Those who play imposture with us (Muslims in general) is not from us."
ImamAli [a]:"He who ventures transactions without observing the concerning Islamic rules, has surely run into usury"(while not aware of it).
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "Overindulgence of food causes various kinds of diseases." Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p. 359.
The Holy Prophet said: "There are three traits which He (Allah) dislikes (in people): loquaciousness, oversleeping, and overeating."
The Prophet : "There are three traits which Allah loves: briefness in speech, short (length) of sleep, and small (portion) of food."
Imam Sadiq [a] : "Everyone who intensifies love for us (AhIul-Bayt) intensifies love for his wife, too." Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 14, p. 11.
The Holy Prophet said: "A man's word telling his wife: 'I love you' never will quit her heart." Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 14, p. 10.
alSadiq [a]:"The fornication of the eyes is the intercourse of unlawful (lustful) looks, the fornication of the lips is a forbidden kiss..."
The Holy Prophet said: "Marry and do not divorce because the Throne of heaven quakes from divorce." Wasa'il ush Shiah, vol. 22, p. 9.
The Prophet : "From the prosperity of a Muslim man is that he has a pious wife, a large house, a pleasant mount, and a righteous child."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The Jihad (fighting in the way of Allah) of a woman is to afford pleasant company to her husband."
The Prophet "However much the Faith of a man increases, his regard for women increases." Narrated by al-Kadhim [a] from his father [a].
The Holy Prophet said: "He who wishes to be cleaned and purified when he meets Allah should marry and have a spouse."
The Holy Prophet said: "Most of the people of Hell will be the unmarried (irrespective of male or female)." Man La Yahduruhul Faqih.
The Holy Prophet : "The person who marries gains half of his Faith, then he must fear of Allah for the next remaining half." Al-Kafi.
The Holy Prophet :"(Mostly) the doers of good of my Ummah are the married ones, while the vicious of them are unmarried." Bihar-ul-Anwar
The Holy Prophet said: "Have your children to learn swimming and shooting." AI-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 47.
al-Sadiq [a]: "Take action in teaching traditions (of Ahlul-Bayt) to your children before the corrupted persons precede in corrupting them."
The Prophet [s]: "The pleasure of Allah lies in the pleasure of one's parents (in the case it is right), and His wrath lies in their wrath."
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen [a] said: "Whenever a destitute remains hungry it is because some rich persons have denied him (his share)."
al-Kazim [S]:"He who makes a Muslim believer happy, then, he has initially pleased Allah, secondly the Prophet and thirdly us (Ahlul-Bayt)."
Imam Reza (a.s) said "Certainly, the earth shall never be devoid of one of us" Imams".
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Imam Ali [a] said: The Prophet [s] said: Allah, the Exalted said: “'Bring the poor nearer to yourself [...] in order that I approach you..."
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The cause of the cessation of (one's) wealth is leaving the needy heedless." Ghurar-ul-Hikam, vol. 4.
The Holy Prophet [s] said: "Ask (questions from) the learned, speak with the wise, and associate with the poor." Tuhaf-ul-'Uqul, p. 34.
al-Husayn [a] : "Verily, the procession of people's needs towards you is from among the blessings of Allah upon you."
The #Prophet (SAWW): "Verily, Ali is my brother, my minister and my successor in the family, and he is the best of all who survive me..."
The #Prophet (SAWW): "O Anas, be always pure and clean, and Allah will increase your years (i.e. lifetime)..." Amali-Al-#Mufeed.
Imam Al #Sadiq (A.S.) "By Allah...We do not say except that which our Lord, Most High, has said." Amali-Al-#Mufeed.
Imam #Jaffar b. Al #Sadiq (peace be upon him): "Surely, Allah has enforced our authority, and made it obligatory upon people to love us."
Imam al-#Sadiq (AS):"...give away #alms in the early hour; because adversities do not follow the alms (#Sadaqah)." #Amali-Al #Mufid.
al-#Sadiq (AS) : "When you are in (financial) need, rise early in the day, for the subsistence (#Rizq) is distributed before sunrise...".
The #Prophet S :"Blessed is he who denounces the tempting ready desire, to earn the promised blessing he has not seen." #Amali Al #Mufid.
The #Holy #Prophet S "...a servant (of Allah) benefits nothing from his (good) deeds, unless he has recognized our Truth." #Amali Al #Mufid.
The #Prophet S "... whoever meets Allah, having love for us (in his heart) he shall enter Paradise with our #intercession." Amali Al #Mufid.
TheProphet S."When you see a person not engaging in a purposeless chatter, then that is the sign of his excellent (understanding of) Islam."
AlBaqer s. :"Whoever helped us with his tongue, against our enemy, Allah will let him speak out his argument when he will stand before Him."
Imam #Jafar Al #Sadiq : "Be supplicating constantly, for there is nothing like it to take you nearer (to Allah)..." #Amali Al #Mufid.
The Prophet (SAWW) looked at #Ali b. Abi Talib (a.s.) and said: "(Here is) the master herein, and the master hereinafter." #Amali Al #Mufid.
The Holy #Prophet (SAWW): "Listen and obey those whom Allah has granted the authority - for that is the system of #Islam." #Amali Al#Mufid.
Ali ibn al-#Husayn :"Allah created Muhammad , Ali and the eleven #Imams from his descendants out of the light of His greatness..." Al-Kafi.
Imam al-#Baqer: "The #twelve Imams all from the family of Muhammad (s.a) are the ones to whom (the angles) speak..." Al-#Kafi.
Imam al-#Sadiq: "Had Allah not created [...] Ali (a.s.) for Fatima [a.s.], there would been no match on earth for her from Adam to the end."
al-#Baqer:"...He [Allah] had set her free with knowledge (from ignorance) and from menses at the time [of the] universal covenant (Mithaq)."
Imam al-#Baqer: "When Fatima (a.s.) was born Allah sent an angel to make the tongue of Muhammad (s.a) call her Fatima" Al-#Kafi.
Imam al-#Kadhim "#Fatima is truthful and a martyr. The daughter of the #prophet do not experience menses." Al-#Kafi
Imam Al-#Baqer (a.s): "We know men when we see them through the reality of faith and the reality of hypocrisy." Al-#Kafi
Imam #Baqer a.s.: "whoever would turn away from #Wilaya, (Leadership with Divine Authority) he has turned away from paradise." Al-#Kafi
Imam Al #Sadiq (a.s.) :"One who knows who his Imam is he would be just like the one who would present in the tents of al-#Mahdi (a.s.)."
Imam #Jaafer Al #Sadiq (a.s.) : "When the Imam (a.s.) would will to know something Allah will grant him such #knowledge." Al #Kafi.
Imam Al-#Sadiq a.s.: "We are the people well-grounded in knowledge and we are the ones who know how to interpret it [i.e.the Quran]." AlKafi
Imam #Ali a.s.:"None of the signs of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is bigger than I and none of the news of Allah is greater than I."
Abu al-Hassan al-#Rida (a.s.) : " The #Imams (a.s.) are the deputies of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, on earth." Al-#Kafi.
Al-#Baqer (a.s): "...I swear by Allah, that guidance never departed us, it is with us and will always be with us until the Day of Judgment."
Imam abu #Ja‘far (a.s.) has said, "To love us if faith and to harbor hatred towards us is disbelief." Al-#Kafi
Imam Al#Sadiq(a.s): "The last person to die will be the Imam (a.s.) so that no one could complain against Allah leaving him without Imam..."
Imam Al#Sadiq(a.s): "Would there remain no one on earth except two persons one of them would certainly be the person with Divine authority."
al-#Rida (a.s.) "Allah's holding people accountable remains unjustified without the Imam who would teach people about Him." Al-Kafi.
Al-Sadiq(a.s.): "O Lord, grant blessings up on Muhammad, Your chosen one, Your friend and Your selected one who manages Your affairs."
Al-Sadiq(a.s.): "When one would look at the Messenger of Allah in the dark night a light like that from the moon could be seen from him."
Al-Sadiq(a.s.): "By Allah, he was the master of all whom Allah has created; Allah has not created any creature better than Muhammad (s.a.)."
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): "Our Wilaya (Leadership with Divine Authority) is the Wilaya of Allah without which no prophet was ever send." Al-Kafi.
Al-Sadiq (a.s): "The succeeding Imam comes to know of the knowledge of the preceding Imam in the last minute of the time left from his life."
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.) :" The Tablets of Moses are with us. The Staff of Moses is with us. We are the heirs of the prophets (a.s.)." Alkafi.
Imam #Al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: "...Every book that was revealed is with the people of knowledge and we are the people of knowledge." #Al-Kafi.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: "Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is far greater and above leaving the earth without an Imam of justice."
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.) said about the meaning of 'Allahu Akbar' (Allah is Greatest), "Allah is far greater than all descriptions." Al-Kafi.
Ali (a.s.):"Whoever likes this world and loves it hates the next and is its enemy" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Ali (a.s.):"Certainly, this world and the next are two enemies against each other and two paths in different directions.." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.):"When you hear a tradition test it according to the criterion of intelligence not that of mere hearing..." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "Sleeping in a state of firm belief is better than praying in a state of doubtfulness." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "The persons most attached to the prophets are those who know most what the prophets have brought" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "The hearts get disgusted as bodies get disgusted; so look for beautiful wise saying for them" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Ali S.:"If a man behaves properly in matters between himself and Allah, then Allah keeps proper the matters between him and other people."
Imam Ali (a.s.): "Whoever abandons saying, "I do not know" meets his destruction." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "O' world, O' world! Get away from me [...] I have divorced you thrice whereafter there is no restitution.."
Imam Ali (a.s.): "As intelligence increases, speech decreases." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "Do not fell ashamed for giving little. because refusal is smaller than that." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "To miss what one needs is easier than to beg from an inappropriate person." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "A lack of friends means strangeness." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Ali (s):"...If a hand of help is extended to you, do a better favour in return, although the credit would remain with the one who was first"
Ali S.: "Generosity is that which is by one's own initiative, because giving on being asked is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke"
The revered Prophet (SAWA): "O' `Ali, a believer will never hate you and a hypocrite (Muslim) will never love you" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "...even if I pile all the wealth of the world before a hypocrite (Muslim) for loving me he will not love me..."
Imam Ali (a.s.): "Even if I strike the nose of a believer with this, my sword, for hating me he will not hate me..." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "The best abstemiousness is to conceal it" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (S):"Whenever a person conceals a thing [...] it manifests itself through unintentional words from his tongue and [...] his face".
Imam Ali (a.s.): "He whose deeds accord (him) a back position cannot be given a front position because of his lineage" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (a.s.): "Opportunity passes away like the cloud. Therefore, make use of good opportunities" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (a.s.) :"Forgive the shortcomings of considerate people because when they fall into error Allah raises them up."
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (a.s.) :"All matters are subject to destiny, so much so that sometimes death results from effort" .
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (a.s.) :"When you get (only) small favours do not push them away through lack of gratefulness" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (a.s.) :"When you gain power over your adversary pardon him by way of thanks for being able to overpower him."
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: "He who discloses his hardship agrees to humiliation" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (A.S.): "One who struggles for the cause of Allah secures victory over His enemies." NahjulBalagha.
Imam_Ali (S): "Perception by the eyes is not real observation because the eyes sometimes deceive people; but wisdom does not deceive..."
Imam_Ali (S): "Whoever keeps in view the distance of the journey remains prepared." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "The destined share will reach him who does not approach it." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Desires blind the eyes of understanding." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Do not turn your [...] conviction into doubt [...] when you acquire conviction proceed (on its basis)." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Hate your enemy up to a limit for it is possible that he may turn into your friend some day." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Have love for your friend up to a limit, for it is possible that he may turn into your enemy some day." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "The holder of authority is like the rider on a lion - he is envied for his position but he well knows his position."
Ali(S):"When the crisis became red-hot we sought refuge with the Messenger of Allah , and none of us was closer to the enemy than [him]."
Ali (S): "Faith produces a "lumazah" ( i.e. something like a white spot) in the heart. As faith develops, the "lumazah" also increases."
Imam_Ali (S): "Quarrels bring about ruin." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Ali S.: Faithfulness with faithless people is faithlessness with Allah,while faithlessness with faithless people is faithfulness with Allah.
Imam_Ali(S):"The sourness of this world is the sweetness of the next world while the sweetness of this world is the sourness of the next 1"
Imam_Ali (S): "When capability increases, desire decreases." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Surely in every blessing there is a right of Allah. If one discharges that right Allah increases the blessing ..."
Imam_Ali (S): "The day of the oppressed over the oppressor will be severer than the day of the oppressor over the oppressed."
Imam_Ali (S): "One ill-gotten piece of stone in a house is a guarantee for its ruin." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "He who gives with his short hand is given by a long hand." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Be a sharer with him who has an abundant livelihood because he is more probable to get more riches..." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "He who approaches a rich man and bends before him on account of his riches then two-third of his religion is gone."
Imam_Ali (S): "He who is sorrowful for this world is in fact displeased with the dispensation of Allah." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "With forbearance against a fool there is increase of one's supporters against him." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Most of the deficiency of intelligence occurs due to the flash of greed." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali(S):"The world will bend towards us after having been refractory as the biting she-camel bends towards its young."Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali(S): "Every container gets narrower according to what is placed in it except that of knowledge which expands instead."
Imam_Ali(S)said about the slogan of the Kharijites:'There is no verdict save of Allah':This sentence is true but it is interpreted wrongly.
Imam_Ali (S): "The hearts become tired as the bodies become tired. You should therefore search for beautiful sayings for them."
Imam_Ali (S): "The wealth that teaches you lesson does not go waste." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "O' son of Adam, whatever you earn beyond your basic needs you will only keep vigil over it for others.." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "Whoever turned away from right was ruined." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "I have never entertained doubt about right since I was shown it." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "if there are two different calls then one (of them) must be towards misguidance." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "f there arc two different calls then one (of them) must be towards misguidance." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali S:"There is no advantage in keeping quiet about an issue of wisdom [...as]there is no good in speaking out an unintelligent thing"
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "He who has several opinions understands the pitfalls." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "Many a single eating prevents several eatings." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "For the man who has eyes the dawn has already appeared." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "The 'matter' is near and our mutual company is short." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "Vanity prevents progress." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (S): "He who acts solely according to his own opinion gets ruined, and he who consults other people shares in their understanding."
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "Whoever obtains authority (usually) adopts partiality." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "He who agrees with the action of a group of persons is as though he joins them in that action..." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (S): "Protect your belief by charity; guard your wealth by paying Allah's share; and ward off the waves of calamity by praying."
Imam Ali (S):"Endurance comes according to the affliction. He who beats his hand on the thigh in his affliction ruins all his good actions."
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: "Grief is half of old age." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: "He who is moderate does not become destitute." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: "He who is sure of a good return is generous in giving." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: "Seek livelihood by giving alms." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "This world is a place for transit, not a place for stay." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "There is an angel of Allah who calls out every day, "Beget children for death [...] and raise construction for ruin..."
Imam Ali (a.s.): "Greatness of the Creator appreciated by you would belittle the creatures in your view." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "I wonder at the miser who is speeding towards the very destitution from which he wants to run away." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Ali (a.s.): "Islam is submission, submission is conviction, conviction is affirmation, affirmation is acknowledgement..." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "The example of the world is like a serpent. It is soft to the touch but its inside is full of venom." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
The Holy Prophet : "He who decreases a grief [...] for his Muslim brother, Allah will decrease for him a grief [...] of the Hereafter."
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "He who seeks the company of those who insult the lovers of Allah has surely disobeyed Him, the Sublime." Usul-i-Kafi.
Imam Sajjad [a] said: "Beware of the companionship of the sinful, and helping of the unjust." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 78, p.151.
Imam Sajjad [a] said: "The meeting of the righteous invites you to goodness." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 78, p.141.
The Holy Prophet : "Man is influenced by the faith of his friends. Therefore, be careful of whom you associate with." Bihar-ul-Anwar.
The Holy Prophet said: "Among all things, the tongue deserves to be prisoned longer than anything else." Bihar-uI-Anwar vol. 71.
The Holy Prophet : "Affliction caused by the tongue is worse than (that caused by) the strike of the blade of a sword." Bihar-ul-Anwar.
Imam Sadiq [a] : "Woe to the people who do not support the religion of Allah by enjoining good and forbidding evil."
Imam Ali [a] : "Know that 'enjoining right and forbidding wrong' never draws death near nor ceases sustenance."
The Holy Prophet said: "He who enjoins right and prohibits wrong is the vicegerent of both Allah and His Messenger on the earth."
The Prophet : "To prevent a Muslim from doing an unlawful action is equivalent with Allah to the performance of seventy accepted Hajj."
The Holy Prophet said: "He who hurts a Muslim believer, surely he has hurt me." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 67, p. 72.
Imam Ali [a] said: "How numerous procrastinators there are who postpone (repenting and doing good deeds) until when death overtakes them!"
Imam Baqir [a] said: "He who repents of his sins is as the one who has not any (burden of) sin. Wasa'il-ush-Shi'ah vol. 16, p. 74.
The Holy Prophet said: "The sigh of the people of Hell is mostly because of the postponement of repenting." Al-Mahajjat-ul-Bayda
Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "He who sells his next life for his present life in this world, loses both of them."
al-Baqir [a] : "When confronting a sage, try to be more inquisitive than talkative."
al-Rida (as.), the eighth Imam, said: "May the Mercy of Allah be upon the servant who keeps alive our commandment [i.e. knowledge]."
The Holy Prophet : "The Quran is Allah's university; so, learn as much as you can in this university." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 92, p.19.
The Holy Prophet : "Someone who possesses knowledge on a subject but conceals it when he is asked will be bridled with reins of fire."
al-Sadiq [a] : "Safeguard your writings and books because soon the occasion will arise that you will be in need of them." Bihar-ul-Anwar.
The Holy Prophet said: "The good of this world and the world to come is with knowledge." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol.1, p. 204.
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The one who seeks for knowledge is like a warrior in the cause of religion for the way of Allah."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The worth of every man is in his attainments." Nahjul-Balagha, saying No. 482.
Imam Ali [a] said: "The tears do not dry up save for the hearts being hard, and hearts do not harden but because of the abundance of sins."
Imam Ali [a]: "If one of you desires to know his standing with Allah he may evaluate his situation in relation to his sins against Allah."
The Holy Prophet said: "Do not look at the minuteness of the sin, but see Whom you have sinned against." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 77, p. 79.
Al-Sadiq [a] addressed some of the followers (Shi'ah): "(Behave) to be as ornaments for us and not to be against us as shame."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "If you want Allah to prolong your lifetime, then have regard for your kinship."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "If you want Allah to make your body healthy, pay charity more frequently."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "If you want Allah to increase your wealth, then give its alms tax."
alSadiq [a]:"A Muslim believer must not attend a meeting wherein Allah laws are being disobeyed and the one is not in a position to stop it"
al-Sadiq [a] : "Verily, there are various degrees of serving Allah, but affection for us, Ahlul Bayt, is the highest one."
Imam Baqir [a] said: "The love of us (Ahlul Bayt) is Faith and the hatred of us is infidelity." Al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 187.
The Prophet : "Train your children in three things: the love of your Prophet, the love of Ahlul-Bayt, and recitation of the Qur'an."
The Holy Prophet : "Make your gatherings lively with the remembrance of Ali-ibn-Abi-Talib." (Talk about the excellencies of Ali [a]).
Imam Baqir, the fifth Imam, [a] said: "Our traditions (Ahlul-Bayt) survive in the hearts." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 2, p. 144.
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "I recommend you to invocation, because you can not get nigh to Allah by any means like it." Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 467.
al-Sadiq [a] : "Ask (Allah) for your requisite and insist on demanding because Allah likes the persistence of the insisting believers..."
alSadiq [a]:"On the Reckoning Day, Allah will count the invocations of believers as some good actions for them ..."
al-Sadiq [a] said that Allah (s.w.t.) said: "Those who only claim that they love Me, tell a lie, for when the night falls they neglect Me."
The Holy Prophet said: "Say each of your prayer as if it were your last prayer." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 69, p. 408.
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "The heart is the sanctuary of Allah, therefore, do not settle therein anything but Allah." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 70.
Imam Ali [a] : "Having the Greatness of the Creator in your mind would make you realize the insignificance of the creatures in your view."
Imam Ali (A.S.): "Boasting issues from small minds."
Imam Ali (A.S.): "The wise aim at perfection. The foolish aim at wealth."
Imam Ali (A.S.): "Friendship is impossible with a liar."
Imam Al-Sadiq (A.S.): "There are three kinds of people. The scholars, the seekers of knowledge and all the others are a waste of humanity."
Imam Al-Sadiq (A.S.): "The Prophet of Allah never talked to the people on the basis of his own supreme intellect."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "We the group of Prophets have been ordered to speak to people at the level of their intelliegence."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "The love of the world, is the root of all evils."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "He who is not kind to God's creation and to his own children, God will not be kind to him."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "God is not merciful to him who is not so to humankind."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "Whoever loves to meet God, God loves to meet him."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "He who wishes to enter Paradise must please his father and mother."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "Paradise lies at the feet of thy mother."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "He who travels in the search of knowledge, to him God shows the way of Paradise."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr."
The Prophet (S.A.W.): "A man giving in alms one piece of silver in his lifetime is better for him than giving one hundred when about to die."
Lady Fatema (A.S.): "Oh my Allah, spare me the leisure and respite for the object for which You have created me."
Lady Fatema (A.S.):"Oh Allah! belittle me in my eyes and glorify and magnify Your station to me. And inspire me (about) Your obedience ..."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "The worthiest people of (your) love are those who comfort you."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Reaching Allah the Almighty is a journey that is not achieved except by riding at night."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Staying up makes sleep more pleasant, and hunger makes food more delicious."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "No one knows (the reality of) a blessing except the grateful, and no one is grateful to a blessing except the knowing."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "He, who praises an undeserving one, becomes as an accused person."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "The gift of a generous one makes you beloved to him, and the gift of a mean one makes you low to him."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "When hearts are active, put into them, and when they detest, bid them farewell."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "He, who does not regard people, does not regard Allah."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "He, who is friendly with Allah, feels aversion towards people."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Good figure is apparent beauty, and good mind is hidden beauty."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "The weakest of enemies in cunning, is he who shows his enmity."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "If all the people of this world were intelligent, the world would be ruined."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Beware of every silent, intelligent one."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Do not be generous to someone with what may be heavy on him."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Humbleness is a blessing that is not envied."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "It is not from politeness to show joy before a distressed person."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "The friend of an ignorant is always tired."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Whenever a mighty one gives up the truth, he becomes low, and whenever a low one keeps to it, he becomes mighty."
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): "Allah says: For him who saves a confused individual, I will consider him as thankful and will lodge him in My Paradise."
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): "Doing favors is the tax of graces, intercession is the tax of the power [...], and forgiveness is the tax of success."
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): "You will not be regarded as (true) believers before you see the misfortunes as graces and the luxury as disaster."
Imam As-Sadiq(A.S.): "Jesus the Christ was born in the middle of June. Day and night become equal in the middle of March."
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): "He who declares himself as the leader while there is someone who is more knowledgeable than he is heresiarch and deviant."
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): The hearts of the pious harmonize with each other as velocious as the mixture of the water of rivers and the rainfall.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Good mannerism is a part of the religion. It increases the earnings.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Richness and dignity are touring. Whenever they notice a place of depending on Allah, they reside there.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Rage eliminates the intelligence of the wise. He who cannot control his rage will not be able to control his mind.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Hasty walking removes the believers brightenss and extinguishes their illumination.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Allah does not gather good-looking, understandability, and good mannerism for the hypocrites and the corruptive.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): The believer is strange in this world. He should not [...] compete with its people for gaining its honor.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): If you taste the good flavor of seclusion, you will feel an aversion for even yourself.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): He who enjoys veracity, pudency, good mannerism, and gratitude is a faithful believer even if he is fully sinful.
Imam As-Sadiq(a.s) said to Abu-Baseer: O Abu-Mohammed, do not spy on peoples beliefs lest you will become friendless.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): You will not attain the actual faith unless you love the remotest and hate the nearest all for Allahs sake.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Never search for an ill meaning in [...your brothers] saying if there is a probability of good intention.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Every secret that exceeds more than two persons will spread.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): He who conceals his secrets will possess the options.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): He who intrudes in situations of accusation should never blame those who mistrust him.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): People will live in a time when nothing will be dearer than a good friend and a legally gotten dirham.
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): You should regard him who became angry with you three times without addressing any bad saying to you as a true friend.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): The believers laughter should be only a smile.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Beware of associating with the lowly, because the association with them will never lead to welfare.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Everything has its tax and the tax of knowledge is to teach its people.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): The world is the believers jail, patience is his fortress, and Paradise is his abode.
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Nothing like thanks in increasing the favorable matters and nothing like patience in decreasing the unfavorable matters.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): He who recognizes Allah accurately will fear Him. He who fears Allah accurately will disregard the worldly pleasures.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): As for [...him] who practice without guidance, [...] the more he walks, the remoter he becomes.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): Everything has limits. The limit of conviction is not to fear anything besides Allah.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): It also may happen that one is running for his doom, while he goes slowly for his goodness.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): It also happens that one hopes for something while his goodness is in its opposite.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): In good days, Allah endows with the grace of consent. In distress, He endows with the grace of purification.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): Good health is a light grace; it is forgotten when found and mentioned when missed.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): Do not answer those who speak before they greet you.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): He who entrusts a betrayer with a deposit will be deprived of Allahs warranty.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): Keep yourselves away from the strange women so that your harem will be chaste.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): If your worldly demands are attainable, you should check your religion.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): To miss a need is better than asking it from other than its people.
The Holy Prophet (S) said: "Seeking for lawful sustenance is the same as holy struggle in the way of Allah".
The Holy Prophet : "One prayer of a man in congregation is worthier than his forty years of prayers at home (alone)."
The Holy Prophet : "Fie upon that Muslim who does not allocate (at least) one day a week to the study of the details of his religion ..."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "There is nothing worthier than gold save what remains of a true believer's life." Ghurar-ul-Hikam.
Imam Al-Mahdi [a] wrote in a letter to Al-Mufid: "We are aware of your circumstances and nothing of your affairs is concealed from us."
Imam Mahdi [a]: "I am Al-Mahdi and I am the still-living one who will establish justice throughout the world ..." Kamal-ud-Din, p. 445.
ImamSadiq[a]:"O' Mufaddal! (a companion) tell our followers the data (about Al-Mahdi) in order that they may not doubt in (their) religion."
ImamSadiq [a]: "At the time of Al-Qaim [a] a believer who is in the East can see his (Muslim) brother who is in the West, and vice versa..."
Imam Ali [a] : "When our Qaim rises, the sky will send down its drops...and savages and beasts will continue to live together peacefully..."
The Holy Prophet said: "Al-Mahdi is of my progeny from the sons of Fatimah [a]." Sunan-I-Abu Dawud, vol. 4, p. 107.
The Holy Prophet:"No drop is more beloved with Allah, Almighty and Glorious, than the drop of blood which is poured in the way of Allah.”
ImamSadiq[a] :"He who is slain in the path of Allah , He will not recount anything of his sins to him, (his sins will be forgiven totally)."
The Holy Prophet : "There is a goodness above any goodness until when a believing person is killed in the way of Allah, Almighty ..."
Imam Baqir, the fifth Imam [a] said: "Avoid laziness and discontent. These two are the keys to every vice." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 78, p. 175.
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "Never, never will prosperity be reached by remaining idle and lazy." Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p.197.
The Holy Prophet : "There are seventy branches of worship, the best of which is earning a living lawfully." At-Tahthib, vol. 6, p. 324.
The Holy Prophet : "No believer will become wretched by consultation, and none will gain merit through stubbornness." Nahj-ul-Fisahah.
Imam Kadhim [a] said: "Had people a moderate habit in eating, their bodies would become strengthened." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 66, p. 334.
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "I ensure that he who economizes will never become indigent." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 71, p. 346.
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "He who has even a little arrogance in his heart will not be allowed to enter Heaven." Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 310.
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen [a] : "He who considers himself a great one (self-conceited), is naught with Allah.” Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 6, p. 9.
Imam Ali [a] said: "How many wretched people there are whose days are being numbered but yet they are laboriously seeking wealth."
al-Sadiq[a]:"He who devotes his heart to this world will be subjected to 3 conditions: endless grief, unquenchable desire, and futile hope."
ImamSadiq[a]: "If a son of Adam possessed two vast valleys wherein gold and silver flowed, he would still wish to search for the third one."
Imam Ali[a]:"Even though miserliness, cowardice [...] are different qualities, yet they are common in having an incorrect idea about Allah."
al-Hassan ibn Ali [a]:"I wonder about the person who contemplates about his nutrition but he does not consider (the food of) his intellect."
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "The love of this fleeting world is the origin of all vices." AI-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 315.
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] : "If man perceived his death and its speed towards him, he would certainly detest the world and its hopes."
al-Kadhim[a]:"The likeness of this world is as the water of the sea. However much a thirsty person drinks from it, his thirst increases ..."
The Holy Prophet : "He whose two days (of life) are the same (making no spiritual progress) is at loss." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 71, p. 173.
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "Remember, (when committing sin), that pleasures are fleeting while the consequences remain."
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "Those who play imposture with us (Muslims in general) is not from us."
ImamAli [a]:"He who ventures transactions without observing the concerning Islamic rules, has surely run into usury"(while not aware of it).
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "Overindulgence of food causes various kinds of diseases." Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p. 359.
The Holy Prophet said: "There are three traits which He (Allah) dislikes (in people): loquaciousness, oversleeping, and overeating."
The Prophet : "There are three traits which Allah loves: briefness in speech, short (length) of sleep, and small (portion) of food."
Imam Sadiq [a] : "Everyone who intensifies love for us (AhIul-Bayt) intensifies love for his wife, too." Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 14, p. 11.
The Holy Prophet said: "A man's word telling his wife: 'I love you' never will quit her heart." Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 14, p. 10.
alSadiq [a]:"The fornication of the eyes is the intercourse of unlawful (lustful) looks, the fornication of the lips is a forbidden kiss..."
The Holy Prophet said: "Marry and do not divorce because the Throne of heaven quakes from divorce." Wasa'il ush Shiah, vol. 22, p. 9.
The Prophet : "From the prosperity of a Muslim man is that he has a pious wife, a large house, a pleasant mount, and a righteous child."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The Jihad (fighting in the way of Allah) of a woman is to afford pleasant company to her husband."
The Prophet "However much the Faith of a man increases, his regard for women increases." Narrated by al-Kadhim [a] from his father [a].
The Holy Prophet said: "He who wishes to be cleaned and purified when he meets Allah should marry and have a spouse."
The Holy Prophet said: "Most of the people of Hell will be the unmarried (irrespective of male or female)." Man La Yahduruhul Faqih.
The Holy Prophet : "The person who marries gains half of his Faith, then he must fear of Allah for the next remaining half." Al-Kafi.
The Holy Prophet :"(Mostly) the doers of good of my Ummah are the married ones, while the vicious of them are unmarried." Bihar-ul-Anwar
The Holy Prophet said: "Have your children to learn swimming and shooting." AI-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 47.
al-Sadiq [a]: "Take action in teaching traditions (of Ahlul-Bayt) to your children before the corrupted persons precede in corrupting them."
The Prophet [s]: "The pleasure of Allah lies in the pleasure of one's parents (in the case it is right), and His wrath lies in their wrath."
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen [a] said: "Whenever a destitute remains hungry it is because some rich persons have denied him (his share)."
al-Kazim [S]:"He who makes a Muslim believer happy, then, he has initially pleased Allah, secondly the Prophet and thirdly us (Ahlul-Bayt)."
Imam Reza (a.s) said "Certainly, the earth shall never be devoid of one of us" Imams".
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Imam Ali [a] said: The Prophet [s] said: Allah, the Exalted said: “'Bring the poor nearer to yourself [...] in order that I approach you..."
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The cause of the cessation of (one's) wealth is leaving the needy heedless." Ghurar-ul-Hikam, vol. 4.
The Holy Prophet [s] said: "Ask (questions from) the learned, speak with the wise, and associate with the poor." Tuhaf-ul-'Uqul, p. 34.
al-Husayn [a] : "Verily, the procession of people's needs towards you is from among the blessings of Allah upon you."
The #Prophet (SAWW): "Verily, Ali is my brother, my minister and my successor in the family, and he is the best of all who survive me..."
The #Prophet (SAWW): "O Anas, be always pure and clean, and Allah will increase your years (i.e. lifetime)..." Amali-Al-#Mufeed.
Imam Al #Sadiq (A.S.) "By Allah...We do not say except that which our Lord, Most High, has said." Amali-Al-#Mufeed.
Imam #Jaffar b. Al #Sadiq (peace be upon him): "Surely, Allah has enforced our authority, and made it obligatory upon people to love us."
Imam al-#Sadiq (AS):"...give away #alms in the early hour; because adversities do not follow the alms (#Sadaqah)." #Amali-Al #Mufid.
al-#Sadiq (AS) : "When you are in (financial) need, rise early in the day, for the subsistence (#Rizq) is distributed before sunrise...".
The #Prophet S :"Blessed is he who denounces the tempting ready desire, to earn the promised blessing he has not seen." #Amali Al #Mufid.
The #Holy #Prophet S "...a servant (of Allah) benefits nothing from his (good) deeds, unless he has recognized our Truth." #Amali Al #Mufid.
The #Prophet S "... whoever meets Allah, having love for us (in his heart) he shall enter Paradise with our #intercession." Amali Al #Mufid.
TheProphet S."When you see a person not engaging in a purposeless chatter, then that is the sign of his excellent (understanding of) Islam."
AlBaqer s. :"Whoever helped us with his tongue, against our enemy, Allah will let him speak out his argument when he will stand before Him."
Imam #Jafar Al #Sadiq : "Be supplicating constantly, for there is nothing like it to take you nearer (to Allah)..." #Amali Al #Mufid.
The Prophet (SAWW) looked at #Ali b. Abi Talib (a.s.) and said: "(Here is) the master herein, and the master hereinafter." #Amali Al #Mufid.
The Holy #Prophet (SAWW): "Listen and obey those whom Allah has granted the authority - for that is the system of #Islam." #Amali Al#Mufid.
Ali ibn al-#Husayn :"Allah created Muhammad , Ali and the eleven #Imams from his descendants out of the light of His greatness..." Al-Kafi.
Imam al-#Baqer: "The #twelve Imams all from the family of Muhammad (s.a) are the ones to whom (the angles) speak..." Al-#Kafi.
Imam al-#Sadiq: "Had Allah not created [...] Ali (a.s.) for Fatima [a.s.], there would been no match on earth for her from Adam to the end."
al-#Baqer:"...He [Allah] had set her free with knowledge (from ignorance) and from menses at the time [of the] universal covenant (Mithaq)."
Imam al-#Baqer: "When Fatima (a.s.) was born Allah sent an angel to make the tongue of Muhammad (s.a) call her Fatima" Al-#Kafi.
Imam al-#Kadhim "#Fatima is truthful and a martyr. The daughter of the #prophet do not experience menses." Al-#Kafi
Imam Al-#Baqer (a.s): "We know men when we see them through the reality of faith and the reality of hypocrisy." Al-#Kafi
Imam #Baqer a.s.: "whoever would turn away from #Wilaya, (Leadership with Divine Authority) he has turned away from paradise." Al-#Kafi
Imam Al #Sadiq (a.s.) :"One who knows who his Imam is he would be just like the one who would present in the tents of al-#Mahdi (a.s.)."
Imam #Jaafer Al #Sadiq (a.s.) : "When the Imam (a.s.) would will to know something Allah will grant him such #knowledge." Al #Kafi.
Imam Al-#Sadiq a.s.: "We are the people well-grounded in knowledge and we are the ones who know how to interpret it [i.e.the Quran]." AlKafi
Imam #Ali a.s.:"None of the signs of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is bigger than I and none of the news of Allah is greater than I."
Abu al-Hassan al-#Rida (a.s.) : " The #Imams (a.s.) are the deputies of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, on earth." Al-#Kafi.
Al-#Baqer (a.s): "...I swear by Allah, that guidance never departed us, it is with us and will always be with us until the Day of Judgment."
Imam abu #Ja‘far (a.s.) has said, "To love us if faith and to harbor hatred towards us is disbelief." Al-#Kafi
Imam Al#Sadiq(a.s): "The last person to die will be the Imam (a.s.) so that no one could complain against Allah leaving him without Imam..."
Imam Al#Sadiq(a.s): "Would there remain no one on earth except two persons one of them would certainly be the person with Divine authority."
al-#Rida (a.s.) "Allah's holding people accountable remains unjustified without the Imam who would teach people about Him." Al-Kafi.
Al-Sadiq(a.s.): "O Lord, grant blessings up on Muhammad, Your chosen one, Your friend and Your selected one who manages Your affairs."
Al-Sadiq(a.s.): "When one would look at the Messenger of Allah in the dark night a light like that from the moon could be seen from him."
Al-Sadiq(a.s.): "By Allah, he was the master of all whom Allah has created; Allah has not created any creature better than Muhammad (s.a.)."
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): "Our Wilaya (Leadership with Divine Authority) is the Wilaya of Allah without which no prophet was ever send." Al-Kafi.
Al-Sadiq (a.s): "The succeeding Imam comes to know of the knowledge of the preceding Imam in the last minute of the time left from his life."
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.) :" The Tablets of Moses are with us. The Staff of Moses is with us. We are the heirs of the prophets (a.s.)." Alkafi.
Imam #Al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: "...Every book that was revealed is with the people of knowledge and we are the people of knowledge." #Al-Kafi.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: "Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is far greater and above leaving the earth without an Imam of justice."
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.) said about the meaning of 'Allahu Akbar' (Allah is Greatest), "Allah is far greater than all descriptions." Al-Kafi.
Ali (a.s.):"Whoever likes this world and loves it hates the next and is its enemy" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Ali (a.s.):"Certainly, this world and the next are two enemies against each other and two paths in different directions.." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.):"When you hear a tradition test it according to the criterion of intelligence not that of mere hearing..." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "Sleeping in a state of firm belief is better than praying in a state of doubtfulness." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "The persons most attached to the prophets are those who know most what the prophets have brought" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "The hearts get disgusted as bodies get disgusted; so look for beautiful wise saying for them" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Ali S.:"If a man behaves properly in matters between himself and Allah, then Allah keeps proper the matters between him and other people."
Imam Ali (a.s.): "Whoever abandons saying, "I do not know" meets his destruction." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "O' world, O' world! Get away from me [...] I have divorced you thrice whereafter there is no restitution.."
Imam Ali (a.s.): "As intelligence increases, speech decreases." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "Do not fell ashamed for giving little. because refusal is smaller than that." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "To miss what one needs is easier than to beg from an inappropriate person." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "A lack of friends means strangeness." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Ali (s):"...If a hand of help is extended to you, do a better favour in return, although the credit would remain with the one who was first"
Ali S.: "Generosity is that which is by one's own initiative, because giving on being asked is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke"
The revered Prophet (SAWA): "O' `Ali, a believer will never hate you and a hypocrite (Muslim) will never love you" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "...even if I pile all the wealth of the world before a hypocrite (Muslim) for loving me he will not love me..."
Imam Ali (a.s.): "Even if I strike the nose of a believer with this, my sword, for hating me he will not hate me..." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "The best abstemiousness is to conceal it" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (S):"Whenever a person conceals a thing [...] it manifests itself through unintentional words from his tongue and [...] his face".
Imam Ali (a.s.): "He whose deeds accord (him) a back position cannot be given a front position because of his lineage" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (a.s.): "Opportunity passes away like the cloud. Therefore, make use of good opportunities" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (a.s.) :"Forgive the shortcomings of considerate people because when they fall into error Allah raises them up."
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (a.s.) :"All matters are subject to destiny, so much so that sometimes death results from effort" .
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (a.s.) :"When you get (only) small favours do not push them away through lack of gratefulness" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (a.s.) :"When you gain power over your adversary pardon him by way of thanks for being able to overpower him."
Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: "He who discloses his hardship agrees to humiliation" Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (A.S.): "One who struggles for the cause of Allah secures victory over His enemies." NahjulBalagha.
Imam_Ali (S): "Perception by the eyes is not real observation because the eyes sometimes deceive people; but wisdom does not deceive..."
Imam_Ali (S): "Whoever keeps in view the distance of the journey remains prepared." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "The destined share will reach him who does not approach it." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Desires blind the eyes of understanding." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Do not turn your [...] conviction into doubt [...] when you acquire conviction proceed (on its basis)." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Hate your enemy up to a limit for it is possible that he may turn into your friend some day." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Have love for your friend up to a limit, for it is possible that he may turn into your enemy some day." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "The holder of authority is like the rider on a lion - he is envied for his position but he well knows his position."
Ali(S):"When the crisis became red-hot we sought refuge with the Messenger of Allah , and none of us was closer to the enemy than [him]."
Ali (S): "Faith produces a "lumazah" ( i.e. something like a white spot) in the heart. As faith develops, the "lumazah" also increases."
Imam_Ali (S): "Quarrels bring about ruin." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Ali S.: Faithfulness with faithless people is faithlessness with Allah,while faithlessness with faithless people is faithfulness with Allah.
Imam_Ali(S):"The sourness of this world is the sweetness of the next world while the sweetness of this world is the sourness of the next 1"
Imam_Ali (S): "When capability increases, desire decreases." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Surely in every blessing there is a right of Allah. If one discharges that right Allah increases the blessing ..."
Imam_Ali (S): "The day of the oppressed over the oppressor will be severer than the day of the oppressor over the oppressed."
Imam_Ali (S): "One ill-gotten piece of stone in a house is a guarantee for its ruin." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "He who gives with his short hand is given by a long hand." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Be a sharer with him who has an abundant livelihood because he is more probable to get more riches..." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "He who approaches a rich man and bends before him on account of his riches then two-third of his religion is gone."
Imam_Ali (S): "He who is sorrowful for this world is in fact displeased with the dispensation of Allah." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "With forbearance against a fool there is increase of one's supporters against him." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "Most of the deficiency of intelligence occurs due to the flash of greed." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali(S):"The world will bend towards us after having been refractory as the biting she-camel bends towards its young."Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali(S): "Every container gets narrower according to what is placed in it except that of knowledge which expands instead."
Imam_Ali(S)said about the slogan of the Kharijites:'There is no verdict save of Allah':This sentence is true but it is interpreted wrongly.
Imam_Ali (S): "The hearts become tired as the bodies become tired. You should therefore search for beautiful sayings for them."
Imam_Ali (S): "The wealth that teaches you lesson does not go waste." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali (S): "O' son of Adam, whatever you earn beyond your basic needs you will only keep vigil over it for others.." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "Whoever turned away from right was ruined." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "I have never entertained doubt about right since I was shown it." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "if there are two different calls then one (of them) must be towards misguidance." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "f there arc two different calls then one (of them) must be towards misguidance." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam_Ali S:"There is no advantage in keeping quiet about an issue of wisdom [...as]there is no good in speaking out an unintelligent thing"
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "He who has several opinions understands the pitfalls." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "Many a single eating prevents several eatings." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "For the man who has eyes the dawn has already appeared." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "The 'matter' is near and our mutual company is short." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "Vanity prevents progress." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (S): "He who acts solely according to his own opinion gets ruined, and he who consults other people shares in their understanding."
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "Whoever obtains authority (usually) adopts partiality." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin (S): "He who agrees with the action of a group of persons is as though he joins them in that action..." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (S): "Protect your belief by charity; guard your wealth by paying Allah's share; and ward off the waves of calamity by praying."
Imam Ali (S):"Endurance comes according to the affliction. He who beats his hand on the thigh in his affliction ruins all his good actions."
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: "Grief is half of old age." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: "He who is moderate does not become destitute." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: "He who is sure of a good return is generous in giving." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: "Seek livelihood by giving alms." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "This world is a place for transit, not a place for stay." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "There is an angel of Allah who calls out every day, "Beget children for death [...] and raise construction for ruin..."
Imam Ali (a.s.): "Greatness of the Creator appreciated by you would belittle the creatures in your view." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "I wonder at the miser who is speeding towards the very destitution from which he wants to run away." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Ali (a.s.): "Islam is submission, submission is conviction, conviction is affirmation, affirmation is acknowledgement..." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
Imam Ali (a.s.): "The example of the world is like a serpent. It is soft to the touch but its inside is full of venom." Nahj-ul-Balaghah.
The Holy Prophet : "He who decreases a grief [...] for his Muslim brother, Allah will decrease for him a grief [...] of the Hereafter."
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "He who seeks the company of those who insult the lovers of Allah has surely disobeyed Him, the Sublime." Usul-i-Kafi.
Imam Sajjad [a] said: "Beware of the companionship of the sinful, and helping of the unjust." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 78, p.151.
Imam Sajjad [a] said: "The meeting of the righteous invites you to goodness." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 78, p.141.
The Holy Prophet : "Man is influenced by the faith of his friends. Therefore, be careful of whom you associate with." Bihar-ul-Anwar.
The Holy Prophet said: "Among all things, the tongue deserves to be prisoned longer than anything else." Bihar-uI-Anwar vol. 71.
The Holy Prophet : "Affliction caused by the tongue is worse than (that caused by) the strike of the blade of a sword." Bihar-ul-Anwar.
Imam Sadiq [a] : "Woe to the people who do not support the religion of Allah by enjoining good and forbidding evil."
Imam Ali [a] : "Know that 'enjoining right and forbidding wrong' never draws death near nor ceases sustenance."
The Holy Prophet said: "He who enjoins right and prohibits wrong is the vicegerent of both Allah and His Messenger on the earth."
The Prophet : "To prevent a Muslim from doing an unlawful action is equivalent with Allah to the performance of seventy accepted Hajj."
The Holy Prophet said: "He who hurts a Muslim believer, surely he has hurt me." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 67, p. 72.
Imam Ali [a] said: "How numerous procrastinators there are who postpone (repenting and doing good deeds) until when death overtakes them!"
Imam Baqir [a] said: "He who repents of his sins is as the one who has not any (burden of) sin. Wasa'il-ush-Shi'ah vol. 16, p. 74.
The Holy Prophet said: "The sigh of the people of Hell is mostly because of the postponement of repenting." Al-Mahajjat-ul-Bayda
Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "He who sells his next life for his present life in this world, loses both of them."
al-Baqir [a] : "When confronting a sage, try to be more inquisitive than talkative."
al-Rida (as.), the eighth Imam, said: "May the Mercy of Allah be upon the servant who keeps alive our commandment [i.e. knowledge]."
The Holy Prophet : "The Quran is Allah's university; so, learn as much as you can in this university." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 92, p.19.
The Holy Prophet : "Someone who possesses knowledge on a subject but conceals it when he is asked will be bridled with reins of fire."
al-Sadiq [a] : "Safeguard your writings and books because soon the occasion will arise that you will be in need of them." Bihar-ul-Anwar.
The Holy Prophet said: "The good of this world and the world to come is with knowledge." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol.1, p. 204.
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The one who seeks for knowledge is like a warrior in the cause of religion for the way of Allah."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The worth of every man is in his attainments." Nahjul-Balagha, saying No. 482.
Imam Ali [a] said: "The tears do not dry up save for the hearts being hard, and hearts do not harden but because of the abundance of sins."
Imam Ali [a]: "If one of you desires to know his standing with Allah he may evaluate his situation in relation to his sins against Allah."
The Holy Prophet said: "Do not look at the minuteness of the sin, but see Whom you have sinned against." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 77, p. 79.
Al-Sadiq [a] addressed some of the followers (Shi'ah): "(Behave) to be as ornaments for us and not to be against us as shame."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "If you want Allah to prolong your lifetime, then have regard for your kinship."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "If you want Allah to make your body healthy, pay charity more frequently."
Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "If you want Allah to increase your wealth, then give its alms tax."
alSadiq [a]:"A Muslim believer must not attend a meeting wherein Allah laws are being disobeyed and the one is not in a position to stop it"
al-Sadiq [a] : "Verily, there are various degrees of serving Allah, but affection for us, Ahlul Bayt, is the highest one."
Imam Baqir [a] said: "The love of us (Ahlul Bayt) is Faith and the hatred of us is infidelity." Al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 187.
The Prophet : "Train your children in three things: the love of your Prophet, the love of Ahlul-Bayt, and recitation of the Qur'an."
The Holy Prophet : "Make your gatherings lively with the remembrance of Ali-ibn-Abi-Talib." (Talk about the excellencies of Ali [a]).
Imam Baqir, the fifth Imam, [a] said: "Our traditions (Ahlul-Bayt) survive in the hearts." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 2, p. 144.
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "I recommend you to invocation, because you can not get nigh to Allah by any means like it." Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 467.
al-Sadiq [a] : "Ask (Allah) for your requisite and insist on demanding because Allah likes the persistence of the insisting believers..."
alSadiq [a]:"On the Reckoning Day, Allah will count the invocations of believers as some good actions for them ..."
al-Sadiq [a] said that Allah (s.w.t.) said: "Those who only claim that they love Me, tell a lie, for when the night falls they neglect Me."
The Holy Prophet said: "Say each of your prayer as if it were your last prayer." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 69, p. 408.
Imam Sadiq [a] said: "The heart is the sanctuary of Allah, therefore, do not settle therein anything but Allah." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 70.
Imam Ali [a] : "Having the Greatness of the Creator in your mind would make you realize the insignificance of the creatures in your view."
Imam Ali (A.S.): "Boasting issues from small minds."
Imam Ali (A.S.): "The wise aim at perfection. The foolish aim at wealth."
Imam Ali (A.S.): "Friendship is impossible with a liar."
Imam Al-Sadiq (A.S.): "There are three kinds of people. The scholars, the seekers of knowledge and all the others are a waste of humanity."
Imam Al-Sadiq (A.S.): "The Prophet of Allah never talked to the people on the basis of his own supreme intellect."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "We the group of Prophets have been ordered to speak to people at the level of their intelliegence."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "The love of the world, is the root of all evils."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "He who is not kind to God's creation and to his own children, God will not be kind to him."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "God is not merciful to him who is not so to humankind."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "Whoever loves to meet God, God loves to meet him."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "He who wishes to enter Paradise must please his father and mother."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "Paradise lies at the feet of thy mother."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "He who travels in the search of knowledge, to him God shows the way of Paradise."
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.): "The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr."
The Prophet (S.A.W.): "A man giving in alms one piece of silver in his lifetime is better for him than giving one hundred when about to die."
Lady Fatema (A.S.): "Oh my Allah, spare me the leisure and respite for the object for which You have created me."
Lady Fatema (A.S.):"Oh Allah! belittle me in my eyes and glorify and magnify Your station to me. And inspire me (about) Your obedience ..."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "The worthiest people of (your) love are those who comfort you."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Reaching Allah the Almighty is a journey that is not achieved except by riding at night."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Staying up makes sleep more pleasant, and hunger makes food more delicious."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "No one knows (the reality of) a blessing except the grateful, and no one is grateful to a blessing except the knowing."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "He, who praises an undeserving one, becomes as an accused person."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "The gift of a generous one makes you beloved to him, and the gift of a mean one makes you low to him."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "When hearts are active, put into them, and when they detest, bid them farewell."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "He, who does not regard people, does not regard Allah."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "He, who is friendly with Allah, feels aversion towards people."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Good figure is apparent beauty, and good mind is hidden beauty."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "The weakest of enemies in cunning, is he who shows his enmity."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "If all the people of this world were intelligent, the world would be ruined."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Beware of every silent, intelligent one."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Do not be generous to someone with what may be heavy on him."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Humbleness is a blessing that is not envied."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "It is not from politeness to show joy before a distressed person."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "The friend of an ignorant is always tired."
Imam al-Askari (a.s.): "Whenever a mighty one gives up the truth, he becomes low, and whenever a low one keeps to it, he becomes mighty."
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): "Allah says: For him who saves a confused individual, I will consider him as thankful and will lodge him in My Paradise."
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): "Doing favors is the tax of graces, intercession is the tax of the power [...], and forgiveness is the tax of success."
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): "You will not be regarded as (true) believers before you see the misfortunes as graces and the luxury as disaster."
Imam As-Sadiq(A.S.): "Jesus the Christ was born in the middle of June. Day and night become equal in the middle of March."
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): "He who declares himself as the leader while there is someone who is more knowledgeable than he is heresiarch and deviant."
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): The hearts of the pious harmonize with each other as velocious as the mixture of the water of rivers and the rainfall.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Good mannerism is a part of the religion. It increases the earnings.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Richness and dignity are touring. Whenever they notice a place of depending on Allah, they reside there.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Rage eliminates the intelligence of the wise. He who cannot control his rage will not be able to control his mind.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Hasty walking removes the believers brightenss and extinguishes their illumination.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Allah does not gather good-looking, understandability, and good mannerism for the hypocrites and the corruptive.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): The believer is strange in this world. He should not [...] compete with its people for gaining its honor.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): If you taste the good flavor of seclusion, you will feel an aversion for even yourself.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): He who enjoys veracity, pudency, good mannerism, and gratitude is a faithful believer even if he is fully sinful.
Imam As-Sadiq(a.s) said to Abu-Baseer: O Abu-Mohammed, do not spy on peoples beliefs lest you will become friendless.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): You will not attain the actual faith unless you love the remotest and hate the nearest all for Allahs sake.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Never search for an ill meaning in [...your brothers] saying if there is a probability of good intention.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Every secret that exceeds more than two persons will spread.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): He who conceals his secrets will possess the options.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): He who intrudes in situations of accusation should never blame those who mistrust him.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): People will live in a time when nothing will be dearer than a good friend and a legally gotten dirham.
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): You should regard him who became angry with you three times without addressing any bad saying to you as a true friend.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): The believers laughter should be only a smile.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Beware of associating with the lowly, because the association with them will never lead to welfare.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Everything has its tax and the tax of knowledge is to teach its people.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s.): The world is the believers jail, patience is his fortress, and Paradise is his abode.
Al-Sadiq (a.s.): Nothing like thanks in increasing the favorable matters and nothing like patience in decreasing the unfavorable matters.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): He who recognizes Allah accurately will fear Him. He who fears Allah accurately will disregard the worldly pleasures.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): As for [...him] who practice without guidance, [...] the more he walks, the remoter he becomes.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): Everything has limits. The limit of conviction is not to fear anything besides Allah.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): It also may happen that one is running for his doom, while he goes slowly for his goodness.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): It also happens that one hopes for something while his goodness is in its opposite.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): In good days, Allah endows with the grace of consent. In distress, He endows with the grace of purification.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): Good health is a light grace; it is forgotten when found and mentioned when missed.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): Do not answer those who speak before they greet you.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): He who entrusts a betrayer with a deposit will be deprived of Allahs warranty.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): Keep yourselves away from the strange women so that your harem will be chaste.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): If your worldly demands are attainable, you should check your religion.
Imam Al-Sadiq (a): To miss a need is better than asking it from other than its people.
Hadith (Sayings) of AhlulBayt a,s,
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