Hadith

Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib [a]

1968 sayings · page 42 of 50

1. The price for Paradise is righteous deeds

   Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4698; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 666 · permalink

2. The price for Paradise is abstention from the world

   Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4700; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 666 · permalink

3. Through trials one attains Paradise.

   Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4204; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 667 · permalink

4. Verily if you are not killed then you are going to die anyway, and I swear by the One Who holds Ali's soul in His Hand, a thousand strikes of the sword on one's head is easier to bear than to die in one's bed

   Kitab al-Irshad, v. 1, p. 238; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 604 · permalink

5. Many a speech is answered by silence.

   Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5303; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 110 · permalink

6. Merits come through good perfection [of character] and noble actions, and not through excess money and eminent feats.

   Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1925; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 606 · permalink

7. The merit of chiefs lies in the goodness of their worship.

   Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6559; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 606 · permalink

8. So the pious among them are the people of merits; their speech is truth and their dress [attitude] is moderate.

   Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 193; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 606 · permalink

9. He who lifts his head [i.e. holds himself] from misjudging has acquired the sum of all the merits.

   Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5139; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 606 · permalink

10. He who is good to one who does bad to him has attained all merits.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8905; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 607 · permalink

11. Be forgiving with your power, generous in spite of your own hardship and effective in spite of your own neediness, and your virtue will be perfected.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7179; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 607 · permalink

12. Fairness is the best of merits.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 805; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 607 · permalink

13. Safeguarding the tongue and spreading goodness [to others] are among the best merits of the human

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4899; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 607 · permalink

14. There is not merit greater than goodness [to others].

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10625; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 608 · permalink

15. The fountainhead of merits is the overpowering of anger, and the eradication of desire

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5237; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 608 · permalink

16. The peak of merits is knowledge

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6379; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 608 · permalink

17. The most virtuous of Allah's servants according to Allah is a just leader, who is guided and guides [others], and who has established the known tradition, and abolished the unknown innovations

    Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 164; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 609 · permalink

18. The most virtuous of people according to Allah is he to whom action in accordance with what is right is most beloved - even if it damages and worries him rather than what is false, even if it gives him benefit and increases him.

    Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 609 · permalink

19. Where there are several answers, the correct one will remain hidden.

    Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 243; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 110 · permalink

20. Sometimes even the eloquent fails to come up with an answer.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5378; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 110 · permalink

21. He who rushes to give answers will not perceive the truth.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8640; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 110 · permalink

22. One of the proofs of virtue is giving correct answers.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9417; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 110 · permalink

23. Leave sharpness and reflect instead on the argument, and avoid idle talk in order to be safe from error

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5136; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 110 · permalink

24. If you remain clement with the ignorant, you give him indeed an adequate answer.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4104; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 110 · permalink

25. Allah, the Exalted, despises the insolent man who is audacious [in committing] acts of disobedience.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3437; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 111 · permalink

26. The Prophet (SAWA) used to say, 'Allah despises the one who frowns at the faces of his brethren.

    Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 8, p. 321, no. 9552; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 112 · permalink

27. The person most despised by Allah from among all His creatures is the backbiter.'

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3128; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 113 · permalink

28. The person most despised by Allah, the Exalted, from among His creatures is the one whose greatest concerns are [sating the appetite of] his stomach and his private parts

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3294; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 113 · permalink

29. The person most despised by Allah, the Exalted, is the ignorant one.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3359; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 113 · permalink

30. The person most despised by Allah, the Exalted, is the overbearing scholar

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3164; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 114 · permalink

31. With the profusion of the intellect, clemency flourishes.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4274; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 188 · permalink

32. People gather together either out of consent or displeasure. If they are pleased with an affair, they will commit themselves to it. But if they are displeased with an affair, they will abandon it.

    Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues, Chapter 7 on Contentment, Hadees 143 · permalink

33. : "Being grateful for Allah's blessings is not committing divinely forbidden acts."

    Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues, Chapter 7 on Contentment, Hadees 147 · permalink

34. Self-admiration is the opposite of proper conduct, and is the bane of the hearts.

    Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 74; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 831 · permalink

35. Self-admiration corrupts reason

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 726; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 832 · permalink

36. Self-restraint protects the soul from all sides and keeps it away from base things

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1989; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 834 · permalink

37. The zakat of beauty is chastity.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5449; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 834 · permalink

38. If you are not of the clement ones then feign clemency for verily few people who imitate a group fail to become one of them.

    Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 207; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 188 · permalink

39. The clement one is he who tolerates his brother.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1111; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 188 · permalink

40. Incumbent upon you is clemency for verily it is the fruit of knowledge.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6084; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 188 · permalink

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