Hadith

Imam Hasan ibn Ali [a]

25 sayings

1. The same decree is proved from a letter of Imam Hasan al-Askari (a.s.), which is quoted in the book Masaalik.

   Greater Sins Vol 2, The Eighteenth Greater Sin ,page 58 link

2. And among jurists (Fuqaha) those who protect themselves (from sins), guard their religion, defy their carnal desires and are obedient to their Master, it is incumbent upon the people to follow them. Such characteristics are found only in a few of them and not all."

   Greater Sins Vol 1, Part 3, page 68 link

3. None but the thankful one knows the true worth of a bounty, and none but the one with inner knowledge [or gnostic] is truly thankful for a bounty.

   A`alam al-Din, p. 313; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 932 link

4. A man who finds intimacy with Allah feels lonely among people.

   al-Durrah al-Bahirah, p. 43; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 484 link

5. Better than life is that thing which if you lose it you become disgusted with life, and worse than death is that thing which if it comes to you makes you love death.

   Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 489; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 563 link

6. Do not let [preoccupation with] a sustenance that is guaranteed avert you from an act that is incumbent

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 374, no. 22; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 922 link

7. Generosity has a set limit, and if taken to extremes becomes squandering.

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 69, p. 407, no. 115; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 986 link

8. Allah is the one whom all creation deify when they are in need or in difficulty or when all their hopes have been severed from all except Him, and when their means of attainment have been cut off from all except Him.

   al-Tawhid, p. 231, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 235 link

9. That the rich may experience the pain of hunger and bestow his generosity thereby upon the poor.

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 96, p. 369, no. 50; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 310 link

10. Among people, the person with the least comfort is the resentful one

    Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 488; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 791 link

11. They (Evil Scholars) cause more harm to the weak ones from among our shi`aa than the army of Yazid did to Husayn b. Ali (AS) and his companions, for they snatched away their lives and their property, whereas these evil scholars enter doubt and obscurity into the weak ones from among our shi`aa and lead them astray.

    al-Ihtijaj, v. 2, p. 512, no. 337; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 524 link

12. How revolting it is for the believer to have an avid desire that disgraces him.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 374, no. 35; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 382 link

13. Every single ordeal contains a favor from Allah that encompasses it

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 373, no. 34; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 658 link

14. Allah is the One \to Whom every creature resorts when he is in need or in hardship, when there is no hope in anyone but Him.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 3, p. 41, no. 16; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 94 link

15. Verily Allah, Blessed and most High, displayed to His Prophet in his heart, whatever He liked from the light of His Greatness.

    al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 95, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 447 link

16. Ignorance is to laugh without any reason.

    Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 487; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 425 link

17. Physical beauty is the outer beauty, and the beauty of the intellect is inner beauty.

    A`alam al-Din, no. 313; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 142 link

18. Generosity has a set limit, and if taken to extremes becomes squandering.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 69, p. 407, no. 115; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 350 link

19. No sooner does an Honorable man abandon the truth than he is abased, and no sooner does a disgraced man adopt it than he is Honored.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 374, no. 24; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 410 link

20. Ignorance is an enemy.

    al-Durrah al-Bahirah, no. 44; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 421 link

21. The enemy with the weakest stratagem is he who openly displays his enmity.

    A`alam al-Din, no. 313; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 269 link

22. The subject of disputing about religion was mentioned in the presence of al-Sadiq (AS), and that the Prophet (SAWA) and the infallible Imams (AS) prohibited it. So al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He never prohibited it absolutely, but only prohibited dispute in ways that are not the best.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2, p. 125, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 249 link

23. If the inhabitants of this world used their intellect, the world would self-destruct [for it would cease to be of any importance].

    Bihar al-Anwar, p. 377, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 121 link

24. Verily courage has a limit, which when overstepped becomes foolhardiness.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 377, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 225 link

25. Laughing without cause stems from ignorance.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 59, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 531 link

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