Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad [a]
1846 sayings · page 1 of 47
"Whenever a person curses, this curse travels till it gets a person who is worthy of it. If it does not get such a person, it returns to its source."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 339 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his ancestors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "A person who cheats Muslims is not from us."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 340 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) explained the words of Allah: Surely your Lord is waiting in ambush, saying, "His ambush is a bridge over the Sirat Bridge which is inaccessible to those who do injustice."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 340 link
It is narrated that Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) said that the Almighty Allah says: "I swear by My honor that I will not accept the prayer of an oppressed for an injustice which he has also done to others."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 340 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) relates that The ruler of the time of a prophet was unjust. The Almighty Allah revealed on His prophet, "Go and tell your ruler that he is not being made the ruler to oppress people. He is made the ruler to stop injustice to the people. Surely I am not going to forgive the injustice done to the subjects even if they are disbelievers."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 340 link
"One who does injustice to someone else, the Almighty Allah does injustice to him, his children or his grandchildren through a third person."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 341 link
"One who usurps the property of his brother by doing injustice to him, he will come on the Day of Judgment eating the fire of Hell."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 341 link
"Surely the Almighty Allah is enraged on a rich person who is unjust."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 341 link
"Sometimes a person is a victim of oppression and he curses till the time he himself becomes the oppressor."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 341 link
"One who keeps quiet when an oppressor is doing injustice, the Almighty Allah makes that oppressor overpower him. He does not accept the prayer of the oppressed and does not reward him for injustice done to him."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 342 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his ancestors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "One who oppresses someone and cannot meet the oppressed once again, he should do Istighfar (seek Allah's forgiveness). It is atonement for the injustice done by him."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 342 link
"One who helps an unjust against his victim, the Almighty Allah will be enraged upon him till the time he stops helping him."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 342 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his ancestors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "The reward of good done to someone is rewarded earlier than other good deeds and an injustice done to someone is punished earlier than other bad deeds. It is enough for one to have the bad quality of peeping into confidential matters of other people, to continue criticizing others for defects he himself has and to trouble people with senseless talks."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 343 link
The believer possesses strength in his religion, prudence in his leniency, faith in conviction, an avid desire for religious understanding, activity in [matters pertaining to] guidance and prayer during times of preoccupation.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 231, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 300 link
The believer is he whose earnings are pure, whose character is beautiful, whose conscience is clean, who gives away whatever is surplus from his wealth, and guards whatever is surplus from his speech.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 235, no. 18; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 300 link
Verily the believer is stronger than pieces of iron, for when a piece of iron enters the fire it changes, whereas the believer, were he to be killed then resurrected and then killed again, his heart would never change.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 67, p. 303, no. 34; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 301 link
The believer is he whom all things fear, and that is because he is empowered by the religion of Allah, and does not fear anything. This is the sign of every believer.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 67 p. 305, no. 36; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 301 link
Everything is in awe of the believer including the reptiles and predators of the earth and the birds in the sky.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 67 p. 71, no. 33; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 301 link
The believing woman is scarcer than the believing man, and the believing man is scarcer than red sulphur, and who from among you has ever seen red sulphur?!
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 242, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 302 link
Im?m Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-S?diq (a.s.) when he was asked, 'How does a believer know that he is indeed a believer?', replied, 'Through submission to Allah and satisfaction with whatever joy or [source of] annoyance comes his way.'
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 336, no. 24; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 302 link
Allah has refused to present falsehood as a certain truth, and He has refused to present the truth to the heart of a believer as a certain falsehood; He has also refused to present falsehood to the heart of a disbeliever as a certain truth. And had he not done thus, the truth would never be distinguished from falsehood.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 5, p. 303, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 306 link
The heart can never ascertain that the truth is falsehood, nor can it ever ascertain that falsehood is the truth.
Tafsir al-`Ayyashi, v. 2, p. 53, no. 39; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 306 link
He(Believer) neither desires repute in this world, nor does he grieve at its disgrace. People have their own matters of significance that they tend to, whilst he occupies himself with his own concerns.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 67, p. 271, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 307 link
It is enough of a disgrace for a man that he should wear such clothes or ride such a beast as draws attention to himself.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 252, no. 105; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 307 link
For the one who occupies the lowest station in Paradise, were the humans and the jinn to appear as guests for him, nothing would diminish from him if he were to provide them all with food and drink
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 120, no. 11; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 671 link
Three of the noble characteristics in this world and in the Hereafter are to pardon one who has wronged you, to reconcile with one who has cut you off, and to be clement with one who has been rash towards you
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 107, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 674 link
Verily everything is humbled and awed before the believer', and then he said, 'If he is sincere for Allah, Allah will make everything fear him including the wild and poisonous animals of the land and the birds of the sky
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 238, no. 21; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 859 link
All sins are forgivable except insolence towards fellow Muslims
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 303; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 862 link
One who does not fulfill the rights of a believer (and does not repay what he owes to him), on the Day of Judgement, Allah will make him stand for five hundred years and blood or sweat will ooze through his body. An announcer from Allah will announce, 'This is the oppressor who had not fulfilled the right of Allah.' Then after being admonished for another forty days it will be ordered for him to be thrown into the fire (those who admonish him will be either believers or prophets)."
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 171; Miratul Oqool page 361 link
A believer who has something and another believer is in need of it; if the former does not fulfill the need of the needy momin he will not ever taste the food of Paradise nor drink the Raheeq-al-Makhtoom (A drink of Paradise).
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 172; Behaarul Anwaar link
On the Day of Qiyamat a person will be caught by his hand and the people of Mahshar (Gathering) will be told that anyone who has any claim upon him may secure his right.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 172; Layali Al Akhbaar link
The gravity of all this can be ascertained from the incident when a person from the Ansars departed from this world. He had left behind an unpaid debt of two dinars. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) refused to pray the namaz-e-Janaza till some of the relatives undertook the responsibility to repay the deceased's debt.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 175; Wasaelush Shia link
May Allah curse the one who closed the door of good actions. And it is the one who is not thankful to the one who has done some good towards him. Consequently the doer of good refrains from doing the same favour towards someone else in the future.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 177; Behaarul Anwaar, Wasaelush Shia link
One who takes a loan but does not care to repay it, is a thief.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 178; Wasaelush Shia chapter of Tejaarat link
There are three kinds of thieves, one who does not pay Zakat, secondly one who does not consider the amount of Meher (dower) payable to the wife as an obligatory debt and one who takes a loan but does not intend to repay it.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 178; Wasaelush Shia link
If the debtor intends to repay the loan, the Almighty Allah appoints two angels to help him till the loan is repaid. But if he becomes careless of this intention he becomes deprived of Allah's blessings.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 179; Wasaelush Shia link
Do not harass your Muslim brother with a demand to the repayment of debt when you know that he is not able to repay it. Because our exalted grandfather the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) has said that it is not permitted for a Muslim to harass his Muslim brother. And if a creditor gives respite to a loanee he shall become qualified to receive the shade (and protection) of the Almighty on the day when there will be no other shade.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 179; Wasaelush Shia link
The trustworthy scholar of the Shias, Shaykh Kulayni (r.a.) has recorded that Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) is reported to have said:
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 180; Wasaelush Shia link
Muhammad Bin Bashir came to Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) and told him that he owed a thousand Dinars to Shahab. He requested the Imam to persuade Shahab to respite him till the days of Hajj. So Imam (a.s.) summoned Shahab and said:
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 181 link
The most difficult time on the Day of Qiyamat will be when those eligible to receive Khums and Zakat will rise up and besiege the one who has not paid it. They will complain to Allah that this person has not paid the amount due to them from Khums and Zakat. Then Allah will transfer the good deeds of that person and give them to those who were eligible (for Zakat and Khums)."
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Sixth Greater Sin ,page 182 link
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