Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad [a]
1846 sayings · page 13 of 47
"A person who has pride in his heart equal to even a small grain will not enter Paradise and a person who has faith in his heart equal to even a small grain will not enter Hell." The narrator asked, "When a person wears good clothes and rides a mount, he feels proud." Imam (a.s.) replied, "This is not pride. Pride means to reject the truth and faith means to accept it."
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A valley of Hell called Saqar, is reserved for the proud. This valley was burnt excessively by Allah and it requested Allah to let it inhale. As soon as it was allowed to do so, the entire Hell flared up.
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Surely proud people will be reduced to the size of small ants on the Day of Judgment and people will ridicule them till Allah concludes accounting of all the people.
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Proud people will be farthest from Allah on the Day of Judgment.
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If a person brought up in his community commits sins and people do not punish him from his crimes, the first chastisement from Allah upon them is that their sustenance will be reduced.
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Three kinds of people will be punished on the Day of Judgment a person who draws a picture of an animal. He will get punishment from the time soul enters his body and he cannot blow spirit into it on his own. A person who narrates false dreams will be punished as long as two grains of maize continue to meet and he himself cannot make the two grains meet. Molten lead will be poured into the ears of the one who listens to that which is detested by the people.
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The narrator was present near Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) when there was a discussion about illness. Imam said, "Treat your illness with Sadaqah. Why don't you offer a day's food as Sadaqah? If the angel of death is ordered to take out the soul of a person and he pays Sadaqah, the angel of death is told to return."
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his father that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) asked a person, "Did you fast today?" "No," he replied. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) asked, "Did you visit a sick person?" "No," he replied. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) asked, "Did you attend a funeral?" He said, "No." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) asked, "Did you feed a poor?" He replied, "No." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) told him, "Go to your family and kiss them. It will be Sadaqah for them."
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Making a deaf understand something without getting irritated is also a good charity.
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One who recites Surah Maryam regularly will not die till he is given that which makes him needless in himself, wealth and children; and in the hereafter he would be of the companions of Isa (a.s.) and in the hereafter he would be given a like of the worldly kingdom of Sulaiman bin Dawood (a.s.).
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Don't miss the recitation of Surah Taha because Allah loves that Surah and its reciters. If a person recites it regularly, the Almighty Allah would give him scroll of deeds in his right hand on the Day of Judgment. There would be no accounting for his deeds, which he had done after accepting Islam and he would get so many rewards in the hereafter that he would be pleased.
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The narrator visited Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) and told him, "May I be sacrificed for you! I have a neighbor. I get up from sleep on hearing his voice. He continuously recites the Holy Quran. He recites verses incessantly, he mourns and supplicates humbly. I have asked about him from various people. They told me that this person keeps away from all the deeds prohibited by Allah." Imam (a.s.) said, "O Maisar! Does he have belief like you?" The narrator replied, "Allah knows better." When he went for Hajj next year, he inquired about the belief of that person. He was told that the person did not have belief like the narrator. The narrator went to Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) and told about that person once again. Imam asked the same question, which he had asked the previous year. The narrator said that the person did not have belief like him. Imam (a.s.) asked, "O Maisar! Tell me, which is the most honored place in this world?" The narrator replied, "Allah, His Messenger and the son of His Messenger know best." Imam (a.s.) said, "O Maisar! There is one of the gardens of Paradise between the Rukn and Maqaam. Similarly there is one of the gardens of Paradise between the grave of the Holy Prophet and his pulpit. If the Almighty Allah prolongs the life of a person so that he prays between Rukn and Maqaam and between the grave of the Holy Prophet and the pulpit for one thousand years and if he is slaughtered like an animal by oppressors while he laid silently on his bed and if such a person meets Allah without our love, he deserves only that Allah throws him headlong into Hell."
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The narrator asked Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) about one who imprecates Ali (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) replied, "I swear by Allah that it is permissible to kill him however doing so should not become a cause of death of an innocent human." The narrator asked, "How can it become a cause of the death of an innocent?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "The death of that infidel should not be retaliated by the death of a believer."
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said, "Our enemy is standing at the edge of the pit of Hell and will surely enter Hell and the hellish will be destroyed. It is a bad place for them as Almighty Allah has said: so certainly evil is the dwelling place of the proud. [Surah Nahl 16:29] There is no such person who is granted goodness by Allah and does not love us."
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A believer can surely intercede for his friend except a nasibi because even if all the prophets, messengers and honored angels intercede for a nasibi, their intercession will not be accepted.
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Nuh (a.s.) took even dogs and pigs with him on the Ark but he did not take the illegitimate born; and the enemies of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) are even worse than illegitimate-borns.
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"Following verses are revealed only for the Qadiris: "Surely the guilty are in error and distress. On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of Hell. Surely We have created everything according to a measure." [Surah Qamar 54:47-49]
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "One who goes to a valley and remembers and supplicates the Almighty Allah spreading his hands, the Almighty Allah will fill the entire valley with goodness for every big and small thing present there."
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Allah says: One who supplicates to Me after knowing that only I am capable of benefiting as well as harming, I will accept his supplication."
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One who recites Alh'amdulillaahilladhee a'laa faqahara walh'amdu lillaahilladhee bat'ana fakhabara wal h'amdulillaahilladhee malaka faqadara wal h'amdulillaahilladhee yuh'yil mautaa wa yumeetul ah'yaa-u wa huwa a'laa kulli shai-in Qadeer thrice before going to bed will become as pure as a newborn baby.
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One who supplicates for a Muslim brother in his absence, it will increase his income. His problems will end and angels will tell him, 'You will get twice what you prayed for your believing brother'.
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Whenever the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) is mentioned, send salutations on him excessively. One who sends salutation on the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) once, the Almighty Allah will order one thousand rows having a thousand angels each to send salutation on that person. Everything in this universe will send salutations on him because of the salutations of Allah and the angels. Allah and His Messenger (s.a.w.s.) are wary of ignorant and proud people. Hence no one hesitates reciting salutation on the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) except an ignorant and a proud man.
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The narrator told Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.), "When I entered the house of Allah, I didn't remember any supplication except salutations on the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.)." Imam (a.s.) replied, "No one present there did a better deed than you."
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) told a person, "Do you want that I teach you a thing by which your face remains safe from the fire of Hell?" "Yes," he replied. Imam said, "Recite: Allaahumma s'alli a'laa muh'ammadinw wa aali muh'ammad a hundred times after Morning Prayer so that the Almighty Allah keeps your face safe from the fire of Hell."
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) says that he has read in a heavenly scripture, "Allah will write a thousand rewards for one who sends salutations on Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) and his progeny. For one who recites Allaahumma s'alli a'laa muh'ammadinw wa ahli baitih Allah will write a thousand rewards."
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One who recites: Rabbi s'alli a'laa muh'ammadinw wa ahli baitih a hundred times in a day, Allah will fulfill his hundred wishes during that day thirty of which are related to this world while remaining seventy are related to the hereafter.
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Recite salutation loudly, for it keeps away hypocrisy from you."
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that one day the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) asked Amirul Momineen (a.s.), "Should I give you a glad-tiding?" He replied, "May my parents be sacrificed on you, only you give the good news every time." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "A few moments ago, Jibraeel told me with surprise that one who recites salutations on my progeny after reciting salutation on me, the doors of heaven will be opened for him. Angels recite seventy salutations on that person. Surely, his sins vanish like dry leaves fall off from a tree. Allah says, 'O My servant! Your supplications are accepted and you are fortunate. O angels! Recite seventy salutations on him and I will recite seven hundred salutations on him'." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) went on to say, "One who recites salutation on me but does not do so on my progeny there are seventy veils between that salutation and heaven. The Almighty Allah tells him, 'There is no reply or fortune for you. O angels do not bring his supplication to Me if he does not supplement his salutation on the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) with the salutation on his holy progeny'. If one does not join the salutation on my Ahle Bayt along with mine his prayers will remain in the veil (unanswered) forever."
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The narrator asked Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.), "Which is the best deed on Friday?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "Reciting Durood on Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) and his progeny a hundred times after Salaat-e-Asr on Friday. It is better to recite more than that."
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It is narrated from Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) or Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) that One should recite the following supplication after Friday Prayer: Allaahumma s'alli a'laa muh'ammadinw wa aali muh'ammadin al-aus'iyaa-il marz"eena bi-afz"ali s'alawaatika wa baarik a'laihim bi-afz"ali barakaatika was salaamu a'laihi wa a'laihim wa a'laa arwaah'ihim wa ajsaadihim wa rah'matullaahi wa barakaatuh. The Almighty Allah writes a hundred thousand rewards for the reciter and wipes a hundred thousand sins and fulfils a hundred thousand wishes and increases the position by a hundred thousand levels."
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It is narrated that a person recited: Allaahumma s'alli a'laa muh'ammadinw wa ahli baiti muh'ammad in the presence of Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) said, "You did not include us in this salutation? Don't you know that only the Ahle Bayt (a.s.) are only the five holy personalities of the Kisa (blanket)." He asked, "How should we send salutation?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "Say: Allaahumma s'alli a'laa muh'ammadinw wa aali muh'ammad so that even we and our Shias are included in it."
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One who controls himself at the time of fear and anger, Allah will prohibit fire for his body.
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There is nothing but that it has a measure and a weight except the tears. For indeed a drop of it can extinguish a sea of fire. And when ones eyes are filled with tears, his face will never see poverty or disgrace. And when tears are flowing, Allah prohibits the fire of Hell on it and even if one person is weeping the whole community is dealt with mercy (by Allah).
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Tooba (congratulations) for that face which Allah sees mercifully and that person who is weeping over his sins in fear of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime and none else is aware of this sin."
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said,"One who has hereafter as his ultimate aim every morning and evening, Allah makes his heart self-sufficient and he will be granted worldly things. He will not pass away from this world without earning his sustenance completely. One who has this world as his aim, Allah will put hunger before his eyes and scatter his worldly affairs and he will not get anything from the world except what was ordained for him."
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"If a believer does good Allah multiplies each of his deed seven hundred times and it is in accordance with the saying of Allah: 'and Allah multiplies for whom He pleases'." [Surah Baqarah 2:261]
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One of the most definite signs of belief is that one loves for the sake of Allah, hates for the sake of Allah, grants for the sake of Allah and deprives for the sake of Allah.
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"There is no believer who commits forty greater sins during day and night and says: Astaghfirullaahalladhee laa ilaaha illaa huwal h'ayyul qayyoomu badeeu's samaawaati wal arz"i dhaljalaali wal ikraami wa as-aluhu any-yatooba a'lay and Allah does not forgive his sins; and there is no good in one who commits more than forty greater sins."
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No believer passes away while he is away from his home having no one to weep over him except that the parts of the earth where he used to worship and the clothes, which he used to wear will weep for him. All those doors of heaven weep for him, from which his deeds used to go up and the angels appointed on him will weep for him.
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One who does good to his believing brother is like one who does good to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.).
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