Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad [a]
1846 sayings · page 23 of 47
If a person remains unforgiven in the month of Ramazan, he will not be forgiven in any other month after it unless he is able to attend the plains of `AArafa [during the obligatory pilgrimage].
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 96, p. 342, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 761 · permalink
Breach of trust includes anything that is taken unlawfully from one's Imam [in the form of war booty before it has been justly divided], or usurping the property of an orphan, or consuming illicit gains.
al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 2, p. 307, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 763 · permalink
Breach of trust includes anything that is taken unlawfully from one's Imam [in the form of war booty before it has been justly divided], or usurping the property of an orphan, or consuming illicit gains
Tafsir al-`Ayyashi, v. 1, p. 205, no. 148; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 763 · permalink
The most regretful person on the Day of Resurrection will be the man who speaks of justice yet acts in opposition to it with others
Amali al-Tusi, p. 663, no. 1386; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 764 · permalink
One who performs a deed after he comes to know its reward will get that reward although the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) has said nothing about it.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 177 · permalink
One who says a true thing and people follow it will also get the reward of people who performed that deed. One who says a false thing and people follow it, he too will get the punishment for the wrong deed performed by those people.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 178 · permalink
Allah will hide the faults of one who controls his anger.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 179 · permalink
Allah will make three types of people enter Paradise without any accounting a just leader, a truthful trader and an elderly person who spent his life in Allah's obedience.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 179 · permalink
Do not deceive yourself for you will see the punishment and reward of your deeds. Do not waste your day for angels present along with you note down your deeds. I didn't see an effect sooner than an effect of a new good deed on old sins. Do not consider a good deed small because you will see tomorrow that it will grant you happiness. Do not consider any bad deed small because you will see tomorrow that it will cause you pain. The Almighty Allah has said, 'Surely good deeds wipe out sins and this is to be remembered'.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 179 · permalink
Isa bin Maryam (a.s.) passed by a community. He asked them, 'Why are you people crying?' They replied, 'We are crying over our sins'. He remarked, 'If they give up these sins they would be forgiven'.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 180 · permalink
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) said that the Almighty Allah revealed onto Dawood (a.s.), "If My servant returns to Me with a good deed I will grant him Paradise." Dawood (a.s.) asked, "Which is that good deed?" "If My servant returns to Me with a good deed I will grant him Paradise." Dawood (a.s.) asked, "Which is that good deed?" Allah replied, "If a believer comes to My servant, the latter makes him happy even if it is by presenting a date." Dawood (a.s.) said, "O Lord, one who has recognized You is deserving that he does not cut off his hopes from You."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 180 · permalink
If the Almighty Allah grants a person piety and abstinence I hope for Paradise for him. I love it very much that a believer pays attention towards Allah in his obligatory prayers and does not worry about the world. If a believer pays attention towards Allah He too turns towards him and develop His love in the hearts of believers and will Himself love that believer.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 180 · permalink
If a believer solves the problems of another believer the Almighty Allah will solve seventy problems of the world and hereafter for him. Allah will resurrect him on the Day of Judgment as a jurist and a scholar. If he handles a poor believer delicately the Almighty Allah will handle that person delicately as regards his wishes in the world and the hereafter. One who hides a fault of a believer the Almighty Allah will hide seventy faults of that person. One who helps a believing brother the Almighty Allah helps that person. Benefit from these advices and move towards goodness.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 181 · permalink
One who offers food to a believing brother in any night of the month of Ramadan the Almighty Allah will grant the reward of freeing thirty believing slaves and his supplications will be accepted because of this deed.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 181 · permalink
"One who feeds a believer for the sake of Allah will get the reward of feeding Fiyaam people." The narrator asked, "What is meant by Fiyaam?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "A hundred thousand people."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 182 · permalink
One who feeds three believers the Almighty Allah will offer him food in the three Gardens Jannat-e-Firdaus, Jannat-e-Adn and Jannat-e-Tooba. Tooba is a tree of Jannat-e-Adn, grown by the Lord Himself.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 182 · permalink
"Nothing in this universe except Allah, knows the reward of feeding a Muslim to satiation. Feeding a Muslim is one of the deeds of being forgiven of one's sins." Imam recited the verse: ' Or the giving of food in a day of hunger to an orphan, having relationship, or to the poor man lying in the dust." [Surah Balad 90:14-16]
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 182 · permalink
One who feeds a believer to satiation, Allah will lay such a table in Paradise that all the Jinn and men could have their fill from it.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 183 · permalink
One who frees a virtuous slave for the sake of Allah for each part of the body of that slave, the Almighty Allah will keep a part of his body safe from the fire of Hell.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 183 · permalink
One who grants a loan to a believer it is considered as Sadaqah by Allah and he will get the reward of giving Sadaqah.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 184 · permalink
The reward of a loan is eighteen times and if he dies it will be counted as Zakat.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 184 · permalink
I like to give loan. One who loans and the money is not returned on the fixed day the creditor gets the reward of giving a dinar in charity for the delay of each day.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 184 · permalink
Samaa says that I asked Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) regarding the person who commits qazaf but is forgiven by the one whom he accused falsely. "If later, this person regrets having forgiven and wishes that the accuser be punished, can the punishment for qazaf be executed now?"
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 247; Wasaelush Shia · permalink
Samaa says that I further enquired,
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 247; Wasaelush Shia · permalink
In an authentic report Ibne Sinan asked Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.), "If a person makes a false allegation and undergoes the Islamic punishment and also repents. Can his evidence be accepted in future?" Imam replied,
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 247 · permalink
Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) explains,
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 250; Surah Nur 24:19 · permalink
Prostration is the highest degree of worship that man can perform
al-Da`awat, p. 33, no. 70; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 749 · permalink
Supplicate while prostrating for verily the nearest the servant can ever be to Allah is in the state of prostration, so supplicate Allah for your worldly needs as well as for your life in the Hereafter
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 85, p. 131, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 749 · permalink
A group of people once came to the Prophet (SAWA) saying, 'O Prophet of Allah, ask your Lord to secure us a place in Paradise', to which he replied, 'As long as you assist me with lengthy prostrations.
Amali al-Tusi, p. 664, no. 1389; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 750 · permalink
Prostrating on the earth from al-Husayn (AS)'s grave pierces the seven veils.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 85, p. 153, no. 14; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 751 · permalink
The people who return from Hajj are of three types some are freed from the fire of Hell, some become pure of their sins like they were on the day their mothers gave them birth and some protect their family and wealth. These are minimum benefits for a Hajj pilgrim.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 80 · permalink
The narrator says that he heard Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) say, "The reward of performing Hajj is more than freeing ten slaves." Imam (a.s.) kept on counting till he said that the reward of the acts of Hajj is more than freeing seventy slaves and said that the reward of circumambulation and a two rakat prayer are equal to freeing a slave."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 80 · permalink
Allah, the Blessed and the High, has positioned one hundred twenty bounties around Mecca. Out of that sixty are for those who perform circumambulation, forty for those who offer Salaat and twenty for the spectators.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 80 · permalink
"O Ishaq! For one who performs one circumambulation of the Holy Kaaba, Allah writes a thousand rewards, wipes out a thousand sins, increases his position a thousand levels, plants a thousand trees for him in Paradise and grants him reward of freeing a thousand slaves. If he touches his chest to the wall of the Holy Kaaba Allah opens all eight doors of Paradise for him and he would be given choice of entering through any one of them." The narrator asked, "May I be sacrificed for you, is all this reward for one who performs circumambulation?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "Yes, should I tell you about a greater reward?" "Yes," replied the narrator. Imam (a.s.) said, "To one who fulfils a wish of a believer, Allah gives reward of Tawaaf, Tawaaf, Tawaaf (he repeated it ten times)."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 81 · permalink
The narrator asked Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.), "What will Allah do to pilgrims like us?" "He will forgive all without any exception."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 81 · permalink
Hajj is of two types for Allah and for people. One who performs Hajj for Allah would be rewarded by Him and He would give him Paradise on the Day of Judgment. One who performs Hajj for people should seek reward from them.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 81 · permalink
The narrator says that he heard Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) say, "One who performs Hajj only for Allah without any show off in his deed surely, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime would forgive him."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 82 · permalink
One who meets a Hajj pilgrim and shakes hands with him is as if he has kissed Hajar-e-Aswad.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 82 · permalink
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "A fasting person is considered to be in worship of Allah even though he may be asleep on his bed; but if he does not backbites a Muslim."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 82 · permalink
Abusive language is an atrocity and atrocity earns Hell
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 252; Al Kafi · permalink
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