Hadith

Imam Muhammad ibn Ali [a]

465 sayings · page 12 of 12

1. Whenever a tradition from the household of Muhammad - peace be upon them all is transmitted to you, towards which your hearts lean and it seems familiar to you, accept it. And whatever your hearts resent and you reject, then refer it back to Allah and the Prophet and the scholar from the household of Muhammad (SAWA).

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2, p. 189, no. 21; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 945 · permalink

2. There is no disgrace worse than that of greed.

   Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 286; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 247 · permalink

3. The worst expression of grief is screaming and wailing with loud cries, beating one's face and chest, tearing out one's hair; and a man who takes up wailing is a man who has abandoned patience.

   Musakkin al-Fu'ad, p. 99; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 117 · permalink

4. In one of His conversations with Prophet Moses (AS), Allah told him the following, ' those who seek to adorn themselves [for Me] have no better apparel than abstention from the worldly pleasures that they find indispensable.

   Bihar al-Anwar, v. 13, p. 349, no. 37; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 118 · permalink

5. Im?m Muhammad ibn 'Al? al-Baqir (a.s.) said in his advice to Jabir al-Ju`afi, 'There is no inner knowledge like your inner knowledge of your own self.'

   Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 286; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 435 · permalink

6. The similitude of the one who covets this world is as the caterpillar: the more silk it spins around itself, the harder it makes its exit for itself, until it dies of grief.

   al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 316, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 229 · permalink

7. Anybody who discredits a believer' s self-esteem will die an evil death, and he becomes deserving of never again returning to a good end.

   al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 361, no. 9; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 208 · permalink

8. One who subjects himself to the obedience of someone who disobeys Allah has no religion, and the one who subjects himself to attributing a lie or falsity to Allah has no religion, and the one who subjects himself to denying any of Allah's signs has no religion

   al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 373, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 766 · permalink

9. Everything has a lock, and the lock of faith is moderation

   al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 118, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 556 · permalink

10. Remember death frequently, for no sooner does man increase his remembrance of death than he begins to renounce this world's life.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 64, no. 31; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 120 · permalink

11. For the teacher of good, all the animals on the land and the fish in the sea seek forgiveness on his behalf, as do all creatures great and small in Allah' s earth and sky.

    Sawab al-A`amal, p. 159, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 511 · permalink

12. There are three things wherein Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has not granted anyone a concession the fulfilment of one' s promise, be it to the good person or the bad.

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 162, no. 15; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 227 · permalink

13. Im?m Muhammad ibn 'Al? al-Baqir (a.s.) said with regards to Allah' s verse "Do not be like her who would undo her yarn, breaking it up after [spinning it to] strength, by making your oaths a means of [mutual] deceit among yourselves "[ Qur' an 1692], said, 'The one who undid her yarn was a woman from the tribe of Bani Taym b. Murrah, called Rabita (Rayta), daughter of Ka`ab b. Sa`ad b. Taym b. Ka`ab b. Lu`aayya b. Ghalib. She was a stupid woman who would spin hair, and after she had spun it, she would undo it then start to spin it all over again. So Allah said, "Do not be like her who would undo her yarn " Verily Allah, Blessed and most High, has commanded the fulfilment of the oath and has prohibited its breaking, and has made this a parable for them.'

    Tafsir al-Qummi, v. 1, p. 389; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 227 · permalink

14. Im?m Mu?ammad ibn 'Al? al-Baqir (a.s.) narrated that his father used to say, 'The best of occupations is tilling the land, the produce of which is eaten by both the good-doer and the wrongdoer. That which the good-doer eats will seek forgiveness on his [i.e. the grower's] behalf, and that which the wrongdoer eats will curse him [i.e. the wrongdoer]. The birds and animals eat thereof too.'

    al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 260, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 90 · permalink

15. When Allah created the intellect He said to it, 'Come forward' so it came forward, then commanded it, 'Go back' and it went back. Then He said to it, 'By my Honour and Exaltedness, I have not created anything better than you. It is you that I command, and you that I prohibit from things, and you that I punish and you that I reward

    al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 26, no. 26; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 468 · permalink

16. Among what was revealed to Moses (AS) was, 'I take My servants to account according to the level of intellect that I have given them.

    al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 308, no. 608; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 468 · permalink

17. I found written in the Book [i.e. the Book ascribed to Imam Ali (AS)] that the worth and value of every man is his knowledge. Verily Allah, Blessed and most High, will take people to account according to the intellects that He has given them in this world' s life.

    Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 1, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 468 · permalink

18. Verily Allah loves the feeding of food to others, and the spilling of blood [for His sake].

    al-Mahasin, v. 2, p. 143, no. 1370; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 324 · permalink

19. A believer must supplicate Allah in times of ease the same way that he supplicates Allah in times of difficulty

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 488, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 904 · permalink

20. Do not deem the smallest of your needs as insignificant, for verily the most beloved of the believers with Allah is the one who asks [Him] the most

    Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 97, no. 2275; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 905 · permalink

21. Verily a servant asks Allah his need and it is Allah's way that He either grants it very soon or after some time. The servant sins and Allah Blessed and most High says to the angels, 'Do not grant him, and deprive him of it for verily he has exposed himself to My displeasure and has made himself deserving of My deprivation

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 329, no. 11; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 908 · permalink

22. Islam is based on five: prayer, alms, fasting, the obligatory pilgrimage (Hajj), and the divine guardianship [of the Imams from the household of the Prophet]. And no other issue has been called for as much as divine guardianship.

    al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 18, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 532 · permalink

23. Certainly Allah has not left the earth without a knowledgeable authority, for if it were not such, the truth would never be distinguished from falsehood.

    al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 178, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 534 · permalink

24. The earth will never remain without an Imam, be he apparent or hidden.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 23, p. 23, no. 26; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 535 · permalink

25. Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, created locks for all evils, and he made the keys to those locks to be alcohol; and lying is worse than alcohol.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 236, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 271 · permalink

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