Imam Musa Ibn Jafar (Al-Kadhim) [a]
143 sayings · page 1 of 4
The people of intellect have abandoned the excesses of this world, but what about sins? Forsaking worldly excesses is [merely] a virtue whereas abandoning sins is an obligation
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 301, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 860 link
Mehran said that he wrote a letter to Imam Kazim (a.s) and complained about having a lot of doubts and being in a bad state of affairs. The Imam (a.s) replied: "Be patient until you are rewarded by Allah, since if you are not patient, you will not get any divine rewards and cannot prevent divine destiny either."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues, Chapter 5 On Perseverance,Page 70, Hadees 64 link
Muhammad Bin Qasim says that he mentioned to Abul Hasan, Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) regarding the person who had entrusted someone with something valuable. "The trustee is an Arab and he is competent enough not to return the trust. Whereas the one who entrusts is a wretched Khariji (enemy of Ahlul Bayt)?"
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 109 link
Whoever ignores Allah should not become upset if his daily bread is delayed. He should not accuse Allah regarding his destiny.
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues, Chapter 7 on Contentment, Hadees 141 link
To participate in the activities of the oppressors and to endeavour to achieve their evil objectives and to help them is equal to infidelity and to knowingly lean towards them is a Greater Sin and deserves Hell.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-ninth Greater Sin ,page 211; Wasaelush Shia link
"On the night of ascension (Meraj), I saw the following inscription on the doors of Hell, 'DO NOT BE A HELPER OF THE OPPRESSORS.'"
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-ninth Greater Sin ,page 211; Wasaelush Shia link
Imam Kazim (a.s) said the following regarding Allah's statement "And if anyone puts his trust in Allah, sufficient is (Allah) for him." [The Holy Quran: Talaq 65:3]"Reliance on Allah has several stages. One of them is relying on Him in all that you do; and being pleased with whatever He does to you; knowing that He only wishes you prosperity and success; and knowing that He has full authority over all these affairs; and also having complete trust in Him in these and all other affairs."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues, Chapter 4 On Reliance and Trust in God,Page 57, Hadees 37 link
Abbasid despot Mahdi asked Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) regarding wine, "Is wine Haraam according to the Quran?" (Because) people know that it is prohibited but not aware that it is Haraam." Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) replied:
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 265,266; Al Kafi link
Our shias are only those who follow us (in every respect), walk in our footsteps and imitate our actions.
Greater Sins Vol 1, Part 2, page 25; Behaarul Anwaar link
Hisham ibn Ahmad said "I was accompanying Imam Kazim (a.s) around Medina when he suddenly got off his horse and fell prostrate in worship, and stayed in that position for a long time. Then he mounted his horse. I asked him: "May I be your devoted servant! Why did you prostrate for such a long time?" He said: "I remembered a blessing that Allah gave me, and I felt I would like to give thanks to my Lord."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues, Chapter 6 On Thanksgiving, Hadees 107 link
Three types of people will be under the shade of Divine mercy when there will be no other shade: One), the person who arranges the marriage of his believing brother. (Two), the person who procures a servant for his believing brother. (Three), the person who has maintained a secret of his believing brother
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-SecondGreater Sin ,page 126 link
Al-A'ala ibn Kamil narrated that once he told Imam Musa ibn Ja'far (a.s) that "Allah had granted him so many blessings that he could not even count, and he did not know the reason for that. The Imam (a.s) asked if he really did not know the reason and told him that it was due to his thanksgiving. And in another tradition we read that the Imam (a.s) told him not to underestimate thanksgiving."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues, Chapter 6 On Thanksgiving, Hadees 93 link
Sadooq (a.r.) has recorded in Oyoone Akhbaar that Imam Zadeh Hazrat Abdul Azeem the son of Abdullah Hasani said, "I heard from Abu Ja'far the second, Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.) who heard from his respected father Imam Reza (a.s.) who quotes Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) that he said,
Greater Sins Vol 1, Part 2, page 35; Oyoone Akhbaar link
"The residents of the planet Earth will receive divine blessings as long as they love each other, act righteously, and honor what they are entrusted with."
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues,Chapter 14 On Being Trustworthy, Hadees 248 link
"When you are asked to give evidence, give it. For Allah (a.j.) says:
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twewntieth Greater Sin ,page 77; Surah Nisa 4:58 link
Muhammad Bin Fuzail asked Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) the meaning of the above ayat (Surah Baqarah 2:282)
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twewntieth Greater Sin ,page 78; Wasaelush Shia link
Give evidence for the sake of Allah even if you have to testify against yourself, your parents or your own relatives - But you must not cause harm to your believing brother by concealing evidence. However, if your believing brother is going to be oppressed, then do not testify.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twewntieth Greater Sin ,page 81; Wasaelush Shia link
Muhammad Ibne Qasim Ibne Fuzail narrates a tradition from Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.). He says, "I asked Imam (a.s.), 'One of your devotees has taken a loan from an enemy of yours. The creditor wants to oppress him and have him imprisoned. Allah knows that he has no money to repay the debt, neither is he capable to do so at present. He does not even have Bayyanah (two just witnesses) to prove his bankruptcy. Then is it allowed for him to take an oath so that he can prove his bankruptcy and obtain respite till the return of favourable conditions? And if from your Shias there are some witnesses who can testify against him, (that he has taken the loan) can they testify?'"
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twewntieth Greater Sin ,page 81; Al Kafi link
In Al-Mahasin it is narrated that Fazl ibn-i-Yahya said that he asked Imam Kazim (a.s) about Unity "Do not transgress beyond what is stated in the Quran, where Allah the Almighty said: "If there were in the heavens and the earth, other Allahs besides Allah, there would have been confusion in both!" [The Holy Quran: Anbiyaa 21:22]
Mishkat ul-Anwar, Section 1 on Faith, Islam & Related Issues, Chapter 1 - On Unity of God link
Muhammad bin Fuzail asked Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.), "May I be sacrificed for you! I have heard a bad thing about one of my brothers in faith. When I talked to that person about this thing, he flatly refused it. I was told about this from very reliable persons." Imam (a.s.) replied, "Do not accept what you are told about your brother. Even if fifty persons tell you about this, swearing by Allah, then too you should reject it and believe that believer. Keep this matter secret for the fear that he would be disgraced if you don't do so. See to it that his personality is not stained. If you don't, you will be like those about whom Allah says: Surely (as for) those who love that scandal should circulate respecting those who believe, they shall have a grievous chastisement in this world and the hereafter." [Surah Nur 24:19]
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 311 link
"One who recites Surah Tauheed before meeting an unjust person, Allah will protect him from all sides and he will remain safe from the mischief of that unjust person. He will benefit from meeting that unjust person. Whenever you develop fear of something, recite a hundred verses of the Holy Quran and say, 'O Allah! Take this calamity away from me' thrice."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 174 link
Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "One who takes a loanee to a ruler and he knows that he has taken a false oath; but due to the sake of the respect of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, he condones the loanee, Allah would not be satisfied with nothing less than giving him the position of Ibrahim, the friend of the Beneficent."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 176 link
Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) was asked,"Is it better for a rich person to give Sadaqah or to buy a slave and free him?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "I prefer Sadaqah."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 186 link
"Paradise is prohibited for three kinds of people a slanderer, a drunkard and a sinner."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 279 link
"People who love each other for the sake of Allah will be sitting on the pulpits of light on the Day of Judgment. Their faces and body will be illuminated and the light of pulpits will illuminate everything. People will recognize those people as those who loved each other for the sake of Allah."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 199 link
"A believer of Bani Israel had a neighbor who was an infidel and he used to behave very well with the believer and performed good deeds in the world. When the infidel died, Allah built for him a house of mud in Hell which protected him from its heat and provided him sustenance from elsewhere. He was told, 'You are getting these comforts because of your nice behavior with your so and so believing neighbor and doing good in the world'."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 220/221 link
"Just as Allah, the Mighty and Sublime showers mercy on His believing servants at the time of Prayers, He also curses some people." He was asked, "Why are some people cursed?" He replied, "Because they deny our rights and falsify us."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 264 link
There is no creature of Allah which has a good character and Allah does not feel ashamed to make his flesh a morsel of Hell.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 233 link
Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said,"There are four rewards for a sick - the pen of difficulty is taken off from him, Allah orders angels to write those deeds of a sick again, which he used to perform in good health, illness goes into the parts of his body and takes out all the sins, if he passes away from this world, he will be forgiven and if he remains alive, then too he will be forgiven."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 247 link
Im?m M?s? ibn Ja'far al-K??im (a.s.) once passed by Hisham b. al-Hakam selling fine cloth in the shade, so he said to him, 'O Hisham, verily the sale of goods in the shade is considered fraud, and verily fraud is not allowed
al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 160, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 931 link
The one who does not take account of himself every single day is not one of us. And when he performs a good deed, he should ask Allah to enable him to do more, and when he commits an evil deed, he must seek Allah's forgiveness and repent for it
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 453, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 825 link
"Nafila prayers are always near to a believer."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 57 link
Venerate (Respect) the scholar for his knowledge and abandon argumentation with him. Depreciate the ignorant man for his ignorance but do not drive him away. Rather draw him near and teach him
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 394; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 972 link
Verily a seed grows in soft ground and does not grow on stone, in the same way that wisdom thrives in the heart of the humble and does not thrive in the heart of the proud and haughty , because Allah has made humbleness the instrument of the intellect.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 312, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 995 link
Do not grant the ignorant ones wisdom for they will not do justice to it, and do not deprive it to those who are worthy of it for you will do injustice to them.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 303, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 995 link
Im?m M?s? ibn Ja'far al-K??im (a.s.), when a man from Persia asked him, 'Do you know the Unseen', replied, 'Abu Ja`afar (AS) [i.e. Imam al-Baqir] said, 'Knowledge is expounded for us so we know it, and it can be taken away from us so we do not know.' And he said, 'Allah, Mighty and Exalted, entrusted his secret to Gabriel (AS), and Gabriel entrusted it to Muhammad (SAWA), and Muhammad (SAWA) entrusted it to those whom Allah willed
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 256, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 967 link
"Safeguard your wealth, life and women with recitation of Surah Nur. One who recites it regularly everyday or every night none from his family will fall into trouble till he or she dies. When he dies 70000 angels would accompany his bier upto the grave and all those angels would keep praying for him and seeking forgiveness for him till the reciter is laid down in the grave."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 150 link
"O Ibne Ammar! Do not avoid recitation of Tabaarakalladhee nazzalal furqaana a'laa a'bdihi. One who recites it every night, Allah will never chastise him and not take his account and his abode will be in the high garden of Paradise."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 150/151 link
Luqman was asked, what is the crux of your wisdom?' He said, 'I do not ask about that which I know already and I do not burden myself with that which does not concern me.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 13, p. 417, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 993 link
was once asked by Ibn Abi 'Umayr about the Prophet (SAWA)'s saying, 'The prosperous one is he who prospered from when he was in his mother's womb, and the wretched one is he who was wretched from when he was in his mother's womb', to which he replied, 'The wretched one is he who, from when he was in his mother's womb, Allah knew would commit acts characteristic of wretched people, and the prosperous one is he who, from when he was in his mother's womb, Allah knew would perform acts characteristic of prosperous people.
al-Tawhid, p. 356, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1019 link
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