Imam Musa Ibn Jafar (Al-Kadhim) [a]
143 sayings · page 2 of 4
The narrator asked Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) "What is the reward of offering Salaat-e-Ja'far-e-Tayyar?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "Allah would forgive that person even if his sins are equal to the number of grains of sand or number of waves in the oceans." The narrator asked, "Is this reward applicable for us?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "Of course, then for whom else? It is for you only." The narrator asked, "Which Surah should be recited in this Salaat?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "Recite Idhaa zulzilat, idhaa jaa-a nas'rullaah, innaa anzalnaahu fee lailatil qadr and qul huwallaahu ah'ad."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 71 link
"If an obligatory prayer is offered in prime time fulfilling all the conditions a sweet smell would come out from it just like the sweet smell that comes out when a branch of tree is broken. Hence it is obligatory on you to offer Salaat at its prime time."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 66 link
"One who takes out full Zakat from his wealth and disburses it in the proper manner would not be questioned from where he gathered his wealth."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 77 link
Nothing is more hurtful to Iblis [Satan] and his army than brothers in faith visiting each other for the sake of Allah.
al-Kafi, p. 188, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 975 link
O Allah verily I ask You for vitality, and I ask You for gracious vitality, and I ask You for the ability to thank You for vitality, and I ask You for thankfulness for having granted me the ability to thank You for vitality
al-Da`awat, p. 84, no. 211; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 978 link
Do not deem your petty sins as insignificant, for verily petty sins accumulate and become grave sins.
Amali al-Mufid, p. 157,no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 864 link
"I guarantee that one who leaves his house wearing a turban will remain safe from theft, drowning and burning (to death)."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 240 link
From the two of them, the one who initiated it, is more unjust, his sin includes the sin of abusing as well as the sin of the one who had cursed him in reply. But the oppressed one should not exceed the limit
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 253 link
Diet control is the fountainhead of remedies and the stomach is the house of all ailments, so condition your body while it can be conditioned.
Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 180, no. 2468; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 771 link
Diet control is not to avoid eating absolutely anything, rather diet control is to eat lightly
al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 291, no. 443; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 772 link
Im?m M?s? ibn Ja'far al-K??im (a.s.) said to Ali b. Yaqtin, 'Verily Allah, most High, has friends just like the friends of the oppressors, with the aid of whom He defends His friends, and you are one of them, O Ali.'
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 349, no. 56; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1026 link
Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) narrates from his father that Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said, "One who recites Qul huwallaahu ah'ad eleven times after Morning Prayer won't commit any sin on that day even if the Shaitaan wants him to."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 76 link
Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said, "Allah will resurrect on the Day of Judgment as a jurist and a scholar one who memorizes forty traditions as a part of a commandment of his religion."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 179 link
A person came to Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) asked him, "Are you returning from Hajj?" "Yes," he replied. Imam (a.s.) asked, "Do you know the reward of a Hajj pilgrim?" He replied, "May I be sacrificed for you, I don't know." Imam (a.s.) said, "Every pilgrim should enter Mecca for Hajj with extreme humility. When he enters Masjidul Haraam, he should take small steps out of the fear of Allah. He should perform circumambulation of the Holy Kaaba and offer two rakat Salaat. Allah, the Mighty and Sublime would note seventy thousand rewards for him, wipe his seventy thousand sins, increase his position seventy thousand levels, fulfill his seventy thousand wishes and grant him the reward of freeing seventy thousand slaves each costing ten thousand dirhams."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 80/81 link
Hajj is a Jihad for our weak Shias."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 81 link
"The smell of the mouth (breath) of a fasting person is dearer to Allah than the fragrance of musk."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 83 link
"Nuh (a.s.) boarded his ark on the first of Rajab and ordered his companions to fast on that day. He said that Hell goes away to a distance of one year from one who fasts on this day. One who fasts for seven days all the seven doors of Hell would be closed for him. One who fasts for eight days all eight doors of Paradise would be opened for him. One who fasts for fifteen days would have his problems solved. One who fasts for more than this Allah, the Mighty and Sublime would grant him a greater reward.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 84/85 link
"Rajab is a river of Paradise whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. One who observes one fast in the month of Rajab, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime would satisfy him with this river."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 85 link
Speak the truth even if it entails your own ruin, for verily your deliverance is therein and abandon falsehood even if it entails your deliverance, for truly therein is your ruin
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 408; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 960 link
Affection towards people is half of intellect
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 403; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 883 link
"One who fasts on the first day of Zilhajj Almighty Allah would note down the reward of the fasts of eighty months for him. If he observes fast for nine days Allah would note the reward of fasts of an age for him."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 110 link
The narrator asked Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.), "How can one gain the reward of fasting for a month?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "By observing fast for three days of every month because the Almighty Allah has said that one who does a good deed would get ten rewards for it. Hence observing fast for three days of a month is equal to fasting for an age."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 117 link
I urge you to supplicate, for verily supplication to Allah and seeking from Allah repels calamity which may have been destined and decreed with just the execution remaining, so if Allah is supplicated and is asked to avert a calamity, it is averted.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 470, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 903 link
It is he who is closest to you and yet harbours the most enmity towards you and he who provokes all your enemies against you, and he is Iblis [Satan].
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 399; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 816 link
The very first act of kindness of a man towards his son is to give him a good name, so keep good names for your children
al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 18, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 937 link
"One who recites a couplet regarding Imam Husain (a.s.), cries and makes ten persons cry they will get Paradise. One who recites a couplet regarding Imam Husain (a.s.), cries and makes nine persons cry they will get Paradise." He went on saying until he said, "One who recites a couplet regarding Imam Husain (a.s.) and cries or makes a crying face he would get Paradise."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 122 link
"One who does the Ziyarat of Imam Husain (a.s.) near River Euphrates knowing his right, honor and love its minimum reward is that all the sins, past and future, will be forgiven."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 123 link
The narrator asked Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.), "What do you say regarding the Ziyarat of Imam Husain (a.s.)?" Imam asked him, "What is your opinion regarding it?" He replied, "Some people say that its reward is equal to that of a Hajj and some say that it is equal to that of an Umrah." Imam said, "Its reward is equal to that of an accepted Umrah."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 124 link
Verily Allah is too High and too Exalted and too Great for the reality of His description to ever be possible, so describe Him as He Himself has described Himself, and desist from anything other than that
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 102, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 443 link
Ishaq bin Ammar Sairfi asked Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.), "Please tell me about those two persons. I have heard a lot of traditions about them from your father." "O Ishaq! The first one is like the calf and second like Samiri." Ishaq requested to tell some more things. Imam said, "I swear by Allah! Some men made people Jews, Christians and Magians and Allah will not forgive them." Ishaq requested the Imam to continue telling about them. Imam continued, "They are three in number. Allah will not have mercy on them. They will not be purified and will face a painful chastisement." Ishaq asked, "May I be sacrificed for you, who are they?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "First is one who claims to be an Imam appointed by someone other than Allah. Second is one who taunts an Imam appointed by Allah. Third is the person who thinks that they are related to Islam." Ishaq said, "May I be sacrificed for you, please narrate about them in detail." Imam (a.s.) replied, "Such a person will not hesitate to delete a clear verse of Quran or deny the prophethood of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) or testify that there is no lord in the heavens or elevate the status of a person more than Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.)." Ishaq said, "May I be sacrificed for you, please tell me something more." Imam (a.s.) said, "O Ishaq! There is a valley of Hell called Saqar. It hasn't taken a breath since the time Allah created it. If Allah had permitted it to take in the breath equal to the tip of a needle, it would have sucked all the people of earth with it and burnt them to ashes. The people of Hell seek refuge from its extreme heat, stink, filth and chastisement, which Allah has prepared for those who deserve Hell. There is a mountain inside it. All the residents of this mountain seek refuge from the extreme heat, stink, filth and chastisement of it, which Allah has prepared for them. Surely there is a ravine in this mountain. All the residents of this mountain seek refuge from the extreme heat, stink, filth and chastisement of this, which Allah has prepared for its residents. There is a well in that ravine and all the residents of this ravine seek refuge from the extreme heat, stink, filth and chastisement of this well, which is prepared by Allah for its residents. There is a serpent in that well. The residents of this well seek refuge from the filth, stink and poison of this serpent, which is made for the residents by Allah. There are seven boxes inside this serpent, out of which five are concerned with past Ummahs and two are related to this Ummah." Ishaq asked, "May I be sacrificed for you, who are those five among the past and two in the present?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "As far as the past five are concerned, they are Qabeel; for he murdered his brother Habeel, Nimrod for he fought with Ibrahim (a.s.) regarding the Lord and said that he gives life and death, Firon; for he said that he was the supreme lord to his subjects, Yahuda; for he made a group of people Jew and Paul, who made some people Christians and from this Ummah are the two desert Arabs (infidels)."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 272/273 link
There are three types of people who will be shaded by Allah's Throne on the Day when no shade will avail apart from it: the one who arranged the marriage of a fellow Muslim brother, or served him in some way, or concealed his Muslim brother's faults [from others].
al-Khisal, p. 141, no. 162; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 594 link
Verily the man of intellect never talks to one whom he fears will belie him, nor asks of one whom he fears will deny him, nor promises that which he is not able to fulfil, nor hopes for that which will dash his hopes, nor attempts to advance towards that which he fears he will be incapable of reaching.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 390; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 472 link
Verily the man of intellect contents himself with less worldly things when accompanied with wisdom, and does not content himself with less wisdom and more worldly things, and this is why their trade [of the transient for the permanent] profits them.
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 17, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 472 link
Be modest with Allah when in private just as you are modest with people in public
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 394; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 617 link
Man should not leave one day without perfuming himself, and if he is not able to do that, then he should perfume himself every other day, and if he cannot do that, then he should do so every Friday without fail
al-Kafi, v. 6, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 692 link
"The ablution of Maghrib compensates for the sins of a person committed during that day excluding the greater sins. The ablution of Morning Prayer compensates for the sins of a person committed during the previous night excluding the greater sins."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 45 link
"One who supplicates for believers, the Almighty Allah appoints an angel for each believer to supplicate for that person."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 211 link
One who goes into retreat [in order to achieve spiritual upliftment] and who does not attain piety in his heart as a result is not from among our Shi`aa.
Basa'ir al-Darajat, p. 247, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 845 link
Im?m M?s? ibn Ja'far al-K??im (a.s.) when he was asked who the contemptible person was, replied, 'The one who eats in the marketplaces.
Wasael al-Shi`aah, v. 16, p. 510, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 333 link
Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that Imam Husain (a.s.) said, "Allah created Musa bin Imran and talked to him on Mt. Sina and looked at the earth with mercy and created cornelian with the light of his face and said, 'I swear by Myself, I have made it obligatory on Myself that I will never punish with fire (of Hell) one who wears cornelian in his hand and is the lover of Ali (a.s.)."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 227 link
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