Imam Musa Ibn Jafar (Al-Kadhim) [a]
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The narrator went to visit Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) and saw a turquoise ring in his hand inscribed with: Allaahul Malik. He went on seeing that ring continuously. Imam (a.s.) asked, "Why are you looking at this stone like this? Jibraeel had brought this stone for the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) from Paradise as a gift. It was given to Ali (a.s.) by him. Do you know what its name is?" He replied, "It is turquoise." Imam said, "That is the Persian name. Do you know its name in Arabic?" "No," he replied. Imam said, "It is Zafar."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 228 link
It is narrated from Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) who read out from a book: "There are lots of comforts for a person wearing the Emerald ring and there is no hardship for him." The narrator wrote down these words of Imam (a.s.).
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 228 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said, "The forehead of every person from the progeny of Adam is in the hands of an angel. When he says Takbir, the angel bends his forehead down and tells him: Do so with humility otherwise Allah will disgrace you. If he remains humble he holds his head straight up and says: Keep your head up. There is a lot of honor for you near Allah and you won't be disgraced due to your humility."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 229 link
The initiator is the more unjust and bears his own sin as well as the sin of his opponent as long as the latter does not retort.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 412; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 463 link
Whenever two people insult each other, the more superior of the two sinks to the level of the more inferior one.
A`alam al-Din, p. 305; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 464 link
"One who domesticates a horse having white forehead or a part white for the sake of Allah, his house will not have poverty as long as the horse is present in it. He will not face any difficulty as long as this horse is with him." It is also narrated that Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) said, "One who keeps a horse to scare or destroy an enemy, gets help as long as the horse is with him and his house will not have poverty."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 244/245 link
Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said,"One who says Bismillaah before mounting an animal, an angel sits behind that person and protects him till he gets down from that animal. However if he does not say Bismillaah, the Satan sits behind him and asks him to sing. If he says that he does know how to sing he asks him to make a wish. Now the person continuously goes on wishing for something or the other till he gets down. One who recites: Bismillaahi wa laa h'aula wa laa quwwata illaa billaahil h'amdu lillaahilladhee hadaanaa lihaadhaa wa sub-h'aanalladhee sakhkhara lanaa haadhaa wa maa kunnaa lahu muqrineen, he and his mount reach the destination safely."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 245 link
A man said, 'I complained to Ab al- asan M s [al-K im] (AS) about a son of mine. He said, 'Do not beat him, but rather ignore him [i.e.depriving him of your company], but not for too long.'
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 104, p. 99, no. 74; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 371 link
Allocate for yourselves a portion of the world by taking from it that which is lawful of what you desire, and that which does not breach the honourable virtues and that wherein there is no extravagance. And in this way, use it to assist [and improve] the matters of religion, for it has been narrated that, 'The one who abandons their worldly affairs for their religion is not from us, and neither is the one who abandons their religion for their worldly affairs.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 321, no. 18; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1008 link
The parable of this world is like that of a snake, it is soft to touch but it contains a deadly poison. Men of intellect are cautious whereas children extend their arms towards it.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 311, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1009 link
The parable of this world is that of sea water, however much the thirsty man drinks from it, his thirst intensifies until it kills him.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 396; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1009 link
The world was embodied to Jesus (AS) in the form of a blue-eyed woman, and he said to her, 'How many have you married?' she said, 'Lots', so he asked, 'So all of them divorced you?', she replied, 'No, rather I killed all of them', then Jesus (AS) said, 'Woe upon your current spouses, for how do they not take a lesson from your previous ones?!
Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1009 link
Luqman(a.s.) said to his son: the world is a deep ocean in which many worlds have already drowned, so make Godwariness your boat, faith its content, trust in Allah its sail, reason its custodian, knowledge its guide and patience its inhabitants.
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 16, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1011 link
At a time when injustice is more prevalent than good, it is not permitted for anyone to entertain good opinions about another unless he knows him to be such.
al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 298, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 215 link
The sacred war (jihad) of a woman is to be of excellent service to her husband.
al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 507, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 599 link
If times of death were revealed, expectations would be debunked.
A`alam al-Din, p. 305; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 276 link
Combat your self to avert it against its desires, for this as incumbent upon you as fighting your enemy.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 399; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 378 link
Im?m M?s? ibn Ja'far al-K??im (a.s.) said to Hashim, exhorting him, 'You must beware of greed, and despair of acquiring anything in the possession of others. Suppress the greed in others for verily greed is the key to disgrace, it exploits the intellect, fabricates valorous qualities for itself, tarnishes one's reputation, and does away with one's knowledge.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 315, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 382 link
It is recommended to discipline a boy in his childhood in order that he be clement as an adult.
al-Faqih, v. 3, p. 493, no. 4748; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 186 link
You will not be believers until you consider the ordeal as a bounty and ease as an affliction, for patience during an ordeal is greater than oblivion during ease
Jami`a al-Akhbar, p. 313, no. 870; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 658 link
A believer is like the two sides of a balance: the more faith he has the more ordeal he sustains, so that he meets Allah, the Exalted, without any sins
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 67, p. 243, no. 82; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 661 link
The Prophet (SAWA) used to visit the people of the ledge [of the mosque], who were his guests and had migrated to Medina without their families and belongings. The Prophet (SAWA) had lodged them on the ledges of the Mosque. They were four hundred men, and he greeted them every morning and every night. One day he came to them while some of them were mending their sandals, some were patching their garments, and some were cleaning their heads from lice. The Prophet (SAWA) used to provide them with half a bushel of dates every day.
Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 12, p. 56, no. 13499; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 740 link
Verily things come into being solely by His will and His wish; without the need for speech, alternation of breath or utterance with the tongue.
al-Tawhid, p. 100, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 453 link
Sins cannot be other than one of three cases: either they originate from Allah which they do not and in this case it would not be proper for the Lord to punish His servant for what he has not committed; or that they originate from Him and the servant together which they do not and in this case it would not be proper for the strong partner to wrong the weak partner; or that they originate from the servant which they do and in this case, if Allah forgives, it is due to His kindness and liberality, or if He punishes, it is as a result of the sin and crime of the servant
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 323, no. 23; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 728 link
Allah did not prohibit alcohol because of its name, rather He prohibited it due to its effects, so whatever produces the same effects as alcohol is [treated as] alcohol.
al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 412, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 93 link
Going to the bathhouse every alternate day causes weight gain, and going every day causes the fat around the kidneys to melt away.
Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 1, p. 126, no. 303; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 140 link
Allah is Omnipresent without any external source of life rather He lives through Himself.'
al-Tawhid, p. 142, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 448 link
The knowledge of Allah cannot be defined by where, nor can Allah's knowledge be described by how. Allah's knowledge cannot be separated from Him, nor can Allah be distinguished from it, and there is no barrier between Allah and His knowledge.
al-Tawhid, p. 138, no. 16; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 450 link
Im?m M?s? ibn Ja'far al-K??im (a.s.) when asked about the grave sins and whether they expel one from faith?', replied, 'Yes.' [And when asked about other than grave sins], said, 'The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'An adulterer would never commit adultery whilst still a believer and a thief would never steal whilst still a believer.'
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 69, p. 63, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 287 link
One who seeks to gain sustenance for himself and his family in a lawful manner is as the one who fights in the way of Allah. But if he is unable to do so he may incur debt, trusting in Allah and His Prophet, in order to ensure provisions for his family.'
al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 93, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 239 link
A good turn done to a fellow believer is not considered complete until accompanied by three things: underestimation of the act, concealing it, and hastening its completion. He who underestimates his good turn to a fellow believer has esteemed his brother highly indeed, whereas he who esteems his good turn to be great has deemed his brother to be insignificant. He who conceals the good turn that he has done has honored his action, and he who hastens to fulfill his promise takes pleasure in the gift too.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 403; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 203 link
Verily Allah has fixed the alms-tax as a provision for the poor and a proliferation of your wealth.
al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 498, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 98 link
The [spiritually] weak person is one whom the divine proof has not reached, and who would not be able to differentiate [even if it did reach him]. If he is able to differentiate [between truth and falsehood] therefore, then he is not considered weak
al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 125, no. 95; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 68 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-Ikhtisas, p. 26; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 69 link
Im?m M?s? ibn Ja'far al-K??im (a.s.), when asked about whether owning ten shirts was considered a waste, replied, 'No, and in fact that is more conducive to longer wear of your clothes. Waste is when you wear your formal finery to unclean places [as casual wear].
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 317, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 987 link
Allah will not retain anybody in the Fire permanently except the people of disbelief, denial, error and polytheism. And whoever shuns the grave sins from among the believers will not be asked about the minor ones.
al-Tawhid, p. 407, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 403 link
Your assistance of the weak is one of the best forms of charity.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 414; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 179 link
Do not give away of yourself to your brothers so much that the loss incurred by you supercedes the benefit to them.
al-Kafi, v. 4, p. 33, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 181 link
Verily Allah, most High, hates the servant who sleeps much; verily Allah, most High, hates the idle servant.
al-Faqih, v. 3, p. 169, no. 3635; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 420 link
Washing head with Khatmi is the best way to increase one's earnings.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 48 link
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