Believer
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A believer's departure from this (secular) world is like unto an infant's deliverance from his/her mother's womb, leaving darknessand distress towards the world's ease and expansion.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 35; Page No. 13 link
A believer's dignity lies in standing up to prayer at nights, and his greatness lies in needlessness from people.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 36; Page No. 14 link
A believer's dream is a servant's talk to his (her) Lord in sleep.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 37; Page No. 14 link
A believer's dream is one among the forty units comprising prophethood. It is tied to the leg of a bird as long as not revealed, but it will fall down if the reverse occurs. Thus, reveal not your dreams to anybody save the wise or intimate friends.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 38; Page No. 14 link
Hope and fear will not simultaneously befall a believer's heart unless God, the Greatest and the most Powerful, grants him/her hope and keeps him safe from fear.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 914; Page No. 129 link
How bad are the people among whom believers have to live with dissimulation and denial.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 921; Page No. 130 link
"One who among our lovers tries to help a believer but does not make full effort in his cause, has surely distrusted Allah, His Messenger and the believers." The narrator asked Imam what he meant by a believer. Imam (a.s.) replied, "A person who has faith in all Imams from Amirul Momineen (a.s.) to the last Imam (a.s.)."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 314 link
He is not a liar who makes peace between two persons through good words or attribution of something good to any one of them.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 867; Page No. 123 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
"One who benefits from a brother for the sake of Allah, Allah will permit him to benefit from a house in Paradise."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 198 link
It is narrated that Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) said that the Almighty Allah has said, "He has waged a war against Me that insults My believing servant. And he is safe from My anger that respects My believing servant."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 301 link
"Allah will forsake in this world and the hereafter one who forsakes a believer in spite of having the capacity to help him."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 301 link
"Surely Allah, the Mighty and Sublime has created the believers with the light of His greatness and the majesty of His supremacy. Hence, one who taunts him or turns a deaf ear to his words has rejected Allah on His throne. He will not get anything from Allah; he is only a partner of Shaitaan."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 301/302 link
"There is no man that taunts or insults a believer but that he will die the worst death desiring to return to this world to do good."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 302 link
"One who keeps away from a believer, the Almighty Allah will veil Paradise from him with seventy thousand walls, each at a distance of a thousand years from one another."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 302 link
"A believer making profit from another believer is like one who is taking usury."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 302 link
"I hate the person who gives more importance to a mortgaged thing than a Muslim brother."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 302 link
"One who has power over a thing belonging to him or to another person which a believer desires to have and if this person does not allow it to be given to the believer, the Almighty Allah will raise him on the Day of Judgment with a black face, blind and hands tied to the back of his neck. It will be said: 'This is that untrustworthy person who distrusted Allah and His Messenger (s.a.w.s.).' He will be ordered to be taken to the fire (of Hell)."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 302/303 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) told Yunus, "One who deprives a believer of his right, the Almighty Allah will make him stand on his feet for five hundred years on the Day of Judgment. He will sweat so much the earth will be filled it. A caller will call out: this is that unjust person who deprived the believer of his right. He will continuously receive punishment for forty years, then he will be ordered to be taken to the fire (of Hell)."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 303 link
"One who withholds the wealth of a believer which he needed, by Allah, he will never taste the food of Paradise nor will he be able to taste the sealed drink of Paradise."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 303 link
"One who blames a believing man or woman falsely, the Almighty Allah will count him among 'Teenat-e-Khabaal' on the Day of judgment." The narrator asked the meaning of 'Teenat-e-Khabaal'. Imam answered, "The dirty liquid coming out of the private parts of a fornicator woman."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 303 link
Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Abusing a believer, doing hypocrisy and killing him is disbelief. And eating his flesh (Backbiting) is disobedience of Allah."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 303 link
"One who repeats the words of a believer with an intention to expose him, insult his personality or reduce his respect among the people, Allah will take away His guardianship and make Shaitaan as his guardian."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 304 link
One who has a house and if a believer desires to live in that house but the former does not allow him, the Almighty Allah says, "O My angels! This man is acting miserly in giving shelter to My servant in this world. I swear by My honor, he will never receive a place in My Paradise."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 304 link
Abi Burda relates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) offered Salaat with them. Then he got up immediately, touched the wall of the mosque and loudly said, "O those who have accepted faith apparently but the faith has not reached their hearts! Do not expose the defects of the believers. One who tries to find the faults of a believer, Allah brings out faults in him. If Allah brings out faults in a person, he will be disgraced even if he is inside the Holy Kaaba."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 304 link
A community had committed a number of sins. However they stopped committing them after a period and began to fear those sins a lot. Some people came forward and said, "Your sins are around our necks." The Almighty Allah sent chastisement on them and said: "Those people used to fear Me and you tried to be haughty."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 305 link
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 link
"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 link
"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 link
"One who offers food to a hungry believer, the Almighty Allah will give him fruits of Paradise to eat. One who offers water to a thirsty believer the Almighty Allah will satisfy him with the drinks of Paradise. One who offers clothes to a believer the Almighty Allah will dress him in Green Dress."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 181 link
"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 link
"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 link
"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 link
A believer to a believer is like unto a firm building, parts of which fortifying one another.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 28; Page No. 13 link
Damned is the one who bothers a believer or plots against him.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 430; Page No. 65 link
Believers are from the point of feelings, friendship and compassion like unto the organs of one single body, which at rest cannot remain when one of them suffers pain.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 320; Page No. 50 link
Believers are lenient and gentle, just like camels, which move if pulled ahead and lie down on a piece of stone if made to do so.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 321; Page No. 50 link
Believers are like unto body organs in their friendship and kindness.When one suffers pain, others uneasy remain.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 322; Page No. 51 link
Believers are mirrors for and brothers of one another, covertly guarding each other.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 323; Page No. 51 link
Believers will not be satiated with hearing the good till they join Paradise.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 324; Page No. 51 link
Believing in predestination makes griefs and sorrows fade away.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 325; Page No. 51 link
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