Faith
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Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Man will never taste the reality of faith until he possesses three qualities: understanding of religion, perseverance in calamities, and a good assessment of his income.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 85, no. 29; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 293 link
He whose greatest concern is fulfilling his own desires has the sweetness of faith wrested from his heart.
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 6, p. 116; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 294 link
It is prohibited for your hearts to experience the sweetness of faith until they abstain from this world [i.e. its pleasures].
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 128, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 294 link
The most basic level of infidelity is for a man to hear a fellow brother say something and memorize it for future use against him in order to shame him with it. Those are worthless people indeed.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 193, no. 11; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 294 link
The servant can come out of faith through five means, all resembling each other: infidelity, polytheism [i.e. associating anything with Allah], straying from the truth, immorality, and embarking on committing grave sins.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 330; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 294 link
Two traits can never be found at the same time in a believer: miserliness and pessimism about one's sustenance.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 172, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 295 link
Two traits can never be found at the same time in a believer: avarice and ill-naturedness.
Bihar al-Anwar, p. 173, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 295 link
The believer can be predisposed to any trait, but he cannot be predisposed to lying or treachery.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 55; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 295 link
Six things cannot be found in a believer: [a feeling of] hardship, anxiety, jealousy, disputatiousness, dishonesty, and aggression.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 377; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 295 link
Verily Allah, exalted be His praise, says: 'By My Might and Exaltedness, I have not created any creature more beloved to Me than My believing servant.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 158, no. 75; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 296 link
The believer is more sanctified than the Ka`ba.
al-Khisal, p. 27, no. 90; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 296 link
The similitude of the believers in their mutual love, affection and compassion for one another is as one body if a single limb ails then the rest of the body suffers in insomnia and fever.
Musnad Ibn Hanbal, v. 6, p. 379, no. 18408; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 296 link
Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustaf? (s.a.w.w.) said, describing the believer, '[He is] subtle in his movements, sweet to look at he seeks out the loftiest of matters, and has the most outstanding moral ethics he is not prejudiced against he whom he does not like, nor biased in favour of one he loves he is hardly a burden, and instead is very helpful he perfects his actions as if he is being watched, lowers his gaze, is liberal in his giving, and never turns away a beggar he considers his words carefully and guards his tongue he neither accepts falsehood from a friend, nor rejects the truth from an enemy he only learns in order that he might know, and he only seeks to know in order that he may act When he travels with worldly people, he is the smartest of them, and when he travels with the people of the Hereafter, he is the most pious from among them.'
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 67, p. 310, no. 45; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 298 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The believer is such that his joy is evident on his face whereas his sorrow is in his heart. His breast is at its widest [i.e. biggest heart] but his ego is at its lowest. He despises high rank and shuns reputation. His grief is long-lasting and his ambition is lofty. His silence is much and his time occupied. He is grateful, extremely patient, and immersed in deep thought. He is thrifty with his needs. He is good-natured and mild-tempered. His soul is firmer than steel whilst he [i.e. his ego] remains lower than a slave.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 69, p. 410, no. 127; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 299 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The believer is grateful in times of prosperity, patient during tribulation, and fearful in times of ease.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1743; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 299 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The believer is gullible and kind, secure from his own lower self, yet wary and distressed [on account of it].
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1901; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 299 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The believer is he who has purified his heart of all that is base.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1956; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 299 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The believer is he who protects his religion by putting his world at stake, whereas the impudent one is he who protects his worldly affairs by putting his religion at stake.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2160; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 299 link
The believer is silent in order that he remains safe, and speaks [only] in order to benefit.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 231, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 299 link
The believer is a great helper, and a very light burden. He is good at economising for his livelihood, and is never stung twice [i.e. never makes the same mistake again].
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 241, no. 38; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 300 link
Islam (submission to God) is an overt (phenomenon), but faith is (hidden) in heart.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1064; Page No. 150 link
Islam is based on the following five (pillars): bearing witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) is His Messenger, setting up prayer, paying the poor due, making pilgrimage to Mecca and keeping fast in the month of Ramadan.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1065; Page No. 150 link
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