Good
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Goodness accompanies your noblemen.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 826; Page No. 118 link
Goodness does not lie in finery and brilliant bearing, but in peace and solemnity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 827; Page No. 118 link
Goodness goes round in the hands of a hundred men, with the last one being rewarded as the first.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 828; Page No. 118 link
Goodness has many forms to do, but good doers are few.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 829; Page No. 118 link
Goodness is a door of heaven, blocking bad deaths.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 830; Page No. 118 link
Goodness is that in which your heart and soul find rest, and badness is that which is carved in your soul and which passes through your chest, even if all scholars give you an opposite opinion?
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 832; Page No. 118 link
Goodness is worshipping God in such a way as if you saw Him, for if you see Him not, He surely sees you.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 833; Page No. 118 link
When Allah wants good for a community, He increases their scholars and decreases their ignorant ones, so when the scholar speaks, he finds supporters, but when the ignorant one speaks, he is defeated.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28692; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 355 link
The one who guides towards good is just as its doer.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16052; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 359 link
When Allah wants good for a servant, He censures him in his dreams.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30765; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 354 link
When Allah wants good for a servant, He sweetens his affairs', at which he was asked, 'How does He sweeten affairs?' The Prophet (SAWA) replied, 'He opens the way for him to do righteous deeds before his death and causes him to die in the state of doing good.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30763; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 355 link
The one who sows good is bound to reap good.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 76, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 351 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The one who plants the tree of goodness will reap the sweetest fruit.
Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 6442; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 351 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
A good action is an ever-remaining store and a pure yield.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6545; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 351 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The one who does good will be the first to reap its result.
Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 8177; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 351 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
A good action is easier [to do] than a bad one.
Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 1199; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 351 link
All of goodness lies in the awe of Allah.
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 122; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 352 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Three things sum up all of goodness: bestowing of favours, maintaining covenants and pacts, and strengthening blood-kinship.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4675; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 352 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
All of goodness is contained in those actions which remain, and in contempt for all that is transient.
Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 4735; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 352 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
All of goodness is in friendship for the sake of Allah, enmity for the sake of Allah, love for the sake of Allah and hate for the sake of Allah.
Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 4781; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 352 link
I saw goodness in its entirety was summed up in cutting off one's greed for other people's possessions.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 171, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 352 link
Goodness in its entirety is man's guarding over himself.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 278; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 352 link
Verily Allah loves those good actions which are hastened towards.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 142, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 356 link
There are four things which when given to someone, they have indeed been given the good of this world and the Hereafter: a persevering body, a remembering tongue, a thankful heart and a righteous wife.
Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 2, p. 414, no. 2338; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 353 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The good of this world and the Hereafter has been brought together in the concealing of secrets and the befriending of good people.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74, p. 178, no. 17; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 353 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
There are three things which if one possesses, they have been endowed with the good of this world and the Hereafter. They are: contentment with [Allah's] decree, patience in the face of tribulation, and thankfulness in times of ease.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4670; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 353 link
The best matters are those of the middle way.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 292, no. 16; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 357 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Allah glory be to Him - does not give His servant any good of this world or the Hereafter except as a result of his good nature and good intention.
Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 9670; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 353 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
There are four things which when given to someone, they have indeed been given the good of this world and the Hereafter: truthful speech, fulfilment of trust, restraint in [filling] one's stomach, and a good nature.
Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 2142; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 353 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Goodness does not lie in the increase of your wealth and of your progeny, rather goodness lies in the increase of your knowledge, and the heightening of your clemency, and in your vying with other people in the worship of Allah. If you do good then you should praise Allah, but if you commit evil then seek forgiveness from Allah.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 94; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 354 link
Absolute goodness that is untainted with evil is being thankful for bounties and having patience in calamity.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 234; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 354 link
When Allah wants good for a servant, He makes him proficient in the knowledge of religion, induces him to abstain from the world and gives him insight into his own faults.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 80, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 354 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
When Allah wants good for a servant, He inspires him with contentment and gives him a righteous spouse.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4115; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 355 link
Verily when Allah wants good for a servant, He marks his heart with a white spot so that his heart is occupied with seeking the truth, then He is faster at fulfilling your needs than a bird flying to its nest.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 292, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 355 link
Verily when Allah Blessed and most High wants a community to remain and thrive, He endows them with aspiration and chastity.
al-Durr al-Manthur, v. 3, p. 270; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 355 link
When Allah wants good for a household, He makes them proficient in the knowledge of religion, He causes the younger ones from among them to revere the elders, He bestows them with moderation in their livelihood and with economy in their spending, He gives them insight into their faults, thus causing them to repent, and when He wants other than that [i.e. good for them] then He leaves them unattended.
Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 356 link
He for whom a door of goodness is opened must seize the opportunity for verily he does not know when it will close.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 165, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 356 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Rush to undertake good actions before you are preoccupied with other things.
al-Khisal, p. 620, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 356 link
My father used to say, 'When you intend to do a good thing, then hasten to undertake it for you do not know what will happen.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 142, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 356 link
The best of matters are the religious obligations and the worst of them are the innovations.
al-Ikhtisas, p. 342; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 356 link
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