Honor
18 sayings
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Anyone honored by other than Allah is actually disgraced.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 10, no. 67; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 408 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Know that the one who does not abase himself in front of Allah has no honor, and that the one who does not humble himself before Allah has no elevation.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 366; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 408 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
There is no honor like clemency.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 113; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 408 link
Obedience to the [divinely appointed] authorities of command is a completion of one's Honor.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 283; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 408 link
Honor is to submit oneself to the truth when it comes to you.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 228, no. 105; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 408 link
It is narrated in Bihar al-Anwar: Allah, most High, revealed to Prophet David (AS) said, 'O David, verily I have placed Honor in My obedience whilst they seek it in servitude to the ruler and do not find it therefore.'
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 453, no. 21; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 408 link
Luqman Al Hakeem (a.s.) said to his son, exhorting him, 'If you want to attract Honor in this world, then cut off your greed of drawing advantage from what other people have in their possession; for verily the prophets and the veracious ones achieved what they did by cutting off their greed.'
Qasas al-Anbiya' li al-Rawandi, p. 195, p. 244; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 409 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
There is no Honor higher than piety.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 371; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 409 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
My God, it is Honor enough for me that I am Your servant, and it is a source of pride for me that You are my Lord.
al-Khisal, p. 420, no. 14; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 409 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Know that verily the one who treats people fairly in spite of himself is only increased by Allah in Honor.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 144, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 409 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Be content and you will attain Honor.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 53, no. 90; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 409 link
Giving up all hope of benefit from what people possess is an Honor for a believer in his religion.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 149, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 409 link
There are three things through which Allah only increases the Muslim in Honor: his pardon of one who has wronged him, his giving one who has deprived him, and his reconciliation with one who has cut him off.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 109, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 409 link
He who wishes for Honor without noble lineage, wealth without riches and dignity without rulership should remove himself from the disgrace of Allah's disobedience to the Honor of His obedience.
al-Khisal, p. 169, no. 222; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 410 link
Every single servant who swallows his anger is increased in Honor by Allah, Mighty and Exalted, in this world and in the Hereafter.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 110, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 410 link
No sooner does an Honorable man abandon the truth than he is abased, and no sooner does a disgraced man adopt it than he is Honored.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 374, no. 24; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 410 link
Seek for everlasting Honor through killing greed.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 286; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 410 link
The modesty in one's reservation preserves one's Honor longer than the intimacy of encounter [when interacting with people].
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74, p. 180, p. 28; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 410 link
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