Hope
6 sayings
If there were no hope, no mother would milk her child, and nobody would plant a tree.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1014; Page No. 143 link
Be hopeless of what people possess.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 280; Page No. 45 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Every hopeful person continues seeking, and every fearful one runs away.
Amali al-Mufid, p. 207, no. 38; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 411 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Do not be of those who hope for [bliss in] the life of the Hereafter without action, and delay repentance by having high expectations [of being forgiven], and who utter words like the ascetics with regard to this world, though in practice they behave like those who covet it.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 150; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 411 link
Someone came to Imam al-Sadiq (AS) and told him that there was a group of people who were disobeying Allah, but at the same time they were saying that they hoped [in His mercy], and remained thus until death overtook them. Imam (AS) said, 'These are people who swing back and forth between their desires. They are lying and are not really hopeful, for the one who hopes for something seeks it, and the one who fears something flees from it.'
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 68, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 411 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Place all your hope in Allah, glory be to Him, and do not hope from anyone else apart from Him, for no sooner does anyone place his hope in anyone other than Allah than he fails.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2511; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 411 link
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