Islam
22 sayings
Islam is superior (to all things) and nothing will take precedence over it.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1067; Page No. 151 link
A Muslim is the brother of a fellow Muslim - he neither wrongs him nor insults him.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 745; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 488 link
A Muslim is the brother of a fellow Muslim - he neither betrays him nor lies to him nor deceives him.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 747; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 488 link
The Muslim is the mirror of a fellow Muslim.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 742; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 488 link
The foundation of Islam is love for me and love for my household.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 37631c; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 489 link
Islam is that you submit your heart [to Allah], and that all Muslims feels safe from your tongue and your hand.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 17; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 490 link
Islam excels and cannot be surpassed by anything else.
al-Faqih, v. 4, p. 334, no. 5719; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 487 link
He who performs good acts after having embraced Islam will not be punished for anything that he did in his pre-Islamic state, whilst he who continues to commit bad after having embraced Islam will be taken to account for everything from beginning to end.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 461, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 487 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
There is no distinction higher than Islam.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 371; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 487 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Verily this Islam is the religion of Allah, which He has chosen for Himself, which He has developed before His eyes, which He has preferred for the best of all His creatures, and whose pillars he has founded upon His love. He has abased other religions by honouring it and humiliated other creeds before its sublimity.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 198; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 487 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Amir al-Mu'minin Im?m 'Al? ibn Ab? T?lib (a.s.) in his description of Islam, said, 'It is the brightest of all paths, the clearest of all passages, with towering minarets, brightly lit highways and illuminating lamps.'
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 106; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 488 link
A Muslim is he whose hand and tongue people feel safe from, whilst a believer (mu'min) is he whom people trust with their belongings and their lives.
Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 239, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 488 link
Islam is naked, and its clothing is modesty, its adornment loyalty, its valour good deeds, and its pillars piety. Everything has a foundation, and the foundation of Islam is the love for us, the ahl al-bayt (the household of the Prophet).
al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 445, no. 1031; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 489 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Islam has seven fundamentals: the first is reason, on which perseverance is founded. The second is maintenance of one's honour and honest speech. The third is proper recitation of the Qur'an. The fourth is to love for the sake of Allah and to hate for the sake of Allah. The fifth is the right due to the household of the Prophet (SAWA) and their guardianship. The sixth is the right of one's fellow brothers and their protection. The seventh is close contact with people through fair means.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 196; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 489 link
Islam has been founded on five pillars: the establishment of prayer, the giving of the alms-tax, the fast of the month of Ramazan, the pilgrimage to the Sanctified House, and [the acknowledgment of] our guardianship, the ahl al-bayt.
Amali al-Mufid, p. 353, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 489 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
Verily Imama (divinely appointed leadership of the twelve Imams) is the ever-growing root of Islam as well as its lofty branch.
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 200,no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 489 link
He who wakes up in the morning unconcerned about the situations of fellow Muslims is not a Muslim.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 163, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 490 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Verily Islam is submission, and submission is conviction, and conviction is certification of something, and certification is attestation, and attestation of something is fulfilment of it, and fulfilment is the performance of required acts.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 125; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 490 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Repel treachery, for verily it repels Islam.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4742; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 490 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Whoever aids and abets wrongdoing towards a fellow Muslim is not a Muslim.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 922; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 490 link
answered some questions that a Syrian man had come to ask him, after which the latter said, 'I am a Muslim right now.' Imam said, 'No, rather you have faith right now, for Islam comes before faith [i.e. you were already a Muslim], and is the means by which people inherit each other and marry each other, whereas faith is the means by which they are rewarded.'
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 173, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 490 link
Islam is that through which life is spared, goods are entrusted, and women become lawful [through marriage], whereas faith is that which incurs reward.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 25, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 491 link
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