Sitting And Assembly
20 sayings
Stay long in the gardens of Heaven.' They asked, 'O Messenger of Allah! What are the gardens of Heaven?' He said, 'Gatherings where Allah is remembered [dhikr sessions].
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 163, no. 42; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 875 link
Assemblies are of three kinds: profitable, safe, and blameworthy. The profitable one is that wherein Allah, the Exalted, is remembered; the safe one is that which is silent; and the blameworthy one is the one that engages in vice
Nuzhat al-Nadhir, p. 20, no. 49; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 876 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
[You must] attend dhikr sessions
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 465, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 876 link
Im?m Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-S?diq (a.s.) asked Fudhayl, 'Do you sit together and teach the Hadith?' He said, 'Yes, may I be your ransom.' He said, 'These are the assemblies which I love. O Fudhayl! Keep our cause alive. May Allah bestow mercy on whoever keeps our cause alive. Whoever remembers us or we are remembered in his presence and sheds a tear as small as a fly's wing, Allah will forgive his sins, even if they are more than the foam of the sea.
Qurb al-Isnad, p. 36, no. 117; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 876 link
The expiation (kaffara) for sitting in assemblies is to say, 'Glory be to You, O Allah, and Praise be to You; there is no God but You. O Lord! Forgive me and accept my repentance.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 467, no. 17; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 876 link
The Prophet (SAWA) did not leave an assembly, no matter how insignificant, without seeking forgiveness from Allah, the Exalted, twenty-five times
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 504, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 876 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Do not sit at a table on which wine is served, for a man does not know when he is overcome
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 10, p. 98, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 874 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Never sit in the [middle of the] roads.
Amali al-Tusi, p. 8, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 874 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who believes in Allah and the Last Day must not sit in a suspicious place
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 378, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 874 link
Certainly He has sent down to you in the Book that when you hear Allah's signs being disbelieved and derided, do not sit with them until they engage in some other discourse", said, 'It means that [when you hear] someone denying the truth and rejecting it and speaking ill about the Imams, you should stand up and leave him and never sit with him again no matter who he might be.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 377, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 875 link
A believer must not sit in a place where Allah is disobeyed if he is unable to make a change
al-Kafi,v.2, p. 374, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 875 link
Assemblies are about trust, and exposing your brother's secret [therein] is betrayal. Therefore avoid that, and avoid the tribal assembly.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 89, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 875 link
There is an honour for everything, and the most honoured seating is the one that faces the Qibla (the direction of Makkah).
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 469, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 873 link
The Prophet (SAWA) used to sit facing the Qibla most of the time.
Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 1, p. 66, no. 72; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 873 link
Do not be obscene in the way you sit lest people avoid you for your bad behavior; and do not speak privately with a man when you are with another.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 84, p. 354, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 873 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He was never seen stretching his leg out towards someone sitting with him.
Bihar al-Anwar, v.84, p. 16, no. 236; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 873 link
When one of you enters his brother's place, he must sit wherever his host asks him to, because the owner of a house knows its private spots better than a visitor to it
Qurb al-Isnad, p. 69, no. 222; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 873 link
Whenever the Prophet (SAWA) entered a place, he used to sit in the closest spot from the entrance
Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 1, p. 66, no. 71; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 873 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
None but a man possessing three virtues is worthy of sitting in the main seat in an assembly: he who answers when asked, speaks when others are not able to, and provides the counsel which is best for his people. He who does not possess any of these and sits there is certainly a fool.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 304, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 874 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Do not hasten to occupy the highest spot in the assembly, for a seat which you are promoted to is better than one you are demoted to
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10283; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 874 link
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