1.
“Blessed are those who have
performed minor struggle, and have yet to perform the major one.” When asked
what the major struggle is, the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) said: “The
struggle of the self.”
2.
The Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “Ostentation (Riya) in any form amounts to Shirk
(Polytheism); verily, one who works for the people, his reward lies with
them, and one who works for Allah, his reward lies with Him.”
3.
The Infallible Imam
Abul-Hasan (a.s.) said: “Ujb (Self-conceit, vanity) that vitiates the quality
of human deeds. There are several levels of Ujb, one of them is when one’s
bad qualities appear to him as good. Another level is when a man believes in
Allah and thinks that he has done a favor to Allah.”
4.
The Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “Kibr (Pride) is the lowest degree of Ilhad
(Apostasy).”
5.
The Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “Allah addressing Prophet Musa (a.s.) said”O Son of
Imran, never be envious (Hasad) of people concerning the favors I have
conferred on them, and do not succumb to your (envious) self. Indeed the
envious man is indignant at the bestowal of My favor, and contests My
apportioning of gifts among My creatures. Whosoever is such, he neither belongs to
Me nor do I belong to him.”
6.
The Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “One who passes his evenings and mornings in such a
way that the world be his biggest concern, Allah ordains poverty between his
two eyes and He causes his affairs to be disjointed and dissipated, while he
does not attain anything except what has been apportioned for him. And as for
one who passes his evenings and mornings while his biggest concern and goal be
the Hereafter, Allah puts contentment in his heart and gives a wholesome and
unity to his affairs.”
7.
The Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “Anger is the key (that opens the door) to all kinds
of vices.”
8.
The Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.) said that the Prophet said: “Whoever possesses in his heart
prejudice or assabiyah (prejudice in any of its forms such as tribalism, racism,
nationalism) even to the extent of a mustard seed, Allah will raise him on the
Day of Resurrection with the (pagan) Bedouins of the Jahiliyyah.”
9.
The Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “One who meets with the Muslims with double face and a
double tongue, on the Day of Judgment he will come with two tongues of fire.
10.
The Infallible
Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (a.s.) said: “I am apprehensive for you
on account of two things: submission to desire and cherishing of inordinate
hope. As to desire, it prevents one from haqq (Truth, Righteousness and Allah);
and as to inordinate hope, it makes man oblivious of Hereafter.”
11.
The Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.) was asked about Allah’s word: Allah’s creation (fitrah) upon
which He created mankind. The Imam said: “He originated mankind on Tawheed.”
12.
The Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.) said that the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (a.s.) used to
say: “Arouse your heart to contemplation; keep your side clear off the
night; and be heedful towards your Lord.”
13.
The Infallible Abul
Hasan al-Awwal (a.s.) was asked about the Ayah: “And whoever puts his trust in
Allah, then Allah suffices him (65:3). The Imam (a.s.) said: “There are
various degrees of trust in Allah. Of them one is that you should put trust in Allah
in all your affairs, being well-pleased with whatever Allah does to you,
knowing for certain that He does not cease in His goodness and grace towards
you, and that the command therein rests with Him. So put your trust in Allah,
leaving that to Him and relying upon Him in regard to that and everything other
than that.
14.
The Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.) replied to a question about “the testament of Luqman” to his
son, he (a.s.) said: “Have such a fear of Allah that were you to come to Him
with the virtues of the two worlds, He would still chastise you, and put such a
hope in Allah that were you to come to Him with the sins of the two worlds, He
would still have compassion for you.”
Source: Condensed from “An Exposition of
Forty Hadith” by Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini (r.a.) translated by Ali Quli Qara’I
& Mahliqa Qara’i
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