Shaykh Muhammad ishtihardy’s book titled “Fascinating
Discourses of the Fourteen Infallible” was translated by Javed Iqbal Kizilbash
under Islamic Propagation Organization. Selected Ahadiths from Imam Ali (a.s.)
is reproduced below:
The one who recognizes himself has recognized his Allah. Indeed,
raised Muhammad (s.a.w.a.s.) upon righteousness so that he may move His
servants (out of) the state of adoration of servants towards His own adoration,
and the commitment of His slaves towards His own commitment and from the obedience
of His slaves towards His own obedience and from the guardianship of His
servants towards His own guardianship. The one who is pleased and satisfied
with the deed of a nation (group) is like the one who has shared with it. And
for all those entering a falsehood there are two sins; the sin of practice and
the sin of being pleased with it. Verily, ordering the good deed and stopping
from evil doings do neither draw the death closer nor decreases the sustenance.
Absolutely must never the good doer and evil doer be equal in your eyes, since
this becomes the reason of inclination of those performing virtuous deeds in their
performance of virtuous deeds and the encouragement of the evil doer upon doing
bad deeds.
Paradise is acquired by practice not by aspiration. The
person calling and inviting others without himself practicing is just like an
arrow man with a bow without a string. I recommend you five things for
obtaining it if you have to move around on the camel back even then it is
worthwhile.: Do not have hope in anyone except Allah, do not be afraid of
anything except your sins, if one of you is questioned about a thing which he
does not know, he must admit it, exercise patience and forbearance in every
work. People are of three categories; the Godly scholars, the students on the
way to salvation, and the silly and stupid ones who run after every call who
have not been illuminated by the light of knowledge. The world’s example is
that of a snake which is soft to touch but it has perilous poison. A servant
(of Allah) does not taste the faith till such time that he abandons telling lie
both seriously and as joke. The real jurisprudent is the one who does not
permit the people to commit sins and does not make the people disappointed with
the mercy of Allah and does neither make the people think safe from the plans
of Allah. What has the son of Adam got to do with pride (since) he begins as a
semen and ends as a corpse? The worth of all the men is in the virtuous deeds that
they perform. The person who corrects and rectifies his interior, Allah
rectifies his exterior. O, people, the most things regarding which I am afraid
are two things: The following of patience and desires and the longevity of
hopes and aspirations. Do not look at who speaks and look at what he speaks.
The one whose conversations and speech becomes large in quantity; his faults increase
in number. Your friends are three and your enemies are three. Your friends are
your friend and the friend of your friend and the enemy of your enemy. And your
enemies are your (own) enemy and the enemy of your friend and your friend of
your enemy. Do not be slave of another person since Allah made you a free
person. Indeed, persons do not identify the religion of Allah, instead, it is recognized
by the sign of Rights. Therefore, do identify the light to identify the people
of the right. The one who is pleased.
Source: al-islam.org/Fascinating Discourses of the Fourteen Infallible
by Shaykh Mohammad Ishtihardi
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