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In the Name of Allah who Beneficent & Merciful
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Imam Reza(A.S.) Short Wise Sayings
The following group of short wise sayings has been reported from Imam al-Reza, peace be on him:
1. He, peace be on him, said: "People's hearts are sometimes coming towards you, sometimes keeping away from you; sometimes they are active, sometimes they are relaxed. If they come along, they will achieve wisdom understanding, and if they stay away, they will be exhausted and worn out; so, take them when they come to you and when they are active, and shun them when they stay away or are relaxed. "
2. He, peace be on him, said: "Accompany with caution the person who has authority over you; be humble when in the company of a friend; stay alert when facing an enemy, and mingle with the public with a smile on your face."
3. He, peace be on him, said: "Postponement is detrimental of the fulfillment of desires. Fulfillment is the gain of the strict. Wastefulness is the calamity of one who can afford it. Miserliness tears up honor. Passion invites trouble. The best and most honorable of virtues is to do others favors, to aid the one who calls for helps, to bring the hope of the hopeful to reality, not to disappoint the optimist, to have an ever increase of the number of friends when you are alive, and the number of those who will cry when you die. "
4. He, peace be on him, said: "Only the believer who takes admonishment can enjoin the good and forbid the evil. As for the possessor of whip and sword, he cannot. "
5. He, peace be on him, said: "He who opposes an unjust ruler and an affliction from him befalls him will not rewarded for it nor will be provided with patience during it."
6. He, peace be on him, said: "When two groups (of people) meet (in battlefield), Allah helps the greater in pardoning. "
7. He, peace be on him, said: "Man's walking behind a man is a trial for the followed and abasement for the follower. "
8. He, peace be on him, said: "One who is blessed with plenty must spend generously on his family. "
9. He, peace be on him, said: "Showing love toward men is the half of reason.
10. He, peace be on him, said: "The rank of the eldest brother is like that of father. "
11. He, peace be on him, said: "Among the habits of Prophets is cleanliness. "
12. He, peace be on him, said: "The trustworthy do not betray you but you trust the traitor. "
13. He, peace be on him, said: "Every curiosity is in need of the curiosity of speech. "
14. He, peace be on him, said: ""Surely Allah detests idle talk, wasting money, and excessive questioning. "
15. The Imam, peace be on him, was questioned about the lowly and he said: "Anyone who has something to distract him from Allah. "
16. He, peace be on him, said: "Among the practices (of the Prophet) is giving food during marriage."
17. He, peace be on him, said: "The generous one eats from the food of men, that they may eat from his food.
18. He, peace be on him, said: "We, the members of the House (ahl al-Bayt), think that our promise is a debt against us, as Allah's Messenger, may Allah bless him and his family, did."
19. He, peace be on him, said: "Time will come when one's
safety lies in ten things nine of which are in staying aloof from men, and the tenth in staying silent."
20. He, peace be on him, said: "Assisting the weak is better for you than your act of charity. "
21. He, peace be on him, said to Abu Hashim, Dawud b. al-Qasim al-Ja'fari: "We have a right against you through Allah's Messenger, may Allah bless him and his family, and you have a right against us. He who knows our right (against him), his right is incumbent (upon us). He who does not know our right (against him) has no right (against us). "
22. He, peace be on him, said: "The miser one is never restful; the envious is never pleased; the grumbling is never loyal; the liar has no conscience. "
23. He, peace be on him, said: "If you mention someone who is present, then call him with his own kunya (
i.e. the father of someone, usually his eldest son). When he is absent, then mention his full name. "
24. He, peace be on him, said: "The believer is the brother of a believer (on the side of) his father and mother. Cursed, cursed is he who accuses his brother! Cursed, cursed is he who cheats his brother! Cursed, cursed is he who does not counsel his brother! Cursed, cursed is he who veiled himself from his brother! Cursed, cursed is he who backbites his brother! "
25. He, peace be on him, said: "He who benefits a brother in Allah will make use of a house in the Garden."
26. He, peace be on him, said: "When the believer does a good deed, he becomes happy. When he does an evil deed, he asks Allah'
forgiveness. The Muslim is he from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe. To us does not belong he from whose calamities his neighbors are not safe."
27. A man said to him, peace be on him, said: "Ask for me from your Lord: good reverential fear, knowledge of the rights of brothers, and putting into effect what I know of that." Al-Rida`, peace be on him, said: "Allah has given that to you, for you have asked the excellent outward and inward qualities of the righteous. "
28. He, peace be on him, said: "Do not give to your brother of your own soul that whose harm against you is more than its profit for them. "
29. He, peace be on him, said: "He who gives relief to a believer, Allah will give him relief on the Day of Resurrection. "
30. He, peace be on him, said: "Wealth is not accumulated except by five qualities: extreme miserliness, a drawn out expectation, an overwhelming care, a boycott of the relatives, and a preference of this life over the life to come. "
31. He, peace be on him, said: "If one saves the food of his year, his back is light, and he finds rest. "
32. He, peace be on him, said: "He whose good qualities are many is praised by them and is in no need of praise through mentioning them."
33. He, peace be on him, said: "He who seeks the affair through its (proper) way does not slip. If he slips, stratagems do not abandon him."
34. He, peace be on him, said: "Beware of one who wants to offer you advice by speaking behind others' back; he does not recognize how bad his own end shall be."
35. He, peace be on him, said: "Poverty is the key to misery."
36. He, peace be on him, said: "Do not pay attention to the view of someone who does not follow your advice for his own good."
37. He, peace be on him, said to al-Hasan b. Sahl regarding his condolence: "To congratulate one for a reward in store for him is better than to console him on a swift calamity."
38. He, peace be on him, said: "Surely, renouncing AbuMu`sa` al-Ash'ary is an act of pure Islam."
39. He, peace be on him, said: "The mobs were the killers of the prophets."
40. He, peace be on him, said: "Small sins are paths to great ones."
41. He, peace be on him, said: "He who does not fear Allah regarding little does not fear him regarding much."
The Life of Imam Ali bin Musa al-Reza(A.S.)
by Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi
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One of the famous saying of Imam Ali Al-Riza is,
"This world is a prison for a Momin and a paradise for the unbeliever." This means that a true believer always aspires to leave this prison of his body and his Nafs and Ruh wants to get away to the nearness of God, but those who do not believe have nothing further than their mortal lives and they aspire to make it a paradise. But in the process they create their own hell on earth for their aspirations are never ending desires for accumulating material wealth.
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