Fascinating Discourses of the Fourteen Infallibles (a. s) Chapter2

Fascinating Discourses of the Fourteen Infallibles (a. s)

Chapter2

The Eighth Infallible: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) and his forty discourses 

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Eighth Infallible the Sixth Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) 

Name: Jafer 

Title: Sadiq 

Subtitle: Abu Abdullah 

Father: Imam Mohammed Baqir (as) 

Mother: Omme Farwah Bint Qasim bin Mohammed Bin Abibakr. 

Date of Birth: 17th of Rabiul Awal, 83 Hijrah. 

Place of birth: Madina 

Date of Martyrdom: 25th, of Shawwal. 

Place of Martyrdom: Madina 

Year of Martyrdom: 148 Hijrah 

AGE: 65 years. 

Grave: Baqi grave yard in Medina. 

Cause of martyrdom: Poisoned by the order of Mansoor Dwanaki. 

Age Duration can be divided into two parts. 

1. Forty one years before the Imamate era i. e. 83 Hijrah to 114 Hijrah. 

2. Imamate period 34 year up to the martyrdom from 114 Hijrah to 148 Hijrah. 

This was the very youth of the age of Shi’ism. He like his father took benefit and made good of the chance of war between Bani omayaids & Bani Abbas. And founded a seminary & theological center upon a vast & profound scale, which contained & consisted upon four thousand students. And so he developed & expanded the pure Islam of Prophet (S) & Hazrat Ali (as) which was hidden amongst & behind the curtains of Islam 

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of bani ommayaids.

Forty Traditions from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) 

اربعون حدیثا عن 

الامام جعفر الصادق علیه السلام 

1. However, the prohibited form of guardianship: So the ruler ship of the tyrant ruler & the ruler ship of his governors, their chief, the followers of the rulers, so besides them the sub rulers under the rule of the main ruler, right down to the smallest one, is a door out of the doors of ruler ship upon whom he is a ruler. And working for them & having business & trade relations with them (as an acceptance of their rule) is prohibited & unlawful 

Whosoever does it, whether more of it or less of it, will get tormented &chastised. Because all that done (as an assistance to them) is a big sin among the big sins. 

And this is because during the ruler ship of the tyrant all the righteousness gets wiped off. & all that is falsehood will be revived in the ruler ship of the oppressor & tyrant ruler. And the cruelty & brutality & corruption manifested & the heavenly books will get falsified & forfeited. And the Prophets & faithful’s will be killed. And the mosques will get dislodged & dismantled. And the Sunnah & ordinances & religious laws of Allah be changed. This is the reason why co working with them, helping, & assisting them except where there exists a necessity like eating (haram & prohibited) blood & corpse (deal body) for saving of life etc. ) is prohibited. [1] 

1- وَ أَمّا وَجهُ الحَرامِ مِنَ الوِلایَةِ: فَوِلایَةُ الوالیِ الجائِرِ، 

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وَوِلایَةِ، الرَّئیسِ مِنهُم وَ اتباعِ الوالیِ فَمَن دُونَهُ مِن وُلاةِ الوُلاةِ، إِلی أَدناهُم باباً مِن أَبوابِ الوِلایَةِ عَلی مَن هُوَ والٍ عَلَیهِ، وَ العَمَلُ لَهُم وَالکَسبُ مَعَهُم- بِجَهَةِ الوِلایَةِ لَهُم - حَرامٌ وَمُحَّرَمٌ، مُعَذَّبٌ مَن فَعَلَ ذلِکَ عَلی قَلیلٍ مِن فِعلِهِ أَو کَثیرٍ، لأِنَّ کُلَّ شَئ ءٍ - مِن جِهَةِ المَعُونَةِ – مَعصِیَةٌ کَبیرَةٌ مِنَ الکَبائِرِ، وَ ذلِکَ أَنَّ فی وِلایَةِ الوالِی الجِائِر دَوسَ (دَرسَ) الحَقِّ کُلِهِ، وَإِحیاءَ الباطِلِ کُلِّهِ، وَإِظهارَ الظُّلمِ وَالجَورِ وَالفِسادِ، وَإِبطالَ الکُتُبِ وَقَتلَ الأَنبِیاءِ وَالمُؤمِنینَ، وَ هَدمَ المَساجِدِ وَتَبدیلَ سُنَّةِ اللهِ وَ شَرایِعِهِ فَلِذلِکَ حَرُمَ العَمَلُ مَعَهُم وَ مَعُونَتُهُم وَالکَسبُ مَعَهُم إِلاّ بِجِهَةِ الضَّروُرَةِ نَظیِرَالضَّروُرَةِ إِلی الدَّمِ وَالمَیمَنَةِ. (تحف العقول ص332) 

2. Indeed the cognition & knowing of Allah provides comfort in all terrors & frights. And it is the companion in all solitudes & loneliness’s & the light in all darkness’s & energy in all weaknesses & feebleness’s & the cure of all diseases & ailments. [1] 

2-... اِنَّ مَعرِفَةَ اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ آنِسٌ مِن کُلِّ وَحشَةٍ، وَصاحِبٌ مِن کُلِّ وَحدَةٍ، وَنُورٌ مِن کُلِّ ظُلمَةٍ، وَقُوَّةٌ مِن کُلِّ ضَعفٍ، وَشِفاءٌ مِن کُلِّ سُقیمٍ. (فروغ الکافی ج8 ص247) 

3. Umer bin Hazala says I enquired from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) "Two men out of us have a dispute about a debt or a heritage & proceed toward the king & the judges of the age (appointed by the king) to get their affair settled. Is this act of theirs lawful? ' 

Imam Sadiq said, 'Anyone who refers to them for Judgment of whether something right or false, so truly he has referred 

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to Taghut (Satan, Devil). And what so ever judgment the (satanic institution,) executes for him (should that even be a right one) is getting (haram) Prohibited wealth, because, he gets it upon the order of false deity, (Satan). Whereas, Allah has commanded in the Holy Quran to deny the Satan & devil. Allah said 'they desire to undergo the rulership of Satan (Taghoot) &' They have already been ordained to disbelieve it. ' 

I said 'so how do they settle their dispute? ' He replied ',They should look for the one among you who narrates our hadith (traditions) & sees into (Probes) our licit (lawful) & our forbidden & knows our legal provisions & ordinances so they must get contented with his judgment (mediation). Truly, I have already made them the rulers over you. [1] 

3- عَن عمَرِبنِ حَنظَلَة قالَ: سَأَلتُ اَبا عَبدِاللهِ (ع) عَن رَجُلَینِ مِن اَصحابِنا بَینَهُما مُنازِعَةٌ فی دَینٍ اَو میراثٍ، فَتَحاکَما اِلی السُّلطانِ وَاِلَی القُضاةِ اَیَحِلُّ ذلِکَ؟ قالَ: مَن تَحاکَمَ اِلَیهِم فی حَقٍّ اَو باطلٍ فاِنَّما تَحاکَمَ اِلی الطّاغُوتِ، وَ ما یَحکُمُ لَهُ فإنَّما یَأخُذُ سُحتاً، وَاِن کانَ حَقّاً ثابِتاً لَهُ، لِأَنَّهُ اَخَذَهُ بِحُکمِ الطّاغُوتِ وَما اَمَرَ اللهُ اَن یُکفَرَ بِهِ، قالَ اللهُ تَعالی یُریدُونَ اَن یَتَحاکَمُوا اِلَی الطّاغُوتِ وَقَد اُمِرُواَن یَکفُرُوبِهِ، قُلتُ فَکَیفَ یَصنَعانِ؟ قالَ یَنظُرانِ مَن کانَ مِنکُم مِمَّن قَد رَوی حَدیثَناوَنَظَرَ فی حَلالِناوَحَرامِنا وَعَرفَ اَحکامَنا فَلیَرضَوا بِهِ حَکَماً فاِنّی قَد جَعَلتَهُ عَلَیکُم حاکِماً. (الوسائل ج18 ص99) 

4. The Judges are four (categories). Three of them are to enter the hell fire & a single one into the heaven. 1, the one 

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who makes Judgment cruelly & by injustice & he is aware of it. 2. The one who makes judgments cruelly & tyrannically (unjustly) but unknowingly, he is in the fire of hell.. 3. And a man who makes Judgment according to justice & rightly & he does not know it, so he is in the hell fire. 4. And a person who makes judgment rightly & justly & he knows it, so he will enter the paradise. [1] 

4- اَلقُضاةُ اَربَعةٌ: ثَلاثَةٌ فی النّارِ وَواحِدٌ فی الجَنَّةِ: رَجُلٌ قَضی بِجُورٍ وَهُوَ یَعلَمُ فَهُوَ فی النّارِ، وَرَجُلٌ قَضی بِجَورٍ وَهُوَ لا یَعلَمُ فَهُوَ فی النّارِ، وَرَجُلٌ قَضی بِحَقّ وَهُوَ لا یَعلَمُ فَهُوَ فِی النّارِ، وَرَجُلٌ قَضی بِحَقٍّ وَهُوَ یَعلَمُ فَهُوَ فی الجَنَّةِ. (تحف العقول 365) 

5. The person who sees his brother (religious) involved (in a problem) which is the cause of his trouble & dislikeness & he does not remove it from him although he can do that, has committed a dishonesty with him. [2] 

5- مَن رَأی أَخاهُ عَلی أَمرٍیَکرَهُهُ وَلا یَرُدُّهُ عَنهُ وَهُوَ یَقدِرُ عَلَیهِ فَقَد خانَهُ. (امالی صدوق ص162) 

6. Nothing follows a person after his death except three virtues & qualities. 

1. The alms & charity that he may have executed by the grace of Allah in his life & which continues on after his death. (i. e. ) (Like schools, hospitals, social welfare institutions, books, wells, bridges, roads etc. ) 2. And a decent & good tradition (left over by him) which is put into practice (after his death). 3. A pious son who prays 

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for him. [1] 

6- لا یَتبَعُ الرَّجُلَ بَعدَ مَوتِهِ إِلاّ ثَلاثُ خِصالٍ: صَدَقَهٌ أَجرهَا اللهُ له فی حَیاتِهِ فَهِیَ تَجرِی لَهُ بَعدَ مَوتِهِ، وَسُنَّةُ هُدیً یُعمَلُ بِها، وَوَلَدٌ صالِحٌ یَدعُولَهُ. (تحف العقول ص363) 

7. Some of the rights of a Muslim upon his Muslim brother are that he salutes him when he meets him. And visits him when he becomes ill, & when he is absent he wishes him his benevolence & beneficence i. e. , defends him in his absence). & prays for him when he seeks, (saying یرحمک الله (God take pity on you) & accepts his invitation when he invites him & escorts his funeral when he dies. ' [2] 

(Chapter: 'Faithful's rights upon his brother') 

7- لِلمُسلِمِ عَلی اَخیهِ المُسلِمِ مِنَ الحَقَّ اَن یُسَلِّمَ عَلَیهِ اِذا لَقِیَهُ، وَیَعُودَهُ اِذا مَرِضَ، وَیَنصَحَ لَهُ اِذا غابَ، وَیُسَمِّتَهُ اِذا عَطَسَ، وَیُجیبَهُ اِذا دَعاهُ، وَیتبَعَهُ اِذا ماتَ. (اصول کافی ج2 باب اخوة المؤمن علی هخیه ص171) 

8. Faithful is the brother of faithful just like one single body, (so that) if one part of it has a complaint the entire body feels & receives the pain & trouble. And their souls are from a single soul. And indeed the tie & connection of the faithful's soul to the soul of Allah is more powerful & strengthen than the connection of the rays of sun with it. [3] 

8- أَلمُؤمِنُ أَخُوالمُؤمِنِ، کَالجَسَدِ الواحِدِ، إِنِ اشتَکی شَیئاً مِنهُ وَجَدَ أَلَمَ ذلِکَ فی سائِرِ جَسَدِهِ، وَأَرواحُهُما مِن رُوحٍ واحِدَةٍ، وَانَّ روُحَ المُؤمِنِ لَأَشَدُّ اِتّصالاً بِروُح اللهِ مِن اتِّصالِ شُعاعِ الشَّمسِ بِها. (اصول 

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کافی ج2 باب اخوة المؤمن ص166) 

9. The Muslims’ right upon (another) Muslim is that he must not be full & satiated & his brother remains hungry. And he must not get his thirst quenched & his brother remains thirsty. And he must not dress himself up when his brother is naked. So how great & exuberant is the right of a Muslim upon his Muslim brother. And he (as) said do wish for your Muslim brother the same which you want for yourself. [1] 

9- حَقُّ المُسلِمِ عَلَی المُسلِمِ أَن لا یَشبَعَ وَیَجُوعَ أَخُوهُ، وَلا یَروی وَیَعطَشَ اَخُوهُ، وَلا یَکتَسِیَ وَیَعری اَخُوهُ، فَما أَعظَمَ حَقَّ المُسلِمِ عَلی أَخیهِ المُسلِمِ، وَقالَ: أَحِبَّ لِاَخیکَ المُسلِمِ ما تُحِبُّ لِنَفسِکَ. (اصول کافی ج2 باب حق المؤمن علی اخیة ص170) 

10. Faithful is the brother of faithful, his eye & his guide. He does not commit any dishonesty & does not execute aggression upon him nor treachery & deception and when he commits & gives him a word, does not go back upon it. [2] 

10- أَلمُؤمِنُ أخُو المؤمن، عَینُهُ وَدلیلُهُ لا یَخُونُهُ وَلا یَظلِمُهُ وَلا یَغُشُّهُ وَلا یَعِدُهُ عِدَةً فَیُخلِفُهُ. (اصول کافی ج2 باب اخوة المومنین ص166) 

11. The smallest thing which turns a man out of faith (renders him faithless) is that he keeps counting the faults, lapses missteps & fauxes of his brother in faith so that one day he may reprimand him. (By those weaknesses). 

[3] 

These are a glimpse of the rights of Muslim brethren which originate from the birth and continue on till his death. So 

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Muslims must assess and evaluate their practices according to this standard. 

11- أَدنی ما یَخرُجِ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الایمانِ أَن یُؤَاخِیَ الرَّجُلَ عَلی دینِهِ فَبُحصیَ عَلَیهِ عَثَراتِهِ وَزَلاّتِهِ لِیُعَنِّفَهُ بها یَوماً[ما] (معانی الاخبار ص394) 

12. The one who is pious in the world, Allah places wisdom in his heart & makes his tongue reproduce it (He utters the words of wisdom). And makes him aware & knowledgeable about the faults & short comings of the world & its diseases & ailments & their cures. And transfers him out of the world in a pure & perfect condition toward the house of peace (i. e. the next world). 

[1] 

12- مَن زَهَدَ فیِ الدُّنیا اَثبَتَ اللهُ الحِکمَةَ فی قَلبِهِ وَاَنطَقَ بِها لِسانَهُ وَبَصَّرَهُ عُیُوبَ الدُنیا، داءَها و دواءَها، وأَخرَجَهُ مِنَ الدُّنیا سالِماً اِلی درِا السَّلامِ. (بحارالانوار ج73 ص48) 

13. There would be many categories & classes of the people crossing over the path... And the path would be thinner than a hair & sharper than a sword. 1. Some people would cross over creeping upon their bellies & hands. 2. Some would cross over walking. 3. And some would cross it in hanging condition, so that, the hell fire would be burning some parts of their bodies & some parts will be left over (safe). [2] 

13- اَلنّاسُ یَمُرُّونَ عَلی الصَّراطِ طَبَقاتٍ، وَالصَّراطُ اَدَقُّ مِنَ الشَّعرِ وَأَحَدُّ مِنَ السَّیفِ... فَمِنهم مَن یَمُرُّ حَبواً، وَمِنهُم مَن یَمُرُّمَشیاً، وَمِنهُم مَن یَمُرُّ مُتَعَلِّقاً، قَد تَأخُذُ النّارُ مِنهُ شَیئاً وَتَترُکُ مِنهُ شَیئاً. (روضة الواعظین ص499) 

14. It is from the disposition & manners of the ignorant that 

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he answers before listening, & quarrels before understanding & gives judgment upon what he is unaware of. [1] 

14- مِن أَخلاقِ الجاهِلِ الاجابَةُ قَبلَ اَن یَسمَعَ وَالمُعارَضَةُ قَبلَ اَن یَفهَمَ وَالحُکمُ بِما لا یَعلَمُ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص278) 

15. The person who acts & practices short of vision is similar to the traverser & traveler of a wrong avenue. So the speed of his Journey would not but only increase his distance (from the destination). [2] 

15- العامِلُ عَلی غَیرِ بَصیرَةٍ کَالسّائِرِ عَلَی غَیِر الطَریقِ فَلا تَزیدُهُ سُرعَةُ السَّیرِ اِلا بُعداً. (تحف العقول ص362) 

16. the most beloved of the brothers to me is the one who presents & indicates to me my faults & short comings. [3] 

16- اَحَبُّ اِخوانی إِلَیَّ مَن اَهدی اِلَیَّ عُیُوبی. (تحف العقول ص366) 

17. Be the inviters & callers of people towards beneficence without (using) your tongues, so that they may observe your endeavor & efforts, & truth & piety. [4] 

1. According to Islamic belier a path (bridge) will be placed over the hell roars the people to cross to the paradise. Those pious would cross over to the heaven just as the lightening & the arrogant infidels, hypocrites, faithless, would stagger and stammer & rail down into the fire or hell. 

17- کُونُوا دُعاةً لِلنّاسِ بِالخَیرِ بِغَیرِ اَلسِنَتِکُم لِیَرَوا مِنکُم الاِجتِهادَ وَالصِّدقَ وَالوَرَعَ. (اصول کافی ج2 باب الصدق واداء الامانة ص105) 

18. The one who did not spend his earning upon himself certainly he collected it up for a person other than himself. And the one who followed & obeyed his passions & 

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lust has obeyed his enemy. The person who depended upon Allah, Allah will adequate & fulfill the vital needs (affairs) of his world & here after, and secure him from the thing unseen by him. (Allah guards the pious ones against all sorts of calamities, down falls, pains, and discomforts & deviations of faith provided they depend upon Him. ) And the one who does not observe patience over the calamities & mishaps & express thankfulness & gratitude for all the benevolences & beneficence’s & does not find & search a way out of all the difficulties is an unable, & confounded person. And make it a habit to be patient in wake of all kinds of calamities & afflictions should those be of children or wealth or one's own self. 

Since, Allah takes back his loan & takes back his endowments so as to test your patience & gratitude in those things. And have hope from Allah the kind of hope & aspiration which may not invoke & make you dauntless & brave in committing his sins & prohibited acts. And be afraid & fear Allah, a kind of fear that may not disappoint you from His mercy. And do neither get betrayed & deceived by the word of ignorant & nor by his praise lest you should become proud & obstinate & refractory & give yourself airs & become proud about your practices & acts. Thus the best & superb of the practices is performing services & humility & humbleness. 

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So do not squander & waste your wealth & rectify the wealth of other than you, for those you collect to leave back. And be contented with the (sustenance) Allah has provisioned & destined for you. And do not look towards the wealth except than that one you possess. And do not long & aspire for the thing which you cannot achieve. Because, the one who gets contented, gets full up & the one who does not get contented never satiates & saturates. And get your share from the hereafter. [1] 

18- مَن حَرمَ نَفسَهُ کَسبَهُ فَاِنَّمَا یَجمَعُ لِغَیرِهِ، وَمَن اَطاعَ هَواهُ فَقَد اَطاعَ عَدُوَّهُ، مَن یَثِق بِاللهِ یَکفِهِ ما اَهَمَّهُ مِن اَمرِ دُنیاهُ وَآخِرَتِه وَیَحفَظ لَهُ ما غابَ عَنهُ، وَقَد عَجَزَ مَن لَم یُعِدَّ لِکُلِّ بَلاءٍ صَبراً، وَلِکُلِّ نِعمَةٍ شُکراً، وَلِکُلِّ عُسرٍ یُسراً، صَبِّر نَفسَکَ عِندَ کُلِّ بَلِیَّةٍ فی وَلَدٍ اَومالٍ اَورَزِیَّةٍ، فَإنَّما یَقبِضُ عارِیَتَهُ، وَیَأخُذُ هِبَتَهُ، لیَبلُوَ فیهِما صَبرَکَ وَشُکرَکَ، وَاَرجُ اللهَ رَجاءً لا یُجَرِّیکَ عَلی مَعصِیَتِهِ، وَخَفهُ خَوفاً لا یُؤیسُکَ مِن رَحمَتِهِ، وَلا تَغتَرَّ بِقَولِ الجاهِلِ وَلا بِمَدحِهِ فَتَکَبَّرَ وَتَجَبَّرَ وَتُعجبَ بِعَمَلِکَ، فِانَّ اَفضَلَ العَمَلِ العِبادَةُ وَالتَّواضعُ، فَلا تُضَیَّع مالَکَ وَتُصلِح مالَ غَیرِکَ ما خَلَّفتَه وَراءَ ظَهرِکَ، وَاقنَع بِما قَسَمَهُ اللهُ لَکَ، وَلا تَنظُر اِلاّ اِلی ماعِندَکَ، وَلا تَتَمَنَّ مالَستَ تَنالُهُ، فإِنَّ مَن قَنَعَ شَبعَ، وَمَن لَم یَقنَعَ لَم یَشبَع، وَخُذ حَظَّکَ مِن آخِرَتِکَ. (تحف العقول ص304) 

19. It is required for the faithful to have eight qualities in him. 

1. being gracious during the hardship & calamities. 2. Being patient in wake of affliction. 3. being thankful at the time of comfort & abundance. 4. Being 

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contented with sustenance granted by Allah. 5. Not committing excess & aggression upon enemies. 6. Not loading his own load (responsibilities) upon the shoulders of his friends. 7. His body remains troubled by him (due to services). B. And the people remain comfortable & at ease from him. (He does not bother & trouble others). [1] 

19- یَنبَغی لِلمُؤمِنِ اَن یَکُون فیهِ ثَمانِی خِصالٍ، وَقُوراً عِندَالهَزاهِزِ، صَبُوراً عِندَ البَلاءِ شکُوراً عِندَ الرَّخاءِ، قانِعا بِما رَزَقَهُ اللهُ، لا یَظلِمُ الأَعداءَ، وَلا یَتَحامِلُ لِلأَصدِقاء، بَدَنُهُ مِنهُ فی تَعَبٍ وَالنّاسُ مِنهُ فی راحَةٍ... (اصول کافی باب خصال المؤمن ج2/ ص47) 

20. Seventy sins of ignorant are forgiven before one sin of a scholar is forgiven.. [2] 

Because the scholar by virtue of his knowledge knows all the pros & cons & consequences of committing a sin, whereas, an unaware & ignorant person does not know them. But this is not a justification for committing sin by those ignorant or that one should not become educated & learned in the field of religious ethics & Islamic code of conduct. ) 

20- یُغفَرُ لِلجاهِلِ سَبعُونَ ذَنباً قَبلَ أَن یُغفَرَ للعالِمِ ذَنبٌ واحِدٌ. (اصول کافی ج1 ص47) 

21. And do not become arrogant & vain (ungrateful) when rich & wealthy, & do not grumble & complain in poverty. And do not become an ill-tempered & stone hearted one so that people might dislike your company & proximity. And do not become meek & feeble, so that anybody who knows you may insult & belittle you. And do not fight the one who is above (superior to) 

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you. And do not mock anyone inferior to yourself. And do not have controversy & tussle against those suitable for the affairs. And do not obey the stupid & silly ones & do not accept the subordination of everybody (every other person) and do not depend upon the competence & thrift of anyone. And do stop & wait (contemplate) prior to setting your hand at an affair till such time you get to distinguish the entry way from the exit of it before you repent upon starting it. (Do know the way of exit from it. Should you decide to abandon that work? ) And consider your heart (conscience) a close associate who is your partner. 

And consider your practice a father whom you follow up. And regard your ego as your enemy with whom you combat (fight a holy war) , & a thing lent to you which must be taken back. Thus you have been made to be a physician of your own self & you have been taught & made conversant to the signs of health, & the ailment (too) has been made exhibited & evident to you & you have been guided to the medicine. So (now) very cautiously guard & look after your soul. [1] 

21- وَلا تَکُن بَطِراً فی الغِنی وَلا جَزِعاً فی الفَقرِ، وَلا تَکُن فَظّاً غَلیظاً یَکرَهُ النّاسُ قُربَکَ، وَلا تَکُن واهِناً یُحَقِّرُکَ مَن عَرَفَکَ، وَلا تُشارَّ مَن فَوقَکَ، وَلا تَسخَر بِمَن هُوَ دُونَکَ، وَلا تُنازٍع الاَمرَ اَهلَهُ، وَلا تُطِعِ السُّفَهاد، وَلا تَکُن مَهیناً تَحتَ کُلَّ اَحَدٍ، وَلا تَتَّکِلَنَّ عَلی 

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کِفایَةِ اَحَدٍ، وَقِف عِندَ کُلَّ اَمرٍ حَتّی تَعرِفَ مَدخَلَهُ مِن مَخرجِهِ قَبلَ اَن تَقَعَ فیهِ فَتَندَم، وَاجعَل قَلبَکَ قَریباً تُشارِکُهُ، وَاجعَل عَمَلَکَ والِداً تَتَّبِعُهُ، وَاجعَل نَفسَکَ عَدُوّاً تُجاهِدُهُ، وَعارِیَةً تَرُدُّها، فإِنَّکَ قَد جُعِلتَ طَبیبَ نَفسِکَ وَعُرَفتَ آیَةَ الصَّحَّةِ، وَبُیَّنَ لَکَ الدّاءُ، وَدُلِتَ عَلیَ الدَّواءِ، فَانظُر قِیامَکَ عَلی نَفسِکَ. (تحف العقول ص304) 

22. Who so ever starts a morning in a condition that he is worried & apprehensive for something else than getting his neck free (from the Hell fire) so he has taken a great & magnanimous thing easy & light. And he has shown inclination & asked his lord something insignificant & vile. (Worldly material) And the one who cheats & beguiles his brother & belittles him & has hostility towards him Allah will make the hell to be his abode. And the person who is jealous of a faithful, faith will dissolve & disappear from his heart just as salt dissolves into the water. [1] 

22- مَن اَصبَحَ مَهمُوماً لِسِوی فَکاکِ رَقَبَتِهِ فَقَد هَوَّنَ عَلَیهِ الجَلیلَ، وَرَغِبَ مِن رَبِّهِ فی الرِّبحِ الحَقیرِ، وَمَن غَشَّ اَخاهُ وَحَقَّرَهُ وَناواهُ جَعَلَ اللهُ النّارَ مَأواهُ، وَمَن حَسَدَ مُؤمِناً انماثَ الإِیمانُ فی قَلبِهِ کَما یَنماثُ المِلحُ فی الماءِ. (تحف العقول ص302) 

23. Do not give away alms when the people are witnessing & watching so that they may consider you a pious one so if you did that you have received your reward. 

But if you gave it away (in a manner) that your left hand does not become aware of it when you give it by your right hand. So 

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then the one (Allah) for whom you have given it away secretly, will give you it's reward & remuneration in the presence of witnesses & evidences on the day when not being aware of the people about your almsgiving will not harm you. (Resurrection day). [1] 

23- لا تَتَصَدَّق عَلی اَعیُنِ النّاسِ لِیُزَکوُّکَ، فاِنَّکَ اِن فَعَلتَ ذلِکَ فَقَد اِستَوفَیتَ اَجرَکَ، وَلکِن اِذا اَعطَیتَ بِیَمینِکَ فَلا تُطلِع عَلَیها شِمالَکَ، فاِنَّ الَّذی تَتَصَدَّقُ لَهُ سِرّاً یُجزِیکَ عَلانیَةً عَلی رُؤُوسِ الأَشهادِ، فِی الیَومِ الَّذی لا یَضُرُّکَ اَن لا یُطلِعَ اَلناسَ عَلی صَدَقَتِکَ. (تحف العقول ص305) 

24. Some of the admonitions of Luqman (as) to his son say: 'Oh son, always be sober & gracious. And observe serenity & grace in your life affairs. 

And be firm & stabilize yourself in the affairs of your brothers (helping & assisting them). So if you decide to achieve the honor & glory of the world then shorten your avarice & allurement from whatever is in the hands of the people, for, certainly the stations & posts which the prophets & the truthful came to achieve were on account of shortening & cutting off their avarice & temptations. [2] 

24- من مواعظ لقمان لابنه: 

... یا بُنَیَّ الزِم نَفسَکَ التُّؤَدَةَ فی اُمورِکَ وَصَبَّر عَلی مَؤُونَاتِ الاِخوانِ نَفسَکَ فِاِن اَرَدتَ اَن تَجمَعَ عِزَّ الدُّنیا فَاقطَع طَمَعَکَ مِمّا فی اَیدِی النّاسِ فَانَّما بَلَغَ الاَنبیاءُ وَالصَّدَّیقُونَ ما بَلَغُوا بِقَطعِ طَمَعِهِم. بحارالانوار ج13 ص419-420) 

25. It is the obligatory right for all the Muslims who know us that each one of them presents his practices of the day & night 

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to himself (gets it checked by himself) & becomes an accountant & checker for himself. So if he sees a good deed he must increase & boost it up and if he sees a sin he must repent upon it, & ask forgiveness from Allah, lest he should get disgraced & dishonored on the judgment day. [1] 

25- حَقُّ عَلی کُلَّ مُسلِمٍ یَعرِفُنا اَن یَعرِضَ عَمَلَهُ فی کُلَّ یَومٍ وَلَیلَةٍ عَلی نَفسِهِ، فَیَکُونَ مُحاسِبَ نَفسِهِ، فإن رَأی حَسَنَةً استَزادَ مِنها، وَاِن رَأی سَیِّئَةً استَغفَرَ مِنها، لِئَلاّ یَخزی یَومَ القِیامَةِ. (تحف العقول ص301) 

26. The one who deals with the people & does not commit excess upon them & talks to them & does not tell lie. And makes promise & does not break it, he is one of those whose slandering & back biting is prohibited & his forbearance & fortitude is completed & his justice & equity is exhibited & evident one & his brotherhood is obligatory & binding upon others. [2] 

26- مَن عامَلَ النّاسَ فَلَم یَظلِمهُم وَحَدَّ ثَهُم فَلَم یَکذِبهُم، وَوَعَدَهُم فَلَم یُخلِفُهُم، کانَ مِمَّن حَرُمَت غِیبَتُهُ وکَمُلَت مُرُوءَتُهُ وَظَهَرَ عَدلُهُ وَوَجَبَت أُخُوَّتُهُ. (اصول کافی ج2 باب المؤمن وعلاماته ص239) 

27. Days are of three forms. There is a day which has passed on & will never again, be sorted out & found. And there is a day for the people which is required & appropriate to be valued & esteemed. 

And tomorrow, about which certainly they have hope & aspiration. [3] 

27- اَلاَیّامُ ثَلاثَةٌ: فَیَومٌ مَضی لا یُدرَکُ، وَیَومٌ النّاسُ فیهِ فَیَنبَغی اَن یَغتَنِمُوهُ، وَغَداً اِنَّما فی 

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اَیدیهِم اَمَلُهُ. (تحف العقول ص324) 

28. 'Oh son of jundab! The one who depends & trusts upon his practice gets perished. And the one who dares to co mitt sins having surety & certainty about the commiseration & blessing of Allah does not get salvation. I said

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[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P. 3. 32 

[1]: Faroo Al Kafi Vol. 8. P 247 

[1]: Al Wasail Vol. 18, P 99 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul, P. 365 

[2]: Amali Sadduk, P 162 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul, P. 36. 3 

[2]: Usool e Kafi Vol. 2. P 171 

[3]: Usoool e Kafi Vol. 2. P 166 

[1]: Usool e Kafi Vol. 2, P 170 Faithful's right upon his brother. ' 

[2]: Usool e Kafi Vol. 2, P 166, chapter: Brother hood of faithful’s 

[3]: Maanj Al Ekhbar. P. 394 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar. Vol. 73. P 48 

[2]: Raozatal Waizeen. P 499 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 278 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 362 

[3]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 366 

[4]: Usool e Kafi Vol. 2. P 105 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul, P 304 

[1]: Usool e Kafi Vol. 2, P 47, The qualities of the faithful. 

[2]: Usool e Kafi Vol. I. P 47 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 304 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P302 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 305 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 13, P419/420 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul, P 301 

[2]: Usool e Kafi Vol. 2, P 239, (chapter: The faithful & his signs) 

[3]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 324

'then who gets salvation? ' 

He said': The people who remain placed between hope & fear as if their hearts are in the claws of bird, with solicitude of reward & the fear of chastisement. [1] 

28- یا ابنَ جُندب یَهلکُ المُتَّکِلُ عَلی عَمَلِهِ وَلا یَنجُو المُجتَرئُ عَلَی الذُّنُوبِ الواثِقُ بِرَحمَةِ اللهِ. قُلتُ: فَمَن یَنجُو؟ قالَ الَّذینَ هُم بَینَ الرَّجاءِ وَالخَوفِ، کأنَّ قُلُوبَهُم فی مِخلَبِ طائِرٍ شَوقاً اِلیَ الثَّوابِ وَخَوفاً مِنَ العَذابِ. (تحف العقول ص302) 

29. Goodness is just like its name (good, & excellent) & there is nothing superior & superb than the goodness except its reward & remuneration. And excellence & virtue is a gilt from AlIal1 to His servant. And it is not that who so ever loves to be fair & good to people does it (as well). And it does not happen that all those inclined & prone to it get the power & succeed in doing it. And it is not so that all those who have the power & limitation to practice & perform it get permitted & leave to perform it. So when Allah does a favor to a servant he gathers for him the inclination & tendency of doing good & the capacity & power & the permission. So then the 

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prosperity & magnanimity gets completed for the goodness & its doer... [1] 

29- اَلمَعرُوفُ کَاسمِهِ، وَلَیسَ شَیءٌ اَفضَلَ مِنَ المَعرُوفِ اِلاّ ثَوَابُهُ، وَالمَعرُوفُ هَدِیَّةٌ مِنَ اللهِ اِلی عَبدِهِ، وَلَیسَ کُلُّ مَن یُحِبُّ اَن یَصنَعَ المَعرُوفَ اِلی النّاسِ یَصنَعُهُ، وَلا کُلُّ مَن رَغِبَ فیهِ یَقدِرُ عَلَیهِ، وَلا کُلُّ مَن یَقدِرُ عَلَیهِ یُؤذَنُ لَهُ فیهِ، فاِذا مَنَّ اللهُ عَلَی العَبدِ جَمَعَ لَهُ الرَّغبَةَ فِی المَعرُوفِ وَالقُدرَةَ وَالإذنَ، فَهُناکَ تَمَّتِ السَّعادَةُ وَالکرامَةُ لِلطّالِبِ وَالمَطلُوبِ إلَیهِ. (بحار ج78 ص246) 

30. The person who moves to fulfill the need of his brother (in faith) is similar to the runner between SAFA & MARWA. And the one who fulfills (materializes) his need is like the person who wallowed & rolled in to his (own) blood on the way & course of Allah, on the day of Bader & uhud (battles). [2] 

30- اَلما شی فی حاجَةِ اَخیهِ کَالسّاعِی بَینَ الصَّفا وَالمَروَةِ، وَقاضی حاجَتِهِ کَالمُتَشَحِّطِ بِدَمِهِ فی سَبیل اللهِ یَومَ بَدرٍ وَأُحُدٍ. (تحف العقول ص303) 

31. Allah bestowed His boons & beneficence’s upon a nation as generosity & gifts. Then they did not thank him for those, so, those turned into curse & evil for them. 

And He involved & entangled (as a test) a nation into afflictions & calamities & they exercised patience so those (calamities) turned for them into beneficence’s. [3] 

31- اِنَّ اللهَ اَنعَمَ عَلَی قَوٍم بِالمَواهِبِ فَلَم یَشکُرُوهُ فَصارَت عَلَیهِم وَبالاً، وَابتَلی قَوماً بِالمَصائِبِ فَصَبَرُوا فَکانَت عَلَیهِم نِعمَةً. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص241) 

32. Indeed when the sin is committed by a servant secretly, it does not harm but the one who commits it. Whereas, if it 

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is committed openly & conspicuously & a restraints is not put upon it then it harms the general public. [1] 

32- اِنَّ المَصیَةَ اِذا عَمِلَ بِها العَبدُ سِرّاً لَم تَضُرَّ اِلاّ عامِلَها وَاِذا عَمِلَ بِها عَلانِیَةً وَلَم یُغَیَّر عَلَیهِ اَضَرَّت بِالعامَّةِ. (قرب الاسناد ص26) 

33. A man does not become proud hearted & arrogant but for the self-abjection which he finds in his soul. [2] 

33- ما مِن رَجُلٍ تَکَبَّرَ اَو تَجَبَّرَ اِلاّ لِذِلَّةٍ وَجَدَها فی نَفسِهِ. (اصول کافی ج2 ص312) 

34. Be kind & affectionate to your fathers (ancestors) your sons will treat you kindly & nicely & exhibit (be) modest to the women of other (people) they will treat your woman with modesty & chastity. [3] 

1. Running seven times between two Hill of Safwa & Marwa in Mecca is a part of Hajj & umra rituals this is also known as Sayee or the Effort. 

34- برُّوا آباءَکُم یَبِرُّکُم اَبناؤُکُم، وَعِفُّوا عَن نِساءِ النّاسِ تَعِفُّ نِساؤُکُم. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص242) 

35. Connect the blood kinship relations with the one who disconnect & cuts off ties with you. And do grant to the one who deprives you. And do well to the person who does treat you bad. And salute to the one who abuses you. And treat him with justice the one who is cruel & oppressive to you, just as you like to be forgiven. So keep the forgiveness & remission of Allah in view. Do you not see that his sun shines (equally) over the pious one & the transgressors, & that his 

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rain showers & pours down upon the pious ones & the evil doers (equally)? [1] 

35- صِل مِن قَطَعَکَ، وَاَعطِ مَن حَرَمَکَ، وَاَحسِن اِلی مَن أَساءَ اِلَیکَ، وَسَلِّم عَلی مَن سَبَّکَ وَأَنصِف مَن خاصَمَکَ، وَاعفُ عَمَّن ظَلَمَکَ، کَما اَنَّکَ تُحِبُّ اَن یُعفی عَنکَ، فَاعتَبِر بِعَفوِاللهِ عَنکَ، اَلا تَری اَنَّ شَمسَهُ اَشرَقَت عَلَی الأَبرارِ وَالفُجّارِ، وَاَنَّ مَطرَهُ یَنزِلُ عَلَی الصّالِحِینَ وَ الخاطِئینَ. (تحف العقول ص305) 

36. Beware of three (kinds of) people. The dishonest & the zaloom [2] (the most oppressor, tyrant cruel) & telltale. Because the dishonest (who) is committing dishonesty to your benefit will (tomorrow) commit dishonesty with you & the one who is being cruel for your benefit will (tomorrow) commit excess & oppression against you & the person who culminates people, tells tales & back bites people before you, will (tomorrow) back bite you. [3] 

36- اِحذَر مِنَ النّاسِ ثَلاثَةً: الخائِنَ وَالظَّلُومَ وَالنّمّامَ لِاَنَّ مَن خانَ لَکَ خانَکَ، وَمَن ظَلَمَ لَکَ سَیَظلِمُکَ، وَمَن نَمَّ اِلَیکَ سَیَنُمَّ عَلَیکَ. (تحف العقول ص316) 

37. when the resurrection day will come Allah will resurrect a religious scholar & a worshipper (devotee, votary) so when they (both) will stand before Allah it would be said to the adorer to start off toward the paradise & to the scholar it would be said ', stop! Intercessor & mediate for the people for the best training which you imparted upon them. ' [4] 

37- اِذا کانَ یَومَ القِیامَةِ بَعَثَ اللهُ العالِمَ وَالعابِدَ، فِاذا وَقَفا بَینَ یَدَیِ الله عَزَّوَجَلَّ قیلَ لِلعابِدِ: انطَلِق اِلی الجَنَّةِ وَقیلَ لِلعالِم قِف تَشَفَّع لِلنَّاسِ بِحُسنِ تَأدیبِکَ لَهُم. (بحار ج8 

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ص56) 

38. Two units of service offered by a married person is superior to seventy cycles of service offered by an unmarried one. [1] 

38- رَکعَتانِ یُصَلَّیهِمَا مُتَزَوَّجٌ اَفضَلُ مِن سَبعینَ رَکعَةً یُصَلّیها غَیرُ مُتَزَوِّجٍ. (بحارالانوار ج103 ص219) 

39. Toiling & laboring hard for one's family (wife & children & dependent) is like becoming the warrior of a holy war on the course of Allah. [2] 

39- الکادُّ عَلی عِیالِهِ کَالمُجاهِدِ فی سَبیلِ اللهِ. (وسائل الشیعة ج12 ص43) 

40. Our intercession & mediation will not be won & attained by that person who depreciates & undervalues the services (prayers a Muslim offers five times a bay. ) [3] 

40- لا یَنالُ شَفاعَتنا مَن استَخَفَّ بِالصَّلاةِ. (فروع کافی ج3 ص270)

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[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 302 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 246 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul, P 303 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar, Vol. 78, P 241 

[1]: Qarb ul-Asnad, P 26 

[2]: Usul-Al Kafi, Vol. 2, P 312 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar, Vol. 27, P 242 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 305 

[2]: Zaloom is the superlative degree of zalim meaning 'oppressor or tyrant. " The terrifically tyrant & cruel would be named zaloom in Arabic language, whereas any ordinal cruel person would be known zalim (cruel). Almosid, the Arabian-English dictionary, not finding a proper term against zaloom (the tyrant most) has referred it to zalim (the ordinal' cruel). 

[3]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 316 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 8. P 56 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 103, P 219 

[2]: Wasail ul-Shia Vol. 12, P 23 

[3]: Undervaluing & degrading the prayers would range from not offering it to offering it sluggishly, slackly, out of its time & developing indifferent & careless attitude towards it. And not showing promptness, vigil & suitable care in its performance.

The Ninth Infallible: Seventh Imam Musa Ibn Ja’far (as) and his forty discourses 

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The Seventh Imam: Imam Musa Kazim (as) 

Name: Musa 

Renowned Titles: Abd e Saleh, Kazim Babul Hawaij (The gateway of fulfilment of needs) 

Sub Title: Abul Hassan, Abu Ibrahim 

Father: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) 

Mother: Hameeda Khatoon 

Time of Birth: Sunday morning 

Date of Birth: 7th of Safar Year of Birth: 128 Hijrah 

Place of Birth: 'Abwa' a place between Mecca & Medina. 

Date of Martyrdom: 25th of Rajab 

Year of Martyrdom: 18. 3 Hijrah 

Place of Martyrdom: The Prison of Haroon Rashid in Baghdad (Iraq). 

Age: 55 years 

Cause of Martyrdom: Poisoned by the order of Haroon. 

Tomb: Kazemain, Near Baghdad. 

The life duration: 

The First era before Imamate spread out from 128 to 148 Hijrah (20 Years). 

The Second period following his Imamate from 148 to 183 Hijrah coincident with the ruler’s hip periods of Mansoor Duwanaqi, Mahdi Abbasi Hadi Abbasi & Haroon Ur Rashid. The most 

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of his Imamate period was coincident with the era of Haroon, which stretched as long as 23 year, 2 month & 17 days. And Haroon was the fifth caliph of the Abbasade Dynasty during whose period of rule the Imam mostly remained imprisoned.

Forty Traditions from Imam Musa Kazim (as) 

اربعون حدیثاً 

عن الامام موسی الکاظم علیه السلام 

1. I found the knowledge of people in four (things) firstly, that you know your lord (recognition of Allah) & secondly that you know it as to what factors He made use of in creating you, & thirdly that you know as to what does he want & intend from you & fourthly that you learn what is it that will expell you from your religion. [1] 

1- وَجدتُ عِلمَ النّاسِ فی أَربَعٍ: اوَّلُها أَن تَعرِفَ رَبَّکَ وَالثّانِیَةُ أَن تَعرِفَ ما صَنَعَ بِکَ، وَالثّالِثَةُ، أَن تَعرِفَ ما أَرادَ مِنکَ، وَالرّابِعَةُ أَن تَعرِفَ ما یُخرِجُکَ عَن دِینِکَ. (اعیان الشیعه (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص9) 

2. Indeed, there are two arguments & proofs from Allah for the people. 

1. The conspicuous & apparent arguments. 

2. The esoteric & intrinsic argument (proof) Nonetheless, apparent authorities are the Prophets, apostles & messengers & the Imams (as) However, the esoteric (ones) so these are the (human) intellects (minds). [2] 

2- إِنَّ لِلّهِ عَلَی النّاسِ حُجَّتَینِ: حُجَّةً ظاهِرَةً، وَحُجَّةباطِنَةً، فَأَمَّا الظّاهِرَةُ فَالرُّسُلُ وَالأَنبِیاءُ وَالأَئِمَّةُ عَلَیهِم السَّلامُ: وَأَمّا الباطِنَةُ فَألعُقُولُ. (بحارالانوار ج1 ص137) 

3. O, Hisham! Verily, Luqman said to his son ', adopt humility & humbleness for the right (Allah) you will become the intellectual most of the people, Oh son! World is a deep & profound ocean. 

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Already lot many of the world creations have immersed & sunk into it. So make Piety your ship in it (to sail out safely) & make the faith it's cargo & putting trust in Allah it's sails & intellect (mind & wits) it's sailor (guide & captain) & knowledge it's guide & patience it's passengers (on board). [1] 

3- یا هِشامُ إِنَّ لُقمانَ قالَ لاِبنِهِ: «تَواضَع لِلحَقِّ تَکُن أَعقَلَ النّاسِ. یابُنَیَّ إِنَّ الدُّنیا بَحرٌ عَمیقٌ، قَد غَرِقَ فیهِ عالَمٌ کَثیرٌ فَلتَکُن سَفینَتُکَ فیها تَقوَی اللهِ وَحَشوُهَا الإِیمانَ وَشِراعُهَا التَّوکُّلَ وَقَیِّمُهَا العَقلَ. وَدَلیلُهَا العِلمَ وَسُکّانُها الصَّبرَ». (تحف العقول ص386) 

4. Comprehend & understand the religion of Allah, for jurisprudence is the key to vision & the completion of worship & the cause of reaching the lofty grades & magnanimous stations in the world & here after. 

And the superiority & magnanimity of jurisprudent over the adorer & worshiper is like that of the superiority of sun to the stars. And Allah does not get pleased with (accept) any practice of that person who does not achieve the comprehension & understanding of his religion. [2] 

4- تَفَقَّهُوا فی دینِ اللهِ فاِنَّ الفِقهَ مِفتاحُ البَصیرَةِ وَتَمامُ العِبادَةِ وَالسَّبَبُ اِلی المَنازِلِ الرَّفیعَةِ وَالرُّتَبِ الجَلیلَةِ فی الدّینِ وَالدُّنیا. وَفَضلُ الفَقیهِ عَلَی العابِدِ کَفَضلِ الشَّمسِ عَلَی الکَواکِبِ. وَمَن لَم یَتَفَقَّه فی دینِهِ لَم یَرضَ اللهُ لَهُ عَمَلاً. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص321) 

5. Put in endeavor & exercise effort that your time is scheduled into four hours (parts). An hour (part of it) for the supplication to Allah & an hour (another part) of it 

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for the affairs of economy & livelihood & still another hour (part of it) for social contacts with the brothers & the persons of confidence who may let you learn your short comings & faults & they have a sincere interior (heart) for you. 

And a part of it in which you enjoy the unforbidden & lawful entertainments. And with this part of time you get the strength & vigor for the (rest of) three other (parts of) times. [1] 

5- اِجتَهِدُوا فی أَن یَکُونَ زَمانُکُم أَربَعَ ساعاتٍ: ساعَةً لِمُناجاةِ اللهِ، وَساعَةً لأَِمرِ المَعاشِ، وَساعَةً لِمُعاشَرَةِ الإخوانِ وَالثِّقاتِ الَّذینَ یُعَرِّفُونَکُم عُیُوبَکُم وَیُخلِصُونَ لَکُم فِی الباطِنِ، وَساعَةً تَخلُونَ فیها لِلَذّاتِکُم فی غَیرِ مُحَرَّمٍ وَبِهذِهِ السّاعَةِ تَقدِرُونَ عَلَی الثَّلاثِ ساعاتٍ. (تحف العقول ص409) 

6. Oh Hisham! A man is not faithful till such time that he gets fearful, (&) hopeful. And he will not become fearful (&) hopeful unless & until he becomes the conjuror & doer of that which he fears & hopes i. e. (He practices according to the requirement & needs of the fear & hope). [2] 

6- یا هِشامُ لا یَکُونُ الرَّجُلُ مُؤمِناً حَتّی یَکُونَ خائِفاً راجِیاً. وَلا یَکُونُ خائِفاً راجِیاً حَتّی یَکُونَ عامِلاً لِما یَخافُ وَیَرجُو. (تحف العقول ص395) 

7. A man asked Imam Musa Kazim (as) , “the holy war & combat against which one of the enemies & foes is more obligatory? ' 

The Imam (as) reflected ',The nearest of them to you & those who are the most enemy & doing most of harm to you & their enmity be greatest & severest 

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of all And their existence & is with their closeness & proximity to you, is most hidden & concealed from you. [1] 

7-... فَاَیُّ الأَ عداءِ اَوجَبُهُم مُجَاهَدَةً؟ قالَ علیه السلام: اَقرَبُهُم اِلَیکَ وَاَعداهُم لَکَ وَاَضَرُّهُم بِکَ وَاَعظَمُهُم لَکَ عَداوَةً وَاَخفاهُم لَکَ شَخصاً مَعَ دُنُوِّه مِنکَ... 

(بحارالانوار ج78 ص315) 

8. Indeed, the greatest & biggest of all the people in worth & value is the person who does not consider the world a station & abode for himself moreover, there is no price & worth of your bodies except the paradise, so, do not sell them without (achieving) it. [2] 

8- اِنَّ اَعظَم النّاسِ قَدرًا: الَّذِی لا یَرَی الدُّنیا لِنَفسِهِ خَطَراً، اَما اِنَّ اَبدانَکُم لَیسَ لَها ثَمَنٌ اِلاَّالجَنَّةَ، فَلا تَبِیعوُها بِغَیرِها. (تحف العقول ص389) 

9. Oh Hisham! Indeed the intelligent & witful one does not converse with the person who, he is afraid, would contradict & falsify him. And does not ask anything from a person who, he is afraid, would refuse him And he does not promise anyone a thing which he does not have the strength for, & does not desire & wish & hope for a thing over which he may be reprimanded & rebuked. And does not take steps towards anything about which he may be afraid that he would fail & become feeble, from achieving it. [3] 

9- یا هِشامُ إِنَّ العاقِلَ لا یُحَدِّثُ مَن یَخافُ تَکذیبَهُ. وَلا یَسألُ مَن یَخافُ مَنعَهُ. وَلا یَعِدُمالا یَقدِرُ عَلَیهِ. وَلا یَرجُوما یُعَنَّفُ بِرَجائِهِ. وَلا یَتَقَّدَمُ عَلی ما یَخافُ العَجزَ عَنهُ. (تحف العقول ص390) 

10. Bad 

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is the person who has two faces & two tongues (double cross & hypocrite). He praises & commends his brother (in faith) in his presence & when he is absent him back bites & slanders him. If he achieves (something) he gets jealous of him & if he is afflicted he leaves & abandons him. (Does not help him) [1] 

10- بِئسَ العَبدُ عَبدٌ یَکُونُ ذاوَجهَین وَذَا لِسَانَین یُطری اَخاهُ اِذا شاهَدَهُ وَیَأکُلُهُ اِذا غابَ عَنهُ اِن اُعطِیَ حَسَدَهُ وَاِنِ ابتلیَ خَذَلَهُ. (تحف العقول ص395) (بحار الانوار ج78 ص310) 

11. And faithful is the real brother of faithful although his parents may not have given birth to him (Biologically). Cursed is the one who accuses his brother, cursed is the one who plays trickery & treachery with his brother. Cursed is the one who does not admonish & advise his brother. Cursed is that one who back bites his brother. [2] 

11-... وَالمُؤمِنُ أَخو المُؤمِنِ لأِمِّهِ وَأَبیهِ وَإِن لَم یَلِدهُ أَبُوهُ، مَلعُونٌ مَنِ اتَّهَمَ أَخاهُ، مَلعُونٌ مَن غَشَّ أَخاهُ، مَلعُونٌ مَن لَم یَنصَح أَخاهُ، مَلعُونٌ مَنِ اغتابَ أَخاهُ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص333) 

12. The one whose two days are equal is a looser. And the one whose last one of the two days is the evil one of those (two days) is a cursed person. And the person who does not observe any progress & development in himself is a looser & the one who is looser; death is better for him than life. [3] 

12- مَنِ استَوی یَوماهُ فَهُوَ مَغبُونٌ، وَمَن کانَ آخِرُ یَومَیهِ شَرَّهُما 

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فَهُو مَلعُونٌ، وَمَن لَم یَعرِفِ الزِّیادَةَ فی نَفسِهِ فَهُوَ فی نُقصانٍ، وَمَن کانَ إِلَی النُّقصانِ فَالمَوت خَیرٌ لَهُ مِنَ الحَیاةِ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص327) 

13. The one who turns the light of his meditation & thought, dark through the longevity & plentifulness of hopes, & evades & erases the words of wisdom with his futile & useless talks & extinguishes & puts off the light of lesson taking by the lustful desires of his ego (soul) so, it is like helping his passions in ruining his mind & intellect. And that one whose wits & mind get dislodged both his religion & world get corrupted & ruined. [1] 

13- مَن اَظلَمَ نُورَ فِکرِهِ بِطُولِ اَمَلِهِ وَمَحا طَرائفَ حِکمَتِهِ بِفُضُولِ کَلاَمِهِ، وَأَطفَأَ نُورَ عِبرَتِهِ بِشَهَواتِ نَفسِهِ فَکَأَنَّمَا اَعانَ هواهُ عَلی هَدمِ عَقلِهِ ومن هدَمَ عَقلَهُ اَفسَدَ دِینَهُ ودُنیاهُ. (تحف العقول ص386) 

14. The more people commit variant sins which were not in practice before (novel sins) the more Allah creates calamities & catastrophe’s which they did not know before. 

14- کُلّما أَحدَثَ النّاسُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ ما لَم یَکُونُوا یَعلَمُونَ، أَحدَثَ اللهُ لَهُم مِن البَلاءِ ما لَم یَکُونُوا یَعُدّوُنَ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص322) 

15. Oh Hisham! If there be a walnut in your hand & the people say it is a pearl (in your hand) this (saying of theirs) will not provide you any benefit where as you know that, that is a walnut. 

And if there is a pearl in your hand & people say 'it is a walnut', there would be no harm to you while you know that, 

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that is a pearl. [1] 

15- یا هِشامُ لَو کانَ فی یَدِکَ جَوزَةُ وَقالَ النّاسُ[فی یَدِکَ]لُؤلُؤَةٌ ما کانَ یَنفَعُکَ وَأَنتَ تَعلَمُ أَنَّها جَوزَةٌ. وَلَو کانَ فی یَدِکَ لُؤلُؤةُ وَقالَ النّاسُ: إِنَّها جَوزَةٌ ما ضَرَّکَ وَأَنتَ تَعلَمُ أَنَّها لُؤلُؤَةٌ. (تحف العقول ص386) 

16. I inform you that the obligatory most right of your brother (in faith) is that you do not hide & conceal anything, which is beneficial & useful for his worldly affairs or affairs of the hereafter, from him. [2] 

16- اُخبِرُکَ أَنَّ مِن اَوجَبِ حَقَّ اَخیِکَ اَن لا تَکتُمَهُ شَیئاً یَنفَعُهُ لِأَمرِ دُنیاهُ وَلأَِمرِ آخِرَتِهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص329) 

17. be cautious! Never at all be arrogant, for, the one who has a Misqal (unit of quantity) smallest amount of arrogance in his heart, will not enter the paradise. [3] 

17- اِیّاکَ وَالکِبرَ، فِإنَّهُ لا یَدخُلُ الجَنَّةَ مَن کانَ فی قَلبِهِ مِثقالُ حَبَةٍ مِن کِبرٍ... (تحف العقول ص396) 

18. Oh Hisham! There is a proof & logic for everything & the proof of the intelligent person is his meditation & the proof of meditation is quietness. [4] 

1. History is an evidence to the fact that human races have been practicing variant & different kinds of sins & opposing Allah’s law in many ways. Quran describes the deviations of many nations & the punishment awarded t6 them. Such as the nations of lotus, Hood & SALEH etc. Presently, even in this era, the different famines, diseases like aids. etc. , earth quakes, floods, wars & different shapes of tyranny in practice in many parts of the world is certainly a 

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chastisement & warning to humanity. 

18- یا هِشامُ لِکُلِّ شَیءٍ دَلیلٌ وَدَلیلُ العاقِلِ اَلتَّفکُّرُ، وَدَلیلُ التَّفَکُّرِ الَصَّمتُ. (تحف العقول ص386) 

19. Oh Hisham! Christ Essa (as) said to his disciples ',And the small & little sins are among the deceits & trickeries of Satan. He makes them insignificant for you & belittles them in your eyes. 

So those (sins) get accumulated & multiplied & plenty in number thus encompassing & surrounding you. [1] 

19- یا هِشامُ اِنَّ المَسِیحَ عَلَیهِ اَلسَّلامُ قالَ لِلحَوارِیّیِن:... وَاِنَّ صِغارَ الذُّنُوب ومُحَقَّراتِها مِن مَکائِِدِ اِبلیسَ یُحَقِّرُها لَکُم ویُصَغَّرُها فی اَعیُنِکُم فَتجتمِعُ وَتَکثُرُ فَتُحیِطُ بِکُم.. ) ) (تحف العقول ص392) 

20. Allah has prohibited heaven for all the users of abusive & obscene language. The shameless person, who does neither care about what he says & nor what is said about him. (Tuhaf al-Uqul P 394) 

20- اِنَّ اللهَ حَرَّمَ الجَنَّةَ عَلی کُلِّ فاحِشٍ بَذِیٍّ قَلِیلِ الحَیاءِ لا یُبالِی ما قالَ وَلا ما قیلَ فیهِ. (حف العقول ص394) 

21. O Hisham! The wise person becomes contented with a little (share) from the world along with wisdom. And does not become satisfied & contented with small portion of wisdom with whole of the world. [2] 

21- یا هِشامُ إِنَّ العاقِلَ رَضِیَ بالدُّونِ مِنَ الدُّنیا مَعَ الحِکمَةِ، وَلَم یَرضَ بالدُّونِ مِنَ الحِکمَةِ مَعَ الدُّنیَا. (تحف العقول /ص375) 

22. And so combat & fight a holy war) against your ego so as to move it away from it's lust & passions. Because indeed it is obligatory for you like waging holy war against your enemy. [3] 

22- وَجاهِد نَفسَکَ لِتَرُدَّها عَن هَواها، فَإنَّهُ واجِبٌ 

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عَلَیکَ کَجِهادِ عَدُوَّکَ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص315) 

23. The one who restrains his anger from reaching people Allah stops chastisement from getting him on the dooms day. [1] 

23- مَن کَفَّ غَضَبَهُ عَنِ النّاسِ کَفَّ اللهُ عَنهُ عَذابَ یَوم القِیامَةِ. (وسائل الشیعة، ج11 ص289) 

24. O, Hisham! Indeed cultivation & growth takes shape in a soft, even land & not in a rocky (barren) land. So similarly, wisdom grows & develops in a humble heart & does not grow in a proud, vain & arrogant heart. [2] 

24- یا هِشامُ إِنَّ الزَّرعَ یَنبُتُ فِی السَّهلِ وَلا یَنبُتُ فِی الصَّفا. فَکَذلِکَ الحِکمَةُ تَعمُرُ فی قَلبِ المُتَواضِعِ وَلا تَعمُرُ فی قَلبِ المُتَکّبِرِ الجَبّارِ. (تحف العقول ص396) 

25. Do neither tell (promise) your soul about poverty nor longevity of age for the one who promises his soul about poverty commits stinginess & miserliness & the one who tells himself he would live long becomes greedy? [3] 

25- لا تُحَدِّثُوا أَنفُسَکُم بِفَقرٍ وَلا بِطُولِ عُمرٍ، فَإِنَّهُ مَن حَدَّثَ نَفسَهُ بِالفَقرِ بَخِلَ، وَمَن حَدَّثَها بِطُولِ العُمرِ یَحرِصُ. (تحف اعقول ص410) 

26. Oh Hisham! If that (sustenance) which is sufficient for you renders you needless then the most meagre & little of what is in the world can be sufficient for you. And if the limitations of sufficiency does not make you needless & independent then there is nothing in the world which could make you needless. [4] 

26- یا هِشامُ إِن کانَ یُغنیکَ ما یَکیفکَ فَأَدنی ما فِی الدُّنیا یَکفیکَ، وَإِن کانَ لا یُغنیکَ ما یَکفیکَ فَلَیسَ شَیءٌ مِنَ الدنیا یُغنیکَ. (تحف العقول 

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ص387) 

27. be careful & cautious of joke, for, indeed that takes away the light of your faith. [1] 

27- اِیّاکَ وَالمِزاحَ فاِنّهُ یَذهَبُ بِنُورِ إیمانِکَ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص321) 

28. Oh Hisham! Patience upon isolation is the sign of mental powers. So who ever gets wits & intellect from Allah withdraws from people of the world & those inclined to & loving it. And he gets attached & inclined toward what lies with his lord. And Allah cheers him up & puts him at ease in desolation & becomes his companion. 

And becomes the source of his wealth in poverty & adversity & that of his honor & reverence without his having a tribe. [2] 

28- یا هُشامٌ الصَّبرُ عَلی الوَحدةِ عَلامَةُ قُوَّةِ العَقلِ فَمَن عَقَلَ عَنِ اللهِ تَعالی اعتَزَلَ أَهلَ الدُّنیا وَالراغِبِینَ فِیها وَرَغِبَ فِیما عِندَ رَبَّهِ وَکانَ الله آنسَهُ فی الوَحشَةِ وصَاحِبَهُ فی الوَحدةِ وَغِناهُ فی العِیلَةِ وَمُعِّزَهُ فی غَیرِ عَشِیرَةٍ. (بحار الانوار ج78ص301) 

29. The one who has not met inequity, oppression, anguish & affliction would not have any room for practicing favor. (He cannot be expected to favor the afflicted ones) [3] 

29- مَن لَم یَجِد لِلإسَاءَةِ مَضَصًا لَم یَکُن عِندَهُ للإحسَانِ مَوقِعٌ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص333) 

30. There is nothing, seen by your eye. But it has a lesson in it. [4] 

30- ما مِن شئءٍ تَرَاهُ عَینَاکَ إِلاّ وَفیهِ مَوعِظَةٌ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص319) 

31. Oh Hisham! The one who intends. to achieve self-sufficiency & needlessness short of wealth, & the comfort of heart from jealousy, & the security of religion, so he must humbly 

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supplicate to Allah to complete & mature his mind & intellect, for, the one who becomes intellectual & witful gets contented upon what (sustenance) suffices him. And the one who gets contented upon what is sufficient for him becomes needless & self-sufficient. 

The one who does not get contented upon what suffices him can definitely & absolutely not reach the (state of) needlessness & self-sufficiency. [1] 

31- یا هِشامُ مَن أَرادَ الغِنی بِلامالٍ، وَراحَةَ القَلبِ مِنَ الحَسَدِ، وَالسَّلامَةَ فِی الدَّینِ، فَلیَتَضَرَّع إِلَی اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ فی مَسأَلَتِهِ بِأَن یُکَمِّلَ عَقلَهُ، فَمَن عَقلَ قَنَعَ بِما یَکفیهِ، وَمَن قَنَعَ بِما یَکفیهِ استَغنی، وَمَن لَم یَغنَع بِمایَکفیهِ لَم یُدرِکَ الغِنی أَبَداً. (اصول الکافی ج1 ص18) 

32. Beware of not spending in (the course of) Allah's obedience otherwise, you spend twice on the way of Allah's disobedience (sin, transgression) [2] 

32- إِیّاکَ أَن تَمنَعَ فی طاعَةِ اللهِ فَتُنفِقَ مِثلَیهِ فی مَعصِیَةِ اللهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص320) 

33. Oh Hisham! Indeed all the people see the stars & but no one gets guided by them except those who know their (star's) courses & stations. 

And similarly you teach wisdom but nobody among you gets guided by it except the one who puts it into practice. [3] 

33- یا هِشامُ اِنَّ کُلَّ النّاسِ یُبصِرُ النُّجُومَ وَلکِن لا یَهتَدِی بِها اِلاّ مَن یَعرِفُ مَجَارِیهَا وَمَنازِلَها وَکَذلِکَ اَنتُم تَدرُسُونَ الحِکمَةِ وَلکِن لا یَهتَدِی بِها مِنکُم اِلاّ مَن عَمِلَ بِها. (تحف العقول ص392) 

34. Kill in yourself the avarice & temptation of achievement from creatures (people) , since, avarice is the key to humility & disgrace. [4] 

34- وَأَمِتِ الطَّمَعَ مِنَ المَخلُوقینَ، 

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فَإنَّ الطَّمَعَ مِفتاحٌ لِلذُّلِّ... (بحارالانوار ج78 ص315) 

35. And know it that the word of wisdom is the lost thing of a faithful, so, it is binding upon, & necessary for you to achieve knowledge & learning. [1] 

35- وَاعلَمُوا أَنَّ الکَلِمَةَ مِنَ الحِکمَةِ ضالَّةُ المُؤمِنِ فَعَلَیکُم بِالعِلمِ... (بحارالانوار ج78 ص309) 

36. The worst of the servants of Allah are those whose company is undesirable due to their obscene & filthy language (false, futile & dirty conversation) [2] 

36- وَإِنَّ شَرَّعِبادَ اللهِ مَن تَکرَهُ مُجالَسَتَهُ لِفُحشِهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص310) 

37. The best things following knowing Allah which proximate & nears a servant to Allah are service (prayers) & nicety & kindness to parents & abandoning jealousy & self-conceit, self-applause, pride, & boasting. [3] 

37- اَفضَل ما یَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ الَعَبدُ اِلَی اللهِ بعدَ اَلمَعرِفَةِ بِهِ: الصَّلاةُ وَبِرُّ الوَالِدَینِ وَتَرکُ الحَسَدِ وَالعُجب وَالفَخرِ. (تحف العقول ص391) 

38. O’ Ishaml the one whose tongue becomes truthful his practice purifies. [4] 

38- یا هِشامُ مَن صَدَقَ لِسانُهُ زَکَا عَمَلُهُ. (تحف العقول ص388) 

39. And the person who seeks power & leadership gets perished & that one who enters into self-conceit & self-applause gets annihilated. [5] 

39-... وَمَن طَلَبَ الرِّئاسَةَ هَلَکَ وَمَن دَخَلَهُ العُجبُ هَلَکَ. (تحف العقول ص409) 

40. The one who squanders, wastes & spends lavishly, the beneficence’s & blessings are abated, terminated & cease to exist with him. [6] 

40- مَن بَذََّرَ وَاسرَفَ زالَت عَنهُ انَّعمَةُ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص327)

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[1]: Ayan ush-Shia (the modem print) Vol. 2. P 9 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 1. P 137 

[1]: Tuhful-Aqool P 386 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 321 

[1]: Tuhful-Aqool. P 409 

[2]: Tuhful-Aqool. P 395 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 315 

[2]: Tuhfool Aqool, P. 389 

[3]: Tuhful-Aqool, P. 390 

[1]: Tuhful-Aqool, P. 395. Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P. 310 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P. 3. 3. 3 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P. 327 

[1]: Tuhful-Aqool, P 386) 

[1]: Tuhful-Aqool, P 386 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 329 

[3]: Tuhful-Aqool, P 396 

[4]: Tuhful-Aqool, P 386 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul, P 392 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 387 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 315 

[1]: Wasail ul-Shia, Vol. 11, P 289) 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 396 

[3]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 410 

[4]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 387 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 310 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 301 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 332 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 319 

[1]: Usool e Kafi. Vol. 1, P 18 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 320 

[3]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 392 

[4]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 315 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 309 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 310 

[3]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 391 

[4]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 388 

[5]: Tufaf al-Uqul P 409 

[6]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 327

The Tenth Infallible: The Eighth Imam Ridha’ (as) and his forty discourses 

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The Tenth Infallible: Imam Ridha’ (as) 

Name: Ali Ibn Musa (as) 

Renowned Title: Ridha’ 

Father and Mother: Imam Musa Ibn Ja’far (as) and Najma (as) 

Time & Place of 

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Birth: 11th of Zilqaad year 148 Hijrah, in Medina. 

Time & Place of Martyrdom: End of Safar, 203 Hijrah at the age of 55 Years was martyred through poisoning of mamoon (Abbassade caliph) in Sana bad nauqan (a Mohallah today & site at Mashad Muqadas, (Islamic Republic of Iran. ) 

Shrine: Mashad Muqaddas. 

. Life duration: in three segments. 

1. before Imamate (35 Years) , From 148 to 183 Hijrah. 

2. after Imamate, 17 Years Residence in Medina. 

3. And Three Years in Khorasan, the most Sensitive part of his political life was in this period. 

He had only a single son Imam Jawad Who was seven years of age at the time of his martyrdom.

Forty Traditions from Imam Ridha’ (as) 

اربعون حدیثا 

عن الامام علی الرضا علیه السلام 

1. He who compares & likens Allah to his creations is a polytheist & the one who attributes something which has been forbidden for him is an infidel. [1] 

1- مَن شَبَّةَ اللهَ بِخَلقِهِ فَهُو مُشرِکٌ، وَمَن نَسَبَ اِلَیهِ ما نَهی عَنهُ فَهُوَ کافِرٌ. (وسائل الشیعة ج18 ص557) 

2. Faith is to one grade superior & sublime to Islam & piety is one degree superior to faith & certitude & certainty is one step superior to faith & nothing more elegant & excellent than certitude has been bestowed upon the sons of Adam (as) [2] 

2- إِنَّ الایمانَ أَفضَلُ مِنَ الإِسلامَ بِدَرَجَةٍ، وَالتَّقوی أَفضَلُ مِنَ الإیمانِ بِدَرَجَةٍ، وَالیَقِینَ أَفضَلُ مِنَ الإیمانِ بِدَرَجَةٍ وَلَم یُعطَ بَنُو آدَمَ أَفضَلَ مِنَ الیَقِینِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص338) 

3. Faith has four pillars: Trusting & relying upon Allah, & contentment & pleasure with the divine will, & submittance to the 

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ordain & ordinance of Allah, & delegation & turning over (the affairs) to Allah. i. e. (Total submission & reassignment to Allah). [1] 

3- اَلإیِمانُ اَربَعَةُ اَرکانٍ: اَلتَّوَکُّلُ عَلی اللهِ. وَالرِّضا بِقَضاءِ اللهِ، وَالتَّسلِیمُ لأَِمرِاللهِ، وَالتَّفوِیضُ إِلی اللهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص338) 

4. And faith means performing & discharging the obligatory duties & avoiding the committing of forbidden acts & faith, is the recognition & knowing (Allah) through the heart & admitting & confessing through the tongue & practicing through the parts of body (Physically). [2] 

4- وَالإِیمانُ اَداءُ الفَرائِضِ وَاجتِنابُ المَحارِمِ. وَالإِمانُ هُوَ مَعَرِفَةٌ بِالقَلبِ وَإقرارٌ باللِّسانِ وَعَمَلٌ بِالأرکانِ. (تحف العقول ص442) 

5. One day Imam Ridha’ (as) mentioned Quran & so he described the magnanimity & glory of it's authority & it's miracles saying, That is the firm cable of Allah & firmest handhold & the ideal & model path, it guides & leads toward paradise & is the savior from the fire (of Hell). It does not corrode & wear out by the passage & flow of time. Moreover, it's continuous repetition & recitation through the tongue does not devalue & depreciate it. Since, it is not made to exist for a certain age & period apart from other ages & periods. Instead, it has been made a proof & logic for all human beings. Falsehood does nether find passage in the front & afore of it nor from it's back side. It has been descended (revealed) by Allah, the all wise, all praise worthy. [3] 

5- ذَکَر الرَّضا (ع) یَوماً القُرآنَ فَعَظَّمَ الحُجَّةَ فیهِ 

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وَالآیَةَ المُعجِزَةَ فی نَظمِهِ، فَقالَ: 

هوَحَبلُ اللهِ المَتینُ، وَعُروَتُهُ الوُثقی، وَطریقَتُهُ المُثلی، المُؤَدِّی اِلَی الجَنَّةِ، وَالمُنجِی مِنَ النّارِ، لایخلق مِنَ الأَزمِنَةِ، وَلا یَغثّ عَلی الأَلسِنَةِ، لاَِنَّهُ لَم یُجعَل لِزَمانٍ دُونَ زَمانٍ، بَل جُعِلَ دَلیلَ البُرهانِ، وَحُجَّةً عَلی کُلِّ اِنسانٍ، لا یَأتِیهِ الباطِلُ مِن بَینِ یَدَیهِ، وَلا مِن خَلفِهِ تَنزیلٌ مِن حَکیمٍ حَمیدٍ. (بحارالانوار ج92 ص14) 

6. Rayyan says I said to Imam Ridha’ (as) , what do you say about Quran? ' So he replied ', It is the speech of Allah, do not exceed & move ahead of it & do not seek guidance from other than it. Otherwise, you would go astray. ' [1] 

6- قُلتُ لِلرِّضا عَلَیهِ السَّلامُ: ما تَقُولُ فی القُرآنِ؟ فَقالَ کَلامُ اللهِ لا تَتَجاوَزُوهُ، وَلا تَطلُبُوا الهُدی فی غَیرِهِ فَتَضِلوُّا. (بحارالانوار ج92 ص117) 

7. 'Indeed Imamate is the rein of religion & the system of Muslims & the righteousness & welfare of the world & the honor & glory of faithful’s. Verily, Imamate is the growing & ongoing root of Islam & its elevated & sublime branch. Services, alms, fasting, Hajj & Jihad (the holy war) attain completion & perfection & the booty (tributes) & alms gets plentiful & abundant, & the Allah's bounds, sanctions, & ordinances get executed, & the frontiers & boundaries (of Islamic lands) get safe & secure, through Imam. [2] 

7- اِنَّ الاِمامَةَ زِمامُ الدّینِ، وَنِظامُ المُسلِمینَ، وَصَلاحُ الدّنیا، وَعِزُّالمُؤمِنِین، اِنَّ الإمامَةَ اُسُّ الاِسلامِ النّامِی، وَفَرعُهُ السّامِی، بِالاِمامِ تَمامُ الصَّلاةِ وَالزَّکوةِ وَالصِّیامِ وَالحَجَّ وَالجِهادِ، وَ تَوفیرُ الفَیءِ، وَالصَّدَقاتِ، وَاِمضاءُ الحُدودِ وَالأحکامِ، وَمَنعُ الثُّغُورِ وَالأَطرافِ. (اصول الکافی ج1ص200) 

8. about the workers & officials of sultan (king, ruler). Becoming a part of 

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the officials of them & providing of help & assistance to them & putting in endeavor to fulfill their needs & requirements is the equivalent to infidelity. And looking intentionally & purposely at them is one of the great sins which deems one fit to deserve the hell fire. [1] 

8- «... فی اَعمالِ السُّلطانِ»...: اَلدُّخُولُ فی اَعمالِهِم، وَالعَونُ لَهُم وَالسَّعیُ فی حَوائِجِهِم عَدیلُ الکُفرِ، وَالنَّظَرُ اِلَیهِم عَلی العَمدِ مِنَ الکَبائِر الَّتی یُستَحَقُّ بِهِ[بِهَا]النّارُ. (بحار الانوار ج75 ص374) 

9. Allah may take pity & be merciful to the servant who resurrects & revives our affair so I said ', and how is it that your affair gets revived? ' He responded ', by learning our know ledges & teaching them to the people. ' [2] 

1. The slightest thing or contact is looking intentionally at a person, even this is one or the great sins not to talk about helping the tyrants practically. So, those Muslims who strengthen & solidify the foundations or their aggression & tyranny & make their abode in the hell, must as per this tradition avoid such activities. 

9- رَحِمَ اللهُ عَبداً أَحیَاء اَمرَنا (قُلتُ): وَکَیفَ یُحیی اَمرَکُم؟ قالَ: یَتَعَّلَمُ عُلُومَنا وَیُعَلِّمُها النّاسَ. (وسائل الشیعه ج18 ص102) 

10. A faithful will not become (real) faithful till such time he acquires three qualities: A way of Allah's treatment (sunnan Allah) a prophet's rule & a rule of his saint. However, the Allah's treatment is the concealing of his secret. Allah said 

عالم الغیب... فلا یظهر علی غیبه احدأ الا من ارتضی من رسول. 

The knower of the unseen! 

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So he does not reveal his secret to any. Except to him whom he chooses as an apostle. ' Moreover, the Sunnah & rule of the Prophet (S) is conciliation with the people. So Allah commanded the Prophet (S) to conciliate with the masses saying. 

خذا العفو وامر بالمعروف 

Take to forgiveness & enjoin good. ' Never the less, the rule of his saint is 'Exercising patience & endurance in (the times of) adversities poverty & apprehensions. ' [1] 

10- لا یَکُونُ المُؤمِنُ مُؤمِناً حَتّی یَکُونَ فیهِ ثَلاثُ خِصالٍ: سُنَّةٌ مِن رَبِّهِ وَسُنَّةٌ مِن نَبِیّهِ، وَسُنَّةٌ مِن وَلِیِّهِ فَأمَّا السُّنَّةُ مِن رَبِّهِ فَکِتمانُ سِرِّهِ، قالَ اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ ( (عالِمُ الغَیبِ فَلا یُظهِرُ عَلی غَیبِهِ أَحَداً* اِلاّ مَنِ ارتَضی مِن رَسُولٍ) ) وَاَمَّا السُّنَّةُ مِن نَبِیِّهِ فَمُداراةُ النّاسِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ أَمرَ نَبِیَّهُ صَلَّی اللهُ عَلَیهِ وَالِهِ بِمُداراة النّاسِ، فَقالَ: ( (خُذِ العَفوَ وَأمُر بِالعُرفِ) ) وَأَمَّا السُّنَّةُ مِن وَلِیِّهِ فَالصَّبرُ فِی البَأساءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ. 

(اصول الکافی ج2 ص241) 

11. The intellect of a Muslim man does not mature & complete till he has ten qualities: 1. Benevolence & benefaction be expected & hoped from him. 2. And people be secure & peaceful from his evil doing. 3. He considers the small amount of benefaction from others as abundant & plentiful. 4. And takes plenty of his own benevolence & goodness to be a meagre amount of it. 5. He does not get tired & exhausted by the demands & requirement asked to be fulfilled. 6. He does not get fatigued & restless from seeking knowledge for all the length of 

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his life. 7. He loves poverty more than the plentifulness & affluence, on the course of Allah. 8. And he loves disgrace & abjectness on the way of Allah more than the honour on the course of His enemy. 9. And anonymity is more liked by him than fame. 

Then he (S) said. ', The tenth one & what is the tenth? The person asked him (S) what that is? ' lmam (as) reflected ', He does not see a person but that he says 'He is better & more pious than myself. ' [1] 

11-لا یَتِمُّ عَقلُ امرِئ مُسلِمٍ حَتّی تَکُونَ فیهِ عَشرُخِصالٍ: أَلخَیرُ مِنهُ مَأمُولٌ وَالشَّرُّمِنهُ مَأمُونٌ، یَستَکثِرُ قَلیلَ الخَیرِمِن غَیرِهِ، وَیَستَقِلُّ کَثیرَ الخَیرِ مِن نَفسِهِ، لا یَسأَمُ مِن طَلَبِ الحَوائِج إِلَیهِ، وَلایَملُّ مِن طَلَبِ العِلمِ طُولَ دَهرِهِ، اَلفَقرُ فِی اللهِ اَحَبُّ اِلَیهِ مِنَ الغِنی، وَالذُّلُّ فِی اللهِ اَحَبُّ اِلَیهِ مِنَ العِزِّ فی عَدُوَّهِ، وَالخُمُولُ أَشهی اِلَیهِ مِنَ الشُّهرَةِ، ثُمَّ قالَ علیه السلام: اَلعاشِرَةُ، قیلَ لَهُ: ماهِیَ؟ قالَ علیه السلام: لا یری اَحَداً اِلاّ قالَ: هُوَ خَیرٌ مِنّیِ وَاَتقی. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص336) 

12. He who takes himself to account gets benefitted & the one who gets negligent & careless about himself bears loss. And the one who fears (AlIah) becomes peaceful. And that one who takes lesson becomes most clear sighted & discerning. And he who becomes most clear sighted understands & he who understands & comprehends becomes knowledgeable & informed. [2] 

12- مَن حاسَبَ نَفسَهُ رَبِحَ، وَمَن غَفَلَ عَنها خَسِرَ، وَمَن خافَ أَمِنَ، وَمَن اعتَبَرَ أَبصَرَ وَمَن أبصَرَفَهِمَ، وَمِن فَهِمَ عَلِمَ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص352) 

13. A person asked Imam Ridha’ (as) ', 

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who are the best of servants? ' 

So he responded ',Those men that when they perform good deed they become glad & when they perform a bad deed they ask the forgiveness (of Allah) & when they are granted they thank (for it). And while they get afflicted & grieved they exercise patience. And when they get enraged & angry they forgive. (Overlook. other faults). [1] 

13- وسُئِلَ عَن خِیارِ العِبادِ، فَقالَ (ع): اَلَّذیِنَ اِذا اَحسَنُوا استَبشَرُوا وَاِذا آساء وا استَغفَرُوا: وَاِذَا أُعطُوا شَکَرُوا، وَاِذا بتُلُوا صَبَرُوا، وَاِذا غَضِبُوا عَفوا. (تحف العقول ص445) 

14. And avoiding the cardinal & grave sins & these are murdering & killing the soul that Allah has forbidden And committing adultery, & stealing & drinking (wine) & opposing (annoying) the parents, & running away fleeing the battle front (in Jihad). & misappropriating & eating the wealth of orphan oppressively & excessively, & eating the carrion (flesh of dead creature) & drinking blood & taking meat of pig (pork) & unnecessarily eating the meat of animals which are slaughtered without Allah's name being taken at the time of slaughtering them. 

And eating (taking) interest after the clear cut ordain & the illicit & forbidden (wealth) , & the arrow shuffling & gambling, & diminishing reducing in measures & weights & accusing the chaste (virtuous) women & sodomy & giving of false witness & disappointment with the commiseration of Allah & considering oneself safe from the plan of Allah. (Fearlessness from Allah's plan) & dismay from the blessing & commiseration of Allah & helping & 

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assisting the aggressors & tyrants & reliance & trust upon them. And I taking false oath & retention of rights without being hard up & telling lie. And pride & arrogance & spending lavishly & wasting & squandering (of resources) & dishonesty & depreciating & belittling Hajj & combating & standing up against the saints of Allah. And involvement & remaining busy with diversion & play (sensuality & libidinous pleasures) and insisting upon committing sins. [1] 

14-... وَاجتِنابُ الکَبائِرِ وَهِیَ قَتلُ النَّفسِ الَّتی حَرَّمَ اللهُ تَعالی. وَالزِّنا وَالسَّرِقَةُ وَشُربُ الخَمرِ، وَعُقُوقُ الوالِدَینِ، وَالفَرارُ مِن الزَّحفِ وَأَکلُ مالِ الیَتِیمِ ظُلماً، وَأکلُ المَیتِهِ وَالدَّمِ وَلَحمِ الخِنزیرِ وَما أُهِلَّ لِغَیرِ اللهِ بِهِ مِن غَیرِ ضَرُورَةٍ، وَأکلُ الرِّبوا بَعدَ البَیِّنَةِ، وَالسُّحت، وَالمَیسِرُ وَالقِمارُ، وَالبَخسُ فِی المِکیالِ وَالمیزانِ، وَقَذفُ المُحصَناتِ وَالّلِواطُ، وَشَهادَةُ الزُّورِ وَالیَأسُ مِن رَوح اللهِ، وَالأَمنُ مِن مَکرِ اللهِ وَالقُنوُطُ مِن رَحمَةِ اللهِ وَمَعُونَةُ الظّالِمینَ وَالرُّکُونُ إِلَیهِم وَالیَمینُ الغَموسُ وَحَبسُ الحُقُوقِ مِن غَیرِ العُسرَةِ، وَالکَذِبُ وَالکِبرُ وَالإسرافُ والتَّبذِیرُ، وَالخِیانَةُ، وَالإستِخافُ بِالحَجِّ، وَالمُحارَبَةُ لأَِولِیاءِ اللهِ تَعالی وَالإشتِغالُ بِالمَلاهی، وَالإِصرارُ عَلی الذُّنُوبِ. (عیون الخبار الرضا (ع) ج2 ص127) 

15. There are some grades of self-conceit. One among them is that the evil acts of a servant gets decorated to him & he takes them for good deeds & boasts & gluts about them & considers them as nice acts performed by him. And one of them is that a servant acquires faith & belief upon Allah & then boasts of a favor conferred upon Allah, whereas, Allah has done him a favor in it. [2] 

15- لِلعُجبِ دَرَجاتٌ: 

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مِنها أَن یُزَیَّنَ لِلعَبدِ سُوءُ عَمَلِهِ فَیَراهُ حَسَناً فَیُعجِبُهُ وَیَحسِبُ أَنه یُحسِنُ صُنعاً. وَمِنها أَن یُؤمِنَ العَبدُ بِرَبِّهِ فَیَمُّنَ عَلی اللهِ وَلِلّهِ المِنَّةُُ عَلَیه فیه. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص336) 

16. Had Allah not frightened people by paradise & hell even then it would have been obligatory for them to obey Him & not commit His disobedience because of His favors & kindnesses upon them. And His granting them the beneficence’s to start with, without any of their rights. 

16- لَو لَم یَخُوِّفِ اللهُ النّاسَ بِجَنَّةٍ وَنارٍ لَکانَ الواجِبُ عَلَیهِم اَن یُطِیعُوهُ وَلا یَعصُوهُ لِتَفضُّلِهِ عَلَیهِم وَاِحسانِهِ اِلَیهِم، وَما بَدَأهُم بِهِ مِن انعامِهِ الذی ما استَحَقُّوهُ. 

(بحارالانوار ج71 ص174) 

17. If it is asked why people were ordered to fast? It would be answered so that they may know the trouble of hunger & thirst & thus get the idea about the poverty (hunger and thirst) of the Hereafter. And the fast keeper may get humbled, belittled, humiliated, destitute, indigent (More over) they may get the reward of Allah & be patient & forbearing in the wake of the (trouble) they face from hunger & thirst with knowing of Allah & sincerity. So fasting will be the cause of their getting reward. Moreover, this will bring about the control of lustful desires and become the admonition in this world. 

And make them submit to the performance & offering of what has been made obligatory for them & guides them to (the affairs of) Here after. 

None the less, they by keeping fast do understand & comprehend the severances 

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& extremity & the amount of hardships & miseries that the poor & afflicted ones have to bear in this world. So they give away the obligatory amounts which Allah has made obligation for them to payout of their wealth. [1] 

17- فَاِن قالَ ظِمَ اُمِرُوابِالصَّوم؟ قیلَ: لِکَی یَعرِفُوا اَلَمَ الجُوع وَالعَطش، فَیَستَدِلُّوا عَلی فَقرِ الاخِرَةِ، وَلیَکُونَ الصّائِمُ خاشِعاً، ذَلِیلاً مُستکینا مَأجُوراً مُحتَسِباً عارِفاً صابِراً لِما اَصابَهُ مِنَ الجُوعِ وَالعَطَشِ، فَیَستَوجِبُ الثَّوابَ. مَعَ ما فیهِ مِن الإکِسارِ عَن الشَّهَواتِ، وَلِیَکُونَ ذلِکَ واعِظاً لَهُم فی العاجِلِ وَرائِضاً لَهُم عَلَی اَداءِ کَلَّفَهُم وَدَلیلاً فی الآجِلِ، وَلِیَعرِفُوا شِدَّةَ مَبلَغِ ذلِکَ عَلی اَهلِ الفَقرِ وَالمَسکَنَةِ فی الدُّنیا، فَیُؤدُّوا اِلَیهِم ما اَفتَرَضَ اللهُ تَعالَی لَهُم فِی اَموالِهِم... (بحارالانوار ج96 ص370) 

18. The Jamat prayers (the collective & assembly prayers) have only been made so that the sincerity, oneness of Allah & the adoring & worshipping of Allah gets obvious, known, apparent & common. Because, the show of it will complete the proof of the oneness of Allah to the people of East & west. And will make the hypocrite & the one who has disrespecting attitude, humble & respectful to something which is the cause of admitting & acknowledging the apparent of Islam & the submission to it. And to the effect that the witnesses of people upon the Islam (being Muslim) of each other becomes lawful & possible. Moreover, it becomes the (cause of) cooperation & co. working of them upon good acts & piety & their taking distance from plenty number of evil acts forbidden by Allah. [2] 

18- اِنَّما جُعِلَتِ الجَماعَةُ لِئَلاّیَکُونَ الاِخلاصُ 

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وَالتَّوحیِدُ وَالاِسلامُ وَالعِبادَةُ لِلّهِ اِلاّ ظاهِراً مَکشُوفاً مَشهُوراً. لِأَنَّ فِی اِظهارِهِ حُجَةً عَلی اَهلِ الشَّرقِ وَالغَربِ لِلّهِ وَحدَهُ. وَلِیَکُونَ المُنافِقُ وَالمُستَخِفُّ مُؤَدَّیاً لِما اَقَرَّبهِ بِظاهِرِ الاِسلامِ وَالمُراقَبَةِ وَلِتَکُونَ شَهادَاتُ الناسِ بِالاِسلام بَعضِهِم لِبَعضٍ جائِزَةً مُمکِنَهً، مَعَ ما فِیهِ مِنَ المُساعدَةِ عَلی البِرَّوَا التَّقوی، وَالزَّجرِ عَن کَثیرٍ مِن مَعاصی اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ. (عیون الخبارالرضا ج2 ص109) الحیاة ج1 ص233 

19. Indeed Allah has commanded three things (in Quran) which are in proximate with three others. He ordered the prayers & alms. So the one who offers prayer & does not pay alms, his service is not accepted from him. 

And He ordered His thanks giving with that of the parents. So the one who does not thank his parent has not thanked Allah. And He commanded fear of Allah & connecting with the kinship. So the one who does not connect with the blood relations is not afraid of Allah. [1] 

19-إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ أَمَرَ بِثَلاثَةٍ مَقرُونٍ بِها ثَلاثَةٌ اُخری، أَمَرَ بِالصَّلاةِ وَالزّکوةِ، فَمَن صَلّی وَلَم یُزَّکِ لَم یَقبَل مِنهُ صَلوتهُ، وَأَمَرَ بِالشُّکرِلَهُ وَلِلوالِدَینِ، فَمَن لَم یَشکُروالِدَیهِ لم یَشکُرالله، وَ أَمرَ بِاِتِّقاءِ اللهِ وَصِلَةِ الرَّحِمِ فَمَن لَم یَصِل رَحِمَهُ لَم یَتّقِ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ. (عیون الخبارالرضا (ع) ج1 ص258) 

20. Do not let the good deeds & Ijtehad & endeavor in worship go, depending & trusting upon the love of the Muhammad (S) house hold. [2] 

20- لا تَدَعُوا العَمَلَ الصّالِحَ وَالاِجتِهادَ فی العِبادَةِ اتِّکا لاِّعَلی حُبَّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ (ص). (بحارالانوار ج78 ص347) 

21. Be careful of greed & jealousy, since, these (vices) have perished the previous nations. And beware of stinginess because it is 

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a calamity which will not be found in a free man & a faithful. 

This (vice) is against & controversial to faith. [1] 

21- اِیّاکُم وَالحِرصَ وَالحَسَدَ فَاِنَّهُا اَهلَکا الأُمَمَ السّالِفَةَ، وَاِیّاکُم وَالبُخلَ فَاِنَّها عاهَةٌ لا تَکُونُ فِی حُرٍّ وَلا مُؤمِنٍ، اِنَّها خِلافُ الإیِمان. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص346) 

22. Silence is a door among the doors of wisdom. Indeed, silence begets & attracts love it is the proof of all the beneficence’s. [2] 

22- اَلصَّمتُ بابٌ مِن اَبوابِ الحِکمَةِ، اِنَّ لصَّمتَ یُکسِبُ المَحَبَّةَ، اِنَّهُ دَلیلٌ عَلی کُلِّ خَیرٍ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص335) 

23. Behave with the friend humbly & with the enemy carefully & the general people, with smiling & blooming face. [3] 

23- إِصحَب... الصَّدیقَ بِالتَّواضُعِ، وَالعَدُوَّ بِالتَّحَرُّزِ، وَالعامَّةَ بِالبِشرِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص355) 

24. Allah dislikes futile (useless) talk & squandering the wealth & much begging (asking things). [4] 

24- اِنَّ اللهَ یبقضُ القِیلَ وَالقالَ وَاِضاعَةَ المالِ وَکَثرَة السُّئوالِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص335) 

25. The miser does not have any comfort & so does the jealous not have any joy & felicity & the (kings) (rulers) do not have faithfulness & trust worthiness & the liar does not have any manhood (forbearance). [5] 

25- لَیسَ لِبَخیلٍ راحَةٌ. وَلا لِحَسُودٍ لَذَّةُ وَلا لِمُلُوکٍ وَفاءٌ، وَلا لِکَذُوبٍ مُرُوَّةُ. 

(بحارالانوار ج78 ص345) 

26. The secret & cause of service’s (prayers) is that prayer is the confession of the lordship of Allah & negating all kinds of partners & plurality for him. And standing before the omnipotent, with humility, humbleness, & the confession (of sins) & begging forgiveness of the previous sins. And placing the face on dust five times 

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a day as (sign of) honoring & confession of His greatness. And service’s (prayers) is the cause of remembering Him & taking distance from the arrogance & neglectfulness. Prayers become the cause of humility, submissiveness & humbleness (toward Allah) & the eagerness, heedfulness & enthusiasm regarding the desire of enhancement of material & spiritual progress (both in the world & here after). Moreover, prayers makes a man engaged constantly in the remembrance of Allah both day & night so that he must not forget his lord, master, Administrator & creator, since, forgetfulness will become the cause of rebel ion. Man while offering prayer stays in the presence of his lord & in the state of His remembrance & this very condition constrains & stops him from sins and constrains & refrains him from many kinds of corruptions. [1] 

26- عِلَّةُ الصَّلاةِ اَنَّها اِقرارٌ بِالُّربُوبِیَّةِ لِلّهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ، وَخَلعُ الأَندادِ، وَقِیامٌ بَینَ یَدَی الجَبّارِ جَلَّ لَهُ بِالذُّلِّ وَالمَسکَنَةِ وَالخُضُوعِ وَالاِعتِرافِ، وَالطَّلَبُ لِلاِقالَةِ مِن سالِفِ الذُّنُوبِ، وَوَضعُ الوَجهَ عَلَی الاَرضِ کُلَّ یَومٍ خَمسَ مَرّاتٍ اعظاماً لِلّهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ، وَأَن یَکُونَ ذاکِراً غَیرَ ناسٍ وَلا بَطِرٍ، وَیَکُونَ خاشِعاً مُتَذَلَّلاً راغِباً طالِباً لِلزِّیادَةِ فی الدِّینِ وَالدُّنیا مَعَ ما فِیهِ مِنَ الاِنزِجارِ وَالمُداوَمَةِ عَلی ذِکر اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ بِاللَّیلِ وَالنَّهارِلِئَلاَّیَنسی العَبدُ سَیِّدَةُ وَمُدَبِّرَهُ وَخَالِقَهُ فَیَبطَرَ وَیَطغی وَیَکُون فی ذِکرِهِ لِرَبِّهِ وَقِیامِهِ بَینَ یَدَیهِ زاجِراً لَهُ مِنَ المَعاصِی وَمائعاً مِن اَنواعِ الفَسادِ. (بحارالانوار ج82 ص261) 

27. And parsimony & avarice makes the honor (of man) spotted (dishonors & disgraces him) & the love of (worldly materials) causes grief’s & involvements in 

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problems. And the best & most value able of virtues is doing good (to others) & providing shelter & refuge to those afflicted & fulfilling the hope of the person having hope from you. [1] 

27-... وَالبُخلُ یُمَزِّقُ العِرضَ، وَالحُبُّ داعِی المَکارِهِ، وَأَجَلُّ الخَلائِقِ وَاَکرَمُها اصطِناعُ المَعرُوفِ، وَاِغاثَةُ المَلهُوفِ، وَتَحقِیقُ اَمَلِ الآمِلِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص357) 

28. Do not acquire & adopt the company of drinker & do not salute him. [2] 

28- لا تُجالِس شارِبَ الخَمرِ وَلا تُسَلِّم عَلَیهِ. (بحارالانوار ج66 ص491) 

29. Allah forbade the drinking of wine, since, it causes corruption, disturbance, & intoxication of the minds of its drinker & this becomes the cause of his refusing & denying of Allah & uttering obnoxious language about HIM & His Prophets. And becomes the cause of all the sins including murdering & accusing falsely chaste woman of adultery & committing adultery & lessening of abstinence & refraining from forbidden deeds (sins). So this is the reason of it that all the drinks which intoxicate are prohibited & forbidden. Since these drinks too have the same negative results which the wine has got. [3] 

29- حَرَّمَ اللهُ الخَمرَ لِما فیما مِنَ الفَسادِ وَمِن تَغییرِ عُقُولِ شارِبِیها وَحَملِها اِیّاهُم عَلی اِنکارِ اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَالِفریَةِ عَلَیهِ وَعَلی رُسُلِهِ وَسایِرِ ما یَکُونُ مِنهُم مِنَ الفِسادِ وَالقَتلِ وَالقَذفِ وَالزِّنا وَقِلَّةِ الاِ حتِجازِ مِن شَیءٍ مِنَ المَحارِمِ فَبِذلِکَ قَضَینا عَلی کُلِّ مُسکِرٍمِنَ الأَشرِبَةِ أَنَّهُ حَرامٌ مُحَرَّمٌ لِاَنَّهُ یَأتِی مِن عاقِبَتِها ما یَأتی مِن عاقِبَةِ الخَمرِ... (وسائل الشیعة ج17 ص262) 

30. Seven things short of seven other things are making 

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[1]: Wasail ul-Shia, Vol. 18, P 557 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 338 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 338 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P422 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 92, P 14 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 92, P 117 

[2]: Usool al-Kafi , Vol. 1 , P 200 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 75, P 374 

[2]: Wasail ul-Shia, Vol. 18, P 102 

[1]: Usool al-Kafi. Vol. 2, P 241 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 336 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 352 

[1]: Tuhful-Aqool, P 445 

[1]: Aoyun Akhbar Ur Reza (as) Vol. 2, P 127 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 336 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 96, P 370 

[2]: Ayan Akhbar Er Reza, Vol. 2, P 109, Alhayat Vol. I. P 233 

[1]: Ayan Akhbar Er Reza Vol. 1, P 258) 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 347 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 346 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 335 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 355 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 335 

[5]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 345 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 82, P 261 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 375 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 66, P 491 

[3]: Wasail ush-Shia, Vol. 17, P 22

(as if) a mockery. The one who repents through his tongue but he is not ashamed at his heart, has cut a joke with himself. And the one who asks Allah succor &does not put in effort has mocked himself. And the person who asks for foresightedness &does not be careful so he has made a mockery with himself. And the one who asks paradise from Allah &does not be patient over the hardships & calamities has made a fun of himself. And the man who ask the refuge of Allah from hell fire & does not abandon the lusts of the world has made a joke with himself. And the one who exercises remembrance of Allah does not get prepared set his foot ahead towards meeting HIM has cut a joke with himself. [1] 

30- سَبعَةُ أشیاءٍ بِغَیرِ سَبعَةِ أَشیاءٍ مِنَ الإستِهزاءِ: مَنِ استَغفَرَ بِلِسانِهِ وَلَم یَندَم بِقَلبِهِ فَقَدِ استَهزَأ بِنَفسِهِ. وَمَن سَألَ اللهَ التّوفیقَ وَلَم یَجتَهِد فَقَدِ استَهزَأ بِنَفسِهِ. وَمَنِ استَحزَمَ وَلَم یَحذَر فَقَدِ استَهزَأ بِنَفسِهِ. وَمَن سَأَلَ اللهَ الجَنَّةَ وَلَم یَصبِر عَلَی الشّدائِدِ فَقَدِ استَهزَأ بِنَفسِهِ. وَمَن تَعَوَّذَ بِاللهِ مِن النّارِ وَلَم یَترُک شَهَواتِ الدُّنیا فَقَدِ استَهزَأ بِنَفسِهِ. وَمَن ذَکَرَ اللهَ وَلَم یَستَبِق إِلی لِقائِهِ فَقَدِ استَهزَأَ بِنَفسِهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص356) 

31. Get connected to your kinship although it may be means of a drinking water. And the supreme &superb kind of connecting with the kinship is to avoid annoying them. [2] 

31- صِل رَحِمَکَ وَلَو بِشربَةٍ مِن ماءٍ، وَ اَفضَلُ ماتُوصَلُ بِهِ الرَّحِم کَفُّ الاَذی عَنها. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص338) 

32. Give alms although 

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with a small amount of a thing because indeed all that is intended for the sake of Allah; although those may be meagre & small yet becomes great,& magnanimous by virtue of the righteousness & purity of intention. [1] 

32- تَصَدَّق بِالشَّیء وَاِن قلَّ، فَاِنَّ کُلَّ شَیءِ یُرادُ بِهِ اللهُ، وَاِن قلَّ بَعدَ اَن تصدُقَ النِّبَیَّةُ فِیهِ عَظیمٌ... (وسائل الشیعة ج1 ص87) 

33. The one who happens to meet a poor Muslim & salutes him against the way he salutes a wealthy person shall meet Allah on the resurrection day in a way that He will be angry with him. [2] 

33- مَن لِقیَ فَقِیراً مُسلِماً فَسَلَّمَ عَلَیهِ خِلافَ سَلامِهِ عَلی الغَنیِّ لَقِیَ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ یَومَ القِیامَةِ وَهُوَ عَلَیهِ غَضبانٌ. (وسائل الشیعة ج8 ص442) 

34. Meet & see each other so that you get friendlier with each other. [3] 

34- تَزَاوَرُوا تَحَابُّوا.... (بحارالانوار ج78 ص347) 

35. The one who repents upon the sins is like the one who does not have a sin. [4] 

35- اَلتَّائِبُ مِنَ الذَّنبِ کَمَن لا ذَنبَ لَهُ. (بحارالانوار ج6 ص21) 

36. Cleanliness is from the morality & character of Prophets. [5] 

36- مِن أَخلاقِ الأَنبِیاءِ التَّنَظُّفُ. (بحارالانوار ج780 ص335) 

37. The best wealth is the one by which the honor of man is protected. [6] 

37- اَفضَلُ المالِ ما وُقیَ بِهِ العِرضُ. (بحارالانوارج78 ص352) 

38. The weapon of the Prophets is essential for you. When asked 'What is the weapon of Prophets'. He said 'supplication! ' [7] 

38- عَلَیکُم بِسِلاحِ الأَنبِیاءِ«فَقِیلَ: وَماسِلاحُ الأَنبِیاءِ؟ » قالَ: الدُّعاءُ. (اصول الکافی ج2 ص468) 

39. Be the mercy of Allah upon you, know it that Allah has forbidden 

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all (forms of) gambling & ordained the servants to avoid it & named it dirt (contamination) (in His Book, Quran). 

And said, 'The dirt (filth) is the activity of satan so avoid it. Such as playing with chess & Back gammons & other forms of gambling. And backgammons is worse than chess. [1] 

39- وَاعلَم یَرحَمُکَ اللهُ تَبارَکَ وَتَعالی نَهی عَن جَمیِعِ القِمارِ وَاَمَرَ العِبادَ بِالاِجتِنابِ مِنها وَسَمّاها رِجساً فَقالَ«رِجسٌ مِن عَمَلِ الشَّیطانِ فَاجتَنِبُوهُ» مِثلُ اللَّعبِ بِالشَّطرَنجِ وَالنَّردِ وَغَیرِهِما مِنَ القمارِ وَالنَّردُ اَشَرُّمِنَ الشَّطرَنجِ. (متدرک الوسائل ج2 ص436) 

40. The superior most mind is the man's recognition of his self. [2] 

40- أَفضَلُ العَقلِ مَعرِفَةُ الإنسانِ نَفسَهُ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص352)

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[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 356, Note: Six objects have been mentioned here instead of seven. 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 338 

[1]: Wasail ush-Shia, Vol. 1. P 87 

[2]: Wasail ush-Shia, Vol. 8, P 442 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 347 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 6, P 21 

[5]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 335 

[6]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 352 

[7]: Usool al-Kafi, Vol. 1, P 468 

[1]: Mustadral Al Wasail Vol. 2, P 436 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 352

The Eleventh Infallible: The Ninth Imam Jawad (as) and his forty discourses 

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Eleventh Infallible Imam Jawad (as) 

Name: Mohammed 

Renouned Title: Jawad, Taqi (as) 

Sub Title: Abu Ja’far 

Father and Mother: Imam Ridha’ (as) and Khaizrun (as) 

Time & Place of Birth: 10th of Rajab 193 Hijrah in Medina Time & Place of: End of Ziqadah 

Martyrdom: Year 220 lunar Hijrah at the age of 25 years by the effect of Poison given to him by the order of Motasim Abbasi through Umul Fazl (his wife) & the daughter of Mamoon. 

Martyred at Baghdad. 

Tomb: City of Kazmain near Baghdad. Life Duration: Two parts 

1. Seven years before Imaate 

2. 17 Years after commencments of Imamate coincident with the Government of two Taghoots (devils) Mamoon & Motasim the seventh & Eight Abbasade caliphs. 

His active Imamate Started at the age of seven & he was martyred at 25.

Forty Discourses from Imam Muhammad Taqi (as) 

اربعون حدیثاً 

عن الامام محمد التقی علیه السلام 

1- The one who trusts upon Allah, He shows him pleasure & 

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felicity (makes him happy). And the one who depends upon Allah, He suffices the matters of his life. And the trust upon Allah is a fort where in nobody except a trustworthy faithful gets accommodated & placed. 

And trust in Allah is the salvation from all evils & safety from all the enemies. And religion is the source of honor, & knowledge is treasure. And silence is a light. And the apex & climax of abstinence is avoiding sin. & temperance and fear of God. 

And there is no destruction for religion such as innovation (heresy). 

And there is nothing most spoiling & decaying for man than greed. And the people (matters) are corrected & set right by the ruler. And the supplication moves away (deviates) the calamities & disasters. [1] 

1- مَن وَثِقَ بِاللهِ أَراهُ السُّرُورَ، وَمَن تَوَّکَّل عَلَیهِ کَفاهُ الأُمُورَ، وَالثِّقَة بِاللهِ حِصنٌ لایَتَحَصَّنُ فیهِ إِلاَّ مُؤمِن أَمِین وَالتَّوّکُّلُ عَلَی اللهِ نَجاةٌ مِن کُلِّ سُوءٍ وَحِرزٌ مِن کُلِّ عَدُوٍّ، وَالدِّینُ عِزٌّ، وَالعِلمُ کَنزٌ، وَالصَّمتُ نُورٌ، وَغایَةٌ الزُّهدِ الوَرَعُ، وَلا هَدمَ لِلّدینِ مِثلَ البِدَعِ، وَلا اَفسَدَ لِلرَّجلِ مِنَ الطَّمَعِ، وَبِالرّاعی تَصلَحُ الرَّعِیَّةُ وَبِالدُّعاءِ تُصرَفُ البَلیَّةُ... (اعیان الشیعة طبع الجدید ج2 ص35) 

2. The one who makes a transgressor hopeful, the least of his punishment is deprivation. [2] 

2- مَن أَمَّل فاجِراً کانَ أَدنی عُقُوبَتِهِ الحِرمانُ. (إحقاق الحق ج12 ص436) 

3. Allah revealed to some of the Prophets: Nevertheless, your piety in the World makes you easy & comfortable. 

Moreover, you’re disconnecting from the world & turning toward me makes you honorable by me. But have you ever 

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made anyone your enemy for me. And made a friend for me? (I. e. for my sake)? [1] 

3- اَوحَی اللهُ اِلی بَعضِ الأنبِیاءِ: اَمّا زُهدُکَ فِی الدُّنیا فَتُعَجّلُکَ الرّاحَة، وَاَمّا انقِطاعُکَ اِلَیَّ فَیُعَزِّزُکَ بِی، وَلکِن هَل عادَیتَ لی عَدُوّاً وَوالَیتَ لی وَلِیّاً؟ (تحف العقول ص456) 

4. The person who is present (sees) witnesses a matter & dislikes it is like the one who is absent about it (hasn't witnessed it) & the person who is absent (at the occurrence) of a matter & is pleased & approves it is like someone who has witnessed. (Was present while it occurred). [2] 

4- مَن شَهِدَ أَمراً فَکَرِهَهُ کانَ کَمَن غابَ عَنهُ، وَمَن غابَ عَن أَمرٍ فَرَضِیَهُ کانَ کَمَن شَهِدَهُ. (تحف القول ص456) 

5. If the ignorant keeps silent, people would not differ. [3] 

5- لَو سَکَتَ الجاهِلُ مَا اختَلَفَ النّاسُ. (احقاق الحق ج2 ص432) 

6. It is sufficient for a man's being dishonest that he becomes the trustee of dishonest ones. [4] 

6- کَفی بِالمَرءِ خِیانَةً أَن یَکُونَ أَمیناً لِلخَوَنَةِ. (اعیان الشیعة (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص36) 

7. The one who lends ear to a speaker he has worshiped him. So if the speaker is from Allah's side (speaks the word of Allah) then he has adorned Allah and if the speaker is speaking from the tongue of Satan then he has worshiped Satan. [5] 

7- مَن أَصغی إِلی ناطِقِ فَقَد عَبَدَهُ، فَإن کانَ النّاطِقُ عَنِ اللهِ فَقَد عَبَدَ اللهَ، وَ إِن کانَ النّاطِقُ یَنطِقُ عَن لِسانِ إِبلیسَ فَقَد عَبَدَ إِبلیسَ. (تحف العقول ص456) 

8. Delaying repentance is a deception & prolonging the period before making 

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repentance is an amazingly wandering. And adducing pretexts & making excuses before Allah is an annihilation. And insisting upon sin is being (considering oneself) safe from the scheme of Allah. And no one ever thinks himself safe from the scheme of Allah except the community of losers. [1] 

8- تَأخِیرُ التَّوبَةِ اغتِرارٌ. وَطُولُ التَّسویفِ حَیرَةٌ. وَالاِ عِتلالُ عَلَی اللهِ هَلَکَةٌ، وَالاِصرارُ عَلی الذَّنبِ أَمنٌ لِمَکرِ اللهِ «وَلا یَأمَنُ مَکرَ اللهِ إلاّ القَومُ الخاسِرُونَ». (تحف العقول ص456) 

9. The beneficence’s & benevolences of Allah do not become great (abundant) for a person except it that the needs of the people toward him become greater (in number) so the one who does not bear (the burden of) those needs, puts his beneficence’s into annihilation. [2] 

9- ما عَظُمَت نِعَمُ اللهِ عَلی أَحَدٍ إِلاّ عَظُمَت إِلَیهِ حَوائِجُ النّاسِ، فَمَن لَم یَحتَمِل تِلکَ المَؤُونَةَ عَرَّضَ تِلکَ النِّعمَةَ لِلزَّوالِ. (احقاق الحق ج12 ص428) 

10. Four qualities assist one upon practicing, health & wealth & knowledge & divine grace. [3] 

10- أَربَعُ خِصالٍ تُعِینُ المَرءَ عَلَی العَمَلِ: الصِّحَّةُ وَالغِنی وَالعِلمُ وَالتَّوفیقُ. (احقاق الحق ج12 ص436) 

11. Do know that you are not away from the sight of Allah, So see to it that in what condition you are living (sinfulness or piety). [4] 

11- وَاعلَم أنَّکَ لَن تَخلُوَمِن عَینِ الله، فَانظُر کَیفَ تَکُونُ. (تحف العقول ص455) 

12. The one who commits aggression & tyranny & the one who helps him upon it & the one who is pleased over it, are all party & participants in it. [5] 

12- أَلعامِلُ بِالظُّلمِ وَالمُعِینُ عَلَیهِ وَالرّاضِی شُرَکاءُ. (احقاق الحق ج12 

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ص432) 

13. The person who gets wealthy by Allah's (help) people will be needy towards him & the one who guards himself against Allah's forbidden acts people will love him. [1] 

13- مَن استَغنی بِاللهِ افتَقَرَ النّاسُ إِلَیهِ، وَمَن اتَّقی اللهَ أَحَبَّهُ النّاسُ. (احقاق الحق ج12 ص429) 

14- ثَوابُ النّاسِ بَعدَ الثَوابِ اللهِ، وَرِضَا النّاسِ بَعدَ رِضَا اللهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص360) 

15. Trust in Allah is the price of every valuable commodity & the stairs to every lofty place. [2] 

15- أَلثِّقَةٌ بِاللهِ تَعالی ثَمَنٌ لِکُلِّ عالٍ، وَسُلَّمٌ إِلی کُلِّ عالٍ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص364) 

16. How does he, whose guardian is Allah, get perished? And how can he, who is being pursued by Allah, get salvation. [3] 

16- کَیفَ یُضَیَّعُ مَنِ اللهُ کافِلُهُ؟ وَکَیفَ یَنجُو مَنِ اللهُ طالِبُهُ؟ (احقاق الحق ج12 ص436) 

17. Indeed, we do not find access to the love of Allah except by facing the enmity of lot many people. [4] 

17- اِنّا لا تَنالُ مَحَبَّةَ اللهِ اِلاّ بِبُغضِ کَثیرٍمِنَ النّاسِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص363) 

18. And forbearance is the dress of scholar so do not get yourself dressed off, it. [5] 

18- وَالحِلمُ لِباسُ العالِمِ فَلا تَعرَیَنَّ مِنهُ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص363) 

19. And if the scholars conceal & hide their admonition inside themselves & seeing the spiritually dead & gone astray they do not revive & give life & guide them then they are dishonest in their interiors. [6] 

19- وَالعُلَماُء فی اَنفُسِهِم خَانَةٌ إِن کَتَمُوا النَّصِیحَةَ، إِن رَأَواتائِهاً ضالاً لا یَهدُونَهُ، أَومَیِّتاً لاُ یُحیُونَهُ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص361) 

20. So I commend you to have fear of Allah (guarding against sins) since, there lies 

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in it the safety & security from perishing & annihilation. And it is beneficial in confrontation & change of circumstances. Allah (SWT) sustains that thing for man in which he is driven away by his mind through his virtue of piety. And enlightens the darkness, blindness, & ignorance of His servant's mind by his piety. And saved Noah & his companions in the arc (ship) by & through piety. And saved Saleh & his companions from the lightening & those having patience are saved & secured by piety. [1] 

20-... فَإِنّی أُوصِیکَ بِتَقوَی اللهِ، فَإنَّ فیهَا السَّلامَةَ مِنَ التَّلَفِ، وَالغَنَیمَةَ فِی المُنقَلَبِ، إنَّ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ یَقی بِالتَّقوی عَنِ العَبدِها عَزَبَ عَنهُ عَقلُهُ، وَیُجلی بِالتَّقوی عَنهُ عَماهُ وَجَهلَهُ وَبِاتَّقوی نَجَاه نُوحٌ وَمَن مَعَهُ فِی السَّفینَةِ، وَصالِحٌ وَمَن مَعَهُ مِنَ الصّاعِقَةِ، وَبِالتَّقوی فازَ الصّابِرُونَ... (بحارالانوار ج78 ص358) 

21. Beware of the company of evil person since he is like a sword which is apparently beautiful looking & it's effect is bad (in spilling blood on the way of falsehood. ) [2] 

21- إِیّاکَ وَمُصاحَبَةَ الشِّرِّیرِ، فَإنَّهُ کَالسَّیفِ یَحسُنُ مَنظَرُهُ وَیَقبُحُ أَثَرُهُ. (بحار ج78 ص364) 

22. The one who conceals the (way of) prosperity & progress from you has done enmity to you. [3] 

22- قَد عاداکَ مَن سَتَرَعَنکَ الرُّشدَ اتَّبَاعاً لمَا تَهواهُ. (بحار ج78 ص364) 

23. The honor of faithful lies in his needless from the people. [4] 

23- عِزُّالمُؤمِنِ فی غِناهُ عَنِ النّاسِ. (بحار ج78 ص365) 

24. The one who acts without knowledge destroys & ruins more than rectifies. [5] 

24- مَن عَمِلَ عَلی غَیرِ عِلمٍ، ما یُفسِدُ أَکثَرُ مِمّا یُصلِحُ. (بحار 

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ج78 ص364) 

25. The one who obeys his lustful desire & passions has helped his enemy reach (achieve) his wish. [1] 

25- مَن أطاعَ هَواهُ أَعطی عَدُوَّهُ مُناهُ. (بحار ج78 ص364) 

26. The faithful needs three qualities, the grace & succor of Allah. 

And an admonition & preacher of his own interior. And accepting the word of the one who admonishes him. [2] 

26- أَلمُؤمِنُ یَحتاجُ إِلی ثَلاثِ خِصالٍ: تَوفیق مِنَ اللهِ، وَواعِظٍ مِن نَفسِهِ، وَقَبُولٍ مِمَّن یَنصَحُهُ. (بحار ج78 ص358) 

27. Modesty is the decoration of poverty & thanksgiving is the decoration of ambience & wealth. And patience & endurance is the ornament & decoration of calamity & distress. And humility is the decoration of lineage. And eloquence is the decoration of speech; & committing to memory is the decoration of tradition. And bowing the shoulders is the decoration of knowledge. And the decency & good morale is the decoration of mind. And smiling face is the decoration of munificence & generosity. And not boasting of doing favor is the decoration of good deed. And humility is the decoration of service. And spending less is the decoration of contentment. And abandoning the meaningless & unnecessary things is the decoration of abstention & fear of Allah. [3] 

27- أَلعفافُ زِینَةُ الفَقرِ، وَالشُّکرُ زِینَةُّ الغِنی، وَالصَّبرُ زِینَةُ البَلاءِوَالتَّواضُعُ زِینَةُ الحَسَبِ، وَالفَصاحَةُ زِینَةُ الکَلامِ وَالحِفظُ زینَةُ الرِّوایَةِ، وَخَفضُ الجَناحِ زِینَةُ العِلمِ. وَحُسنُ الأَدَبِ زِینَةُ العَقلِ، وَبَسطُ الوَجهِ زینَةُ الکَرَمِ، وَتَرکُ المَنِ زِینَةُ المَعرُوفِ، وَالخُشُوعُ زِینَةُالصَّلاةِ، وَالتَّقلُّلُ زِینَةُ القَناعَةِ، وَتَرکُ مالا یَعنی زِینَةُ الوَرَع. (احقاق الحق ج12 ص434) 

28. Be firm so as to 

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reach the goal or get neared to it. [1] 

28- اِتَّئد تُصِب أَوتَکَد. (بحار ج78 ص364) 

29. Indeed the trustworthy & reliable brothers are the provisions & reshositores for each other. [2] 

29- إِنَّ إِخوانَ الثِّقَةِ ذَخائِرُ، بَعضُهُم لِبَعضٍ. (بحار ج78 ص362) 

30. The supply of enhancement & abundance (of beneficence) from Allah does not get cut off till the thanksgiving of servants gets disconnected. [3] 

30-لا یَنقَطِعُ المَزیدُ مِنَ اللهِ حَتّی یَنقَطِعَ الشُّکرُ مِنَ العِبادَ. (تحف العقول ص457) 

31. The people of good deeds are needier towards practicing them then those who have the need of them. Because they (good doers) have the reward, pride & memories of those deeds for themselves & to their credit. So the man who performs a good deed first of all it's, benefit reaches his own self. [4] 

31- أَهلُ المَعرُوفِ إِلَی اصطِناعِهِ أَحوَجُ مِن أَهلِ الحاجَةِ إِلَیهِ، لِأَنَّ لَهُم أَجرَهُم وَفَخرَهُ وَذِکرَهُ، فَمَا اصطَنَعَ الرَّجُلُ مِن مَعرُوفٍ فَإنَّما یَبدَأ فیهِ بِنَفسِهِ. (احقاق الحق ج12 ص437) 

32. There are three (acts, which make the servants reach the good pleasure & approval of Allah 

1. Plentifulness of repentance. 

2. Soft natured & forbearance. 

3. Abundance of alms giving. 

And there are three acts the doer of which does not repent. 

1. Not making hurry. 

2. Taking advice. 

3. Trusting Allah while making decision. [5] 

32- ثَلاثُ یَبلُغنَ بِالعَبدِ رِضوانَ اللهِ تَعالی: کَثرَةُ الاِستِغفارِ، وَلِینُ الجانِبِ، وَکَثرَةُ الصَّدَقَةِ. وَثَلاثُ مَن کُنَّ فیهِ لَم یَندَم: تَرکُ العَجَلَةِ وَالمَشورَة، وَالتَّوکُّلُ عَلَی اللهِ عِندَ العَزِم. (احقاق الحق ج12 ص438) 

33. The person who abandons conciliation with people so the undesirable (gloom misery, distress) gets nearer to him. [6] 

33- مَن 

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هَجَرَ المُدارَةَ قارَبَهُ المَکرُوهُ. (بحار ج78 ص364) 

34. The man who does not know the ways of arrival & entry the ways of exit & exodus will tire & irk him. [1] 

34- مَن لَم یَعرِفِ المَوارِدَ أَعیَتهُ المَصادِرُ. (بحار ج78 ص364) 

35. The one who get satisfied & contented with a thing before recognition & information so he has presented himself to annihilation, & a troublesome & awful end. [2] 

35-مَنِ انقادَ إِلَی الطُّمَأنینَةِ قَبلَ الخِبرَةِ فَقَد عَرَّض نَفسَهُ لِلهَلَکَةِ وَلِلعاقِبَةِ وَالمُتعِبَةِ. 

(بحار ج78 ص364) 

36. The one who rides (the horse of) lusty desire his faults & slips are irreparable & non compensable. [3] 

36- راکِبُ الشَّهَواتِ لا تَقالُ عَثرَتُهُ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص364) 

37. The boon & benevolence which is not thanked for is like the sin not forgiven. [4] 

37- نِعمَةٌ لاتَشکَرُ کَسَیِّئَةٍ لا تُغفَرُ. (بحار ج78 ص365) 

38. Good state & sound health is the best providence & grant of Allah. [5] 

38- وَالعافِیَةُ أَحسَنُ عَطاءٍ. (أعیان الشیعه الطبع الجدید ج2 ص36) 

39. Do not make remedy, for, a matter whose time of remedy has not yet come, for, you shall repent & bereave and of course the (span) length of your ages do not grow & longevity but your hearts get hard. 

Be merciful to your weak & meek one. And seek the mercy of Allah by having mercy & beneficence upon them. [6] 

39- لاتُعالِجُوا الأَمرَ قَبلَ بُلُوغِهِ فَتَندَمُوا، وَلا یَطُولَنَّ عَلَیکُمُ الأَمَدُ فَتَقسُو قُلُوبِکُم، وَارحَمُوا ضُعَفاءَکُم، وَاطلُبُوا مِنَ اللهِ الرَّحمَةَ بِالرَّحمَةَ فیهِم. (احقاق الحق ج12 ص431) 

40. And do know that indeed Allah is the All clement & All knowing 

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& His wrath is upon the one who does not accept His pleasure. And verily the one who does not accept His grant is refused that. And the one who does not accept his guidance goes astray. [1] 

40- وَاعلَموُا أنَّ اللهَ تَبارَکَ وَتَعالی الحلیَم العَلیمَ إنَّما غَضَبُهُ عَلَی مَن لَم یَقبَل مِنهُ هُداهُ. (احقاق الحق ج12 ص359)

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[1]: Ayan ush-Shia (modem print) Vol. 4, P 35 

[2]: Ehqaq ul-HaqqVol. 12, P 436 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 456 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 456 

[3]: Ehqaq ul-Haqq, Vol. 12, P 432 

[4]: Ayan ush-Shia New Edmon Vol. 2, P 36 

[5]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 456 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 456 

[2]: Ehqaq ul-Haqq, Vol. 12, P 428 

[3]: Ehqaq ul-Haqq, Vol. 12, P 436 

[4]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 455 

[5]: Ehqaq ul-Haqq, Vol. 12, P 432 

[1]: Ehqaq ul-Haqq, Vol. 12, P 429 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 364 

[3]: Ehqaq ul Haqq, Vol. 12, P 436 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 363) 

[5]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 362) 

[6]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 361) 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 358) 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 364 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 364 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 365 

[5]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 364 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 364 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 358 

[3]: Ahqaq ul-HaqqVol. 12, P 434 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 364 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 362 

[3]: Tuhaf al-Uqul, P 457 

[4]: Ehqaq ul-HaqqVol. 12, P 437 

[5]: Ehqaq ul-Haqq, Vol. 12, P 438 

[6]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P. 364 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P. 364 

[2]: Bihar ul-AnwarVol. 78, P. 364 

[3]: Bihar ul-AnwarVol. 78, P. 364 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P. 365 

[5]: Ayun ush-Shia, Mordern Print, Vol. 2, P. 36 

[6]: Ehqaq ul-Haqq Vol. 12, P 4. 31 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P. 359)

The Twelth Infallible: The Tenth Imam Hadi (as) and his forty discourses 

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The twelvth infallible Imam Ali Naqi Hadi (as) 

Name: Ali (as) 

Renouned Titles: Hadi, Naqi (as) 

Sub Title: Abul Hassan (The Third) 

Father and Mother: Imam Jawad (as) & Samana (as) 

Time & Place of Birth: 15th of Zilhajah, 212 Hijrah at Medina 

Time & Place of Martyrdom: 3rd of Rajab, 254 Hijrah, at the age of 24 year in the city of samara poisoned to martydom by the conspiracy of Motaiz the 13 th caliph of Bani Abbasade. 

Tomb: Samera, Iraq. 

Duration of life three parts. 

1. Eight years pre. Imamate from 212 to 220 Hijrah. 

2. Duration of Imamate: 12 Years before the reign of Motawakil from 220 to 2. 3. 3 Hijrah. 

. 3. Duration of Imamate in most difficult & hardest conditions, 14 years of it being coincident with the dictator ship period of Motawakil (The Tenth Abbasade Caliph & Then The caliphs afterwards.

Forty Discourses from Imam Ali Naqi (as) 

اربعون حدیثاً 

عن الامام علی النقی علیه السلام 

1. There is no security from the evil of the one who is disregarded & humiliated in his own eyes. [2] 

1- مَن هانَت عَلَیهِ نَفسُهُ فَلا تَأمَن شَرَّه. (تحف العقول ص483) 

2. The world is a market, a community reaps benefit in it & there is another one which faces loss. [3] 

2- ألدُّنیا سُوقٌ، 

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رَبِحَ فیها قَومٌ وَخَسِرَ آخَروُنَ. (تحف العقول ص483) 

3. The one who is pleased with himself: (his own state & condition) those displeased & angry with him shall get abundant in number. [1] 

3- مَن رَضِیَ عَن نَفسِهِ کَثُرَ السّاخِطُونَ عَلَیهِ. (بخارالانوار ج78 ص369) (الانوار البهیة ص143) 

4. Poverty & adversity is the cause of getting the soul's rebel ion & revolt & the gravity of dismay. [2] 

4- ألفَقرُ شرَّة النَّفسِ وَشِدَّةُ القُنُوطِ. (بحارالانوارج78 ص368) 

5. Better than the good deed is the one who performs it. And more beautiful than the beauty (of speech) is the teller of it (decent words). And superior to the knowledge is its bearer & carrier. And worse than the evil is it's attracter. And more horrible than the horror is the one who rides it. [3] 

5- خَیرٌ مِنَ الخَیرِ فاعِلُهُ وَ أجمَلُ مِنَ الجَمیلِ قائِلُهُ وَأَرجَحُ مِنَ العِلمِ حامِلُهُ، وَشَرُّ مِنَ الشَّرِّ جالِبُهُ وَاَهوَلُ مِنَ الهَولِ راکِبُهُ. (اعیان الشیعة ج2 (الطبع الجدید) ص39) 

6. Allah cannot be defined & described except with what He has defined himself. And how can that one (Allah) be defined wits are unable from the perception of who me & the imagination & fancy are short of finding him. And the memories of mind are unable to encompass him & the eyes & vision is unable to sight & summoned him. And lack (the strength of) limiting & encompassing him. And the eyes are short of strength & weak from seeing & bounding him. [4] 

6- إِنَّ اللهَ لا یَوصَفَ إِلاّ بِما وَصَفَ بِهِ نَفسَهُ، 

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وَأَنّی یُوصَفُ الَّذِی تَعجِزُ الحَواسُّ أَن تُدرِکَهُ، وَالأَهامُ أَن تَنالَهُ، وَالخَطَراتُ أَن تَحُدَّهُ، وَالأَبصارُ عَنِ الإحاطَةِ بِهِ. (تحف العقول ص482) 

7. The one who thinks he is obliged to commit sin has attributed the responsibility of his sin towards Allah & has accused Him of cruelty & excess upon His servants. [1] 

7- فَمَن زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مُجبَرٌ عَلَی المَعاصِی فَقَد أَحالَ بِذَنبِهِ عَلَی اللهِ وَقَد ظَلَّمَهُ فی عُقُوبَتِهِ. (تحف العقول ص461) 

8. Allah has lands upon earth He loves it that he is prayed & supplicated in those lands & whosoever prays & supplicates over there He grants it. (The Hayer of Imam Hussain (as) is one of those). [2] 

8- إِنَّ لِلّهِ بِقاعاً یُحِبُّ أَن یُدعا فیها فَیَستَجیبَ لِمَن دَعاهُ وَالحیرُ مِنها. (تحف العقول ص482) 

9. Whenever a time comes that the justice overwhelms & over comes cruelty it is prohibited to form negative bad conjecture & opinion about anyone except when one knows it about him. And whenever a time comes that the cruelty & oppression over whelms the (quantum of) justice then one must not have good opinion about the beneficence of a person till such time he knows it (for sure). [3] 

9- إِذا کانَ زَمانٌ العَدلُ فیهِ أَغلَبُ مِنَ الجُورِ، فَحَرامٌ أَن یَظُنَّ أَحَدٌ بِأَحَدٍ سُوءً حَتّی یَعلَمَ ذلِکَ مِنهُ، وَإِذا کانَ زَمانٌ الجَورُ اَغلَبُ فیهِ مِنَ العَدلِ فَلَیسَ لأَِحَدٍ أَن یَظُنَّ بِأَحَدٍ خَیراً ما لَم یَعلَم ذلِکَ مِنهُ. (اعیان الشیعةج2 (طبع الجدید) ص39) 

10. The person who meets death on the way towards seeking the right, & does not reach it, is upon beneficence. And this 

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is the word of Allah wherein he says. 

«ومن یخرج من بیته مهاجراًال الله و رسوله... الایة» 

'The one who comes out of his house as a migrant towards Allah & His prophet then the death finds him (on that way) his reward is upon Allah. ' [1] 

10-... فَمَن ماتَ عَلی طَلَبِ الحَقِّ وَلَم یُدرِک کَما لَهُ فَهوَ عَلی خَیرٍ وَذلِکَ قَولهُ: «وَ مَن یَخرُج مِن بَیتِهِ مُهاجِراً إِلَی اللهِ وَرَسولِهِ.. الآیة. (تحف العقول ص472) 

11. Whosoever has the fear of Allah, people fear him & the one who obeys Allah, people obey him [2] 

11- مَنِ اتَّقَی اللهَ یُتَّقَ وَمَن اَطاعَ اللهَ یُطَع. (تحف العقول ص482) 

12. Compensate & remind yourself of regrets & envoys of dissipations by giving priority & preference to fore sighted ness, resolution & sound judgment. [3] 

12- أُذکُر حَسَراتِ التَّفریطِ بِأَخذِ تَقدیم الحَزِم. (بحارالانوار/78/370) 

13. Jealousy is the cause of erosion of good deeds & the attracter of chastisement. [4] 

13-أَلحَسَدُ ما حی الحَسَناتِ جالِبُ المَقتِ. (اعیان الشیعة (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص39) 

14. The torturing & teasing of parents is followed by shortage (of sustenance) & being driven towards belittlement. & humiliation [5] 

14- العُقُوقُ یُعَقِّبُ القِلَّةَ وَیُؤدَّی إِلَی الذِّلَّةِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص369) 

15. Wrath & anger is the key to difficulties & hardships but (at the same time) it is better than nursing grudge. (Malice) [6] 

15- أَلعِتابُ مِفتاحُ الثَّقالِ، وَالعِتابُ خَیرٌ مِنَ الحِقدِ. (اعیان الشیعة (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص39) 

16. The one who obeys the creator does not have the fear of anger & wrath of the creatures & the one who makes Allah angry & displeased 

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must know that the creatures will (certainly) become angry with him. [1] 

16- مَن أَطاعَ الخالِقَ لَم یُبالِ سَخَطَ المَخلوقینَ وَ مَن أَسخَطَ الخالِقَ فَلیَیقَن أَن یَحِلَّ بِهِ سَخَطُ المَخلوُقینَ. (تحف العقول ص482) 

17. Indeed, both the scholar & the student share the prosperity. [2] 

17- فَإنَّ العالِمَ وَالمُتَعَلَّمَ شَریکانِ فِی الرُّشدِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص367) 

18. Waking up in the night makes the sleep sweeter & hunger increases the nicety & decency of food. (Imam intends to invoke & encourage the people to keep fast & offer prayers. ) [3] 

18-أَلسَّهَرُ أَلَذُّ لِلمَنامِ، وَالجُوعُ یَزیدُ فی طِیبِ الطَّعامِ. (اعیان الشیعة ج2 ص39) 

19. Mind the time when you would be lying before your family members & there would be no physician to stop it (death) & no friend to benefit you. [4] 

19- أُذکُر مَصرَعَکَ بَینَ یَدَی أهلِکَ وَلا طَبیبَ یَمنَعُکَ وَلا حَبیبَ یَنفَعُکَ 

(اعیان الشیعة (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص39) 

20. The one who performs a deed & his heart does not believe in that deed, Allah will not accept any of his practices; but that it be along with the sincerity of intention. [5] 

20-... فَمَن فَعَلَ فِعلاً وَکانَ بِدِینٍ لَم یَعقِد قَلبُهُ عَلی ذلِکَ لَم یَقبَلِ اللهُ مِنهُ عَمَلاً إلاّ بِصِدقِ النِّیَّةِ... (تحف العقول ص473) 

21. The one who considers himself to be safe from the planning of Allah & his painful chastisement & wrath commits arrogance till His devine will catches hold of him. And His ordinance gets implemented. [6] 

21- مَن أَمِنَ مَکرَ اللهِ وَأَلِیمَ اَخذِهِ تَکبَّرَ حَتّی یَحلَّ بِهِ قَضاؤُهُ وَنافِذُ أَمرِه. (تحف العقول ص483) 

22. Sustain & 

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prolong the beneficences & benevolences by decent neighborhood with them. And keep seeking the benevolences by thank giving, over those. [1] 

22- أَبقُوا النِّعَمَ بِحُسنِ مُجاوَرَتِها وَالتَمِسُوا الزِّیادَةَ فیها بِاشُّکرِ عَلَیها. (اعیان الشیعة (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص39) 

23. The one who has a clear cut proof & evidence from Allah the hardships of life become light for him; although, he is cut into pieces & spread out & scattered. [2] 

23- مَن کانَ عَلی بَیِّنَةٍ مِن رَبِّهِ هانَت عَلَیهِ مَصائِبُ الدُّنیا وَلَو قُرِضَ وَنُشِرَ. (تحف العقول ص483) 

24. Allah has made the world a place of calamities & the resurrection day the spot of rewards. And He has made the anguishes & calamities of life a media & way to the rewards of justice day. And made the reward of resurrection day are the replacement & compensation for the troubles & anguishes of world (life). [3] 

24- إِنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَ الدُّنیا دارَبَلوی، وَالآخِرَةَ دارَعُقبی وَجَعَلَ بَلوی الدُّنیا لِثَوابِ الآخِرَةِ سَبَباً، وَثَوابَ الآخِرَةِ مِن بَلوی الدُّنیا عِوَضاً. (تحف العقول ص483) 

25. When Allah intends a beneficence & benevolence for His servant he accepts the admonition of those admonishing him. [4] 

25- إِنَّ اللهَ إِذا أَرادَ بِعَبدٍ خَیراً إِذا عوُتِبَ قَبِلَ. (تحف العقول ص481) 

26. The silly (insane) rightful is on the verge of extinguishing & putting out the light of his righteousness through his stupidity & unwiseness. [5] 

26- إِنَّ المُحِقَّ السَّفیهَ یَکادُ أن یُطفِئَ نُورَ حَقِّهِ بِسَفَهِهِ. (تحف العقول ص483) 

27. Imam Ali Naqi (as) addressing caliph Mutta wakkll Abbasi the 10th tyrant ruler of Abbasades recited the following rhymes 

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which said. 

1. They made the lofty & high peaks their residence & permanently stationed armed guards to watch that. But none of those could stop the death from approaching them. 

2. Finally & consequently after all that grandeur they were dragged from their grand palaces into the ditches of graves & how unfortunately they fell into those bad steeps. 

3. after the burial the voice of the caller of Allah raised saying ', Where did those decorations, crowns, (Magnanimities) ostentations, go? 

Where did those wealthy & luxurious faces, in front of whom curtains & laurels were hung & placed go? 

4. at the time of their being questioned the grave answers eloquently', these are the faces which are presently the attacking spot of the worms & insects. ' 

5. They ate & drank for long times (all they desired) & right now they are themselves being eaten up. (By insects) 

6. For ages they built houses to dwell in but they got separated & away from those houses & transferred to another place. 

7. They had been accumulating riches & wealth’s for long times but (now) they dispersed all of those wealth’s among their enemies & then departed. [1] 

27- شعرا نشده الامام علیه السلام، یخاطب به التوکل العباسی: 

باتُوا عَلی قُلَلِ الأَجبال تَحرُسُهُم 

غُلبُ الرِّجالِ فَلَم تَنفعهُم القُلَلُ 

وَاستُنزلوُا بَعدَ عِزٍّعَن مَعاقِلِهِم 

وَأسکِنُوا حُفَراً یا بِئسَ ما نَزَلوُا 

ناداهُمُ صارخٌ مِن بَعدِ دَفنِهِمُ 

أَینَ الأَساوِرُوَالتّیجانُ وَالحُلَلُ 

اَینَ الوُجوُهُ الَّتی کانَت مُنَعَّمَةً 

مِن دُونِها تُضرَبُ الأَستارُ وَالکلَلُ 

فَأَفصَحَ القَبرُ عَنهُم حینَ ساءَلَهُم 

تِلکَ الوُجوُهُ عَلَیها الدّوُدُ یَقتَتِلُ 

قَد طالَما أَکَلوُادَ هراً وَقَد شَرِبُوا 

فَأَصبَحُوا الیَومَ بَعدَ الأَکلِ قَد أکِلُوا 

وَطالَما عَمَّروُا دوُراً لِتُسکِنَهُم 

فَفارَقُوا 

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الدّوُرَ وَالأَهلینَ وَانتَقَلوُا 

وَطالَما کَنَّزوُا الأَموالَ وَادَّخَروُا 

فَفَرَّقُوها عَلَی الأَعداءِ وَارتَحَلوُا 

(اعیان الشیعة (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص38) 

28. Wealth (means) the scarcity of your aspirations & longings & getting contented with what could be sufficient for you. [1] 

28- أَلغِنی: قِلَّةُ تَمَنَّیکَ وَالرِّضا بِما یَکفیکَ. (اعیان الشیعة (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص38) 

29. To be enraged & angry with somebody who is under your hand is reprehensible & blamable. [2] 

29- أَلغَضَبُ عَلی مَن تَملِکُ لُؤمٌ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص370) 

30. The prosperity of thankfulness of the thankful person is more of a benevolence & beneficence for him than the boon for which the thanksgiving became obligatory. Because, benevolence is a necessity of life but thanksgiving is boon, benevolence, & reward (both). [3] 

30-أَشاکِرُ أَسعَدُ بِاشُّکرِ مِنهُ بِالنِّعمَةِ الَّتی اَوجَبَت الشُّکرَ، لأَِنَّ النِّعَمَ مَتاعٌ وَالشُّکرَ نِعَمٌ وَعُقبی. (تحف العقول ص483) 

31. The people's (honor & personality) in the world are with wealth & in the Hereafter by their practices. [4] 

31- أَلنّاسُ فِی الدُّنیا بِالأَموالِ وَ فِی الآخِرَةِ بِالأَعمالِ. (اعیان الشیعه، (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص39) 

32. Beware of Jealousy for it's effect will appear upon you & it shall not affect your enemy. [5] 

32- إیّاکَ وَالحَسَدَ فَإِنَّهُ یَبینُ فیکَ، وَلا یَعمَلُ فی عَدُوِّکَ. (اعیان الشیعه، (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص39) 

33. Wisdom does not have effect upon the perverse, & corrupt natures. [6] 

33- أَلحِکمَةُ لا تَنجَعُ فِی الطِّباعِ الفاسِدَةِ. (اعیان الشیعه، (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص39) 

34. Disputing & arguments destroys the old friendship. [7] 

34- أَلمِراءُ یُفسِدُ الصَداقَةَ القَدیِمَةَ. (اعیان الشیعه، (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص39) 

35. Do not wish purity (sincerity) from the one with whom you are angry & displeased & 

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faithfulness from the one whom you have betrayed (committed treachery with). [1] 

35- لا تَطلُبِ الصَّفاءَ مِمَّن کَدَّرتَ عَلَیهِ، وَلاَ الوَفاءَ مِمَّن غَدَرتَ بِهِ، (اعیان الشیعه، (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص39) 

36. The one who is ridding upon an unmoving animal is the prisoner of his self & the ignorant is the prisoner of his tongue. 

1. A Person's ridding an animal puts him in a state or pride which originates from the lusty desires & passions or ego. 

36- راکِبُ الحَروُنِ أَسیرُ نَفسِهِ وَالجاهِلُ أَسیرُلِسانِهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص369) 

37. The person who specifies his love & opinion together for you. You (too) specify your obedience for him. [2] 

37- مَن جَمَعَ لَکَ وَدَّهُ وَرَأیَهُ فَاجمَع لَهُ طاعَتَکَ. (تحف العقول ص483) 

38. Talking nonsense & futile things is the enjoyment & pleasure of foolish & insane ones, and the activity of ignorant ones. [3] 

38- أَلهَزلُ فُکاهَةُ السُّفَهاءِ، وَصِناعَةٌ الجُهّالِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص369) 

39. The calamity is one, for the patient & fore bearing person, & two (calamities) for the one who (makes fuss) gets impatient & anxious. [4] 

39- أَلمُصِیَبةُ لِلصّابِرِ واحِدَةٌ وِلِلجازِع إِثنَتانِ. (اعیان الشیعه ج2 (طبع جدید) ص39) 

40. Self-conceit stops & restrain from seeking knowledge & becomes the cause of (people's) despise, scorn, & ignorance. [5] 

40-أَلعُجبُ صارِفٌ عَن طَلَبِ العِلمِ، داعٍ إِلَی الغَمطِ وَالجَهلِ. (اعیان الشیعه، (الطبع الجدید) ج2 ص39)

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[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 483 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 368 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 368 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 368 

[3]: Ayun ush-Shia Vol. 2 (modem print) P 39 

[4]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 82 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 482 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 482 

[3]: Ayun ush-Shia Vol. 2, P 39 Modem Print 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 472 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 472 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 370 

[4]: Ayun ush-Shia Vol. 2, P 39 Modem Print 

[5]: Bihar ul-AnwarVol78, P369 

[6]: Ayun ush-Shia Vol. 2, P 39 Modem Print 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 367 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 367 

[3]: Ayun ush-Shia, Vol. 2, P 39 

[4]: Ayun ush-Shia. Vol. 2. P 39. Modem Print 

[5]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 473 

[6]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 483 

[1]: Ayun ush-Shia. Vol. 2. P 39 Modem Print 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 83 

[3]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 483 

[4]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 481 

[5]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 483 

[1]: Ayun ush-Shia. Vol. 2, P. 38 

[1]: Ayun ush-Shia Vol. 2, P. 39, Modem Print 

[2]: Bihar ul-AnwarVol. 78. P. 370 

[3]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 483 

[4]: Ayun ush-Shia Vol. Vol. 2. P 39. Modem Print 

[5]: Ayun ush-Shia Vol. 2. P 39. Modem Print 

[6]: Ayun ush-Shia Vol. 2. P 39. Modem Print 

[7]: Ayun ush-Shia, Vol. 2, P 3 

[1]: Ayun ush-Shia 2, P 39, Modem Print 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 483 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 369 

[4]: Ayun ush-Shia, Vol. 2, P 39, Modem Print 

[5]: Ayun ush-Shia, Vol. 2, P 39, Modem Print

The Thirteenth Infallible: The Eleventh Imam Hassan Askari (as) and his forty discourses 

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The Thirteenth Infallible Hassan Askari (as) 

Name: Hassan (as) 

Renouned Title: Askari 

Subtitle: Abu Muhammad 

Father and Mother: Imam Hadi (as) and Saleel (as) 

Time & Place of Birth. 8th Rabi usani or 24rth Rabiul Awal 232 Hijrah in Medina 

Time & Place of Martyrdom: 8th 

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Rabi ul Awal 260 Hijrah By The conspiracy of Motamid the Foureenth Abbasade caliph, in the city of Samara at the age of 28 years. 

Tomb: Samara (Iraq) Duration of life. 

Before Imamate 22 years (from 232 to 245 Hijrah. After Imamate 6 years 254 to 260 Hijrah. 

He was constantly & permenently under observation in the prison of the Satans of his age & was finally brutally martyred by poison.

Forty Discourses from Imam Hassan Al Askari (as) 

اربعون حدیثاً 

عن الامام الحسن العسکری علیه السلام 

1. Allah is the one with whom all the creatures seek refuge at the time of need & hardships & while the hope from all the creations & the causes antecedents & determinants except Him, is discontinued & cut off. [1] 

1- اَللهُ هُوَ الَّذی یَتَألَّهُ إِلَیهِ عِندَ الحَوائِج وَالشَّدائِدِ کُلُّ مَخلُوقِ، عِند انقِطاعِ الرَّجاءِ مِن کُلِّ مَن دُونَهُ وَتَقَطُّعِ اِلأَسبابِ مِن جَمیعِ مَن سِواهُ. (بحار الانوار ج3 ص41) 

2. The love of the pious ones for the pious ones is a reward & recompense for those pious. And the love of debauch (libertine) for the pious ones is a sublimity & superiority for the pious ones. And the grudge of the debauch for the pious ones is the decoration for the pious ones. And the grudge & enmity of pious ones against the debauch & libertine is a humility for the debauch (sybarite). [2] 

2- حُبُّ الأَبرارِ لِلأَبرارِ ثَوابٌ لِلأَبرار. وَحُبُّ الفُجّارِ لِلأَبرارِ فَضِیلَةٌ لِلأَبرارِ، وَبُغضُ الفُجّارِ لِلأَبرارِ، زَینٌ لِلأَبرارِ وَبُغضُ الأَبرارِ لِلفُجّارِ خِزیٌ عَلی الفُجّارِ. (تحف العقول ص487) 

3. No respectful one abandons the right except it that he 

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become debased & objected, & no objected & debased acquires it except that he becomes respectful & honorable. [1] 

3- ما تَرَکَ الحَقَّ عَزیزٌ إلاّ ذَلَّ، وَلا أَخَذَ بِهِ ذَلیلٌ إِلاّعَزَّ. (تحف العقول ص489) 

4. Thus the one out of the jurisprudents who is the protector of his soul, saver of his religion, the oppressor of his passions & lusts (of ego) , submissive to the command of his Lord, 'so it is obligatory for the people to imitate & follow him (Taqleed means unconditional Imitation). [2] 

4- فَأَمَا مَن کانَ مِنَ الفُقَهاءِ صائِناً لِنَفسِهِ، حافِظاً لِدینِهِ، مُخالِفاً عَلی هَواهُ مُطیعاًلأِمرِ مَولاهُ، فَلِلعَوامِ أَن یُقَلِّدُوهُ. (وسائل الشیعة ج18 ص95) 

5. An age will approach when the people's faces would be laughing (exalting) & their hearts would be dark, bleak & dirty. The Sunnah to them would be innovation & heresy & innovation would be (considered) Sunnah among them. The faithful would be belittled & debased among them, & the transgressor would be honorable & respectful among them. Their lords & chiefs would be ignorant & aggressive ones. And the religious scholar’s would be on the threshold of the aggressors & tyrants. [3] 

5- سَیَأتی زَمانٌ النّاسِ وُجُوهُهُم ضاحِکَةٌ مُستَبشِرَةٌ، وَقُلُوبُهُم مُظلِمَةٌ مُتَکَدَّرَةٌ، السُّنَّةُ فِیهِم بِدعَةٌ، وَالبِدعَةٌ فیهِم سُنَّةٌ، المِؤمِنُ بَینَهُم مُحَقَّرٌ، وَالفاسقُ بَینَهُم مُوَقَتَرٌ، أُمَراؤُهُم جاهِلُونَ جائِرُونَ وُعُلَماؤُهُم فی أَبوابِ الظَّلَمَةِ... (مستدرک الوسائل 2 ص322) 

6. Whoever admonishes his brother secretly he has decorated him & the one who admonishes him openly & publicly has vilified & rebuked him. [4] 

6- مَن وَعَظَ أَخاهُ سِرّاً فَقَد زانَهُ. وَ مَن وَعَظَهُ عَلانِیَةً فَقَد شانَهُ. (تحف العقول ص489) 

7. 

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The best of your brothers is the one who forgets your sin & remember & mentions your favor done to him. [1] 

7- خَیرُ إِخوانِکَ مَن نَسِیَ ذَنبَکَ وَذَکَرَ إِحسانَکَ إِلَیهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص379) 

8. The foolish heart is in his mouth & the mouth (lips) of the wise one is in his heart (the foolish says whatever he pleases, without considering it's repercussion whereas the sage thinks before speaking. ) [2] 

8- قَلبُ الأَحمَقِ فی فَمِهِ وَ فَمُ الحکیمِ فی قَلبِهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص374) 

9. The person who rides the back of falsehood, lands upon the house of regret & shame. [3] 

9- مَن رَکِبَ ظَهرَ الباطِلِ نَزَلَ بِهِ دارَآ لنَّدامَةِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص379) 

10. Rage & anger is the key to all evils. [4] 

10- أَلغَضَبُ مِفتاحُ کُلِّ شَرٍّ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص373) 

11. Do not enter a disputed discussion as it will take away your honor & respect & do not make mockery & joke as people would pick up courage & dare at you. [5] 

11- لا تُمار فَیَذهَبَ بَهاؤُکَ، وَلا تُمازِح فَیُجتَرَأَ عَلَیکَ. 

12. How shameful & abominable is that a faithful becomes inclined toward a thing which degrades &: belittles him. [6] 

12- ما اَقبَحَ بِالمُؤمِنِ تکُونُ لَهُ رَعبَةٌ تُذِلُّهُ. (انوارالبهیه، ص353) 

13. Faithful is a beneficence & benevolence for another faithful & a logic & poof for the infidel. (Logic & proof of Allah) [7] 

13- أَلمُؤمِنُ بَرَکَةٌ عَلَی المُؤمِنِ وَحُجَّةٌ عَلَی الکافِرِ. (تحف العقول ص489) 

14. There is nothing over &: above two qualities, belief & faith upon Allah & benefitting the faithful brethren. [8] 

14- خَصلَتانِ لَیسَ فَوقَهُما شَیءٌ، إِلایمانُ بِاللهِ وَنَفعُ 

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الإِخوانِ. (تحف العقول ص489) 

15. The neighbor who conceals the good deed when he sees it, &: reveals if he sees a bad act, is from among the extreme & back breaking agonies. [1] 

15- مِنَ الفَواقِرِ الَّتی تَقصِمُ الظَّهرَ: جارٌ، إِن رَأی حَسَنَةً أَخفاها وَإِن رَأی سَیِّئَةً أَفشاها. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص372) 

16. Humbleness is a boon & beneficence which does not get subjected to the jealousy of people. [2] 

16- أَلتّواضُعُ نِعمَةٌ لا یُحسَدُ عَلَیها. (تحف العقول ص489) 

17. It is against the etiquettes to express joy &: pleasure before the grieved on. [3] 

17- لَیسَ مِنَ الأَدَبِ إِظهارُ الفَرَحِ عِندَ المَحزُونِ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص374) 

18. The person nursing grudge & enmity) has the least of comfort among the people. [4] 

18- أَقَلُّ النّاسِ راحَةًالحَقُودُ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص373) 

19. All the evils are present together in a house & lying is the key to it. [5] 

19- جُعِلَتِ الخَبائِثُ فی بَیتٍ وَالکَذِبُ مَفاتیحُها. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص379) 

20. To say it that 'I wish I may not be brought to question except for this sin is an unforgiveable sin. Then he (as) said polytheism among people is more hideous & invisible than an ant over the black canvass on a dark night. [6] 

20- مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ الَّتی لا تُغفَرُ: لَیتَنی لا اُؤاخَذُ إِلاّ بِهذا. ثُمَّ قالَ علیه السلام: ألإشراکُ فی النّاسِ أَخفی مِن دَبِیبِ النَّملِ عَلَی المِسحِ الأَسوَدِ فِی اللیَّلَةِ المُظلِمَةِ. (تحف العقول ص487) 

21, No One except a thankful & grateful person recognizes the beneficence & favor. And no body thanks for the boon & benevolence except the gnostic 

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(sagacious) , [1] 

21- لا یَعرِفُ النِّعمَةَ أِلاَّ الشّاکِرُ، وَلایَشکُرُ النِّعمَةَ إِلاَّ العارِفُ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص378) 

22. The one who praises an incapable & undeserving person stays at the abode of the accused person. [2] 

22- مَن مَدَحَ غَیرَ المُستَحِقِّ فَقَد قَامَ مَقامَ المُتَّهمِ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص378) 

23. The weakest of the enemies from strategic point of view is the one who manifest & reveals his enmity. [3] 

23- أَضعَفُ الأَعداءِ کَیداً مَن أَظهَرَ عَداوَتَهُ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص379) 

24. Training the ignorant & reverting the habitual addict back from his habit is like a miracle (most rare & difficult). [4] 

24- رِیاضَةُ الجاهِلِ وَرَدُّ المُعتادِ عَن عادَتِهِ کَالمُعجِزِ. (تحف العقول ص489) 

25. Do know it that insistently begging & questioning for the grant of need takes away the honor (dishonors) & causes inconvenience, pain, & suffering. [5] 

25- وَاعلَم أَنَّ الإلحاحَ فی المَطالِبِ یَسلُب البَهاءَ وَیُورِثُ التَعَبَ وَالعناءَ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص378) 

26. This very politeness, courtesy & civility is sufficient for you that you refrain from doing what you dislike in others. (The bad deeds & evils). [6] 

26- کَفاکَ أَدَباً تَجَّنُبکَ ما تَکرَهُ مِن غَیرِکَ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص377) 

27. Indeed, generosity & charity has a quantity so when it exceeds that it becomes spending lavishly (squandering). And so does foresightedness & caution has a limit & when it exceeds that then it is cowardice. [7] 

27- إِنَّ لِلسَّخاءِ مِقداراً، فَإن زادَ عَلَیهِ فَهُوَ سَرَفٌ، وَلِلحَزمِ مِقداراً، فَإن زادَ عَلَیهِ فَهُوَ جُبنٌ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص377) 

28. Observing the middle way in economy has a quantity when It exceeds that then 

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it is stinginess & avarice. And there Is a limit to bravery & gallantry & when It exceeds that then it is rashness & impetuousness. [1] 

28- وَلِلإِقتِصادِ مِقداراً فَإن زادَ عَلَیهِ فَهُوَ بُخلٌ، وَ لِلشَّجاعَةِ مِقداراً فَإن زادَ عَلَیهِ فَهُوَ تَهَوُّرٌ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص377) 

29. The person whose disposition is piety & his nature is generosity & his quality is forbearance & tolerance the number of his friends would become great. [2] 

29- مَن کانَ الوَرَعُ سَجِیَّتَهُ، وَالکَرَمُ طَبِیَعتَةُ، وَالحِلمُ خُلتَّهُ کَثُرَ صَدِیقُهُ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص379) 

30. When the hearts become mirthful & exhilarated then hand them over (saturate & feed them with) knowledge and when they shirk it then leave them alone (since hearts & souls have a particular condition when ready for imbibing learning. ) [3] 

30- اِذا نَشِطَتِ القُلُوبُ فَأَودِعُوها وَاِذا نَفَرَت فَوَدَّعُوها. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص379) 

31. Allah has made the fasting obligatory so that those rich & wealthy taste & realize the touch (agony of) hunger & consequently become kind to the poor. [4] 

31- فَرَضَ اللهُ تَعالَی الصُّومَ لِیَجِدَ الغَنِیُّ مَسَّ الجُوعِ لِیَحنُو عَلَی الفَقیرِ. (کشف الغمة ج2 ص193) 

32. The sustenance which has become guaranteed (by Allah) must not refrain & make you so busy so that you do not perform the obligatory practices. [5] 

32- لا یَشغَلکَ رِزقٌ مَضمُونٌ عَن عَمَلٍ مَفرُوضٍ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص 374) 

33. Refrain & avoid fame seeking & striving for power, as these two invite man towards annihilation. [6] 

33- إیّاکَ وَالإ ذاعَةَ وَطَلَبَ الرِّیاسَةِ قَإنَّهُما یَدعُوانِ إلَی الهَلَکَةِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص 371) 

34. Much of service & adoring 

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does not mean one should pray & fast a lot but indeed the abundance & plentifuiness of service is exuberantly & plentifully meditating into the affair of Allah. [1] 

34- لَیسَتِ العِبادَةُ کَثرَةَ الصِّیامِ وَالصَّلاةِ وَإِنَّمَا العِبادَةُ کَثرَةُ التَّفَکُّرِ فی أَمرِ اللهِ. 

(تحف العقول ص488) 

35. Be afraid of Allah & become a decoration & do not become a (source of) a disgusting & miserable object (for us). [2] 

35- اِتَّقُوا اللهَ وَکُونُوا زَیناًولا تَکُونُوا شَیناً. (تحف العقول ص488) 

36. A greedy one does not get more than what has been destined for him. [3] 

36- لا یُدرِکَ حَریصٌ ما لَم یُقَدَّر لَهُ. (تحف العقول ص489) 

37. The boldness & courage of a son in small age (childhood upon his father becomes the cause of his disobedience & molesting him (father) when he grows up. [4] 

37- جُرأَةُ الوَلَدِ عَلی والِدِهِ فِی صِغَرِهِ تَدعُو إِلی العُقُوقِ فی کِبَرِهِ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص487) 

38. Laughing without any amazement is (a sign of) ignorance. [5] 

38- مِنَ الجَهلِ الضِّحکُ مِن غَیرِ عَجَبٍ. (تحف العقول ص489) 

39. You are leading shortening lives & limited durations and death suddenly approaches. Who so ever sows benevolence & beneficence reaps joy & pleasure and the one who sows evil reaps repentance & shame. Everybody reaps, what he sows. [6] 

39- إِنَّکُم فی اَجالٍ مَنقُوصَةٍ وَأَیّامٍ مَعدُودَةٍ، وَالمَوتُ یَأتی بَغتَةً، مَن یَزرَع خَیراً یَحصِد غِبطَةً، وَمَن یَزرَع شَرّاً یَحصِد نَدامَةً لِکُلِّ زارعٍ ما زَرَعَ. (تحف العقول ص489) 

40. The one who does not have the fear of people (in committing sin) will not be afraid of Allah. [7] 

40- مَن لَم یَتَّقِ وُجُوهَ 

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النّاسِ لَم یَتَّقِ اللهَ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص377)

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[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 3, P 41 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 487 

[1]: Wasail ush-Shia Vol. 18. P 95 

[2]: Wasail ush-Shia Vol. 18. P 95 

[3]: Mustadak ul-Wasail. Vol. 2. P 322 

[4]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 489 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 379 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 374 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 379 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 373 

[5]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 486 

[6]: Anwar ul-Bahiyy. P 353 

[7]: Tuhaf al-Uqul P 489 

[8]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 489 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 372 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 489 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 321 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 373 

[5]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 379 

[6]: Tuhaf al-Uqul, P 487 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 378 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 378 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 379 

[4]: Tuhaf al-Uqul, P 489 

[5]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 378 

[6]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 377 

[7]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 377 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 3771 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 379 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 379l 

[4]: Kashf ul-Ghuma, Vol. 2, P 19'. 5 

[5]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 374 

[6]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 371 

[1]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 488 

[2]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 488 

[3]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 489 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 374 

[5]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 487 

[6]: Tuhaf al-Uqul. P 489 

[7]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 377

The Fourteenth Infallible: The Twelfth Imam Mahdi (The Imam of this age) and his forty discourses 

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Fourtneeth Infallible twelveth Imam Mahdi 

Name: (Mahdi) The name sake of Prophet (S) 

Renowned Titles: Mahdi, Mauood, The Imam e Asr, Sahib Uz Zaman, Baqiyyat Ullah, Qaim (Arwahana Lahul Fida) (May our souls be sacrificed for him) 

Father and Mother: Imam Hassan Askari and Narjis Khatoon (as) 

Time & Place of Birth: 15th of shabban, year 255 or 256 Hijrah, in Samara and Remained under the guardianship of his father for nearly five years in secrecy. 

Duration of life: Four Phases” 

1. Childhood: Secretly nursed by his father upto a period of five years so that he may remain safe & secure from the harm of the enemies. And when his father was martyred in 260 Hijrah, the post of Imamate was shifted over to him. 

2. The short & small occultance: Started from the year 260 Hijrah & ended in 329 Hijrah, comming to nearly 70 years. 

3. The major occultance: Began in the year 329 Hijrah & till Allah pleases that he appears, it will continue on. 

4. The shinning period of his advent.

Forty Discourses from Imam Mahdi (as) 

اربعون حدیثاً 

عن الامام مهدّی (عجل لله تعالی فرجه) 

1. Indeed the divine destinies will never be over whelmed & overcome & the divine will does never get rejected & nothing can supersede the divine grace. [1] 

1- اَقدَارُ اللهِ لاَ تُغَالَبُ، وَاِرَادَتُهُ لاَ تُرَدُّ، وَتَوَفِیقُهُ لاَ یُسبَقُ. (البحار ج53 ص191) 

2. Allah has not created the creations as futile & in vain. & has not let them go aimless & purposeless. [2] 

2- «... اِنَّ اللهَ تعالی لَم یَخلُقِ 

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الخَلقَ عَبَثاً وَلا اَهمَلَهُم سُدیَّ... » (بحارالانوار ج53 ص194) 

3. Allah raised Mohammed (S) as beneficence for the worlds & completed His favors with him & ended the (series of) Apostles by him. And sent him toward all the people (for their guidance). [1] 

3- «... بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدً صَلَّی اللهُ عَلَیهِ وَآلِهِ رَحمَةً لِلعالَمین وَتَمَّمَ بِهِ نِعمَتَهُ وَخَتَمَ بِهِ اَنبِیاءَهُ وَاَرسَلَهُ اِلَی النّاسِ کافَّة... » (بحارالانوار ج53 ص194) 

4. He (SWT) says "AUF LAM MEEM (الم) Do men think that they will be left alone on saying we believe, & not tried? " 

So he says: ',How people have undergone test & trial & how do they wonder around In astonishment & bewilderment sometime to the left & some times to the right. They have been detached from their religion or involved in doubts (ambiguity) or have become the enemy of the right. Or they are ignorant of the true traditions & correct prophecies & information’s. Or they intentionally forget what they know. Do know it that the earth never gets empty & void of authority (argument) of Allah (the Prophet or Imam) whether he is evident & apparent or hidden & concealed (from the eyes) 

(Chapter: decree from the master (Imam) of the age. ) [2] 

4- فِاِنَّهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ یَقُولُ: « اَلم أَحَسِبَ النّاسُ اَن یُترَکُوا اَن یَقُولُوا امَنّاوَهُم لا یُفتَنُونَ» کَیفَ یَتَساقَطُونَ فی الفِتنَةِ وَیَتَرَدَّدُونَ فیِ الحَیرَةِ وَیَأخُذُونَ یَمیناً وَشِمالاً فارَقُوا دِینَهُم اَمِ اَرتابُوا اَم عانَدُوا الحَقَّ اَم جَهِلُوا ماجاءَت بِهِ الرِّوایاتُ الصِادِقَةُ وَالأَخبارُ الصَّحِیحَةُ اَو عَلِمُوا ذلِکَ فَتَناسَوا ما یَعلَمُونَ اَنَّ الاَرضَ لا تَخلُو مِن حُجَّةٍ اِمّا ظاهِراً 

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وَامّا مَغمُوراً. (کمال الدین ج2 ص511) باب (توقیع من صاحب الزمان) 

5. Have you not heard the word of Allah that ",O believers obey Allah & the Prophet (S) & those In authority from among you". Has Allah ordained anything except what is stable & constant up to the day of resurrection? Do you not see that Allah made shelters for you to seek refuge & flags to get guided right from the age of Adam (as) to the previous Imam (i. e. Imam Hassan Askari (as). 

Whenever a flag disappeared another flag appeared. And when one star disappeared another star rose. So when Allah turned his soul back toward Himself you presumed that Allah disconnected the medium between Himself & His creations. Nay, never at all has or would this happen till the dooms day, & the order of Allah gets manifested, where as they the (infidels) dislike it. [1] 

5- أمَا سَمِعتُمُ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ یَقُولُ« یا اَیُّهَا الَّذینَ آمَنُوا أَطیعُوا اللهَ وَأَطیعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولیِ الأَمرِمِنکُم» هَل أَمرِ اِلاّ بِما هُوَ کائِنٌ اِلی یَومِ القِیامَةِ؟ أَوَلَم تَرَوا أَنَّ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ جَعَلَ لَکُم مَعاقِلَ تَأوُون إِلَیهَا وَأَعلاَماً تَهتَدُونَ بِهامِن لَدُون آدَمَ عَلَیهِ السَّلامُ اِلی اَن ظَهَرَ المَاضِی (أَبُو مُحَمَّد) صَلَواتُ اللهِ عَلَیهِ کُلَّما غابَ عَلَمٌ بَدا عَلَمٌ وَاِذا أَفَلَ نَجمٌ طَلَعَ نَجمٌ، فَلَمَّا قَبَضَهُ اللهُ إلَیهِ ظَنَنتُم أَنَّ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ قَد قَطَعَ السّببَ بَینَهُ وَبَینَ خَلقِهِ. کَلاّ ما کانَ ذلِکَ وَلا یَکُونَ حَتّی تَقُومَ السّاعَةُ وَیَظهَرَ اَمرُاللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَهُم کارِهُونَ. (کمال الدین ج2 ص487) 

6. The past (Imam Hassan Askari) crossed over the way of 

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his fore fathers with great prosperity, & success, & disappeared from the sights. He followed the conduct of his ancestors with great exactness & similarity and led his life without any difference. His testament & knowledge. & the one who is his successor & follows the same program & way exists among us. And nobody ever disputes his place & office with us except the cruel sinner. And the one except us who proclaims the post of Imamate is an infidel. And if it was not that Allah's order is not to be subdued and His secrets are not to be revealed I would have manifested to you my right in a way that your minds would have glowed & your doubts would have cast off but only that which Allah desires takes place. And there is a fixed time for everything therefore, be pious & be obedient to us. [1] 

6- «... اِنَّ الماضی (ع) مَضی سَعِیداً فَقِیداً عَلی مِنهَاجِ آبائِهِ عَلَیهِمُ السَّلامُ حَذوَ النَّعلِ بِالنَّعلِ وَفِینا وَصِیَّتُهُ وَعِلمُهُ وَمَن هُوَ خَلَفَهُ وَمَن یَسُدُّ مَسَدَّهُ وَلا یُنازِعُنا مَوضِعَهُ اِلاّ ظالِمٌ آثِمٌ وَلا یَدَّ عِیهِ دُونَنَا اِلاّ جاحُدٌ کافِرٌ وَلوَلا اَنَّ اَمرَ اللهِ لا یُغلَبُ وَسِرَّهُ لا یُظهَرُ وَلا یُعلَنُ لَظَهَرَ لَکُم مِن حَقِّنا ما تبهَرُمِنهُ عُقُولُکُم وَیُزیلُ شَکُوکَکُم لَکنَّهُ مَاشَاءَاللهُ کَانَ وَلِکُلِّ اَجَلٍ کِتابٌ فَاَتَّقُوا اللهَ وَسَّلَمُوا لَنَا. (البحار ج53 ص179) 

7. And when the incidents occur & take shape then turn to those who describe our Hadiths since they are my proof & authority over you & I am the 

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authority of Allah upon them. [1] 

7- وَاَمَّا اَلحَوادِثُ الواقِعَةُ فَارجِعُوا فیها اِلی رُواةِ حَدِیثِنا، فاِنَّهُم حُجَّتی عَلَیکُم، وَاَنَا حُجَّةُ اللهِ عَلَیهِم. (کمال الدطن ج2ص484) 

8. Oh Allah bestow upon our (religious) scholars the piety in the world & admonition to others. 

And to the students & researchers, the struggle, search & keenness & eagerness for getting knowledge. And to the listeners the following & acceptance (of what they hear from them). And to the patients of the Muslims cure & comfort. And to our dead & deceased ones the kindness & compassion. And to our old & aged ones grace & peace & tranquility. And to our youth reference & conversion & repentance. And to the ladies modesty & shame. And to our wealthy ones the humility & amplitude & to our poor & have no the patience & contentment. [2] 

8- « اَللَّهُمَّ.. وَتَفَضَّل عَلی عُلَمائِنا بِالزُّهدِ وَالنَّصِیحَةِ، وَعَلیَ المُتَعَلِّمِینَ بِالجُهدِ وَالرَّغبَةِ، وَعَلَی المُستَمِعِینَ بِالاِتَبِاعِ وَالمَوعِظَةِ وَعَلَی مَرضَی المُسلِمینَ بِالشِّفاءِ وَالرّاحَةِ، وَعَلی مَوتاهُم بِالرَّأفَةِ وَالرَّحمَةِ، وَعَلی مَشایِخِنا بِالوَقارِ وَالسَّکِینَة، وَعَلَی الشَّبابِ بِالإنابَةِ وَالتَّوبَةِ، وعَلَی النِّساءِ بِالحَیاءِ وَالعِفَّةِ، وَعَلَی الأَغنِیاءِ بِالتَّواضُعِ وَالسَّعَةِ، وَعَلی الفُقَراءِ بِالصَّبرِ وَالقَناعَةِ... (المصباح للکفعی ص281) 

9. Our hearts are the utensils of the Divine will so when Allah wishes something, we too wish the same. [3] 

9- «... قُلُوبُنا أَوعِیَةٌ لِمَشِیَّةِ اللهِ فِإذا شاءَ شِئنا... » (بحارالانوار ج52 ص51) 

10. So know it there is no relation & kinship between Allah & any individual. [4] 

10- فَاعلَم أَنَّهُ لَیسَ بَینَ اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَبَینَ اَحَدٍ قَرابَةٌ. (کمال الدین ج2 ص484) 

11. So know it that the 

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right of Imamate is with us & among us. And who so ever says (believes) it to be with others than us, he is a blamer, liar. And nobody except us claims it but the gone astray & deviated one. [1] 

11- «وَلیَعلَمُوا اَنَّ الحَقَّ مَعَنا وفینا لا یَقُولُ ذلِکَ سِوانااِلاّ کَذّابٌ مُفتَرٍ وَلا یَدَّعِیهِ غَیرُنا اِلاّ ضالٌّ غَوِیٌّ... » (کمال الدین ج2 ص511) 

12. Oh Allah, for the right of the one who supplicates to you, & calls you in the oceans & lands. Peace be upon Muhammad & his household. And grant the vastness & abundance of sustenance to the poor men & women of the faithful’s. And bestow health & cure & comfort upon the patients & diseased among the faithful men & women. And mercy & magnanimity over the faithful men & women. And beneficence & benevolence, & forgiveness to their dead ones. And grant to their travelers a safe & handful return to their homelands. 

For the sake of the right of Muhammad & all His household. [2] 

12- اِلهی بِحَقَّ مَن ناجاکَ، وَبِحَقَّ مَن دَعاکَ فیِ البَحرِ وَالبَرَّ، صَلِّ عَلی مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ، وَتَفَضَّل عَلی فُقَراءِ المُؤمِنینَ وَالمُؤمِناتِ بِالغِنی وَالسَّعَةِ، وَعَلی مَرضَی المُؤمِنِینَ وَالمُؤمِناتِ بِالشِّفاءِ وَالصَّحَّةِ وَالرّاحَةِ، وَعَلی أَحیاءِ المُؤمِنِینَ وَالمُؤمِناتَ بِاللُّطفِ وَالکِرامَةِ، وَعَلی أَمواتِ المُؤمِنینَ وَالمُؤمِناتِ بِالمَغفِرَةِ وَالرَّحمَةِ، وَعَلی غُرَباءِ المُؤمِنِینَ وَالمُؤمِناتِ بِالرَّدِّ اِلی اَوطانِهِم سالِمِینَ غانِمِینَ، بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ اَجمَعِینَ. (المصباح للکفعمی ص306) 

13. Those who fix a time (regarding the advent of Imam Mahdi (as) ) are liars. [3] 

13- کَذِبَ الوَقّاتُونَ. (کمال الدین ج2 ص483) 

14. And the how-ness of benefiting from me 

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in my occultation is like the benefiting from the sun when it disappears from the eyes behind the clouds. [1] 

14-وَاَمَّا وَجهُ الاِنتِفاعِ بی فی غَیبَتی فَکَا لاِنتِفاعِ بی فی غَیبَتی فَکَا لاِنتِفاعِ بِالشَّمسِ اِذا غَیَّبَها عَنِ الأَبصارِ السَّحابُ. (بحار الانوار ج78 ص380) 

15. Oh Allah, the calamity has become great, & the secret has become revealed & open, & the curtains have been removed (from the works) & the hopes have discontinued & the earth has become narrow & the sky has refused the showers of blessing & you are the helper & to you the complaint has to be made. And we have got to depend upon you in hardships & easiness. [2] 

15- اِلهی عَظُمَ البَلاءُ، وَبَرِحَ الخفاءُ، وَانکَشَفَ الغِطاءُ، وَانقَطَعَ الرَّجاءُ، وَضاقَتِ الأَرضُ، وَمُنِعَتِ السَّماءُ، وَاَنتَ المُستَعانُ، وَإِلَیکَ المُشتَکی، وَعَلَیکَ المُعَوَّلُ فِی الشِّدَّةِ وَالرَّخاءِ. (الصحیفة المهدیة ص69) 

16. And indeed I am the safety & security for the people of the earth. [3] 

16- «... وَاِنّی لَأمانٌ لأَِهلِ الأَرضِ.. » (بحارالانوار ج53 ص181) 

17. Allah does not accept for the righteousness (any thing) except completion & for the falsehood (any thing) except downfall. [4] 

17-«... اَبَی اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ لِلحَقِّ اِلاّ اِتماماً وَلِلباطِلِ اِلاّ زُهُوقاً... » (بحارالانوار ج53 ص193) 

18. And pray much for the quickness of deliverence for that is your (own) deliverence. [5] 

18- وَاَکثِرُوا الدُّعاءَ بِتَعجیلِ الفَرَجِ فِانَّ ذلِکَ فَرَجُکُم. (کمال الدین ج2 ص485) 

19. I am the last & final of the legatees (guardians) & for my sake Allah repulses the calamity from my family & shias. [6] 

19-«... اَنَا خاتِمُ الأَوصِیاءِ وَبی یَدفَعُ اللهُ البَلاءَ عَن اَهلی وَشَیِعَتی... » (بحارالانوار ج52 

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ص30) 

20. And as for the reason of the incidence of occultation so Allah says ', Oh those who believe! Do not question about the things which if get apparant & dislosed to you you would feel bad about those. ' [1] 

20- وَاَمّا عِلَّةُ ما وَقَعَ مِنَ الغَیبَةِ فِانَّ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ یَقولُ« یا اَیُّهَا الَّذینَ آمَنُوا لا تَسئَلُوا عَن اَشیاءَ اِن تُبدَ لَکُم تَسُؤکُم». (کمال الدین ج2 ص485) 

21. Oh Allah, if I obey you then praise & Eulom' is for you & if I disobey & commit sin then proof & authority is for You. Comfort & deliverence is from You. Glorified is the Allah who grants boon & beneficience & accepts thankgiving & gratitude & Glorified is the Allah who has the power & forgives. 

Oh Allah if I commit a sin (disobedience) , so I obey You in some thing which is the most beloved one to You & that is faith in You. I do not believe in a son for You & I have not taken a partner for You. 

And this is a favour from You to me & not a favour from me to You. [2] 

21- اَللَّهُمَّ اِن اَطَعتُکَ فَالمَحمَدَةُ لَکَ وَاِن عَصَیتُکَ فَالحُجَّةُ لَکَ مِنکَ الرّوحُ وَمِنکَ الفَرَجُ، سُبحانَ مَن اَنعَمَ وَشَکَرَ، وَسُبحانَ مَن قَدَرَ وَغَفََرَ، اَللّهُمَ اِن کُنتُ قَد عَصَیتُکَ فِإنّی قَد اَطَعتُکَ فی اَحَبِّ الأَشیاءِ اِلَیکَ وَهُوَ الإیمانُ بِکَ، لَم اَتَّخِذ لَکَ وَلَداً وَلَم اَدعُ لَکَ شَریکاً، مَنّا مِنکَ بِهِ عَلَیََّ، لا مَنّاً مِنّی بِهِ عَلَیکَ... (مهج الدعوات ص295) 

22. And the person who eats anything from our wealth 

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money (like khomas) indeed, he eats up fire (putting fire into his belly) & soon he will enter the hell fire. [1] 

22- وَ مَن اَکَلَ مِن اَموالِنا شَیئاً فَاِنَّمَا یَأکُلُ فی بَطنِهِ ناراً وَسَیَصلی سَعیراً. (کمال الدین ج2 ص521) باب (ذکر التوقیعات) 

23. So every one of you must practice (in a manner) so as to get closer to our love & must take distance from thing which brings closer to our displeasure & anger. [2] 

23- «... فََلیَعمَل کُلُّ امرِئ مِنکُم ما یَقرُبُ بِهِ مِن مَحَبَّتِنا وَیَتَجَنَّب ما یُدنیهِ مِن کَرَاهَتِنَا وَسَخَطِنا... » (الاحتجاج ص498) 

24. So shut the doors of querries which are not benefitial (meaning-ful) for you. [3] 

24-«... فَاَغلِقُوا أبواب السُّؤالِ عَمّا لا یَعنِیکُم... » (بحار ج52 ص92) 

25. I am the Mahdi (the rightly guided one) I am the upholder & upkeeper of the age. I am the one who fills it (the earth) with justice just as it is filled up with aggression & cruelity. The earth does not remain empty of the Proof & authority of Allah. [4] 

25- أَنَا المَهدِیُّ أَنَا قائِمُ الزَّمانِ أنَا الَّذی أملأُها عَدلاً کَما مُلِئَت جَوراً إِنَّ الأَرضَ لا تَخلُومِن حُجَّةٍ... (بحار الانوار ج52 ص2) 

26. And make (turn) your intention towards us with love based upon the conspicuous sunnah (traditoins). [5] 

26-«... وَاجعَلُوا قَصدَکُم اِلَینا بِالمَوّدَّةِ عَلَی السُّنَةِ الواضِحَةِ... » (بحار ج53 ص179) 

27. Oh Allah grant us the divine grace about obedience & taking distance from sin, & the truth of intention & the recognition of honour & grace & bestow upon us the beneficience of guidance, And uphold upkeep 

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our tongues with truth & wisdom & fill our hearts with knowledge & recognition (of Allah). And purify our interior (bellies) from forbidden & doubtful things. And constrain our hands from aggression, oppression & theft (stealing). And cover our eyes from trangression (veiwing the fobidden things) & the dishonesty (of looks) And obstruct & cover our ears from listening & lending ear to futile & fake talk & back bitting. [1] 

27- اَللَّهُمَّ ارزُقنا تَوفِیقَ الطّاعَةِ، وَبُعدَ المَعصیَةِ، وَصِدقَ النَّیَةِ، وَعِرفانَ الحُرمَةِ، وَاَکرِمَنا بِالهُدی وَالاِستِقامَةِ، وَسَدَّد اَلسِنَتَنا بِالصَّوابِ وَالحِکمَةِ، وَاَملأ قُلُوبَنا بِالعِلِم وَالمَعرِفَةِ وَطَهَّر بُطُونَنا مِنَ الحَرام وَالشُّبهَةِ، وَاکفُف اَیدِیَنا عَنِ ظُلمِ وَالسَّرِقَةِ، وَاغضُض اَبصارَنا عَنِ الفُجُورِ وَالخِیانَةِ، وَاسدُد اَسماعَنا عَنِ اللَّغوِ وَالغِیبَةِ،... (المصباح للکفعمی ص281) 

28. So indeed the major occultation has taken place therefore, there is no advent except when Allah gives permission. [2] 

28- فَقَد وَقَعَتِ الغَیبَةُ التّامَّةُ فَلا ظُهُورَ اِلاّ بَعدَ اِذنِ اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ. (کمال الدینج2 ص516) 

29. And when Allah gives us the permission of speaking then the right will get manifested & the falsehood will get annihilated. [3] 

29-«... واِذا اَذِنَ اللهُ لَنا فی القَولِ ظَهَرَ الحَقُّ وَاضمَحَلَّ الباطِلُ... » (بحارالانوار ج53 ص196) 

30. I am the remnant (the remainings of the Allah's affair) upon His earth & the avenger & vengeance taker from His enemies. [4] 

30- «اَنَا بَقیَّةُ اللهِ فیِ اَرضِهِ وَالمُنتَقِمُ مِن اَعدائِهِ... » (بحار ج52 ص24) 

31. And when I appear then at that time of my advent there would be no oath of allegiance taking for the devils upon my neck. 

(I will not sit silent rather I will fight 

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them). [1] 

31- وَاِنّی اَخرُجُ حینَ اَخرُجُ وَلا بَیعَةَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الطَّواغِیتِ عُنقی. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص380) باب مواعظ الامام القائم (ع) وحکمه 

32. We are not heedless to your life affairs & do not forget mentionings of you. [2] 

32- «... إِنَّا غَیرُ مُهمِلینَ لِمُراعاتِکُم وَلا ناسِینَ لِذِکرِکم... » (بحار ج53 ص175) 

33. Oh Allah shower your benedictions upon Muhammad & his household. And honour & revere your saints (friends) by fulfilling & materialising your promise & make them reach & have access to their aspirations regarding your help. And protect them against the fear of the one who has stood up against you. [3] 

33- اَللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلی مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاَکرِم اَولیاءَکَ بِانجازِ وَعدِکَ، وَبَلِّغهُم دَرکَ ما یَأمُلُونَهُ مِن نَصرِکَ، وَاکفُف عَنهُم بَأسَ مَن نَصَبَ الخِلافَ عَلَیکَ وَتَمَّردَ بِمَنعِکَ عَلی رُکُوبِ مُخالِفَتِکَ، وَاستَعانَ بِرِفدِکَ عَلی فَلِّ حَدِّکَ، وَقَصَدَ لِکَیدِکَ بِأَیدِکَ، وَوَسِعتَهُ حِلماً لِتَأخُذَهُ عَلی جَهرَةٍ، وَتَستَأ صِلَهُ عَلی غِرَّةٍ، فِإنَّکَ اَللَّهُمَّ قُلتَ وَقَولُکَ الحَقُّ حَتّی اِذا اَخَذَتِ الأَرضُ زُخرُفَها وَازَّیَّنَت وَظَنَّ اَهلُها اَنَّهُم قادِرُونَ عَلَیها أَتاها اَمرُنا لَیلاً اَونَهاراً فَجَعَلنها حَصیداً کأن لَم تَغنَ بِالأَمسِ کَذالِکَ نُفَصِّلُ الأیاتِ لِقَومٍ یَتَفَکَّرُونَ وَقُلتَ (فَلَمّا آسَفُونا اَنتَقَمنا مِنهُم). (مهج الدعوات ص68) 

34. Curse of Allah & His angles & all the people be upon the one who eats up & consumes (even) one dirham (unit of currency) out of our money as haram ( (for bidden). [4] 

34- لَعنَةُ اللهِ وَالمَلائِکَةِ وَالنّاسِ اَجمَعینَ عَلی مَن اَکَلَ مِن مالِنا دِرهَماً حَراماً. (کمال الدین ج2 ص552) باب (ذکر التوقیعات) 

35. We do not accept your wealth except for the sake of purifying those. [5] 

35- وَاَمّا 

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اَموالُکُم فَلا نَقبَلُها اِلاّ لِتُطَهّرُوا. (کمال الدین ج2 ص484) 

36. Oh Allah, the owner of people necks (Having domination over them) and oh the breaker (defeater) of groups. Oh, the opener of doors, oh the creater of causes & media, provide a cause & media for us since we do not have the strength & means to achieve that, for the sake of the (word) there is no Allah except Allah & Muhammad is the Prophet (S) of Allah, peace be upon him & entire of his household. [1] 

36- یا مالِکَ الرَّقابِ یا هازِمَ الاَحزابِ یا مُفَتِّحَ الأَبوابِ یا مُسَبِّبَ الأسبابِ سَبِّب لَنا سَبَباً لا نَستَطیعُ لَهُ طَلَباً بِحَقِّ لا اِلهَ اِلاَّ اللهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُول اللهِ صُلَواتُ اللهِ عَلَیهِ وَآلِهِ اجمعین. (مهج الدعوات ص45) 

37. Oh the light of light, oh the administrator of the affairs, oh the raiser of those who are in the graves! 

Shower your benediction upon Muhammad & his household. 

And free me & my shias out of the (state of) anguish to have joy & deliverence & exodus out of the sorrow & grief. And broaden the way of your kindness for us. And send us something from yourself which may make us comfortable & in (the state of) deliverence. And treat us in a way that you are fit & worthy for it. Oh the kind one, oh the merciful of all the mercifuls. [2] 

37-یا نُورَ النُّورِ، یا مُدَبِّرَ الأُمُورِ، یا باعِثَ مَن فِی القُبُورِ، صَلِّ عَلی مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَاجعَل لی وَلِشِیعَتِی مِنَ الضِّیقِ فَرَجاً وَمِنَ الهَمِّ 

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مَخرَجاً، وَاَوسِع لَنَا المَنهَجَ وَاَطلِق لَنا مِن عِندِکَ ما یُفَرِّجُ، وَافعَل بِنامَا اَنتَ اَهلُهُ، یاکریمُ، یا اَرحَمَ الرّاحِمینَ. 

(الجنة الواقیة فصل26) 

38. Indeed we have thorough knowledge which encompasses your news (incidents & affairs of life). And nothing out of your news remain hidden from us. [1] 

38- فِانّا یُحِیطُ عِلمُنا بِأَنبائِکُم وَلا یَعزُبُ عَنّا شَیءٌ مِن اَخبارِکُم. (بحارالانوار ج53 ص175) 

39. And the advent & occurance of deliverence pertains to the permission of Allah. [2] 

39- وَاَمّا ظُهُورُ الفَرَجِ فَاِنَّهُ اِلَی اللهِ تَعالی ذِکرُهُ. (کمال الدین ج2 ص484) 

40. Nothing like service rubs the nose of Satan upon dust so perform the service & rub the nose of Satan upon dust. [3] 

40- (... فَما اُرغِمَ اَنفُ الشَّیطانِ بِشَیءٍ مثلِ الصَّلاةِ فَصَلِّها وَاَرغِم اَنفَ الشَّیطانِ. (بحارالانوار ج53 ص182) 

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1. Usul al- Kafi vol 1 p41 chapter questioning the scholar & his answers Hadith -8

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[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 53, P 191 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 53, P 194 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 53, P 194 

[2]: Kamal Uddin Vol. 2, P 511 

[1]: Kamal Uddin Vol. 2, P 487 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 53, P 179 

[1]: Kamal Uddin Vol. 2, P 484 

[2]: Al Misbah Lil Kafami P 281 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 52. P 51 

[4]: Kamal Uddin Vol. 2. P 484 

[1]: Kamal Uddin Vol. 2. P 511 

[2]: Al Misbah Lil Kafami P 306 

[3]: Kamal Uddin Vol. 2, P 483 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78, P 380 

[2]: Al Sahifa Mahdia, P 69 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 53, P 181 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 53, P 193 

[5]: Kamal Uddin Vol. 2, P 485 

[6]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 52, P 30 

[1]: Kamal Uddin, Vol. 2, P 485 

[2]: Mehjud Dawat, P 295 

[1]: Kamal Uddin, Vol. 2, P 521 (Chapter the discuission of the decrees) 

[2]: Al Ehtijaj, P 498 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 52, P 92 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 52, P 2 

[5]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 53, P 179 

[1]: Al Misbah Lilkafami, P 281 

[2]: Kamal Uddin, Vol. 2. P 516 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 53, P 196 

[4]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 52, P 24 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 78. P 380 (The Chapter admonitions & wisdom, of Imam AI Qaim) 

[2]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 53, P 175 

[3]: Mehj Ud Dawat. P 68 

[4]: Kamal Uddin, Vol. 2, P 522 Chapter: The mentioning of decrees. 

[5]: Kamal Uddin. Vol. 2, P 484 

[1]: Mehjud Dawat, P 45 

[2]: Al Janat ul-Waqiya, Chapter 26 

[1]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol5. 3, P 175 

[2]: Kamal Uddin Vol. 2. P 484 

[3]: Bihar ul-Anwar Vol. 5. 3. P 182

2. Usul al- Kafi vol 42 (chapter. Dissemination of knowledge Hadith -4. 

3. Nahjul Balaghah. Hikmat 147. 

4. Usul al- kafi vol 1 P 42. 

5. Usul al- kafi p33. 

6. Wasailushia vol 18 P 102. 

7. Safinatul Bihar Vol 1 p. 504, Usul al- Kafi vol 1 p. 49. 

8. Bihar ul Anwar, vol2, p156. 

9. Quotation from Biha vol. 2 p157. 

10. 'Goodlysaying', outline of it, p175, 181. 

11. Zaloom is the superlative degree of zalim meaning 'oppressor or tyrant. " The terrifically tryant & cruel would be named zaloom in Arabic language. Where as any ordinal) ' cruel person would be known zalim (cruel). Almosid (the Arabian. English) dictionaly not finding a proper term agaiust zaloom (the tyrant most) has refered it to zalim 

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(the ordinal) ' cruel) 

12. Undervaluing & degrading the prayers would range from not offfering it to offering it sluggishly sla ckly, out of its time & developing indifferent, & careless attitude to wards it. And not showing promptness vigil & suitable care in its performance. 

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