Collection Of Hadiths Of Imam Al Reza AS

5. One day Imam Reza (A.S.) 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 saviour from the fire (of Hell). It does not corrode & wear out by the passage & flow of time. More over, 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 neither 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.
(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 92, P 14)

6. Rayyan says I said to Imam Reza (A.S.) “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.
(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 92, P 117)

7. “Indeed Imamate is the rein of religion & the system of Muslims & the righteousness & welfare of the world & the honour & glory of faithfuls, Verily, Imamate is the growing & ongoing root of Islam & it`s elevated & sublime branch. Services, alms, fasting, Hajj & Jehad (the holy war) attain completion & perfection & the Allah`s bounds, sanctions, & ordinaces get executed, & the frontiers & boundaries (of Islamic lands) get safe & secure, through Imam.
(USOOL KAFI, Vol 1, P 200)

8. About the workers & officials of sultan (king, ruler). Becoming part of the officials of them & providing of help & assistance to them & putting in endeavour to fulfill their needs & requirments 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.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 75, P 374)

9. Allah may take pity & be mericiful 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 knowledge & teaching them to the people.

(WASAIL USH SHIA, Vol 18, P 102)

10 – A faithful will not become (real) faithful till such time he acquires three qualities: A way of Allah`s treatment, the Prophet`s rule & a rule of his Wali. However, the Allah`s treatment is the concealing of his secret. Allah said “The Knower of the unseen!So He does not reveal His secret to any. Except to him whom He chooses as an apostle. More over, the Sunnah & rule of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) is conciliation with the people. So Allah commanded the Prophet (P.B.U.H) to conciliate with the masses saying. “Take to forgiveness & enjoin good.” Nevertheless, the rule of his Wali is “Excersicing patience & endurance in (the times of) adversities, poverty & apprehensions.”
(USOOL KAFI, Vol 2, P 241)

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 his life. 7) He loves poverty more than the plentifulness & affluence, on the course of Allah. 8) And he loves disgrace &abjectness of 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 (A.S) said. “The tenth one & what is the tenth? The person asked him (A.S.) “What is that?” Imam (A.S.) reflected, “He does not see a person but that he says “He is better & more pious than myself.”

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 336)

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

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 352)

13. A person asked Imam Reza (A.S.) “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).

(TUHFUL AQOOL, P 445)

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 fleeeing the battle front (in Jehad). & misappropriating & eating the wealth of orphans oppressively & eating the carrion (flesh of dead creature) & drinking blood & taking meat of pig (pork) & 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 & commiseraton of Allah & helping & assisting the aggressors & tyrants & reliance & trust upon them. And taking false oath & retention of rights without being hard up & telling lie. And pride & arrogancy & spending lavishly & wasting & squandering (of resources) & dishonesty & depreciating & belittling Hajj & combating & standing up against the representatives of Allah. And involvement & libidinous pleasures) And insisting upon committing sins.

(AOYUN AKHBAR UR . REZA(A.S.), Vol 2, P 127)

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 & glutts 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 favour conferred upon Allah, where as, Allah has done him a favour in it.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 336)
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 favours & kindnesses upon them. And His granting them the beneficiences to start with, whithout any of their rights.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 71, P 174)

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 & 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 & forebearing 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. More over, this will bring about the control of lustful desires and become the admonitioner 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) Hereafter. Nonetheless, they by keeping fast understand & comprehend the severeness & extemity & 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 pay out of their wealths.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 96, P 370)

18. The Jamaat 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.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA, Vol 2, P 109; AL-HAYAT Vol 1, P 233)

19. Indeed Allah has commanded three things (in Quran) which are proximated 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.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA, Vol 1, P 258)

20. Do not let the good deeds & Ijtehad & endeavour in worship go, depending & trusting upon the love of the Mohammad`s (P.B.U.H.) house hold.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 347)

21. Be careful of greed & jealousy, since, these (vices) have perished the previous nations. And beware of stinginess because it is a calamity which will not be found in a free man & a faithful. This (vice) is against & controversial to faith.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 346)

22. Silence is a door among the doors of wisdom. Indeed, silence begets & attracts love it is the proof of all the beneficiences.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 355)

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

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 355)

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

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 335)

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 manlihood (forbearance).

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 345)

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26. The secret & cause of services (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 of dust five times a day as (sign of) honouring & confession of His greatness. And services (prayers) is the cause of remembering Him & taking distance from the arrogance & neglectfulness. Prayers become the cause of humility, submisiveness & humbleness (toward Allah) & the eagerness, keenfulness & enthusiasm regarding the desire of enhancement of material & spiritual progress (both in the world & hereafter). 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 rebelion. 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.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 82, P 261)

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27. And parsimony & avarice makes the honour (of man) spotted (dishonours & disgraces him) & the love of (worldly materials) causes griefs & involvements in problems. And the best & most valuable of virtues is doing good (to others) & providing shelter & refuge to those afflicted & fulfilling the hope of the person having hope from you.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 375)

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

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 66, P 491)

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29. Allah forbade the drinking of wine, since, it causes corruption, disturbance, & intoxication of the minds of it`s drinker & this becomes the cause ot his refusing & denying of Allah& uttering abnoxious 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 abstinece & 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.

(WASAIL USH SHIA, Vol 17, P 22)

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30. Seven things short of seven other things are making (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 succour & 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 one who exercises remembrance of Allah & does not get prepared & set his foot ahead towards meeting HIM has cut a joke with himself.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 356)

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31. Get connected to your kinship even it may be means of a drinking water with them. And the supreme & superb kind of connecting with the kinship as to avoid annoying them.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 338)

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32. Give alms although 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.

(WASAIL USH SHIA. Vol 8, P 442)

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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.

(WASAIL USH SHIA. Vol 8, P 442)

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

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 347)

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

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 6, P 21)

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36. Cleanliness is from the morality & character of Prophets.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 335)

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37. The best wealth is the one by which the honour of man is protected.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 352)

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38. The weapon of the Prophets is essential for you. When asked “What is the weapon of Prophets”. He said “supplication!”.

(USOOL KAFI, Vol 1, P 468)

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39. Be the mercy of Allah upon you, know it that Allah has forbidden 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 & backgammons & other forms of gambling. And backgammons is worse than chess.

(MUSTADRAK AL WASAIL Vol 2, P 436)

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40. The superior most mind is the man`s recognition of his self. (BIHAR UL ANWAR Vol 78, P 352)

41. The best and most respected virtue of a man is to do good and to fulfill the desires of the needy.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 355)

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42. He who wishes to be the most needless should put his full trust in Allah.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 364)

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43.As soon as the intimacy appears the awe vanishes. Requisition for help is the beginning of misfortune.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 356)

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44.Gifts cast out hatred from the heart.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 74)

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45.One who torments his neighbour is not one of us.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 24)

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46. Giving alms is the most valuable savings.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 61)

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47.Good temper could be divided into two categories: 1- Intrinsic, 2- Voluntary: The possessor of which is considered to be the better person.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 379)

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48. To be patient in the face of hardships is a virtue but to refrain from forbidden deeds is a greater one.

(MESHKAT AL-ANWAR, P 22)

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49. Patience and resignation are considered as the worthiest devotions.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 359)

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50. The honest man has not betrayed you, but you consider the betrayer as the honest one.

(BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 335)

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51. You had better avoid the munificence that results in the greater loss to you than the benefits received by your brethren.

(MUSNAD AL IMAM REZA (A.S.), VOL 2, P 314)

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52. True faith means: Oral acknowledgement, heart-felt knowledge and the good practice.

(AL-KHISAL SADUQ, P 177)

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53. He who is sure about the divine rewards will be more generous

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 54)

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54. He who adopts someone as a brother in order to provide Allah`s consent will be given a chamber in paradise.

(THAWAB-UL-A`MAAL, P 151)

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55. True devotion not only means excessive saying of prayers and keeping fasts. One ought to meditate on The Divinity profoundly.

(USOOL KAFI, VOL 2, P 55)

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56. I wonder at one who purchases the slaves and releases them. Why doesn`t he try to make the free people indebted by his good conduct?

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 354)

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57. It is much better to be uninterested in other`s properties than to be munificent. (FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 367)

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58. He who shows patience in providing Allah`s consent will no doubt get more than what he has lost.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 368)

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59. He who desires to postpone the time of his decease and wishes to have his sustenace increased should observe ties of kinship.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 44)

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60. God will make happy on the Day of Judgement, the person who has removed the grief from the heart of a believer.

(USOOL KAFI, VOL 2,P 200)

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61. To help the disabled is much better than to give alms.

(TUHFUL AQOOL, P 525)

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62. There is no better milk for the baby`s nourishment than its mother`s.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 34)

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63. He who exposes himself to an open accusation should not blame those who may suspect him.

(SAHEEFAH TUR REZA (A.S.), P 71)

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64. The oppressors will finally be punished.

(CHEHEL HADITH, P 123)

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65. Be good companions of blessings because they are fleeting: once gone away, will not return.

(TUHFUL AQOOL, P 526)

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66. To use scent is a manner of the Holy Prophets (A.S.). Cleanliness is the characteristic of the Holy Prophets (A.S.)

(TUHFUL AQOOL, P 519)

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67. One who breaks his promise will not be left safe and sound in the unpleasant events.

(KASHF AL-GHUMMAH, VOL 3, P 148)

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68. Nothing is more worthy than good temper.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 37)

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69. You who can not satisfy people with your riches had better try to make them happy with a smiling face and good manners.

(MUSNAD AL-IMAM REZA(A.S.), VOL 1. P 292)

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70. Silence is one of the gates to wisdom. (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 523)

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71. Man`s intellect is his friend and ignorance, his foe.

(USOOL KAFI, VOL 1, P 11)

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72. If the men of knowledge present their knowledge to the ignorant people, they have spoiled it. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 345)

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73. Do not get angry when you are informed of the truth.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 338)

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74. One ought to see his guests off to the gate.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 70)

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75. He who causes Allah`s wrath in order to provide a king`s consent is an apostate. (AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 69)

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76. Almightiness is reserved for Allah the One. He who claims the possession of this status will be perished by Allah.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 372)

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77. If a person holds a malthought towards another believer, then Allah will not accept his religious deeds.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 369)

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78. One ought to be open-handed towards his household, lest they wish for his death.

(MANLA YAHZAR UL FAQIH, VOL 2, P 68)

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79. The generous are the masters of the people in this world, while the pious are their chiefs on doomsday.

(SAHEEFAH-TUR-REZA(A.S.), P 86)

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80. Be patient in the face of truth bitter though it might taste to thee.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 368)

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81. Your mouth is one of the channels through which you make contact with Allah. You had then better keep it clean by brushing your teeth.

(SAHEEFAH-TUR-REZA(A.S.), p 54)

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82. He who does not offer his thanks to his benefactor has not actually praised Allah the Great and the Glorious.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 24)

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83. A generous man will eat other`s food so that they might partake of his food. A miser refuses to eat the food of others in order to deprive them of his own food. (AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 12)

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84. He who blames time should spend a long time blaming.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 53)

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85. Pure piety is not but avoidance of mortal sins and abstinence from persecuting the faithful. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 348)

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86. He who acts with no insight looks like a pedestrian who travels on a wrong path. The faster he walks, the deviated he becomes out the straight path.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 381)

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87. Allah liketh not the person who has not defended his assailed house.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 28)

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88. Reflections is the mirror into which you can look and see your virtues and your evils.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 380)

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89. Magnanimity is unstable. Trust in Allah will give it stability.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 357)

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90. Humbleness means treating others the same way as you expect them to treat you.

(MUSNAD AL IMAM REZA (A.S.), VOL 1, P 274)

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91. He who tries to keep himself immaculate for forty days, Allah will let the waves of wisdom flow from his heart to his tongue.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 69)

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92. The forgiving warriors will enjoy divine victory in the battlefields.

(TUHFUL AQOOL, P 524)

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93. He who wishes to be the most dear to the people must be virtuous both in public and in secret.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 381)

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94. Human intellect is a divine blessing but politeness is acquired through endeavouring. (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 342)

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95.Prudence keeps repentance away. (AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 54)

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96. Giving alms repels certain catastrophe. (FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 347)

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97. He who wishes to be the strongest of all should rely on Allah.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 358)

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98. The believer who is endowed with a good temper will have the strongest faith.

(JAMEH UL-AKHBAR, P 125)

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99. Perfection in intellect is primarily to have faith in Allah and secondly to behave well towards others.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 35)

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100. The believer`s fury will not deviate him from the right path.

(CHEHEL HADITH, P 123)

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101. He who begins his day without being concerned about improving the Muslim`s affairs should not be called a Muslim. (FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 369)

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102. The true Muslim never teases others with his hand or tongue. (AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 24)

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103. He who recognizes his merit will not easily perish. (MUSNAD AL IMAM REZA (A.S.), VOL 1, P 293)

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104. Penalty for ingratitude occurs instantly. (MUSNAD AL IMAM REZA (A.S.), VOL 1, P 280)

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105. Remission is good when not accompanied by blame. (CHEHEL HADITH, P 120)

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106. Treasures of beneficence include concealment of your good deeds, tolerance in hardships and reticence in disasters. (AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 38)

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107. A faithful Muslim never exceeds his legitimate right when he is in power. (CHEHEL HADITH, P 123)

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108. He who is ambitious will perish. Presidency must be owned by those who are worthy of it. (FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 384)

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109. He who chooses his path properly will not slip down. He will never confront a deadlock in case he falls. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 356)

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110. A generous man is close to Allah, close to paradise, and close to every one. (CHEHEL HADITH, P 121)

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111. Keeping others` secrets, patience in hardships and tolerance towards others are all signs of faith.

(CHEHEL HADITH, P 124)

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112. A Muslim should not frighten his brethren.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 71)

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113. He who reveals his poverty before others will disgrace himself.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 367)

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114. To be in the company of villians will result in suspecting the good.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 53)

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115. Resignation, beneficence and certitude are the most precious blessings descended by Heaven.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 353)

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116. Tolerance, knowledge and silence are the signs found in a jurisprudent.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 1, P 358)

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117. To bear enmity towards the people is the worst provision for the journey to the Hereafter.

(MUSNAD AL IMAM REZA (A.S.), VOL 1, P 292)

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118. He who betrays his brethren, causes them losses and deceives them, is not one of us.

(AOYUN AKHBAR AR REZA(A.S.) VOL 2, P 29)

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119. To be friendly with others denotes one half of wisdom.

(TUHFUL AQOOL, P 520)

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120. Never become angry with others and do not ask anything from them. Wish for the people whatever you wish for yourself.

(MUSNAD AL IMAM REZA (A.S.), VOL 1, P 267)

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121. Wine and other intoxicating beverages are strictly prohibited by the religious legislation. One sip of such drinks is as illegitimate as a whole barrel is.

(FIQH-UR-REZA (A.S.). P 280)

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122. A wealthy person ought to be generous to his family.

(TUHFUL AQOOL, P 519)

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123. Some women are blessings for their husbands who express their love and affection.

(MUSTADRAK AL WASAIL, VOL 2, p 532)

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124. The Midnight Prayers (Namaz-e- Shab) is recommended (Sunnat) for you. So if a person gets up in the last part of the night and recites Namaz-e-Shab, Allah will save him from the squeeze (fishar) in the grave and grant him immunity from the fire of hell, and will increase his age and sustenance.

(MANAZILE AKHERAH, P.50)

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125. Whoever goes to the grave of a believer brother, places his hand on it and recites Surah al-Qadr seven times, Allah will keep him away from the troubles of Qayamat.

(MANAZILE AKHERAH, P.110)

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126. If a person does not have the means to lessen the stock of his bad deeds, he should send Salawat and Salaam on the Holy Prophet of Islam (S.A.W.) and His progeny abundantly, doing so will decrease (the weight of) his sins.

(MANAZILE AKHERAH, P.141)

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127. When someone is choosen by Allah to administer the affairs of men, Allah expands his breast for him, places the wellsprings of wisdom in his heart, and inspires him with knowledge, so that he will be able to solve any problem that arises. He will know well the straight path of the truth. Such a one is none other than the Immaculate Imam, who enjoys the aid and support of his Lord and who lies beyond the reach of all errors and sins.

(USOOL KAFI, VOL 1, P 202)

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128. The Imam is completely free of sin and pure of all fault. He is celebrated for his knowledge and his forebearance. His existence is a source of pride to the Muslims, of anger to the hypocrites, of perdition to the unbelievers. The Imam is unique in his age, in the sense that no one can attain his rank. No scholar can come within range of his knowledge, and he is unequalled in all his qualities. He possesses all virtues and worthy attributes without any striving on his part, and he is adorned with all lofty characteristics. This is a great gift bestowed on him by Allah in His generosity.

(USOOL KAFI, VOL 1, P 200)

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Ahadith 129. Best wealth is that which provides a good name for its owner.

(Bihar ul Anwar vol 78, p352)

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130. He who assesses himself carefully will finally benefit, the negligent will lose out.

(Bihar ul Anwar vol 78, p 352)

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131. A person asked Imam Reza (A.S.), “Who are the best of the servants?” He replied, “Those who get happy when they perform a good deed and when ever they do a bad and evil work they ask forgiveness from Allah. And when ever they are given any benediction they thank Allah for it. And while they get angry, they over look it.

( Tuhaf al-Uqul. p 328)

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132. There are a few stages of self admiration. One of those is that the bad actions of a person get so very decorated in his eyes that he admires them as virtues. And another is that a servant acquires faith in Allah and boasts of a favors to him. And Allah has done a favor to him in that faith.

(Tuhaf al-Uqul. p 327)

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133. Allah has commanded three things along with three others in the Qur`an. Prayers are with alms. Thus, one who prays and does not give alms, his prayers are not approved. The thank giving to Allah is ordered along with thank giving and gratitude to the parents. Therefore, one who does not thank his parents, he has not thanked Allah. Piety has been commanded along with observing the ties of kinship. Therefore one who does not observe the ties of kinship has not adopted piety.

(Ayun Akhbar ar-Reza(A.S.) vol I, p 258)

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134. The miser does not have comfort and the jealous one has no joy and enjoyment, kings are unfaithful, and a liar has no manliness (courage).

(Tuhaf al-Uqul, p 331)

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135. One who repents upon a sin is like the one who does not have a sin.

(Ayun Akhbar ar-Reza(A.S.) vol 2, p.74.)

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136. Fulfill the rights of your relatives with as little as providing drink of water. The best way of fulfilling the rights of relatives is to refrain from harming them.

(Tuhaf al-Uqul, p 328)

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137. Faith is one degree superior to Islam, Piety is superior by one degree to Faith, and Certitude is a station superior to Faith. Nothing better has been bestowed upon human beings than Certitude.

(Tuhaf al-Uqul , p 328)

138. One of the companions of the Imam Reza (A.S.), fell ill. Imam Reza (A.S.) went to visit him and said to him: How do you find yourself? He said: I had almost died after you left me, meaning the severity of the pain which befell him. The Holy Imam (A.S.) said: How did you find it? He said: It was a severe pain. The Holy Imam (A.S.) said: You did not meet death, but what befell you was something to warn and acquaint you with some of its aspects.

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