22-19 Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Musa al-Daq’qaq, al-Hussein ibn Ibrahim ibn Hisham al-Mokattib and Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sin’ani - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Muhammad ibn Aba Abdullah Al-Asady al-Kufy Abul Hussein quoted Musa ibn Imran al-Nakha’ee, on the authority of his uncle Al-Hussein ibn Yazid, on the authority of Isma’il ibn al-Fazl al-Hashemi and Isma’il ibn Abi Zyad, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (MGB), on the authority of his father Ali ibn al-Hussein as-Sajjad (MGB), on the authority of his father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (MGB) that in some advice to Ali ibn Abi Talib (MGB), God’s Prophet (MGB) told him, “O Ali! On the Resurrection Day, God shall resurrect amongst the Prophets, the honest ones, the martyrs, and the good-doers whoever memorizes forty traditions for the sake of God and the Hereafter. How good companions they are!”Then, Ali (MGB) asked, “O Prophet of God! Would you tell me what these traditions are?” The Prophet (MGB) said, “
They are regarding believing in the One God for whom there are no partners; worshipping God and no one else; establishing prayers having made ablutions at the proper times; not postponing the prayers unduly as that would cause the Wrath of the Honorable the Exalted God; paying the alms-tax; fasting during the month of Ramazan; going on the Hajj pilgrimage to the House of God (Ka’ba) when you have the means to do so; not causing your parents to damn you; not oppressively devouring an orphan’s properties; not drinking wine or any other intoxicating drinks; not committing adultery or being gay; not slandering; not falsely swearing by God; not stealing; not bearing any false testimony for anyone whether familiar to you or not; accepting the truth whether it be from a young person or an older one; not trusting any oppressors even if they are closely associated with you; not acting according to your lustful desires; not accusing pious women of fornication; not being hypocritical as the least amount of hypocrisy equals associating partners with the Honorable the Exalted God; not finding faults with other by telling a short person that he is short or by telling a tall person that he is tall; not making fun of any of God’s creatures; being patient at times of difficulty and calamities; being grateful when you are granted blessings; not feeling secure from God’s Chastisement for committing sins; not losing hopes in God’s Mercy; repenting to the Honorable the Exalted God for the sins which you have committed as one who repents from committing a sin is like one who has not committed that sin; not insisting on committing sins and asking for God’s forgiveness; not acting like those who make fun of God, His Signs and God’s Prophets (MGB); knowing that you are sure to get what is meant for you and you are sure to lose what is not meant for you; not raising God’s Wrath in order to please His creatures; not preferring this world over the Hereafter as this world is ephemeral while the Hereafter is perpetual; not being greedy of what your brethrens have; having the same inner and outward appearance; not having a good outward appearance while possessing an evil inner self as then you would be of the hypocrites; not telling lies or associating with liars; not becoming angry when you hear the truth; fostering politeness in yourself, your wife, your children and your neighbors as much as you can; acting according to what you know; not dealing with anyone of the Honorable the Exalted God’s creatures unfairly; behaving well with both the kin and the strangers; not being oppressive or mean to anyone; often reciting God’s glorifications, praises and supplications; remembering death often and remembering the life after death including Resurrection, Paradise and Hell; reading the Quranoften and acting accordingly; valuing treating the believers whether they are men or women with kindness and nobility; not wanting for any other believers what you do not want for yourself; not getting tired of doing good deeds; not placing your own burden on the shoulders of other people; not mentioning any act favors to others; considering this world as a prison for yourself until God grants you residence in Paradise. These are the forty traditions. Anyone who maintains them and keeps them for me to be presented to my followers will have God’s Mercy and entry into Paradise. He will be considered the most beloved person in the sight of God after the Prophets and their Trustees. God will resurrect him amongst the Prophets, the honest ones, the martyrs and the good-doers on the Resurrection Day. How good companions they are!”