Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Religion and Sharia Law

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hadith 3538
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion is the more honourable of the two lineages.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدِّينُ أشرفُ النَّسَبَيْنِ
Tags Worship
hadith 3539
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion and good manners are a result of intelligence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدِّينُ وَ الأدَبُ نَتيجَةُ العَقْلِ
Tags Intellect/ReasonEtiquette
hadith 3540
Imam Ali (AS) said, The foundation of religion is returning trusts [to their owners] and fulfilling pledges.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أصْلُ الدِّينِ أداءُ الأمانَةِ وَ الوَفاءُ بِالعُهُودِ
Tags Trustworthiness (Amanah)Covenant/Promise
hadith 3541
Imam Ali (AS) said, Know that the beginning of religion is submission and its end is sincere devotion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِعْلَمْ أنَّ أوَّلَ الدّينِ التَّسليمُ وآخِرُهُ الإخلاصُ
Tags Sincerity
hadith 3542
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed the codes of religion are one and its ways are straight, so the one who follows it arrives [at the destination] and gains [success], and the one who stands away from it strays and regrets.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا وَ إنَّ شَرايِعَ الدِّينِ واحِدَةٌ وَ سُبُلَهُ قاصِدَةٌ فَمَنْ أخَذَ بِها لَحِقَ وَغَنِمَ وَ مَنْ وَقَفَ عَنْها ضَلَّ وَ نَدِمَ
Tags Guidance and Misguidance
hadith 3543
Imam Ali (AS) said, Where are the different paths taking you?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أيْنَ تَذْهَبُ بِكُمُ المَذاهِبُ ؟
Tags Guidance and Misguidance
hadith 3544
Imam Ali (AS) said, Where is the darkness misleading you and [how are] the falsehoods deceiving you?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أيْنَ تَتِيْهُ بِكُمُ الغَياهِبُ وَ تَخْتَدِعُكُمُ الكَواذِبُ ؟
Tags Guidance and Misguidance
hadith 3545
Imam Ali (AS) said, Where are your minds straying and your souls deviating [to]? Do you seek to substitute facts for lies and exchange truth for falsehood?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أيْنَ تَضِلُّ عُقُولُكُم وَ تَزيغُ نُفُوسُكُمْ أتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الكِذْبَ بِالصِّدقِ وَتَعْتاضُونَ الباطِلَ بِالحَقِّ؟
Tags Guidance and MisguidanceTruthfulness
hadith 3546
Imam Ali (AS) said, The greatest felicity is [in] the uprightness of religion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْضَلُ السَّعادَةِ اِسْتِقامَةُ الدّينِ
Tags Worship
hadith 3547
Imam Ali (AS) said, Little religion is better than plenty of worldly possession.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَسيرُ الدّينِ خَيرٌ مِنْ كَثيرِ الدُّنيا
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3548
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most religious of all people is one whose religiosity is not corrupted by [lustful] desire.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أدْيَنُ النّاسِ مَنْ لَمْ تُفْسِدِ الشَّهْوَةُ دينَهُ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3549
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best religion is cutting short [false] aspirations, and the highest worship is being sincere in your action.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْضَلُ الدِّينِ قَصْرُ الأمَلِ وَ أعْلَى العِبادَةِ إخْلاصُ العَمَلِ
Tags SincerityWorship
hadith 3550
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily Allah, the Glorified, grants this world to [both] the one whom He loves and the one whom He does not love, but He grants religion only to the one whom He loves.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ يُعْطِي الدُّنيا مَنْ يُحِبُّ وَ مَنْ لايُحِبُّ وَ لا يُعْطِي الدِّينَ إلاّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGuidance and Misguidance
hadith 3551
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily Allah, the Most High, does not give the religion except to His chosen ones and the elite from among His creation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ اللّهَ تعالى لا يُعْطِي الدِّينَ إلاّ لِخاصَّتِهِ وَ صَفْوَتِهِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ
Tags Guidance and Misguidance
hadith 3552
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed the best religion is loving for the sake of Allah, hating for the sake of Allah, taking for the sake of Allah and giving for the sake of Allah, the Glorified.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ أفْضَلَ الدِّينِ الحُبُّ فِي اللّهِ وَ البُغْضُ فِي اللّهِ وَ الأخْذُ فِي اللّهِ وَالعَطاءُ فِي اللّهِ سُبْحانَه
Tags LoveWilayah
hadith 3553
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed the religion [of Islam] is like a tree, its roots are certitude in Allah and its fruits are befriending for the sake of Allah and having enmity for the sake of Allah, the Glorified.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدّينَ كَشَجَرَة أصْلُها اليَقينُ بِاللّهِ وَ ثَمَرُها المُوالاةُ فِي اللّهِ والمُعاداةُ فِي اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)Wilayah
hadith 3554
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily Allah, the Glorified, has illuminated the path of truth and has clarified its ways, so [there is] either inescapable wretchedness or eternal felicity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ قَدْ أنارَ سَبيلَ الحَقِّ وَ أوْضَحَ طُرُقَهُ فَشِقْوَةٌ لازِمَةٌ أوْ سَعادةٌ دائِمَةٌ
Tags Guidance and Misguidance
hadith 3555
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion safeguards.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدّينُ يَعْصِمُ
Tags Worship
hadith 3556
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion exalts, this world humiliates.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدِّينُ يُجِلُّ الدُّنيا تُذِلُّ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismHumility
hadith 3557
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion is [the path to] joy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدِّينُ حُبُورٌ
Tags Worship
hadith 3558
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion is light, certitude is joy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدّينُ نُورٌ اَليَقينُ حُبُورٌ
Tags Light and Darkness (Nur)Certainty (Yaqin)
hadith 3559
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion is the greatest pursuit.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدّينُ أفْضَلُ مَطْلُوب
Tags Worship
hadith 3560
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion is the strongest pillar.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدّينُ أقْوى عِماد
Tags Worship
hadith 3561
Imam Ali (AS) said, The Sharī‘ah is [for] disciplining the self.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الشَّريعَةُ رِياضَةُ النَّفْسِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)Worship
hadith 3562
Imam Ali (AS) said, The Sharī‘ah is for the benefit [and reformation] of mankind.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الشَّريعَةُ صَلاحُ البَريَّةِ
Tags Worship
hadith 3563
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion is a treasure and knowledge is a guide [to it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدّينُ ذُخْرٌ وَ العِلمُ دَليلٌ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 3564
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion is a tree whose roots are submission and contentment.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدّينُ شَجَرَةٌ أصْلُها التَّسليمُ وَ الرِّضا
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3565
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion deters [one] from the unlawful.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدّينُ يَصُدُّ عَنِ المَحارِمِ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3566
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion is not reformed except by the intellect.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدّينُ لايُصْلِحُهُ إلاّ العَقْلُ
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 3567
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you make your religion follow your worldly desires, you will have destroyed your religion and your [life in this] world, and you will be among the losers in the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنْ جَعَلْتَ دينَكَ تَبَعاً لِدُنياكَ أهْلَكْتَ دينَكَ وَ دُنْياكَ وَ كُنْتَ فِي الآخِرَةِ مِنَ الخاسِرينَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3568
Imam Ali (AS) said, The fruit of religion is trustworthiness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَمَرَةُ الدّينِ اَلأمانَةُ
Tags Trustworthiness (Amanah)
hadith 3569
Imam Ali (AS) said, The fruit of religion is strong conviction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَمَرَةُ الدّينِ قُوَّةُ اليقينِ
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)
hadith 3570
Imam Ali (AS) said, Three things are the disgrace of religion: lewdness, treachery and betrayal [of trust].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَلاثٌ هُنَّ شَيْنُ الدّينِ: اَلفُجُورُ وَ الغَدْرُ والخيانَةُ
Tags Betrayal/TreacheryMajor Sins
hadith 3571
Imam Ali (AS) said, Three things are the consolidators of religion: chastity, piety and modesty.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَلاثٌ هُنَّ جِماعُ الدّينِ: اَلعِفَّةُ والوَرَعُ وَ الحَياءُ
Tags Chastity/ModestyGod-consciousness/PietyModesty
hadith 3572
Imam Ali (AS) said, Three things are the perfection of religion: sincerity, certitude and contentment.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَلاثٌ هُنَّ كَمالُ الدّينِ: الإخلاصُ واليَقينُ والتَّقَنُّعُ
Tags SincerityCertainty (Yaqin)Contentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3573
Imam Ali (AS) said, The steadfastness of religion is through the strength of conviction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَباتُ الدّينِ بِقُوَّةِ اليَقينِ
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)
hadith 3574
Imam Ali (AS) said, The consolidation of religion is in sincerity of action, cutting short [false] aspirations, doing good to others and refraining from ugly deeds.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جِماعُ الدّينِ في إخلاصِ العَمَلِ وَ تَقْصيرِ الأمَلِ وَ بَذْلِ الإحسانِ وَ الكَفِّ عَنِ القَبيحِ
Tags SincerityGood Deeds
hadith 3575
Imam Ali (AS) said, The beauty of religion is piety.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جَمالُ الدّينِ الوَرَعُ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3576
Imam Ali (AS) said, The excellence of [ones adherence to] religion stems from the strength of [ones] certitude.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُسْنُ الدّينِ مِنْ قُوَّةِ اليَقينِ
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)
hadith 3577
Imam Ali (AS) said, Preserving the faith is the fruit of cognizance and the peak of wisdom.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حِفْظُ الدّينِ ثَمَرةُ المَعْرِفَةِ وَ رأسُ الحِكْمَةِ
Tags WisdomDivine Knowledge
hadith 3578
Imam Ali (AS) said, Safeguard the religion through [the means of] this world and do not safeguard this world through the religion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حَصِّنُوا الدّينَ بِالدُّنيا وَ لا تُحَصِّنُوا الدُّنيا بِالدّينِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3579
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best course of religion is piety.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خَيْرُ أُمُورِ الدّينِ الوَرَعُ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3580
Imam Ali (AS) said, The sign of a servants faith is his piety.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : دَليلُ دينِ العَبْدِ وَرَعُهُ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3581
Imam Ali (AS) said, Defend the religious laws, protect the borders of the Muslim lands and safeguard your religion and your trust through your impartiality towards yourself and acting justly among your subjects.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ذُدْ عَنْ شَرايِع الدّينِ وَحُطْ ثُغُورَ المُسْلِمينَ وَ أحرِزْ دينَكَ وَأمانَتَكَ بِإنْصافِكَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ وَ العَمَلِ بِالعَدْلِ في رَعِيَّتِكَ
Tags GovernanceJusticeTrustworthiness (Amanah)
hadith 3582
Imam Ali (AS) said, The cornerstone of religion is acquiring good deeds.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رَأسُ الدّينِ اِكْتِسابُ الحَسَناتِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 3583
Imam Ali (AS) said, The adornment of religion is intelligence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زَيْنُ الدّينِ العَقْلُ
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 3584
Imam Ali (AS) said, The adornment of religion is patience and contentment.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زَيْنُ الدّينِ الصَّبْرُ والرِّضا
Tags PatienceContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3585
Imam Ali (AS) said, The cause of piety is soundness of faith.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سَبَبُ الوَرَعِ صِحَّةُ الدّينِ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3586
Imam Ali (AS) said, The uprightness of religion is through virtuous piety and certitude.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سِياسَةُ الدّينِ بِحُسْنِ الوَرَع واليَقينِ
Tags God-consciousness/PietyCertainty (Yaqin)
hadith 3587
Imam Ali (AS) said, The safety of religion is in seclusion from the people.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سَلامَةُ الدّينِ فِي اعتِزالِ النَّاسِ
Tags Good Company
hadith 3588
Imam Ali (AS) said, The safety of [ones] religion and worldly life is in being amicable with the people.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سَلامَةُ الدّينِ وَ الدُّنيا في مُداراةِ النّاسِ
Tags Good CompanyEtiquette
hadith 3589
Imam Ali (AS) said, Six things are used to test the faith of a man: the strength of his religion, the truth of his conviction, the intensity of his piety, his overcoming vain desires, the paucity of his [worldly] inclinations and his being moderate in what he seeks.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سِتَّةٌ يُخْتَبَرُ بِها دينُ الرَّجلِ: قُوَّةُ الدينِ وصِدْقُ اليَقينِ وَشِدَّةُ التَّقوى وَ مُغالَبَةُ الهَوى وَ قِلَّةُ الرَّغْبِ والإجْمالُ فِي الطَّلَبِ
Tags God-consciousness/PietyCertainty (Yaqin)Asceticism
hadith 3590
Imam Ali (AS) said, The pinnacle of religion is patience, certitude and struggling against vain desires.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سَنامُ الدّينِ: الصَّبرُ وَ اليَقينُ وَ مُجاهَدَةُ الهوى
Tags PatienceCertainty (Yaqin)
hadith 3591
Imam Ali (AS) said, There are six fundamentals of faith: sincerity of conviction, giving advice [and guidance] to [fellow] Muslims, establishing the prayer, paying the zakāt [alms-tax], performing the Hajj [pilgrimage] and renouncing the pleasures of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سِتٌّ مِنْ قَواعِدِ الدّينِ: إخلاصُ اليَقينِ وَ نُصْحُ المُسْلِمينَ وَ إقامَةُ الصَّلاةِ وَ إيتاءُ الزَّكاةِ وَ حِجُّ البَيْتِ والزُّهْدُ فِي الدُّنيا
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)ZakatAsceticism
hadith 3592
Imam Ali (AS) said, The rectitude of religion is [through] piety.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَلاحُ الدّينِ الوَرَعُ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3593
Imam Ali (AS) said, The rectitude of religion is through strong conviction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَلاحُ الدّينِ بِحُسْنِ اليَقينِ
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)
hadith 3594
Imam Ali (AS) said, Make religion the fortress of your state and [make] gratitude the protection of your blessings, for every state that is surrounded by religion will not be defeated and every blessing that is protected by gratitude will not be taken away.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَيِّرِ الدّينَ حِصْنَ دَوْلَتِكَ وَ الشُّكْرَ حِرْزَ نِعْمَتِكَ فَكُلُّ دَوْلَة يَحُوطُها الدّينُ لاتُغْلَبُ وَ كُلُّ نِعْمَة يَحْرُزُها الشُّكْرُ لا تُسْلَبُ
Tags GovernanceGratitude
hadith 3595
Imam Ali (AS) said, Make religion the shield of your life and piety the preparation for your death.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَيِّرِ الدّينَ جُنَّةَ حَياتِكَ وَ التَّقْوى عُدَّةَ وَفاتِكَ
Tags God-consciousness/PietyDeath
hadith 3596
Imam Ali (AS) said, A persons preservation [of himself from sin] is to the extent of his religiousness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صِيانَةُ المَرءِ على قَدْرِ دِيانَتِهِ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3597
Imam Ali (AS) said, Safeguard your religion through your worldly life and you will gain both of them, and do not safeguard your worldly life through your religion thereby losing both of them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صُنْ دينَكَ بِدُنْياكَ تَرْبَحْهُما وَ لا تَصُنْ دُنْياكَ بِدينِكَ فَتَخْسَرَهُما
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3598
Imam Ali (AS) said, Safeguard the faith through [the life of] this world and it will save you, and do not safeguard [the life of] this world through the faith otherwise it will destroy you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صُنْ الدّينَ بالدُّنيا يُنْجِكَ وَ لا تَصُنِ الدُّنْيا بِالدّينِ فَتُردِيَكَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3599
Imam Ali (AS) said, Blessed is he who acts upon the teachings of religion and follows the footsteps of the Prophets.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طُوبى لِمَنْ عَمِلَ بِسُنَّةِ الدّينِ وَ اقْتَفى آثارَ النَّبييّنَ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 3600
Imam Ali (AS) said, You must cling to religion, piety and certitude, for these are the best of virtues and through them the lofty stations are attained.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَلَيْكُمْ بِلُزُومِ الدّينِ والتَّقوى وَ اليَقينِ فَهُنَّ أحْسَنُ الحَسَناتِ وَ بِهِنَّ يُنالُ رَفيعُ الدَّرَجاتِ
Tags God-consciousness/PietyCertainty (Yaqin)
hadith 3601
Imam Ali (AS) said, Ones religiousness is proportionate to his intellect.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : على قَدْرِ العَقْلِ يَكُونُ الدّينُ
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 3602
Imam Ali (AS) said, The height of religion is faith [and conviction].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غايَةُ الدّينِ الإيمانُ
Tags Worship
hadith 3603
Imam Ali (AS) said, The height of religion is satisfaction [with the decree of Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غايَةُ الدّينِ الرِّضا
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3604
Imam Ali (AS) said, The height of religion is enjoining good, forbidding evil and upholding the boundaries [of Islamic law].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غايَةُ الدّينِ اَلأمْرُ بِالمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّهيُ عَنِ المُنْكَرِ وَ إقامَةُ الحُدُودِ
Tags Enjoining Good/Forbidding EvilLegal Penalties
hadith 3605
Imam Ali (AS) said, The one who lacks religion falls into disbelief and misguidance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فاقِدُ الدّينِ مُتَرَدّ فِي الكُفْرِ والضَّلالِ
Tags Disbelief/KufrGuidance and Misguidance
hadith 3606
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the corruptor of religion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فَسادُ الدّينِ الدُّنيا
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3607
Imam Ali (AS) said, The basis of religious law is enjoining good, forbidding evil and upholding the boundaries [of Islamic law].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قِوامُ الشَّريعَةِ الأمْرُ بِالمَعْروفِ والنَّهيُ عَنِ المُنْكَرِ وَ إقامَةُ الحُدُودِ
Tags Enjoining Good/Forbidding EvilLegal Penalties
hadith 3608
Imam Ali (AS) said, Just as a body and its shadow do not separate, so too religion and success do not separate.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَما أنَّ الجِسْمَ وَ الظِّلَّ لا يَفْتَرِقانِ كَذلِكَ الدّينُ وَ التَّوفيقُ لايَفْتَرقانِ
Tags Worship
hadith 3609
Imam Ali (AS) said, For every religion there is a character and the character of faith is kindness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِكُلِّ دين خُلُقٌ وَ خُلُقُ الإيمانِ الرِّفْقُ
Tags Good TemperMercy
hadith 3610
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who becomes religious fortifies himself.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ دانَ تَحَصَّنَ
Tags Worship
hadith 3611
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is stingy with his religion [and does not give it up for the sake of this world] becomes exalted.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ بَخِلَ بِدينِهِ جَلَّ
Tags Worship
hadith 3612
Imam Ali (AS) said, He who has no religion has no magnanimity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لادينَ لَهُ لا مُرُوَّةَ لَهُ
Tags Worship
hadith 3613
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who becomes learned in religion increases [his prosperity].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ تَفَقَّهَ فِي الدّينِ كَثُرَ
Tags Worship
hadith 3614
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose religiousness is sound, his trustworthiness is stronger.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ صَحَّتْ دِيانَتُهُ قَوِيَتْ أمانَتُهُ
Tags Trustworthiness (Amanah)Worship
hadith 3615
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who corrupts his faith corrupts his Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أفْسَدَ دينَهُ أفْسَدَ مَعادَهُ
Tags Worship
hadith 3616
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is endowed with religion is endowed with the good of this world and the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ رُزِقَ الدّينُ فَقَدْ رُزِقَ خَيْرَ الدُّنيا والآخِرَةِ
Tags Worship
hadith 3617
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who considers his religion to be precious, [the hardship of] this world becomes easy for him [to bear].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كَرُمَ دينُهُ عِنْدَهُ هانَتِ الدُّنيا عَلَيْهِ
Tags WorshipAsceticism
hadith 3618
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose faith is strong is certain about the reward [he will get for his good actions] and is satisfied with whatever has been decreed [for him by Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ قَوِيَ دينُهُ أيْقَنَ بِالجَزاءِ وَ رَضِيَ بِمَواقِعِ القَضاءِ
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)Divine Decree
hadith 3619
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who has no religion has no salvation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لادينَ لَهُ لانَجاةَ لَهُ
Tags Worship
hadith 3620
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose observance of religion is thorough, his position in the Hereafter will be exalted.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ دَقَّ فِي الدّينِ نَظَرُهُ جَلَّ يَوْمَ القِيمَةِ خَطَرُهُ
Tags WorshipDay of Judgment
hadith 3621
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is careless in his religion becomes lowly and one who fights with the truth, is forced to yield [to it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ تَهاوَنَ بِالدّينِ هانَ وَ مَنْ غالَبَ الحَقَّ لانَ
Tags Worship
hadith 3622
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever takes the religion of Allah as idle sport and play, Allah, the Glorified, will put him into the fire for eternity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اتَّخَذَ دينَ اللّهِ لَهْواً وَ لَعِباً أدْخَلَهُ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ النّارَ مُخَلَّداً فيها
Tags HellfireWorship
hadith 3623
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is cautious [and concerned] about this religion is safe from destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أشْفَقَ على دينِهِ سَلِمَ مِنَ الرَّدى
Tags Worship
hadith 3624
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing undermines religion like abandoning the upholding of Allahs religion and neglecting the obligatory [actions].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أوْهَنَ الدّينَ كَتَرْكِ إقامَةِ دينِ اللّهِ وَ تَضْييعِ الفَرائِضِ
Tags Worship
hadith 3625
Imam Ali (AS) said, The basis of religion is piety.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِلاكُ الدّينِ الوَرَعُ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3626
Imam Ali (AS) said, The basis of religion is opposing vain desires.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِلاكُ الدّينِ مُخالَفَةُ الهَوى
Tags Soul (Nafs)Worship
hadith 3627
Imam Ali (AS) said, What a good companion religion is!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : نِعْمَ القَرينُ الدّينُ
Tags Worship
hadith 3628
Imam Ali (AS) said, Keep your religions unsullied by uncertainties and safeguard yourselves from situations of destructive doubts.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : نَزِّهُوا أدْيانَكُمْ عَنِ الشُّبَهاتِ وَ صُونُوا أنْفُسَكُمْ عَنْ مَواقِعِ الرَّيبِ المُوبِقاتِ
Tags Worship
hadith 3629
Imam Ali (AS) said, The structure of religion is [based on] opposing vain desires and keeping away from [the unlawful pleasures of] this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : نِظامُ الدّينِ مُخالَفَةُ الهَوى وَ التَّنَزُّهُ عَنِ الدُّنيا
Tags AsceticismSoul (Nafs)
hadith 3630
Imam Ali (AS) said, The structure of religion is [based on] two qualities: your impartiality towards yourself and supporting your brethren.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : نِظامُ الدّينِ خَصْلَتانِ: إنْصافُكَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ ومُواساةُ إخْوانِكَ
Tags JusticeBrotherhood
hadith 3631
Imam Ali (AS) said, Guided is the one who puts on the garment of religion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هُدِىَ مَنْ تَجَلْبَبَ جِلْبابَ الدّينِ
Tags Guidance and Misguidance
hadith 3632
Imam Ali (AS) said, In describing the religion of Islam [he (‘a) said]: It is the brightest of all paths, the clearest [and most illuminated] of all passages; it is an elevated land, [with] a lofty peak.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : في ذِكْرِ دينِ الإسْلامِ: هُوَ أبْلَجُ المَناهِجِ نَيِّرُ الوَلائِجِ مُشْرِفُ الأقْطارِ رَفيعُ الغايَةِ
Tags Worship
hadith 3633
Imam Ali (AS) said, Guard your religion by seeking help from Allah.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : وَقُّوا دينَكُمْ بِالاِسْتِعانَةِ بِاللّهِ
Tags WorshipSupplication
hadith 3634
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not be neglectful of your religion and eager for your world by seeking more of that which will not last for you and less of that which will last for you, for this will lead you to severe chastisement [in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تَكُنْ غافِلاً عَنْ دينِكَ حَريصاً على دُنياكَ مُسْتَكْثِراً مِمّا لا يَبْقى عَلَيْكَ مُسْتَقِلاًّ مِمّا يَبْقى لَكَ فَيُورِدَكَ ذلِكَ العَذابَ الشَّديدَ
Tags Heedlessness/NegligenceWealth/Materialism
hadith 3635
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion does not remain safe with avarice.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَسْلَمُ الدّينُ مَعَ الطَّمَعِ
Tags Greed/Stinginess
hadith 3636
Imam Ali (AS) said, Religion does not surrender the one who takes refuge in it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايُسْلِمُ الدّينُ مَنْ تَحَصَّنَ بِهِ
Tags Worship
hadith 3637
Imam Ali (AS) said, The religiousness of a man is deduced by the virtue of his God-wariness and the truth of his piety.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يُسْتَدَلُّ على دينِ الرَّجُلِ بِحُسْنِ تَقْواهُ وَ صِدْقِ وَرَعِهِ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety