جعفر بن محمد الصادق عليه السلام

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Any independent reasoning lacking piety is useless.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “All believers joke.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A believer’s private zone (when sitting somewhere) in the summer is as much as the span between the two hands (or nearly six feet).”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Whoever enters a meeting and just sits down somewhere without considering his rank or position will be blessed by the Almighty and the angels as long as he is sitting there.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “When Benjamin left Jacob, Jacob said: “O' God! Will you not have Mercy on me? You took my sight, and my son.” The Almighty God revealed: “I would have even resurrected them to be at your side if they had died. But remember the sheep you slaughtered, cooked and ate while your neighbor was fasting, and you did not give him any.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Avoid fighting with the seditious people. Their arguments will be invalidated with the passage of time. When their time is over, they will be busy with their deeds which will burn them.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “There is a ruling in the Quran for whatever the people quarrel over, but the people's intelligence is not enough to realize it.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said the following regarding the Almighty God's statement: “O' ye who believe! Let those whom your right hands possess, and the (children) among you who have not come of age ask you permission (before they come to your presence), on three occasions” [The Holy Quran: Nur 24:58] “This refers to the male or female servants or young children who have not reached puberty. They should seek permission to enter on three occasions: After the night prayer which is the time to sleep, and “the while ye doff your clothes for the noon day heat” and “before morning prayer.” Your servants need not ask for permission to enter at other times.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) Said: “There is nothing better than being good-tempered.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said the following regarding God's statement: “But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment seat of) their Lord, there will be two gardens.” [The Holy Quran: Rahman 55:46], “This refers to one who realizes that God will see whatever he does, and hear whatever he says, whether good or bad. This will stop him from doing bad deeds. Such a person fears God and will forbid himself from his selfish carnal desires.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God has especial servants on the Earth. God will not send down any gifts to this world unless He deprives them of these gifts, and will not descend any calamities unless they suffer from these calamities. They are the followers of (Imam) Ali (a.s).”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Fame whether good or evil results in Fire.”

Ameer al-Momineen (a.s) said: “Do not acquire knowledge to seek the worldly goods, since God does not consider “those who know and those who do not know” [The Holy Quran: Zumar 39:9] equal in retribution.

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Whenever three believers get together, no two of them should whisper in each others ears as this will hurt the third one.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Whenever three believers get together, it is not appropriate for any two of them to whisper into each other’s ears since this will annoy the third person.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “No one is granted any worldly goods except by which he learns a lesson and nothing is taken away from anyone except by which he is tested.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Read our traditions properly since we are eloquent people.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God is so noble that He will not oblige the people to do what is beyond their ability. God is so powerful that nothing can happen which He has not willed.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “One form of hurting your parents is giving them a mean look.”

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “The prayers of whoever looks at his parents with animosity will not be accepted, even if they have oppressed him.”