الحسن بن علي

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whoever sleeps out of exhaustion from seeking the halal, he sleeps forgiven.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: When a man prepares his shroud, he is rewarded for every time he looks at it.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: I am astonished at he who avoids food in fear of disease – why does he not avoid sins in fear of Hell?!

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whoever finds a crumb or a date and eats it, it will not leave his stomach until Allah forgives him.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: He whose speech is the Quran and whose home is the mosque, Allah will build a house for him in Paradise.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: There are four things that will not enter a household except that it will ruin it, and it cannot be built up in blessing: (1) betrayal, (2) thievery, (3) drinking wine, and (4) adultery.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The most beloved of my brothers to me is `Ali b. Abi Talib, and the most beloved of my uncles to me is Hamza.

The Prophet (s) said: Whoever has one mustard seed of racism in his heart will be raised by Allah on the Day of Resurrection with the bedouins of Jahiliyya.

I heard Abul Hassan (i.e. ‘Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha) peace be upon him say: "Never did the two warring factions meet to fight except that Allah helped the one which is more forgiving."

Amir al-Mu’minin (as) said: When the scholars and the wisemen of the past wrote to one another, they wrote only about three things, without a fourth: (1) Whoever is worried about the Hereafter, Allah will take care of his worries in this world. (2) Whoever rectifies his inner self, Allah will rectify his outer self. (3) Whoever rectifies that which is between him and Allah, Allah will rectify that which is between him and the people.

`Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as) said, regarding the saying of Allah, "The faces on that day will be bright, looking at their Lord" (75:22-23). He said: Meaning, [their faces will be] illuminated, looking at the rewards of their Lord.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said to his companions: Should I not tell you something, that if you do it, Satan would be as far away from you as the East is from the West? They said: Of course. He said: Fasting blackens his face, charity breaks his back, loving for the sake of Allah and putting an effort into performing righteous deeds cuts his tail, and repentance cuts his artery. Everything has a purifier, and the purifier of the bodies is fasting.

The Prophet (s) said: Allah revealed to Dawud: “O Dawud! Just as the Sun does not decrease for he who basks in it, likewise, My mercy does not decrease for he who enters into it. Just as evil omen does not harm he who does not see it, likewise, the disseminators of evil omen will not be saved from the calamity. Just as the closest people to Me on the Day of Resurrection will be the humble, likewise, the furthest people from Me on the Day of Resurrection will be the arrogant.”

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whoever finds pleasure in meeting Allah on the Day of Resurrection with the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah in his Book, the eight gates of Paradise will be opened for him. It will be said to him: “O friend of Allah! Enter from wherever you’d like.” When he enters, he will say: “Praise be to Allah who brought about the night by His power and brought about the day as a new creation by His mercy. Greetings to the guardians, and may Allah enliven the writers.” He will look to his right, then he will look to his left, then he will say, “In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Surely, I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, one without partners, and that Muhammad is His Servant and His Messenger. I bear witness that the Hour is coming, and that there is no doubt in it; and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves – upon that I live, and upon that I die, and upon that I will be raised again God-willingly. O Allah, send my greeting to Muhammad and his Family.”

I heard him say: A man accompanied me, and he would delay Maghrib and pray Fajr early while I would pray Maghrib when the Sun set and pray Fajr when dawn would appear. So, the man said to me: What prevents you from doing as I do? Surely, the Sun rises over a people before us, and it sets for us while it is still above others. He said: So, I said: Surely, it is only incumbent upon us to pray when the Sun sets for us, and when dawn rises for us – this is all that is incumbent upon us – and they should pray when it sets for them.

Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) said: The body does not weaken if one strengthens it with his intention.

`Ali b. al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Faddal informed us from his father from Abi’l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as). He said: We are masters in this world and kings in the Hereafter.

Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) said: Whoever denies three things is not of our Shi`a: (1) the ascension (mi`raj), (2) the questioning in the grave, and (3) the intercession.

I heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) say: Whoever would like Allah to bring him into His mercy and settle him in His Paradise should beautify his character, be fair in personality, be merciful to the orphan, help the weak, and humble himself before Allah who created him.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The horses of conquerors will be in Paradise.