منة

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who sends his falcon or dog to catch a prey which then catches a prey and eats thereof; if he can use the remaining for food. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, do not use for food what the falcon kills, unless you slaughter it properly.’”

"If he makes him swear an oath, then he has no right to take anything from him after the oath. And if he imprisons him, he has no right to take anything from him. But if he leaves him and does not make him swear, then his right remains intact."

I said to Abu Ibrahim (Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as)): "A man has some money with another man as a loan, and it remains with him for a long time without providing any benefit to the owner. So the borrower occasionally gives the lender something out of courtesy, to avoid returning the money without any benefit. Is this permissible for him?" Imam (as) said: "There is no harm, as long as they did not stipulate it as a condition."

“The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘If good character was a creature that could be seen, there would be nothing more beautiful than it in creation; and if evil character was a creature that could be seen, there would be nothing uglier than it in creation. Verily Allah makes the servant with good character attain the station of one who fasts [by day] and stands to worship [by night].”

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Anyone who calls people to give him their allegiance, knowing that among them is someone superior to him, is an erroneous innovator.

Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The believer is harder than a mountain, for the mountain is dispensable whereas nothing can separate the believer from his religion.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Patience is of two types: Patience in affliction is pleasantly beautiful, but patience in refraining from the prohibited is even better.

As-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: The last sentence of this sermon “famā ‘adā mimmā badā” has been heard only from Amīr al-mu’minīn.

Hadith.2217 - "Hajj performed while riding is better than performing it on foot, because the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family, performed Hajj while riding."

Imam Ali (AS) said, Increase your gladness for that which you have sent forth of good deeds and [increase] your sadness for that which you have missed from it.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Do good and do not consider any of it insignificant, for verily little of it is plenty and its doer is happy [in the Hereafter].

Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the people who do good [to others] are more in need of doing it than those who request it from them.

Imam Ali (AS) said, People do not abstain from anything of their worldly life for the sake of improving their Hereafter but that Allah, the Glorified, recompenses them with what is better than it.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Woe to the miser who hastens towards the poverty which has fled from him and abandons the wealth that has sought him.

Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘The parable of this world is that of sea water, however much the thirsty man drinks from it, his thirst intensifies until it kills him.

Hadith.395 - It is also narrated in another hadith: "Except if it is a cold winter, in which case, you should protect the deceased as you would protect yourself."

A believer is a brother to another believer and it is his right that he should counsel him, sympathize with him and prevent his enemies from harming him.

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Whoever tries to attract the people to himself while there is someone who is more knowledgeable than himself is a wrong-doer and has transgressed beyond his limits.”

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: If this utterance of ‘Ali (a.s.) is weighed with any other utterance except the word of Allah or of the Holy Prophet, it would prove heavier and superior in every respect. For example, ‘Ali’s saying “Keep light and over-take” is the shortest expression ever heard with the greatest sense conveyed by it. How wide is its meaning and how clear its spring of wisdom! We have pointed out the greatness and meaningfulness of this phrase in our book al-Khaṣā’iṣ.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said regarding a man who has a commodity and marks it for sale at a certain price; he would sell it to any silent buyer for the marked price, but he would make a better offer for the bargainer: ‘If he were to make a better offer for two or three men, it would not be a problem; but if he does that for everyone who bargains with him and not for non-bargainers, his deed would not appeal to me. He must be singular in his sale.