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3. Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “Keep away from taking false oaths because it causes the cities to become vacant of its residents.”

“One who says Yaa Allaah seven times after reciting a hundred verses of the Holy Quran from anywhere, even if he prays against Sakhr (a stone) it would be dislodged from its place.”

“One who repeats the words of a believer with an intention to expose him, insult his personality or reduce his respect among the people, Allah will take away His guardianship and make Shaitaan as his guardian.”

“The Almighty Allah will save him from the boiling water of Hell one who goes to the bathroom and avoids seeing private parts of a brother in faith.”

I heard Abu Abdillah (as) say: "Whoever has not been blessed by Allah with an admonishing innerself, he can derive no benefit from the admonitions of the people."

“The Blessed the Sublime God has embedded four things in four other things. He has embedded His Pleasure in His obedience. Therefore, you should not underestimate obedience to God. It may cause God’s Pleasure while you do not know it. God has embedded His Wrath in disobeying Him. Therefore, you should not underestimate any disobedience to God. It may cause God’s Wrath while you do not know about it. God has embedded His Response to supplications. Therefore, you should not underestimate any supplications. It may cause God to respond to you while you do not know about it. God has embedded His Friends amongst His Servants. Therefore, you should not belittle anyone, since he may be a friend of God and you may not know about it.”

“I was in the company of Shaykh Abul Qasim Husain Ibn Rauh (q.s.) with a group of people including Ali bin Isa Qasri, when a man stood up and said: ‘I wish to pose some questions to you.’ He (Ibn Rauh) replied, ‘You may ask.’ Then he asked questions that we have mentioned elsewhere. Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq says that the reply of Husain bin Rauh was so astonishing that the next day he went to him to ask him whether it was his own reply or he had learnt it from the Infallible Imam (a.s). Husain bin Rauh told him: “O Muhammad bin Ibrahim! I never say anything on my own, even in the most difficult circumstances. Rather the source of everything is the favors I have received from the Proof of Allah and heard from him...”

Abū Ibrāhīm (Imam Kāżim (a.s.)) said: When one leaves his house to go to the Ziyārah of Abī ‘Abdillāh Al-Ḥusain (a.s.), Allāh will dedicate an angel to him who will place his finger on the back of the Zā`ir and who will start writing (on his back) every word which comes out of his mouth until he arrives at the Ḥā`ir. After he enters through the gate of the Ḥā`ir, the angel will place his palm on the middle of the back of the Zā`ir and say, “Surely all of your past sins have been forgiven. Therefore, continue with good deeds.” The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Qāsim ibn Yaḥyā, from his grandfather Ḥasan ibn Rāshid, from Abī Ibrāhīm (a.s.).

“I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh say, ‘Verily we sin and we forget, then we turn back penitently to Allah.’” Al-Ḥasan ibn Saʿīd said, “There is no difference of opinion among our scholars that they (the Imams) are infallible and free of every type of ugliness [in their actions]. They (a) refer to the abandoning of what is recommended as a sin and a misdeed in relation to their own perfection [and that is why they repent].”

Anyone in this nation who has recognized our right can hope to be saved but three: one who helps the oppressive King; one who follows his selfish desires; and one who engages in corrupt deeds in public.”

‘I asked Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) about the inmates of Hell [who are released after their punishment], so he said, “[My father] Abū Jaʿfar used to say, ‘They Will come out from it and will be taken to a spring at the gate of Paradise called the Spring of Life. They will then be showered with its water and their flesh, skin and hair will grow [back] just as plants grow.’”’”

“There are four things either of which can destroy a home: stealing, treason, drinking alcoholic beverages and committing adultery.”

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘A divorced woman can use kohl, dyes, perfumes and wear whatever she likes because Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, says, . .perhaps Allah may bring about something thereafter.’ Perhaps something happens in his mind and he goes back to her.’”

I heard Aba Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “If Allah has given His slave great bounties then if he praises Allah for those bounties this praise is better and heavier than that bounty.”

There are eight who will carry God’s Throne. Each one of them has eight eyes each of which equals all this world.”

“I once said to abu Ja’far (a.s.), that we speak and say that whoever performs Salah (prayer) in a sitting position without good reason, his two Rak’at are counted as one Rak’at and his two Sajdah (prostration) are counted as one Sajdah (prostration). He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not that way. It is complete for you.’”

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the price of juice before it boiled for one who wanted to buy it so he could cook or make wine out of it. He (the Imam) said, ‘If you sell before it is wine and it is lawful, then selling is not unlawful.’”

"There is no divorce except according to the Sunnah. Indeed, Abdullah ibn Umar divorced his wife three times in one sitting while she was menstruating. The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) rejected his divorce and said: 'Whatever contradicts the Book of Allah (swt) must be referred back to the Book of Allah (swt).'"

Abu Ja’far (asws) having said; ‘The one who sits in a gathering in which an Imam (asws) from the Imams (asws) is insulted, and he has the ability to remedy that and he does not do so, Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic would Clothe him in disgrace in the world and Punish him in the Hereafter, and would Confiscate the benefit which he has from our (asws) understanding (Ma’rifat)’.

I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him: «Indeed, our matter is difficult and complicated; it is not acknowledged except by an Angel who is brought near (to Allah), or a Prophet that is sent (with a Divine Message), or a servant whom Allah has tested his heart with faith.» He said: Because among the Angels are those who are brought near and those who are not brought near, and among the Prophets there are those who are sent and those who are not sent, and among the believers there are the tested and the untested. Hence, this matter of yours was presented to the Angels, and none acknowledged it except for those who are brought near, and (it was presented) upon the Prophets, and none acknowledged it except for those who were sent, and it was presented upon the believers, and none acknowledged it except for those who were tested. He said: He then said to me: Continue in your conversation.