عيسى

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘Can I perform Sajdah (prostration) on asphalt? He (the Imam) said, ‘No, also not on cotton, wool, anything from animals, food, fruits of earth and not on anything of clothing.’”

with regard to the verse: “Say: Have you considered if your water should go down, who is it then that will bring you flowing water?” (67:30) He asked: “What are you going to do when you lose your Imam and don’t see him?”

I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High His knowledge extends over the heaves and the earth: Are the heavens and the earth greater than the Throne, or is the Throne greater than the heavens and the earth? He replied, “Nay, the Throne is greater than the heavens, the earth, and the sky as the Throne encompasses everything.”

“Nay, both His Hands are spread out.” So I asked him “Does He have hands like this? And I pointed with my hand to his hand. Consequently, he replied, “No, for if that were the case, He would have been created.”

I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of Him, Exalted and Glorious is He: «He knows that which deceives the eyes» (40:19) so he said: Do you not see a man; he looks at a thing, and yet, it is as if he does not look at it? That is what deceives the eyes.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: It has dropped unto you the disease of the nations before you: hatred and jealousy.

"Islam has been founded on five pillars: the establishment of Salat (prayer), giving away Zakat (alms), fasting in the month of Ramadhan, pilgrimage to the Sacred House, and the Wilayat to us Ahlul Bayt."

I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS): “What is the Proof that Allah is One?” He (AS) replied, “The Proof that Allah is One can be seen in the continued management of creation and its perfection in all aspects. As the Mighty and High says: If there had been in them any gods except Allah, they would both have certainly been in a state of disorder.”

Amirul Mu’mineen, peace be upon him, said: "A deed when performed with Taqwa (i.e. being mindful of one’s duties towards Allah, and guarding oneself from sins for the fear of Allah) is not (of) less (importance). And how can that be less which has been accepted (by Allah)?"

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: On the Day of Judgment, a Zā`ir of Ḥusain (a.s.) will be able to intercede for one hundred people who were immoderate (against their souls) in this life and upon whom Hell is obligatory.

"Four things are wasted in vain: Affection granted to one who has no loyalty, A favor bestowed upon one who does not appreciate it, Knowledge taught to one who does not listen, And a secret entrusted to one who has no sense of safeguarding."

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The Commander of the Believers (a.s.) looked at Ḥusain (a.s.) and said, “O ‘ABRAH (tear) of every believer!” Ḥusain (a.s.) asked, “O father! Are you referring to me?” The Commander of the Believers (a.s.) replied, “Yes! O my son!”

“A house wherein a Muslim reads the Holy Quran is looked upon by the inhabitants of heavens, just as the inhabitants of earth like to look at a shining star in the skies.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘For a child Aqiqah must be offered, his head is shaved on the seventh day and equal to the weight of his hairs silver or gold should be given in charity. One leg and hip of the animal slaughtered for ‘Aqiqah should be given to al-Qabilah (the special nurse, doctor). The animal accepted as ‘Aqiqah can be a badanah (camel) or a sheep.’”

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, did not marry any of his women, nor did he marry away any of his daughters for more than twelve okes and a nash. An oke is (consisting of) forty dirhams, and a nash is twenty dirhams.

Blessed be the one who abandons the present lust to attain the unseen promised reward.”

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of a man who is about to die and sets free all of his slaves. He owns certain slaves and certain others with a partner and about the condition of the ones that he owns with a partner. He (the Imam) said, ‘His slaves of the partnership must be evaluated; if his share covers them, they are all free.’”

“The man of this matter will disappear for a period of time, during which one, who still keeps to his religion, is like one, who lathes thorns of al-Qatad with his bare hand. Which of you can grasp at the thorns of al-Qatad?” Then he pondered for a while and said: “The man of this matter will disappear for a time so people are to fear Allah and to keep to their faith.” The same was narrated by Muhammad bin Ya’qoob al-Kulayni from Muhammad bin Yahya and al-Hasan bin Muhammad from Ja’far bin Muhammad al-Kufi from al-Hasan bin Muhammad as-Sayrafi from Salih bin Khalid from Yaman at-Tammar. Who is this one, who will disappear, but the expected Imam? Who is this one, whose birth and early life most of people will doubt? Who is this one, whom people will be indifferent to and will not believe in his rising nor in his existence even? It is he, whom the infallibles imam (as) have mentioned and described his loyal believers during his disappearance as ones, who grasp at the thorns of al-Qatad with bare hands. It is this little sincere group that is distinguished from the great masses of people, whose fancies have taken them too far away and whose hearts have become too narrow to bear the truth and its bitterness. They find themselves unable to believe in the existence of the Imam while his person is absent and his disappearance has lasted long. Only the little group has believed and kept on believing in the expected Imam (as) following, by that, the saying of Amirul Mo’mineen (as): “Do not feel desolate in the way of guidance when its followers are very few!”

The Messenger of Allah said: “When I was taken to heaven during the Night Journey, Jibra`il took to me to a place where he had never stopped before. Hence, the Veil was remove for me and Allah, the Mighty and High, showed me what He desired from the Light of His Magnitude.”

Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) said: When the Sun disappears, then Maghrib time has begun.