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There is not a man who bears false witness over the wealth of a Muslim man to cut him off except that Allah decrees a place for him in the Fire.

A man came to al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) and said: Advise me. So, he said: Prepare your belongings and ready your supplies for a long journey. Be an advisor to yourself, and do not depend on someone to give you that which will rectify you.

"When the sins of a servant of Allah multiply and grow in number, and he has nothing to expiate his sins with, Allah tests him with sorrow and grief, and thus expiate his sins."

The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny said: "Blessed is he whom Allah finds weeping because of his sins, trembling in awe of Allah; weeping over the sins about which no one knows except himself."

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whoever recites qul huwallahu ahad when he goes to bed, Allah will forgive fifty years of his sins.

I read in a letter of Abi’l Hasan al-Rida (as): Announce to my Shi`a that a visitation of me is considered by Allah to be equal to one thousand Hajj. He said: I said to Abi Ja`far [al-Jawad] (as): One thousand Hajj? He said: Yes, by Allah. One million Hajj for one who visits him recognizing his right.

I heard al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) say: Whoever meets the people with a face but has another face when he is away from them, he will come on the Day of Resurrection with two tongues of fire.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The first things to rectify this Nation are asceticism and certainty, and the last things to destroy it are stinginess and wishful thinking.

I heard Aba Ja`far al-Baqir (as) say: Whoever attends the funeral of a Muslim, on the Day of Resurrection, he will be given four intercessions. He will not say a thing except that the angel will say: “And for you is something like that.”

Amir al-Mu’minin (as) would say: The basis of mankind – his heart, his intellect, his religion, and his chivalry – is whatever he makes of himself. The days change, but the people are as Adam.

Whoever recites the mu`awadhatayn and qul huwallahu ahad in witr, it is said to him: "O servant of Allah! Be glad, for Allah has accepted your witr."

"When a servant of Allah befriends someone, under the pretense of religion, with a motive to find out his drawbacks and errors, so that he would then taunt that man, he draws himself closest to becoming an infidel."

When this verse, “And We have recorded everything in a Manifest Imam” (36:12), was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (s), two men stood from their sitting and said: O Messenger of Allah! Is it the Torah? He said: No. They said: Is it the Gospel? He said: No. They said: Is it the Quran? He said: No. Then, Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali came forward; so, the Messenger of Allah (s) said: It is he – he is the Imam in whom Allah has recorded the knowledge of everything.

I was afflicted with extreme poverty, so I visited Abi’l Hasan `Ali b. Muhammad (as) and he permitted me in. When I sat down, he said: O Aba’l Hashim! Which of the blessings of Allah over you would you like to give thanks for? Abu’l Hashim said: I remained silent because I did not know what to say to him. So, he (as) preceded me, saying: He has given you faith, by which He has prohibited your body from the Fire. He has given you wellness, by which He supported you in obedience [to Him]. He has granted you contentment, by which He separated you from spending too much. O Aba’l Hashim! I only preceded you with this because I thought that you wanted to complain to me about the One who has done this to you. I have prepared one hundred gold coins for you, so take them.

Among that which Allah revealed to Musa b. `Imran (as) is: Be [like] a worn-out robe, pure of heart, reclusive in your house, and a lantern in the night, and you will be known to the people of heaven and hidden from the people of Earth. O Musa! Beware of being insistent, and do not be of those who walk without purpose, and do not laugh without astonishment. Weep over your mistakes, O son of `Imran.

I saw al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali, peace be upon him, in dream and related to him: "Mukhawwal ibn Ibrahim has reported to me from al-Rabee’ ibn al-Munzir, from his father from you that you said: Whoever sheds a tear from his eyes for us, or fills his eyes with tears for us, Allah will grant him an eternal place in Paradise." He said: "Yes." So I said: "(In that case), the chain of narration between you and me does not exist any more."

Abu Zayd al-Nahwi al-Ansari narrated to me. He said: I asked al-Khalil b. Ahmad al-`Arwadi, saying: How could the people abandon `Ali (as) when his relation to the Messenger of Allah (s) was such, his place with the Muslims was such, and his striving for Islam was such? So, he said: By Allah, his light dazzled their light, and he overcame them on every plain; and the people incline toward those who resemble them [and `Ali did not resemble them]. Have you not heard the first when he said: “Every sort inclines toward its own sort. Do you not see how an elephant inclines toward elephants?” He said: Al-Riyashi recited to us – [something] of its [same] meaning – from al-`Abbas b. al-Ahnaf. “A questioner says, ‘how did you leave us?’ So, I gave a reply that was fair. ‘He was not of my sort, so I left him. People are of sorts and inclinations.’”

Whoever completes his fast with a good saying or a good action, Allah will accept his fast. So, it was said to him: O son of the Messenger of Allah! What is the good saying? He said: The testimony that there is no god but Allah; and the good action is giving out [zakat] al-Fitra.

Amirul Mu’mineen, ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, said: "Any deed performed with Taqwa is not little. And how can that which is accepted (by Allah) be little?"

He who loves a disbeliever has hated Allah, and he who hates a disbeliever has loved Allah. Then, he (as) said: The confidant of the enemy of Allah is the enemy of Allah.