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The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "Whenever there is any vulgarity in any affair, it does not leave it without being tarnished; and whenever there is bashfulness in any matter, it does not leave it without being adorned."

The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "The penance and expiation for backbiting anyone is to seek forgiveness from Allah for him or her." And may Allah bless His mercy upon our master Muhammad and his progeny.

Whoever faces our Qibla (prayer direction), prays the way we pray, and eats what we slaughter is one of us and is our partner.”

Messenger of Allah (SA) said: “None of you believe unless he also believes in the Divine Decree, its good, its evil, its sweetness, and its bitterness.”

Abu Hamid told us, who said: Abu Yazid informed us, who said: Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Salih Al-Tamimi informed us, who said: My father told us, who said: Anas bin Muhammad Abu Malik told me, from his father, from Ja'far bin Muhammad, from his father, from his grandfather, from Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon them, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, who said to him: O' Ali, I advise you with a will, so preserve it, for you will remain in goodness as long as you preserve my will. And he mentioned the entire narration.

Whoever likes an extended share of his daily bread and a delayed death will visit his kin.”

“Whoever bothers My believing servants has declared war against Me. Whoever honors My believing servants will be secure from My Wrath. If only one believer and one just leader remain on the Earth from the East to the West from all My creatures, that will be sufficient for Me to maintain the heavens and the Earth, and I will need none of what I have created on the Earth. I will establish a companion from their faith for them such that they never feel they need anyone else.”

I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘I complain to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic of my loneliness, and restlessness among the people of Al-Medina, until you (Shi'ites) come over and I see you, and be comforted by you. If only this tyrant would allow me, so I would take a fort in Al-Ta'if, so I would dwell in it and you would all dwell in it with me. I would guarantee to him that there would not come from our area any harm to him ever’.

al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) said: I am astonished at one who is stingy in this world when it presents itself to him or is stingy in it when it turns away from him. Spending when it presents itself will not harm him and withholding when it turns away will not benefit him.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: “We, the children of Abdul Muttalib are the chiefs of Paradise dwellers; that is I, Ali, Hamza (chief of the martyrs), Ja’far with two wings, Hasan, Husain, and the Mahdi.”

I was writing the book (which contained the Qur’an) from Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and she said: If you reach this verse, then write: «Maintain the prayers, and (in particular) the middle prayer and the prayer of the afternoon». (2:238)

The Prophet (s) said: `Ali will clarify that which my Nation will disagree about after me.

‘O Muhammad! My Orders should not be changed. Saying five units of prayers is as if saying fifty units.’”

I went out with al-Hasan al-Basri and Anas b. Malik until we came to the door of Umm Salama (ra). So, Anas sat at the door, and I entered with al-Hasan al-Basri. So, I heard al-Hasan saying: Peace be unto you, mother, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. So, she said: And also with you. Who are you, son? So, he said: I am al-Hasan al-Basri. So, she said: What have you come for, Hasan? So, he said to her: I have come to hear a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (s) regarding `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) from you. So, Umm Salama said: By Allah, I will narrate a hadith that I heard with my own ears from the Messenger of Allah (s), and if I hadn’t, then may I be deafened; I saw it with my eyes, and if I hadn’t, then may I be blinded; my heart was conscious of it, and if it hadn’t, then may Allah stomp it out. May my tongue be muted if I did not hear the Messenger of Allah (s) say to `Ali b. Abi Talib (as): O `Ali! There is not a worshiper who meets Allah on the Day of Resurrection who denies your wilaya except that he meets Allah as a worshiper of statues or idols. He said: So I heard al-Hasan al-Basri say: Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that `Ali is my Master and the Master of the believers. So, when he left, Anas b. Malik said to him: Why did I see you recite the takbir? He said: I asked our mother Umm Salama to narrate a hadith that she had heard from the Messenger of Allah (s) regarding `Ali (as). So, she said such and such to me. So, I said: Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that `Ali is my Master and the Master of the believers. He said: So, at that, I heard Anas b. Malik say: I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (s) said this – three or four times.

Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) delivered a sermon to us. He praised Allah and commended him, then said: O people! In front of this pulpit are a group of four from the companions of the Messenger of Allah (s) – Anas b. Malik, al-Bara’ b. `Azib al-Ansari, al-Ash`ath b. Qays al-Kindi, and Khalid b. Yazid al-Bajali. Then, he turned his face to Anas b. Malik and said: O Anas! You had heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Whoever takes me as a Master, then `Ali is his Master.” Yet, you did not bear witness to my wilaya today. So, may Allah not cause you to die until He afflicts you with a leprosy that cannot be covered by a turban. As for you, Ash`ath, you had heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Whoever takes me as a Master, then `Ali is his Master. O Allah! Befriend whoever befriends him and oppose whoever opposes him.” Yet, you did not bear witness to my wilaya today. So, may Allah not cause you to die until both your eyes go blind. As for you, Khalid b. Yazid, you had heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Whoever takes me as a Master, then `Ali is his Master. O Allah! Befriend whoever befriends him and oppose whoever opposes him.” Yet, you did not bear witness to my wilaya today. So, may Allah not cause you to die except the death of Jahiliyya. As for you, Bara’ b. `Azib, you had heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Whoever takes me as a Master, then `Ali is his Master. O Allah! Befriend whoever befriends him and oppose whoever opposes him.” Yet, you did not bear witness to my wilaya today. So, may Allah not cause you to die except in the place that you emigrated from. Jabir b. `Abdullah al-Ansari said: By Allah, I saw Anas b. Malik when he was afflicted with leprosy. He would try to cover it with a turban, but he could not hide it. I saw al-Ash`ath b. Qays’ eyes go blind; saying: “Praise be to Allah who made Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib pray that I go blind in this world rather than pray that I be punished in the Hereafter.” As for Khalid b. Yazid – when he died, his family wanted to bury him, and they dug [a grave] in his house and buried him. When Kindah heard about that, they brought a horse and a camel and slaughtered them [as done in the custom of Jahiliyya], so he died the death of Jahiliyya. As for al-Bara’ b. `Azib, Mu`awiya had appointed him over Yemen, and he died therein, which is where he emigrated from.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘If people knew the virtue of knowing Allah, Mighty and Exalted, they would never extend their gaze to the splendour and bounties of the life of this world that Allah has granted to the enemies. They would then regard such peoples worldly goods to be more insignificant that the dust under their feet, and they would take great pleasure at attaining knowledge of Allah, Mighty and Exalted, and would savour it as if they were tasting the experience of being in the gardens of Paradise with the friends of Allah. Verily the inner knowledge of Allah is an intimate companion in every type of desolation, a friend in every type of loneliness, a light in every darkness, a source of strength from all weakness, and a cure for all ailments.

“Say:
‘O Allah, I appeal before You to grant my soul certainty, forgiveness and good health in this life and in the next life. O Allah, You are my trustee, my hope, my shoulder (power) and my supporter. With Your help I disembark and travel.’
Allahumma inni as'aluka li nafsiya al-yaqina wal-'afwa wal-'afiyata fi al-dunya wal-akhirah. Allahumma anta thiqati wa anta raja'i wa anta 'adudi wa anta nasiri. Bika ahullu wa bika asiru.
He (the Imam) said, ‘If one travels alone he should say:
‘Whatever Allah wills happens. There is no power without the help of Allah. O Allah, comfort me in my fear, help me in my loneliness and make the end of my absence (from my home) closer.’”
Ma sha'a Allah la quwwata illa billah Allahumma anis waḥshatī wa-aʿinnī ʿalā waḥdatī wa-add ghaybatī.

`Ali b. Yazid al-Sada’i from Abi Shayba al-Jawhari from Anas b. Malik. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Promise me six things, and I will promise you Paradise: (1) When you speak, do not lie. (2) If you make a promise, do not break it. (3) If you form a trust, then do not betray it. (4) Lower your gaze. (5) Guard your private parts. (6) Withhold your hands and your tongues [from harming others].

Modesty is good, all of it. It means that modesty repels the one with religion, as well as the one with no religion, from the horrid. Hence, it is the gatherer of every beauty.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Modesty and faith, all of it, is in one horn; if one of them is pulled off, the other follows it. It means that the one whom modesty does not repel from horrid in what is between him and between people, will not repel himself from horrid in what is between him and between his Lord, Exalted and Glorious is He. The one who is not embarrassed before Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and publicly challenges him with horrid acts, he has no (sincere adherence) religion.