جعفر

I swear by my Honor, Majesty, Greatness, Grandeur, Light, and Highness of Position that none of the servants will choose his desires over Mine, without Me disrupting his affairs, and ruining his life, and getting him involved in it; and not giving anything to him but what I have destined for him. I swear by My Honor, Majesty, Greatness, Grandeur, Light, and Highness of Position that no servant chooses My wants over his own desires without My angels protecting him; and establishing the Heavens and the Earth to provide for his sustenance; and pursuing his business and protecting his interests; and turning the tables around and making the world to turn out to be in his favor against his expectations.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘One day my father during his illness said to me, ‘Son, call certain people from Quraysh and people of al-Madinah, so I can appoint them as witness.’ I then called a number of people. He said, ‘O Ja‘far, when I die, give Ghusl (bath) to me, place me in the shroud, raise the surface of my grave by four fingers above the ground and sprinkle water on it.’ When they left I asked, ‘Father, had you commanded me, I would have done all these things. Why did you decide to call these people to be witnesses?’ He said, ‘My son I did it so no one will raise any disputes against you.’”

Whoever sits with one who looks for faults in us, or compliments one who denies us, or connects with one who cuts us off, or cuts off from one who connects with us, or befriends one who opposes us, or opposes one who befriends us has disbelieved in Him who revealed the Seven Oft-Coupled verses and the Great Quran.

the two truthful Imam, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, who have said, ’Circumcise your children on the seventh day from their birth; the earth cries before Allah because of the urine of an uncircumcised person.’ I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, people performing circumcision in our city are not very knowledgeable and they do not do it on the seventh day but there is a Jewish person; if it is permissible for a Jewish person to circumcise children of Muslims or not by the will of Allah. He (the Imam) signed the answer that said, ’It is of Sunnah to circumcise on the seventh day, so do not oppose the Sunnah by the will of Allah.’”

“I once was near the pond of Zamzam when a man came and said, ‘O abu Hamzah, do not drink from this water because it is shared by both al-Jin and man, and this one is just for human beings/ I found his words strange and then thought, ‘How did he know it?’ I then asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about it and he (the Imam) said, ‘He was a male Jinn who wanted to give you this information.’”

a person who wastes Asr Prayer will be without relatives and wealth.” The narrator asked, “Who is one without relatives and wealth?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “He is one who has neither any relatives nor any wealth in Paradise.” The narrator asked, “What is meant by wasting Salaat?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “It means not offering it during the time between noon and sunset.”

“In the heart of every servant (of Allah) there is a white dot. When he commits a sin a black dot appears in the white one. If he repents the black dot goes away, but if he continues committing sins the black dot enlarges until it covers the white dot and when the white dot is covered the person thereafter does not return to good things as Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, ‘In fact, their hearts are stained by their deeds.’” ( 83 : 14 )

with regards to a man who bequeaths with a part of his property, that a part is one of ten, because Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, says: «Then place upon each mountain of them, a part» (2:260) and the mountains were ten and the birds were four, and so he placed on each mountain of them, a part.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about performing Salah (prayer) in frightening conditions during pursuits and the skirmishes, has said, ‘Every one of them perform Salah (prayer) by making gestures to whatever direction they face, even if swords work neck and neck and the fight goes on in a hand-to- hand manner. ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), performed Salah (prayer) during the night of Siffin which is called Lilatu al-Harir. Their Salah (prayer) of al-Dhuhr, al-‘Asr, al-Maghrib and al-‘Isha’ were only Takbir (Allah is great beyond description), Tahlil, (no one deserves worship except Allah), Tasbih (Allah is free of all defects), Tahmid (all praise belongs to Allah) and supplications. It was their Salah (prayer) and they were not commanded to perform Salah (prayer) again.’”

I said to Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as): 'May Allah (swt) set you aright. I used to carry weapons to the people of Sham and sell them. But when Allah (swt) made me aware of this matter, I became distressed about that weaponry. I said, I will not carry it to the enemies of Allah (swt).' Imam (as) said: 'Carry it to them and sell it, for Allah (swt), the Exalted, uses them to repel our enemies and your enemies, meaning the Romans.' Imam (as) continued, 'But if there is a war between us and them, whoever carries weapons to our enemy that they use against us is a polytheist.'

The servants (of Allah) have not been commanded to do anything more than what they are capable of doing. Therefore, people re able to refrain from whatever they have been enjoined to refrain, and whatever they do not have the ability to refrain from has not been required of them. However, there is no good in people (who do not fulfill their religious obligations.)

Verily, Musa son of `Imran (AS) said: “O my Lord! I am pleased with what You have decreed regarding removing the souls of the elderly and the souls of the young.” Allah, the Mighty and High, replied, “O Musa! Are you not pleased with Me for being their Sustainer and Provider [kafil]?” Musa replied, “Of course, O Lord! You are the Best Custodian and the Best of Providers.”

Verily, Musa son of `Imran (AS) said: “O my Lord! I am pleased with what You have decreed regarding taking the souls of the elderly, and leaving the souls of the young.” Allah, the Mighty and High, replied, “O Musa! Are you not pleased with Me for being their Sustainer and Provider [kafil]?” Musa replied, “Of course, O Lord. You are the best Custodian, and the Best Provider.”

Discuss about anything but the Throne. And discuss about anything other than what is above the Throne. A group once conversed about the Essence of Allah, the Mighty and High. They became so bewildered that when someone called one of them from in front, he would answer from behind, when someone called on of them from behind, they would answer from in front (meaning he lost his sense).

I said to al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as): A hadith is attributed to your father, and it says: “The Messenger of Allah (s) was never filled (satiated) with wheat bread.” Is this correct? So, he said: No. The Messenger of Allah (s) never ate from wheat bread, and he was never filled with barley bread.

Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘When you see that poverty and need has abounded (too much), and the people are denying each other, await the Command of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), these two – poverty and need, I recognise them, so what is, ‘people denying each other’?’ He (asws) said: ‘A man from among you comes to his brother, so he asks him for his need, and he looks at him with a look with which he did not use to look at him before, and he speaks to him by a tongue (manner) in which he did not speak to him before’.

Let none estimate for the Day of Resurrection by saying: O Lord, I did not know that the sons of Fatima are the Guardians and that it was for the sake of Fatima’s sons, exclusively, that Allah sent down this verse: «O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair from the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the All-Merciful.» (39:53)

“When a man during a woman’s experiencing blood discharge because of childbirth or after going to bed with her divorces, such divorce is not a valid divorce. A divorce at such time when commencing waiting period is possible and valid, that it is in a menses-free time but without the presence of two just witnesses, such divorce also is not a valid divorce.’”

“God the Almighty has established the angels as guards for plants on the Earth such as fruit trees and palm trees. There are no fruit trees or palm trees for which there is no appointed guardian angel when it is about to bear fruit. If there were no guardian angels with them to protect them, then the insects and the wild animals would destroy the tree. That is why the Prophet of God (a.s) has ordered his followers not to build a toilet under fruit or palm trees, since their appointed guarding angels reside there. He also said that the fruit or palm trees that have produced fruits are respectable like the people, because the angels are present there.”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman who cannot become lawful in marriage for her previous husband without marriage with another man. He (the Imam) said, ‘She is a woman who is divorced, then her husband goes back to her, then is divorced then he goes back to her, then is divorced. She becomes unlawful for him in marriage unless she marries another man.’ He (the Imam) said that going back to her must be for going to bed with her, otherwise, it is only one divorce.’”