علي بن

Written by: ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib.

I heard Abu Abdillah Ja’far ibn Muhammad, peace be upon him say: ’The most difficult performance are three: to maintain justice and equity between yourself and the people, so that you may not prefer for yourself anything from the people, till you have preferred the same for the people to have from you; to make your (needy) brother an equal partner in your wealth; and to remember Allah in all situations. And that is not just to say: ’Glory be to Allah,’ ’Praise be to Allah,’ ’there is no God but Allah,’ or ’Allah is Great.’ Rather, when anything comes your way, which Allah has forbidden, you refrain from it."

You are getting angry on behalf of God. Therefore do not get more angry than God would in such a case.”

“He (the Imam) has said, ‘Allah, the most Majestic, the most Glorious, sent revelation to Dawud (David) (a.s.), that said, ‘I forgave your sins and placed the blame thereof on the Israelites.’ He (Dawud) asked, ‘How can that be, O Lord? You do not do injustice. He (the Lord) replied, ‘Because they did not express disappointment for what you had done.’” (This Hadith is addressed to Dawud but it is meant to apply to others. It is one of the cases where the popular expression, ‘I address you O slave-girl, but you, the neighbor woman listen.’)

Hadith.2494 - Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn (as) performed Hajj forty times on his camel, and Imam (as) never struck it with a whip.

“I asked Ali ibn al-Hussein to inform me of all the rules of the religion. The Imam (MGB) replied, ‘Speaking fairly, ruling justly and respecting one’s pledge.’”

The following three are the hardest things to do for a believer: to be fair regarding oneself and not wanting anything for others unless we want that for ourselves too; financially helping our brothers and remembering God in all circumstances - that is not just saying ‘Glory to God, Praise to God, There is no god but God’, but accepting any commands of God and abstaining from what God has forbidden.”

“Once, Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) was asked about racist feelings. He said, ‘The racist feeling that is a sin is the one that makes a person call the evil doers of his own people better than the virtuous individuals of the other people. A man’s loving his own people is not racism but it is a sin to help one’s own people to commit injustice.”

“Whoever yields to justice for people against his own soul is accepted to judge others’ cases.”

“I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘The masters of good deeds are three things: To yield to justice for people against one’s own soul. So what you do not like to happen to you, do not agree to happen to people also, to cooperate with your fellow believer in matters of properties and to speak of Allah in all conditions: not just saying, ‘Glory belongs to Allah, all praise belongs to Allah and no one deserves to be worshipped except Allah, but that if in case Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has commanded you to do a certain thing, you must obey the command, and if it is a case you know that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has prohibited you to do, you must stay away form it.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘May Allah grant forgiveness to the parents who support their children in their kindness and virtuous deeds.’”

“About the case of porters and a man working for hire, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must pay him before his perspiration dries up.’”

Acting justly and speaking fairly result in the continuation of blessings. And there is no power nor any strength save by God.”The first volume of Uyun Akhbar Al-Ridha (s) authored by Abi Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Al-Hussein ibn Musa ibn Babawayh al-Qumi residing in Ray has ended at this point. May God assist him to obey God and grant him success to please God. In the beginning of the second volume, I will present more traditions about Al-Ridha (s).

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘A people, who does not take back the rights of the weak ones among them from the stronger ones, without causing any harm, can never become holy.’”

O Ali, the prayers of four classes of people are never unanswered: just rulers, fathers when they pray for their sons, people who privately pray for their brethren, and the oppressed. The Majestic the Glorified God says, ‘I swear by My Glory and Majesty that I will take your revenge (referring to the oppressed) when proper.’”

“Justice is sweeter than water is for a thirsty man. How vast is justice when it is practiced in an issue even though it would be very little!”

“Two people were abusing each other and the Imam said, ‘The initiator is more unjust. His own sins and the sins of his companion are on him as long as the oppressed one does not transgress.’”

The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "Benevolence is a good turn, earning the quickest reward, and tyranny is an evil, earning quickest requital. Enough for ones blemish that one should see faults in others while condoning the same faults in oneself; or scoff at the others for an act from which he himself cannot abstain, and hurt ones companion in matters with which one has no concern."

“One who, on the Day of Judgment, will regret the most is he who preaches justice but himself acts otherwise.”

“Of the people who, on the Day of Judgment, will regret the most is one who preaches justice but himself does not yield to justice.”