Pearls of Wisdom

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These are some of my fave sayings from Imam Ali (as) on the general aspect of life:

1- The best method to live in this world is to maintain one’s respect without inspiring fear, giving alms privately, and keep doing good without any selfish motives.

2- There are many people who obey God to gain favours, they act like businessmen trading with God, while there are some who obey Him to keep away from his wrath, they act as slaves, but there are some who obey Him out of gratitude and obligation; These are the noble and gentlemen.

3- Words are in your control until you have uttered them, but once they’re spoken, you are under thier control. Therefore guard your tongue as you guard your gold and silver, for often, one expression snatches away a blessing and invites punishment.

4- Care for your parents and your children will care for you.

5- I pity the person who has forgotten death, although he sees people dying daily.

6-Your pleasure should be for what (good acts) you have sent forward; your grief should be for what you are leaving behind and your worry should be about what is to befall after your death.

7- Looking at others defects is neither proper nor manliness. Best to look at your own defects first.

8- Speech is like medicine. A small dose of which cures and excess of which, can kill the patient.

9- How wretched the son of Adam is! His death is hidden, his ailments are preserved, the bite of a mosquito pains him, while choking causes his death and his sweat causes him to smell!

10- ‘The best deed of a great man are to forgive and forget.’

11- ‘If patience does not give relief to a man, impatience kills him.’

12- This one is by Imam Jaffer Sadiq:

Do not be mislead by ones praying or fasting too much because people develop a habit in this behalf and cannot forsake it. On the hand, judge people in light of thier truthfulness and honesty and test them according to merits.

Thats all for now, i’ll add somemore later on. Meanwhile, Feel free to contribute ay of your own.

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Re: Pearls of Wisdom

:subhan:

Hazrat Ali’s (ra): saying are so full of wisdom. Please share more. thanks

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:smack:
but they r good

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^ Wisey; i didnt get it. :konfused: whats the smack for?

Thats very creative Code red thanks :k: Its brightened up my day:-D I will defo add some later .

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1- Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings

2- Man is a wonderful creature; he sees through the layers of fat (eyes), hears through a bone (ears) and speaks through a lump of flesh (tongue

3- Recommended prayers cannot attain the pleasures of Allah for you when obligatory prayers are left unattended.

4- A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.

5- The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.

6- Generosity is to help a deserving person without his request, and if you help him after his request, then it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke.

7- Contentment is the capital which will never diminish.

8- Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.

9- That knowledge which remains only on your tongue is very superficial. The intrinsic value of knowledge is that you act upon it.

10- I wonder at the mentality of a miser, fearing poverty he takes to stinginess and thus hastily pushes himself headlong into a state of want and destitution, he madly desires plenty and ease, but throws it away without understanding. In this world he is of his own free will, leads the life of a beggar and in the next world he will have to submit an account like the rich.

11- I wonder at the arrogance of a haughty and vain person. Yesterday he was only a drop of semen and tomorrow he will turn into a corpse. I wonder at the man who observes the Universe created by Allah and doubts His Being and Existence. I wonder at the man who sees people dying around him and yet he has forgotten his end. I wonder at the man who understands the marvel of genesis of creation and refuses to accept that he will be brought back to life again. I wonder at the man who takes great pains to decorate and to make comfortable this mortal habitat and totally forgets his permanent abode.

12- A friend cannot be considered a friend unless he is tested on three occasions: in time of need, behind your back and after your death.

13- The best way to punish an evil-doer is to reward handsomely a good person for his good deeds.

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Cool !!

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smack was for quoting them all over again

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aright, time for another dose of refreshment; here goes..

1- Silence will create respect and dignity; justice and fairness will bring more friends; benevolence and charity will enhance prestige and position; courtesy will draw benevolence; service of mankind will secure leadership and good words will overcome powerful enemies.

2- Give to your fellow believer your blood and your property and to your enemy your justice and fairness.

3- There is no wealth like reason, no poverty like ignorance, no heritage like culture and no aid like consultation.

4- Associate with people in such a way that when you have passed away they will cry for you, and while you are alive they will seek your company.

5- Islam is submission and submission is trust, trust is faith and faith is acceptance, acceptance is responsibility and responsibility is work (action).

6- Imam Ali's garment was very old with patches on it. When somebody drew his attention towards it, he replied, " Such dresses, when worn by men of status make them submissive to Allah and kind-hearted towards others and the faithful Muslims can conveniently follow the example ".

More coming soon...

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Lovely.

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1- The wise aim at perfection, the foolish aim at wealth.

2- A believer who is calm in a commotion is patient in distress and grateful in prosperity.

3- Accusation of an innocent person is bigger than the universe. Justice is wider than the earth. Coveting is hotter than fire. Anticipating help from a stingy person is colder than ice. The mind of a contended person is richer than the ocean. The heart of an unbeliever is harder than a rock. The backbiter is weaker than orphan.

4- Every person who is tempted to go astray does not deserve punishment.

5- Greed is permanent slavery.

6- Every breath you take is a step closer towards death.

7- The first opinion of the person of intellect is the last opinion of an ignorant person.

8- If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

9- To render relief to the distressed and to help the oppressed make amends for great sins.

10- Failures are often the results of timidity and fears; disappointments are the results of bashfulness; hours of leisure pass away like summer-clouds, therefore, do not waste opportunity of doing good.

11- I want to teach you five of those things which deserve your greatest anxiety to acquire them:

Have hope only in Allah.

Be afraid of nothing but sins.

If you do not know a thing never feel ashamed to admit ignorance.

If you do not know a thing never hesitate or feel ashamed to learn it.

Acquire patience and endurance because their relation with true faith is that of a head to a body, a body is of no use without a head, similarly true faith can be of no use without attributes of resignation, endurance and patience.

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Jzakallah sis!

May your life be fulfilled by the blessings of Allah's favorite Nabi (saww )and his Ahle Bait (as). :)

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^ Ilahe Ameen. Thanks for your kind words. :)

1 -When Imam Ali was asked about Faith in Religion, he replied that the structure of faith is supported by four pillars endurance, conviction, justice and jihad

2 - Do not make friendship with a fool because when he will try to do you good he will do you harm;

do not make a miser your friend because he will run away from you at the time of your dire need;

do not be friendly with a vicious and wicked person because he will sell you and your friendship at the cheapest price

and do not make friend of a liar because like a mirage he will make you visualize very near the things that are at a great distance and will make you see at the great distance the things which are near to you.

3- Imam Ali (as) wrote to Salman al Farsi (ra) : To continue, surely, the likeness of this world is that of a snake: it is soft to touch, and deadly poisonous. The ignorant child is distracted by it, and the one with understanding and intellect is cautious of it. So turn away from what fascinates you in it, for how little of it stays with you.

4 - If a praying person knew to what extent he was surrounded by His Mercy, he would never raise his head from (the state of) prostration.

5- The tears do not dry up except through hardness of the heart, and the heart do not dry turn hard except by committing a lot of sins.

6- When you feel afraid or nervous to do a thing then do it because the real harm which you may thus receive is less poignant than its expectation and fear."

7 -Bring to mind, by means of your hunger and thirst in it (the month of Ramadan), the hunger and thirst of the Day of Judgement.

8 -Do not be the slave of another person, since Allah has made you a free person.

9 - Do not look at who speaks but look at what he says.

10 - The house in which the Quran is recited and Allah (swt) is remembered, will receive many blessings (barakat) and the angels will be present there, the Shaitan will be far from there; and it (that house) will shine for the people of the sky, just like the stars shine for the people on the Earth.

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His Last Will and Testament

Imam Ali's (as) last will to his sons Imam Hasan (as) and Imam Hussain (as) following a fatal blow on his head during morning prayers by Ibn Muljim (A Kharijite):

'My advice to you is to be conscious of Allah and steadfast in your religion. Do not yearn for the world, and do not be seduced by it. Do not resent anything you have missed in it. Proclaim the truth; work for the next world. Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.

I advise you, and all my children, my relatives, and whosoever receives this message, to be conscious of Allah, to remove your differences, and to strengthen your ties. I heard your grandfather, peace be upon him, say: "Reconciliation of your differences is more worthy than all prayers and all fasting."

Fear Allah in matters concerning orphans. Attend to their nutrition and do not forget their interests in the middle of yours.

Fear Allah in your relations with your neighbors. Your Prophet often recommended them to you, so much so that we thought he would give them a share in inheritance.

Remain attached to the Quran. Nobody should surpass you in being intent on it, or more sincere in implementing it.

Fear Allah in relation to your prayers. It is the pillar of your religion.

Fear Allah in relation to His House; do not abandon it as long as you live. If you should do that you would abandon your dignity.

Persist in jihad in the cause of Allah, with your money, your souls, and your tongue.

Maintain communication and exchange of opinion among yourselves. Beware of disunity and enmity. Do not desist from promoting good deeds and cautioning against bad ones. Should you do that, the worst among you would be your leaders, and you will call upon Allah without response.

O Children of Abdul Muttalib! Do not shed the blood of Muslims under the banner: The Imam has been assassinated! Only the assassin should be condemned to death.

If I die of this stroke of his, kill him with one similar stroke. Do not mutilate him! I have heard the Prophet, peace be upon him, say: "Mutilate not even a rabid dog."