133 - Nothing is more disgraceful for rulers than
treating their subordinates cruelly.
(Kefayatol Athar fi Al - Nas Ala Al -
Aemma Al - Ethnai Ashar , P. 233)
134 - Nothing is more disgraceful for
noble people than telling lies.
(Kefayatol Athar fi Al - Nass Ala -
Al - Aemma Al - Ethnai Ashar , p. 233)
135 - Nothing is more disgraceful for
the learned than greed.
(Kefayatol Athar fi Al - Nass Ala
Al - Aemma Al - Ethnai Ashar , P.233)
136 - Amir al-Mo'menin ( leader of believers ) asked his
son Hussain :" O' son ! what is being honorable " ?He replied :
" Benevolence to family members , and bearing their losses.
"(Bihar al- Anwar, Vol. 78 , P. 102)
137 - Imam (as) was once asked : what is affluence ?
He said : " Decreasing your wishes , and being satisfied
with what is enough for you.
"(Bihar al- Anwar, Vol. 78 , P. 102)
138 - What is poverty ?" Being covetous and hopeless.
"(Bihar al- Anwar, Vol. 78 , P. 102)
139 - What is being low and base ?" Saving yourself
but leaving your spouse to grapple with
difficulties at hard times.
"(Bihar al- Anwar, Vol. 78 , P. 102)
140 - What is stupidity? " Hostility to one's powerful
and efficient commander , or to someone
who can harm you or benefit you."
(Bihar al- Anwar, Vol. 78 , P.102)
141 - A man told Imam Hussain (as): "I have built a
new house. I like you to enter it and pray to God for me.
Imam accepted. After entering the house, Imam had
a look at it and said,” You have demolished your house
and have built a larger and more luxurious house. People
on the earth admire you and respect you for that house ,
while those up in the Heavens despise you.
(Mustadrak al- Wasael , Vol. 3 , P. 467)
142 - The Holy Koran has an elegant outward and
a profound inward
(Jame- ol Akhbar by Sadook , P. 47)
143 - The intelligence of Muawiyah was being
discussed when Imam said :" Man's intelligence
would not be perfect unless truth is followed".
(Bihar al- Anwar, Vol. 78 , P. 127)
144 - Imam Hussain (as) said : " Our enemy is
the enemy of my grandfather Mohammad "
(Ihqaqol Haq , Vol , 11 , P. 592)
145 - Habeeb Ibn Madaher narrated that once
he asked Imam Hussain : "What were you before
the creation of Adam ? ". Imam replied : " We were spiritual lights
orbiting the highest Heaven , and teaching the angels
praising and glorification.
"(Bihar al- Anwar, Vol. 60, P. 311)
146 - Twelve Mahdis are to be from us. First of them is
Amir al-Mo'menin Ali Ibn Abi Talib , and the last is the
Imam who rises by justice. Through him, God will revive
the earth after its death , and let the real belief overcome
other beliefs , in spite of the polytheists' dislike. He has
a long occultation ,during which some will abandon their faith ,
and some will firmly stay in their belief. Then, they will be
annoyed and asked : " When will this promise be fulfilled,
if you are telling the truth ? " Truly , whoever withstands
annoyance and denial of others during the occultation of Mahdi
is like the one who fights by sword alongside the Prophet (pbuh ).
(Bihar al- Anwar, Vol. 51, p. 133)
147 - Imam (as) was asked what virtue is. He said :
" Holding your tongue, and good deed." Then he was
asked what defect is. He said : " Involving yourself in a futile task."
(Mustadrak al-Wasael , vol. 9 , P. 24)
Presented by Hassan Ali
