Anger begins with madness and ends with regret.
Anger begins with madness and ends with regret.
There is no successful outcome in treating people unjustly.
Do not pay attention to the one who is speaking, but pay attention to what he is saying.
If you expect someone to do more than he is able to do, then expect him to fail you by as much as you have exceeded his capacity.
Whoever makes his secret intentions righteous, God will make his outer conduct righteous.
Do not keep the company of an evil person, for surely your character will take on something of his character without your even realizing it.
Initiating a good deed is a matter of choice, but seeing it through is obligatory.
Prefer to be one who is overcome while being just, rather than one who triumphs while being unjust.
Do not betray anyone who places his trust in you... even if he betrays you.
If you hear words that hurt you, then bow your head before them and they will miss you.
The one who is prudent is the one who has control over his passions.
The one who has the most blessed life is the one who supports others during his life.
Tolerance is the graveyard of defects.
Patience is one of the ways to achieve victory.
Nobility is a matter of good intellect and good conduct, not of lineage and descent.
If you can do without something, then leave it, and only take what you need instead.
Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.
If a blessing descends on you, then make it last by being grateful.
If the most abundant of benefits reach you, then do not drive them away by your lack of gratitude.
Just marvel at man: he sees by means of some gristle, and speaks by means of some flesh, and hears by means of a bone, and breathes by means of a perforation!
I attained realization of God, may He be glorified, by the dissolution of resolutions, and by the solution of complexities.
I am amazed at the one who settles down in the abode that passes away, and ignores the abode that lasts for ever.
Know that this Qur'an is a source of advice that never deceives, and a guide that never leads astray, and an informer that never lies.
Doubt has four divisions: disputation, distrust, vacillation, and surrender.
Faith has four pillars: patience, certainty, justice, and struggle.
Plunge into the depths until you reach the truth.
Attend to your faith by giving in charity.
Supplication is the key to Divine mercy.
Do not fall into despair over wrong action, when the door of turning to Him in repentance is always open.
Be merciful to those of you who are weak, for showing mercy to them is the means by which God will show mercy to you.
A man who overtly criticises himself is covertly praising it.
Train yourself in good behaviour with regards to what you dislike in others.
Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.
Take your words into account as part of your actions, and do not say anything unless it is good.
Every container becomes tightly packed with what is put in it, except for the container of knowledge, for surely it expands.
One who knows but does not act is like an archer without a string to his bow.
Do not give up hope if the answer to your request is slow in coming, for surely what you receive depends on the strength of your request.
Whoever makes what does not concern him his business will fail to deal with what does concern him.
People resemble the people of their time more than they do their fathers.
People are hostile towards what they do not understand.
Do not force your children to behave like you, for surely they have been created for a time which is different to your time.
If you scold a child, then leave him room to turn away from his wrong action, so that you do not leave him with obstinacy as his only way out.
Any wealth of yours that teaches you a lesson has not been wasted.
Search out sustenance. It is guaranteed to one who looks for it.
The value of each person lies in the good he does.
A person is found under his tongue.
There is nothing as honourable as knowledge.
There is no poverty quite like ignorance.
The most ignorant of those who are ignorant is the one who trips over the same stone twice.
There is no health where there is greed.
There is no illness more debilitating than lack of intellect.
Do not stop giving advice to your family, for surely you are responsible for them.
Beware of being lazy, for surely whoever is lazy is not fulfilling the duty he owes to God.
To delay is to lose.
There is nothing more beloved to God than a youth who turns to Him.
Endeavour to converse with your children, lest others who transgress and disobey get to them before you.
There are six traits that must not be found in a true believer [of complete faith], viciousness and ill-temperedness, miserliness, obstinacy, dishonesty, jealousy, and oppression [of others].
Kindness is half of life.
Be humble to whomever you learn from and whomever you teach.
Among the things which expiate the major wrong actions are helping the unfortunate and relieving someone's affliction.
Longing for this world brings about worry and sadness, doing without in this world brings ease to the heart and body.
Perfume yourselves with the fragrance of seeking forgiveness lest the stench of sins pollute you.
Tears only dry up and fail to flow as a result of hard-heartedness and the hearts only harden as a result of an abundance of sins.
That which is little yet sufficient is better than that which is much and diverts man from his goal as a result.
Love of this world is the root of all vice.
There is no drop more loved by God than a teardrop that falls in the dark of the night from fear of God, meant solely for him and no one else.
How many a fleeting desire that lasts but an hour brings about enduring sorrow.
True worship is not to pray and to fast excessively, rather true worship is to ponder on God, the Most High.
Every single thing your eye sees contains a lesson.
Everything has a foundation, and the foundation of Islam is love for us, the Ahl al-Bayt.
The truly powerful person is the one who has conquered himself.
Verily charity brings abundance for the one who gives it, so give charity, God will have mercy on you.
Anger is such that it destroys the heart of even the wise men. He who has no control over his anger has no control over his mind.
Every statement in which God is not mentioned is a vanity. Every silence in which there is no thought of Him is carelessness. Every reflection in which there is no consideration of Him is an idle
pastime.
Indeed, he who treats people fairly even though it be to his detriment, is only increased in worth and honour by Allah.
