Tradition n. 32

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said:

اَنَّ رَجُلاً مِن اَهلِ الكُوفَة كَتَـبَ اِلى اَبِي الحُسَينِ بنِ عَلِىٍّ عليه السلام يا سَيِّدِى اَخبِرني بِخَيرِ الدنيا وَ الآ خِـرَة فَكَتَبَ صَلَـواتُ الله عليه بِسمِ الله الرحمنِ الرَّحيـمِ, اَمّا بَعدُ فَاِنَّ مَن طَلَبَ رِضَى الله بِسَخَـطِ النّاسِ كَفاهُ اللّه اُمُورَ النّاسِ, وَ مَن طَلَبَ رِضَى النّاسِ بِسَخَطِ الله وَ كَلَهَ اللّه اِلَى النّاسِ وَ السَّلامُ.

“My father said to me about his father (‘a) that a man from Kufah wrote to his father viz. to al-Husayn Ibn ’Ali (‘a) asking him (‘a) to inform him of the good of this world and that of the next. Then, he (‘a) wrote (in his reply): 'In the Name Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful'. After that: 'Verily, he who seeks the pleasure of Allah even while displeasing people, He suffices him in his affairs with people. But he who seeks the pleasure of people while Allah is displeased, he leaves him to people (and he will be far from His Grace), Wa assalam'.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 71, p. 208

Tradition n. 33

Imam ‘Ali Ibn Husayn (‘a) said:

مَن عَمِلَ بِما اِفتَرَضَ اللّه عليه فَهُوَ مِن خَيرِ النّاسِ .

“He who acts according to what Allah has enjoined for him, is of the best people.”

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 81

Tradition n. 34

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said:

مَن اَحَبَّ لِلّهِ وَ اَبغَضَ لِلّهِ وَ اَعطى لِلّهِ فَهُوَ مِمَّن كَمُلَ اِيمَانُهُ.

“The one who loves for Allah, hates for Allah, and donates (things) for Allah; thus, he is one of those whose Faith is complete.”

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 124

Tradition n. 35

Imam Hasan al-’Askari, the eleventh Imam, (‘a) said:

خِصلَتانِ لَيسَ فَوقَهُما شَيئٌ: اَلايمانُ بِالله, وَ نَفعُ الاِخوانِ.

“There are no qualities above these two: Faith in Allah and being beneficial to Muslims.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 17, p.218