Hadith 304

sist me with frequent Sajdahs’. Rabie said, ‘And I heard him-saww saying: ‘There is none from a servant saying every day seven times, ‘I ask Allah-azwj for the Paradise and I seek Refuge from the Fire’, except the Fire would say: ‘O Lord-azwj! Shelter him from me! ’’
And I heard him-saww saying: ‘O who has been Given five to him, there does not happen to be any excuse for him in neglecting the work of the Hereafter – a righteous wife assisting him upon the matter of his world and his Hereafter, and righteous sons, and livelihood in his city, and good manners managing the people with it, and love for People-asws of my-saww Household’. He (Rabie) said, ‘And I heard him-saww saying: ‘Upon you is with despairing from what is in the hands of the people, for these are the present riches; and beware of coveting regarding the people for it is a present poverty, and when you pray Salat, then pray a farewell Salat (as if it is your last) and beware of what you have to apologise from’. And I heard him-saww saying: ‘There will happen to be Fitna (discord) after me-saww, so when that happens, then stick with Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws! ’ – the Hadeeth with its completion. And Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘One who is truthful of his tongue his deeds would be pure, and one whose intention is good there will be an increase in his lifespan, and one whose righteousness with his family members is good, there will be an increase in his sustenance’’. [175]
(The book) ‘Kanz’ of Al Karajaky’ –
‘It has come in the Hadeeth from the Imam Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws spoke with twenty-four phrases, the value of each phrase from these is the weight of the skies and the earth. He-asws said: ‘May Allah-azwj have Mercy on a person who hears wisdom, so he retains it, and he is called to the rightful guidance, so he goes near, and he holds to a side of the guide so he attains salvation. He watches out for his Lord-azwj and fears his sins. He advances sincerely and does righteous deeds earning the treasure hoards (of Rewards) and shuns the cautions. He shoots a purpose and takes a compensation. He considers his whims as large and belies his wishes. He is cautious of long hopes and arranges the deeds. He makes the patience a desire of his life and the piety a weapon of his expiry. He reveals besides what he conceals and suffices with less than what he knows. He adheres to the path (like) glue, and (to) the white (clear) manifesto. He takes advantage of the opportunity, and manages the term (of life), and provided from the deeds’’. [176]
(The book) ‘Mishkat Al Anwaar’, copied from (the book) ‘Al-Mahasin’, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘There has not descended from the sky anything scarcer nor any dearer than three things – the submission, and the righteousness, and the conviction’’. [177]
(The book) ‘Nahj Al-Balagah’ –
‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘During the Fitna (discord) be like the young camel, neither a back for the riding nor an udder to be milked’. And he-asws said: ‘The patience is bravery, and the ascetism is treasure, and devoutness is a shield, and best of the pairing is the satisfaction, and the knowledge is an honourable inheritance, and the etiquettes are new garments, and the thinking is a clear mirror, and the chest of an intellectual is a box of his secrets, and cheerfulness is a rope of cordiality, and the endurance is a grave of faults’. And in another report: ‘Mutual reconciliations is a covering of the faults, and the charity is a successful medicine, and deeds of the servants in the current (life) would be installed in their eyes in their future’’. [178]
(The book) ‘Nahj Al-Balagah’ –
‘He-asws was asked about the good, ‘What is it? ’
He-asws said: ‘The good isn’t that your wealth and your children are abundant, but the good is that your knowledge and your deeds are abundant, and that your forbearance should be mighty and you should compete with the people in worship of your Lord-azwj. If you do a good deed, you praise Allah-azwj, and if you commit an evil deed, you seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj; and there is no good in the world except for two (types of) men – a man who commits a sin, so he rectifies it by the repentance, and a man hastening in doing the good deeds; and do not belittle a deed done with the