The Hadith is the record of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The sayings and conduct of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) constitute the Sunnah. Imam Ali was extremely scrupulous about the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Because of his strict adherence to the Quran and only to the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), Ali was denied the Khilaafah which was given instead to Uthman. This means that any Sunnah other than the Prophet's Sunnah is invalid. The Hadith has come to supplement the Holy Quran as a source of Islamic religious law. The Hadith is the second pillar after the Quran upon which every Muslim rests his or her faith. In Shari'ah (Islamic theology), actions are divided into the following five classes: 1. Fardh or Wajib: An obligatory duty the omission of which is Islamicly punishable. 2. "Mus'tahab"Mus'tahab: An action which is rewarded, but whose omission is not punishable. 3. "Mu'baah"Mu'baah: An action which is permitted but legally is indifferent. 4. "Mak'rooh"Mak'rooh: An action which is disapproved by the Shari'ah but is not under any penalty. 5. "Haram"Haram: An action which is forbidden, and Islamicly punishable. The scholars of the Hadith literature divided the Traditions into categories according to the degree of reliability, each category had to meet certain criteria. The categories are as follows: 1. "Sahih"Sahih: The genuine Traditions, the authentic ones. 2. "Moothaq"Moothaq: Almost like the Sahih but the narration is not as strong as those of the Sahih. 3. "Hasan"Hasan: The fair Traditions although inferior in matter of authenticity. 4. "Dha'eef"Dha'eef: The weak Traditions which are not so reliable.
JA'FARI (SHI'A) SOURCE OF HADITH It was during the Khilaafah of Abu Bakr (r) and early Khilaafah of Omar (r) that Imam Ali set to the task of writing down the Hadiths. Imam Ali was incomparably strict about Islam, and could foresee the necessity to write down the Hadith to become the source or reference for future generations. The Hadith books he wrote (called xe "Saheefa of Ali"Saheefa of Ali ) were left with the Imams of Ahlul Bayt after him. They referred to these Hadiths over a period of about three centuries. Notable among them is Imam Ja'far Al-Saadiq, who was the teacher of Imam Abu Hanifa and Al-Maliki, and as many as 4000 scholars who graduated from his school. As many as 400 religious books were written by his students, referred to as the 400 Usool. Because of the source and chain of narration of the Hadith, the Shi'a (Ja'fari) rely only on the Hadiths as narrated by Ahlul Bayt or those Hadiths in the Al-Sihaah Al-Sittah (Bukhari, Muslim and others) that are similar to what Ahlul Bayt had quoted. The original books of Hadith as written by Imam Ali are not available, but the sources of Hadith of Ahlul Bayt were best registered by: 1. Al-Kulaini (d.328 A.H.=940 A.D.) in the book of Al-Kaafi which registers 16,199 Hadiths. 2. Toosi in the book of Al-Tah'dheeb, and the book of Istibsaar. 3. Al-Siddooq in the book of Man La Yah'dharhu al-Faqeeh.
MANNER OF COLLECTION OF AL-HADITH
SOME HADITHS OF THE PROPHET (pbuh)
► "O Ali!" the Prophet said, "The burden is upon the parents who bring up their children to be disobedient and recalcitrant."
► "Allah's mercy is with him who strengthens his child in righteousness." When asked how the parents can do this, the Holy Prophet explained, "By appointing for him that which is easy and agreeable, by avoiding what is hard for him, by not overburdening him, and by not demanding of him the unusual and excessive."
► He who kisses his child, for him Allah puts down a good deed, and he who gladdens the heart of his child, Allah will make him happy on the Day of Judgment.
► Once as he was watching children, the Prophet (pbuh) declared with regret, "Woe unto children of later times on account of their parents!" He was asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Will those parents be idolaters?" The Messenger of Allah replied, "No, they will be Muslims who will teach their children nothing about their religious duties and in their education will forsake this, while remaining gratified with their children's efforts to attain worldly welfare. I am rid of such parents and they of me."
► The search of knowledge is the duty of every Muslim. Verily, Allah loves the seekers of knowledge.
► Visit one another, make conversation, and discuss among yourselves, for discussion brightens the hearts that have rusted like swords, and their polish is discussion.
► The liar is the least manly of men.
► Beware of falsehood; for, if you see deliverance in it, then certainly you are headed toward destruction.
► A man asked the Prophet (pbuh), "O Messenger of Allah! Show me what to do to achieve the nearness to Allah, the Most High!" The Holy Prophet answered: "Never tell a lie."
► Abominable in Allah's eyes is the one who honors a wealthy man for his wealth.
► The person who desires to be loved and esteemed by people, let him be devout and Allah-fearing.
► The one who does not keep his promise has weak religion.
► The person who believes in Allah and the Hereafter should fulfill his promises.
► I have been sent (by Allah) to ennoble man.
► For everything there is an expedient; and for man it is his reason.
► The prop for man is his reason.
► The person who would not bear to humble himself for a moment in order to learn something will forever stay in the disgrace of ignorance.
► The one who does not see Allah's blessings except in what he eats, drinks and wears, has surely fallen short of his duty and is near to Allah's chastisement.
► Pursuit of lawful livelihood is the duty of every Muslim, man or woman.
► To struggle for one's family's livelihood is like fighting in the way of Allah.
► Asked, "Whose earnings are better?," the Holy Prophet answered, "Of him who toils with his hands."
► Once when the Prophet noticed something odd about a man asked, "Does he have a profession?" When answered in the negative, the Holy Prophet said, "He has fallen in my eyes."
► If one of you has a seedling in your hand and sees that the world's end has come, but finds enough time to plant it, then you should not hesitate to plant it.
► If a Muslim plants a field or a tree, and men, birds, and beasts eat of it, then it will be considered as an act of charity.
► The person who eats of the toil of his hands will on the Day of Judgment stand with the Prophets of Allah and be rewarded likewise.
► Repulsive is he to Allah who chooses to live at the expense of others.
► Truly, everyone of you is a guardian responsible for his charge: the Emir is the guardian over his people and responsible for them; the man is the master of his household and responsible for them. Indeed, all of you are guardians and answerable to your charges.
► Be polite with your children and mend your own manners.
► Treat your children with justice as you yourself desire others to treat you justly.
► Instruct your children in Salat (Prayer) when they reach the age of seven.
► Love children and be compassionate with them, and when you promise them something, always fulfill it, because, they certainly consider you their benefactors.
► Anas Ibn Malik says, "Indeed! whenever the Messenger of Allah passed by children, he greeted them and gave them something to eat."
► If you have a child behave with him like a child.
► Render respect to your elders and be compassionate with younger ones.
► He is not one of us who does not respect his elders and is not kind to his juniors.
► "Four things make good fortune: good children, sincere friends, an obedient wife and that one's work be at the place one resides." While in another place the Prophet (pbuh) said, "It is good fortune for a man to have a son resembling himself, a devout wife, comfortable conveyance and a spacious house."
► The best home is one where the orphan is treated well and the worst one is where he is ill-treated.
The First Imam ► A Mu'min (a true believer) divides his time into three portions: One portion in which he prays and worships his Lord, the second in which he strives for his livelihood, and the third for venting his lawful desires by obtaining fair and permissible pleasures.
► There is no wealth greater than reason, no poverty like ignorance, and no heritage better than noble manners.
► Oh Allah! I did not worship Thee because I am afraid of hell or out of greed for Thy paradise. I have worshipped Thee because I found Thou worthy-of-worship.
► Many a mighty man was ruined by his character and many a humble one rose to honor and glory on account of it.
► Honesty is a Divine tongue. To fulfill promises is the highest form of integrity. Truth means conformity of speech with the Divine mode of working.
► The most effective way of achieving Divine blessing is to harbor universal benevolence for all humanity.
► For one who is possessed of conceit, do not look forward to his good deeds.
► He, whose humility has diminished, his piety has dwindled.
► The ultimate wisdom for man is to know himself; and so, the one who knows his own self attains wisdom and the one who disregards it is lost.
► Religion is a store and knowledge is the route to it.
► There is not greater worship than meditation on the handiwork of the Great and Mighty Allah.
► To kiss a child is compassion; to kiss a woman is passion; to kiss one's parent is like prayer and to kiss a brother Muslim is a demonstration of faith.
► Excessive censure and reproach open the door to obstinacy and persistence.
► Destroy the evil in others by eliminating it from yourself.
► No Muslim being of service to brother Muslims (will go) without Allah granting him in heaven an equal number of servants.
► The servant of Allah will not enjoy belief until he abandons lying in his serious talks or in his wit.
► Nothing except true light can ever purify life.
► I have never argued with an ignorant fool and won; nor have I argued with a rational person and lost.
► Forgiveness is at its best when you forgive while you have the upper hand.
► If you doubt the sincerity of a person, just ask your heart.
► Work for your temporal world as if you will live forever; and work for the Hereafter as if you will die tomorrow.
► The oppressor and the oppressed will both suffer in the Hereafter; the oppressor for his tyranny and the oppressed for accepting it.
► Righteousness left me alone with no companions.
► The weakest of people are those unable to make friends; even weaker are those who lose the friends they have gained.
► If you are running away and death is approaching, the encounter will be soon.
► Do not be too hard, lest you will be broken; Do not be too soft, lest you will be squeezed.
► The greatest wealth is in giving up excessive desires.
► To prolong hope is ill-doing.
► Beware the anger of a kind and generous person when in starvation; and the wrath of a mean person when full.
► Wealth in an alien country is a homeland; poverty in your homeland is alienation.
► Contentment is a perpetual treasure.
► Your friends are many when you count them, but in hardships they become few.
► People are enemies of what they do not know.
► Greed is eternal slavery.
► A person who just observes others will die of grief. Avoid the harm and trouble of someone you have helped.
► "O people know that the maturity in religion lies in the pursuit of knowledge and putting it into practice. Indeed! The pursuit of knowledge is more incumbent upon you than endeavor for livelihood; for, your livelihood has been apportioned and guaranteed by Allah the Just One and will be provided to you. Knowledge is stored with its possessors and you have been commanded to acquire it from them."
► Many quote knowledge and few note it in mind.
► Allah's most complete gift is life based on knowledge.
► The innumerable fools have made the learned very scarce.
► The learned men are the living ones in the dead mass of ignorance.
► Knowledge kills ignorance.
► Knowledge gives life to the soul.
► Little knowledge of Allah damages conduct.
► To respect the learned is to respect Allah. Knowledge creates fear of Allah.
► Practice makes knowledge perfect.
► To teach is to learn.
► Had it been so, that we had not to hope for heaven or fear from hell, and there had been no Divine reward or punishment, it would still behoove us to strive for nobility of character, for it is that which indicates the way to salvation.
► Noble character is the best companion of man.
► Verily, Allah singled out and chose his blessed Prophets for nobility of their character.
► In good manners is hidden the wealth of good fortune.
► The malady of lying is the ugliest of diseases.
► Falsehood is not good—whether in earnest or in jest. It is not fit that any of you makes a promise to his child and not fulfill his promise.
► There is no evil greater than falsehood.
► It is Allah's desire that every man should have goodwill toward the rest of humanity.
► Lack of forgiveness in a man is his greatest shortcoming, and vindictiveness is the worst of transgressions.
► Enhance your worthiness by overlooking matters of inconsequence.
► A man's hypocrisy is due to degradation he experiences within himself.
► Vicious people take delight in publishing the vices of others, so that, they might thereby extend the ground of excuses for their own.
► Self-esteem exposes one's faults and failings.
► To covet praise which one does not deserve is foolishness.
► Breach of promise incurs the detestation of Allah and man.
► The reasonable man is admonished politely and the beasts are upbraided with blows.
► The mettle of men is revealed in times of reverse.
► Aspire not for something you do not deserve.
► Every kind of excess in praise or blame is due to one's overindulgence and this is folly.
► The sense of shame dissuades one from disgraceful acts.
► The one who is fond of pleasure, subdued by sensual delights, and the other who is infatuated by gathering of wealth—none of these heed their faith in any matter. That which comes closest to resemble them are the grazing cattle.
► Good manners are an evidence of noble descent.
► When a man's origin is noble, both his exterior and interior are honorable.
► No one conceals a matter in his heart but gives himself away in slips of the tongue or expressions of the face.
► The highest knowledge for man is the knowledge of his own self.
► Be the Father of Wisdom even from those who are astray.
► The greatest ignorance for man is his ignorance of his own self.
► Knowledge is the compensation for mental exertion.
► The chief aim of knowledge is virtue.
► Fear of Allah is the final result of knowledge.
► The sum of excellence is knowledge.
► Who teaches me a letter binds me with a fetter.
► The best knowledge is what benefits its possessor.
► Knowledge is life and health.
► Humility is the outcome of knowledge.
► The learned man is alive though dead.
► To be successful, obey knowledge and discard ignorance.
► The wise man is the one who puts the right thing in its right place.
► It suffices: the wisdom to distinguish the path of guidance from the path of ignorance and sin.
► To be sure, the body has six states: health and malady, sleep and wakefulness, life and death; and similarly, the self: doubt is its malady and conviction its health; indifference is its slumber and vigilance its wakefulness; self-knowledge is its life and self-ignorance its death.
► A wise man relies on his efforts and the fool relies on his hopes.
► To flatter and to envy are not in the nature of a Mu'min (a true believer), save, in the course of pursuit of knowledge.
► The one who scrutinizes his own self is benefited thereby, and the one who overlooks it is lost.
► Kumayl ibn Ziyad, a Companion of the Imam, asked "Inform me about myself." The Imam answered, "O Kumayl, which self do you want to know about?' "Master, is there more than one of them?" asked Kumayl in surprise. "O Kumayl," Imam Ali answered, "there are four: the growing Vegetative self, the perceiving Animal self, the venerable Rational self and the Angelic Divine self."
► Good etiquette is the best inheritance that parents can leave behind for their children.
► There is no inheritance like good breeding.
► One who does not learn in his early years will not lead in his later ones.
► None of you should ever feel embarrassed when asked about something you do not know; just admit your ignorance.
► Once, during his reign, when a quantity of honey was brought to the public treasury, Imam Ali, the Prince of the Believers, asked for the orphans to be brought to him; and while he distributed it, himself fed the orphans. When people expressed wonder at his action, he told them, "The Imam is the father of the orphans and so I feed them like a father would have."
The sixth Imam ► Character at its best is by piety, contentment, patience, gratitude to Allah, forbearance, self-consciousness, generosity, courage, goodwill, honesty, truthfulness, and keeping the trust.
► Beware of two things which destroy men: the giving of legal judgment in a matter according to one's guess and adhering to something with conviction (in religion) without any knowledge. The way of conjecture leads to destruction. He who gives legal judgment without knowing the abrogative of Quranic verse or Sunnah of the Prophet from the abrogated, or the definite from the ambiguous or obscure, leads to the destruction of others and himself.
► Verily the ones most knowledgeable about Allah are the ones who accept their fate with contentment.
► Lo, the reward for the intention of a believer exceeds that for his works, and that for a disbeliever is worse than his works; and each is according to his intention.
► Communicate with those who shun you, and be generous to those who do you no favors, and forgive the ones who harm you: Lo if you have done so Allah will ennoble you.
► Mankind is like the family of Allah, and the favored of them to Allah are the ones who benefit the others the most and bring cheer and happiness to their family.
► Verily, when the believers meet and embrace each other they will be engulfed by Allah's mercy.
► The Prophet (pbuh) said: The one who has humiliated a follower of mine is as if he intends to declare war on me.
► The learned man is he, whose acts substantiate his words.
► Never did the Prophet (pbuh) speak to men on the level of his own wisdom as he himself has said, "Indeed, we Prophets of Allah have been commanded to speak with men at the level of their own intellects."
► The weighty rewards of the day of judgment are for those of goodness of character.
► The one with goodness of character has just as good a reward as the incessant in prayer and fast.
► He has purified his deeds, the person whose tongue says the truth.
► Call mankind toward goodness not just by words but by your deeds, truthfulness, and virtue.
► Forgive, for it boosts the person's distinction; therefore practice forgiveness and may Allah boost your distinction.
► Allah favors the man of composure and reserve, the aloof from worldly matters.
► The Prophet (pbuh) said: Allah's commands to treat people well are on a par with his commands of the acts of worship.
► Allah is gentle, and He generously rewards gentleness, and He will treat harshness in the manner it deserves.
► Communicate with those who shun you, and be generous to those who do you no favors, and forgive the ones who harm you: Lo if you have done so Allah will ennoble you.
► Be gracious to your mother, be gracious to your mother, be gracious to your mother, be gracious to your father, be gracious to your father, be gracious to your father.
► He is not quality Muslim who does not take interest in the affairs of fellow Muslims.
► Mankind is like the family of Allah, and the favored of them to Allah are the ones who benefit the others the most and bring cheer and happiness to their family.
► Honor your elders and look after your folks, and a good way to do that is to shield them from harm.
► The faithful is like a brother to a fellow faithful: he is like his seeing eye and guide. He will not double-cross, wrong, or deceive him, nor will he fail to fulfill his promises to him.
► A Muslim is like a brother to a Muslim: He will not violate, deceive, thwart, back-bite, or defraud his brother.
► Call upon each other, and be kind, cordial, and gracious to each other. Be congenial in your brotherhood just as the almighty has commanded you.
► Verily, when the believers meet and embrace each other they will be engulfed by Allah’s mercy.
► The most remorseful during the day of judgment are people who preach justice but do otherwise.
► Anger invalidates the hearts of the wise, and the one who does not control his anger will lose his reason.
► Lo! Poverty has almost reached the state of disbelief, and jealousy has almost superseded the course of Qadr.
► The biggest mischief defiling religion is jealousy, vanity, and conceit.
► Infatuation with life is the fountainhead of all wrong-doing
► The worst in a servant of Allah is greed that controls him, and the worst in a servant of Allah is an ambition that humiliates him.
► he most detested of Allah's servants is a person who is avoided because of his evil tongue.
► Allah's speedy punishment will be to a person who is audacious, pompous, and haughty.
► The one who excuses an oppressor in his acts, Allah will subjugate him to an oppressor, will not answer his prayers, and will not reward him for being oppressed.
► Those who subjugate and oppress, their supporters, and those who concede to oppression are colleagues in their sin.
► Not of a Muslim Ummah is the conniving person.
► Lying is the basis for demolition of the faith.
► The worst servant is the one who is double faced that praises his brother in his presence and speaks ill of him in his absence; he is jealous of him when the other is rich, but forsakes him when in need.
► The Prophet (pbuh) said: The one who has humiliated a follower of mine is as if he intends to declare war on me.
► The closest to disbelief a person can be is when he conceals the error of his brother in faith intending to dishonor him and use it against him.
► Foul mouthing a Muslim is like falling into disintegration.
► When an invoked curse does not find its deserving target, it will return to hit the one who invoked it.
► Let the one who believes in Allah and the last day fulfill his promise.
► The charity of knowledge is that you instruct Allah's servants.
► It is incumbent upon you to understand well the religion of Allah; so, do not be like the wanderers of the desert. On the Day of Judgment, Allah shall not take any notice of him who has not understood his religion and shall not attach any weight to deeds.
► Scholars are the heirs of the Prophets; for, the Prophets have not left behind any riches, but have left the inheritance of traditions, and whoever takes anything of it receives a lot. Yet, look out from whom you get your information. Verily, in every generation, there is just one of us, the House of Prophet, who purge religion of the distortions of fanatics, the plagiarisms of the liar and misinterpretation of the unenlightened.
► Of people, there are three classes: scholars and students—the rest are only ordinary.
► One who acquires knowledge, puts it into practice and instructs others for the sake of Allah, he shall be summoned to a high heavenly station and told: Thou learned for the sake of Allah, acted for the sake of Allah and taught people for His sake.
► The learned man is he whose acts substantiate his words.
► The death of a non-believer does not exhilarate Satan as the death of a scholar.
► Conversation with a scholar amongst heaps of rubbish is better than conversing with ignorant men on carpets and pillows.
► It is narrated from one of the Imams that Luqman used to tell his son, My son, choose your company with insight; when you see people who remember Allah, associate with them, for if you be the more informed amongst them, your knowledge will benefit them; and if you be the ignorant one, they will instruct you, and perhaps if the shadow of Allah's blessing envelops them, you will also share it. But, when you see people who are forgetful of their Lord, abstain from their company, for, if you be the better informed of them, your knowledge will be fruitless, and if you be the ignorant one among them, they shall make you more so; and perhaps, if Allah brings on them His chastisement, you will share it too.
► The one who acts without knowledge (and certainty) is like one who travels on without knowing the way; his speed and dispatch only take him further away from his goal.
► Nowhere can people dispense with these three in the matters of this world and the Hereafter, and their absence makes their life barbaric: a learned Allah-fearing jurist, a powerful benevolent ruler and a discerning and reliable doctor.
► Indeed, a free man remains free in every circumstance; in misfortune he is patient; if hit by calamities, he does not succumb; shackled and vanquished, he turns hardship into ease. He quoted the example of Joseph (Prophet Yousuf) the trustworthy and truthful. Slavery, oppression and imprisonment did no harm to his spirit; the dungeon's gloom and its desolation and melancholy did no harm to his spirit, until, Allah favored him and made the insolent chief, who was once Joseph's master, his servant.
► A believer ought not to subject himself to disgrace. "Asked, In what way?" The Imam answered, "By undertaking that which is not feasible."
► He who has no shame has no faith.
► Blessed is he who is the son of a chaste mother.
► When Allah intends the welfare of his servant, He purifies his soul; then, he does not hear a truth that he does not admit or a falsehood that he does not renounce.
► Allah never sent a Prophet but with sincerity of words and trustworthiness.
► "The difference between Faith and Denial is that of Wisdom." A man asked the Imam, "What is Wisdom?" The Imam answered, "Wisdom is that by means of which Allah is known and worshipped, and by means of which Heaven is attained."
► Reason is the guide of the believer.
► Consider the nature of an ape and its resemblance to man in most of its physical features; the head, the face, the shoulders, the chest, the guts and so on; furthermore, in its cleverness and sagacity by means of which it comprehends the gestures of its trainer—that is a lesson for man about himself as he is made aware that he has a nature and origin not unlike that of animals. To be sure, with this close resemblance, had it not been for Allah's grace in giving him the merit of reason and articulateness, man would have been one of the beasts; since, the decisive distinction between the ape and the man is the possession of reason, intellect and speech.
► Dear to me is my brother who guides me to perceive my own shortcomings.
► Allah created man in harmony and union with Himself.
► Let a child play for seven years, then teach him to read and write for the next seven years, and after that, instruct him for seven years about the lawful and the unlawful.
► Verily, Allah, the Great and the Mighty, is merciful to the man who lives his childhood intensely.
FEW SAMPLE SAYINGS FROM VARIOUS IMAMS
Imam Al-Hasan Ibn Ali, the second Imam said: ► I am surprised at him who is discreet about what he eats, but does not ponder at what enters his understanding; as a result, spares his stomach of things that would harm it, but allows into his heart that which would ruin it.
Imam Al-Husain Ibn Ali, the third Imam said: ► A believer's promise to his brother is a pledge, the breach of which cannot be atoned.
Imam Zainul Abideen, the fourth Imam said: ► Two paths can be chosen to be in the way of Allah: one is an ill-treatment taken with composure, the other is a calamity taken with stamina and patience.
► I prize a person whose reserve supersedes his anger.
► The rights of your child demand that you be aware that his existence is from yours and a part of it in the World in misfortune and welfare; you are responsible for his good upbringing and for guiding him toward Allah and assist him in being obedient toward Him. Thus, in this matter, act with the awareness that you will be rewarded for your endeavoring benevolence and punished for any mistreatment and negligence.
► You are answerable in respect of your children, for they have been entrusted to you for teaching them good manners and guiding them to their Lord.
Imam Muhammad Al-Baaqir, the fifth Imam said: ► The good deed rewarded promptly by Allah is when you keep communicating with relatives in gracious manner.
► When two believers meet and shake hands, Allah will place his hand with them, favoring the one who loves his brother the most.
► When you meet each other start with greetings of peace and shake hands, and when you part, do so with entreating Allah’s forgiveness.
► The charity of knowledge is that you instruct Allah's servants.
► Wretched is the man whose yearning bring him disgrace.
► Verily, falsehood ruins one's faith.
► My father, Imam Ali Ibn Al-Husain used to tell his children, to avoid big and small lies in earnestness or in jest; for the one who tells small lies will soon have the audacity to tell big ones.
► Asked, "What is the True Religion," Imam Muhammad Al-Baaqir answered, "It is the one, on which He created all men, for Allah endowed them with an ability to realize Him. He gave the meaning of the Quranic verse thus: "The Nature of Allah is the one upon which He created man."
Al-Kadhim, the seventh Imam said: ► A cheerful countenance will favorably replace the critical, spiteful manner
► Holding to gentleness forms half of the good conduct.
► A person owes it to his parents: not to call them by their names, or walk ahead of them, nor sit ahead of them, or cause someone to curse them.
► "O Hisham," the Imam once said, "A wise man never lies in spite of his wish to do so."
► "O Hisham," the Imam also said, "Certainly Allah has two kinds of testimony against men: the evident testimony and the hidden one; the evident testimony is His Prophets, Messengers, and the Imams; and the hidden testimony is their own reason and understanding."
Imam Al-Ridha, the eighth Imam said: ► Honoring your parents and being good to them is an obligation even if they were non-Muslims.
► Knowledge is a great treasure and the key to it is questioning.
► He who does not ponder about himself everyday is not one of us.
Imam Ali Al-Naqi, the tenth Imam said: ► Do not consider yourself secure from the evil of one possessed of arrogance.
Imam Al-Hasan Al-Askari, the eleventh Imam said: ► All evils have descended into a house and falsehood has been appointed as its key.
1. Define the word Hadith. 2. Actions are divided into 5 classes by way of Shari'ah, mention these 5 classes. 3. Mention 4 categories of Hadith by way of reliability. 4. What is the source of the Hadiths in the Ja'fari school of thought? 5. What is Saheefa of Ali? 6. What are the 400 Usool. 7. What is the chain of narration of the Hadith in the Ja'fari school of thought? 8. How many Hadiths did Al-Kulaini mention in his book Usool of Kaafi. 9. Mention some Hadiths about children. 10. Mention some Hadiths about learning. 11. Mention some Hadiths about truthfulness. 12. Mention some Hadiths about Lawful livelihood. 13. Mention some Hadiths about honest work. 14. Mention some Hadiths about responsibility. 15. Mention some Hadiths about the elders.
Sayings of Imam Ali: 1. Mention some of Ali's sayings about the Mu'mins. 2. Mention some of Ali's sayings about character of man. 3. Mention some of Ali's sayings about humility. 4. Mention some of Ali's sayings about knowledge. 5. Mention some of Ali's sayings about ignorant people. 6. Mention some of Ali's sayings about work for the temporal world. 7. Mention some of Ali's sayings about tyranny. 8. Mention some of Ali's sayings about excessive desires. 9. Mention some of Ali's sayings about greed. 10. Mention some of Ali's sayings about learning. 11. Mention some of Ali's sayings about nobility and good manner.
Sayings of Imam Al-Saadiq: 1. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Saadiq about character. 2. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Saadiq about communicating with others. 3. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Saadiq about goodness of character. 4. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Saadiq about truthfulness. 5. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Saadiq about parents. 6. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Saadiq about oppression. 7. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Saadiq about Allah's religion. 8. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Saadiq about free man. 9. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Saadiq about reason.
Sayings from various Imams: 1. Mention some sayings of Imam Zainul Abideen about paths taken in the way of Allah. 2. Mention some sayings of Imam Zainul Abideen about rights. 3. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Husain about promises. 4. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Hasan about intellect. 5. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Baaqir about good deed. 6. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Baaqir about courtesy. 7. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Baaqir about true religion. 8. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Kadhim about goodness of character. 9. Mention some sayings of Imam Al-Naqi about arrogance. |
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