Understand my testament and do not disregard it, ...
Understand my testament and do not disregard it, for indeed the best speech is that which is is beneficial. "و تفهّم وصيّتي ولا تذهبنّ عنك صفحا فانّ خير القول ما نفع" Sometimes...
Understand my testament and do not disregard it, for indeed the best speech is that which is is beneficial. "و تفهّم وصيّتي ولا تذهبنّ عنك صفحا فانّ خير القول ما نفع" Sometimes...
"Istikhara" means to ask for good or to weigh the importance of an option and to select the best one.4 It also means to ask God to give him the best.5 But in the language of Shari’ah...
"Sincerity in prayer" means that a believer should ask God only for his needs and in carrying the prayer out a believer should not be in doubt, neither should he employ hypocrisy. Regarding...
19. Habituate yourself to patient endurance in afflictions; the best of moral traits is to constrain yourself to patience in the (path of) truth. وعود نفسك التصبّر على المكروه ونعم...
وتفقه في الدين" It is true that knowledge is light and ignorance is darkness; and it is also obvious that light is better than darkness, but lights are of different types. It...
17. Bid others to do good and you will be one of them; reject evil with your hand and your tongue, and do your utmost to separate from one who does evil. ‘Strive in the way of God as is His due’...
“وَدَعِ القَولَ فِيمَا لا تَعرِف، وَالخِطَابَ فِيمَا لَم تُكَلَّف” In these sentences, Imam ‘Ali (as) emphasizes two ethical principles: 1. Do not talk on anything...
“فاصلح مثواك ولا تبع آخرتك بدنياك “ After the above 13 recommendations to his son, each of which is one stage of self-improvement, the Imam (as) comes to the following conclusion:...
“ وحذّره صولة الدهر وفحش تقلب الليالي والايام” Man is always confronted with unexpected and unfavorable events of the world: Sometimes disease, death, and misery of your...
وبَصّره فجايع الدنيا"" Man selects a shelter for living which is safe from hazards and where the hardships will not threaten him; or else it is foolish to dwell in a place...
وقرّره بالفناء"" Although a man may get involved in the remembrance of death, he may not be serious; neither may he be convinced. In this case, this remembrance will not...
When a person is involved in his daily affairs and he neglects death and the eternal life, he gets ready for engaging in all sorts of sins and wrong-doing and surrenders to the temptations of Satan and...