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THE SEVENTH INFALLIBLE: FIFTH IMAM HAZRAT IMAM MOHAMMED BAQIR(A.S) & HIS FORTY DISCOURSES

THE SEVENTH INFALLIBLE FIFTH IMAM HAZRAT IMAM MOHAMMED BAQIR(A.S)

Name: MOHAMMED IBNE ALI(A.S)

Title: BAQIR(A.S)

Sub Title: ABUJAFFER (A.S)

Father: IMAM ZAIN UL ABIDEEN(A.S)

Mother: FATIMA BINT HASSAN(A.S) Thus he is the descendent of BANI HASHIM both from the paternal &. maternal sides.

Time & Place of birth: The ist of Rajab or the 3rd of safar, 57th Hijrah, in Medina.

Time & Place of martyrdom: Monday the 7th ofzilhijah 114 Hijrah at the age of 57 years. Was poisend &. matyred, at behest &. order of Hasham bin Abdul Malik, in Medina.

Holy Grave In Janat ul BAQI, graveyard of Medina.

The Duration of life: three years, six months &. ten day .along with his grand father Imam Hussain(A.S)

(2) Thirty four years &. fifteen days at the service of his father Imam SAJJAD(A.S)

(3) Period of his own Imamate was Nineteen years, ten months &. twelves days he, During this age in which the Bani Omaiyed &. Bani Abbas were at war &. confrontation, he made good of the chance to the maximum in connection with training of pupils &. students &. the consolidation &. expansion .of shiite school &. bringing about cultural revolution.

اربعون حديثا  عن الامام محمد الباقر عليه السلام

1- مَن مَشی اِلی سُلطانٍ جائِرٍ فَأَمَرَهُ بِتَقوَی اللهِ وَخَوَّفَه وَوَعَظَهُ،کانَ لَهُ مِثلُ أَجرِ الثَّقَلَينِ مِنَ الجِنِّ وَالإنسِ وَمِثلُ أَعمالِهِم. (بحارالانوار ج75 ص375)

2- بُنِيَ الإسلامُ عَلی خَمسٍ:إِقامِ الصَّلاةِ،وَايتاءِالزَّکاةِ وَحَجِّ البَيتِ وَصَومِ شَهرِ الرَمَضانَ، وَالوِلايَةِ لَنا أَهلِ البَيتِ، فَجُعِلَ في أَربَعٍَ مِنها رُخصَةٌ، وَلَم يُجعَل فِي الوِلايَةِ رُخصَةٌ،مَن لَم يَکُن لَهُ مالٌ لَم تَکُن عَلَيهِ الزَّکاةُ، وَ مَن لَم يَکُن لَهُ مالٌ فَلَيسَ عَلَيهِ حَجٌّ، وَمَن کانَ مَريضاً صَلّی قاعِداً، وَأفطَرَ شَهرَ رَمَضانَ وَالوِلايَةُ صَحيحاً کانَ أَو مَريضاً أَو ذامالٍ أَلامالَ لَهُ فِهَيَ لا زَمَةٌ. (وسائل الشيعه ج1 ص14)

3- أَوحَی اللهُ إلی شُعَيبَ إِنّي مُعَذِّبٌ مِن قُومِکَ مِئَةَ أَلفٍ:أَربَعينَ أَلفاً مِن شِرارِهِم وَستَّينَ أَلفاً مِن خِيارِهِم،فَقالَ: يارَبَّ هؤلاءِ الأَشرارُ فَما بالُ الأَخبارِ؟فَأَوحَی اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ إِلَيهِ:داهَنُوا أَهلَ المَعاصِي فَلَم يَغضَبُوا لِغَضَبي. (مشکوة الانوار ص51)

FORTY TRADITIONS FROM IMAM MOHAMMED BAQIR(A.S)

1. The one who goes to an oppressor &. tryrant ruler &. Instructs him to acquire piety &. scares him &. admonishes, preaches, &. exhorts him he would have a reward similar &. equivalent to both weighty beings the mankind &. the Jinn &. the similar (quantity) of their good deeds. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 75, P 375)

2. Islam is founded &. based upon five things the maintaining of services &. the giving out of alms &. the Hajj of the House of Allah (kaabah) &. the fasting of Ramadan month &. the guardian ship of us the Ahle bait (Houshold of the Prophet(P.B.U.H) So in four of those there exists excuse (leave &. permission) But in (accepting &. believing) guardianship no room for excuse or allowance has been given. And for the person who does not possess wealth, there exists no Zakat (alms giving) &. the one who is devoid of wealth, does not have to perform Hajj.

And the one who is ill offers his prayers sitting &. may not observe fast. Nonetheless, the guardianships is binding &. obligatory while he is healthy or ill or whether he is rich &. wealthy or possessing no wealth. (WASAIL U SHIA VOL 1, P 14)

3. Allah revelated to SHOAIB(A.S) I will chastise one hundred thousand persons out of your community, forty thousand of their evil &. wicked ones &. sixty thousands from the pious ones among them.'

So he said 'Oh lord, these (forty thousands) are the evil ones so what for these pious (are to be tormented')?

Thus Allah (subhanahoo) revelated to him saying, 'for the reason that those pious ones coaxed &. blandished the people of sin during their social inter courses they showed adaptability &: sociability to the sinners And did not become angery with them for the sake of My anger &: displeasure ie (they did not perform the duty of ordering the good deeds &: forbidding the evils doings.) (MISHKAT UL ANWAR, P 51 )

4- ذِروَةُ الأَمرِ وَسَنامُهُ، وَبابُ الأَشياءِ،وَرِضی الرَّحمنِ،الطّاعَةُ لِلإمامِ بَعدَ مَعرِفَتِهِ أما لَوأَنَّ رَجُلاً قامَ لَيلَهُ وَصامَ نَهارَهُ، وَتَصَدَّقَ بِجَميعِ مالِهِ وَحَجَّ جَميعَ دَهرِهِ، وَلَم يَعرِف وِلايَةَ وَلِيَّ اللهِ فَيُوَ الِيه وَيکُون جَميعُ اَعمَالِهِ بِدَلالَتِهِ إِلَيهِ ما کانَ لَهُ عَلَی اللهِ حَقٌّ في ثَوابِهِ وَلا کانَ مِن أَهلِ الايمانِ. (وسائل الشيعه ج1 ص91)

5- وَاعلَم بِأَنَّکَ لا تَکُونُ لَنا وَلِيّاً حَتّی لَوِاجتَمَعَ عَلَيکَ أَهلُ مِصرِکَ وَقالُوا: إِنَّکَ رَجُلُ سوءٍ لَم يَحزُنکَ ذلِکَ،وَلَوقالُوا:إِنَّکَ رَجُلٌ صالِحٌ لَم يَسُرَّکَ ذلِکَ وَلکِن اعرِض نَفسَکَ عَلی کِتابِ اللهِ ،فَإن کُنتَ سالِکاً سَبِيلَهُ زاهِداً في تَزهِيدِهِ راغِباً فِي تَرغِيبِهِ خائِفاً مِن تَخوِيفِهِ فَاثبُت وَأَبشِر، فَإنَّهُ لا يَضُرُّکَ ما قِيلَ فِيکَ. (تحف العقول ص284)

6-عَن سُلَيمانِ بنِ خالدٍ،عَن أبي جَعفَرٍ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ:قالَ:أَلا اخبِرُکَ بِالإسلامِ أَصلِهِ وَفَرعِهِ وَذِروَةِ سَنامِهِ؟ قُلتُ:بَلی جُعِلتُ فِداکَ.قالَ:أَمّا أَصلُهُ فَالصَّلاةُ وَ فَرعُهُ الزَّکاةُ وذِروَةِ

سَنامِهِ الجِهادُ،ثُمَّ قالَ :إن شِئتَ أَخبَرتُکَ بِأَبوابِ الخَيرِ قُلتُ نَعَم جُعِلتُ فِداکَ قالَ: الصَّومُ جُنَّةٌ مِنَ النّارِ،وَالصَّدَقَهُ تَذهَبُ بِالخَطيئَهِ، وَقِيامُ الرَّجُلِ في جَوفِ اللَّيلِ بِذِکرِ اللهِ. (اصول الکافی ج2 ص23)

4. The obedience of Imam following His recognition is the loftiest apex &. peak &. the most worthy of stations &. the key to the religion, &. gate way &. door to the affairs &. pleasure of the merciful (Allah).

More over, if a man keeps standing whole night for prayers &. keeps on fasting during the day &. gives out all his wealth as alms &. perform Hajj all the years of his life and does not recognise the guardianship of the saint of Allah so as to love him &. perform all his practices under his guidance &. leadership, he does not have any right out of His rewards &. he is not from among the faithfuls. (WASAIL U SHIA. VOL 1. P 91)

5. And do know that you will not become our friend until (such time) that if all the inhabitants of your city collectively form this opinon about you &. say 'Indeed you are a bad person'. This saying of them does not make you sorrowful &. if they say ',Indeed you are a pious man' this does not make you glad. And but you compare yourself with the book of Allah.

So if you are the traverser of it's way, pious in it's pieties (where everyou are demanded &. required to be pious), prone &. inclined towards its persuation, afraid of it's Intimidation &. threatenings, so remain firm. And glad tidding for you because what they (people) say about you shall not harm you. (TUHf1JL AQOOL. P 284)

6. Suleman bin khalid narrates Abi Jaffar Imam Mohammed Baqir said " May I not inform you about the Islam's principle, it's derivative &. it's summit, apex &. hump?' I said 'yes why not, I may lay my life for you.'

He said " However, it's principle is service &. it's derivative is aIm giving &. it's peak &. summit is Jehad (holy war). Then he said', If you please I may inform you regarding the doors of beneficience.'

I said 'yes, I may lay my life for you.' He said ',.Fasting is a shield against (hell) fire &. charity &. dole removes &. finishes sin, &. so does the rememberance of Allah in the mid of night.

(USOOL AL KAFI. VOL 2. P 23)

7ـ کُلُّ مَن دانَ اللهَ بِعِبادَةٍ يَجهَدُ فيها نَفسَهُ وَلا إِمامَ لَهُ مِنَ اللهِ فَسَعيَهُ غَيرُ مَقبُولٍ، وَهُوَ ضالٌّ مُتَحَيِّرٌ واللهُ شانِئُ لأَِعمالِهِ وَمَثَلُهُ کَمَثَلِ شَاةٍ ضَلَّت عَن راعِيها وَقَطِيعِها، فَهَجَمَت ذاهِبَةً وَجائِيَةً يَومَها، فَلَمّا جَنَّهَا اللَّيلُ بَصُرَت بِقَطيِع مَعَ غَيرِ راعيها، فَحَنَّت إِلَيها وَاغتَرَّت بِها، فَباتَت مَعَها في رَبضَتِهَا فَلَمّا أَن ساقَ الرّاعي قَطيعَهُ أَنکَرَت راعيها وَقَطيعَها، فَهَجَمَت مُتَحّيِّرَةٌ تَطلُبُ راعيَها وَقَطيعَها، فَبَصُرَت بِغَنَمٍ مَعَ راعيها، فَحَنَّت إِلَيها وَاغتَرَّت بِها، فَصاحَ بِها الرّاعِي إِلحَقي بِراعيکِ وَقَطيعِکِ، فَإنَّّکِ تَائِهَةٌ مُتَحَيِّرَةٌ عَن راعيکِ وَقَطيعِکِ فَهَجَمَت ذَعرَةً مُتَحَيِّرَةً نادَّةً لا راعِيَ لَها يُرشِدُها إلی مَرعاها أَو يَرُدُّها، فَبَينَا هِيَ کَذلِکَ إِذِا اغتَنَم الذِّئبُ ضَيعَتَها فَأکَلَها، وَکَذلِکَ وَاللهِ يا مُحَمَّدُ مَن أَصبَحَ مِن هذِهِ الأمَّةُ لا إِمامَ لَهُ مِنَ اللهِ

جَلَّ وَعَزَّ ظاهِراً عادِلاً أَصبَحَ ضالاً تائِهاً وَإِن ماتَ عَلی هذِهِ الحالِ ماتَ مِيتَةَ کُفرٍ وَنِفاقٍ. (اصول الکافی ج2 ص375)

8- مَن أَحَبَّ لِلّهِ وَأبغَضَ لِلّهِ وَأَعطی لِلّهِ فَهُوَ مِمَّن کَمُل ايمانُهُ. (اصول الکافی ج2 ص124)

9ـ عَن جابِرٍ عَن أَبی جَعفَر عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: قالَ لی يا جابِرُ أيَکتَفي مَن يَنتَحِلُ التَّشَيُّعَ أَن يَقُولَ بِحُبِّنا أَهلَ البَيتِ؟ فَوَاللهِ ما شِيعَتُنَا إِلاّ مَن أتَّقَی اللهَ وَأَطاعَهُ، وَما کانُوا يُعرَفُونَ يا جابِرُ إِلاّ بِالتَّواضُعِ، وَالتَّخَشُّعِ، وَالأَمانَةِ، وَکَثرَةِ ذِکرِ اللهِ، وَالصَّوِم، وَالصَّلاةِ، وَالبِرَّ بِالوالِدَينِ، وَالتَّعاهُدِ لِلجيرانِ مِن الفُقَراءِ وَأَهلِ المَسکَنَةِ وَالغارِمينَ وَالأَيتامِ، وَصِدقِ الحَديثِ، وَتِلاوَةِ القُرآنِ، وَکَفِّ الأَلسُنِ عَنِ النّاسِ إلاّ مِن خَيرٍ، وَکانُوا أُمَناءَ عَشائِرِهِم فِي الأَشياءِ. (اصول الکافی ج2 ص74)

7. The person who serves Allah according to a religion so putting himself in great inconvinience & hardship for it & does noqhave (submitt to) an Imam fixed by Allah then his endevour is unaccepted (rejected). And he is a lost. gone astray, & wondering person in (a state of) perplexity. And Allah is the enemy of his practices. And his example is that of a sheep which has lost her shepherd & herd & remains wandering hither &- t11lther, all the day long. There after, when night falls she mistakenly joins a (different) herd whose shepherd is other than the shepherd of her own herd. After (the night) when the shepherd drives the herd she again gets astonished & perplexed not finding her own shepherd & herd & again starts the search for her own shepherd & herd. And (again) finds a shepherd with a herd (only) to mistakenly join it & the shepherd having seen her shouts at her asking her to go & join it's own herd since, she has lost her shepherd & herd. And she is amazed & at a loss to know what to do. She being afraid of the wolf is running this way & that way. She does not have her shepherd to lead her to her meadow or tum her back. In the mean while. the wolf valuing & esteeming the opportunity eats her up.

And oh Mohammed, by Allah similarly, any body in this ummah &, community too, who starts a morning in a condition that he does not believe in the Imam appointed by Allah, an Imam who is evident apparant, just, & equitable he will start the morning in a condition that he is gone astray & perplexed.

And if he dies in this (very) condition he will die a death of infidelity & hypocrisy. (USOOL AL KArl. VOL I, P 375)

8. The person who loves for the sake of Allah & detests & despises for the sake of Allah & gives for the sake of Allah is among those whose faith has achieved completion. (USOOL AL KArl. VOL 2. P 124)

9. Jabir Marrates that Imam Abi Jaffar said to me ',Oh Jabir  does it suffice that a person claims to be shia & that he says he loves us, the Ahle bait, (house hold of the Prophet?'

By Allah, no one is our shia except that he has piety for Allah (guard himself against sin) & obeys HIM.

They (shias) are not known & recognised except for their humility. modesty, fear of Allah. & submission trust worthiness, & trustability, abundance & plenty of remembrance of Allah. fasting, service, kindness to the parents. looking after the poor neighbours & affflicted people & the indebted ones & the orphans & speaking truth & reciting the holy Quran & restraining of the tongue about people except mentioning them with goodness & beneficience. And they are the trustees for their tribes in all the affairs. (USOOL AL KArl VOL 2. P 84)

10- إنماالمؤمن الذي إذا رضي لم يدخله رضاه في إثم ولا باطلف وإذا سخط لم يخرجه سخطه من قول الحق، والذی إذا قدرلم تخرجه قدرته الی التعدی إلی ما ليس له بحق. (اصول الکافی ج2 ص234)

11- ما مِن عَبدٍ إِلاّ وَفي قَلبِهِ نُکتَةٌ بَيضاءُ،فَإِذا أَذنَبَ ذَنباً خَرَجَت فِي النُّکتَةِ نُکتَةٌ سَوداءُ،فَإن تابَ ذَهَبَ تِلکَ السَّوادُ، وَإِن تَمادی فِي الذُّنُوبِ زادَ ذلِکَ السَّواد حَتی يُغَطِّيَ البَياضَ،فَإذا غَطّی البَياضَ لَم يَرجِع صاحِبُهُ إِلی خَيرٍ أَبَداً، وَهُوَ قَولُ اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ:(( کَلاّ بَل رانَ عَلی قُلُوبِهِم ما کانُوا يَکسِبُونَ)). (بحار الانوار ج73 ص332)

12- اِنَّ الرَّجُلَ اِذا اَصابَ مالاً مِن حَرامٍ لَم يُقبَل مِنهُ حَجٌّ وَلا عُمرَةٌوَلا صِلَةُ رَحمٍ... (بحار الانوار ج99 ص125)

13- اَلکَمالُ کُلَّ الکَمالِ التَّفَقُّهُ في الدَّينِ وَالصَّبرُ عَلی النّائِبَةِ وَتَقديرُ المَعيشَةِ. (تحف العقول ص292)

14- ثَلاثَةٌ مِن مَکَارِمِ الدُّنيا وَالاخِرَةِ: اَن تَعفُوَ عَمَّن ظَلَمَکَ. وَتَصِلَ مَن قَطعَکَ.وَتَحلُمَ اِذا جُهِلَ عَلَيکَ. (تحف العقول ص293)

15- اِنَّ اللهَ کَرِهَ إلحاحَ النّاسِ بَعضِهِم عَلی بَعضٍ في المَسألَةِ وَاَحَبَّ ذلِکَ لِنَفسِهِ.

(تحف العقول ص293)

16- عالِمٌ يُنتَفَعُ بِعِلمِهِ اَفضَلُ مِن سَبعينَ اَلفَ عابِدٍ. (تحف العقول ص294)

10. Indeed. faithful is the one who. when pleased & glad his pleasure does not make him enter into sin & falsehood (He does not commit any sin while happy). And when unhappy & angry his anger does not oust him from the word of righteousnss. (He does not abandon the right course) And when he gains power his power does not make him commit excess &:. oppression &:. make him go for a thing upon which he does not have any right. (USOOL AL KAFI. VOL 2. P 234)

11. There is no servant except that there exists a white spot upon his heart. So when he commits a sin a black spot arises into that white spot. So when he repents this black spot moves away. And if he continues on

committing sins the blackness of this spot increases till such time it overwhelms &:. over rides the whiteness. When the whiteness is covered over (by the blackness) the owner of it (heart) does never at all return to wards beneficience &:. goodness. And this is what Allah means when he says: ((کلا بل ران علی قلوبهم ما کانوا يکسبون. مطففين/14)) "Nay! rather, what they used to do has become lIke a rust upon their hearts.' (SURAH MUTAFAFIN -VERSE: 14, BIHARUL ANWAR, VOL 73, P 332)

12. Indeed, when a man earns the wealth from Haram (prohibited) sources, no Hajj &:. no umrah &:. no strengthening of his blood kinship is never at all accepted &:. approved. (by Almighty God). (BIHARUL ANWAR. VOL 99. P 125)

13. The completion, entire completion ofa man lies in understanding &:. appreciating the religion (the necessary laws of &:. principles of jurispudence), the patience &:. forebearance upon the occurance of incidents &:. the appraisement &:. assessment of (his) economy. (TUHFUL AQOOL. P 292)

14. There are three things out of the completions &:. worths &:. values of the world &:. there after: I. Forgiving the one who has commited excess &:. aggression against you. 2. Joining the one who cuts off relations &:. ties with you. 3. Forbearance &:. tolerence for the one who committed a folly &:. showed insane behaviour &:. conduct towards you. (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 293)

15. Allah dislikes &:. hates the importunately soliciting & urging of men to the other men for some problems (needs, wants, desires) &:. He approves &:.Ioves it for Himself. (TUHFUL AQOOL. P293)

16. The scholar whose knowledge is made use of &:. benefitted from, is worthier &:. more virtuous than seventy thousand worshippers &:. adorers. (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 294)

17- اُوصيکَ بَخَمسٍ:إِن ظُلِمتَ فَلا تَظلِم وَإِن خانُوکَ فَلا تَخُن وَإِن کُذَّبتَ فَلا تَغضَب وَإِن مُدِحتَ فَلا تَفرَح وَإِن ذُمِمتَ فَلا تَجزَع وَفَکَّر فيما قيلَ فِيکَ فَإن عَرَفتَ مِن نَفسِکَ  ما قيلَ فيکَ فَسُقُوطُکَ مِن عَينِ اللهِ جَلَّ وَعَزَّعِندَ غَضَبِکَ مِنَ الحَقِّ اَعظَمُ عَلَيکَ مُصيبَةً مِمّا خِفتَ مِن سُقوطِکَ مِن اَعيُنِ النّاسِ وَإِن کُنتَ عَلی خِلافِ ما قيلَ فيکَ فَثَوابٌ اکتَسَبتَهُ مِن غَيرِ اَن يَتعَبَ بَدَنُکَ. (تحف العقول ص284)

18- اِنَّ اللهِ يُعطِی الدُّنيا مَن يُّحِبُّ وَيُبغِضُ وَلا يُعطی دينَهُ اِلاّ مَن يُّحِبُّ. (تحف العقول ص300)

19- اِيّاکَ وَالخُصُومَةَ فَإنَّها تُفسِدُالقلبَ وَثُورِتَ النَّفاقَ. (اثمتنا ج1 ص365)نقل عن کتاب حلية الاولياء.

20- اِنَّ اَشَدَّ النّاسِ  حَسرَةً يَومَ القِيامَةِ عَبدٌ وَصَفَ عَدلاًثُمَّ خالَفَهُ اِلی غَيرِهِ. (تحف العقول ص298)

21- اِيّاکَ وَالتَسويفَ فِإنَّهُ بَحرٌ يَغرقُ فيهِ الهَلکی وَإِيّاکَ  وَالغَفلَةَ فَقِيهَا تَکُونُ  قَساوَةُ القَلبِ وَاِيَّاکَ وَالتَّوانی فيما لا عُذرَلَکَ فيهِ فَإلَيهِ يَلجَاء النّادِمُونَ وَاستَرجِع سالِفَ الذُّنُوبِ بِشِدَّةِ النّدَمِ وَکَثرَهِ آلإستِغفارِ وَتَعَرَّض لِلرَّحمَةِ وَعَفوِ اللهِ بِحُسنِ المُراجَعَةِ وَآستَعن عَلَی حُسنِ المُراجَعةِ بِخالِصِ الدُّعاءِ وَالمُناجاةِ في الظُّلَمِ وَتَخَّلَص إِلی عَظِيمِ الشُّکرِ بإستِکثارِ قَلِيلِ الرَّزقِ واستِقلالِ کَثِيرِ الطّاعَةِ واستَجلِب زِيادَةَالنَّعَمِ بِعظِيمِ الشُّکرِ... (تحف العقول ص285)

17. I recommend you to have five virtues. 1. If you have undergone oppression &:. tyranny, you do not oppress. 2. If a dishonesty has been committed with you, do not commit dishonesty. 3. If you have been falsified &:. constradicted do not get annoyed &:. vexed. 4. If you have been praised do not get pleased &:. glad. 5. And if you are vilified &:. disparaged do not be impatient &:. apprehensive.

And do contemplate &:. ponder about what is said about you. So if you observe &:. come to know about something which exists in you (vice) then do know that to loose your honour &:. falling down in Allah's veiw for a right &:. just thing is much more of a greater &:. graver calamity than loosing respect in the eyes of people. And if your condition is contrary to what has been said about you, then you have earned a reward &:. recompense short of any physical strain. (TUHf1JL AQOOL. P 284)

18. Certainly, Allah grants this material world to the one whom he loves &:. the one whome he despises. And he does not bestow his religion to anyone except whome He loves. (TUHf1JL AQOOL, P 300)

19. Beware! caution! Do not acquire enemity because it rottens &:. turns the heart evil &:. causes to develop hypocrisy. (AIMATANA, VOL I, P 365, NARRATED FROM THE BOOKk HILYAT UL AULIA)

20. Indeed, the most terrifically sorry of all the people on the resurrection day will be the servant who defines &:. shows the way of justice to the people &:. hmiself opposes it. (TUHf1JL AQOOL, P 298)

21. Be carful, do not put off &: evade (the obligatory actions because this is an ocean in which, all those perished, get drowned. And beware of neglectfulness, since, it causes the hardening &:. stiffening of heart. And be careful of slackness &:. sluggishness, unless you have an excuse &:. reason for it, since, those who repent take refuge in it. And revert back the past sins committed, by intensity of shamfulness, repentence &:. abundance of penitence &: imploring forgiveness. And attract the mercy &:forgiveness of Allah through nicety &:. beauty of referrence (purity of prayers) And to lay hands upon decency of reference get the help of pure prayers &:. sublimation in the darkness of night.

And get tpe purification of thankfulness by considering the small amount of sustenene as great &:. thinking great amount of (your) services as meagre &:. small. Andattract the abundance of benovelences &:. beneficiences through greatness of thankgiving. (TUHf1JL AQOOL, P 285)

22- ثَلاثُ خِصالٍ لايَمُوتُ صاحِبُهُنَّ اَبدَاً حَتّی يَری وَبالَهُنَّ:اَلبَغيُ وَقَطيعَةُ الرَّحِمِ. وَاليَمينُ الکاذِبَةُ يُبارِزُاللهَ بِها. وَإِنَّ اَعجَلَ الطّاعَةِ ثَواباً لَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ وَإِنَّ القَومَ لَيَکُونُونَ فُجّاراً

فَيَتَواصَلُونَ فَتُنمی اَموالُهُم وَيثرُونَ. وَإِنَّ اليَمينَ الکاذبَةَ وَقَطَيعَةَ الرَّحِمِ لَيَذَرانِ الدِّيارَ بلاقِعَ مِن أَهلِها  (تحف العقول ص294)

23- مَن صَدَقَ لِسانُهُ زَکا عَمَلُهُ. وَمَن حَسُنَت نِيَّتُهُ زِيدَ في رِزقه وَمَن حَسُنَ بِرَّهُ بِأَهلِهِ زِيدَ في عُمرِهِ. (تحف العقول ص295)

24- إيّاکَ وَالکَسَلَ وَالضَّجرَ فَإِنَّهُما مِفتاحُ کُلِّ شَرَّ،مَن کَسِلَ لَم يُؤَدِّ حَقّاً وَ مِن ضَجِرَ لَم يَصبِر عَلی حِقٍّ. (تحف العقول ص295)

25- أَلتَّواضُعُ الرِّضا بِالمَجلِسِ دوُنَ شَرَفِهِ، وَاَن تُسَلِّمَ عَلَی مَن لَقِيتَ،وَأَن تَترُکَ المِراءَ وَإِن کُنتَ مُحِقّاً. (تحف العقول ص296)

26- إِنَّ المُؤمِنَ أَخُوالمُؤمِنِ لا يَشتِمُهُ وَلا يَحرِمُهُ وَلا يُسيءُ بِهِ الظَّنَّ. (تحف العقول ص296)

27- لا يَسلَمُ اَحَدٌ مِنَ الذُنُوبِ حَتّی يَخزُنَ لِسانَهُ. (تحف العقول ص298)

28- فاِنَّ اللهَ يبغضُ اللَّعّانَ السَّبّابَ الطَّعانَ عَلیَ المُؤمِنينَ.. (تحف العقول ص300)

22. There are three things the owner (committer) of whome does not die until he finds & reaches their punishment.

1. Oppression & cruelity.

2. Rupture & desertion of one's blood kinship.

3. False oath, which is a war against Allah.

And connecting &joining the kinship is an act which gets the quickest of rewards & indeed there is a community which consists of trangressors but their wealth gets exhoberent & increased & they become rich & wealthy by virtue of joining the kinship. And the false oath & desertion of blood kinship turns the cities along with their inhabitants vacated & deserted (by the death) of their inhabitants & dwellers. (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 294)

23. Who so ever's tongue utters the truth, his practice becomes purified & the one whose intention is decent & good, his sustenene boosts up & increases. And who ever adopts a decent & nice attitude & behaviour with his family his life belengthens. (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 295)

24. Beware of sluggishness, annoyance & impatience since these are the keys to all the evils.

The person who commits sluggishness & slackness never at all discharges any right & the one who gets impatient & restless, does never at all remain patient over the right. (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 295)

25. Humility & humbleness (means) is to be pleased & contented with sitting in, an assembly at a place lower than ones status & honour, & saluting anybody one meets & adandoning dispute even if one is right. (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 296)

26. Indeed, faithful is the brother of faithful. He does not abuse him & does not deprive him & does not mistrust & develop a bad opinion about him.(TUHFULAQOOL, P296)

27. Nobody remains safe from sin unless he guards histongue. (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 298)

28. Indeed, Allah hates & despises the curser, rebuker & sarcastics of faithfuls (those who curse, rebuke & give sarcastic remarks about the faithfuls.) (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 300)

29-وَاعلم يا مُحَمَّدُ أَنَّ أَئِمَّةَ الجَورِ وَأَتباعَهُم لَمَعزُولُونَ عَن دينِ اللهِ قَد ضَلُّوا وَاَضَّلُوا،فَأَعمالُهُمُ الَّتي يَعمَلُونَها کَرَمادٍ اشتَدَّت بِهِ الرّيحُ في يَومٍ عاصِفٍ لا يَقدِرُونَ مِمّا کَسَبُوا عَلی شَيءٍ ذلِکَ هُوَ الضَّلالُ البَعيدُ. (اصول الکافي ج1 ص375)

30- اِنَّ اللهَ خَبَاءَ ثَلاثَةً فِي ثَلاثِةٍ خَبَاءَ رِضاهُ فِي طاعَتِهِ فَلا تَحقرَنَّ مِنَ الطّاعَةِ شَيئاًفَلَعَلَّ رِضاهُ فيهِ وَخَبَاءَ سَخَطَهُ فِي مَعصِيَتِهِ فَلا تَحقرَنَّ مِنَ المَعصِيَةِ شَيئاً فَلَعَلَّ سَخَطَهُ فيهِ وَخَبَاءَ اَولِيائَهُ فِي خَلقِهِ فَلا تَحقرَنَّ اَحَداً فَلَعَّلَهُ الوُلِيُّ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص188)

31- فَاَنزِل نَفسَکَ مِنَ الدُّنيا کَمَثلِ مَنزِلٍ نَزَلتَهُ ساعَةً ثُمَّ ارتَحَلتَ عَنهُ اَو کَمَثَلِ مالٍ استَفَدتَهُ في مَنامِکَ فَفَرِحتَ بِهِ وَسررتَ ثُمَّ انتَبَهتَ مِن رَقدَتِکَ وَلَيسَ في يَدِکَ شَيءٌ. (تحف العقول ص287)

32- ثَلاثٌ قاصِماتُ الظَّهرِ: رَجُلٌ استَکثَرَ عَمَلُهُ وَنَسِيَ ذَنبَهُ وَأعجِبَ بِرَأيِهِ. (کتاب الخصال ج1 ص112)

33- مَن کان ظاهِرُهُ أَرجَع مِن باطِنِهِ خَفَّ ميزانُهُ. (تحف العقول ص294)

29. Mohammed Bin Muslim says Imam Mohammed Baqir (A.S) said to me, Oh Mohammed know it that the oppressive leaders (rulers) &: their followers are ousted &: purgated from the religion of Allah. They have gone astray, distracked &: made the people go astray. So their practices are like ashes which are dispersed &: blown up by winds on a stormy &: squally day. They can not lay hands upon what they have achieved, this is the same ((ضلال البعيد )) remote &: distanced deviation &: aberration. (USOOL AL KAFI, VOL 1, P 375)

30. Indeed, Allah has hidden three things in three others. His pleasure in his obedience. So of course, do not belittle anything from his obedience, since His pleasure may be in the same one.

And Allah has concealed his wrather &: anger in His sin. So of course do not belittle &: count any sin as small. May be the wrath of Allah is in it. And he has concealed His friends &: saints among the people, so do not belittle &: look down upon anyone perhaps he may be the friend &: saint of Allah. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 188)

31. Consider the world as an abode where in you have droped down for an hour &: then you have got to leave it &: go ahead or (suppose it) like the wealth which you lay hands upon in the dream &: get over joyed &: glad. Then you wake up to find yourself empty handed. (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 287)

32. Three things are back breaking:

1. A person who considers his practice as exhoberent.

2. A person who forgets his sins.

3. A person who is pleased with his opinion &: veiw (considering it superior). (KITAB UL KHISAL VOL 1, P 112)

33. The one whose appearance &: apparant looks are

better than his interior condition his scale of practice is light (weightless). (TUHFUL AQOOL, P 294)

34- اِنَّ اللهَ ثَقَلَ الخَيرَ عَلی اَهلِ الدُّنيا کَثِقلِهِ فی مَوازينِهِم يَومَ القِيامَةِ وَاَنَّ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ خَفَّفَ الشَّرَّ عَلی اَهلِ الدُّنيا کَخِفَّتِهِ في مَوازينهِم يَومَ القِيامَةِ. (اصول الکافي،ج2 ص143) باب تعجيل فعل الخير)

35- فِإنَّ اليَومَ غَنِيمَةٌ وَغَداً لا تَدری لِمَن هُوَ. (تحف العقول ص299)

36- أَلجَنَّةُ مَحفُوفَةٌ بِالمَکارِهِ وَالصَّبرِ،فَمَن صَبَرَ عَلیَ المَکارِهِ فِي الدُّنيا دَخَلَ الجَنَّةَ.وَجَهَنَّمُ مَحفُوفَةٌ بالَّذَّاتِ وَالشَّهَواتِ، فَمَن أَعطی نَفسَهُ لَذَّتَها وَشَهوَتَها دَخَل النَّارَ. (اصول الکافي،ج2 ص89)

37- أَخبَثُ المَکاسِبِ کَسبُ الرِّبا. (فروغ الکافی ج5ص147،باب الربا حديث12)

38- مَن عَلَّمَ بابَ هُدًی فَلَهُ مِثلُ أَجرِ مَن عَمِلَ بِهِ وَلا يَنقُصُ اُولئِکَ مِن اَجُورِهِم شيئاً، وَ مَن عَلَّمَ بابَ ضَلالٍ کانَ عَلَيهِ مِثلُ اَوزار مَن عَمِلَ بِهِ وَلا يَنقُصُ اُولئِکَ مِن اَوزارِهِم شَيئاً. (تحف العقول ص297)

39- اِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ جَعَلَ لِلشَّرَّ اَقفالاً وَجَعَلَ مَفاتيحَ تِلکَ الأَقفالِ اَلشَّرابَ.وَالکِذبُ شَرُّمِنَ الشَّرابِ. (بحارالانوار ج2 ص237)

40- لَويَعلَمُ السّائل ما فِي المَسألَةِ ما سَأَلَ اَحَدٌ اَحَداً وَلَويَعلَمُ المَسُئُول ما فِي المَنعِ ما مَنَعَ اَحَدٌ اَحَداً. (تحف العقول ص300)

34. Indeed, Allah made the benficience heavy for (material seeking) people of the world just as the weight of it in their scales on the dooms day. And doubtlessly Allah has made the evil light (easy) for the (material seeking) world people just as He would make their scales of practices light &. weightless on the resurrection day. (USOOL AL KAFI VOL 2. P 14.3) (chapter Hurry, about the good deeds)

35. So hold the present day in esteem &. tommorw, it is not known to whom does it belong. (TUHfUL AQOOL, P 299)

36. Heaven is surrounded by unpleasentnesses &. patience. So, the one who remains patient over it's, unpleasentness in the world, enters the paradise. And the hell is surrounded by pleasures &. lusts. So the one who allows (gives) himself its' pleasures &. lustful desires enters the hell fire. (USOOL AL KAFI VOL 2, P 89)

37. The ugliest &. most evil of the earnings is the gaining of interest. (fUROO AL KAFI VOL 5. P 147) (chapter pomp &. show Hadieth, 12)

38. The one who teaches one chapter of guidance to the people will have the reward similar to all those who would act upon it &. nothing would be lessened &. substracted from the reward of those who practice it. And the one who teaches a chapter of misguidance, he will have the burden (wrath) similar to each one who acts upon it &. nothing will be lessened from their burden of sin (wrath of Allah). (TUHfUL AQOOL, P 297)

39. Allah has deviced locks to the evil &. the keys to these locks is wine, &. lying is worse than the wine (alcoholic beverages). (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 72. P 2.37)

40 If people come to know what (evil) lies in begging, No one will beg from the other &. if the one who is begged from knows the evil of rejecting the one who begs, nobody will turn down anyone's request. (TUHfUL AQOOL. P .300)