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- “So now, surely this world has turned its back and announced its departure, and the next world has appeared forward and proclaimed its approach. Today is the day of preparation; tomorrow is the day of the race.”Sermon 28Dunya & HereafterPick one small act of preparation for the Hereafter and complete it before the day ends.
- “The best of actions in the sight of Allah are three: a firm belief in Allah, fighting in His way, and a word of truth spoken to an unjust ruler.”Sermon 109WorshipSpeak one small truth today that you have been avoiding out of fear.
- “Know that this Qur'an is an adviser who never deceives, a leader who never misleads, and a narrator who never speaks a lie.”Sermon 176KnowledgeRead even a single page today slowly, expecting it to speak to your life.
- “O my son, make yourself the measure between you and others. Love for others what you love for yourself, and dislike for them what you dislike for yourself. Do not oppress, as you would not like to be oppressed.”Letter 31 (to Imam Hasan)Good ConductBefore the next difficult conversation, ask: what would I want said to me?
- “Infuse your heart with mercy, love, and kindness for your subjects. Do not behave toward them as a ravenous beast, for they are of two kinds: either a brother in faith or one like you in creation.”Letter 53 (to Malik al-Ashtar)LeadershipPick one person under your influence and do one small kindness for them today.
- “During civil disturbance be like an adolescent camel who has neither a back strong enough for riding nor udders for milking.”Saying 1WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever adopts greed as a habit devalues himself; whoever discloses his hardship agrees to be humiliated, and whoever allows his tongue to overpower his soul debases the soul.”Saying 2Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Miserliness is a shame; cowardice is a defect; poverty disables an intelligent man from arguing his case, and a destitute person is a stranger in his own home town.”Saying 3Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Incapability is a catastrophe; endurance is bravery; abstinence is a wealth; self-restraint”Saying 4Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Knowledge is a venerable estate; good manners are new outfits, and thinking is a clear mirror.”Saying 5KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “The bosom of the wise is the safe of his secrets; cheerfulness is the bond of friendship; effective forbearance is the grave of shortcomings.”Saying 6WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Charity is an effective cure, and the actions of people in their present life will be before their eyes in the next.”Saying 7CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “How wonderful is man: He speaks with fat, talks with a piece of flesh, hears with a bone and breathes through a hole!”Saying 8Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “When this world advances towards anyone (with its riches), it attributes to him the good of others, and when it turns away from him, it deprives him of his own good.”Saying 9Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Deal with people in such a manner that if you die, they should weep for you, and if you live they should long for you.”Saying 10WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “When you gain power over your adversary, pardon him as your way of expressing thanks [to Allah] for being able to overpower him.”Saying 11AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “The most helpless of all men is whoever cannot find a few brothers during his life, but still more helpless is whoever finds such a brother but loses him.”Saying 12WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “When you get (only) small favors, do not push them away by being ungrateful.”Saying 13WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever is abandoned by near ones is dear to remote ones.”Saying 14WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Every mischief monger cannot even be reproved..”Saying 15WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “All matters are subject to destiny, so much so that sometimes death results from effort.”Saying 16LeadershipUse whatever authority you have today with mercy, not severity.
- “"Banish your old age (by hair-dye) and do not acquire resemblance to the Jews." Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (x) replied: The Prophet (h) said this at a time when the religion was”Saying 17WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “They abandoned righteousness but did not support wrong.”Saying 18JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “Whoever gallops with a loose rein collides with death.”Saying 19Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Forgive the shortcomings of considerate people because when they fall into error, Allah raises them up.”Saying 20CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “The consequence of fear is disappointment and of bashfulness is frustration. Opportunity passes away like the cloud. Therefore, make use of good opportunities..”Saying 21WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “We have a right. If it is granted to us, that is good; otherwise, we will ride on the hind of the camel even though the night journey may be long.”Saying 22WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “If the deeds of someone accord (him) a back status, he cannot be given a front status simply on account of his lineage.”Saying 23AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “To render relief to the grief-stricken and to provide comfort in hardship means the atonement of great sins.”Saying 24Trust in AllahName one worry and hand it, in prayer, to Allah.
- “O son of Adam! When you see that your Lord, the Glorified One, bestows His favors on you while you are disobeying Him, you should fear Him.”Saying 25WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whenever a person conceals a thing in his heart, it manifests itself through unintentional words from his tongue and (in) the expressions of his face.”Saying 26Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “Keep walking in your sickness as long as you can.”Saying 27WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The best part of moderation is to conceal it.”Saying 28WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “When you are running away from the world and death is approaching, there is no question of delay in the encounter.”Saying 29Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Fear! Fear! By Allah, He has hidden your sins, so much so that it is as though He has forgiven them!”Saying 30CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “The doer of good is better than the good itself, and the doer of evil is worse than the evil itself.”Saying 32Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Be generous but not extravagant; be thrifty but not stingy.”Saying 33CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “The best of riches is the abandonment of desires.”Saying 34Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “If someone is quick in saying about people what they dislike, they will speak about him that with which they have no knowledge.”Saying 35Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “Whoever prolongs his desire ruins his actions.”Saying 36Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “O son! Learn four things and (a further) four things from me: Nothing will harm you if you practice them. The richest of all riches is intelligence; the biggest destitution is foolishness; the most wild of the wild is vanity, and the best achievement is goodness of the moral character.”Saying 38KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “Supererogatory worship cannot bring about nearness to Allah if it hampers what is obligatory.”Saying 39WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “The tongue of the wise man is behind his heart, while the heart of the fool is behind his tongue.”Saying 40Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “May Allah make your illness a means for wiping out your sins because there is no reward for sickness but that it erases sins and makes them fall like (dried) leaves. Reward lies in saying by the tongue and doing something with the limbs. Certainly, Allah, the Glorified One, admits into Paradise by virtue of truthfulness of intention and chastity of heart whomsoever He wishes from among His servants.”Saying 42AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “May Allah have mercy on Khabbab ibn al-Aratt since he accepted Islam willingly, immigrated (from Mecca) obediently, remained content with what sufficed him, was pleased with Allah and lived the life of a mujahid.Khabbab ibn al-Aratt was a distinguished companion of the Holy Prophet (h) and was one of the early Muhajirun.”Saying 43Trust in AllahName one worry and hand it, in prayer, to Allah.
- “Blessed is the person who kept in mind the next life, acted so as to be able to render his account, remained content with what sufficed him and remained pleased with Allah.”Saying 44WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Even if I strike thenose of a believer with this, my sword, so he may hate me, he will not hate me, and even if I pile all the wealth of the world before a hypocrite (Muslim) so he may love me, he will not love me. This is so because it is a verdict pronounced by the tongue of the revered Prophet (h) who said the following: "O Ali! A believer will never hate you and a hypocrite (Muslim) will never love you.”Saying 45SincerityPerform one good deed today quietly, seen only by Allah.
- “The sin that displeases you is better in the view of Allah than the virtue that makes you proud.”Saying 46AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “The worth of a man is according to his courage, his truthfulness is according to his balance of temper, his valor is according to his self-respect and his chastity is according to his sense of shame.”Saying 47Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Victory is (won) with determination; determination is pondering over thoughts and thoughts are formed by guarding secrets.”Saying 48WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Fear the might of a noble person when he is hungry and that of an ignoble person when he is satisfied.”Saying 49WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The hearts of the people are like wild beasts. If someone tries to tame them, they will pounce back upon him.”Saying 50WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “So long as your status is good, your defects will remain covered.”Saying 51WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Themost capable of pardoning is whoever is the most powerful to punish.”Saying 52WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Generosity is that which is by one's own initiative because giving on being asked is either out of self- respect or to avoid rebuke.”Saying 53Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “There is no wealth like wisdom, no destitution like ignorance, no inheritance like refinement and no support like consultation.”Saying 54KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience regarding what you covet.”Saying 55PatienceSit with one difficulty today without rushing to escape it.
- “With wealth, a strange land is a homeland, while with destitution, even a homeland is a strange land..239 A stranger even in his own homeland.”Saying 56Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Contentment is wealth that does not diminish.”Saying 57Trust in AllahName one worry and hand it, in prayer, to Allah.
- “Wealth is the fountainhead of passions.”Saying 58Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “One who warns you is like one who gives you good tidings.”Saying 59CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “The tongue is a beast; when it is let loose, it devours.”Saying 60Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “Woman is a scorpion whose touch is sweet.”Saying 61WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “If you are met with a greeting, give better greetings in return. If a hand of help is extended to you, do a better favor in return, although the credit will remain with the one who was the first.”Saying 62CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “One who intercedes is the wing of one who seeks.”Saying 63WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The people of the world are like travelers who are being carried while they are asleep.”Saying 64Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “A lack of friends means strangeness.”Saying 65WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “To miss what one needs is easier than to beg from an inappropriate person.”Saying 66WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Do not feel ashamed for giving little because refusal is smaller than that.”Saying 67WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Charity is the adornment of destitution, while gratefulness (to Allah) is the adornment of riches.”Saying 68CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “If what you aim at does not come about, then do not worry as to what you were.”Saying 69WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “You will not find an ignorant person but at one extreme or another (i.e. a person who neglects or a person who exaggerates).”Saying 70KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “As intelligence increases, speech decreases.”Saying 71Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “Time wears out bodies, renews desires, brings death nearer and takes away aspirations. Whoever is successful with it encounters grief, and whoever misses its favors also undergoes hardships.”Saying 72Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Whoever places himself as a leader of the people should commence with educating his own self before educating others, and his teaching should be by his own conduct before teaching by the tongue. The person who teaches and instructs his own self is more entitled to esteem than whoever teaches and instructs others.”Saying 73Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Each breath taken by a man is a step towards his death.”Saying 74Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Every countable thing is to pass way and every expected thing must come about.”Saying 75WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “If matters get mixed up, then the last ones should be appreciated compared to the previous one.”Saying 76WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Take wise points from wherever they may be because if a wise saying is in the bosom of a hypocrite, it flutters in his bosom till it comes out and settles with others of its own category: in the bosom of the believer.”Saying 79WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “A wise saying is a lost article of the believer. Therefore, get wise sayings even though from people of hypocrisy.”Saying 80WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The worth of every man is in his attainments.”Saying 81WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “I impart to you five things which, if you ride your camels fast in search of them, you will find them worth the effort:”Saying 82WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “I am below what you express and above what you feel in your heart.”Saying 83WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The survivors of the sword are large in number and have many offspring.”Saying 84WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever abandons saying, "I do not know" meets his destruction.”Saying 85WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “I love the opinion of an old man more than the determination of a young man: (or according to another version: more than the martyrdom of a young man.)”Saying 86WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “I wonder about the man who loses hope despite the possibility of seeking forgiveness.”Saying 87CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “If a man behaves properly in matters between himself and Allah, then Allah will keep proper the matters between him and other people. And if a man keeps proper the affairs of his next life, then Allah keeps proper for him the affairs of this world. Whoever is a preacher for himself is protected by Allah.”Saying 89Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “The perfect jurist of Islam is whoever does not let people lose hope from the mercy of Allah, does not make him despondent of Allah's kindness and does not make him feel safe from Allah's punishment.”Saying 90Good ConductSoften your tone in one conversation where hardness is tempting.
- “The hearts get disgusted as bodies get disgusted; so look for beautiful wise sayings for them.”Saying 91WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The most humble knowledge is that which remains on the tongue and the most honorable one is that which manifests itself through (the action of) the limbs and the organs of the body.”Saying 92Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “None of you should say, "O Allah! I seek Your protection from affliction" because there is none who is not afflicted. But whoever seeks Allah's protection should seek it from misguiding troubles because Allah, the Glorified One, says the following: "And be admonished that your wealth and your children are a trial" (Holy Quran, 8: 28).”Saying 93WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Good is not that your wealth and progeny should be much, but good is that your knowledge should be much, your forbearance should be great and that you should vie with other people in worshipping Allah.”Saying 94WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “Action accompanied by fear for Allah does not fail; how can a thing fail that has been accepted?!”Saying 95WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The persons most attracted to the prophets are those who know most what the prophets have brought. Then Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (x) recited this verse: "Verily, of men, the nearest to Abraham are surely those who followed him and this (Our) Prophet (h) (Muhammad [h]) and those who believe" (Holy Quran, 3: 68).”Saying 96WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “When you hear a tradition, test it according to the criterion of intelligence not to that of mere hearsay because those who relate knowledge are numerous, but those who safeguard it are few.”Saying 98KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “The fulfillment of (others') needs becomes a lasting virtue in three ways: regarding it as small, so that”Saying 101WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Shortly, a time will come for people when high [government] positions will be given only to those who defame others, when vicious people will be regarded as witty and just will be regarded as weak.”Saying 102JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “With it [such shabbiness of dressing] the heart fears, the mind feels humble and the believers emulate it. Certainly this world and the next are two enemies of each other, two paths in opposite directions.”Saying 103WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Allah has placed on you some obligations which you should not ignore, has laid down for you”Saying 105WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “If people give up something relevant to religion to set right their worldly affairs, Allah will inflict upon them something more harmful than that.”Saying 106JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “Often the ignorance of a learned man ruins him while the knowledge he has does not avail him.”Saying 107KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “In man, there is a piece of flesh attached to him: a vein, and it is the strangest thing in him. It is the heart. It has a store of wisdom and things contrary to wisdom.”Saying 108WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “We (members of the Prophet's family) are like the pillow in the middle. Whoever lags behind has to come forward to meet it, while whoever exceeds the bounds has to return to it.”Saying 109WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “None can establish the rule of Allah, the Glorified One, except whoever shows no relenting (in the matter of right), who does not behave like wrong doers and who does not run after greed.”Saying 110JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “No wealth is more profitable than wisdom; no loneliness is more estranging than vanity, no wisdom is as good as tact, no honor is like fear from Allah, no companion is like the goodness of moral character, no inheritance is like civility, no guide is like promptitude, no trade is like virtuous deeds, no profit is like the Divine reward, no self-control is like inaction in time of doubt, no abstent…”Saying 113WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “At a time when virtue is in vogue in the world and among people, if a person entertains an evil suspicion about another person from whom nothing evil has ever been seen, then he has been unjust. And at a time when vice is in vogue in the world and among people, if a man entertains a good idea about another person, he flings himself in peril.”Saying 114Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “There are many people who are given time (by Allah) through good treatment towards them and many who are deceived because their sinful activities are veiled (by Allah) and many who are impressed by good talk about themselves. And Allah does not try anyone as seriously as He tries him whom He allows time (to remain sinful).”Saying 116AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “Two categories of persons will face ruin on my account: whoever exaggerates in loving me and whoever hates me intensely.”Saying 117AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “To miss an opportunity brings about grief.”Saying 118WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The example of the world is like a serpent: It is soft in touch but its inside is full of venom. An ignorant person who has fallen into deceit is attracted towards it, but a wise and intelligent man stays on guard against it.”Saying 119WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “As for Banu Makhzum, they are the blossoms of the tribesmen of Quraish. It is delightful to talk to their men and to marry their women.”Saying 120WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “What a difference there is between two kinds of actions: "A deed whose pleasure passes away but its (ill) consequence remains, and a deed whose hardship passes away but its reward stays.”Saying 121AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “Is it that death has been ordained only for others? Is it that right is obligatory only on others? Is it that those whom we see departing on their journey of death will come back to us? We lay them down in their graves then enjoy their estate (as if we will live for good after them). We have ignored every preacher, man or woman and have exposed ourselves to every catastrophe.”Saying 122Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Blessed be whoever humbles himself, whose livelihood is pure, whose heart is chaste, whose habits are virtuous, who spends his savings (in the name of Allah), who prevents his tongue from speaking nonsense, who keeps people safe from evil, who is pleased with the (Prophet's) Sunnah and who is unconnected with innovation (in religion).”Saying 123Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “The jealousy of a woman (with co-wives) is heresy, while the jealousy of a man is a part of belief.”Saying 124WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “I am defining Islam as none has defined it before me: Islam is submission, submission is conviction, conviction is affirmation, affirmation is acknowledgment, acknowledgment is carrying out (of obligations) and carrying out obligations is action.”Saying 125WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “I wonder at the miser who is speeding towards the very destitution from which he wants to run away and misses the very ease of life which he covets. Consequently, he passes his life in this world like the destitute but will have to render an account in the next world like the rich.”Saying 126Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Whoever falls short of actions falls into grief, and Allah has nothing to do with him who spares nothing from his wealth in the name of Allah.”Saying 127WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Guard yourselves against cold in its (seasonal) beginning and welcome it towards its end because it affects bodies in the same way as it affects plants. In the beginning, it destroys them, but in the end it gives them fresh leaves.”Saying 128Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “The Greatness of the Creator appreciated by you will belittle the creatures in your view.”Saying 129WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “There is an angel of Allah who calls out every day: "Beget children for death! Collect wealth for destruction and raise construction for ruin!"”Saying 132Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “This world is a transient place, not a place of stay. The people herein are of two types: One is a man who sold away his soul (to his passions) and thus ruined it, and the other is a man who purchased his soul (by controlling his desires) and freed it.”Saying 133Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “A friend is not a friend unless he affords protection to his comrade on three occasions: in his adversity, in his absence and at the time of his death.”Saying 134Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Whoever is bestowed four things is not disallowed four things: whoever is allowed to pray is not deprived of the response to it; whoever is allowed to offer repentance is not deprived of its acceptance; whoever is allowed to seek forgiveness is not deprived of forgiveness, and whoever is allowed to be grateful is not deprived of furtherance of favors.”Saying 135CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “For the God-fearing, prayers is a means of seeking nearness to Allah, and for the weak, the hajj is as good as jihad. For everything there is a tax, and the tax of the body is fasting. The jihad of a woman is to afford pleasant company to her husband.”Saying 136WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “Seek livelihood by giving alms.”Saying 137CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “Whoever is sure of a good return is generous in giving.”Saying 138CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “Assistance is allowed according to need.”Saying 139WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever is moderate does not become destitute.”Saying 140WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “A small family is one of the ways of (securing) ease.”Saying 141WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Loving one another is half the measure of wisdom.”Saying 142WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Grief is half the old age.”Saying 143WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Endurance comes according to affliction. Whoever beats his hand on the thigh in his affliction ruins all his good actions.”Saying 144PatienceSit with one difficulty today without rushing to escape it.
- “There are many who fast but whose fast is nothing more than hunger and thirst. There are many who offer of prayers and whose prayer is no better than wakefulness and hardship: the sleep as well as the eating and drinking of the intelligent (God-fearing) person is far better.”Saying 145WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “Protect your belief by charity; guard your wealth by paying Allah's share thereof, and ward off the waves of calamity by praying.”Saying 146CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “Man is hidden under his tongue.252 You cannot know his worth and value.”Saying 148Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “Whoever does not know his own worth is ruined.”Saying 149WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Do not be like him who hopes for (bliss in) the next life without action and delays repentance by prolonging his desires, who utters words like ascetics in this world but whose deeds are like those who are eager for it.”Saying 150Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “Every human being has to meet the end, sweet or sour.”Saying 151WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Every comer has to return, and after returning, it is as though he never existed.”Saying 152WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The one who endures does not miss success although it may take a long time.”Saying 153PatienceSit with one difficulty today without rushing to escape it.
- “Whoever agrees with the action of a group of persons is as though he joins them in that action. And everyone who joins in wrong commits two sins: one sin for committing the wrong and the other for agreeing with it.”Saying 154AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “Adhere to your covenants and entrust their fulfillment to steadfast persons.”Saying 155WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “On you lies (the obligation of) obedience to the person about whom you cannot plead the excuse of ignorance.253But it will ever remain on the oppressor.”Saying 156KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “Your minds are opened when you see, and you are guided when you receive guidance, and you are made to hear when you do hear.”Saying 157WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Remonstrate with your brother by being kind to him, and respond to his evil by being generous to him.”Saying 158Good ConductSoften your tone in one conversation where hardness is tempting.
- “If one places himself where he may be charged, let him not blame those who may think ill of him.”Saying 159Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “One who possesses prefers himself over others.”Saying 160Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “One who follows only his view perishes, and one who consults with others shares their wisdom”Saying 161WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “One who hides his secret holds his own option,.”Saying 162WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Poverty is the greatest death.”Saying 163Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “If one is fair to another who is not fair to him, it is as though he worships him.”Saying 164WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “No creature should be obeyed so long as such obedience means disobedience of the Creator.”Saying 165WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “No blame should be placed on one in delaying taking what belongs to him; blame should be on one who takes what does not belong to him.”Saying 166WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Conceit stops one from seeking perfection.”Saying 167HumilityAcknowledge a recent mistake openly to yourself or to the one affected.
- “Morning surely shines for those who have vision.”Saying 169WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Abandoning a sin is easier than seeking help.”Saying 170AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “How often one meal blocks many!”Saying 171WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “People are enemies of what they do not know.”Saying 172WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “One who sharpens his weapon seeking revenge against those who incur the Wrath of Allah will be strong enough to kill those who are strong in committing falsehood.”Saying 174WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “If you fear doing something, then do it because your fear is greater than the deed itself.”Saying 175Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “The mechanism whereby one earns mastership is forbearance.”Saying 176WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Remove evil from the chest of others by eradicating it from your own.”Saying 178WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Fanatically insisting on disagreeing poisons one's view.”Saying 179WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Greed is perpetual bondage.”Saying 180WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The fruit of carelessness is regret, whereas the fruit of determination is safety.”Saying 181WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Preferring silence over articulating wisdom produces nothing good; likewise is to speak out of ignorance.”Saying 182WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “No two cases vary from each other except that one of them is falsehood.”Saying 183WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Never have I ever doubted the truth whenever it was shown to me.”Saying 184WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Never have I told a lie, nor was I ever called a liar. Never did I ever stray, nor could any use me to cause others to stray.”Saying 185WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The oppressor who starts the oppression will tomorrow bite his hand (in regret).”Saying 186JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “Departure (from this world) is nigh.”Saying 187Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “One who is not saved by patience will be finished by impatience.”Saying 189PatienceSit with one difficulty today without rushing to escape it.
- “How strange! Should caliphate be obtained through friends and relatives?!”Saying 190LeadershipUse whatever authority you have today with mercy, not severity.
- “One in this life is a target of death, a loot to calamities. With every sip there is hardship, with every morsel there is pain.”Saying 191PatienceSit with one difficulty today without rushing to escape it.
- “O son of Adam! Anything you earn beyond your need is stored for others.”Saying 192WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Hearts have desires, coming or going; so, approach your hearts according to their desires and approaches, for if you force the heart, you will blind it.”Saying 193Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “What shall I satisfy my anger when I am enraged? Is it when I am unable to seek revenge, so it will be said to me: "Why did you not have patience?" Or should I do it when I am able, so it will be said to me: "Why did you not forgive?"!”Saying 194Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “None of your wealth was wasted so long as it provided you with admonishment.”Saying 196Trust in AllahName one worry and hand it, in prayer, to Allah.
- “These hearts wear out just as bodies wear out; so, seek for them beautiful pieces of wisdom”Saying 197WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “There is no welcome for you here, O faces that are not seen except when a bad deed is committed.”Saying 200AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “With every human being, there are two guardian angels. When fate comes, they make room for him; fate is a secure protection..”Saying 201WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “O people! Fear Allah Who hears you when you speak, Who knows what you hide in your breasts, and be more swift than death which catches up with you when you flee, which take you when you stay, and which remembers you when you forget about it.”Saying 203Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “Do not be discouraged by ingrates from doing good deeds, for you may be thanked by those who do not benefit from your good deed and who still are grateful to you for it. You may obtain gratitude from a grateful person much more than what someone who hides it has wasted, "... and Allah loves the doers of righteousness."”Saying 204AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “The first compensation for a clement person for his clemency is that people are his supporters against the ignorant ones.”Saying 206KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “If you are not clement, then put on the garb of clemency, for many are those who imitate others and who become almost just like them.”Saying 207JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “One who holds himself to account succeeds. When who overlooks it loses. One who is cautious earns security. One who receives admonishment expands his vision. One who expands his vision gains understanding, and who gains understanding earns knowledge.”Saying 208Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “The life of this world shall be kind to us after being cruel to us just as a she-camel that rejects those who milk it but turns with affection to its newborn. Having said so, the Imam (x) recited the following verse: "And We wished to be gracious to those who were being oppressed in the land, to make them leaders (in faith) and to make them heirs" (Quran, 28:5).”Saying 209JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “Fear Allah like one who is willing to risk everything [just to please Allah], who urges himself to walk towards Allah, who starts in awe, who looks into the outcomes of matters, into the penalty of anything forbidden, who is apprehensive of the final end.”Saying 210Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Generosity is the guard of honors. Clemency is ship's restrainer. Forgiveness is the zakat of victory. Solace is your compensation for one who betrayed you.”Saying 211CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “One's self-conceit is one of the envies of his own mind.”Saying 212WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Overlook imperfections and pains and you will always be pleased.”Saying 213WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “One whose stem is lean, his leaves will be thick. (That is, one who is kind to others will grow in health.)”Saying 214Good ConductSoften your tone in one conversation where hardness is tempting.
- “Disputes destroy views.”Saying 215WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “One who wins becomes greater.”Saying 216WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “In the alterations of conditions lies the knowledge of the gems of men.”Saying 217KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “Envying a friend is a sign of fault in one's friendship.”Saying 218WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Most places where minds are conquered fall under the glitter of high hopes.”Saying 219WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “It is not fair to put an end to trust by entertaining doubt.”Saying 220WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “How miserable the ration of a servant of Allah to the Hereafter is if he oppresses Allah's servants!”Saying 221JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “The very best of a generous man's acts of generosity is that he is mindless of what he knows (of people's faults).”Saying 222CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “One who is attired with the outfit of modesty, people never see his fault.”Saying 223WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Through abundance of silence does one earn respect. Through fairness does one win lovers. Through acts of favors does one's value get greater. Through humility”Saying 224Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “How strange it is that the envious ones overlook the soundness of their own bodies!”Saying 225Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “A covetous person is tied with the ropes of humiliation.”Saying 226HumilityAcknowledge a recent mistake openly to yourself or to the one affected.
- “Iman is a knowledge with the heart, an admission with the tongue, and an action according to the [Islamic] injunctions.”Saying 227Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “If one becomes sad about this world, he becomes angry with what Allah decrees. One who complains about a calamity that befell him, he complains against his Lord.”Saying 228Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Satisfaction suffices for wealth and good manners for a bliss. He (x) was asked about the meaning of this verse: "... We shall let him lead a good life." He (x) said, "It (good life) is satisfaction."”Saying 229Good ConductSoften your tone in one conversation where hardness is tempting.
- “Be partners of one to whom sustenance go for this is the best means for acquiring wealth and the most worthy of earning a good luck.”Saying 230WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Justice means equity, while kindness is doing others favors.”Saying 231JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “If one gives with the short hand, he will be given with the long one.”Saying 232CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “Do not invite anyone to a duel, but if you are called upon to duel, respond, because one who calls to a duel is an oppressor, and the oppressor is always defeated.”Saying 233JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “The best of women's attributes are the men's worst: self-conceit, cowardice and miserliness. So if a woman is self-conceited, she will not let one approach her (in bed). If she is miser, she safeguards her wealth and that of her husband. And if she is a coward, she is scared of anything displayed before her.”Saying 234Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “He is the one who puts everything in its right place. He (x) was then asked to describe the ignorant person, so he said, "I have just done so!"”Saying 235JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “By Allah! Your world is cheaper in my eyes than the intestines of a pig in the hands of leper.”Saying 236WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Some people worship Allah out of their desire (to worship Him). Such is the worship of traders. Some people worship Allah out of fear of Him; such is the worship of slaves. And some people worship Allah to thank Him; such is the worship of the free.”Saying 237WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “Woman is evil, and the worst of her evil is that we cannot do without her!”Saying 238WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “One who obeys postponements loses track of rights. One who obeys a taleteller loses friends.”Saying 239JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “A rock taken by force in the building of a house is a pawn for its destruction.”Saying 240WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The oppressed one's day (of judgment) is to the oppressor much more hard than the day of the oppressor against the oppressed.”Saying 241JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “If many answers crowd together, the truth is hidden.”Saying 242WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Fear Allah to some degree (even) though it may be little, and set a curtain between you and Allah (even) though it may be thin.”Saying 243WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “When replies are numerous, the correct point remains obscure.”Saying 244WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Surely in every blessing there is a right of Allah. If one carries out that right, Allah increases the blessing, and if one falls short of doing so, one stands in danger of losing the blessing.”Saying 245AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “When capability increases, desire decreases.”Saying 246Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Keep on guard against the slipping away of blessings because not everything that runs away comes back.”Saying 247AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “Generosity is more prompting to good than regard for kinship.”Saying 248CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “If a person has a good idea about you, make his idea come true.”Saying 249WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The best deed is that which you have to force yourself to do.”Saying 250Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “I came to know Allah, the Glorified One, through breaking determinations, a change of intentions and the loss of courage.”Saying 251SincerityPerform one good deed today quietly, seen only by Allah.
- “The sourness of this world is the sweetness of the next while the sweetness of this world is the sourness of the next.”Saying 252Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Allah has laid down iman (conviction) for purification from polytheism; salat (prayer) for purification from vanity; zakat as a means of livelihood; siyam (fasting) as a trial of the people; hajj for the honor of Islam; persuasion for good (al-amr bil-ma`ruf) for the good of the common people; dissuasion from evil (an-nahy `anil-munkar) for controlling the mischievous; regard for kinship for incre…”Saying 253WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “Anger is a kind of madness because the victim to it repents afterwards. If he does not repent his madness is confirmed.”Saying 256Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Health of body comes from paucity of envy.”Saying 257WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “O Kumayl! Direct your people to go out in the day to achieve noble traits and to go out in the night to meet the needs of those who might be sleeping, for I swear by the One Whose hearing extends to all voices, if someone pleases another's heart, Allah will create a special thing out of this pleasing so that whenever any hardship befalls him, it will come running like flowing water and drive away…”Saying 258PatienceSit with one difficulty today without rushing to escape it.
- “When you fall in destitution, trade with Allah through charity.”Saying 259CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “Faithfulness with faithless people is faithlessness with Allah, while faithlessness with faithless people is faithfulness with Allah.”Saying 260WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “There is many a man being gradually brought towards punishment by good treatment with him; many a man who remains in deceit because his evils are covered, and many a”Saying 261WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “One who holds authority is like one who rides a lion; he is envied for his status but he well knows it.”Saying 273LeadershipUse whatever authority you have today with mercy, not severity.
- “Do good with the bereaved ones of others so that good is done to your bereaved ones, too.”Saying 274WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “When the utterance of the wise is to the point, it serves as a cure, but if it is wrong, it acts like an illness.”Saying 275WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “O son of Adam! Do not inflict the worry of the day that has not yet come on the day which has already come because if that day is in your life, Allah will also bestow its livelihood.”Saying 277WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Have love for your friend up to a limit, for it is possible that he may turn into your enemy some day. And hate your enemy up to a limit, for it is possible that he may turn into your friend some day.”Saying 278WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “There are two kinds of workers in the world. One is a person who works in this world for this world and his work for this world keeps him unmindful of the next.”Saying 279Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “If my steps acquire firmness out of these slippery places, I will alter several things.”Saying 282WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Know with full conviction that Allah has not fixed for any person more livelihood than what has been ordained in the Book of Destiny, even though his means (of seeking it) may be great, his craving for it intense and his efforts for it acute.”Saying 283WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Do not turn your knowledge into ignorance or your conviction into doubt. When you gain knowledge act (upon it), and when you acquire conviction, proceed (on its basis).”Saying 284KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “Greed takes a person to the watering place but brings him back without letting him drink. It undertakes responsibility but does not fulfil it. Often, the drinker gets choked before he quenches his thirst. The greater the worth of a thing yearned for, the greater is the grief for its loss. Desires blind the eyes of understanding. The destined share will reach him who does not approach it.”Saying 285Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “O Allah! I seek Your protection from this: that I may appear to be good in the eyes of the people while my inward self may be sinful before You, and that I may guard myself (from sinning) only for show before the people although”Saying 286Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “I swear by the One Who let us pass the dark night after which there was a bright day that such and such266 did not happen.”Saying 287JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “A small action which is continued with regularity is more beneficial than a long one performed with grudge.”Saying 288WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “When optional issues stand in the way of obligatory ones, abandon them.”Saying 289WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever keeps in view the distance of the journey remains prepared.”Saying 290WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Perception by the eyes is not real observation because the eyes sometimes deceive people; but wisdom does not deceive whomsoever it counsels.”Saying 291WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Between you and preaching there is a curtain of deception.”Saying 292WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The ignorant among you get too much while the learned are just put off.”Saying 293KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “Knowledge dispels the excuse of those who advance excuses.”Saying 294KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “Anyone whom death overtakes early seeks time while the death of anyone who is deferred puts forth excuses for the postponement (of doing good deeds).”Saying 295Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “For every thing to which people say "how good!" there is an evil hidden in this world.”Saying 296Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “It is a dark path; do not tread upon it. It is a deep ocean; do not dive in it. And it is the secret of Allah; do not take trouble about (knowing) it.”Saying 297WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “When Allah intends to humiliate a person, He denies him knowledge.”Saying 298KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “In the past, I had a brother- in-faith267, and he was prestigious in my view because the world was humble in his eyes, the needs of the stomach did not have a sway over him.”Saying 299Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Even if Allah had not warned of chastisement on those who are disobedient to Him, it will be”Saying 300WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “O Ash`ath! If you grieve over your son, certainly it is the consequence of the blood relationship; but if you endure, then Allah provides recompense for every affliction.”Saying 301Trust in AllahName one worry and hand it, in prayer, to Allah.
- “Certainly endurance is good except about you. Fretting is bad except over you. And the affliction about you is great while every other affliction before or after it is small.”Saying 302PatienceSit with one difficulty today without rushing to escape it.
- “Do not associate with a fool because he will beautify his actions before you and wish that you, too, be like him.”Saying 303WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “A day's trip for the sun.”Saying 304WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Your friends are three and your enemies are (also) three. Your friends are: your friend, your friend's friend and your enemy's enemy. And your enemies are: your enemy, your friend's enemy and your enemy's friend.”Saying 305WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “How many are the objectives of lessons, but how few are those who take lessons!”Saying 307WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever goes too far in quarreling is a sinner, but if one falls short in it, one is oppressed, and it is difficult for a quarreling person to fear Allah.”Saying 308JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “I am not worried about a fault after which I get time to offer prayers in two units (rek`as) and beg safety from the wrath of Allah.”Saying 309WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “"How will Allah conduct the accounting of all persons despite their large number?" He replied: "Just as He provides them livelihood despite their large number." Then it was said to Him: "How will He conduct their accounting without their seeing Him?" He replied: "Just as He provides them with livelihood although they do not see Him."”Saying 310Trust in AllahName one worry and hand it, in prayer, to Allah.
- “Your messenger is the interpreter of your intelligence while your letter is more eloquent in expressing your true self.”Saying 311Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “People are the progeny of the world and none can be blamed for loving the mother.”Saying 313Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “The destitute person is a messenger of Allah. Whoever denies him denies Allah, and whoever gives him gives Allah.”Saying 314CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “A self-respecting man never commits adultery.”Saying 315Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “The fixed limit of life is enough to remain watchful.”Saying 316WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “A man can sleep over the death of his child but cannot sleep over the loss of his property.”Saying 317Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Mutual affection between fathers creates a relationship between the sons. Relationship is more in need of affection than affection is for a relationship.”Saying 318WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Be afraid of the thoughts of believers because Allah, the most Exalted One, has placed the truth on their tongues.”Saying 319Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “The belief of a person cannot be regarded as true unless his trust in what is with Allah is more than his trust in what he himself has.”Saying 320Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Sometimes the hearts advance [towards their Creator] and sometimes they retreat. When they advance, get them to perform the optional [acts of worship] (as well). But when they retreat, keep them confined to only what is obligatory.”Saying 322WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “The Quran contains news about the past, foretelling about the future and commandments for the present.”Saying 323WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Throw a stone in return from where one comes to you because evil can be met only with evil.”Saying 324WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Put cotton flake in the ink pot, keep the nib of your pen long, leave some space between the lines and close up the letters because this is good for the beauty of the writing.”Saying 325WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “I am the ya`s�b (leader) of the believers, while wealth is the leader of the wicked.”Saying 326LeadershipUse whatever authority you have today with mercy, not severity.
- “"With what did you overpower your adversaries?" He answered:”Saying 328WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “"O my son! I fear lest destitution overtakes you. So, you should seek Allah's protection from it because destitution is [an indication of] a deficiency in religious beliefs, perplexity of intelligence, and it is conducive to hatred of obstinate people."”Saying 329WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Beware of disobeying Allah in solitude because the Witness (of that situation) is also the Judge.”Saying 334AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “The age up to which Allah accepts any excuse for a human being is sixty years.”Saying 336WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “One whose sin overpowers him is never victorious, and whoever secures victory by evil means is (in fact) vanquished.”Saying 337AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “Allah, the Glorified One, has fixed the livelihood of the destitute in the wealth of the rich. Consequently, whenever a destitute remains hungry, it is because some rich person has denied (him his share). Allah, the Sublime, will question them [the rich] about it.”Saying 338WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Not to be in need of putting forth an excuse is better than putting forth a true excuse.”Saying 339WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The least right of Allah on you is that you should not make use of His favors in committing His sins.”Saying 340JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “When the disabled fall short in performing acts of obedience to Allah, the Glorified One, it is a good opportunity given by Allah for the intelligent to perform such acts.”Saying 341CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “The sovereign is the watchman of Allah on earth.”Saying 342WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “If a man happens to see the end of (his) life and his final fate, he will begin hating desires and their deception.”Saying 344Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “There are two shares in the property of every person: heirs and accidents.”Saying 345WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The person who is approached with a request is free till he makes a promise.”Saying 346WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is just heard. The one that is heard does not give benefit unless it is absorbed.”Saying 348KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “Correctness of decisions goes together with power. One emerges with the other's emergence and disappears when the other disappears.”Saying 349WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The beauty of destitution is chastity and the beauty of riches is gratitude.”Saying 350WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The day of justice will be more severe on the oppressor than the day of oppression on the oppressed.”Saying 351JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “The biggest wealth is that one should not have an eye on what others possess.”Saying 352WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Utterances are preserved and actions are to be tired. "Every soul, for what it earned, is pawned" (Quran, 74: 38). People are to be made deficient (as regarding their bodies) and meddled with (as regarding their minds) except those whom Allah protects.”Saying 353WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “O folks! Fear Allah, for there is many a man who aspires for what he does not get, many a builder of a house who does not live to occupy it, and many a collector of that”Saying 354WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Lack of access to sins is also a kind of chastity.”Saying 355Good ConductSoften your tone in one conversation where hardness is tempting.
- “The dignity of your face is solid, but begging dissolves it; therefore, look carefully before whom you dissolve it.”Saying 356WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “To praise more than what is due is sycophancy; to do it less is either because of inability to speak or of envy.”Saying 357Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “One who sees his own shortcomings abstains from looking into other's shortcomings. Whoever feels happy with the livelihood with which Allah provides him does not grieve over what he misses. Whoever draws out the sword of rebellion gets killed by it. Whoever strives without means perishes. Whoever enters the depths gets drowned. Whoever visits places of ill-repute receives blame.”Saying 359Trust in AllahName one worry and hand it, in prayer, to Allah.
- “The oppressor among the people has three signs: He oppresses his superior by disobeying him, and his junior by imposing his authority and he tops other oppressors.”Saying 360JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “At the extremity of hardship comes relief, and at the tightening of the chains of tribulation comes ease.”Saying 361PatienceSit with one difficulty today without rushing to escape it.
- “Do not devote much of your activity to your wife and children because if your wife and children are lovers of Allah, then He will not leave His lovers without caring for them. And if they are enemies of Allah, then why should you worry and keep yourself busy about the enemies of Allah?”Saying 362Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “The greatest defect is when you are concerned about the defect (in others) which is already present in yourself.”Saying 363Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “O people! Let Allah see you fearing at the time of happiness just as you fear Him at the time of distress. Certainly, whoever is given ease (of life) and does not consider it as a means of slow approach to tribulation (wrongly) considers himself as safe against what is to be feared while whoever is afflicted with straitened circumstances but does not perceive them to be a trial loses to a coveted reward.”Saying 368Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “O slaves of desires! Cut them short because whoever leans on the world gets nothing out of it except the pain of hardships. O people! Take upon yourselves to train your own souls and turn away from the dictates of your natural inclinations.”Saying 369Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Do not regard an expression uttered by any person as evil if you can find it capable of bearing some good.”Saying 370WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “If you have a need from Allah, the Glorified One, then begin by seeking Allah's blessing on His Messenger, may Allah bless him and his descendants, then ask your need, because Allah is too generous to accept one (seeking His blessing on His Messenger) of the two requests made to Him while denying the other.”Saying 371AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “Whoever is jealous of his esteem should keep from quarreling.”Saying 372WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “To make haste before the proper time or to delay after a proper opportunity, in either case there is folly.”Saying 373WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Do not ask about things which may not happen because you have enough to worry about with what already happens.”Saying 374WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Imagination is a clear mirror, and the taking of lessons (from things around you) provides warning and counsel. It is enough for improving yourself that you should avoid what you consider as bad in others.”Saying 375Trust in AllahName one worry and hand it, in prayer, to Allah.
- “Knowledge is associated with action. Therefore, whoever knows should act [upon it] because knowledge calls for action. If there is a response, well and good; otherwise, it (i.e. knowledge) departs from him.”Saying 376KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “O people! The wealth of this world is broken into sorts that may bring an epidemic; therefore, keep off this grazing land.”Saying 377Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Allah, the Glorified One, has laid down rewards for obedience to Him and punishment for committing sins against Him in order to save men from His chastisement and to drive them towards Paradise.”Saying 378AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “A time will come when nothing will remain of the Qur'an except its writing and nothing of Islam except its name. The mosques in such days will be busy with regard to construction but desolate with regard to guidance.”Saying 379WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “There is no distinction higher than Islam, no honor more honorable than fear of Allah, no asylum better than self-restraint, no intercessor more effective than repentance, no treasure more precious than contentment, and no wealth is a bigger”Saying 381Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “O Jabir! The mainstay of religion and the world are four persons: The scholar who acts upon his knowledge, the ignorant person who does not feel ashamed of learning, the generous person who is not niggardly in his favors, and the destitute who does not sell his next life for his worldly benefits.”Saying 382KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “Certainly, right is weighty and wholesome while wrong is light and epidemic.”Saying 386JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “Do not feel safe from the punishment of Allah even about the best man in the whole community because Allah, the Sublime, says: "But none feels secure from the plan of Allah save the people (who are the) losers" (Quran, 7: 99). Again, do not lose hope even for the worst man of the community because Allah, the Sublime One, says: "Verily, none despair from Allah's mercy save the disbelieving people" (Quran, 12: 87).”Saying 387WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Miserliness contains all other evil vices and is the rein with which one can be led to every evil.”Saying 388WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “O son of Adam! Livelihood is of two kinds: The livelihood which you seek and the livelihood which seeks you; if you do not reach it, it will reach you. Therefore, do not turn your one day's worry into a year's worry. Whatever you get every day should be enough for you for the day. If you”Saying 389Good ConductSoften your tone in one conversation where hardness is tempting.
- “Many a man faces a day after which he finds no day, and many a man is in an enviable status in the earlier part of the night but is mourned by wailing women in its later part.”Saying 390WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Words are in your control till you have not uttered them. But when you have spoken them, you are under their control. Therefore, guard your tongue as you guard your gold and silver, for often one expression snatches away a blessing and invites a penalty.”Saying 391Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “Do not say what you do not know; rather, do not say all that you know because Allah has laid down some obligations for all your limbs by means of which He will put forth arguments against you on the Day of Judgement.”Saying 392AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “Fear lest Allah should see you committing His sins or misses you when it is time to obey Him and, as a result, you will become a loser. Therefore, when you are strong, be strong in obeying Allah, and when you are weak, be weak in committing sins against Allah.”Saying 393AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “Leaning towards this world despite what you see of it is a folly, and lagging behind in doing good deeds when you are convinced of good reward for them is an obvious loss, while trusting in everyone before trying is a weakness.”Saying 394Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “It is (the proof of the) humbleness of the world before Allah that He is disobeyed only herein and His favors cannot be achieved except by renouncing it.”Saying 395Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “One who is in search of something will obtain it, at least some of it.”Saying 396WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “That good is no good after which there is the Fire, and that hardship is no hardship after which there is Paradise. Every bliss other than Paradise is minor, and every calamity other than the Fire is comfort.”Saying 397PatienceSit with one difficulty today without rushing to escape it.
- “Beware that destitution is a calamity, but worse than destitution is ailment of the body, while worse than bodily ailment is the disease of the heart. Beware that plenty of wealth is a blessing, but better than plenty of wealth is the health of the body, while still better than the health of the body is the purity of the heart.”Saying 398AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “"Anyone whose his action keeps him behind, his lineage cannot push him forward." In another version, it is expressed thus: "Whoever misses his own personal attainments cannot gain any benefit from his forefathers' attainments."”Saying 399WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The believer's time has three periods: The period when he is in communion with Allah, the period when he manages for his livelihood, and the period when he is free to enjoy what is lawful and pleasant. It does not behoove a wise person to be away (from his house) save for three matters, namely: for the purposes of learning, or going for something for the next life, or for enjoying what is not prohibited.”Saying 400WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Abstain from the world so that Allah may show you its real evils, and do not be neglectful because (in any case) you will not be neglected.”Saying 401Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Speak so that you may be known, since man is hidden under his tongue.”Saying 402Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “Take of the favors of the world whatever comes to you and keep away from what keeps away from you. If you cannot do so, be moderate in your pursuits.”Saying 403Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Many an expression is more effective than an onslaught.”Saying 404WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Every small thing that is contented upon suffices.”Saying 405Trust in AllahName one worry and hand it, in prayer, to Allah.
- “Let it be death but not humiliation. Let it be little but not through others. Whoever does not get while sitting will not get by standing either. The world has two days: one for you and the other against you. When the day is for you, do not feel proud, but when it is against you, endure it.”Saying 406Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “The best scent is musk, its weight is light while its smell is sweet.”Saying 407WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Put off boasting, give up self-conceit and remember your grave.”Saying 408HumilityAcknowledge a recent mistake openly to yourself or to the one affected.
- “The child has a right on the father while the father, too, has a right on the child. The right of the father on the child is that the latter should obey the former in every matter save in committing sins against Allah, the Glorified One, while the right of the child on the father is that the latter should give the first a beautiful name, provide him with good training and teach him the Quran..”Saying 409JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “Evil effect of sight is right, charm is right, sorcery is right, and fa'l (auguring good) is right, while tayrah (auguring evil)282 is not right, and spreading of a disease from one to the other is not right. Scent gives pleasure, honey gives pleasure, riding gives pleasure and looking at greenery gives pleasure.”Saying 410JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “Nearness with people in their manners brings about safety from their evil.”Saying 411Good ConductSoften your tone in one conversation where hardness is tempting.
- “Whoever hankers after contraries gets no means of success.”Saying 413WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “It is good for the rich to show humility before the poor to seek rewards from Allah, but better than that is the pride of the poor towards the rich with trust in Allah.”Saying 416HumilityAcknowledge a recent mistake openly to yourself or to the one affected.
- “Allah does not grant wisdom to a person except that some day He will save him from ruin with its help.”Saying 417WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever clashes with the truth will be knocked down by it.”Saying 418WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The heart is the book of the eye.”Saying 419WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Fear of Allah is the chief trait of the human character.”Saying 420TaqwaChoose one action today where God-consciousness changes your decision.
- “Do not try the sharpness of your tongue against the One Who gave you the power to speak, nor the eloquence of your speech against the One Who set you on the right path.”Saying 421Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “It is enough for your own discipline that you abstain from what you dislike from others.”Saying 422Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “One should endure like free people; otherwise, one should keep quite like the ignorant.”Saying 423WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “It deceives, it harms and it passes away. Allah, the Sublime, did not approve it as a reward for His lovers nor as a punishment for His enemies. In fact, the people of this world are like those riders that as soon as they descended, the driver called out to them and they marched off.”Saying 424Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “O my son! Do not leave anything of this world behind you because you will be leaving it for either of two sorts of persons: a person who uses it in obeying Allah, in this case he will acquire virtue through what was evil for you, or a person who uses it in disobeying Allah and, in that case, he will be reaping evil with what you collected for him.”Saying 425Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Clemency is (like) kinsfolk.”Saying 427WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “How wretched the son of Adam is! His death is hidden, his ailments are concealed, his actions are preserved, the bite of a mosquito pains him, choking cause his death and sweat gives him a bad smell.”Saying 428Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Suffices you if your wisdom distinguishes for you the ways of going astray from those of guidance.”Saying 430WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Do good and do not regard any part of it small because its small is big and its little is much. None of you should say that "Another person is more deserving than me" in doing good. Otherwise, by Allah, it will really be so. There are people of good and evil. When you leave either of the two, others will perform it.”Saying 431WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever mends his inward self, Allah mends his outward self. Whoever performs acts for the sake of his religion, Allah accomplishes his acts of this world. Anyone whose dealings between himself and Allah are good, Allah turns the dealings between him and other people good, too.”Saying 432Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Forbearance is a covering curtain, and wisdom is a sharp sword. Therefore, conceal the weaknesses in your conduct with forbearance and kill your desires with your wisdom.”Saying 433WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “There are some creatures of Allah whom Allah particularly chooses for His favors so that they may be of benefit to other people. Therefore, He keeps such favors in their hands so long as they give them out to others. But when they deny them to others, He takes away the favors from them and gives them to others.”Saying 434CharityGive something — time, money, forgiveness — before you are asked.
- “It does not behoove a man to have trust in two things: health and riches, because there is many a man whom you see healthy but he soon falls and many a man whom you see rich but soon turns destitute.”Saying 435WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever complains about a need to a believer, it is as though he has complained about it to Allah. But whoever complains about it to an unbeliever, it is as though he complained about Allah.”Saying 436WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “It is an `Id for anyone whose fast is accepted by Allah and for whose prayers He is grateful, and (in fact) every day wherein no sin against Allah is committed is an `Id.”Saying 437WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “On the Day of Judgement, the greatest regret will be felt by the man who earned wealth through sinful ways, although it is inherited by a person who spends it in obeying Allah, the Glorified One, and he will be awarded Paradise on that account while the first one will be dragged into the Fire on its account.”Saying 438AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “The worst in bargaining and the most unsuccessful in striving is a man who exerts himself in seeking riches although fate does not help him in his aims and, consequently, he goes from this world in a sorrowful state while in the next world, too, he will face its ill consequences.”Saying 439Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Livelihood is of two kinds: the seeker and the sought. Therefore, whoever hankers after this world, death traces him till it turns him out of it. But whoever hankers after the next world, worldly ease itself seeks him till he receives his livelihood from it.”Saying 440Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “The lovers of Allah are those who look at the inward side of the world, while the other people look at its outward side. They occupy themselves with its most remote benefits while the other people occupy themselves with the immediate benefits.”Saying 441Dunya & HereafterDo one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
- “Remember that pleasures will pass away while the consequences will stay.”Saying 442WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Try (a man) and you will hate him!”Saying 443WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “It is not that Allah, to Whom belongs Might and Majesty, may keep the door of gratitude open for a person and close the door of plenty upon him, or to open the door of prayer to a person and close the door of acceptance upon him, or to open the door of repentance on a person and close the door of forgiveness upon him.”Saying 444WorshipDedicate a few minutes today to sincere, unhurried worship.
- “The most appropriate person for an honorable status is whoever descends from the people of honor.”Saying 445WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “"Which of the two is better: justice or generosity?" Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (x) replied: "Justice puts things in their places while generosity takes them out from their directions. Justice is the general caretaker, while generosity is a particular benefit. Consequently, justice is superior and more distinguished of the two."”Saying 446JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “People are enemies of what they do not know.”Saying 447WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The whole of asceticism is confined between two expressions of the Quran: Allah, the Glorified One, says: "... lest you should distress yourselves because of what you miss and”Saying 448WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “What a breaker is sleep for the resolutions of the day!”Saying 449WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Governing power is the proving ground for people.”Saying 450WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “No town has a greater right on you than the other. The best town for you is that which bears you.”Saying 451JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “A little that lasts is better than much that brings grief.”Saying 453WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “If a man possesses a revealing quality, wait and see his other qualities.”Saying 454WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever trades without knowing the rules of religious law will be involved in usury.”Saying 456WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever regards small distresses as big, Allah involves him in big ones.”Saying 457WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Whoever maintains his own respect in view, his desires appear light to him.”Saying 458Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Whenever a man cuts a joke, he separates himself away a bit from his wit.”Saying 459Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Your turning away from the one who inclines towards you is a loss of your share of advantage, while your inclining towards one who turns away from you is self- humiliation.”Saying 460Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Riches and destitution will follow presentation before Allah.”Saying 461WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Al-Zubayr remained a man from our house till his wretched son `Abdullah came forth.”Saying 462WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “What has a man to do with vanity? His origin is semen, his end is a carcass, while he cannot feed”Saying 463WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “"Any group of them that did not proceed on the same lines in such a way that we can know the height of their glory, but if it has to be done, then it is `al-Malik ad-Dillil'".”Saying 464WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Is there no free man who can leave this chewed morsel (of the world) to those who like it? Certainly, the only price for your souls is Paradise. Therefore, do not sell your soul except for Paradise.”Saying 465Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Two greedy persons never get satisfied: the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of this world.”Saying 466KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “Belief means that you should prefer truth (even) when it harms you rather than falsehood (even) when it benefits you, that your words should not be more than your action and that you should fear Allah when speaking about others.”Saying 467Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “Destiny holds sway over (our) predetermination till effort itself brings about ruin.”Saying 468Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Forbearance and endurance are twins and they are the product of high courage.”Saying 469PatienceSit with one difficulty today without rushing to escape it.
- “Backbiting is the tool of the helpless.”Saying 470WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Many a man gets into mischief because of being spoken well of.”Saying 471WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “This world has been created for other than itself and has not been created for itself.”Saying 472Self-DisciplineIdentify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
- “Banu Umayyah (the Umayyads) have a fixed period (mirwad) wherein they are having their way. But when differences arise among them, even if the hyena attacks them, it will overpower them.”Saying 473WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The eye is the strap of the rear.”Saying 475WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “A ruler came to power over them. He remained upright and made them upright till the entire religion put its bosom on the ground.”Saying 476JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “A severe time will come to people wherein the rich will seize their possessions with their teeth (by way of miserliness) although they have not been commanded to do so.”Saying 477WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Two types of persons will fall into ruin on my account: One who loves me and exaggerates, and the other who lays on me false and baseless blames.”Saying 478AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “Unity means that you do not subject Him to the limitations of your imagination, while justice”Saying 479JusticeGive one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
- “There is no good in silence about matters involving wisdom just as there is no good in speaking with ignorance.”Saying 480Speech & SilenceBefore speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
- “"O Lord! Send us rain by submissive clouds, not by unruly ones."”Saying 481WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “The fighter in the way of Allah who gets martyred will not get a greater reward than whoever remains chaste despite means. It is possible that a chaste person may become one of the angels.”Saying 483WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “Contentment is a wealth that is not exhausted.”Saying 484Trust in AllahName one worry and hand it, in prayer, to Allah.
- “The worst sin is that which the one who commits it takes it lightly.”Saying 486AccountabilityTonight, account for one action before Allah does.
- “Allah has not made it obligatory on the ignorant to learn till He has made it obligatory on the learned to teach.”Saying 487KnowledgeLearn one beneficial thing today and act on it tonight.
- “The worst comrade is he for whom formality has to be observed.”Saying 488WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
- “"If a believer enrages (ihtashama) his brother, it means that he will leave him."”Saying 489WisdomSlow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?