Fascinating Discourses of the 14 Infallibles (AS), (Islamic Propagation Organization, Translated by Javed Iqbal Qazilbash Ansariyan Publi...
Fascinating Discourses of the 14 Infallibles (AS),
(Islamic Propagation Organization, Translated by Javed Iqbal Qazilbash Ansariyan Publications)
Fifth Imam Mohammad Baqir (a.s)
1) The one who goes to an oppressor & tyrant ruler & instruct him to acquire piety & scares him & admonishes, preaches & exhorts him he would have a reward similar & equivalent to both weighty beings the mankind & the jinn & the Similar (quantity) of their good deeds. Biharul Anwaar Vol 75 Pg 375
2) Islam is founded & based upon five things The maintaining of services & the living out of alms & the hajj of the house of Allah (kabah) & the fasting of Ramadhan month & guardian ship of us the ahlulbayt {( house hold of the holy prophet(s.a.w) )} so in the four of those there exists excuse (leave and permission) but in ( accepting & believing) guardianship no room for excuse or allowance has been given. And for the person who does not posses wealth, there exists no zakat,(alms giving) & the one who is devoid of wealth does not have to perform Hajj.
And the one who is ill offer his prayer sitting & may not observe fast. Nonetheless, guardianships is binding 7 obligatory while he is healthy or ill or whether he is rich & wealthy or possessing no wealth ( wasail u shia vol 1 pg 14
3) Allah revealed to Shoaib (a.s) "I will chastise one hundred thousand persons out of your community, forty thousands of their evils & wicked ones & sixty thousands from the pious ones among them...
so he said "Of lord, these ( forty thousands) are the evils one so what for these pious (are to be tormented)?
Thus Allah (subhanahoo) revealed to him saying " for the reason that those pious ones coaxed & blandished the people of sin during their social inter courses they showed adaptability & sociability to the sinners and did not become angry with them for the sake of my anger & displeasure ie ( they did not perform the duty of ordering the good deeds & forbidding the evils doings.) (Mishkat ul anwaar P 51)
4) The obedience of Imam following his recognition is the loftiest apex & peak & he most worthy of stations & the key to the religion,& gate way & door to the affairs & pleasure of merciful (Allah).
More over, if a man keeps standing whole night for prayers & keeps on fasting during the day & gives out all his wealth as Alms & perform Hajj all the years of his life and does not recognize the guardianship of the saint of Allah so as to love him & perform all his practices under his guidance & leadership, he does not have any right out of his rewards & he is not among the faithful.( wasail u shia vol 1 pg 91)
5) And do know that you will not become our friend until ( such time ) that if all the inhabitants of your city collectively form his opinion about you & say indeed you are a bad person" This saying of them does not make you sorrowful & if they say "Indeed you are a pious man" this does not make you glad. And but you compare yourself with the book of Allah.
So if you are traverser of it's way , pious in it's pieties ( where ever you are demanded & require to be pious), prone and inclined towards its persuasion, afraid of it's intimidation & threatening, so remain firm. And glad tidings for you because what they (people) say about you shall not harm you.
TUHFUL AQOOL P 284)
6) Suleman bin khalid narrates Abi jafer Imam Mohammad baqir (a.s) said ( may i not inform you about the Islam's principle, it's derivatives & it's submit, apex & hump?" I said "Yes why not, I may lay my life for you.
He said " However, it's principle is service & it's derivatives is Alms giving & it's peak & submit is jehad (holy war). then he said " If you please I may inform you regarding the door of beneficence"
I said "Yes. I may lay my life for you.
He said "fasting is a shield against (hell) fire & charity & dole removes & finishes sin ,& so does the remembrance of Allah in the mid night.
Ussol al kafi Vol 2 Pg 23
7) The person who serves Allah according to the religion so putting himself in great inconvenience & hardship for it & does not have (submit to) an imam fixed by Allah then his endeavor is unaccepted (rejected). And he is a lost, gone astray & wondering person in (a state of) perplexity. And Allah is the enemy of his practices. And his example is that of a sheep which has lost her shepherd & herd & remains wandering hither & thither, all the day long. There after (the night) when the shepherd drives the herd she again gets astonished & perplexed not finding her own shepherd & herd. And (again) finds a shepherd with a herd (only) to mistakenly join it & the shepherd having seen her shouts at her asking her to go & join its own herd since, she has lost her shepherd & herd. And she is amazed & at a loss to know what to do? She being afraid of the wolf is running this way & that way. She does not have her shepherd to lead her to her meadow or tum her back. In the mean while,the wolf valuing & esteeming the opportunity to eat her up.
And oh Mohammad, By Allah similarly, anybody in this Ummah & community too, who starts a morning in a condition that he does not believe in the imam appointed by Allah, an imam who is evident apparent, just & equitable he will start the morning in a condition that he is gone astray & preplexed.And if he dies in this (very) condition he will die a death of infidelity & hypocrisy. Usool al kafi Vol 2 Pg 124
8) The person who loves for the sake of Allah & detests & despises for the sake of Allah & gives for the sake of Allah is among those whose faith has achieved completion. Usool al kafi Vol 2 Pg 124
9) Jabir narrates that Imam Abi jafer said to me " Oh jabir Does it suffice that a person claims to be shia & that he says he loves us, the ahlulbayt (house hold of the holy prophet (s.a.w)?
By Allah no one is our shia except that he has piety for Allah (guard himself against sin) & obeys him.
They (shias) are not known & recognized except for their humility , modesty, fear of Allah & submission, trustworthiness & trustablity, abundance & plenty of remembrance of Allah, fasting, service , kindness to the parents, looking after the poor neighbors & afflicted people except mentioning them with goodness & beneficence. and they are the trustees for their tribes in all the affairs. Usool al kafi Vol 2 Pg 84
10) Indeed faithful is the one who, when pleased & glad his pleasure does not make him enter into sin & falsehood (He does not commit any sin while happy). And when unhappy & angry his anger does not oust him from the world of righteousness.
(He does not abandon the right course) And when he gains power, his power does not make him commit excess & oression & make him go for a thing upon which he does not have any right. Usool al kafi Vol 2 Pg 234
11) There is no servant except that there exists a white spot upon his heart. So when he commits a sin a black spot arises into that white spot.
so when he repents this black spot moves away. and if he continues on committing sins the blackness of this spot increases till such time it overwhelms & over rides the whitess.when the whiteness is covered over (By the blackness) the owner of it (heart) does never at all returns towards beneficence & goodness. And This is what Allah means when he says:
Nay! rather , what they used to do has become like a rust upon their hearts. Sura e mutafafin verse 14 , Usool al kafi Vol 73 Pg 332
12) Indeed, when a man earns the wealth from haram (prohibited source) . no Hajj , No umra & no strengthening of his blood kinship is never at all accepted & approved. By Almighty god. Biharul Anwaar Vol 75 Pg 375
13) The completion, entire completion of a man lies in understanding & appreciating the religion ( the necessary laws of & principles of jurisprudence), the patience & forbearance upon the occurrence of incidents & appraisements & assessment of (his) economy. TUHFUL AQOOL P 292)
14) There are three hinges out of the completion & worth's & values of the world & here after: 1) Forgiving the one who has committed excess & aggression against you. 2) Joining the one who cuts off relations & ties with you. 3) Forbearance & tolerance for the one who committed a folly & showed insane behavior & conducts towards you.. TUHFUL AQOOL P 293
15) Allah dislikes & hates the importunately soliciting & urging of men to the other men for some problems (needs, wants, desires) & He approves & loves it for himself. TUHFUL AQOOL P 293
16) The scholar whose Knowledge is made use of & benefited from, is worthier & more virtuous than seventy thousand worshippers & adorers. TUHFUL AQOOL P 294
17) I recommend you to have five virtues. 1) If you have undergone oppression & tyranny, you do not oppress. 2) If dishonesty has been committed with you, do not commit dishonesty. 3) If you have been falsified & contradicted do not get annoyed annoyed and vexed. 4) If you have been praised do not get pleased & glad. 5) And if you are vilified & disparaged do not be impatient & apprehensive.
And do contemplate & ponder about what is said about you so if you deserve & come to know about something which exist in you (vice) then do know that to loose your honor & falling down in Allah's view for a right & just thing is much more of a greater & graver calamity than loosing respect in the eyes of people. And if your condition is contrary to what has been said about you, then you have earned a reward & recompense short of any physical strain. TUHFUL AQOOL P 284
18 ) Certainly, Allah grants this material world to the one whom he loves & the one whom despises. And he does not bestow his religion to anyone except to whom he loves. TUHFUL AQOOL P300
19) Beware! Caution! Do not acquire enmity because it rotten & turns the heart evil & causes to develop hypocrisy. AIMATANA VOL 1 P 363 Narrated from book Hilayat ul auliya
20) Indeed, the most terrifically sorry of all the people on the resurrection day will be the servant who defines & shows the way of justice to the people & himself opposes it. TUHFUL AQOOL P 298
21) be careful, Do not put off & evade (the obligatory actions because this is an ocean in which, all those perished, get drowned. And Beware of neglectfulness, since, it causes the hardening & stiffening of hearts. And be careful of slackness & sluggishness, unless you have an excuses & reason for it, since those who repent take refuge in it. And revert back the past sins committed, by intensity of shamefulness, repentance & abundance of penitence & imploring forgiveness. And attract the mercy, forgiveness of Allah through nicety & beauty of reference (purity of prayers). And to lay hands upon decency of reference get the help of pure prayers &sublimation in the darkness of night.
And get the purification and thankfulness by considering the small amount of sustenance as great & thinking great amount of (your) services as meager & small. And attract the abundance of benevolences & beneficences through greatness of thanks giving.TUHFUL AQOOL P 285
22) There are three things the owner (committer) of whom does not die until he finds & reaches their punishment.
1) Oppression & cruelty. 2) Rupture & desertion on one's blood kinship. 3) False oath, which is a war against Allah.
And connecting & joining the kinship is an act which gets the quickest of rewards & indeed there is a community which consists of transgressors but their wealth gets exhoberent & increased & they become rich & wealthy by virtue of joining the kinship. And the false oath & desertion of blood kinship turns the cities along with their inhabitants vacated & deserted (by death) of their inhabitants & dwellers. TUHFUL AQOOL P 294
23) Whoever's tongue utters the truth, his practice becomes purified & and the one whose intention is decent & good, his Sustenance boost up and increases. And who ever adopts a decent & nice attitude & behavior with his family his life be lengthens. TUHFUL AQOOL P 295
24) Beware of sluggishness, annoyance & impatience since there are the keys of all the evils. The person who commits sluggishness & slackness never at all discharges any right & the one who gets impatient & restless, does never at all remains patient over the right. TUHFUL AQOOL P 295
25) Humility & humbleness (means) is to be pleased & contented with sitting in, an assembly at a place lower than ones status & honor & saluting anybody one meets & abandoning dispute even if one is right. TUHFUL AQOOL P 296
26) Indeed, faithful is the brother of faithful. He does not abuse him & does not deprive him & does not mistrust & develop a bad opinion about him. TUHFUL AQOOL P 296
27) No body remains safe from sin unless he guards his tongue.TUHFUL AQOOL P 298
28) Indeed, Allah hates & despises the curser, rebuker & sarcastic of faithful (those who curse, rebuke & gives sarcastic remarks about faithful) TUHFUL AQOOL P 300
29) Mohammad Bin Muslim says Imam Mohammad Baqir (a.s) said to me, Oh Mohammad know it that the oppressive leaders (rulers) & their followers are ousted & purgates from the religion on Allah. They have gone astray, distracted & made the people go astray. So their practices are like ashes which are dispersed & blown up by winds on a stormy & squally day. They can not lay hands upon what they have achieved; this is the same remote & distances deviation & aberration. Ussol al kafi Vol 1 Pg 375
30) Indeed, Allah has hidden three things in three others. His pleasures in his obedience, so of course, do not belittle anything from his obedience, since His pleasure may be in the same one.
And Allah has concealed his wrather & anger in his sin. So of course do not belittle & count any sin as small. May be the wrath of Allah is in it. And he has concealed his friends & saints among the people, so do not belittle & look down upon any one perhaps he may be the friend & saint of Allah.Biharul Anwaar Vol 78 Pg 188
31) Consider the world as an abode where in you have dropped down for an hour & then you have got to leave it & go ahead or (suppose it) like the wealth which you lay hands upon in the dream & get over joyed & glad. Then you wake up to find yourself empty handed. TUHFUL AQOOL P 287
32) Three things are back breaking:1) A person who forgets his sins. 2) A person who is pleased with his opinion and views (considering it superior) 3) A person who considers his practice as exhoberent. TUHFUL AQOOL P 294
33) he one whose appearance & apparent looks are better than his interior condition his scale of practice is light (weightless) TUHFUL AQOOL P 294
