Imam Muhammad Ibn Ali Taqi Al Jawad sayings * The trust in Allah is the price of everything that is precious and the ladder to every goal which is high & sublime.

* One who follows his desire, concedes to the wishes of his enemy.

* Do not be an apparent friend of Allah in open and a secret enemy of his in private. As a man asked him for an advice, Imam al-Jawad (A.S.) said: Put your head on steadfastness, embrace poverty, reject the lusts, oppose your passions, and know that you cannot be out of Allah's sight. Consider how you should behave, then.

Allah revealed to one of His prophets: Your asceticism will give you comfort. Your devotion to Me will endear you to Me. But, did you antagonize My enemies and cherish My disciples?

It was related that highway robbers stole the large amounts of cloth that belonged to Imam al-Jawad (A.S.). The head of the caravan sent the Imam a message in which he informed him of that news. The Holy Imam (A.S.) answered him: Our souls and riches are within the pleasant gifts and the deposited loans of Allah Who makes us enjoy some of them pleasantly and delightedly and seizes whatever He wills with rewards and merits. He whosever intolerance overcomes his steadfastness will waste his rewards. Allah protect us against so.

He who detested a matter that he witnessed is as same as those who were absent from it, and he who was absent from a matter that he loved is, as same as those who witnessed it.

He whoever listens to a caller is serving him. If the caller was Allah's representative, he is then serving Allah. If the caller was the Shaitan's representative, he is then serving the Shaitan.

Dawud-bin-al-Qasim related: I asked Imam al-Jawad(A.S.) about the meaning of 'Samad'. He said: Everything that lacks navel is 'Samad'. I said that people claim that 'Samad' is everything that lacks interior. Imam al-Jawad(A.S.) commented: Everything that lacks interior lacks navel.

Abu-Hashim al-Ja'fari related: On the wedding day of Imam al-Jawad (A.S.) and Ummul-Fadhl, daughter of Al-Ma'mun. I said: O master, the blessing of this day is clearly great for us. The Holy Imam (A.S.) replied: O Abu-Hashim, Allah's blessings in this day have been great for us. "Yes, master," I said, "What should I say about the day?" Imam al-Jawad (A.S.) answered: Say only good things about the day so that you will be given from these good things. "Master," I said, "I will follow this instruction completely." Imam al-Jawad (A.S.) said: You will be guided to the right and you will see only the good if you adhere to this instruction.

Imam al-Jawad(A.S.) wrote to one of his disciples: We are only ladling from this world. He whose belief and religion are the same as his acquaintance will surely accompany the acquaintance everywhere. The life to come is surely the remaining abode.

A cameleer who took Imam al-Jawad (A.S.) from Medina to Al-Kufa asked for more money after the Imam had given him four hundred dinars. The Holy Imam (A.S.) said: How strange this is! Do you not know that Allah's increasing gifts will be stopped when the servants stop showing Him gratitude?

"Toba" depends upon four things: sincere regrets, verbal "istighfar", deeds and determination never to repeat the sin.

Don't pretend to be Allah's servant and be His enemy in privacy.

Don't be God's friend in appearance and his enemy in secret.

Sincerity is the best of all worships.

Relying on Allah is the price of every valuable thing and the ladder to every treasured thing.

To show a matter before preparing for it properly is spoiling it.

Love is attracted due to three traits: being just in social dealings, assisting others in hardships and having a pure heart.

Four things are required to do anything: health, independence, knowledge and divine assistance.

Three deeds are performed by the believers: following the wajibaat, abstaining from sins, and not neglecting the religion.

Whoever had three thing, will never regret: 1 - Refraining from haste, 2 - Consulting 3 - and depending upon God when decision making.

Our wealth and soul are of God's pleasant gifts (to us) and deposited trusts, they cause happiness and pleasure as long as we enjoy them, and reward is for whatever is taken (from us), so whose grief overcome his patience his reward is lost, and we seek refuge to God from that.

Refrain from association with the evil person, because he is as the bare awars having a beautiful appearance (but) an ugly effect.

Delay in performing works always (cause) perplexity.

Increase of blessing is not interrupted by God, unless thanksgiving is interrupted by slaves.

Disclosing something before its firmness causes its destruction.

Dependence upon God is the price for any valuable thing and is the ladder for any eminent matter.

The one, who doesn't know the way in, has a problem finding the way out.

If move calmly, get to the aim or close to it.

The one who leaves compromise with the people faces discomfort.

Whoever worked without knowledge, his destruction is more than his rectification.

Have precaution according to the fear.

Four things aid the human in his work: soundness, not needing, knowledge, and success.

The one aware of oppression, the aid to it, and the pleased with it, all three are partners.

Human's death due to sins is more than death by fate, and his living due to benevolence is more than living due to natural life time.

Love and friendship is attained by three characters: fairness, accompaniment and sympathy when hardship, pure heartedness and benevolence to others



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Imam Abu Ja'far al-Jawad (a.s) has a collection of wonderful words which are considered as one of the mines of the Islamic heritage and the wonderful intellectual treasures in Islam. They have the origins of wisdom, the bases of morals and the extract of experiments. 1. He says, ‘Do not anticipate matters before their time that you may regret. Do not live just with wishes that your hearts may be hard. Be merciful to the weak and ask for mercy from Allah by being merciful yourselves!’ This tradition has some important points: a. forbidding from hastiness in dealing with matters before they become clear because it leads to regret and loss b. Forbidding from living with wishes because it makes one hard-hearted and away from Allah c. Urging on being merciful to the weak and charitable to the needy because it is the key to the mercy of Allah 2. He says, ‘Three things take one to the contentedness of Allah; asking Allah for forgiveness often and always, being lenient and giving charity. And there are three things that whoever has, will not regret; avoiding hastiness, consulting with others and relying on Allah when determining something.’ This tradition is rich with what takes man closer to his Lord. It invites man to keep on asking Allah for forgiveness, to be lenient and to give charities often and always because Allah loves these qualities and by them man gets to the contentedness of Allah. The tradition also talks about that which makes man happy in this life. It invites man to be characterized by these three aspects: a. Avoiding hastiness because it causes man many problems and distresses. One of the poets says, ‘A slow one may achieve some of his needs and hasty one may miss his aim.’ b. Consulting with others on the affairs and avoiding despotism because man often mistakes c. Relying on Allah when determining to do something and avoiding hesitation for it causes worry and upset to man’s mentality and personality 3. He says, ‘How will he, whom Allah secures, be lost and how will he, whom Allah pursues, be safe?’ In this tradition there is an invitation for man to be closer to his Lord and to trust in His powers. It is impossible for one, whom Allah secures, to be lost and it is impossible for one, whom Allah pursues, to be safe. 4. He says, ‘The day of justice on the oppressor is severer than the day of injustice on the oppressed.’ Imam al-Jawad (a.s) warns from practicing injustice and oppression against people because surely Allah will avenge on the unjust whether sooner or later. The day of justice when a wrongdoer will be punished will be much severer than the day when an oppressed one is wronged. 5. He says, ‘Nothing destroys religion like heresies do. Nothing degrades gravity like greediness does. By the ruler the subjects become good and by supplication misfortunes are discharged.’ These words show some religious, social and political sides: a. The heresies that are ascribed to religion distort its truth and harm its spiritual and intellectual essence. b. Greediness degrades the dignity of man and takes him to dark abysses in the ignorant corners of this life. c. If a ruler is good, his people will be good and developed spiritually, socially, intellectually and economically. d. Supplication to Allah discharges misfortunes and disasters. 6. He says, ‘Know that piety is honor, knowledge is a treasure and silence is a light.’ There is no doubt about these facts that Imam al-Jawad (a.s) has said. Fearing Allah brings man honor, knowledge is the greatest and most precious treasure in this life and silence is a light because it gives one many advantages and keeps him safe from many troubles and problems. 7. He says, ‘When two men are equal in religiousness and honor, the better of them to Allah is the politer of them…by his reciting the Qur'an as it has been revealed and supplicating Allah with correct language because a solecistic supplication does not go up to the Heaven.’ This tradition considers politeness as one of the best qualities of man and that it takes man closer to Allah and that one of the essential morals is reciting the Qur'an without solecism. Imam al-Jawad (a.s) denies solecism even in supplications saying that a solecistic supplication is not accepted by Allah. 8. He says, ‘He, who reviles (others), is answered and he, who becomes rash, is stricken.’ It is a wonderful word that expresses the very social reality. He, who reviles people, is certainly answered with the same, and he, who is rash, meets perishment and destruction. 9. He says, ‘Knowledgeable persons are strangers because of the many ignorant people around them.’ Scientists and scholars are strangers in a society that is prevailed by ignorance because their knowledge and sciences are not appreciated by the ignorant. Rather, the ignorant mock at the scientist and this is the worse estrangement for the scientists. 10. He says, ‘He, who wants to live long, has to prepare a patient heart for misfortunes.’ When man wants to live long, he has to be so patient with the misfortunes and bad events he meets. Being impatient with misfortunes man makes himself liable to diseases and perishment. 11. He says, ‘He, who acts without knowledge, damages more than he does good.’ 12. He says, ‘He, who has a brother (friend) in the way of Allah, will have a house in Paradise.’ 13. He says, ‘He, who follows his desirers, pleases his enemy.’ One, who follows his desires, fancies and lusts, carries out the aims of his enemy. If he obeys Iblis, he will be far from Allah and this is the goal of Iblis. Following the desires degrades man in the society which makes the enemies pleased. 14. He says, ‘The rider of lusts, his slip is not forgiven.’ He, who submits to his lusts, becomes a captive to them. He will not be forgiven or excused. 15. He says, ‘The honor of a believer is in his unneediness to people.’ 16. He says, ‘Let the guardian of Allah in the openness not be an enemy to Him in privacy.’ He, who pretends to be faithful before people and disobeys Allah secretly, is a liar and hypocrite. 17. He says, ‘Be patient with what you hate in the way of the truth and refrain from what you like if it leads you to desires!’ 18. He says, ‘He, who conceals guidance from you just for the sake of his desires, is your enemy.’ Imam al-Jawad (a.s) talks about some agents and followers of governments who conceal from the rulers what the nation needs for reform and development. In fact, these are enemies even if they show sincerity and kindness. 19. He says, ‘Beware of accompanying an evildoer because he is like a drawn sword whose look is nice but its effect is bad!’ 20. He says, ‘Needs are requested by hope and they come down by fate.’ The needs of people are requested through the expectation from Allah and they are satisfied by the fate of Allah. The will and efforts of man have nothing to do with that. 21. He says, ‘Good health is the best of blessings.’ 22. He says, ‘When fate is decided, the wide space becomes narrow.’ When Allah determines to take the life of someone, the space, in spite of its greatness, becomes narrow for that someone. 23. He says, ‘Do not make an enemy of anyone until you know what there is between him and Allah! If he is good, Allah will not leave him to you, and if he is bad, then your knowing of his badness will make you safe from him and so you do not need to make him your enemy.’ 24. He says, ‘Being cautious of something is as much as fearing from it and being greedy to something is as much as getting from it.’ Being cautious of committing sins, for example, is as much as fearing Allah. If someone fears Allah too much, he abstains from committing any sin totally and if his fear is weak, he slips in sins and crimes. As for greediness, if someone gets too much from something, his greediness to that thing is great and vice versa. 25. He says, ‘It is enough for someone to be a traitor that he is loyal to traitors.’ 26. He says, ‘No one thanks Allah for a blessing that Allah has given to him, unless he deserves more blessings before he utters the words of thanking.’ Allah, Who has all the goodness in His hand, has promised to give whoever thanks Him more goodness and blessings. Allah says, (If you are grateful, I would certainly give to you more). Allah gives more to His people when they intend to thank Him and before they utter the words of thanking. 27. He says, ‘Whoever hopes in a dissolute, the least of his punishment is that he will be deprived (of blessing) and his needs will not be satisfied.’ Man must not hope except in his Creator; otherwise, Allah will deprive him of blessings and will not satisfy his needs and requests. 28. He says, ‘Man’s death by sins is more than his death by fate and his life by charity is more than his life by age.’ Imam al-Jawad (a.s) refers to the moral life that he who commits sins and crimes is considered as dead among the alive people and he who does good to his nation and country remains alive and his mention is immortal even if he dies. 29. He says, ‘Who misses good manners, means (of good results) will fail him.’ 30. He says, ‘He, who approves a vice, is a participant in it.’ Whoever approves a bad doing bears its sin and burden and is considered as a partner with the doer. 31. He says, ‘He, who conceals his griefs, makes his body ill.’ 32. He says, ‘Four things assist man in his work; good health, wealth, knowledge and success.’ 33. He says, ‘The doer of injustice, the supporter on it and the one who agrees on it (against others) are participants in it.’ These three kinds of people are the same in undertaking the responsibility of injustice and they all are punished for it. Some are directly responsible for injustice and the others indirectly by agreeing with the unjust on their injustice. 34. He says, ë’Being patient with misfortunes is a misfortune to those who rejoice at others’ misfortunes.’ 35. He says, ‘If the ignorant keep silent, people will not disagree (with each other).’ 36. He says, ‘The murder of man is between his two jaws.’ The end of man is often due to the thoughts he adopts. Many free people in the world are killed because of their criticism to the tyrants and unjust rulers. 37. He says, ‘People are different and each one acts according to his own form.’ People are different in their tendencies and ways of thinking and each of them acts according to his thoughts and beliefs. 38. He says, ‘People are brothers. The brotherhood that is not in the way of Allah turns into enmity, for Allah says, (Friends on that day will be foes one to another, save those who kept their duty (to Allah). ’ If friendship is not based on the true love that is for the sake of Allah, and in stead it is based on personal advantages, it turns to enmity and hatred when the advantages of friends are influenced by some effects. 39. He says, ‘Being ungrateful to the blessings causes detestation.’ It causes detestation from Allah and from people. 40. He says, ‘He, who rewards you with gratefulness, gives you more than he takes from you.’ Rewarding a good doer by thanking him and spreading his virtues is, in fact, more than his giving because it makes a good mention to him among people which is the greatest gain to man. 41. He says, ‘He, who advises his brother secretly, does him good and he, who advises him openly, does him wrong.’ Advising a brother or a friend secretly indicates sincerity and truthfulness of advising, but if it is openly it may cause defame. 42. He says, ‘Whenever Allah gives a blessing to someone who knows it is from Allah, Allah will write on that someone’s name the gratefulness to that blessing before he will praise Allah, and when someone commits a sin and he knows that Allah sees him and that Allah may punish him if He likes or forgive him if He likes, Allah will forgive him before he will ask Allah for forgiveness.’ 43. He says, ‘A honorable, with all honor is he whose knowledge honors him, and glory, all the glory is for him who fears Allah his Lord.’ 44. He says, ‘He, who witnesses something and denies it, is like one who is absent from it, and he, who is absent from something but accepts it, is like one who witnesses it.’ It is mentioned in the prophetic traditions that “to every one is that which he intends” that if someone witnesses something but denies it he will be free from its sin as if he has been absent from it and if someone is absent from something but accepts it, its good or evil will be recorded on him. 45. He says, ‘He, who listens to a speaker, worships him. If the speaker speaks on behalf of Allah, he (the listener) worships Allah and if the speaker speaks on behalf of Iblis, he worships Iblis.’ When someone listens to a speaker, believes in him and follows him, he worships Allah if the speaker speaks on behalf of Allah; otherwise, he worships the Satan. 46. He says, ‘Showing something before it becomes complete spoils that thing.’ Spreading a political or social idea before it becomes complete and compact may destroy it before it appears to existence. 47. He says, ‘The blessing that is not thanked becomes a sin that is not forgiven.’ Being ungrateful to the blessing is one of the sins that are not forgiven because it wastes the charity that should be appreciated. 48. He says, ‘He, who gives up humoring, comes closer to misfortunes.’ Whoever does not humor people harms himself and meets troubles. 49. He says, ‘He, who trusts to tranquility before experience, exposes himself to perishment and bad end.’ Whoever trusts in something before testing and trying it exposes himself to problems and losses. 50. He says, ‘He, who does not know the entries, the exits will fail him.’ 51. He says, ‘Let him, who when becomes angry oppresses (others), not deceive you.’ This tradition warns of communicating with the unjust who oppress people when they become angry. 52. He says, ‘Time uncovers hidden secrets.’ Whenever time passes, the secrets of nature and the unknown facts of the universe will be known. 53. He says, ‘Whoever blames (others) without suspicion his blame is accepted without angriness.’ 54. He says, ‘The best worship is devotedness.’ 55. He says, ‘Trusting in Allah is a price to every dear thing and a ladder to every high thing.’ In the previous words, Imam al-Jawad (a.s) has dealt with different issues in sociology, psychology, morals and the results of different experiences in life that may benefit all the people. IMAMS SHRINE Click here for full details about the Shrine in Kazmain Iraq