Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq (P) Sayings Regarding
Knowledge
• Knowledge is a shield, truthfulness is might,
ignorance is abasement, understanding is glory,
generosity is success, good behavior causes
friendship, he who has knowledge about his time,
ambiguous things do not attack him.
• Whoever attacks a matter without knowledge cuts
off his own nose.
• Verily, knowledge is a lock and its key is the
question.
• Allah does not accept any act without knowledge, there is no knowledge without
act, so whoever knows, knowledge leads him to act, and whoever does not act gets no
knowledge, but belief is a little of a little.
• Enough for the fear of Allah is knowledge, and enough for self-importance is
ignorance.
• Indeed, the most knowledge of all men in Allah is the most satisfied of them with
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death.
The Mercy of the Merciful Prophet
A Bedouin came to the messenger of
God, Muhammed (M) and told him,
“Give me from what God gave you,
not from the wealth of your mother
or from the wealth of your father.”
People were furious at the man and
step forward to discipline him for
what he said. Prophet Muhammed
(M) commanded everyone to leave
him.
Then by the hand, the messenger of
God (M) took him home, opened his door and said, “Take what you wish and leave
what you wish.” The man did so and after he was finished, Prophet Muhammed
(M) asked him, “Have I honored you?” “Yes, by God,” said the Bedouin. “I bear
witnesses that there is no God but Allah, and you are the messenger of God.”
When people heard of how the man changed, Prophet Muhammed (M) taught them.
“Verily the example of myself, you and this Bedouin is that of a man who had his
camel run away. The townspeople tried capturing the camel for him by running
and shouting after the camel, only driving it further away. The man would shout,
‘Leave me and my camel, I know my camel better.’ Then he took some grass in
his hand, ruffled it in front of the camel, until it came willingly.
‘By Allah, had I left you to this Bedouin, you would have hit him, hurt him, he
would have left without knowing the teachings of the last message of God to
mankind, Islam.”
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The Diameters of the Earth and Space
By: Harun Yahya
Company of jinn and men, if you are able to pierce
through the confines of the heavens and earth,
pierce through them. You will not pierce through
except with a clear authority. (Holy Qur’an, 55:33)
The Arabic word translated as «confines» in the above
verse is «aqtar.” This is the plural form of the word
“qutr,” meaning diameter and refers to the skies and
the Earth having many diameters. It is possible in
Arabic to tell from the form in which a word is used
whether it is singular, plural (more than two), or
Edwin Hubble employed in a dual form. Therefore, the form of the
CONT’D ON PAGE 2
The Humbleness of Prophet Muhammed
and His Household
The Messenger of God, Muhammed, narrates: An
Angel came down to me who had neither descended on
any Prophet before me nor will descend on anyone after
me. He was Israfil and was accompanied by Jibrail. He
said: Peace be upon you o Muhammed (M)! Then, he
went on to say: I am an envoy from your lord to you; He
ordered me to appoint you as a Prophet and as a servant
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The Layers of the Atmosphere
By: Harun Yahya
One fact about the universe revealed in the verses of the Qur’an
is that the sky is made up of seven layers:
It is He Who created everything on the earth for you and
then directed His attention up to heaven and arranged it into
seven regular heavens. He has knowledge of all things. (Holy
Qur’an, 2:29)
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meaning of the word, it is of the seven layers of the
IF YOU WANT ANY seen that the Earth’s sky, or The atmosphere only lets rays atmosphere:
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in every heaven, its own mandate,” in atmosphereandclimate/atmslayers.html.
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 We are Rich, Yet We Don’t Know It Valuable Advice for Those Who Truly
Once a person came to a Sheikh (Muslim scholar) and
complained to him about his own poverty, saying that he
Follow and Await …
was in great distress and would prefer death to such a life.
It has been narrated that Imam Hassan Muhammed (P) said: “The best of deed in
The Sheikh said to him, “Are you willing to have your
Askari (P) 1 wrote a letter to one of the great my community is waiting for the relief
eyes taken out in exchange for ten thousand Dollars
scholars, namely Ibn Babeweyh2 (May (the appearance of Imam Mahdi (P)).”
(silver coins).” He replied “Certainly not.” The Sheikh
God’s mercy be on him), saying: Our followers will be in a constant grief
said “Would you like to have your tongue plucked out
until he reappears. He is the one promised
and get ten thousand Dollars in return?” The man said,
“O My trusted and experienced scholar, by Prophet Muhammed (M) who will fill
“Of course not.” The Sheikh said, “Would you agree to
Abu al-Hassan Ali Ibn Qummi; may Allah the earth with justice when it has been
having both your hands and feet cut off in return for
give you success in His way. May Allah filled with tyranny and oppression. O my
twenty thousand Dollars.” The man said that he would
bless you with pious children. I advise you follower! Be patient (for the appearance)
not. The Sheikh asked “Are you willing to be made a mad
in piety, consistency in (your daily) prayers, and ask all of my followers to endure as
man and get ten thousand Dollars in return?” The man said that he was not willing.
and on paying alms. Indeed, the daily well; nevertheless:
At this, the Sheikh said to him, “Are you not ashamed of yourself? You admit that
prayers will not be accepted of those who “…surely the earth is Allah’s; He
Almighty God has granted you so many precious gifts, the value whereof, in your
do not pay alms.
own estimation, exceeds fifty thousand Dollars (counting only a few gifts, by way of
I advise you to

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illustration) and yet you complain of poverty!”

forgive people at
the time of anger;
The value of the above mentioned gifts can be fully understood when we lose them. Let
visit your relatives
us be more thankful to our Lord.
and sympathize
with them; try to do

Walking With a Bag of Bread at Night

your best in helping
them in the time of
need and difficulty.
Imam Ali Ibn Al-Hussain (P) used to (I further advise
lead a seemingly miserable life. But you to) be patient
when he died they discovered that with the unwise and
he was supporting one hundred poor wrong doers, gain
families in Medina. Muhammed Ibn deep understanding
Ishaq said: Some people of Medina of religion, seek
used to live not knowing where they education in behavior, show respect to the causes such of His servants to inherit
got their livelihood from. When Imam holy Quran, retain your good nature, advise it as He pleases; and the end if for the
Ali Ibn Al-Hussain (P) died they lost (others) to do good and prevent them from righteous.” (Holy Quran 7:128)
what used to be sent to them by night. As evil. As Allah states in the Holy Quran:
a matter of fact, Imam Ali Ibn Al-Hussain “There is no good in most of their May Allah’s mercy and blessing be
(P) used to carry a bag of bread by night on secret counsels except (in his) who enjoins upon you and all of my followers. ”
his back and distribute it as charity. He would charity or goodness or reconciliation
say: “The secret charity puts out the anger of between people; and whoever does this __________________________
God.” When Imam Ali Ibn Al-Hussain died and seeking Allah’s pleasure, We will soon
people washed his body, they found some black traces on his back. They said: What give him a mighty reward.” (4:114) Footnotes:
1- Imam Hassan Al-Askari is the eleventh
is this? Then the answer came from his son who said that he used to carry bags of infallible successor/leader/Imam after the last
… Thus, act according to my advice, messenger of God, prophet Muhammed.
flour on it by night and would give them to the poor people of Medina. That is why
and ask my followers to do the same. Your 2- Ali Ibn Babeweyh Qummi, the father of Sheikh
when he died, people of Medina said: “We only lost the secret charity when Imam
goal is to wait for the relief, for Prophet Saduq.
Ali Ibn Al Husain died.”

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of God or, if you wish, to be a king. I
looked at Jibra’il who was signaling me to
keep humble, and I said: I prefer to be as a
Prophet and as a servant of God.
Imam al-Sadiq (P): Jibra’il came
to the Holy Prophet Muhammed (M), and
made sure that he became free, directing
him to choose humility. Jibra’il was
benevolent to the Holy Prophet. The Holy
Prophet, being humble before the Exalted
and Almighty God, would eat like a servant
and would sit like one.
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and His Household
It is narrated that Imam Hassan son
of Imam Ali (P) used to sit beside the poor
and recite this verse: “Verily He loveth not
arrogant.” (16:23).
Muhammed son of Amr son of
Hazm said: Imam Hussein (P) was passing
by a group of poor people who were eating
on the floor, when they offered food to his
holiness. He sat with them and said: God
does not like the arrogant, and started
eating with them. Then he told them: I
accepted your invitation, and now you
Ridha (P) went to the bath. There, a man
told him: O man! Rub my body with the
bath-glove, thinking that it was just a
servant working there. His Holiness (P) did
so. Surprised, the people who were present
there introduced the Imam (P) to that man.
He apologized to the Imam (P), and His
Holiness (P) appeased his anxiety and
Rights of the Brother in Faith
There are numerous traditions in connection with the
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at the same time kept rubbing his body
with the bath-gloves.
Footnotes:
(M) May Allah’s Peace and Blessings be upon
him and his Progeny / Refers to Prophet Muhammed
(P) Peace be upon Him / Refers to Angels,
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Zadhan said: I would see Imam Ali
ibn Abi Talib (P) holding in his hand a lost
shoe-lace and searching in the market until
he could find its owner, or guiding a lost
traveler, or helping a porter to carry his
load, while reciting the verse from the Holy
Quran: “That House of the Hereafter we
shall give to those who intend not high-
handedness or mischief on earth; and the
end is (best) for the righteous” (28:83).
Then he would say: This verse is revealed
about the administrators and the men of
power.
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accept mine. They said: All right. The
Imam (P) took them to his house and
told his wife Rabab if she could take out
whatever she had in stock to feed the
poor.
Abu Basir narrated that Imam Al-
Sadiq (P) went to a bath. The bath-keeper
asked him: Shall I reserve the bath for your
use only? The Imam (P) said: There is no
need to do this; the way of the faithful is
far easier than this [the formality] affair.
Ibn Shahrashub in al-Manaqib
narrated that it is related that Imam Al-
rights of the believers and brothers-in-faith. A few of such
traditions are quoted below:
Mualla Bin-Khanees asked Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq (P)[1]:
“What are the rights of the believing brother?”
Imam (P) replied, “Seven rights of the believers are
obligatory - If one fails to fulfill even one of these rights, he
is distant from God’s obedience. He shall not receive any
reward from the Almighty.”
“What are those seven rights?” enquired Mualla.
Imam (P) said, “I fear that you may fail to act upon them.”
Mualla said, “There is no strength except from God” (It
won’t be so)
Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (P) said, “The foremost right is that you wish for the believing
brothers whatever you wish for yourself.”

The Old Man and the Cup of Water
An old man recently came to a pious man, and complained about a
whole host of worldly problems.
The pious man said, “Dip a cup into an ocean, how much water can
you hold in one cup? The water in that one cup is equivalent to ALL
your worldly problems, the water left in the ocean is equivalent to
the problems you will face in the Day of Judgment. Now, tell me,
which problem is greater?” The old man sat, stunned, unable to reply.
Words of wisdom, which is why knowledge is to the heart, what water
is to a plant.
Prepare for the REAL problem of eternity; don’t waste your life fretting over PETTY
things of this worldly life.
Think about it…
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Imam (P) then related the other six rights,
“The second right is that you must refrain from angering him and try to seek his pleasure
and obey him.
The third right is that you help him with you life, your wealth, your tongue, and your
hands.
The fourth right is that you guide him and teach him that which is beneficial for him.
The fifth, is that do not eat till satiation when your believing brother is hungry, and do
not drink to satiation if he is thirsty, and do not dress nicely if he is deprived of good
clothes.
The sixth right is that if you have a servant you should send him to do his work.
The seventh right is that if the believing brother says something on oath you should
believe him, if he invites, you accept his invitation, if he is sick, visit him, if he dies,
accompany his bier, if you come to know any of his needs fulfill it before he asks.
Footnote:
[1] Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq is the sixth infallible successor/leader/Imam after the last messenger of God,
prophet Muhammed.

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