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Imam Bagher (a.s)-the fifth leader of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) said:



declare to our shiites that no one receives divine favors and bounties unless through action.



brief description :


this speech of imam bagher (a.s.) is a reply to those who suppose that they could reach the highest position before god only by adopting the name of shiism and expressing love to the household of prophet (s.a.), while we know that islam is based on action and real shiites are those whose practical program is an extraction from practical programs of imam ali (a.s.) and his companions, and basically shiite is derived from the word `moshaieat' meaning following somebody. thus those are real shiite of household of prophet (s.a.) who follow them.

قال الباقر علیه السلام

أَبْلِغْ شِيعَتَنا أَنَّهُ لا يُنالُ ما عِنْدَ اللّه إلاّ بِعَمَل

به شیعیان ما اعلام کن که هیچ کس به رحمت و بخشایش الهی نمی رسد مگر با عمل خود

69

Imam Ali (a.s.) said to Komeil:
o, Komeil, this is not important to pray and fast and pay alms. it is important that your prayer (and other deeds) to be performed before god with a pure heart and properly accompanied with humility.

brief description

the actual aspects of a deed as well as its way and quality determine its real value, not its appearance and quantity. as imam ali (a.s.) emphasizes komeil that one should pay attention to the spirit of deed instead of its appearance and considering its quantity, because the final aim of these good deeds is man's education, development and improvement, and it depends on its sincerity not its quantity.

قال مولانا امیر المؤمنین علی ابن ابی طالب علیه السلام
يا كُمَيْلُ! لَيْسَ الشَّأْنُ أَنْ تُصَلِّىَ وَ تَصُوْمَ وَ تَتَصَدَّقَ، اَلشَّأْنُ أَنْ تَكُونَ الصَّلاةُ بِقَلْب نَقِىٍّ وَ عَمَل عِنْدَ اللّهِ مَرْضِىٍّ وَ خُشُوع سَوىٍّ

ای کمیل! شأن و ارزش در نماز خواندن و روزه گرفتن و صدقه دادن نیست، بلکه ارزش آن است که عبادات تو با قلب خالص و با خشوع و برای او باشد
تحف العقول صفحه 117

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Imam Sadegh (a.s) - the sixth leader of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) said:
There are six things not existing in the believers: strictness, peevishness, envy, stubbornness, lie and injustice.

قال الصادق علیه السلام

سِتَّةٌ لا تَكُونُ فِى مُؤْمِن: اَلْعُسْرُ وَ النَّكْدُ وَ الْحَسَدُ وَ الْلَّجاجَةُ وَ الْكِذْبُ وَ الْبَغْىُ

شش صفت است که در مومن (حقیقی) نیست: سخت گیری، ترشرویی، حسادت، لجاجت، دروغگویی و بی عدالتی

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Imam Sadiq (a.s) -the sixth leader of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad said:
whosoever engages in fulfilling requirements and needs of his religious brothers, god will fulfil his requests.
bihar-ul-anwar/ Volume 74/ P 286

قال الصادق علیه السلام

مَنْ كَانَ فِى حاجَةِ أَخِيْهِ الْمُسْلِم كَانَ اللّهُ فى حاجَتِهِ

هر کس در حال رفع حاجت وبرآوردن نیاز برادر مومنش باشد خداوند نیاز و احتیاج او را بر طرف خواهد کرد

بحار الانوار جلد74 صفحه 286

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"when the angels said: o marium, surely allah gives you good news with a word from him (of one) whose name is the '. messiah, isa son of marium, worthy of regard in this world and the hereafter and of those who are made near (to allah)...

...she said: my lord! when shall there be a son (born) to i me, and man has not touched me? he said: even so, allah creates what he pleases; when he has decreed a matter, he only says to it, be, and it is...

...surely the likeness of isa is with allah as the likeness of adam; he created him from dust, then said to him, be, and he was.

(this is) the truth from your lord, so be not of the disputers."
Glorious Qur'an(3:45,47,59,60)

إِذْ قَالَتِ الْمَلآئِكَةُ يَا مَرْيَمُ إِنَّ اللّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنْهُ اسْمُهُ الْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَجِيهًا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّى يَكُونُ لِي وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ قَالَ كَذَلِكِ اللّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاء إِذَا قَضَى أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ
إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَى عِندَ اللّهِ كَمَثَلِ آدَمَ خَلَقَهُ مِن تُرَابٍ ثِمَّ قَالَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ
الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلاَ تَكُن مِّن الْمُمْتَرِينَ

ياد كن هنگامى [را] كه فرشتگان گفتند اى مريم خداوند تو را به كلمه‏اى از جانب خود كه نامش مسيح عيسى‏بن‏مريم است مژده مى‏دهد در حالى كه [او] در دنيا و آخرت آبرومند و از مقربان [درگاه خدا] است
[مريم] گفت پروردگارا چگونه مرا فرزندى خواهد بود با آنكه بشرى به من دست نزده است گفت چنين است [كار] پروردگار خدا هر چه بخواهد مى‏آفريند چون به كارى فرمان دهد فقط به آن مى‏گويد باش پس مى‏باشد
در واقع م ثل عيسى نزد خدا همچون م ثل [خلقت] آدم است [كه] او را از خاك آفريد سپس بدو گفت باش پس وجود يافت
[آنچه درباره عيسى گفته شد] حق [و] از جانب پروردگار تو است پس از ترديدكنندگان مباش
قرآن مجید،3:45.47.59.60

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Imam Jawad (P.B.U.H) - the ninth leader of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad( P.B.U.H) said: the believers require three qualities: divine success, a preacher from the heart and soul, and acceptance from advisers.

brief description
in this path, with a lot of acclivity and declivity which man should go through it along his life for being saved from innumerable dangers which threaten his prosperity and also becoming a useful and effective individual in the society, first he needs a spiritual and immaterial relation with god being supported by his pure essence, and then an aware and informed conscience advising him inwardly, and then hearing ears using the thoughts, guidance, advices and consultation of others.

قال امام جواد علیه السلام

اَلْمُؤْمِنُ يَحْتاجُ إلى ثَلثِ خِصَال: توفيقٌ مِنَ اللّه، وَ وَاعِظٌ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ، وَ قَبُولٌ مِمَّنْ يَنْصَحُهُ
مومن به سه خصلت نیاز دارد: توفیق از جانب خدا، واعظی از درونش، وقبول نصیحت از ناصح

منتهی الآمال

64

The Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) said:
one hour of justice is better than one year of worship.

brief description:
worship is the same relation of creature with creator and `possible' with `necessary' and paying attention to this relation and connection. those worships are important educational lessons which have an effective role on correcting man's spirit and mind.
however, we read in the above tradition, one hour of justice is better and higher than one year of (recommended) worship.
and somewhere else we read one hour of thinking and meditation is higher than one night (or one year) of worship. and these expressions show the critical importance of justice and meditation, both having a common origin. wherever there is not justice, there is not thinking, meditation and wisdom

قال رسول الله صلّ الله علیه و آله

عَدْلُ ساعَة خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِبادَةِ سَنَة

ساعتی به عدالت رفتار کردن (نزد خدا) بهتر از یکسال عبادت کردن است

تحف العقول

63

It is narrated from Imam Sadiq as:
No one boasts to the others unless for the inferiority he feels in himself!

brief description:
nowadays, psychological and psychoanalytic researches have proved that arrogance and boasting to others is nothing else than an inferiority complex. those who are affected to this complex and suffer from it, resort to this wrong way that is magnifying themselves artificially for compensating their deficiencies, and thereby they add to their social inferiority and make themselves more hated.
this psychological point is clearly observed in the miraculous speech narrated from imam sadiq a.s. but the faithful people are always modest before others due to their internal dignity.
- bihar-ul anwar, volume 73, page 225

قال امام صادق علیه السلام

ما مِنْ رَجُل تَجَبَّرَ أَوْ تَكَبَّرَ إلاّ لِذِلَّة يَجِدُها فِى نَفْسِهِ

هیچ فردی خود ستایی نمی کند مگر به خاطر ذلتی که در درونش احساس می کند

بحارالانوار - جلد 73- صفحه 225

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"And their saying: surely we have killed the messiah, isa son of marium, the messenger of allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like isa) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure."
Glorious Qur'an(4:157)

وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلاَّ اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًا

و گفته ايشان كه ما مسيح عيسى بن مريم پيامبر خدا را كشتيم و حال آنكه آنان او را نكشتند و مصلوبش نكردند ليكن امر بر آنان مشتبه شد و كسانى كه در باره او اختلاف كردند قطعا در مورد آن دچار شك شده‏اند و هيچ علمى بدان ندارند جز آنكه از گمان پيروى مى‏كنند و يقينا او را نكشتند
قرآن مجید-4:157

61

The Prophet Mohammad (s.a.) says:
martyrdom of imam hossein (a.s.) creates a fire and heat in the hearts of believers which will never be extinguished.

brief description:
there have been a lot of bloody wars in the world which are forgotten by lapse of several months and years. however, the remembrance of self-sacrifice of those who devoted themselves in the way of god and freedom of men as well as honor and virtue, shall not be forgotten because god, freedom, honor and virtue do not get old. imam hossein (a.s.) and his companions were the pioneers of these warriors for faith.
- mostadrekol vasael, volume 2, page 217

قال رسول الله صلی الله علیه و آله و سلم

إنَّ لِقَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ حَرَارَةٌ فِى قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ لَنْ تَبْرُدَ أَبَدا

ً

به راستی قتل حسین (علیه السلام) آتشی است در دل مومنان که هیچ گاه خاموش نخواهد شد

مستدرک الوسائل - جلد 2- صفحه 217

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Imam Sadiq (a.s.) says:
a faithful believer is always anxious for two things; for his past sins that he does not know how god will treat with him, and for his remaining life that he does not know what he will do!

brief description:
the most manifest sign of belief is feeling responsibility, both for what have been already done and for the duties and obligations that should be done.
those having these two feelings, are always thinking about compensation of past negligence, as well as finding the best possible way for using future opportunities. these thoughts are codes of development and progress of a man or a nation. those neither thinking to the previous actions, nor intending to build the future, are poor and miserable.
osoule kafi, volume two, page 7

قال امام جعفر صادق علیه السلام

اَلْمُؤْمِنُ بَيْنَ مَخافَتَيْنِ: ذَنْبٌ قَدْ مَضَى لايَدْرِى ما صُنْعُ اللّهُ فيه و عُمْرٌ بَقِىَ لايَدرِى ما يَكْتَسِبُ فيه

مومن همواره نگران در مورد دو چیز است: برای گناهان گذشته اش که نمی داند خدا با او در این مورد چگونه رفتار خواهد کرد و برای باقی عمرش که نمی داند چگونه عمل خواهد کرد

اصول الکافی-جلد 2- صفحه ی 7

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"o followers of the book! do not exceed the limits in your religion, and do not speak (lies) against allah, but (speak) the truth; the messiah, isa son of marium is only a messenger of allah and his word which he communicated to marium and a spirit from him; believe therefore in allah and his messengers, and say not, three. desist, it is better for you; allah is only one allah; far be it from his glory that he should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is his, and allah is sufficient for a protector."
Glorious Qur'an(4:171)

يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لاَ تَغْلُواْ فِي دِينِكُمْ وَلاَ تَقُولُواْ عَلَى اللّهِ إِلاَّ الْحَقِّ إِنَّمَا الْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولُ اللّهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُ أَلْقَاهَا إِلَى مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِّنْهُ فَآمِنُواْ بِاللّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَلاَ تَقُولُواْ ثَلاَثَةٌ انتَهُواْ خَيْرًا لَّكُمْ إِنَّمَا اللّهُ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ سُبْحَانَهُ أَن يَكُونَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَات وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ وَكَفَى بِاللّهِ وَكِيلا

اى اهل كتاب در دين خود غلو مكنيد و در باره خدا جز [سخن] درست مگوييد مسيح عيسى بن مريم فقط پيامبر خدا و كلمه اوست كه آن را به سوى مريم افكنده و روحى از جانب اوست پس به خدا و پيامبرانش ايمان بياوريد و نگوييد [خدا] سه‏گانه است باز ايستيد كه براى شما بهتر است‏خدا فقط معبودى يگانه است منزه از آن است كه براى او فرزندى باشد آنچه در آسمانها و آنچه در زمين است از آن اوست و خداوند بس كارساز است
قرآن مجید-4:17

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Imam Reza (P.B.U.H) The eight leader of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) said:
Imam is trustee of god on the earth and among God's people, and his proof for the servants and his successor in the cities and summoner towards him and protector of divine sanctuaries.

brief description
in this tradition, which is a part of a long tradition in respect to introduction of imamate position, it is referred to five parts of heavy and important duties of imam.
1- imam is a treasurer and trustee of revelation and protector of all sciences, commands and knowledges of religion.
2- imam is an alive reason and obvious proof and introducer of divine religion.
3- imam is a divine supervisor and authority and his representative among people.
4- imam is one who, bids to goodness and forbids of badness and greatest emissary of religion.
5- imam is a protector of sanctuary of divine

قال علی بن موسی الرضا علیه اسلام
اَلاِْمامُ أَمينُ اللّهِ فِى أَرْضِهِ وَ خَلْقِهِ وَ حُجَّتُهُ عَلَى عِبادِهِ وَ خَلِيفَتُهُ فى بَِلادِهِ وَ الدّاعِى اِلَى اللّهِ وَ الذابُّ عَنْ حَرِيمِ اللّهِ
امام امین خدا در زمین است، و حجتش بر بندگانش، و خلیفه ی او در شهرهایش، و دعوت کننده به سوی خدا و مدافع حریمش
تحف العقول

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The Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) said:
when your good deed makes you happy and your bad deed disturbs you, you are a believer.
Nahj-ul-fasaha/P 41

Brief discription:
islam says that all men are born with a pure primordial nature, nature of belief and love to goodness. taints and sins may affect gradually on man's spirit and soul and change it and turn it totally. however, until man is interested in goodness and hates badness, the spirit of belief and first pure nature still exist in him.
miserable people who are not only disturbed by their bad deeds, but also glory in them and or when they do a self-sacrifice, righteousness, forgiveness and justice become regretful, they are unbelievers.

قال رسول الله صل الله عليه و آله

اذا سَرَّتْكَ حَسَنَتُكَ وَ سائَتْكَ سَيِّئَتُكَ فَاَنْتَ مُؤْمِنٌ

هر گاه کردار نيکت تو را شاد کرد، و عمل نادرستت آزارت داد، پس تو مومن هستي

نهج الفصاحه/صفحه41

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"and when allah will say: o isa son of marium! did you say to men, take me and my mother for two gods besides allah he will say: glory be to thee, it did not befit me that i should say what i had no right to (say); if i had said it, thou wouldst indeed have known it; thou knowest what is in my mind, and i do not know what is in thy mind, surely thou art the great knower of the unseen things."
Glorious Qur'an(5:116)

وَإِذْ قَالَ اللّهُ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ أَأَنتَ قُلتَ لِلنَّاسِ اتَّخِذُونِي وَأُمِّيَ إِلَهَيْنِ مِن دُونِ اللّهِ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِحَقٍّ إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُهُ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ

و [ياد كن] هنگامى را كه خدا فرمود اى عيسى پسر مريم آيا تو به مردم گفتى من و مادرم را همچون دو خدا به جاى خداوند بپرستيد گفت منزهى تو مرا نزيبد كه [در باره خويشتن] چيزى را كه حق من نيست بگويم اگر آن را گفته بودم قطعا آن را مى‏دانستى آنچه در نفس من است تو مى‏دانى و آنچه در ذات توست من نمى‏دانم چرا كه تو خود داناى رازهاى نهانى
قرآن مجید-5:116