Ali al-Rida

“Community website of Imam Rida”

“The one for whom the day of ‘Āshūrā is a day of tragedy, grief and weeping, Allah The Mighty, The Glorious, shall make the Day of Judgment, a day of joy and happiness for him.”

“He who takes himself to account gets benefitted, and the one who gets negligent and careless about himself bears loss. The one who fears (Allah) becomes peaceful, and the one who takes lesson becomes most clear sighted and discerning. He who becomes most clear sighted, understands; and he who understands and comprehends becomes knowledgeable and informed.”

“Reason is a free gift from God and politeness is acquisition. He who undertakes politeness has power over it. He who undertakes reason increases (himself) through that nothing but ignorance.”

“He who reckons his own soul is successful; he who is heedless of it is unsuccessful.”

“Man is not worshipful unless he is clement.”

“Worship is not the abundance of prayer and fasting; rather it is the abundance of reflecting on the affairs of God, the Great and Almighty.”

“The worst of men is he who stops his contributions to charity, eats by himself, and whips his slave.”

“Assisting the weak is better for you than your act of charity.”

“One who offers (suggests) what he doesn't know, will be under the curse of the angels of the heavens and the earth.”

“A Muslim will never get tired and bored of educating himself throughout his life.”

“For the Devil, the presence of learned one is by far more painful than a thousand worshipers.”

“Silence is one of the gates to wisdom.”

“Some signs of understanding are: clemency, knowledge, and silence. Silence is one of the doors to wisdom. It brings about love and is evidence for all good.”

“Silence is a door among the doors of wisdom - indeed, silence begets and attracts love, it is the proof of all the beneficiences.”

“Knowledge and science are the coffers and caches to the treasures of Perfection; and the only access to them is to ask and question.”

“Everyone's friend is his reason; his enemy is his ignorance.”

“Wisdom and intellect is every man's friend, ignorance and illiteracy are his enemies.”

“The most valuable stage of wisdom is the stage of self-consciousness.”

“A trustworthy person does not betray you, but you consider the betrayer to be trustworthy.”