Musa al-Kadhim

“"You [i.e., the Shia] have nothing to do with analogical reasoning (qiyas); those who came before you perished because of such reasoning. When it comes to a case about which you have received information, speak about it; otherwise, keep silent.":15”

“"Our Shias [i.e., followers] see through the light (nur) of God and move through the mercy of God and succeed through the grace (beneficence, karama) of God.":171”

“"How base is the world for people, unless God gives them joy; and how great is this life, if God is not angry with them."{{cite book |last1=Donaldson |first1=Dwight M. |title=The Shi'ite Religion (A history of Islam in Persia and Irak) |date=1933 |publisher=Luzac and Company|url=https://archive.org/details/shiitereligionhi0000dona/mode/2up|url-access=registration}}:157”

“"Good neighbor is not refraining from harm, but good neighbor is showing patience toward harm.":152”

“"Silence is among the doors to wisdom; it brings about love and is a proof of all good things.":151”

“"Misfortune is one for the patient and two for the impatient."{{cite book|year=2005|last=Sharif al-Qarashi|first=Baqir|title=The Life of Imam Musa bin Ja'far al-Kazim|publisher=Ansariyan|translator-first=Jasim|translator-last= al-Rasheed|url=https://www.al-islam.org/life-imam-musa-bin-jafar-al-kazim-baqir-shareef-al-qurashi|isbn=9789644386398}}:151”

“"The generous and polite is under the protection of God; He does not leave him until He makes him enter the Garden. God sends out none as a prophet except the generous.":151”

“"Tell yourselves of neither poverty nor a long lifetime, for whoever tells himself of poverty becomes miserly. Whoever tells himself of a long lifetime becomes greedy.":309”

“"Try hard that your time may be four hours: one hour is for supplicating God, one hour for the affairs of the livelihood, one hour for associating with the brothers (friends) and the reliable ones who let you know your defects and who are inwardly loyal to you, and one hour for that you are alone with yourselves (and) for non-forbidden things. Through this hour you have power over the three hours.":309”

“"Little work from a scholar is doubly accepted; much work from the men of low desire and ignorance is refused.":309”

“"Believers are few and the unbelievers are legion."{{cite book|title=The Charismatic Community: Shi'ite Identity in Early Islam|year=2007|author-first=Maria Massi|author-last=Dakake|publisher=State University of New York Press|isbn=9780791470336|author-link=Maria Massi Dakake}}:162”

“"God has two proofs over men: outward proof and inward one. As for the outward proof, it is the messengers, the prophets, and the imams. As for the inward proof, it is reason."{{cite book |author-last=Adamec |author-first=Ludwig W. |url=https://archive.org/details/historical-dictionary-of-islam-third-edition/mode/2up |title=Historical Dictionary of Islam |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2017 |isbn=9781442277236 |edition=Third|url-access=registration|author-link=Ludwig W. Adamec}}:309”

“When the fifth from my offspring disappears, then, I adjure you by Allah to watch for your religion so that no one would take it away from you. Without doubt, there shall be an occultation for the holder of this matter, until such time that (most) people who believe in his Imāmat would leave their belief. Verily this (occultation) is but a test by Allah, the Glorious, for his creation.”

“Save yourself from the wrath of Allah (swt), and do not abandon speaking the truth, even though it (apparently) causes your destruction. Know that truth does not lead into your annihilation; rather it is a saviour. Always let go of the untruth; even though it (apparently) saves you. Untruth is never a saviour, and it eventually leads into annihilation.”

“The best means by which a slave seeks proximity to God after recognising Him, is praying, benevolence to the parents, and abandonment of envy, self-conceit and vaunting.”

“A believer is as the two pans of a scale, that whenever his faith increases his afflictions increase.”

“Everything has a tax, and the tax for the bodies is recommended fasting.”

“The most reasonable way of blessings and honesties will be obtained through opposing sensuality.”

“Consultation with a wise advisor is a blessing, grace, guidance and success.”

“The sleep of a wise man is far better than the worship of an ignorant one during the night.”