If someone is hopeful about God and the day of Resurrection and is willing to recieve God's full attention, they must follow the prophet of Islam as their role-model
If someone is hopeful about God and the day of Resurrection and is willing to recieve God's full attention, they must follow the prophet of Islam as their role-model
قالَ الاِْمامُ الْعَسْكَري(ع): صَديقُ الْجاهِلِ تَعَبٌ.
Imam Hassan Askari (AS) said: An ignorant friend is a cause of suffering.
Usul al-Kafi
It has been mentioned in the Ziyarat of Arba'een regarding Imam Hussein (as) that: Imam Hussein (as) offered whatever he had to Allah Almighty, in fact, he didn't offer it as a donation or charity, namely, "O God! Whatever I sacrificed for you is certainly not due to expecting any rewards from you".
Marriage preserves half of the religion, provided that the spouses are equal to each other and act based upon love and affection. Men and women who mistreat each other hurt themselves and their faith.
According to narrations, Hazrat Zahra (as) and the Infallible Imams are happy to see the mourning of the mourners of Imam Hussein (as) since it alleviates the pains and brings about mankind's proximity to Almighty God.
Hazrat Masoumeh (as) is the daughter of the Guardian of God, the sister of the Guardian of God and the aunt of the Guardian of God, that reflects the inner truths of her majesty, and we must ask God for the position and status of the saints of God in order to gain the knowledge of the saints.
Many of the enemies are ignorant, so they must be treated with love and ethically true way in order to accept the right word and truth.
The happiness both in this world and hereafter rests upon eradicating the moral vices from oneself
The world is not empty of God, so the Commander of the Faithful (pbuh) says: I do not look at anything, unless I see God with it, before it and after it.
According to Imam Jawad (as), if someone wants to be a true believer, his claim of faith must be true so that they can say that she is a true believer.
ستکَونُ بَعدی فِتنَةٌ فَاِذا کانَ کذلِکَ فَالْزِموا علیَّ بْنَ اَبیطالب.
The Prophet of Islam (saw) sates: Soon after me, there will be a sedition and a hard test during which you must only follow Ali ibn Abi Talib and hold fast to him.
Asad alghabeh, Vol.5, p. 287
The Criterion of Shia is to abide by Ahl al-Bayt (AS), the one who can easily consume Haram things has got no relationship with the school of Ahlul Bayt (AS) and they are far apart from each other.
Source: the lecture by professor Ansarian.
ألَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِيّاً جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ وَجْهُهُ كَالْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ
The messenger of Allah has said: be aware! Those who love Imam Ali (as) will appear with illuminated faces on the day of judgement
Once the messenger of Allah was asked: "what is felicity?" what is this felicity that all people are talking about? His eminence defined the meaning of felicity according to his understanding, he said: felicity means to live long enough in the world and spend your long life worshiping the Lord of the universe.
It has been mentioned in the narrations of Ahlulbaty that whoever does something wrong intentionally or unintentionally, or commits a sin out of ignorance about decrees of God and out of negligence toward divine Halal and Haram or already knows about the sin but has been contaminated by that sin, if this sinner enters the arena of repentance, he will certainly be subjected to divine mercy and forgiveness.
Imam Sajad (A.S) used to recite the Quran in the morning, while he was reciting the verses about punishment, he began crying in an uncontrollable way that those who used to pass by his house heard his crying.
Imam Musa Al-Kazim (as): the best act of worship after knowing Almighty God is awaiting the reappearance and relief