O God, it is Ramadhan month, this mosque is your house, and we are your servants, at least, with your help, we have listened to you and have fasted, we have taken these few steps, we have come for saying prayers, we have come because of mosque, we have come to fast, now you turn to us too.
Get help from prayer in your troubles and inner griefs; " وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ" (and Help yourselves (in your affairs) with patience and prayer). Prayer is a great power and energy.
Prayer brings about the freedom of heart from the chain of captivity and liberation from idolatry.it is by praying that the soul is both beautified and purified, and human is led toward goodness and benevolence.
All of our relationship with prophecy and religion is fruitful when we observe the rights Prophet's household.
Those who don't believe in God and the Holy Prophet have no right to ask for reward from the Lord of the universe in hereafter even if they do thousands of good deeds.
Imam Sadiq (as): the least annoyance and disobedience of parents is saying "fie" unto them.
In a letter from Imam Hasan Askari to Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi, it is mentioned that the Messenger of Allah has said: the best deeds is to wait for the reappearance of Imam Mahdi (a.s), and my Shias will be constantly in grief until the time when my son would fill the earth with justice and equity after it would be fraught with injustice and oppression.
Those who are steadfast in gaining science are the scholars whose knowledge will never vary until the day of resurrection. So, it is the divine prophets and the infallible Imams whose knowledge is a light excerpted from the light of God Almighty and is unchangeable.
The desert of Arafa is not only in the desert of Arafat; if someone gets to have the knowledge of God and his soul, he will truly understand the day of Arafah and will arrive at the position of mysticism.
The epithet of Amīr al-Muʾminīn – the commander of the faithful- is a title which only suits Imam Ali (peace be upon him) and nobody else is qualified enough to have this surname. Even the other infallible Imam (peace be upon them) are not allowed to have this epithet.
Everybody talks, but the believers talk with honesty. Imam Bagher (peace be upon him) says: before you speak, try to learn honesty.
The real religious person is the one who is sensitive about doing the obligatory acts and they prioritize nothing over them. Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) says: the most pious people are those who perform the obligatory acts.
Don't just walk in order to get to the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussein (as) and recite an Arabic Ziarat (supplication). Try to utilize the virtues and values to best of your ability
The prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) says: Fatima is the dearest creature for me.
Amali Sheikh Toosi: 24
Worship in the first stage must be accompanied by knowledge, that is, he's the creator [of all things], The all-provider, generous and the merciful. That's why he alone deserves our worship and the key to unlock all worldly and otherworldly locks as well as predestinating all affairs is possessed by him.