From Imam Hussein's (peace be upon him) point of view, solving the problems of people is a special blessing and divine attention and favor. He said: providing and meeting the needs of the people is blessings of Allah on you, do not be depressed and disrespectful of this blessing.
God's blessings and bounties are for his crème de la crème; namely, human being, but on the condition that they are neither wasted and nor damaged by properly being utilized
We are not going to be a real Shia just by narrating and telling from Imam Sadiq(peace be upon him), what makes us the real Shia of him is to live like him and follow his traditions in our lives.
منْ زَارَهُ يُرِيدُ بِهِ وَجْهَ اللّهِ أَخْرَجَهُ اللّهُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَمَوْلُودٍ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ،
Imam Sadiq (as): the one who visits Imam Hussein's grave for the pleasure and satisfaction of God, the lord of the universe purifies him and removes all his sins as if he is just born.
If irritable and wrathful looks at parents are not forgiven through repentance in this world, they will have a severe forfeit and punishment in hereafter.
Reforming this country (Iran) has no way but to make people live a God-oriented life. Hoping for reformation of the society without having God Almighty in our lives is impossible.
The followers of Ali (as)- his Shias- will have salvation while the others won't. the messenger of Allah (saw) was certain that after his burial, a Welayat (guardianship) other than divine Welayat will emerge. So we have to follow Ali (as) in order not to go astray
The infallible Imams say: try not to abandon visiting the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussein (A.S) due to fear of some dangers, since the right of Imam Hussein is greater than that of we eleven Imams.
A man was passing by a pebble land while he was very hungry, he thought to himself:
If these sands and pebbles were food, I would share them with all people.
Allah Almighty revealed to the prophet of that time to say to that man that Allah accepted your charity and your pure intention and has granted the reward of feeding all those people.
Islamic mysticism, Volume 13.
The people who do business with God and are hopeful about their business will never go bankrupt. These people are not arrogant, they don't stand against God like Iblis, and they acquire the divine graces and consequently gain the position of " the saints of God" and " the servant of God".
الحَسَدُ ما حِقُ الحَسَناتِ وَ الزَّهوُ جالِبُ المَقتِ
Imam Hadi (as) states: jealousy destroys good deeds and lying brings about animosity.
Bihar- Al-Anwar: Volume 69, page 200.
The best gift on father's day is to act upon this statement of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) that has said: to be polite, it is sufficient to like for others what you like for yourself and hate for others what you hate for yourself.
Visiting Imam Hussein's (as) Holy Shrine brings about intercession, forgiveness and mercy.
Do your best to say the night prayers then you will see that your day is devoid of any objection with the lord of the universe. The night prayers guard you against the sins; this has been proved by experience.
In the Holy Quran, it's not only the believers who are addressed by Allah Almighty but all human beings and in the verse " خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا" God has wanted to teach others the value of human beings and that whatever is on the earth is to mankind's benefit
if our falling in love is based on faith, then we don't backbite, we don't accuse people, we don't misname one another and we don't search about people's private lives.