Know that the afflictions He sends are filled with the eternal marks of His honour, and that the trials He inflicts bring about His pleasure and nearness, even though it may be after some time.
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As for me, O Jabir, if Allah causes me to age, I shall love old age, if He keeps me young, I shall love young age, if He causes me to fall sick, I shall love sickness, if He heals me, I shall love healing and good health, if He causes me to die, I shall love death, and if He decrees to keep me alive, I shall love to stay alive.
Imam Zain ul Abideen’s Supplication for Tuesdays
O Allah! Send blessings on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
(All) praise is for Allah; praise belongs to Him (alone) and answers the purpose, even frequent, too much and long (time) praise is necessary, and is a duty.
I take refuge with Him from the corruption of desires and passions, indeed (vain) desires and (carnal) passions would lead astray unto evil, if not my Lord is merciful (to me); I take refuge with Him, from the evil of the devil, who piles high sins, one upon another; I guard (myself), with His help, against every cruel wrongdoer, unjust ruler, and harmful adversary.
O my Allah! make me a part of Thy flock, because surely Thy flock (alone) wins; take me in among the group of people dedicated to Thee, because beyond the shadow of doubt, Thy party (alone) makes progress, make room for me among Thy friends, because certainly for Thy friends there is no fear, nor they dismay or lose confidence.
O my Allah, let me answer the purpose of (my) religion, because nothing else but this alone guarantee success in my works; make my eternal life (here- after) blissful, because at all events it will be my permanent abode, a sanctuary-away from the vile and the worthless (mean world); let me live a life that fully absorbs good and beauty, every where, at all times, let me die a death that sets me free (happy and blessed) from every kind of evil. O my Allah send blessing on Muhammad, the Last Prophet, the culmination of all Messengers, on his pure and pious children, on his noble companions, and grant me in the hours of this Tuesday three favours. Do not take up the account of my sins, but to overlook them, donot put me in difficulties, but to overcome them, donot be hard and severe, except to curb the transgression, in the name of “Bismillah” the Best of names. In the name of Allah, the Lord of the earth, and the heavens, I keep off and drive away everything which is ugly and bad, worst of all is His displeasure. I collect and gather everything which is beautiful and good, best of all is His pleasure; so be kind and merciful when my time comes, O He Who owns and distributes favours freely!
O Allah! Send blessing on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.
There is no need to lift the stone to see which of you is the strongest. I can say that the strongest person is he who in his desire for a sin is able to control that desire. Such a person is truly a brave warrior.
In the first prostration, you are reminding yourself that you are made of dust, and in the second one you remember that you will die and return to dust, and by raising your head once more, you will think of the day you will be raised again for a future life.
Being modest before Allah is accepting all His orders about worldly and heavenly issues wholeheartedly. As is stated in the Qur’an, the Prophet’s traditions, and the words of the Imams. Then these orders should be applied to life.
Modesty before the people is not letting oneself boast to Muslim brothers and consider oneself superior to them. Modesty is humbling no one, respecting and helping anyone, and forgiving others’ mistakes. -Allamah Husayn Ansariyan
If there is a walnut in your hand and people say that it is a pearl, their saying will not benefit you in any way when you know that it is actually a walnut. And if there is apearl in your hand and people say that it is a walnut, their saying will not harm you in any way when you know that it is actually a pearl.
It is recorded in Ghawali al-La`ali that a man called Majashe went to see the Prophet (MGB), asked him the following questions, and got the following replies:
Question: “O’ Prophet of God! What is the way of recognition of God?”
Answer: “Recognition of the self.”
Question: “What is the way to agree with God?”
Answer: “To disagree with the self.”
Question: “What is the way to please God?”
Answer: “To raise the wrath of the self.”
Question: “What is the way to approach God?”
Answer: “To abandon the desires of the self.”
Question: “What is the way to obey God?”
Answer: “To disobey the wants of the self.”
Question: “What is the way to remember God?”
Answer: “To fight the self.”
Question: “What is the way to get closer to God?”
Answer: “To stay away from the self.”
Question: “What is the way to get accustomed to God?”
Answer: “To fear the self”
Question: “What is the way to attain all this?”
Answer: “Seeking God’s help against one’s self.
Man can only attain inner peace and illumination if he abandons wicked traits and adorns himself with perfection. He should first abandon all his wickedness, and then he should adorn himself with perfections. Finally, man should polish the beauties of his self, refine them, and make them transparent.
(Wasa’il al-Shi’ah, v.2, p.270.)
Be humble to whomever you learn from and whomever you teach.
Verily, God Almighty treats the believer with tribulations in the same way as a man treats his family with gifts after an absence (upon a journey), and He restrains him from the world in the same way as the physician prescribes restraints for the sick man.
Be apprehensive of your desires in the same way as you are apprehensive of your enemies. For there is no greater enemy for human beings than their own desires and what their tongues reap.
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