Chapter 1 - On Shiite Characteristics

Volume 1 14 narrations

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God-consciousness/Piety 4 Imam Ali 3 Ahl al-Bayt 3 Supplication 3 Fear of God (Khashya) 3 Silence 3 Chastity/Modesty 2 Good Deeds 2 Arrogance/Pride 2 Wilayah 2 Remembrance 2 Fasting 1 Generosity 1 The Poor and Needy 1 Prophet Muhammad 1 Love 1 Trustworthiness (Amanah) 1 Wisdom 1

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hadith 286

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “How good it is for an eloquent person to be silent! There are instances of slip of the tongue in talking that might cause one's failure.”

وقال (عليه السلام): ما أحسن الصمت من غير عي، والهذار له سقطات.

hadith 287

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “There are some servants of God who are eloquent, wise and knowledgeable but their hearts are filled with the fear of God and have stopped talking. They compete with each other in doing good deeds to approach God. They do not overestimate their deeds, and do not get pleased with the small amount of good deeds that they perform. Although they are intelligent and good people, they consider themselves to be wicked people.”

وقال الصادق (عليه السلام): إن لله عبادا كسرت قلوبهم خشية، فأسكتهم عن النطق وأنهم لفصحاء عقلاء ألباء نبلاء، يستبقون إليه بالأعمال الزكية، لا يستكثرون له الكثير ولا يرضون له بالقليل، يرون في أنفسهم أنهم شرار وأنهم أكياس أبرار.

hadith 294

Imam Sadiq (a.s) quoted on the authority of God's Prophet (a.s): “Whoever recognizes God and His Grandeur will shut his mouth up. He will neither talk nor eat. He will fast and stay up at night to pray.” They asked him: “O' Prophet of God! May our parents be your devoted servants! Are they God's saints?” He said

“God's saints are quiet, and their silence is in remembrance of God. They look, and their looking is to learn a lesson. They talk, and their sayings are words of wisdom. They walk around, and their walking is a blessing for the people. If their life was not predestined for them, their souls would leave their bodies from the fear of divine chastisement and the eagerness for receiving divine rewards.”

عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): من عرف الله وعظمه منع فاه من الكلام، وبطنه من الطعام، وعنى نفسه بالصيام والقيام، قالوا: بآبائنا وأمهاتنا يا رسول الله، هؤلاء أولياء الله؟ قال: إن أولياء الله سكتوا وكان سكوتهم ذكرا، ونظروا وكان نظرهم عبرة، ونطقوا فكان نطقهم حكمة، ومشوا وكان مشيهم بين الناس بركة، ولولا الآجال التي كتبت عليهم لم تقر أرواحهم في أجسادهم خوفا من العذاب وشوقا إلى الثواب.