Ali al-Hadi Quotes

Poverty is the self's greed and increased despair.

Poverty and adversity is the cause of the soul’s rebellion, revolt, and the gravity of dismay.

Whenever a time comes that the justice overwhelms and overcomes cruelty, it is prohibited to form negative conjectures and opinions about anyone, except when one knows it about him. But whenever a time comes that cruelty and oppression overwhelms the (quantum of) justice, then one must not have good opinions about the beneficence of a person, till such time he knows it(for sure).

Jealousy is the cause of erosion of good deeds, as well as the attracter of chastisement.

It suffices for you to have good manners by giving up what you hate of others.

Arrogance causes enmity.

Compensate for the regret and negligence in previous works by working hard in the future.

The person who obeys the unique God, will not fear the anger of the creatures of God.

A parents' dissatisfaction causes poverty and leads to humiliation.

The world is like a market; one community reaps benefit in it while another one faces loss.

Indeed, both the scholar and the student share the prosperity.

Don't ever give up precaution and farsightedness before attempting any work, and remember the result of negligence and nonchalance.

The one who performs a deed and his heart does not believe in that deed, Allah will not accept any of his practices - but that it be along with the sincerity of intention.

The value and rank of a learned man is more than his knowledge.

God has some areas where he likes to be supplicated in, and the prayer of the supplicator is accepted (in those areas); the sanctuary of Husayn (a.s.) is one of these.