Ali al-Rida Quotes

Assisting the weak is better for you than your act of charity.

Man is not worshipful unless he is clement.

Silence is a door among the doors of wisdom - indeed, silence begets and attracts love, it is the proof of all the beneficiences.

One who offers (suggests) what he doesn't know, will be under the curse of the angels of the heavens and the earth.

The most valuable stage of wisdom is the stage of self-consciousness.

Time will come when one's safety lies in ten things: nine of which are in staying aloof from men, and the tenth in staying silent.

The one for whom the day of ‘Āshūrā is a day of tragedy, grief and weeping, Allah The Mighty, The Glorious, shall make the Day of Judgment, a day of joy and happiness for him.

He who reckons his own soul is successful; he who is heedless of it is unsuccessful.

He who takes himself to account gets benefitted, and the one who gets negligent and careless about himself bears loss. The one who fears (Allah) becomes peaceful, and the one who takes lesson becomes most clear sighted and discerning. He who becomes most clear sighted, understands; and he who understands and comprehends becomes knowledgeable and informed.

The best wealth is the one by which the honour of man is protected.

Silence is one of the gates to wisdom.

The miserly one is never restful; the envious is never pleased; the grumbler is never loyal; the liar has no conscience.

Wisdom and intellect is every man's friend, ignorance and illiteracy are his enemies.

For the Devil, the presence of learned one is by far more painful than a thousand worshipers.

Reason is a free gift from God and politeness is acquisition. He who undertakes politeness has power over it. He who undertakes reason increases (himself) through that nothing but ignorance.