Muhammad al-Baqir Quotes

Fasting is a shield against (hell) fire. Charity and dole remove and finish sin, as does the remembrance of God in the midnight.

Three things destroy a man: considering his own deeds to be really great, forgetting the sins that have been committed, considering his own opinion to be the highest.

Whoevers tongue utters the truth, his practise becomes purified; and the one whose intention is decent and good, his sustenance increases; and whoever adopts good attitude and decent behavior with his family, his life span lengthens.

Consider the world as an abode where in you have dropped down for an hour, then you have got to leave it and go ahead; or (suppose it is) like the wealth which you lay hands upon in a dream and become over-joyed and glad. Then you wake up to find yourself empty handed.

The virtue of knowledge is more lovable with Allah than the virtue of worship. The best (thing) in your religion is piety.

The person who teaches one chapter of guidance to the people will have a reward similar to all those who would act upon it, and nothing would be lessened or subtracted from the reward of those who practise it; and the one who teaches a chapter of misguidance, he will have the burden similar to each one who acts upon it, and nothing will be lessened from their burden of sin.

Knowledge and science is the fruit of paradise; in times of threat it is one's ally, in exile it keeps one company, and in solitude it is one's intimate friend and companion.

On the Day of Judgement, God will interrogate people according to the wisdom he has granted them.

Opposition of one's desires is the sign of the highest level of wisdom in a human being.

There is no pain worse than ignorance and lack of intelligence.

Learn knowledge and science from him who teaches it, even if he doesn't practice what he preaches.

How beautiful it is when goodness succeeds badness; and how unappealing it is when evil succeeds goodness.

There is no strength higher than overcoming carnal desire.

Being sociable and affable with people brings kindness and friendship.

The parable of a man greedy of this world is the parable of the silk worm: the more it winds the thread round itself the farther it becomes from salvation, until it dies of grief.