Muhammad al-Jawad Quotes

If the ignorant keeps silent, people would not differ.

The boon and benevolence which is not thanked for, is like the sin which is not forgiven.

The one who acts without knowledge, destroys and ruins more than he rectifies.

Knowledgeable persons are strangers because of the many ignorant people around them.

Do not anticipate matters before their time that you may regret. Do not live just with wishes that your hearts may be hard. Be merciful to the weak and ask for mercy from God by being merciful yourselves!

He, who does not know the entries, the exits will fail him.

The lapse of time uncovers hidden secrets.

Turning to God with the deep of the heart is much better than tiring the organs.

Take patience as your pillow, hug poverty, discard lusts, oppose your desires and know that you are seen by God, so look at how you are.

Our upriser is The Mahdi, who should be waited for in his absence, and obeyed in his appearance. He is the third of my sons.

Meeting and visiting brothers, even if little, causes the development and maturity of intellects.

Do not make an enemy of anyone until you know what there is between him and God! If he is good, God will not leave him to you and if he is bad, then your knowing of his badness will make you safe from him and so you do not need to make him your enemy.

Whoever has three things will never regret:

The one who conceals the (way of) prosperity and progress from you, has done enimity to you.

The increase of blessing is not interrupted by God, unless thanksgiving is interrupted by the slaves.