Muhammad al-Jawad Quotes

The honour of a person lies in his needlessness from the people.

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.

The one who commits aggression and tyranny, and the one who helps him upon it, and the one who is pleased over it - all are party and participants in it.

When the divine decree descends, the human being is cornered.

There are three characteristics that attract kindness: being fair in dealing with others, being helpful when others are in hardships and bearing a truly compassionate heart.

Showing something before it becomes complete spoils that thing.

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.

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

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

The lapse of time uncovers hidden secrets.

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

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

Three things take the slave to God's pleasure:

Whoever has three things will never regret:

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