Muhammad al-Jawad Quotes

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

Modesty is the decoration of poverty, thanks-giving is the decoration of affluence and wealth. Patience and endurance are the ornaments and decorations of calamities and distress. Humility is the decoration of lineage, and eloquence is the decoration of speech. Committing to memory is the decoration of tradition (hadīth), and bowing the shoulders is the decoration of knowledge. Decency and good morale is the decoration of the mind, and a smiling face is the decoration of munifence and generiosity. Not boasting of doing favours is the decoration of good deeds, and humility is the decoration of service. Spending less is the decoration of contentment, and abondoning the meaningless and unnecessary things is the decoration of abstention and fear of God.

The one who attended a matter and disliked it, is as the one who was absent; and whoever was not present in an affair yet was pleased with it, is as the one who witnessed it.

Man's death by sins is more than his death by fate and his life by charity is more than his life by age.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Showing something before it becomes complete spoils that thing.

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.

Whoever has three things will never regret:

People are brothers. The brotherhood that is not in the way of Allah turns into enmity, for Allah says, "Friends on that day will be foes one to another, save those who kept their duty (to God)."

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