Lusts

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "After myself, I fear of three things for my Ummah: misguidance after knowledge, misleading temptations, and the lust of the stomach and the privy parts." [Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 79]

Imam al-Baqir (‘a) said: "No worship with Allah is worthier than the purity of one's stomach and privity part (from lust)." [Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 80]

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "The person for whom lust and vice is readily available but he avoids them for the fear of Allah, Almighty and Glorious, He will bar the Fire for him and ensure him against the Great Fear...." [Makarim-ul-Akhlaq]

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "He who is guarded against the vices of his stomach, tongue, and privy parts, is surely safeguarded from all sins." [Al-Muhajjat-ul Bayda]

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen ‘Ali (‘a) said: "Remember, (when committing sin), that pleasures are fleeting while the consequences remain. [Nahjul Balagha, p. 553]

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "He who kisses a lad lustily, Allah, Almighty and Glorious, will bridle him with a reign of Fire." [Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 548]

Imam al-Baqir (‘a) said: "What a struggle is better than for the piety of stomach and privity parts." [Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 79]

Lusts

Helping the Needy

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "Ask (questions from) the learned, speak with the wise, and associate with the poor." [Tuhaf-ul-'Uqul, p. 34]

Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen ‘Ali (‘a) said: "The cause of the cessation of (one's) wealth is leaving the needy heedless." [Ghurar-ul-Hikam, vol. 4, p. 190]

Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen ‘Ali (‘a) said: "The Holy Prophet (S) narrated from Allah, the Exalted, on the night of ascent, Who said: 'O' Ahmad, My love is the loving of the poor. Bring the poor nearer to yourself and situate them close to yourself in order that I approach you..." [Al-Hayat, vol. 2, p. 51]

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: "Whoever satiates a hungry believer so that the one is satisfied fully, neither a human being among people nor a near-stationed angel nor a divine Messenger knows how great his reward is in the Hereafter except Allah, the Lord of the Worlds." Then, he added: "Feeding a hungry Muslim is from among the means of forgiveness." After that he recited the word of Allah, Almighty and Glorious: "Or the feeding on a day of hunger, of an orphan near of kin, or to the indigent (down) in the dust." (Sura Balad, No. 90, verses 14 to 16). [Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 201]

Helping the Needy

Encouragement for Marriage

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "The person who marries gains half of his Faith, then he must fear of Allah for the next remaining half." [Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 328]

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "Most of the people of Hell will be the unmarried (irrespective of male or female)." [Man La Yahduruhul Faqih, vol. 3, p. 384]

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "The most depraved of your dead are the unmarried." [Al-Tahthib, vol. 7, p. 239]

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "He who wishes to be cleaned and purified when he meets Allah should marry and have a spouse." [Man La Yahduruhul Faqih, vol. 3, p. 385]

Encouragement for Marriage

Backbiting and Faultfinding

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "Slander acts quicker against the faith of a Muslim believer than leprosy does against his body." [Usul al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 257]

Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Mi (‘a) said: "The listener to backbiting is the same as the backbiter." [Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p. 307]

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "The abandoning of backbiting is more valuable to Allah, Almighty and Glorious, than the performance of ten thousand rak'at of recommended prayers." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 75, p. 261]

'Abd-ul-Mu'min-il-Ansari said that once he himself arrived in the presence of Imam Abil-Hasan Musa ibn Ja'far (‘a) where Abdillah-il-Ja'fari had attended and Abdul-Mu'min smiled at him. Then he (‘a) inquired whether Abdul-Mu'min liked Abdillah Al-Ja'fari when he replied to the Imam (‘a) that he did not like him ('Abdillah) but on his account (the seventh Imam). Then Imam (‘a) said: "He is your brother, and a Muslim believer is the brother of another Muslim believer though their fathers are not the same. Hence, cursed is he who accuses his (Muslim) brother, cursed is he who deceives his (Muslim) brother, cursed is he who does not advise his (Muslim) brother, and cursed is he who slanders his (Muslim) brother." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 75, p. 262]

Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen ‘Ali (‘a) said: "The most vicious person is he who looks for other people's defects while he overlooks his own faults." [Tara'if-ul-Hikam, p. 176]

Imam Kazim (‘a) said: "Cursed is the one who backbites against one's brother (fellow Muslim)." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 74, p. 232]

Backbiting and Faultfinding

Telling Lies

'Anas-ibn-Mlaik narrates from the Messenger of Allah (S) who said: "Accept six things from me, then I will accept (and guarantee) the entrance of Heaven for you:

1. When you speak, tell no lies.

2. When you promise, do not break it.

3. When you are trusted (by others), be honest.

4. Lower your eyes (from committing sin).

5. Guard your modesty.

6. Hold your hands and tongues." [Khisal al-Saduq, p. 321]

Imam Abi-Muhammad-al-al-’Askari, the eleventh Imam, (‘a) said: "Wickedness was put inside a house, and the key (of its door) was rendered to be lies." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 72, p. 263]

Imam Sajjad (‘a) said: "Avoid telling lies irrespective of small or great, whether it is in earnest or joking, because when a person tells a lie in small (things), he dares to tell a lie in great things, too." [Tuhaful-Uqul, p. 201]

Once Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen ‘Ali (‘a) was asked about the distance between the truth and untruth and, while he (‘a) was showing the distance between his eye and ear with his four fingers in order to illustrate this distance as his answer, he said: "What your eyes see is 'truth' and what your ears hear is for the most part 'untruth'." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 75, p. 196]

Imam al-Baqir (‘a) said: "Verily, Allah, the exalted, has put some locks on vices, the key of which He has put in wine, but the vice of lying is worse than wine." [Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 339]

Imam Ridha’ (‘a) said: "Be truthful and avoid telling lies." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 78, p. 347]

Telling Lies

Righteous Deeds

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "To make peace between two individuals (in comparison) is worthier than one's entire prayers and fastings." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 76, p. 43]

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen (‘a) said: "If a person thinks well of you, make his idea hold true." [Nahjul-Balaghah, p. 511, saying No. 248]

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "He who leads (others) to piety (will be rewarded) the same as the doer of that good action." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 96, p. 119]

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: "There are six things that a Muslim believer can be profited by after his death:

1. A righteous child who seeks forgiveness for him.

2. The Holy scripture which will be recited from.

3. A well which he had dug (for the benefit of people).

4. The tree which he had planted.

5. The charity of water that he had caused to flow.

6. A good tradition which will be followed (by people) after him."

7. Khisal by Saduq, p.323

The Holy Prophet (S) said: "If it were not hard upon my Ummah, I would enjoin them to brush (their teeth) with every prayer." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 76, p. 126]

Righteous Deeds

Being Attentive to the Hereafter

The Holy Prophet (S) said that the disciples of Jesus (‘a) asked him with whom they should make friends, and he (‘a) replied: "With one whose presence reminds you of God, his speech increases your knowledge and his deed inspires you (to work righteously for) the next world." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 1, p. 203]

Amir ul Mu'mineen ‘Ali (‘a) said: "No business should hinder you from being busy doing good for the coming world, hence, surely, the length of opportunity is a very short time." [Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p. 335]

Amir ul Mu'mineen ‘Ali (‘a) said: "He who sells his next life for his present life in this world, loses both of them." [Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p. 274]

Imam Hadi, the tenth Imam, (‘a) said: "Remember when you are on your deathbed and your body is lying before your family members, then there is no physician to prevent you (from death) nor a friend to avail you." [Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 78, p. 370]

Being Attentive to the Hereafter