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Ahadith
129. Best wealth is that which provides a good name for its owner.
(Bihar ul Anwar vol 78, p352)
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130. He who assesses himself carefully will finally benefit, the
negligent will lose out.
(Bihar ul Anwar vol 78, p 352)
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131. A person asked Imam Reza (A.S.), "Who are the best of the servants?"
He replied, "Those who get happy when they perform a good deed and when ever they do a bad and evil work they ask forgiveness from Allah. And when ever they are given any benediction they thank Allah for it. And while they get angry, they over look it.
( Tuhaf al-Uqul. p 328)
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132. There are a few stages of self admiration. One of those is that the bad actions of a person get so very decorated in his eyes that he admires them as virtues. And another is that a servant acquires faith in Allah and boasts of a favors to him. And Allah has done a favor to him in that faith.
(Tuhaf al-Uqul. p 327)
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133. Allah has commanded three things along with three others in the Qur'an. Prayers are with alms. Thus, one who prays and does not give alms, his prayers are not approved.
The thank giving to Allah is ordered along with thank giving and gratitude to the parents. Therefore, one who does not thank his parents, he has not thanked Allah.
Piety has been commanded along with observing the ties of kinship. Therefore one who does not observe the ties of kinship has not adopted piety.
(Ayun Akhbar ar-Reza(A.S.) vol I, p 258)
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134. The miser does not have comfort and the jealous one has no joy and enjoyment, kings are unfaithful, and a liar has no manliness (courage).
(Tuhaf al-Uqul, p 331)
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135. One who repents upon a sin is like the one who does not have a sin.
(Ayun Akhbar ar-Reza(A.S.) vol 2, p.74.)
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136. Fulfill the rights of your relatives with as little as providing drink of water. The best way of fulfilling the rights of relatives is to refrain from harming them.
(Tuhaf al-Uqul, p 328)
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137. Faith is one degree superior to Islam, Piety is superior by one degree to Faith, and Certitude is a station superior to Faith. Nothing better has been bestowed upon human beings than Certitude.
(Tuhaf al-Uqul , p 328)
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138. One of the companions of the Imam Reza (A.S.), fell ill. Imam Reza (A.S.) went to visit him and said to him: How do you find yourself? He said: I had almost died after you left me, meaning the severity of the pain which befell him. The Holy Imam (A.S.) said: How did you find it? He said: It was a severe pain. The Holy Imam (A.S.) said: You did not meet death, but what befell you was something to warn and acquaint you with some of its aspects.
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