The Seventy-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twelfth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

I said to al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as): Inform me of this saying – whose saying is it? –: I ask Allah for faith and God-consciousness, and I seek refuge in Allah from the evil consequences of things. Surely, the most…

Allah said: When a servant obeys Me, I do not assign him to one other than Me. When a servant disobeys Me, I assign him to himself, then I do not care which valley he perishes in.

One who heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) heard him saying: One who disobeys Allah does not love him. Then, he recited: You disobey God yet you manifest your love for Him. This is impossible. Had you loved Him, you would…

Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) would say: For every people is a government that they draw near to, And our government at the End of Time will manifest.

Al-Sadiq (as) would frequently say: The knowledge of the plain is clear for him who seeks it But I see the hearts are blinded from the plain, I am astonished at him who perishes when his salvation is present, And I am…

Al-Sadiq (as) would say: Be steady in your actions, for surely, you will die, Decide for yourself, O human, For it is as though what is past did not occur at all, And what is present is already past.

I do not blame you for insulting `Ali (as), as he lashed you eighty times for drinking wine, and he killed your father in the time of the Messenger of Allah (s) in the Day of Badr, and, in another verse, Allah called him…

Salman the Good (ra) narrated to me, saying: O Aba’l Hasan! Rarely do you and I visit the Messenger of Allah (s) and he does not say: “O Salman! This [`Ali] and his party are the triumphant on the Day of Resurrection.”

The Prophet (s) said: `Ali will clarify that which my Nation will disagree about after me.

When `Ali b. Abi Talib buried Fatima (sa), he stood at the edge of the grave. This was in the middle of the night because he had buried her at night. Then, he recited: For every meeting between two lovers there is a…

I heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) say: Abu Ja`far al-Baqir (as) said: Whoever’s appearances are weightier [in deeds] than his inside, his Scale [of good deeds] will be lightened.

O Sama`a! There are four problems that a believer will not escape: (1) A neighbour that will harm him, (2) a devil that will deceive him, (3) a hypocrite that will follow him, and (4) a believer that will envy him. I…

We were sitting in a gathering place belonging to a companion of the Messenger of Allah (s), and the Messenger of Allah (s) was with us. We saw the Messenger of Allah (s) pointing toward the sky. So, we looked, and we…

I went for Hajj one year. Then, I went to Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as). So, he said: Where were you, O Mushma`il? So, I said: May I be your sacrifice! I was on Hajj. So, he said: Do you know how many…

The believer mixes his knowledge with forbearance. He sits down so that he may learn, he listens so that he may submit, and he speaks so that he may understand. He does not speak about that which he has been entrusted…

The Messenger of Allah (s) went out one day, and he was riding, while `Ali (as) had been walking with him. So, he said to him: O Aba’l Hasan! Either ride or leave, for Allah commanded me to ride when you ride, walk when…