The Sixty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Ninth from Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

Abu `Abdillah Ja`far b. Muhammad al-Sadiq (as) was asked about wine, so he said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The first things that my Lord prohibited for me were worshiping statues, drinking wine, and quarrelling…

Abu Ja`far (as) said: O Ziyad! Beware of argumentation, for it creates doubt, nullifies deeds, and degrades its doer. Perhaps a man may say something that he is not forgiven for. O Ziyad! There was once a community who…

Abu `Abdillah (as) said: Beware of contemplating about [the essence of] Allah, for contemplation about Allah only increases in deviation. Surely, Allah cannot be comprehended by sights, and He cannot be described by…

Beware of arguing in religion, for it distracts the heart from the remembrance of Allah, it bequeaths hypocrisy, it forms grudges, and it makes lying easy.

When Allah created the intellect, He interrogated it. Then, He said to it: Come forth. So, it came forth. Then, He said to it: Go back. So, it went back. Then, He said to it: By My glory and My majesty! I have not…

I spoke to Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as), describing the worship, religion, virtue, and so on of a person. He said: So, he said: How is his intellect? So, I said: I do not know. So, he said: Surely, good deeds are at the…

Abu `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) said: The foundations of disbelief are three: greed, arrogance, and envy. As for greed, when Adam (as) was prohibited from the tree, greed caused him to eat from it. As for arrogance, when…

The pillars of disbelief are four: (1) desire, (2) fear, (3) discontent, and (4) anger.

There is no good in lying nor in mockery, nor in promising your child something then failing to fulfill it. Lying leads to immorality, and immorality leads to the Fire. One of you may not stop lying until it is said: “he…

Do not anger others, or else you will be angered; and do not dig a hole for your brother, or else you will fall in it. Surely, you will reap what you sow.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Sitting in the mosque waiting for the prayer is worship for one who does not nullify. It was said: O Messenger of Allah! What is the nullifier? He said: Backbiting.

Whoever swears by Allah whilst lying, Allah says: “Did you not find anyone else to lie upon besides Myself?!”

Whoever says "Allah knows" regarding something that he does not know, the Throne shakes out of the greatness of Allah.

I asked Aba Ja`far al-Baqir (as): What is the right that Allah has over a worshiper? He said: To say only that which they know, and to stop at that which they do not know.

Allah reproaches His servants with two verses from His Book: to not speak until they know, and to not respond to that which they do not know. Allah says, “Was a covenant not taken from them in the Book that they would…

I heard from Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) except that my heart would break for him. I heard him say: My father narrated to me from my grandfather from the Messenger of Allah (s). Ibn Shabrama said: By Allah, he would not lie…

`Isa b. Maryam (as) stood to deliver a sermon to the Children of Israel. So, he said: O Children of Israel! Do not impart wisdom to the ignorant, for you will have oppressed it; and do not prevent it from its people, for…

I heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) say: One who acts without insight is like one who travels without a path. If he increases his speed in his travel, he only gets further away from the path.

I heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) say: Allah does not accept action without recognition (ma`rifa), nor recognition without action. Whoever recognizes, his recognition will lead him to action. Whoever has no actions has…