Al-Amālī · Volume 1 · Section 61 · 19 narrations
O Fatima! Surely, Allah becomes angry with what angers you, and He becomes pleased with what pleases you. He said: So, Sandal came and said to Ja`far b. Muhammad (s): O Aba `Abdillah! Surely, these young men come to us…
Read the full narration →It was said to the Messenger of Allah (sw): Sa`d b. Mu`adh has died. So, the Messenger of Allah (sw) stood, and his companions stood with him. While he was standing at the door, he commanded that Sa`d was to be washed.…
Read the full narration →The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whoever awakes with a healthy body, peace of mind, and enough provision for his day, it is as though he has been given the goodness of this world. O Ibn Khash`am! It suffices to have that…
Read the full narration →I heard Muhammad b. al-Hasan say: Harun b. Kharija narrated to us. He said: Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) said to me: How far is your house from the Mosque of Kufa? So, I informed him. So, he said: There has not been…
Read the full narration →Shu`ba informed us. He said: Al-Hakam narrated to us. He said: I heard Ibn Abi Layla say: I met Ka`b b. `Ajra, so he said: Shall I not gift something to you? Surely, the Messenger of Allah (sw) came to us, so we said: O…
Read the full narration →There may be a beggar who is disheveled, dusty, and wearing two tattered garments who is refused at the doors, but [he may be so pious that] if he were to ask something of Allah, He would fulfill it for him.
Read the full narration →I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: What can the reward of one who has been blessed with monotheism be other than Paradise?
Read the full narration →The most deserving of people to hope that the people become rich are the poor, because if the people become rich, then they will become needless of their wealth [and they would give it out more freely]. The most…
Read the full narration →Amir al-Mu'minin (as) said: People on Friday are of three states: (1) a man who witnesses it attentively and silently before the Imam – that will be a forgiveness of his sins from Friday until the next Friday, plus three…
Read the full narration →I complained to the Messenger of Allah (s) about a debt that I had, so he said: O `Ali! Say: “O Allah! Enrich me with Your lawful things over Your unlawful things, and with preferring You over others (Allahumma aghnini…
Read the full narration →The Messenger of Allah (s) said: I am the City of Wisdom – and that is Paradise – and you, `Ali, are its Gate. So, how can a guided one be guided to Paradise without being guided to it by its Gate?
Read the full narration →A man insulted `Ali b. Abi Talib in the presence of `Umar b. al-Khattab, so `Umar said to him: Do you know who owns this grave? Muhammad b. `Abdullah b. `Abd al-Muttalib and `Ali b. Abi Talib b. `Abd al-Muttalib. Do not…
Read the full narration →Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) said: Three types of people get up from their beds: (1) One whose waking is for him and not against him, (2) one whose waking is against him and not for him, and (3) one whose waking is…
Read the full narration →Dawud b. Kathir al-Raqqi informed me. He said: I heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) say: Whoever would like Allah to lighten his pangs of death should maintain his kinship ties and be good to his parents, for if he does…
Read the full narration →I heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) say: Whoever would like Allah to bring him into His mercy and settle him in His Paradise should beautify his character, be fair in personality, be merciful to the orphan, help the…
Read the full narration →Whoever frequents the mosques will gain one of eight things: (1) a brother who will assist him for Allah, (2) valuable knowledge, (3) a firm sign (ayatun muhkama), (4) an awaited mercy, (5) a word that will guide him…
Read the full narration →Abu Ja`far (as) said: Allah has obligated thirty-five prayers from one Friday to the next Friday, one of which is the Friday prayer that Allah obligated on Friday. He exempted it from nine: (1) the children, (2) the…
Read the full narration →Abu Ja`far al-Baqir (as) said: The qunut in witr is like the qunut on Friday. You say in the supplication of qunut: “O Allah! You perfected Your light, so I was guided, so praise be to You, our Lord. You opened Your…
Read the full narration →I heard him say: When a child reaches three years, the following is to be said to him seven times: “Say: there is no god but Allah (qul la ilaha illallah).” Then, he is left until he reaches three years and seven months…
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