On Poems About Patience and Silence in Front of the Ignorant, and Not Treating Friends With Reproach, and Attracting the Enemy So That He Becomes Friends and on Hiding Secrets

Then recite to us the best poem that they have recited to you about patience.” He (a.s.) said,Whenever I face someone lower than mehurt me out of ignoranceI honor myself anddo not treat him out of ignorance, too.If he…

How come it could not be thatThe pagans be the pillars of Islam?The children of the daughter inherit from their grandfatherWhile the uncle is abandoned without any share.How could the one captured and freed inherit?Many…

"I heard Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha (peace be upon him) say: "Indeed, you are in a world with a set duration; the deeds of the doer are accepted in it. Do you not see that death surrounds it? The hopes of the hopeful are…

Forgive your brother for his sins.Cover up and hide his imperfections.Calmly bear the accusations of the foolsAnd leave to time their declamations.Be noble and do not respondAnd entrust all oppressors to the Reckoner!”

“Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) recited the following poem about Abdul Muttalib for me.The people all find fault with timeBut we ourselves are the fault of the time.We blame the time, but the fault is in us.If the time could talk, it…

“The Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) said,He created the creatures with His Ability.Some are generous and some are miserlyBut the generous ones are in comfortBut the miserly has long misery.”

I heard him (a.s.) recite the following poem:We all hope death to grant us more timeWhile death itself destroys all hopes.Let not false hopes fool you.Be moderate and abandon falsehood.This world is like a vanishing…

“Al-Ma’mun sent a young girl to Abil Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.). Upon entering, she expressed her dislike of his white hair. When the Imam (a.s.) noticed this he returned her to Al-Ma’mun with the following poem that he…

When you are blessed by goodness do not get dazzled by that, but keep on asking God to keep you healthy and perfect the blessings.