He who yearns neither desires food , nor finds pleasure in drink , nor is he quickly excitable, nor is he intimate even with his close fr...

Sayyid ‘Ādil al-’Alawī, quotes his late mentor, the pious Shi’ite Marja’, Āyatullāh al-’Uzmā Shahāb al-Dīn al-Najafī al-Mar’ashī as having a...

Sincerity in Knowledge Although we had a very close relationship with 'Allama, not a single instance comes to mind of a situation in ...

(worth profound deliberation) A person who is deluded is wretched in this world, and is duped in the next world because he has sold what i...

One day Sheikh Bahjat talked about the generosity and open-handedness of the Imams (a.s) saying,  'In Iraq, there is a small town near...

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Verily the one who enjoys the best standards of living is he who is satisfied with what Allah has apportioned ...

Sayyid Radi al-Din bin Tawus al-Hasani (may Allah elevate his noble spirit) in his well-known maqtal, al-Luhuf ala Qatla al-Tufuf narrates: ...

Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluwayh - may God be pleased with him -narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father,...

Amir al-Mu'mineen (a) to Malik al-Ashtar: Do not say, ‘I have been given authority, I order and am obeyed’, for this leads to corrupt...

Ahmad ibn Al-Hassan al-Qattan narrated that Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’eed al-Kufi quoted on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hassan ibn al-Fadhdh...