Muhammad al-Taqi quotes

Muhammad al-Taqi was the ninth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam and a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. He is recognized for his deep piety, vast knowledge, and wisdom at a very young age. He is remembered as a spiritual leader who guided his followers through a period of political and religious challenges. Here are 27 of his quotes:

Do not make an enemy of anyone until you know what there is between him and God! If he is good, God will not leave him to you and if he is bad, then your knowing of his badness will make you safe from him and so you do not need to make him your enemy.

Muhammad al-Taqi

Do not anticipate matters before their time that you may regret. Do not live just with wishes that your hearts may be hard. Be merciful to the weak and ask for mercy from God by being merciful yourselves!

Muhammad al-Taqi

Turning to God with the deep of the heart is much better than tiring the organs.

Muhammad al-Taqi

There are three characteristics that attract kindness: being fair in dealing with others, being helpful when others are in hardships and bearing a truly compassionate heart.

Muhammad al-Taqi

Forebearence is the dress of a scholar, so do not get yourself undressed of it.

Muhammad al-Taqi

The one who attended a matter and disliked it, is as the one who was absent; and whoever was not present in an affair yet was pleased with it, is as the one who witnessed it.

Muhammad al-Taqi

The lapse of time uncovers hidden secrets.

Muhammad al-Taqi

The boon and benevolence which is not thanked for, is like the sin which is not forgiven.

Muhammad al-Taqi

The increase of blessing is not interrupted by God, unless thanksgiving is interrupted by the slaves.

Muhammad al-Taqi

The honour of a person lies in his needlessness from the people.

Muhammad al-Taqi

When the divine decree descends, the human being is cornered.

Muhammad al-Taqi

Modesty is the decoration of poverty, thanks-giving is the decoration of affluence and wealth. Patience and endurance are the ornaments and decorations of calamities and distress. Humility is the decoration of lineage, and eloquence is the decoration of speech. Committing to memory is the decoration of tradition (hadīth), and bowing the shoulders is the decoration of knowledge. Decency and good morale is the decoration of the mind, and a smiling face is the decoration of munifence and generiosity. Not boasting of doing favours is the decoration of good deeds, and humility is the decoration of service. Spending less is the decoration of contentment, and abondoning the meaningless and unnecessary things is the decoration of abstention and fear of God.

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Our upriser is The Mahdi, who should be waited for in his absence, and obeyed in his appearance. He is the third of my sons.

Muhammad al-Taqi

Meeting and visiting brothers, even if little, causes the development and maturity of intellects.

Muhammad al-Taqi

Take patience as your pillow, hug poverty, discard lusts, oppose your desires and know that you are seen by God, so look at how you are.

Muhammad al-Taqi

Whoever has three things will never regret:.

Muhammad al-Taqi

If the ignorant keeps silent, people would not differ.

Muhammad al-Taqi

The one who acts without knowledge, destroys and ruins more than he rectifies.

Muhammad al-Taqi

Three things take the slave to God's pleasure:.

Muhammad al-Taqi

Trusting in God is a price to every dear thing and a ladder to every high thing.

Muhammad al-Taqi

Knowledgeable persons are strangers because of the many ignorant people around them.

Muhammad al-Taqi

Man's death by sins is more than his death by fate and his life by charity is more than his life by age.

Muhammad al-Taqi