Maxims of Imam Hasan Mujtaba (a.s.)
Compiled by: Engineer Solacar
1. The height of intelligence is associating with people amicably.
2. One who lacks intelligence has no decorum, and one who lacks determination has no magnanimity, and one who has no modesty has no religion.
3. It is love which brings closer those who are remote by ancestry, and it is (the absence of love which causes dissociation between those who are related by
ancestry.
4. Never did a nation resort to mutual counsel except that they were guided by it towards maturity.
5. Do not be hasty in punishing (someone's) sin, and leave (room) between the two (fault and punishment) for apology.
6. The most preferable adornment is graceful manners.
7. Generosity is giving in prosperity and adversity.
8. Allah provides everything to one who worships Allah.
9. Whoever relies on the excellence of Allah's choices, doesn't wish to be in other than the situation that Allah has chosen for him.
10. The best wealth is contentment and the worst poverty is humility.
11. Clemency is suppression of anger and self-restraint.
12. The annihilation of people lies in three things: Arrogance, Greed and envy. Arrogance causes destruction of the religion and because of it Satan was cursed,
and Greed is the enemy of one's soul, and because of it Adam was expelled from Paradise, and envy is the guide to wickedness, and because of it Qabil
killed Habil.
13. Teach others your knowledge and learn knowledge of others so you will bring your knowledge to perfection and learn something which you do not know.
14. One is ignorant of blessing as long as they are present, but when they pass, one becomes aware (of the value) of them.
15. And know it that indeed whoever fears Allah (adopts piety). Allah paves his way of salvation out of the inequities. And makes him firm in his matter. And
provides him (the path of) guidance. And makes his proof and arguments successful and enlightens his face and grants him what he desires. He is with those
upon whom Allah has bestowed His beneficence and boons from among the Prophets, the truthful, the martyrs and pious ones.
16. Piety is the gateway to all repentance, and the principal of all wisdom, and the distinction of all deeds.
17. Associate with and treat the people in way as you like to get associated and treated by them.
18. I wonder about the person who contemplates about his nutrition but he does not consider (the food of) his intellect. Thus, he avoids of what hurts him in his
stomach but he lets his mind to be filled with what destroys him.
19. Opportunity is something which is quick to vanish and late to return.
20. The one who continues his visits (going and coming) to the mosque does lay his hands upon one of eight benefits:
21. (Getting to know) one of the decisive verses.
22. Finding a beneficial brother.
23. Fresh knowledge.
24. A mercy waiting for him.
25. A word leading to the guidance.
26. An admonition averting from sin.
27. Not committing sin out of scheme.
28. Not committing sin for the fear of Allah.
29. O' Son of Adam! Since the day you left your mother's womb your life has been on the decrease. Therefore, avail yourself of that between your hands for the
hereafter, because the believer takes provisions (from this world) and the disbeliever only takes his leisure (from this world).
30. If you fail to obtain something of worldly benefit, take it as if the thought of it had never crossed your mind at all.
31. When the desirable and commendable services damage and harm the obligatory services, abandon them.
32. The greatest forgiveness and pardon of Allah comes when the sinner is not able to make a pretext for his wrong doing.
33. Be prepared for your traveling (for Akhira), and keep ready your necessity before your death comes
Reference
http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/infallible4.asp
Compiled by: Engineer Solacar
1. The height of intelligence is associating with people amicably.
2. One who lacks intelligence has no decorum, and one who lacks determination has no magnanimity, and one who has no modesty has no religion.
3. It is love which brings closer those who are remote by ancestry, and it is (the absence of love which causes dissociation between those who are related by
ancestry.
4. Never did a nation resort to mutual counsel except that they were guided by it towards maturity.
5. Do not be hasty in punishing (someone's) sin, and leave (room) between the two (fault and punishment) for apology.
6. The most preferable adornment is graceful manners.
7. Generosity is giving in prosperity and adversity.
8. Allah provides everything to one who worships Allah.
9. Whoever relies on the excellence of Allah's choices, doesn't wish to be in other than the situation that Allah has chosen for him.
10. The best wealth is contentment and the worst poverty is humility.
11. Clemency is suppression of anger and self-restraint.
12. The annihilation of people lies in three things: Arrogance, Greed and envy. Arrogance causes destruction of the religion and because of it Satan was cursed,
and Greed is the enemy of one's soul, and because of it Adam was expelled from Paradise, and envy is the guide to wickedness, and because of it Qabil
killed Habil.
13. Teach others your knowledge and learn knowledge of others so you will bring your knowledge to perfection and learn something which you do not know.
14. One is ignorant of blessing as long as they are present, but when they pass, one becomes aware (of the value) of them.
15. And know it that indeed whoever fears Allah (adopts piety). Allah paves his way of salvation out of the inequities. And makes him firm in his matter. And
provides him (the path of) guidance. And makes his proof and arguments successful and enlightens his face and grants him what he desires. He is with those
upon whom Allah has bestowed His beneficence and boons from among the Prophets, the truthful, the martyrs and pious ones.
16. Piety is the gateway to all repentance, and the principal of all wisdom, and the distinction of all deeds.
17. Associate with and treat the people in way as you like to get associated and treated by them.
18. I wonder about the person who contemplates about his nutrition but he does not consider (the food of) his intellect. Thus, he avoids of what hurts him in his
stomach but he lets his mind to be filled with what destroys him.
19. Opportunity is something which is quick to vanish and late to return.
20. The one who continues his visits (going and coming) to the mosque does lay his hands upon one of eight benefits:
21. (Getting to know) one of the decisive verses.
22. Finding a beneficial brother.
23. Fresh knowledge.
24. A mercy waiting for him.
25. A word leading to the guidance.
26. An admonition averting from sin.
27. Not committing sin out of scheme.
28. Not committing sin for the fear of Allah.
29. O' Son of Adam! Since the day you left your mother's womb your life has been on the decrease. Therefore, avail yourself of that between your hands for the
hereafter, because the believer takes provisions (from this world) and the disbeliever only takes his leisure (from this world).
30. If you fail to obtain something of worldly benefit, take it as if the thought of it had never crossed your mind at all.
31. When the desirable and commendable services damage and harm the obligatory services, abandon them.
32. The greatest forgiveness and pardon of Allah comes when the sinner is not able to make a pretext for his wrong doing.
33. Be prepared for your traveling (for Akhira), and keep ready your necessity before your death comes
Reference
http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/infallible4.asp
