1- The people who consult for their affairs will surely be guided to the
right.
2- Meanness is to avoid thanking the grace.
3- Imam al-Hasan(A.S.) said to one of his sons: O son, do not befriend anyone
before you know his means and sources. When you try him and please to associate
with him, you should then befriend him on bases of pardoning his faults and
consoling him in misfortunes.
4- Do not fight the dim and like the fighting of the triumphant and do not
depend upon the destiny like the surrendering. To seek the graces is a prophetic
tradition and to seek moderately is a form of chastity. However, neither
chastity will stop the earnings nor will acquisitiveness bring any surplus. The
earnings are already divided and acquisitiveness leads to sins.
5- The true close one is that whom is drawn near by cordiality despite the far
kinship, and the true remote one is that whom is taken away by cordiality
despite the near kinship. Nothing is closer to the body than the hand. Hands may
be amputated and cut due to betrayal.
6- He who depends upon Allah's good option for him will not wish to be in a
situation other than that which Allah opts for him.
7- Dishonor is less bearable than the fire (of Hell).
8- The good that lacks evil is to thank the grace and to toletate the
misfortune.
9- Imam Hasan(A.S.) said to a man who had just been cured from a disease: Allah
has mentioned you; therefore, you should mention Him, and has pardoned you;
therefore, you should thank Him.
10-Imam Hasan(A.S.) said when he concluded the peace treaty with Muawiya: By
Allah, it was not doubt or sorrow that made us stop confronting people of Syria.
We could fight the Syrian people with safety and steadfastness. Today, enmity,
unfortunately, seized the safety and intolerance seized the steadfastness. When
you fought in (the battle of) Siffin, your religion was preceded to your worldly
life. Today, your worldly life is preceded to your religion.
11- I do not know anyone who is not foolish in his relation to His Lord.
12-As someone accused him of enjoying haughtiness, Imam Hasan(A.S.) said: No, I
enjoy honor. Allah says: Honor belongs to Allah, His Messenger and the
believers. (Holy Qur'an 63:8).
13- Describing the features of one of his virtuous friends, Imam Hasan(A.S.)
said: He was the greatest of people in my eye. The head of his characters that
made him great in my eye was the insignificancy of this world in his eyes. He
was beyond the power of ignorance. He extended his hand to no one except the
trustful and only for a profit. He was not complaining, showing dissatisfaction,
or repining. He spent most of his time with silence; but when he spoke, he was
excelling the speakers. He was weak and feeble, but in situations of
seriousness, he was as same as an attacking lion. When he was sitting with the
scholars, he was abiding by listening more than speaking. He was not overcome in
silence even if he was overcome in speaking. He was not saying what he would not
do and was doing what he did not say. When he ignored which of the two matters,
which he encountered, was the nearer to his Lord, he used to notice the one that
was nearer to his passion so that he would take in the other. He avoided blaming
anyone for a matter the like of which might be excused.
14- He who frequents to the mosque will gain one of eight things- a decisive (Quranic)
Verse, a useful friend, an original information, an expected mercy, a word that
guides to the right, a word that saves from perdition, or a desertion of sins
whether shyly or fearfully.
15- People of Quraish visited Imam Hasan(A.S.) for the birth of a male baby.
They said (their usual expression of congratulation in such an occasion): "Enjoy
the existence of this knight." He answered, "What is this saying? Who knows, he
may be walking." "O son of Allah's Messenger," said Jabir, "What should we say
then?" The Imam(A.S.) answered: To congratulate for a male newborn, you should
say: May you thank the Endower, blessed be this gift, and Allah may cause him to
attain maturity and bestow upon you with his earnings.
16- As he was asked about chivalry, Imam Hasan(A.S.) answered: Chivalry is to
cling to the religion, recondition the wealth, and fulfill the duties
completely.
17- The most discerning sight is that which is most piercing in the good. The
most perceptive hearing is that which retains the reminding and makes benefits.
The soundest heart is that which is pure from suspicions.
18- As a man asked him for advice, Imam Hasan(A.S.) said: Avoid praising me
because I know myself better than you do. Avoid belying me because the opinions
of those whom are belied are valueless. Avoid backbiting anyone before me." As
the man asked the Imam's permission to leave, the Imam(A.S.) permitted him.
19- He who seeks worship should clean himself for it. Decline the recommendable
rites if they injure the obligatory ones. Conviction is refuge for safety. He
who considers the long journey will surely prepare for it. The intelligent
should not cheat those who seek advice. Between the admonition and you lies the
screen of haughtiness. Knowledge invalidates the excuses of the learners. Every
anticipated(one) asks for respite and every respited busies himself with
negligence.
20- O servants of Allah, fear Allah, seek(from Him) seriously and escape(His
punishment). Enter upon acting before the befalling of the punishment and the
coming of the distroyer of the pleasures. The comfort of this world is not
ceaseless, its misfortunes cannot be trusted, and its troubles cannot be
avoided. It is surely an unsteady delusion and a slanting pillar. O servants of
Allah, you should therefore take a warning from the examples, learn lessons from
the transmitted events, refrain from committing sins for the sake of Paradise,
and benefit by the admonitions. Allah is a sufficient protector and supporter,
the Book (of Allah) is sufficient arguer and adversary, Paradise is a sufficient
reward, and Hell is a sufficient penalty and evil result.
21- When you meet your friends, you should kiss them on the place of light in
the forehead.
22- As he passed by some people who were playing and laughing on the Eid-ul-Fitr,
Imam Hasan(A.S.) stopped at them and said:
Allah has made the month of Ramadan the racetrack of His creatures so that they
will compete with each other in acts of obedience to Him to attain His
satisfaction. Some people preceded others and could win, while others dropped
behind and failed. How strange that who plays and laughs on the day when the
good-doers are rewarded and the wrongdoers are losing is! By Allah I take the
oath, if the cover is removed, they will realize that the good-doers are engaged
in their advantages and the evildoers are engaged in their sins. The Imam(a)
then left.
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