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Ali al-Rida Quotes (765-818)
About Ali al-Rida
‘Alī ibn Mūsā ar-Ridhā (Arabic: علي بن موسى الرضا; 765 – 818 AD) was the eighth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām. He was the son of Mūsā al-Kādhim and was the sixth generation grandson of Muhammad.
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“Man is not worshipful unless he is clement.”
“The most valuable stage of wisdom is the stage of self-consciousness.”
“A Muslim will never get tired and bored of educating himself throughout his life.”
“He who reckons his own soul is successful; he who is heedless of it is unsuccessful.”
“Wisdom and intellect is every man's friend, ignorance and illiteracy are his enemies.”
“A trustworthy person does not betray you, but you consider the betrayer to be trustworthy.”
“For the Devil, the presence of learned one is by far more painful than a thousand worshipers.”
“The worst of men is he who stops his contributions to charity, eats by himself, and whips his slave.”
“The miserly one is never restful; the envious is never pleased; the grumbler is never loyal; the liar has no conscience.”
“Silence is a door among the doors of wisdom - indeed, silence begets and attracts love, it is the proof of all the beneficiences.”
“Knowledge and science are the coffers and caches to the treasures of Perfection; and the only access to them is to ask and question.”
“Worship is not the abundance of prayer and fasting; rather it is the abundance of reflecting on the affairs of God, the Great and Almighty.”
“Some signs of understanding are: clemency, knowledge, and silence. Silence is one of the doors to wisdom. It brings about love and is evidence for all good.”
“Reason is a free gift from God and politeness is acquisition. He who undertakes politeness has power over it. He who undertakes reason increases (himself) through that nothing but ignorance.”
“The one for whom the day of ‘Āshūrā is a day of tragedy, grief and weeping, Allah The Mighty, The Glorious, shall make the Day of Judgment, a day of joy and happiness for him.”
“He who takes himself to account gets benefitted, and the one who gets negligent and careless about himself bears loss. The one who fears (Allah) becomes peaceful, and the one who takes lesson becomes most clear sighted and discerning. He who becomes most clear sighted, understands; and he who understands and comprehends becomes knowledgeable and informed.”
About Ali al-Rida
‘Alī ibn Mūsā ar-Ridhā (Arabic: علي بن موسى الرضا; 765 – 818 AD) was the eighth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām. He was the son of Mūsā al-Kādhim and was the sixth generation grandson of Muhammad.