Pearl of Wisdom
Ali b. Abi Hamza narrated from Abu BasIr who said: 'I heard him asking Abu 'Abdullah (al-Sadiq] (AS): may I be sacrificed for you, please inform me about the religion that Allah has obligated upon His servants. The religion that they cannot afford to be ignorant of and the only religion that will be accepted from them. What is it?' The Imam (AS) replied, 'Bearing witness that there is no god except Allah and that Muhammad (SAWA) is the prayer, paying the alms-tax, pilgrimage to the House for those who are able to do so, fasting the month of Ramadan.' Then the Imam momentarily paused and then repeated twice, 'and divine guardianship [of the divinely appointed Imams] (al-wilaya).' Messenger of Allah, establishing the
Abu Basir al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 22, no. 11
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Sermon 45 About Allah's greatness and lowliness of this world
Praise is due to Allah from Whose mercy no one loses hope, from Whose bounty no one is deprived, from Whose forgiveness no one is disappointed and for Whose worship no one is too high. His mercy never ceases and His bounty is never missed. This world is a place for which destruction is ordained and for its inhabitants departure from here is destined. It is sweet and green. It hastens towards its seeker and attaches to the heart of the viewer. So depart from here with the best of provision available with you and do not ask herein more than what is enough and do not demand from it more than subsistence.
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