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Muhammad al-Taqi Quotes

811–835

Muhammad ibn Ali at-Taqi al-Jawad (Arabic: محمد بن علي التقي الجواد‎; 12 April 811 – 27 November 835 AD) was the ninth of the Twelve Imams and a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. He was also called Abu Ja'far, Ibn al-Ridha ("the son of al-Ridha); al-Jawād ("the generous") and al-Taqī ("the pious").

Also known as: Muhammad al-Jawad

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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.

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

Three things take the slave to God's pleasure

People are brothers. The brotherhood that is not in the way of Allah turns into enmity, for Allah says, "Friends on that day will be foes one to another, save those who kept their duty (to God)."

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.

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!

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.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Muhammad al-Taqi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.