Sunday, March 15, 2009

IMAM JAFER AL-SADIQ (a.s)



Eighth Infallible Description: Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (AS)

Name: Ja'far

Title: al-Sadiq

Designation: 6th Imam

Kunyat: Abu Abdullah, Abu Musa

Father: Muhammad Ibn-e-Ali

Mother: Umm-e-Farwa Bint-e-Qasim

Born: 17th of Rabi'a 1 83AH (702AD)

Died: 25th Shawwal 148AH (765AD)

Martyred: Poisoned by al-Mansur

Buried: Cemetery of Jannatul Baqi

Lived: 65 years




Eighth Infallible Sayings: Golden sayings of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (AS)

  • He who treats people kindly will be accepted as arbiter.
  • To trust everybody in times of injustice and cheating is disability.
  • Do not trust your friend perfectly, because the knockdown of the trustful is incurable.
  • Shaking hands is the perfect greeting of the resident and embracement is the perfect greeting of the traveler.
  • A Muslim always has three characteristics: knowledge about the religion, good management of life, and perseverance in the faces of calamities.
  • Favors should be done only to the highborn or the religious. Those who show gratitude are very few.
  • Debt is grief at night and humility in day.
  • If your worldly demands are attainable, you should check your religion.