Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A.S)
Morals
Visitor of grave of Imam Hussain (a.s) / supplication
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثُ عَلَيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ النَّقِيُّ عَلَیْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: إِنَ لِلَّهِ بِقَاعاً يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُدْعَى فِيهَا فَيَسْتَجِيبَ لِمَنْ دَعَاهُ وَ الْحَيْرُ مِنْهَا.
Imam Ali Naqi (A.S) said: There are some houses and places in Allah's land where Allah is pleased when a person prays on those places so whoever prays to Allah on those places, Allah accepts their prayers and grave of Imam Hussain (A.S) is one of those places
(TOHOF AL UQOOL;P:482)
Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A.S)
Morals
Piousness / obedience to Allah / Pleasure of Allah / Displeasure of people
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثُ عَلَيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ النَّقِيُّ عَلَیْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: مَنِ اتَّقَى اللَّهَ يُتَّقَى وَ مَنْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ يُطَاعُ وَ مَنْ أَطَاعَ الْخَالِقَ لَمْ يُبَالِ سَخَطَ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ وَ مَنْ أَسْخَطَ الْخَالِقَ فَلْيَيْقَنْ أَنْ يَحُلَّ بِهِ سَخَطُ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ.
Imam Ali Naqi (A.S) said: Whoever adopts piousness, Allah gives him such that people fear him and whoever obeys Allah, people obey him and whoever submits himself to Allah he does not care about the dissatisfaction of people and the one who displeases Allah should be certain that he will also get involved in displeasure of Allah's creatures
(TOHOF AL UQOOL;P:482)
Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A.S)
Morals
Not convinced by respect and nobility of your own self (nafs)
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثُ عَلَيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ النَّقِيُّ عَلَیْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: مَنْ هَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ فَلَا تَأْمَنْ شَرَّهُ.
Imam Ali Naqi (A.S) said: Whoever considers himself disrespectful and disgraced and is not convinced by his own personality, do not consider yourself protected from his evil
(TOHOF AL UQOOL;P:483)
Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A.S)
Morals
Arrogance / Worldly troubles
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثُ عَلَيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ النَّقِيُّ عَلَیْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: مَنْ أَمِنَ مَكْرَ اللَّهِ وَ أَلِيمَ أَخْذِهِ تَكَبَّرَ حَتَّى يَحُلَّ بِهِ قَضَاؤُهُ وَ نَافِذُ أَمْرِهِ وَ مَنْ كَانَ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِ هَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ مَصَائِبُ الدُّنْيَا وَ لَوْ قُرِّضَ وَ نُشِرَ.
Imam Ali Naqi (A.S) said: The one who on consider himself protected from Allah's order and His severe punishment of Allah, he has adopted arrogance till the point when Allah's judgment and His commandment will be enforced on him and the one who is satisfied on the firm reasoning from Allah, worldly difficulties will get easy on him even when he is scattered in small pieces
(TOHOF AL UQOOL;P:483)
Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A.S)
Morals
Prosperity and good fortune of the one who is thankful
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثُ عَلَيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ النَّقِيُّ عَلَیْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: الشَّاكِرُ أَسْعَدُ بِالشُّكْرِ مِنْهُ بِالنِّعْمَةِ الَّتِي أَوْجَبَتِ الشُّكْرَ لِأَنَّ النِّعَمَ مَتَاعٌ وَ الشُّكْرَ نِعَمٌ وَ عُقْبَى.
Imam Ali Naqi (A.S) said: Being thankful for any blessing is more blissful than the blessing which made it compulsory for him to be thankful because blessing is a worldly merchandise but thankfulness and gratitude has connection with Hereafter
(TOHOF AL UQOOL;P:483)
Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A.S)
Morals
World and the Hereafter
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثُ عَلَيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ النَّقِيُّ عَلَیْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَ الدُّنْيَا دَارَ بَلْوَى وَ الْآخِرَةَ دَارَ عُقْبَى وَ جَعَلَ بَلْوَى الدُّنْيَا لِثَوَابِ الْآخِرَةِ سَبَباً وَ ثَوَابَ الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ بَلْوَى الدُّنْيَا عِوَضاً.
Imam Ali Naqi (A.S) said: Indeed, Allah has declared the world as a place of trial and test and has declared the Hereafter (and its blessing) a place of residence forever and made the world's trials and difficulties as the reward of the Hereafter and has made the reward of hereafter in lieu of evils of the world
(TOHOF AL UQOOL;P:483)
Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A.S)
Morals
Sincere Friend
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثُ عَلَيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ النَّقِيُّ عَلَیْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: مَنْ جَمَعَ لَكَ وُدَّهُ وَ رَأْيَهُ فَاجْمَعْ لَهُ طَاعَتَكَ.
Imam Ali Naqi (A.S) said: Those who submit their sincerity and love and and righteous opinion upon you then you submit your obedience to him and completely obey him
(TOHOF AL UQOOL;P:483)
Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A.S)
Morals
The truth of the world
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثُ عَلَيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ النَّقِيُّ عَلَیْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: الدُّنْيَا سُوقٌ رَبِحَ فِيهَا قَوْمٌ وَ خَسِرَ آخَرُونَ.
Imam Ali Naqi (A.S) said: The world is just like a market in which some people gain profit and some people suffer loss
(TOHOF AL UQOOL;P:483)
Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A.S)
Morals
Identity of human being in the world and hereafter
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثُ عَلَيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ النَّقِيُّ عَلَیْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: النَّاسُ فِي الدُّنْيَا بِالْأَمْوَالِ، وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ بِالْأَعْمَالِ.
Imam Ali Naqi (A.S) said: People are recognized by their wealth and money in the world and by their deeds in the Hereafter
(NUZHAT AL NAZIR WA TANBEEH AL KHATIR;P:139)
Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A.S)
Morals
What is pure repentance?
عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الْأَخِيرَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنِ التَّوْبَةِ النَّصُوحِ مَا هِيَ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْبَاطِنُ كَالظَّاهِرِ وَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.
Ahmad ibn Hilal says, I asked Imam Ali Naqi (A.S) that what is the reality of the repentance? Imam (A.S) wrote in the answer that the repentance is that when a man's is internally similar to what he is externally, instead, he should be even better than that
(MAANI AL AKHBAR;P:174)