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Jafar as-Sadiq (p) advised Ishaq, a believer: O Ishaq!
Fear God as though He is seeing you, although you do not see Him
but (without doubt) He sees you. If you think that He is not seeing
you then you are an infidel and if you commit a sin inspite of the
realisation that God is seeing you, then you have underrated Him
most among those who are able to see.(B5,C33,T2)
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677. 3. Imam
Jafar as-Sadiq (p): One who fears God, He will make everything
fear him, and one who does not fear God, and God will make him afraid
of everything.(B5,C33,T3)
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678. 4. Imam
Jafar as-Sadiq (p): One who realises the existence of God,
is essentially afraid of Him and one who is afraid of God loses
interest in this material world.679. 5. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p):
Some people commit sins with the hope that they will be forgiven
and they remain in this delusion till they die. These people are
victims of wishful thinking and are liars. They are not optimists.
One who craves for something strives to get it and one who is afraid
of anything keeps away from it.(B5,C33,T4)
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679. 5. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq
(p): Some people commit sins with the hope that they will be forgiven
and they remain in this delusion till they die. These people are victims
of wishful thinking and are liars. They are not optimists. One who
craves for something strives to get it and one who is afraid of anything
keeps away from it.(B5,C33,T5)
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680. 6. A person said to Imam Jafar
as-Sadiq (p): There are some people among your devotees who,
when they are reprimanded and rebuked for their sins, say that they
hope to be forgiven.
The Imam (p): They are liars. They are not our devotees. They are
victims of lust. One, who hopes for something, works hard to get it,
and one who is afraid of anything, keeps away from it.(B5,C33,T6)
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681. 7. Imam
Jafar as-Sadiq (p): One form of worship is the fear of
God. God in His Book says that: … Those of His servants only
who are possessed of knowledge fear God … (Q, 35:28). He also
says: … So fear not the people and fear Me … (Q, 5:44).
And God says: … And whoever fears God, God provides a way
out for him … (Q, 65:2).
The Imam (p) also said that those who are afraid of God and are
righteous, do not care for vanity and fame.(B5,C33,T7)
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682. 9. Imam
Jafar as-Sadiq (p) quoted Prophet Muhammad (p):
O people! You have manifestations and proofs (of the glory and existence
of God) and you have a (fixed) destination. Therefore, keep that
destination in view. Remember that a believer works under two vital
conditions. The span of life which has already slipped into the
past, he does not know what God has destined for him. And the span
of life which he has to live, he does not know what God will ordain
for his future. Every believer, therefore, should work for the good
of his soul. He should earn the blessings for the Hereafter in this
material world, during his youth before he becomes old and during
his physical life before he dies. By the one who has the life of
Prophet Muhammad (p) in His Power, no excuse will be considered
after this life is over. After this world, there is nothing except
hell and paradise.(B5,C33,T9)
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683. 11. Imam
Jafar as-Sadiq (p): A believer cannot be a real believer
unless and until he has hopes and fears, and feels that this condition
cannot be achieved unless he acts according to what he hopes and
what he is afraid of.(B5,C33,T11)
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684. 13. Imam
Jafar as-Sadiq (p) quoted his father Imam Muhammad al-Baqir
(p): There is no believer who does not have two lights in his heart,
the light of fear and the light of hope. If both are weighed, neither
will outweigh the other.(B5,C33,T13) |
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