Imam Ali (AS) said:

Munificence is the best of traits.

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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily Allah has not sent me with monasticism, rather the best religion with Allah is the upright and liberal one.’

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Imam Ali (AS) said:

Do not spend your wealth in sinful acts thereby coming before your Lord without any [good] deed.

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Prophet Jesus (AS) said, ‘Little utterance is a great perception; therefore, keep silent for it is a good meekness.fewness of sins, and forgiveness of guilt.’

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Imam Ali (AS) said:

Covering up the faults [of others] is generosity and virtue.

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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Standing guard for a single night for the sake of Allah is better than a thousand nights spent in worship followed by fasting during the day.’

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Imam Ali (AS) said:

The highest degree of faith is befriending for the sake of Allah, having enmity for the sake of Allah, spending on each other for the sake of Allah and establishing ties with each other for the sake of Allah, the Glorified.

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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Self-restraint is the adornment of poverty.’

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Imam Ali (AS) said:

Change your grey hair [by dyeing it] and do not resemble the Jews.

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Imam Ali (AS) said:

Whoever is good to his parents, his child will be good to him.

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Imam al-‘Askari (AS) said, ‘The faithful believer is a blessing for the believers and a claim against he disbelievers.’

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Imam Ali (AS) said:

One who is enticed by lustful desires permits his soul to be a target of calamities.

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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Teach your children to pray, and take them to account for it when they reach puberty.’Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6305

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Verily the renunciation of a tyrant's reign is to the extent of the desire for the reign of a just ruler.

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Allah (azwj) said, ‘O Moses, How can things hide from Me when I am their only Originator?’

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Imam Ali (AS) said:

Adorn yourself with generosity and piety, for these two are the embellishments of faith and the most honourable of your traits.

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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Salutation is voluntary while responding is obligatory.’

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Imam Ali (AS) said:

The friendship of the people who care for the Hereafter lasts as long as its motive [of pleasing Allah] lasts.

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Imam Ali (AS) said:

Allah, the Glorified, has not created you in vain, and has not abandoned you to wander aimlessly, and He has not left you alone in misguidance and blindness.

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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The filthy ones perish.’

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