"Silence is a great wisdom."

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“A believer is as the two pans of a scale, that whenever his faith increases his afflictions increase.”

“The most reasonable way of blessings and honesties will be obtained through opposing sensuality.”

“When the fifth from my offspring disappears, then, I adjure you by Allah to watch for your religion so that no one would take it away from you. Without doubt, there shall be an occultation for the holder of this matter, until such time that people who believe in his Imāmat would leave their belief. Verily this is but a test by Allah, the Glorious, for his creation.”

“The likeness of this world is as the water of the sea - however much a thirsty person drinks from it, his thirst increases so much so that the water kills him.”

“Consultation with a wise advisor is a blessing, grace, guidance and success.”

“Everything has a tax, and the tax for the bodies is recommended fasting.”

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