Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Three things sum up all of goodness: bestowing of favours, maintaining covenants and pacts, and strengthening blood-kinship.
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘All of goodness is contained in those actions which remain, and in contempt for all that is transient.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جِماعُ الخَيرِ في العَملِ بما يَبقي ، والاسْتِهانَةِ بما يَفني.
Reference:[Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 4735]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘All of goodness is in friendship for the sake of Allah, enmity for the sake of Allah, love for the sake of Allah and hate for the sake of Allah.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جِماعُ الخَيرِ في المُوالاةِ في اللّهِ ، والمُعاداةِ في اللّهِ ، والمَحبَّةِ في اللّهِ ، والبُغْضِ في اللّهِ.
Reference:[Ghurar al-Hikam,. no. 4781]
Description: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.) said, ‘I saw goodness in its entirety was summed up in cutting off one’s greed for other people’s possessions.’
الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رأيتُ الخَيرَ كُلَّهَ قدِ اجْتَمَعَ في قَطْعِ الطَّمَعِ عَمّا في أيْدي النّاسِ.
Reference:[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 171, no. 10]
Description: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.) said, ‘Goodness in its entirety is man’s guarding over himself.’
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The good of this world and the Hereafter has been brought together in the concealing of secrets and the befriending of good people.’
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘There are four things which when given to someone, they have indeed been given the good of this world and the Hereafter: a persevering body, a remembering tongue, a thankful heart and a righteous wife.’
Reference:[Mustadrak al-Wasa’il, v. 2, p. 414, no. 2338]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘There are three things which if one possesses, they have been endowed with the good of this world and the Hereafter. They are: contentment with [Allah’s] decree, patience in the face of tribulation, and thankfulness in times of ease.’
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Allah – glory be to Him - does not give His servant any good of this world or the Hereafter except as a result of his good nature and good intention.’
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘There are four things which when given to someone, they have indeed been given the good of this world and the Hereafter: truthful speech, fulfilment of trust, restraint in [filling] one’s stomach, and a good nature.’
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Goodness does not lie in the increase of your wealth and of your progeny, rather goodness lies in the increase of your knowledge, and the heightening of your clemency, and in your vying with other people in the worship of Allah. If you do good then you should praise Allah, but if you commit evil then seek forgiveness from Allah.’
Description: Imam al-Hasan (a.s.) said, ‘Absolute goodness that is untainted with evil is being thankful for bounties and having patience in calamity.
الإمامُ الحسنُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الخَيرُ الّذي لا شَرَّ فيهِ: الشُّكرُ مَع النِّعمَةِ ، والصَّبرُ علي النّازِلَةِ.
Reference:’[Tuhaf al-’Uqul, no. 234]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘When Allah wants good for a servant, He makes him proficient in the knowledge of religion, induces him to abstain from the world and gives him insight into his own faults.’
رسولُ اللّٰهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : إذا أرادَ اللّهُ عزّوجلّ بعَبدٍ خَيراً فَقَّهَهُ في الدِّينِ، وزَهَّدَهُ في الدُّنيا، وبَصَّرَهُ بعُيوبِ نَفْسِهِ.
Reference:[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 80, no. 3]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘When Allah wants good for a servant, He censures him in his dreams.
رسولُ اللّٰهِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : إذا أرادَ اللّهُ بعَبـدٍ خَيـراً عاتَبَـهُ في مَنامِهِ.
Reference:’[Kanz al-’Ummal, no. 30765]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘When Allah wants good for a servant, He inspires him with contentment and gives him a righteous spouse.’
Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘Verily when Allah wants good for a servant, He marks his heart with a white spot so that his heart is occupied with seeking the truth, then He is faster at fulfilling your needs than a bird flying to its nest.’
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ اللّهَ عزّوجلّ إذا أرادَ بعَبدٍ خَيراً نَكَتَ في قَلبِهِ نُكْتَةً بَيْضاءَ ، فَجالَ القَلبُ بطَلَبِ الحقِّ ، ثُمَّ هُو إلي أمْرِكُم أسْرَعُ مِن الطّيرِ إلي وَكْرِهِ .
Reference:[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 292, no. 2]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘When Allah wants good for a community, He increases their scholars and decreases their ignorant ones, so when the scholar speaks, he finds supporters, but when the ignorant one speaks, he is defeated.’
رسولُ اللّٰهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : إذا أرادَ اللّهُ بقَومٍ خَيراً أكثَرَ فُقَهاءَهُم وأقَلَّ جُهّالَهُم ، فإذا تكَلّمَ الفقيهُ وَجدَ أعْوانـاً، و إذا تَكلَّمَ الجـاهِلُ قُهِـرَ .
Reference:[Kanz al-’Ummal, no. 28692]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘When Allah wants good for a household, He makes them proficient in the knowledge of religion, He causes the younger ones from among them to revere the elders, He bestows them with moderation in their livelihood and with economy in their spending, He gives them insight into their faults, thus causing them to repent, and when He wants other than that [i.e. good for them] then He leaves them unattended.’
رسولُ اللّٰهِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : إذا أرادَ اللّهُ بأهلِ بَيْتٍ خَيراً فَقّهَهُم في الدِّينِ ، ووقَّرَ صَغيرُهُم كبيرَهُم ، ورزَقَهُمُ الرِّفقَ في مَعيشَتِهِم ، والقَصْدَ في نَفَقاتِهِم ، وبَصّرَهُم عُيوبَهُم فيَتُوبوا مِنها ، و إذا أرادَ بِهم غيرَ ذلكَ تَرَكهُم هَمَلاً.
Reference:[Kanz al-’Ummal, no. 68211]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘He for whom a door of goodness is opened must seize the opportunity for verily he does not know when it will close.’
Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘My father used to say, ‘When you intend to do a good thing, then hasten to undertake it for you do not know what will happen.’
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كانَ أبي يَقولُ : إذا هَمَمْتَ بخَيرٍ فبادِرْ ، فإنَّكَ لا تَدْري ما يَحْدُثُ .
Reference:[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 142, no. 3]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘The best of matters are those with the best outcomes.’
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Do good and do not underestimate it at all, for verily a little good is actually a lot and a small amount of it is much.’