Ali al-Hadi Quotes

Alī ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Alī commonly called al-Hadi and Alī an-Naqī was the tenth of the Twelve Imams after his father Muhammad al-Jawad and before his son Hasan al-Askari. He remained in Medina teaching until the age of 30 when he was summoned to Samarra by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. There he was treated roughly by the caliph and his successors until, according to Shiite accounts, he was poisoned through intrigue of Al-Mu'tazz the Abbasid caliph, in 254/868, and was buried in Samarra.

✵ 8. September 829 – 1. July 868
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Famous Ali al-Hadi Quotes

“The ignorant (one) is the captive of his tongue.”

Misnad al-Imām al-Hādī, p. 304.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Wisdom doesn't affect corrupt hearts.”

Misnad al-Imām al-Hādī, p. 304.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Both professor and student share in the pursuit of excellence and perfection.”

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.50, p. 179.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“The person who obeys the unique God, will not fear the anger of the creatures of God.”

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 10.
Religious Wisdom

“The world is like a market; one community reaps benefit in it while another one faces loss.”

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 368.
General

Ali al-Hadi Quotes

“A parents' dissatisfaction causes poverty and leads to humiliation.”

Misnad al-Imām al-Hādī, p. 303.
Religious Wisdom

“Poverty is the self's greed and increased despair.”

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 368.
General

“Jealousy is the cause of erosion of good deeds, as well as the attracter of chastisement.”

Muhsin al-Amīn, ‘Ayān ush-Shī‘ah, vol.2, p. 39.
Religious Wisdom

“It suffices for you to have good manners by giving up what you hate of others.”

[Ma’athir al-Kubara’, 3, 219]
[Baqir Shareef al-Qarashi, Abdullah al-Shahin, The Life of Imam ‘Ali al-Hadi, Study and Analysis, His narrations from Amir’ul- Mu’minin, 2007, 82]
General subjects

“Envy destroys good deeds”

Misnad al-Imām al-Hādī, p. 302.
Religious Wisdom

“Indeed, both the scholar and the student share the prosperity.”

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 367.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Compensate for the regret and negligence in previous works by working hard in the future.”

Misnad al-Imām al-Hādī, p. 304.
General

“The value and rank of a learned man is more than his knowledge.”

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 3.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious

“Poverty and adversity is the cause of the soul’s rebellion, revolt, and the gravity of dismay.”

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 368.
Religious Wisdom

“Arrogance causes enmity.”

Misnad al-Imām al-Hādī, p. 302.
General

“If one of you gives (charity) with his right hand, let him conceal that from his left hand, and if he prays, let him conceal that.”

[Baqir Shareef al-Qarashi, Abdullah al-Shahin, The Life of Imam ‘Ali al-Hadi, Study and Analysis, A Maxim from Jesus Christ, 2007, 161]
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