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.”

Ali al-Hadi

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

“Wisdom doesn't affect corrupt hearts.”

Ali al-Hadi

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

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

Ali al-Hadi

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.”

Ali al-Hadi

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.”

Ali al-Hadi

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

Ali al-Hadi Quotes

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

Ali al-Hadi

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

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

Ali al-Hadi

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

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

Ali al-Hadi

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.”

Ali al-Hadi

[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”

Ali al-Hadi

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

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

Ali al-Hadi

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.”

Ali al-Hadi

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

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

Ali al-Hadi

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.”

Ali al-Hadi

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

“Arrogance causes enmity.”

Ali al-Hadi

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.”

Ali al-Hadi

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

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