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Mūsá ibn Ja‘far al-Kāzim , also called Abūl-Hasan, Abū Abd Allah, Abū Ibrāhīm, and al-Kāzim , was the seventh Shiite Imam after his father Ja'far al-Sadiq. He is regarded by Sunnis as a renowned scholar, and was a contemporary of the Abbasid caliphs Al-Mansur, Al-Hadi, Al-Mahdi and Harun al-Rashid. He was imprisoned several times; finally dying in Baghdad in the Sindi ibn Shahak prison. Ali al-Ridha, the eighth Imām, and Fatemah Masume were among his children.

✵ 8. November 745 – 30. August 799
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Famous Musa al-Kadhim Quotes

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

Musa al-Kadhim

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 420.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious

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

Musa al-Kadhim

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 432.
Religious Wisdom

“Human beings have not been given anything higher than wisdom and intellect.”

Musa al-Kadhim

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 419.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“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.”

Musa al-Kadhim

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 311.
General

“Save yourself from the wrath of Allah (swt), and do not abandon speaking the truth, even though it (apparently) causes your destruction. Know that truth does not lead into your annihilation; rather it is a saviour. Always let go of the untruth; even though it (apparently) saves you. Untruth is never a saviour, and it eventually leads into annihilation.”

Musa al-Kadhim

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 408.
Religious Wisdom

“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 (most) people who believe in his Imāmat would leave their belief. Verily this (occultation) is but a test by Allah, the Glorious, for his creation.”

Musa al-Kadhim

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.52, p. 113 ; Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 336 ; al-Tūsī, Kitāb al-Ghayba, p. 337.
Religious Wisdom

Musa al-Kadhim Quotes

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

Musa al-Kadhim

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 421.
Religious Wisdom

“The best means by which a slave seeks proximity to God after recognising Him, is praying, benevolence to the parents, and abandonment of envy, self-conceit and vaunting.”

Musa al-Kadhim

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 412.
Religious Wisdom

“Learn sciences which offer you both your corrective destinies and corrective threats.”

Musa al-Kadhim

al-Nuri, Mustadrak al‑Wasā'il, vol.12, pg.166.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Cheerfulness and good nature, purge hatred and rancour.”

Musa al-Kadhim

Muhammad Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, vol.3, p. 162.
General

“The sleep of a wise man is far better than the worship of an ignorant one during the night.”

Musa al-Kadhim

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 419.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious

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

Musa al-Kadhim

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 425.
Religious Wisdom

“Silence is a great wisdom.”

Musa al-Kadhim

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 414.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Association with a learned one in the slums, is by far better than sitting with an ignorant person on sumptuous and luxurious carpets.”

Musa al-Kadhim

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 48.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Anger is the key to any evil.”

Musa al-Kadhim

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 416.
General

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