- sayings
- Author’s Note
- Translator’s Note
- [1] What Is Piety (Taqwa)
- [2] Stages of Piety
- [3] The Worth Of Piety
- [4] The Effects Of Piety
- explaination
- 1) Observing the Rituals (Sha’a’ir)
- 2) God Loves The Pious
- 3) Wilayah (Guardianship)
- 4) The Hereafter
- 5) Having No Fear or Sorrow (The Pious Have No Grief)
- 6) Ease of Affairs (The Pious At Ease)
- 7) Reaching A Higher Rank (Piety, A Superior Stage)
- 8) Removing Evil Acts And Forgiving Sins (Piety Removes Evil)
- 9) Piety, A Heavenly Blessing
- 10) Piety, A Solution
- 11) Piety Overcomes Satan
- 12) God Is With The Pious
- 13) Piety And Invisible Assistance
- 14) Piety And Distinction
- 15) Piety And Salvation
- 16) Piety And Divine Knowledge
- 17) Piety And Good Deeds
- 18) Piety And Nearness To God
- 19) Piety And the Day Of Judgment (1)
- 20) Piety And The Good End
- 21) Piety And Divine Guardianship
- 22) Piety And Divine Guidance
- 23) Piety Is Never Undermined
- 24) Piety Is Never Ignored
- 25) Piety, A Wealth
- 26) Piety, Cure For All
- 27) Piety, A Divine Grace
- [5] Kinds Of Piety
- [6] Piety And Faith
- [7] Piety And Monotheism
- [8] Piety And Prophethood
- [9] Piety And the Day Of Judgment (2)
- [10] Piety And Imamate
- [11] Piety And Knowledge (Science)
- [12] Piety In Practice
- [14] Piety And Islamic Rules
- [15] Piety in Worshipping
- [16] Piety And Prayer
- [17] Piety And Fasting
- [18] Piety And the Hajj
- [19] Piety And Jihad
- [21] Piety And Society (Social Piety)
- [22] Parents’ Rights
- [23] Children’s Rights
- [24] Relatives’ Rights
- [25]Neighbors’ Rights
- [26] Fellow Muslims’ Rights
- [27] How To Socialize
- [28] Codes Of Society
- [29] Backbiting
- [30] Tale-Bearing
- [31] Accusation and Slander
- [32] Suspicion
- [33] Telling Lies
- [34] The Difference of Opinions and Creeds
- [[35] Choosing of Companions
- [36] Oppression (Injustice)
- [37] Justice And Fairness
- [38] Hypocrisy
- [39] Self-Conceit
- [40] Piety And Speech
- [41] Piety and Breaking of Promise
- [42] What Is Promise?
- [43] Piety against Sins
- [44] Piety And Family Rights
- [45] Forming a Family
- [46] Wife and Husband’s Duties;
- [47] Inward Piety
- [48] Piety and Blessings
- [49] Piety And Health
- [50] Signs Of The Pious
- [51] Features Of The Pious
- [52] Kinds Of Fear
- [53] The Effects Of Fear
- [54] The Hammam Sermon; The Pious in the Viewpoint of Imam Ali (AS)
- [55] Friends of Allah (Saints)
- [56] Night Prayer
- [57] Reciting the Holy Quran
- [58] Prostration
- [59] Remembrance of God (Zikr)
- endnote
Advice of Ahl al-Bayt Examples of Piety in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah
sayings
Clothing that guards (against evil), that is the best. (7:26)
Imam Ali (PBUH) has said:
“Know that people have not been entrusted with anything greater than piety which is the advice of us Ahl al-Bayt.”
Wasa’il al-Shi'ah, vol.12, p. 155
Imam Ali (PBUH) has said:
“Certainly, fear of Allah is the medicine for your hearts, sight for the blindness of your spirits, and the cure for the ailments of your bodies.”
Nahj al-Balaghah, sermon 198
Author’s Note
Most people wish they would know “what is the factor behind prosperity and happiness and what is the key to guidance and salvation?”
Many a man tries to find out “what will free him from bondage and save him from destruction?” Many a man wishes to know “what is the cure of his disease and his blind-heartedness?”
Many a man always thinks to understand “in what lies the healing of the disease of hearts, peace of mind for his fears, the illumination of his eyes and his affairs?”
Many a man is willing to reach honorable stations and to attain ease of life and safety. There are many a man whose desire is to attain honor, to get blessings, to resolve his problems, to reject evil, to accept good deeds, to overcome enemies, to have good end, to distinguish between justice and injustice, to acquire real knowledge, to obtain divine pleasure and a provision for the hereafter. Nevertheless, they wonder what that factor is. Every group of people may consider an ideal for themselves but they will reach nowhere unless they come to know it through Islam. Piety is