Maxims of Imam Hassan (AS) - 4

61 - Disasters and hardships are keys to rewards and compensations .

62 - A blessing is a Divine test , therefore if you thank God it remains a
blessing , but if you are ungrateful it turns in to God's wrath .

63 - The benefit you get from your tongue is enough for you to distinguish the
path to guidance from the route to aberration .

64 - Don't ever regret deep reflection and rationalisation because thinking
revives the alert heart and is a key to doors of wisdom .

65 - Oh thou the son of Adam ! Since you were born you were busy destroying
your life . So try to provide provision for the world hereafter in the rest
of your life .
Indeed a true believer makes provision in this world and an unbeliever
regales himself and then he recited this verse : " Make provision ( in this
world ) indeed there is no provision better than piety . "

66 - Some one asked Imam to give him a piece of advice . He said :
Get ready for your last journey , and before death arrives prepare yourself
some provision and be ware that when you desire this world , death desires
for you . To day you shouldn't think about tomorrow's sorrows . And be ware
that whatever wealth gathered by you , if it exceeds your daily sustenance ,
infact is saved for others . And be ware for the lawful wealth of this world
will be duly counted , and the unlawful wealth is followed by punishment ,
and there is reproach in doubtful wealth . Therefore consider this world as a
carcass and take only that much that suffices you . In this case if it is
lawful , you've performed a virtuous act , and if it is unlawful you haven't
committed any sin because it sufficed your urgent need , the same way you may
eat a carcass in exigency , and if there is any reproach in it , it will be
little and light .

67 - Behave , in this world , in such a way as if you will be living
forever , and for the world hereafter act in a way as if you'll die
tomorrow .

68 - If you had to become friends due to a want with a man and associate
with him , Be friends with a person whose association adds to your dignity
and when you do him a service , he supports you and when you ask him for
assistance he helps you and if you say something , he confirms your words
and if you attack , strengthens you in your assault and if you asked for
something , assists you and if your shortcoming is revealed he covers it
and if he sees any good deed performed he takes it into account .

69 - One prayer of he who recites Quran is accepted by God either immediately
or with some delay .

70 - Imam Hassan on whom be peace : The Prophet of God ( P.B.U.H ) has said :
Any one who recites " AYAT - OL - KORSI " ( verses ) after obligatory prayer
will be under the protection of God till the next prayer .

71 - Any fasting person can have one prayer accepted at the time he opens
his fast . So when you take the first morsel to open a fast say : " In the
name of God , oh God thine forgiveness is over whelming and abundant . Please
forgive me .

72 - Imam Hassan on whom be peace : The Prophet of God ( P.B.U.H ) he said
after performing morning prayers anyone who sits in the same place and keeps
invoking the name of God until sunrise will have a curtain and a barrier
between him and the tormenting fire of God .

73 - Whoever is foud of praying , purifies and adorns himself for it.

74 - It is becoming of a man on fast to dye his beard and put perfume on
his clothes and It is becoming of a woman on fast to comb her hair and put
perfume on her clothes .

75 - I heard it from my father that the messenger of God said anyone who
tries to satify the need of his Muslim brother , his endeavours are equal
to nine thousand years of worshipping God with days spent on fasting and
nights busy with praying .

76 - Giving almstax never results in decrease of wealth .

77 - I feel ashamed of my God to meet Him while I haven't performed
pilgrimae to the House of God on foot .

78 - When one of you meets his friend , you must kiss the place of light
on his forhead .

79 - He whose death is due asks for time to compensate for the misdeeds of
the past and one whose death is not due and has time to perform good deeds ,
procrastinates .

80 - Oh those who seek pleasures of the world ! You should know that they
are transitory and taking pride in a shadow that vanishes is absurdity .