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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Tuhaf Al-uqul ( the Masterpieces of the Mind ) Short Maxims of Imam As-sadiq Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: He who treats people kindly will be accepted as arbiter. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: To trust everybody in times of injustice and cheating is disability. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: If problems are added to each other, they will give birth of relief.

Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: To recognize the actuality of your friend, you should enrage him. If he keeps up his friendship, he is true friend lest, he is false. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Do not appreciate one's affection before you enrage him three times. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Do not trust your friend perfectly, because the knockdown of the trustful is incurable. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Islam is a definite rank.

Faith is one rank higher than Islam. Conviction is one rank higher than faith. People have been given a rank lower than conviction. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: To remove a mountain is easier than removing faith. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Faith is in heart and conviction is a number of inspirations. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The desire for the worldly pleasures causes grief and sadness.

Abstinence from the worldly pleasures brings about the rest of both heart and body. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Life is to rent a house and buy bread. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: He who gains oppression is not gaining welfare. He who mistreats people should not complain when people mistreat him. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: In homelands, exchanging visits is the means of association. In travel, correspondence is the means of association.

Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: A believer is not perfectly virtuous unless he enjoys three characters-knowledgeability of the religious affairs, moderation in living, and steadfastness against misfortunes. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: An actual believer is that whose sexual appetite does not overcome him and whose stomach does not shame him. Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: A twenty-year friendship is kinship.

Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Favors should be done only to the highborn or the religious. Those who show gratitude are very few.