He obeyed and I disobeyed; he did prostration and I refused.

He obeyed and I disobeyed; he did prostration and I refused." Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 77 Imam ‘Ali ibn Husayn (‘a) said: "Behold!

Verily, on the friends of Allah there will be no fear nor shall they grieve if they keep up the obligatories of Allah, follow the traditions of the Messenger Allah (S), avoid the things forbidden by Allah, be pious in worldly wealth and rank and eager for what there is with Allah, strive to earn His sustenance of what is pure, and decide not to boast or compile wealth but donate and give the obligatory alms they have been enjoined to.

Hence, these are those (friends of Allah!) whose earnings are divinely blessed and will be rewarded for what they have sent forth unto their next world." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 69, p.

277 The Holy Prophet (S) said: "Surely, human beings from the time of Adam up to now are the same as the teeth of a comb are, and there is no superiority for the Arab over non-Arab or for the red race over the black race except for piety." Mustadrak-ul-Wasa'il Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: "Surely, a little action (of worshipping) with piety is better than many deeds with no virtue." Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 76 Previous…