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said: 'You work for the sake of this world while it is not by work that
you are provided for in it. And you do not work for the sake of the next
world, while it is only by work that you will be provided for in it. Woe
be unto you, evil learned ones ('ulama)! You take your wage and
neglect works. Soon the worker's work will he accepted, and soon you will
be driving forth from the narrowness of this world toward the darkness of
the grave. How can one be knowledgeable who is on the way to the next
world and yet his face is turned towards this world, and he likes the
things that harm him more than the things that benefit him?' '
(Al-Kafi, ii, 319)
14. Jesus ('a) said: "The love of this world and the next cannot come
together in the heart of a believer, like water and fire in a single
vessel." (Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 327)
l5 It is reported that Abu 'Abd Allah [Imam Sadiq], Peace be upon him,
said that Jesus, Peace be upon him, said: ''It is hard to get any good
thing whether it is of the world or the hereafter. As to the good things
of this world they are hard to get because there' is nothing of it which
as soon as you extend your hand to get, some profligate does not grab
first, while the good things of the other world are hard to obtain because
you do not find any helper who may help
you to obtain it.'' (al-Kafi viii, 144)
16. When Jesus passed by a house whose inmates had died and others had
taken their place, he said: " woe to your owners who inherited you! How
they have learned no lesson from their late brothers." (Bihar
al-anwar, xiv, 329)
17. Jesus ('a) said: "This world and the next one are rivals. When you
please one of them you displease the other." (Bihar al-anwar,
lxxiii, 122)
18. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah, Peace he upon him, said:
"The world took the form, for Jesus ('a), of a woman whose eyes were blue.
Then he said to her: 'How many have you married?' She said: 'Very many.'
He said: 'Then did they all divorce you?' She said: 'No, but I killed all
of them.' He said: 'Then woe be to the rest of your husbands! How they
fail to learn from the example of the predecessors!'
19. It is reported that 'Ali ibn al-Husayn [Imam Sajjad], Peace be upon
him, said: "The Messiah, Peace be upon him, said to his Apostles: 'Verily,
this world is merely a bridge, so cross over it, and do not make it your
abode.' '' (Bihar al-anwar xiv, 319)
20. I heard Imam Rida ('a) say: "Jesus the son of Mary, may Allah bless
him, said to the apostles: 'O Children of Israel! Do not grieve over what
you lose of this world, just as the people of this world do not grieve
over what they lose of their religion, when they gain this world of
theirs.' " (Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 304; al-Kafi. ii, 127)
21. Jesus ('a) said: "Do not take the world as a master, for it will
make you its slave. Keep your treasure with one who will not squander it.
The owners of the treasures of this world fear for its ruin, but he who
owns the treasure of Allah does not fear for its ruin.'' (Bihar
al-anwar, xiv, 327)
22. Jesus ('a) said: ''In truth I say unto you, just as one who is sick
looks at food and finds no pleasure in it due to the severity of the pain,
the companions of this world find no pleasure in worship and do not find
the sweetness of it, for what they find is the sweetness of this world. In
truth I say unto you, just as an animal which is not captured and tamed
becomes hardened and its character is changed, so too when hearts are not
softened by the remembrance of death and the effort of worship they become
hard and coarse, and in truth I say unto you, if a skin is not torn, it
may become a vessel for honey, just as hearts, if they are not torn by
desires, or fouled by greed, or hardened by pleasures, may become vessels
for wisdom.'' (Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 325)
23. It was said to Jesus ('a): "[Would it not be better] if you got a
house?" He said: "The remains which are left from those before us is
enough for us.'' (Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 327)
On Wisdom
24. It is reported that Jesus ( 'a) said: ''O assembly of scholars (
'ulama)'. Just as the sovereigns have abandoned wisdom, leaving it
to you. So you should abandon sovereignty, leaving it for them.'' (Adab
al nafs. i, 134)
25. And it was said to him [Jesus ( a)]: "Who trained you?" He said:
"No one trained me. I saw the ugliness of ignorance and I avoided it.''
(Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 326)
26. The apostle of Allah [Muhammad] (s) said: "Jesus the son of Mary
('a) stood up among the Children of Israel and said: 'O Children of
Israel! Do not speak with the ignorant of wisdom, for otherwise you do
injustice with it, and do not keep it from its folk, for otherwise you do
injustice to them, and do not help the unjust with his injustice, for
otherwise your virtue becomes void. Affairs are three: the affair whose
righteousness is clear to you, so follow it: the affair whose error is
clear to you, so avoid it'. and the affair about which there are
differences, so return it to Allah, the Almighty and Glorious."
(Faqih, iv, 400)
27. Jesus the son of Mary ('a) said: "O assembly of Apostles! I have a
request of you. Fulfill it for me." They said: "Your request is fulfilled,
O Spirit of Allah!" Then he stood up and washed their feet. They said: "It
would have been more proper for us to have done this, O Spirit of Allah!"
Then he said: "Verily, it is more fitting for one with knowledge to serve
the people. Indeed, I humbled myself only so that you may humble
yourselves among the people after me, even as I have humbled myself among
you." Then Jesus ('a) said: "Wisdom is developed by humility, not by
pride, and likewise plants only grow in soft soil, not in rocks.''
(Bihar al-anwar, ii, 62; Al-Kafi, vi, 37)
28. Al-Sayyid ibn Tawus, may Allah have mercy on him, said: I read in
the Gospel that Jesus ('a) said: "I tell you, do not worry about what you
will eat or what you will drink or with what you will clothe your bodies.
Is not the soul more excellent than food, and the body more excellent than
clothes? Look at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap nor store
away, yet your heavenly Lord provides for them. Are you not more excellent
than they'? Who among you by worrying can add a single measure to his
stature'? Then why do you worry about your clothes?'' (Bihar
al-anwar, xiv, 317) [6]
Self-knowledge'
29 It is reported by Mufaddal, one of the companions of Imam al-Sadiq
('a), from Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, Peace be upon him, in a long hadith, that
he said: "Jesus the son of Mary, Peace be upon our Prophet and upon him,
used to spend some time with the disciples and advise them, and he used to
say: 'He does not know me who knows not his soul, and he who does not know
the soul between his two sides, does not know the soul between my two
sides. And he who knows his soul which is between his sides, he knows me.
And he who knows me knows He Who sent me.' " (Adab al-nafs, ii,
213)
On Prayer and Worship:
30. Jesus ('a) said to a worshipper, "What do you do?" He answered, "I
worship." He ('a) said, "Then who provides for you?" He said, "My
brother." He ('a) said, "Your brother is more of a worshipper than you
are!" (Adab al-nafs, i, 215)
31. I asked Abu 'Abd Allah [Imam Sadiq ('a)] about the best thing by
which the servant may draw near to his Lord and what is most beloved by
Allah, the Almighty and Glorious. He said: "I know of nothing, after
knowledge (ma'rifah), better than the ritual prayer (salat).
Do you not see that the good servant Jesus the son of Mary ('a) said: 'And
He enjoined on me the ritual prayer (salat) and the alms tax
(zakat) for as long as I live.'?" (Al-Kafi, iii, 264)
32. It is reported that Imam Sadiq ('a) said: "Jesus the son of Mary
('a) passed by a group of people who were crying. He asked why they were
crying. It was said to him that they were crying for their sins. He said,
they should pray about them and they will be forgiven." (Bihar
al-anwar, vi, 20)
Pride of the Sanctimonious:
33. Jesus ('a) said: "O group of Apostles! How many lamps the wind has
put out, and how many worshippers pride has corrupted.!" (Bihar
al-anwar, lxxii, 322)
On Chastity:
34. Imam Sadiq ('a) said: "The Apostles met with Jesus ('a) and said to
him: 'O teacher of the good! Guide us!' He said to them: 'Verily Moses the
interlocutor of Allah ('a) commanded you not to swear by Allah, the
Blessed and Exalted, falsely, and I command you not to swear by Allah
falsely or truly.' They said: 'O Spirit of Allah! Guide us more!' Then he
said: 'Verily Moses the prophet of Allah ('a) commanded you not to commit
adultery, and I command you not to talk to yourselves about adultery, let
alone to commit adultery. Verily one who talks to himself about adultery
is like one who sets fire to a house that is decorated so the smoke
damages the decor, even though the house is not burnt.' (Al-Kafi,
v, 542)
35. Jesus (a) said: "Never stare at that which is not for you. If you
restrain your eyes you will never commit adultery; and if you are able to
avoid looking at the garments of women who are not permitted for you, then
do so." (Majmu'at al-Warram, i, 62)
36. It is reported that Imam Sadiq ('a) said: "Jesus the son of Mary
('a) said, 'When one of you sits in his house, he should have clothes on.
Verily, Allah has allotted modesty for you, just as He has allotted your
sustenance." (Bihar al-anwar, lxxi, 334)
Looking at the Bright Side:
37. It is reported that he [Jesus ('a)] passed by a carcass with his
disciples. Then the disciples said: "How putrid the smell of this dog is!"
Then Jesus ('a) said: "How intense is the whiteness of his teeth!"
(Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 327)
Hope and Fear:
38. It is reported that Abu 'Abd Allah [Imam Sadiq] ('a) said: "Jesus
the son of Mary ('a) sent two of his companions on an errand. Then one of
them returned thin and afflicted and the other fat and chubby. He said to
the one who was thin: what did this to you, that I see you this way?' He
said: 'The fear of Allah.' And he said to the other who was fat: 'What did
this to you, that I see you this way?' He said: 'A good opinion of Allah.'
" (Bihar al-anwar, lxx. 400)
Death:
39. It is reported from Imam Sadiq, Peace be upon him, from his father
that he said: "Jesus, Peace be upon him, used to say: 'Regarding the
terror which you do not know when you will encounter [i.e. death], what
prevents you from preparing for it before it comes upon you suddenly?'
(Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 330)
Of Advice and Advisers:
40. And he (Jesus ('a)) said: "How long will you be advised without
taking any advice? Certainly you have become a burden to the advisors."
(Adab al-nafs, i, 175)
41. [Imam] al-Sadiq, Peace be upon him, said: "Verily, a man came to
Jesus the son of Mary, Peace be upon him, and said to him: 'O Spirit of
Allah! I have committed fornication [or adultery, sex between a man and
woman not married to each other, in Arabic: zina] so purify me.'
Then Jesus ordered the people to be called so that none should be left
behind for the purification of so-and-so. Then when the people had been
gathered together and the man had entered into a hole, so as to be stoned,
the man in the hole called out: 'Anyone for whom Allah, the Supreme, has a
punishment should not punish me.' Then all the people left except for John
and Jesus, Peace be upon them. Then John, Peace be upon him, approached
him and said to him: 'O sinner! Advise me!' Then he said to him: 'Do not
leave your self alone with its desires or you will perish.' John, Peace be
upon him, said: 'Say more.' He said: 'Verily, do not humiliate the
wrongdoer for his fault.' John, Peace be upon him, said: 'Say more. He
said: 'Do not become angry.' John, Peace be upon him, said: 'That is
enough for me.' " (Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 188)
Goodness Imperishable:
42. Jesus ('a) said to his companions: "Accord great regard for the
thing which is not eaten by the fire." They said: ''What is that?" He
said: "That which is good (al-ma'ruf)." (Bihar al-anwar.
xiv, 330)
Charity:
43. Imam Sadiq ('a) said: ''Verily, when Jesus the son of Mary ( 'a)
passed along the shore of a sea, he threw a piece of his bread into the
water, Then some of the disciples said: 'O Spirit of Allah and His Word!
Why did you do this when that was your food.' He said: "I did this in
order that some animal among the animals of the sea may eat it, and the
reward of Allah for this is great.' (Tahdhib, iv, 105)
Moderation in Food and Sleep:
44. Jesus ('a) said: "O Children of Israel! Do not be excessive in
eating, for those who are excessive in eating are excessive in sleeping,
and those who are excessive in sleeping are deficient in praying, and of
those who are deficient in praying, it is written that they are
negligent." (Sharh Nahj al-balaghah, xix, 188; Adab al-nafs.
i, 189)
45. Jesus the son of Mary ('a) stood up among the Children of Israel to
preach. He said. 'O Children of Israel! Do not eat before you become
hungry and when you become hungry eat but do not eat your fill, because
when you eat your fill your necks become thick and your sides grow fat and
you forget your Lord" (Bihar al-anwar lxvi, 337)
The blessed and the wretched:
46 It is reported that [Imam] Ali (a) said: "Jesus the son of Mary (a)
said: ''Blessed is he whose silence is contemplation (fikr). whose glance
is an admonition, whose house suffices him and who cries over his mistakes
and from whose hand and tongue the people are safe.' '' (Bihar
a1-anwar xiv, 319)
47 Jesus said: "How can someone benefit himself while he trades himself
for all that is in this world, then he abandons that which he has traded
as inheritance to others and destroys himself. But blessed is the man who
purifies himself and prefers his soul to everything of this world.''
(Bihar al-anwar xiv, 329)
48. I heard Imam Sadiq ( 'a) say: ''Christ ( 'a) said to his disciples:
'If you are not lovers and my brothers, you must accustom yourself to the
enmity and hatred of the people, otherwise you will not be my brothers. I
teach you this that you may learn it; I do not teach you so that you may
become proud. Verily, you will not achieve that which you seek unless you
give up that which you desire, and by enduring patiently that which you
detest. And guard your gaze for it plants lust in the heart, and it is
sufficient to tempt one. Happy are they who see that which they desire
with their eyes, but who commit no disobedience in their hearts. How far
is that which is in the past, and how near is that which is to come. Woe
to those who have been deluded when what they loathe approaches them, and
what they love abandons them, and there comes that which they were
promised. There is lesson in the creation of these nights and days. Woe to
those whose efforts are for the sake of this world, and whose achievements
are errors. How he will be disgraced before his Lord! And do not speak
much about anything other than the remembrance of God. Those who talk much
about things other than God have their hearts hardened, but they do not
know it. Do not look at the faults of others as if you have been appointed
to spy over them, but attend to the emancipation of your own selves, for
you are slaves, possessed. How much water flows in a mountain without its
becoming soft, and how much wisdom you are taught without your hearts
becoming soft. You are bad slaves, not pious slaves, nor of those who are
noble and free. Indeed you are like unto the oleander: all who see it
wonder at its flowers, but when they eat from it they die. Peace be unto
you.' (Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 324)
Of wealth and Property:
49. It is reported that Jesus ('a) found fault with property and said:
''It has three characteristics.'' It was said: ''And what are they', O
Spirit of Allah.''' He said: ''One acquires it illegitimately, and if it
is acquired legitimately, it keeps one from spending it in its right
place, and if one spends it in its right place, its management keeps one
from worshiping one's Lord." (Bihar al-anwar xiv 329)
50). It is reported that the Commander of the faithful [Imam Ali],
peace be upon him, said: "Jesus the son of Mary, Peace he upon him, said:
'The dinar is the illness of religion, and the scholar
(al-'alim) is the physician of religion. So if you see that the
physician brings illness upon himself, distrust him, and know that he is
not to advise others.' " (Bihar al-anwar. xiv, 319)
On Company:
51 Imam Ali ('a) said: "Jesus the son of Mary ('a) said: 'Verily the
evil doer is infectious, and the associate of the wicked is brought down.
So beware of those with whom you associate.' " (Al-Kafi, ii,
640)
52. It is reported that Abu 'Abd Allah [Imam Sadiq], Peace he upon him,
said: The Apostle of Allah, may the Peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him and his progeny, said: 'The Apostles said to Jesus, Peace he upon him:
"O Spirit of Allah! With whom should we keep company?" He said: "He the
sight of whom reminds you of Allah, the speech of whom increases your
knowledge, and the works of whom make you desirous of the other world." '
" (Al-Kafi, i, 39)
The Incorrigible Fool:
53. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah [Imam Sadiq], Peace be
upon him, said: 'Verily, Jesus the son of Mary ('a) said: 'I treated the
sick, then I healed them by the permission of Allah, and I cured those
born blind and the lepers by the permission of Allah, and I treated the
dead and revived them by the permission of Allah, and I treated the fool,
but I could not correct him' Then it was said: 'O spirit of Allah. What is
a fool?' He said 'He is one who is admirable in his own view to himself,
He who considers all merit to be for him and not against him, and who
finds all rights to be for himself and does not find against himself any
right. Such is the fool for whom there is no way to cure him.'" (Bihar
al anwar, xiv, 323)
The Heart's Sickness:
54 And Jesus the son of Mary said: "There is no sickness of the heart
more severe than callousness, and no soul is more severely affected than
the one that goes without hunger, and these two are the halters of
expulsion [from divine mercy] and abandonment." (Bihar al-anwar,
lxvi, 337)
55. Verily, Jesus ('a) said: "Why do you come to me clothed in the
garments of monks while your hearts are those of ferocious wolves? Wear
the clothes of kings, but soften your hearts with fear." (Bihar
al-anwar, lxxiii, 208)
Anger and Its Source:
56. It is reported that Abu 'Abd Allah [Imam Sadiq] ('a) said "The
disciples said to Jesus the son of Mary ('a): 'O teacher of the good!
Teach us what is the most severe of things.' Then he said: the most severe
