Ja'far al-Sadiq
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Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq (702–765 C.E.
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 or 17th Rabī‘ al-Awwal
Rabi' al-awwal
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 83 AH
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 – 25th Shawwāl
Shawwal
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 148 AH
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) was a descendant of Muhammad
Muhammad
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 and a prominent Muslim jurist
Ulema
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. He is revered as an Imam
Imam
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 by the adherents of Shi'a Islam and as a renowned Islamic scholar and personality by Sunni Muslims. The Shi'a Muslims consider him to be the sixth Imam or leader and spiritual successor to Muhammad. The internal dispute over who was to succeed Ja'far as Imam led to schism within Shi'a Islam.
Quotations

Be careful to have truthful friends and try to obtain them, for they are your support when you are in welfare, and your advocator when you have misfortune.

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.74, p.187

Immorality and surliness makes the human's life miserable and bitter.

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p.392

There are three things that signify the magnanimity of a person: good temper, patience, and to avoid aggressive gaze.

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p.232

Whenever the mind of a person is rectified, he becomes strong and powerful in appearance.

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p.208

Paying visits to ones own relatives prolongs the life of a person and prevents poverty and indigence.

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.74, p.58

The person who is aware of the present situations of his time, will never get involved with falsifying and wrongdoing.

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p.31

Having the foresight to plan to earn a living, is half of the peace and leisure in life.

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p.204

A learned person among ignorant people, is like a live person among the dead.

Shaykh al-Mufīd, Al-Amali, p.40

To acquire knowledge is neccessary at all times.

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.1, p.172

Write knowledge since you can’t memorize unless with writing. Heart confides to written.

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.1, p.202

 
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