"In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful. This is what Khalid ibn-al-Walid would grant to the inhabitants of Damascus if he enters therein: he promises to give them security for their lives, property and churches. Their city wall shall not be demolished, neither shall any Moslem be quartered in their houses. Thereunto we give to them the pact of Allah and the protection of His Prophet, the caliphs and the believers. So long as they pay the poll tax, nothing but good shall befall them."

"By Allah no one is our Shī‘ah except that he has piety for God and obeys him. They (the Shī‘ah) are not known and recognized except for their humility, modesty, fear of God, trustworthiness, plenty of remembrance of God, fasting, service, kindness to the parents, looking after the poor neighbours and afflicted people, mentioning them with nothing except goodness and beneficence; and they are the trustees for their tribes in all the affairs."

"There is no servant except that there exists a white spot upon his heart. So when he commits a sin, a black spot arises into that white spot. Then when he repents, this black spot moves away. But if he continues on committing sins, the blackness of this spot increases till such time that it overwhelms and overrides the whiteness. When the whiteness is all covered over (by the blackness), the owner of it (the heart) does never at all return towards beneficence and goodness. And This is what God means when he says: "Nay! rather, what they used to do has become like a rust upon their hearts." (Qur'an, 83:14)"

"The person who loves for the sake of God, and detests and despises for the sake of God, and gives for the sake of God, is among those whose faith has achieved completion."

"Goodness to parents, and paying visits to ones own relatives, will ease the accounting on the Day of Judgement."

"Beware of sluggishness, annoyance and impatience, since they are the keys of all the evils. The person who commits sluggishness and slackness never at all discharges any rights (obligations); and the one who gets annoyed and restless, does never at all remain patient over the right (God's decree on him)."

"Indeed, when a man earns wealth from a haraam (prohibited source) - neither Hajj, nor Umra, nor strengthening of his blood kinship, is ever at all accepted or approved. By God, Almighty."

"The believer does not spend an expense more lovable with Allah than saying the truth during consent and anger."

"Consider the world as an abode where in you have dropped down for an hour, then you have got to leave it and go ahead; or (suppose it is) like the wealth which you lay hands upon in a dream and become over-joyed and glad. Then you wake up to find yourself empty handed."

"Knowledge and science is the fruit of paradise; in times of threat it is one's ally, in exile it keeps one company, and in solitude it is one's intimate friend and companion."

"Whoevers tongue utters the truth, his practise becomes purified; and the one whose intention is decent and good, his sustenance increases; and whoever adopts good attitude and decent behavior with his family, his life span lengthens."

"How beautiful it is when goodness succeeds badness; and how unappealing it is when evil succeeds goodness."

"There is no strength higher than overcoming carnal desire."

"Learn knowledge and science from him who teaches it, even if he doesn't practice what he preaches."

"The parable of a man greedy of this world is the parable of the silk worm: the more it winds the thread round itself the farther it becomes from salvation, until it dies of grief."

"Opposition of one's desires is the sign of the highest level of wisdom in a human being."

"On the Day of Judgement, God will interrogate people according to the wisdom he has granted them."

"The person who teaches one chapter of guidance to the people will have a reward similar to all those who would act upon it, and nothing would be lessened or subtracted from the reward of those who practise it; and the one who teaches a chapter of misguidance, he will have the burden similar to each one who acts upon it, and nothing will be lessened from their burden of sin."

"The virtue of knowledge is more lovable with Allah than the virtue of worship. The best (thing) in your religion is piety."

"Fasting is a shield against (hell) fire. Charity and dole remove and finish sin, as does the remembrance of God in the midnight."

"The scholar whose knowledge is made use of and benefited from, is worthier and more virtuous than seventy thousand worshippers and adorers."

"Indeed, the most terrifically sorry of all the people on the day of resurrection, will be the servant who defines and shows the way of justice to the people, while he himself opposes it."

"Being religious equals being extremely loving, and being extremely loving equals being religious."

"Indeed, faithful is the one who - when pleased and glad, his pleasure does not make him enter into sin and falsehood; and when unhappy and angry, his anger does not oust him from the world of righteousness; and when he gains power, his power does not make him commit excess, nor opression, nor make him go for a thing upon which he does not have any right."

"Two kinds of my community have no share in Islam. (They are): the extremists and the fatalists."

"There are three hinges out of the completion of values, of this world and the here-after:"

"I admonish you regarding five things:"

"Take the good speech from whoever said it even if his practice was not accordingly."

"Being sociable and affable with people brings kindness and friendship."

"There is no pain worse than ignorance and lack of intelligence."

"Three things destroy a man: considering his own deeds to be really great, forgetting the sins that have been committed, considering his own opinion to be the highest."

"Whoever has three qualities or one of them will be in the shade of the throne of Allah: He should treat people with justice. He should do nothing unless he knows whether it pleases or angers Allah. He should seek no fault in his Muslim brother until he frees himself from that fault. For when he frees himself from a fault, he finds another fault in him. It is enough for the person that his own self diverts him from the people."

"Pride mars greatness."

"Self-conceit impedes progress."

"Humility is one of the nets spread by real greatness."

"Humility is the product of knowledge."

"He is really wise whose actions reflect his words."

"Self-conceit poisons the mind."

"Boasting issues from small minds."

"The wise aim at perfection."

"To fight against one's own desires is highest wisdom."

"The foolish aim at wealth."

"Enemity is the occupation of fools."

"Lying spoils news."

"One's obedience to God is proportionate to one's wisdom."

"To separate oneself from things of time and to connect oneself with things of eternity is highest wisdom."

"Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal. Remember the reply of the righteous slave to Moses when he said to him: 'May I follow you so that you can teach me what you know about what is right?' He replied: 'Surely you will not be able to be patient with me. How can you be patient about something which you do not understand?'."

"To fulfill promises is the highest form of integrity."

"Honesty is Divine language."