The Mahdi Times September 2011 | Page 9

4.      My lovely friend is he who criticizes my faults. 5.      To trust everybody in times of injustice and cheating is disability. 6. The desire for the worldly pleasures causes grief and sadness. Abstinence from the worldly pleasures brings about the rest of both heart and body. 7.      A Muslim always has three characteristics: knowledge about the religion, good management of life, and perseverance in the faces of calamities. 8.      Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was asked about personality, he answered: Personality stands for that Allah should not see you in situations against which He warned, and miss you in situations of which He ordered. 9. Knowledge is the comrade of the faithful believer, clemency is his supporter, patience is the commander of his army, lenience is his brother, and charity is his father. 10.  Make lively the matter of the family of Muhammad (saw) for Allah has mercy on those who make lively the matter of the family of Muhammad (saw) O Allah send blessings on Ja'far bin Muhammad, the truthful, treasurer of knowledge, who truthfully called people unto Thee, the evident Light.  Therefore, O Allah, Thou established him as a specialist expert to teach Thy "words" and Thy "Revelation", to preserve Thy knowledge, to make known Thy Oneness, to administer Thy commands, to protect Thy Religion, so, send blessings on him, much and more blessings than Thou had bestowed upon any of Thy close friends, and Thy demonstrators, verily Thou alone art praiseworthy and Almighty. Allah humma sal-e ala Muhammad wa ala al-e Muhammad al A’i