الـوَرَعُ

PIETY

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2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The criterion of religion is piety.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 7300]

3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The best of your religion is piety.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 304, no. 18]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no stronghold better than piety.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 371]

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Piety is a shield.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 4]

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who loves us should do as we do, and seek refuge in piety; for it is the best assistance in matters of this world and the Hereafter.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 7, p. 306, no. 30]

7– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The strongest of worship is piety.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 77, no. 5]

8– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘You must have piety; for it is the religion that we adhere to, and with which we devote ourselves to Allah, and we require it from those who accept our guardianship.’
[Amali al-Tusi, p. 281, no. 544]

9– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who lives in a place with a population of one hundred thousand or more and there is in that place someone more pious than him, then he is not
[considered] one of us.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 78, no. 10]

10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The fruit of piety is the goodness of one’s self and one’s religion.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4636]

11– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Piety prevents from committing prohibited acts.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1436]

12– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Piety is the measure of religious devotion.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1106]

13– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Knowledge cannot be purified without piety.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10689]

14– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Fear Allah and safeguard your faith with piety.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 76, no. 2]

15– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no good in devotion that is devoid of piety.’
[al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 65, no. 9]

16– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Piety is the system of worship, and if it is cut, religion goes just like when a wire is cut the system follows it!’
[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 88]

17– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Diligence is of no use without piety.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 77, no. 4]

18– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), in his will to `Aamr b. Sa`aid, said, ‘I advise you to be wary of your duty to Allah, to have piety and diligence, and know that diligence that is devoid of piety is of no benefit.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 296, no. 1]

19– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Piety is the master of action. He who does not have piety to prevent him from an act of disobedience to Allah Almighty when left with it, Allah will not care about any of his other actions. This means that it
[piety] is fear of Allah, both in secret and in public, economizing both in poverty and wealth, and fairness both in
[times of] contentment and discontentment.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 7299]

20– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The root of piety is keeping away from sins, and restraining oneself from the forbidden.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3097]

21– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Piety is stopping
[in the face of] obscure matters.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2161]

22– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when he was asked about piety, said, ‘He who restrains himself from what Allah has forbidden.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 77, no. 8]

23– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) also said, ‘He who restrains himself from what Allah has forbidden, and keeps away from them. And if he does not beware of obscure matters, he will fall into the forbidden without knowing so.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 303, no. 15]

24– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Stop in the face of things that Allah has forbidden and you will be the most pious of people.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 69, p. 368, no. 4]

25– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The most pious of people is the most free of wants.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3368]

26– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The smartest from among you is the most pious of you.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2839]

27– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Allah Almighty has said, ‘O son of Adam, refrain from what I have forbidden to you and you will be the most pious of people.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 77, no. 7]