Short Maxims of Imam Husayn(A.S.)

Short Maxims of Imam Husayn(A.S.)
1- On his way to Karbala, Imam Husayn(A.S.) said:
This world has changed, snubbed, and its good has turned tail. Nothing has remained from it except a thing that is as scanty as the leftover of a cup and a mean life that is like a noxious grazing. Have you not noticed that the right is ignored and the evil is not forbidden? This is sufficient for making the believers desire for meeting Allah rightfully. I consider death as happiness and life with the wrongdoers as boredom. People are certainly the slaves of this world. The religion is only a slaver on their tongues. They turn it wherever their livelihood demands. If they are examined by misfortunes, the religious will be very little.
2- Imam Husayn(A.S.) said to a man who backbit another before him. O you, stop backbiting, for it is the daily meal of the dogs of Hell.
3- Before Imam Husayn(A.S.), a man said that favors are worthless if they are done to other than its people. The Imam Husayn(A.S.) commented: No, this is in accurate. Favors should be like the havy rain that covers the pious and the sinful.
4- Whenever Allah seizes the power of somebody, He will surely free him from acts of obedience to Him, and whenever He seizes the ability of somebody, He will surely save his from the burdens.
5- Some people worshipped Allah for the purpose of gaining His gifts. This is the worship of the merchants. Some worshipped Him for the purpose of avoiding His punishment. This is the worship of the slaves. Some worshipped Him as showing gratitude to Him. This is the worship of the genuine ones. It is the best worship.
6- A man received Imam Husayn(A.S.) saying, "How are you? Allah may grant you good health." The Imam Husayn(A.S.) instructed him: Salaam-greeting-should precede wording. Allah may grant you good health. Do not permit anybody before he says salaam.
7- When Allah wills to lead a servant to destruction gradually, He bestows upon him with graces and does not favor him with showing gratitude for these graces.
8- Imam Husayn(A.S.) wrote the following missive to Abdullah-bin-Al-Abbas when Abdullah-bin-az-Zubair banished him to Yemen:
So then, I have been informed that Abdullah-ibn-Zubayr banished you to Ta'if Allah has so therefore raised your reputation and pardoned a sin for so. It is only the virtuous ones who suffer afflictions. If you are rewarded only for what you like, the reward then will be little. Allah may grant you and us steadfastness against afflictions and gratitude in graces. Allah may save you and us from the schadenfreude of any envious enemy. Peace be upon you.
9- Imam Husayn(A.S.) said to a man who begged him: Asking for financial- help is acceptable only in big loss, extreme poverty, or horrible guarantee. The man said: Because of one of these I came. Hence, the Imam Husayn(A.S.) ordered to be given one hundred dinars.
10 - Imam Husayn(A.S.) said to his son Ali(A.S.): O son, beware of wronging him who does not have a supporter except Allah the Majestic.
11- As a man asked for the exegesis of Allah's saying, "Proclaim the bounties of your Lord, "Holy Qur'an 93:11 Allah orders him to proclaim the religious graces.
12- A man from Ansar wanted to ask Imam Husayn(A.S.) for - financial - help, but the Imam Husayn(A.S.) said: O brother of Ansar, protect your face from the humility of seeking others' help. You may write your need in a paper and I will respond to it pleasantly, God willing." The man wrote to the Imam (A.S.) that he owed a certain individual five hundred dinars and that man insisted on receiving his money soon. He also asked the Imam Husayn(A.S.) to speak to persuade that man to grant him a respite until he becomes able to defray the sum. As Imam Husayn(A.S.) read the paper, he entered his house to take out a bale containing one thousand dinars. He handed them to the man and said: You may defray the debt and use the other five hundred dinars for settling your financial problems. Do not say your need to anybody except three-a religious, a chivalrous, or a highborn individual. The religious will try to keep his religion pure, the chivalrous will be embarrassed by his chivalry, and the highborn will feel that you have not kept your face from asking for your need; therefore, he will protect your face against disappointing you."
13- There are four kinds of friends: there is the friend who is for you and for himself, the friend who is for you, the friend who is against you, and the friend who is neither for you nor for himself.
As he was asked an explanation, Imam Husayn(A.S.) said: The friend who is for you and for himself is that who seeks the continuity of your friendship through fraternity and does not seek the interruption of your friendship through fraternity. This friend is for you and for himself. This is because the life of both of you will be pleasant as long as your fraternity is achieved, but when fraternity encounters contradiction, everything will be valuelss.
The friend who is for you is that who moves from the state of greed to the state of desire. He does not feel greedy to the worldly affairs as long as he desire for fraternity. Such a friend will completely save you from any defect.
The friend who is against you is that who waylays you, conceals his reality, forges lies against you among the clans, and looks at you enviously. The One (Allah) curses such a friend.
The friend who is neither for you nor for himself is that whom Allah has filled with idiocy and thrown away. Thus, you see him prefer himself to you and his eye is focused on your wealth.
14- Sitting with the intelligent is a sing of successfulness. Disputation with other than the disbelievers is a sign of ignorance. A sign of a scholar is his self-criticism of his sayings and his acquaintance with the various hypotheses.
15- Beware of things for which you apologize. The true believer should not make mistakes and should not apologize. The hypocrite makes mistakes and apologizes everyday.
16- There are seventy advantages for the greeting. Sixty-nine are given to the one who greets first and one is given to the one who responds to the greeting.
17- The true stingy is that who refrains from greeting.
18- He who tries to achieve something through acting disobediently to Allah will miss what he expects and fall in what he fears.
Reference: ImamReza.net