Jafar Sadiq Quotes

Verily, knowledge is a lock and its key is the question.

The believer should live between two fears the past sin that he does not know what Allah will do about it and the remaining days that he does not know what misfortunes he will encounter during them. Thus, the believer begins his day fearfully and ends his day fearfully. Except fear, nothing mends the believer.

The Imam instead used the golden opportunity of his time to establish the Shia as a prominent school of thought in Islam forever. As a result, the Shia school of thought was named Ja’fari, after Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq. Through the Imam’s teachings, Shias are proud of having a doctrine in every aspect of Islamic sciences and knowledge.

The eighth-century spiritual master, and descendent of the Prophet , Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq, taught his students that people worship God in one of three ways: the worship of the slave, who worships God out of fear of punishment; the worship of the merchant, who worships God seeking a reward; and the worship of the free, who worships God out of love and gratitude, which is the best form of worship.17 It is only when we worship the Divine out of love that our worship transforms our entire being. This is the station of ihsan.

The eighth-century spiritual master, and descendent of the Prophet , Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq, taught his students that people worship God in one of three ways: the worship of the slave, who worships God out of fear of punishment; the worship of the merchant, who worships God seeking a reward; and the worship of the free, who worship God out of love and gratitude, which is the best form of worship.17 It is only when we worship the Divine out of love that our worship transforms our entire being. This is the station of ihsan.