They should know that they have bounties which the rich don’t have. The poor should have patience in shortages and poverty; they should know that they have bounties which the rich don’t have. The rich have troubles and afflictions which the poor and the destitute don’t have. ...

There's no act in which taking precautionary measures will bring about regret. ...

Imam Mahdi, may God hasten his reappearance, has the highest degree of knowledge and the great name (Ism al-Adham) is in his hands more than others; but still he has asked whomsoever has visited him in ream or in reality: "Pray for me"! ...

Resemblance and integration with disbelievers makes their dominance and authority over Muslims easier. ...

I wish we would sit and talk about when the reappearance of Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, would be, so that we would at least be regarded as the awaitors of his reappearance. ...

The sun is to shine even behind the clouds. Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, is the same, even though he's in occultation! We don’t see him but there were and still are, people who do see him or even if they don’t see him, they have some relations with him. ...

    Our contemporary faqih and gnostic, Ayatollah Bahjat, is one of those described by Imam Ali, peace be upon him, in these words: "Great is the Creator in their hearts, so everything besides Him is in their eyes small."    "Great is the Creator in their hearts, so everything besides Him is in thei...

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For a few days, he kept talking about death. That day when he was about to go to his room, he turned to my mother and said, -“Do you know such and such a person in Fuman?” -Yes....