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I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Muhammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib.
Husayn ibn Ali
Two signs of learned person are: acceptance of other people's criticism, and being knowledgeable about the angles and dimensions of rhetoric and debate.
Husayn ibn Ali
Honor and dignity of man is only in virtue and piety.
Husayn ibn Ali
Our enemy is the enemy of my grandfather, Muhammad.
Husayn ibn Ali
The most generous person is the one who offers help to those who do not expect him to help.
Husayn ibn Ali
Receiving education nurtures human wisdom.
Husayn ibn Ali
If you neither believe in religion nor fear the hereafter, then at least be free from tyranny and arrogance.
Husayn ibn Ali
Associating with corrupt people makes you subject to suspicion.
Husayn ibn Ali
The historical progress of Islam, according to Gandhi, is not the legacy of the Muslim sword but a result of sacrifices of Muslim saints like Husain.
Husayn ibn Ali
Do you think that you can frighten me with death? Could a worse disaster happen to you than killing me? I do not know what to say to you. I can only address you as the brother of Al-Aws addressed his cousin when he met the latter as he was going to help the Apostle of God.
Husayn ibn Ali
Patience in a person glows like a jewel.
Husayn ibn Ali
Knowledge facilitates comprehension and experience increases wisdom.
Husayn ibn Ali
Those who worship God for the hope of gaining, they're not real worshippers, they're merchants. Those who worship God out of fear (of punishment), they're slaves. And those who worship God to be grateful towards their creator, they are the free people, and their worship is a real one.
Husayn ibn Ali
One who reveals your faults to you like a mirror is your true friend, and one who flatters you and covers up your faults is your enemy.
Husayn ibn Ali
Increase of experiences, increases the wisdom of mankind.
Husayn ibn Ali
Oh God! Surely you know that whatever we did was not a competition to gain worldly positions and not for the worthless physical attractions of the world. But to show the signs of religious ways and to remove corruption from your lands, so that the oppressed feel secured and act according to your traditions and rules.
Husayn ibn Ali
Death with honor is better than a life of degradation.
Husayn ibn Ali
Oh people, the Messenger of God said: Whoever sees an aggressive tyrant that legalizes the forbiddens of God, breeches divine laws, opposes the tradition of the Prophet, oppresses the worshippers of God, and does not concede his opposition to God in word or in deed, surely Allah will place that tyrant (in the Hell) where he deserves.
Husayn ibn Ali
One who pursues a goal through sinful ways, will ironically distance himself from that goal, and will approach what he was afraid of.
Husayn ibn Ali
Anybody who would like to have a long life and make his subsistence expanded, should pay visits to his own relatives.
Husayn ibn Ali
Yazid is a transgressor, a drunkard, killer of innocent people and an open sinner, we will never give our allegiances to the likes of him.
Husayn ibn Ali
If Husain fought to quench his worldly desires, (as alleged by certain Christian critics) then I do not understand why his sisters, wives and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore that he sacrificed purely for Islam.
Husayn ibn Ali
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