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the right of your brother depending on that which is between you and him, for he whose right you
neglect is not your brother; let not your brother be stronger in (establishing) relationship than
your abandoning him.
Surely the prophets, their children, and their followers were singled out with three qualities:
maladies in the bodies, fear of the supreme ruler (sultan), and poverty.
Imam Musa, peace be on him, said to a son of his: “Do not take out yourself of the limit of
curtailment in respect with the acts of worship and obedience to Allah, for surely none worships
Allah with the worship due to Him.” He, peace be on him, said: “Surely Allah, the Great and
Almighty, has said: ‘Most surely I do not enrich the rich due to his dignity with Me nor do I
impoverish the poor due to his abasement with Me; I try the rich with the poor through that.
Were it not for the poor, the rich would not deserve the Garden.’”
If you do not feel shame, then do what you like. Al‐‘Abbas b. Hilal al‐Shami said: “I said to Abi al‐
Hasan Musa: ‘May I be your ransom, men admire him who eats the most simple food, wears
coarse clothes, and shows reverence.’ So he, peace be on him, said: ‘Did you not know that Yousif
(Joseph) was a prophet, son of a prophet? (However) he used to wear silk mantles brocaded with
gold. He sat on the thrones of the Pharaohs and ruled. The people were in no need of his clothes,
but they were in need of his justice. An Imam is required to be just and fair; when he says
something, he says the truth; when he promises something, he fulfills his promise; when he
passes a judgement, he judges equitably. Allah has not forbidden wearing a particular type of
clothes or eating a particular type of food earned through a lawful way; rather He has forbidden
the unlawful, little or much. And most certainly Allah has said: Say: Who has forbidden the
beautiful (gifts) of Allah which He has produced for His servants, and the agreeable things of the
sustenance.’”
Musa b. Bukayr has said: “I asked Abu al‐Hasan (Musa), peace be on him: Which is older, unbelief
or polytheism?’ And he answered me: ‘As far as I know that you do not debate.’ I said: ‘Hisham b.
Salim ordered me to question you.’ So he answered me: ‘Unbelief is older and is denial. Allah, the
Great and Almighty, has said: But Iblis (did it not). He refused and was proud.’”
‘Ali b. Suwayyid said: “I asked Aba al‐Hasan Musa, peace be on him, about the weak (at faith), and
he wrote back to me: ‘The weak (at faith) are those whose proofs are not raised and they do not
know the difference. If they know the difference, then they are not weak.’”
‘Ali b. Suwayyid said: “I asked Aba al‐Hasan Musa about the self‐admiration that spoils deeds, and
he, peace be on him, replied: ‘Self‐admiration is degrees: Of them is that the evil‐deed of a
servant is made fair‐seeing to him so much so that he considers it good. So he admires it and
thinks that he does well; of them is that the servant believes in his Lord and lays Allah under
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