Letter of Abi Abdillah (a. s) to a group of Shia — Hadith 1

ability to keep you from the truth. Allah (azwj) Protects you from that, so fear Allah (azwj) and hold back your tongues except from the good, and beware of letting your tongues to slip into speaking that which is false, and the slanderous, and the sinful, and the violation. So if you were to hold back your tongues from what is disliked by Allah (azwj), from what He (azwj) has Forbidden you from, it would be better for you with your Lord (azwj) than letting your tongues slip into what is disliked by Him (azwj) and what He (azwj) has Prohibited you from. There is destruction for the servant, with Allah (azwj), and Repugnance from Allah (azwj), and there will be deafness, and blindness, and muteness which Allah (azwj) will Make him to inherit on the Day of Judgement. So they will become just as Allah (azwj) has said: “[2: 18] Deaf, dumb (and) blind, so they will not turn back”, it means that they will not be speaking and will not have the Permission to present their excuses. And beware from what Allah (azwj) has Prohibited you from doing, and it is for you to remain silent except with regards to what Allah (azwj) has Benefited you by from the matters of your Hereafter and be Rewarded by Him (azwj). And be frequent in Extolling His (azwj) Holiness, and Glorification, and the Praising to Allah (azwj), and the desires for what is with Him (azwj) from the Good which cannot be estimated, nor can anyone reach it (imagine), so occupy your tongues with that in order to avoid the false speech which would lead its owners to an eternity in the Fire for the one who dies upon it and does not repent to Allah (azwj), and does not keep away from it. And it is for you to supplicate, for the Muslims cannot be successful in the fulfilment of their wishes with their Lord (azwj) by any means higher than supplication and desiring from Him (azwj), and appealing to Allah (azwj), and the asking from Him (azwj). So be desirous in what you request to Allah (azwj) so that He (azwj) would Answer you to what you have supplicated to Him (azwj) in order to be successful and be saved from the Punishment of Allah (azwj). <br>And beware of being greedy for yourselves to something from what Allah (azwj) has Prohibited to you. For the one who violates what Allah (azwj) has Prohibited to him here in the world, Allah (azwj) would Place a block between him and the Paradise, and its Bounties, and its enjoyments, and its Prestige which will stand for all eternity for the inhabitants of the Paradise, for eve