Imam Al-Jawad’s Spiritual Advice to One of His Companions

 

Author: Hassan Ardeshir Lajimi

Translator: Mahboobeh Morshedian

Imam Al-Jawad’s Spiritual Advice to One of His Companions

This paper is a brief explanation of one narration by the ninth imam, Imam al-Jawad (a), wherein a man asks him for advice, and the Imam advises him to five things: to rely on patience, welcome poverty, abandon desires and whims, and to have God-wariness.