30+ Quotes by Ali ibn Abi Talib

Ali ibn abi talib (May Allah be pleased with him) was the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad, (Peace Be Upon Him)

Some quotes by Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) are as follows:

ali ibn abi talib quotes on power

“Don’t talk about your power in front of weak.”- Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Don’t talk about the joys of your life in front of the sad ones.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Don’t talk about your freedom in front of the captivated.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Don’t talk about your parents in front of the orphans, For their wounds cannot withstand more pain.” -Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Take your words into account as part of your action , and don’t say anything unless it is good.” – Hazrat Ali(RA)

ali ibn abi talib quotes on anger

“Anger begins with madness and ends with regret.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“The right of freedom of speech consists in speaking the truth.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“A true friend is one who upon seeing a fault gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA))

“There is no successful outcome in treating people unjustly.”- Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Be Respectful to women, for they are the mothers of mankind.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“A wise man first thinks and then speaks but a fool speaks first and then thinks.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Don’t disappoint the ones whose hopes lies in you.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

ibn abi talib quotes on charity

“Don’t feel ashamed when giving little for charity; that is because there is always goodness in giving no matter how little.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

Do not take someone’s silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Good manners are your beauty.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Every man is attached to the one who resembles him. Every bird follows his own kind. Those of the same nature are inclined to each other. The good follow the good. The evil follow the evil.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Be the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it.”- Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Visit one another and discuss Hadiths; do not neglect it lest they disappear.”- Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

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“If Allah guides you to remember him it is sign that Allah loves you.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“The worst of our faults is our interest in other peoples faults.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“A fool will lose his peace running after wealth, a wise will give away his wealth for peace.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

Someone asked Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA):
“what’s the difference between a sibling and a friend?”
He said:
“ a sibling is like gold and friend is like diamond.”
Then that person asked:
“why did you give more value to friend than a sibling?”
He said:
“If there occurs any crack in gold,
it may be repaired and reshaped to its original shape & texture.
Whereas if crack occurs in diamond,
it can never be repaired and reshaped.”
collected from [Beshak, Allah is the greatest]

“Company of good people yields in wisdom only. Because when wind passes through flowers, that becomes fragrance.”- Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

ali ibn abi talib quotes on truth

“Anybody looking for an evil (evil) example is like a fly that leaves all the beautiful things just sitting on the wound.”- Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“If a man steal bread for their hunger, instead of cutting the hands of thieves should be cut with hand of the king.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Must do their work who remember you only when they’re needed. Because they find light in the darkness. And that light is you.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Always learn to compromise, its way better to bow down sometimes than breaking off a relation forever.”- Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA))

“If You Want To Know Someone’s Character, Examine The Friends He Sits With.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Don’t speak wise in front of ignorant mentality, first he’ll debate then will become enemy by seeing his defeat.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Be enemy to the oppressors and a helper to the oppressed.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Be friends with the righteous and avoid the evil doers, stay away from the hypocrites and do not accompany the treacherous.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Never Trust on your Physical Strength and wealth, because illness and poverty will not take long time to come…” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)’s last words to his family…….
“My advice to you is that you should not consider anyone as a co-worker of the Allah, be firm in your belief that there is One and only One Allah. Never waste the knowledge given to you by the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and never give up and destroy his Sunnah. Always Keep these two pillars of Islam “monotheism and Sunnah of the Muhammad (Peace Be upon him)” aloft. If you act according to my advice then you cannot be blamed for damaging or destroying the religion.”

“An alert & learned man will take advice from any incident.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“No wealth like Education and no poverty like Ignorance.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“The wealth of a miser is as useless as a pebble.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“To fight against one’s desires is the greatest of all fights.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“The sum total of excellence is knowledge.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Wealth and greed are the roots of all evils.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Patience is the fruit of faith.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“No shelter is safe than piety.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Do not soil your conscience for anything but Janah.”- Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“A man’s worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Knowledge enlivens the soul.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Generosity hides shortcomings.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)”The wealth of a miser is as useless as a pebble.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib

“A man’s glory from his virtue is greater than the glory of his pedigree.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“Hide the good you do & make known the good done to you.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

“One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)

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