10 Steps to Wisdom from the Imams for Your Daily Life - Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi

- 10 Signs of a wise person
- The aql of a person is incomplete without these ten traits

"Every person has the potential, ability, power of doing good & evil. They can take revenge or respond in kind, but a wise person still restrains himself out of grace & compassion."

"Aql doesn't only mean going to Uni, Masters, PhD, Post-Doc. These [other] qualities are those which make a person A'aqil and wise in the eyes of the Imam."

"Poverty and Affluence. An intelligent person in the eyes of the Ahlul Bayt would choose poverty if it means avoiding Haram in the process of gaining affluence."

"The Imam listed qualities 1-9, one after the other. And then he said 'And here is the tenth one, what is it?'. The Imam was preparing their minds for the last most important one. The Companions said 'What is the last one, why are you keeping us in suspense?' That is where he says...   • 10 Steps to Wisdom from the Imams for...  "

"Someone came to the Imam saying 'I make friends but can't maintain them.' We are worried about our dollars lasting? Go ask people who are lonely, who can't maintain relationships. That is real poverty. Imam told him 'It's not them, it's you, the way you deal with them.' The Imam gave him a formula, which is also for you and me...   • 10 Steps to Wisdom from the Imams for...  "

"Satan doesn't go after the 'bad' people. They're already on his what I call auto-pilot. They're programmed and set. He goes after the pious ones."

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Thursday Night Majlis
Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi
Date: September 18th, 2014

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