Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth Twelver Sh?‘ah Im?m, grandson of Husayn, and second generation grandson of Muhammad.
The person who loves for the sake of God, and detests and despises for the sake of God, and gives for the sake of God, is among those whose faith has achieved completion.
There is no strength higher than overcoming carnal desire.
The scholar whose knowledge is made use of and benefited from, is worthier and more virtuous than seventy thousand worshippers and adorers.
There is no drop more loved by God than a teardrop that falls in the dark of the night from fear of God, meant solely for Him and no one else.
Indeed, when a man earns wealth from a haraam (prohibited source) - neither Hajj, nor Umra, nor strengthening of his blood kinship, is ever at all accepted or approved. By God, Almighty.