Directives from the religious authority, grand Ayatollah Shaykh Ishaq Fayyadh may God prolong his life, Relayed by his son, Hujjatul Islam wal Muslimeen, Shaykh Mahmood Fayyadh during his visit, to the Unites States of America in April 2012/Jamadi al-Thania 1433 AH
All praise is due to God, Lord of the Worlds. May peace and blessings shower the greatest of God’s creation, the Seal of His Messengers, Muhammad, and his purified progeny…
For as long as the Shia – may God aid them with victory – have been known (to history), they have been the repository for safekeeping knowledge of guidance. They took it upon themselves to be sincerely devoted to that knowledge. Whenever their Imams raised a banner of firm knowledge and lofty morals they would follow its lead and trod its path, even if that was at the cost of being exiled, getting excluded and losing worldly gains. Nonetheless, they remained jubilant and pleased. They considered it a gain for themselves, while they considered what came of the miserable opposition and its abundant collections to be a loss. As a result, the Exalted God increased their certainty, giving it a sweet taste in their hearts. He mixed their faith with love, affection and allegiance. In every good soul among them, for any slipup they may have, God has taken them off the hook through the righteous deeds they perform to make up for it, or through a manifestation of their allegiance to the rightful guardians of truth – those whom God has chosen to place the truth with until the Hour of Reckoning. The subsequent teachings of the Imams (peace be upon them) as well as their guidance reiterate the importance of honing the souls (of the Shia) and building up the strength of their confidence regarding the Promise of their Lord. (Confidence which is) unmoved by the (winds of) storms because it includes pearls of wisdom regarding peaceful coexistence with other schools of thought; (pearls of wisdom) which draw people toward them and have them turn to their call – that is for those amongst them who lend an ear and have an open mind. Hence, the Imams were like lamps in the midst of darkness. Take, for instance, the words of Imam Abu Abdillah (peace be upon him) when he says,
“You should have God-wariness, vigilance, and diligence; (you should) speak the truth, return trusts (to their rightful owners), (have) good character, and (be a) good neighbor. Be callers toward yourselves through (things) other than your tongues. Be an adornment and do not be a disgrace. You should also prolong (the duration of) your bowing and prostration.” In another narration, he says,
“Be callers (who call out) to the people with (things) other than your tongues, such that they may see vigilance, diligence, prayer, and goodness from you. For indeed, that is a caller.” In another narration, he says,
“One whose vigilance is not discussed by veiled women in their veiled quarters is not amongst our followers (Shia). And if one is in a village with ten thousand men and there is someone amongst God’s creation who is more vigilant than him, then such a person is not amongst our close friends (Awliya).”
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Letter of Imam Ali to Malik e Ashtar
(Part Four)
About Counselors
🔰Do not include among those whom you consult a miser who would keep you back from being generous and caution you against destitution
🔰nor a coward who would make you feel too weak for your affairs,
🔰nor a greedy person who would beautify for you the collection of wealth by evil means.
🔥This is so because although miserliness, cowardice and greed are different qualities, yet they are common in having a wrong idea about Allah.
🔰The worst minister for you is one who has been a minister for mischievous persons before you and who joined them in committing sins.
🔰Therefore, he should not be your chief man because they are abettors of sinners and brothers of the oppressors. You can find good substitutes for them who would be like them in their views and influence while not being like them in committing sins and vices.
🔰They have never assisted an oppressor in his oppression or a sinner in his sins. They would give you the least trouble and the best support. They would be most considerate towards you and the least inclined towards others.
🔰Therefore, make them your chief companions in privacy as well as in public.
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Letter of Imam Ali to Malik-e Ashtar
(Part five)
🔰Then, more preferable among them for you should be those who openly speak better truths before you and who support you the least in those of your actions which Allah does not approve in His friends, even though they may be according to your wishes.
🔰Associate yourself with God-fearing and truthful people; then educate them, so that they should not praise you or please you by reason of an action which you did not perform because an excess of praise produces pride and drives you nearer to haughtiness.
🔰The virtuous and the vicious should not be in equal status before you because this means dissuasion of the virtuous from virtue and persuasion of the vicious to vice.
🔰Keep everyone in the status which is his. You should know that the most conducive thing for the good impression of the ruler on his subjects is that he should extend good behavior towards them, lighten their hardships and avoid putting them to unbearable troubles.
🔰You should, therefore, in this way follow a course by which you would leave a good impression with your subjects. This is so because such good ideas would relieve you of great worries.
🔰Certainly, the most appropriate for your good impression is he to whom your behavior has not been good.
🔰Do not discontinue the good lives in which the earlier people of this community had been acting and by virtue of which there was general unity and through which the subjects prospered.
🔰Do not innovate any line of action which injures these earlier ways because (in that case) the reward for those who had established those ways would continue, but the burden for discontinuing them would be on you.
🔰🔰Keep on increasing your conversations with the scholars and discussions with the wise in order to stabilize the prosperity of the areas under you and to continue with that in which the earlier people had remained steadfast.
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Letter of Imam Ali to Malik-e Ashtar
(Part Twelve)
5. The Clerical Establishment
🍁🍁Then you should take care of your secretarial workers. Put the best of them in charge of your affairs. Entrust those of your writings which contain your policies and secrets to him who possesses the best character, who is not elated by honors lest he should dare speak against you in public. He should also not be negligent in presenting the communications of your officers before you and issuing correct replies to them on your behalf and in matters of your receipts and payments.
🍁🍁He should not make any damaging agreement on your behalf and should not fail in repudiating an agreement against you.
🍁🍁He should not be ignorant of the extent of his own status in matters because whoever is ignorant of his own status is (even) more ignorant of the status of others.
🍁🍁Your selection of these people should not be on the basis of your understanding (of them), confidence and good impression because people catch the ideas of the officers through affectation and personal service, and there is nothing in it which is like well-wishing or trustfulness.
🍁🍁You should rather test them by what they did under the virtuous people before you. Take a decision in favor of one who has a good name among the common people and is the most renowned in trustworthiness because this will be a proof of your regard for Allah and for him on whose behalf you have been appointed to this status (namely your Imam).
🍁🍁Establish one chief for every department of work. He should not be incapable of big matters and a rush of work should not perplex him. Whenever there is a defect in your secretaries which you overlook, then you will be held responsible for it.
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Moral Characteristics of the Prophets: A Qur'anic Perspective
By
Mahnaz Heydarpoor & Mohammad Ali Shomali
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There are a number of ways to understand the best qualities of human beings in Islam. One way is to study how God has described the Prophets in the Qur'an, since they are the people who are chosen by God as His messengers and are the best ones to be chosen by human beings as their guide and role models. For this purpose, this paper tries to present a Qur'anic account of the characteristics of each of the Prophets mentioned in the Qur'an. This paper also shows that moral characteristics occupy a central, if not, the central, position in God's praise of their qualities and this illustrates the significance of morality in Islam.
Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad
1.Submissive to God
So if they argue with you, say, 'I have submitted my will to God, and [so has] he who follow me.' And say to those who were given the Book and the uninstructed ones, 'Do you submit?' If they submit, they will certainly be guided, but if they turn away, then your duty is only to communicate; and God sees best the servants. (3:20)
He has no partner, and this [creed] I have been commanded [to follow],and I am the first of those who submit [to God].' (6:163)
2.Gentle to the people
It is by God's mercy that you are gentle to them; and had you been harsh and hardhearted, surely they would have scattered from around you. So excuse them, and plead for forgiveness for them, and consult them in the affairs, and once you are resolved, put your trust in God. Indeed God loves those who trust in Him. (3:159)
3.Deep concern for the people
There has certainly come to you an apostle from among yourselves. Grievous to him is your distress; he has deep concern for you, and is most kind and merciful to the faithful. (9:128)
4.Most kind and merciful to the faithful
There has certainly come to you an apostle from among yourselves. Grievous to him is your distress; he has deep concern for you, and is
most kind and merciful to the faithful. (9:128)
5.Who has faith in God and His words
Say, 'O mankind! I am the Apostle of God to you all, [of Him] to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. There is no god except Him. He gives life and brings death.' So have faith in God and His Apostle, the uninstructed prophet who has faith in God and His words, and follow him so that you may be guided.
(7:158)
See also 10:104 and 39:14.
6.God-fearing
When Our manifest signs are recited to them, those who do not expect to encounter Us say, 'Bring a Qur'an other than this, or alter it.' Say, 'I may not alter it of my own accord. I follow only what is revealed to me. Indeed should I disobey my Lord, I fear the punishment of a tremendous day. (10:15)
Say, 'Indeed, should I disobey my Lord, I fear the punishment of a tremendous day.' (39:13)
7.Pure in his worship
Say, 'O people! if you are in doubt about my religion, then [know that] I do not worship those whom you worship besides God. Rather I worship only God, who causes you to die, and I have been commanded to be among the faithful, (10:104)
Say, '[Only] God do I worship, putting my exclusive faith in Him. (39:14)
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Moral Characteristics of the Prophets: A Qur'anic Perspective
By
Mahnaz Heydarpoor & Mohammad Ali Shomali
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Part two
8.His heart is strengthened by God
Whatever We relate to you of the accounts of the apostles are those by which We strengthen your heart, and there has come to you in this [surah] the truth and an advice and admonition for the faithful. (11:120)
The faithless say, 'Why has not the Qur'an been sent down to him all at once?' So it is, that We may strengthen your heart with it, and We have recited it [to you] in a measured tone. (25:32)
9.He puts his trust in God
Thus have We sent you to a nation before which many nations have passed away, that you may recite to them what We have revealed to you. Yet they defy the All-beneficent. Say, 'He is my Lord; there is no god except Him; in Him I have put my trust, and to Him will be my return.' (13:30)
Whatever thing you may differ about, its judgment is with God. That is God, my Lord. In Him I have put my trust, and to Him I turn penitently. (42:10)
10.Mercy to all the inhabitants of the world:
We did not send you but as a mercy to all the nations. (21:107)
11.Trustworthy:
[saying,] 'Give over the servants of God to me; indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you. (44:18)
12.Hard against the faithless
Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and those who are with him are hard against the faithless and merciful amongst themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in worship], seeking God's grace and [His] pleasure. Their mark is [visible] on their faces, from the effect of prostration. Such is their description in the Torah and their description in the Evangel.
Like a tillage that sends out its shoots and builds them up, and they grow stout and settle on their stalks, impressing the sowers, so that He may enrage the faithless by them. God has promised those of them who have faith and do righteous deeds
forgiveness and a great reward. (48:29)
13.Devotion to God
Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and those who are with him are hard against the faithless and merciful amongst themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in worship], seeking God's grace and [His] pleasure. Their mark is [visible] on their faces, from the effect of prostration.(48:29)
Indeed your Lord knows that you stand vigil nearly two thirds of the night -or [at times] a half or a third of it- along with a group of those who are with you. (73:20)
14.Great character
Nun. By the Pen and what they write: you are not, by your Lord's blessing, crazy, and yours indeed will be an everlasting reward, and indeed you possess a great character. You will see and they will see, which one of you is crazy. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided.
(68:1-4)
15.Good example
In the Apostle of God there is certainly for you a good exemplar, for those who look forward to God and the Last Day, and remember God greatly. (33:21)
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Qor’an; Chapter; The Great Event (Al-Waqeah سورة الواقعة) revealed in Makkah, ninety six verses.
will eat from the fruit of the tree of Zaqqum, (52) filling your bellies, with it (53) and on top of this you will drink boiling water (54)
like a thirsty camel". (55) Such will be their dwelling on the Day of Judgment. (56) It is We who have created you. Why then did you not testify to the Truth? (57)
Have you seen sperm? (58) Did you create it or was it We who created it? (59) We have destined death for you and no one can challenge Us (60)
in replacing you with another creation like you, changing you into a form which you do not know. (61) You certainly knew about (your) first development. Why do you not take heed?(62) Have you seen what you sow? (63)
Do you make it grow or is it We who make it grow? (64) Had We wanted, We could have crushed it to bits and you would have been left to lament, (65) crying, "We have been left to suffer loss. (66)
Surely, we have been deprived (of the benefits)". (67) Have you seen the water which you drink? (68) Is it you who sent it down from the clouds or is it We who have sent it down? (69)
Had We wanted, We could have made it salty. Why then do you not give thanks? (70) Have you seen the fire which you kindle? (71) Is it you who have produced its tree or is it We who have produced it? (72)
It is We who have made it as a reminder and a means of comfort for the people. (73) (Muhammad), glorify your Lord, the Great One. (74) I do not need to swear by the setting of the stars (75)
- which is indeed a great oath if only you knew it - (76)that this is an honorable Quran (77) preserved in a hidden Book which (78)
no one can touch it except the purified ones. (79) (This Quran) is a revelation from the Lord of the Universe. (80) Would you say that this statement is a lie? (81)
Would you reject the sustenance that you receive rather than give thanks?(82) Why can you not help a soul dying (83) right before your very eyes? (84)
We are closer to him than you, but you cannot see. (85) If you are true to your claim that there is no Day of Judgment, (86) why can you not bring it (the soul) back (to life)? (87)
(If a dying soul) is of those near to God, (88) it will have rest, happiness, and a beautiful Paradise. (89) If it is of the people of the right hand, (90)
it will be with the people of the right hand, living in peace and security. (91) If it is of those who have rejected the Truth and have gone astray, (92)its dwelling will be boiling water (93)
and the heat of hell fire. (94) This is the absolute Truth and certainty.(95) So glorify the name of your Lord, the Great One.(96)
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A man came to the last prophet of God and said, "O prophet of God am I allowed to do prayer (to receive) death from God?
Prophet replied, "there is no escape from death and it is a very long journey. In order to prepare for this journey, everyone has to make ready ten gifts with himself.
Have you prepared those gifts"?
Man asked, "what are those, O prophet of God"?
Prophet (peace be with him and his progeny) replied:
💎 A gift for the angel of death
💎 A gift for grave
💎 A gift for the angels who'll question (you) in the grave
💎 A gift for the place where your deeds will be weighed
💎 A gift for the bridge of Sirāt
💎 A gift for the angel of hell (Mālik)
💎 A gift for the angel of heaven (Ridhwān)
💎 A gift for the prophet
💎 A gift for Gabriel
💎 A gift for God
✳️ As for the gift for angel of death are four
🎁 Satisfaction of those who have right(s) upon you
🎁 Making up the missed prayers
🎁 Affection to God
🎁 Wish for death to meet God
✅ And gifts for the grave are four
🎁 Quit gossiping
🎁 Istebrā’ (cleaning after urination)
🎁 Comprehensively reciting Qor’an
🎁 Night prayers
✳️ As for the gifts for the angels who'll question (you) in grave are four.
🎁 Speaking truly
🎁 Quitting (habit of) backbiting
🎁 Speaking the truth
🎁 Humbleness in the presence of all (except hypocrites)
✳️ And gifts for the place where your deeds will be checked (at Mīzān) are four.
🎁 Controlling the anger
🎁 True love and fear of God
🎁 Going to congregational prayers
🎁 Inviting others to (seek) forgiveness of God
✳️ And gifts for the bridge of Sirāt are four
🎁 Sincere deeds
🎁 Mostly being in the remembrance of God
🎁 Great attitude
🎁 Forbearance of bad behaviors of others
✳️ And gifts for the angel of hell are four
🎁 Crying due to fear of God
🎁 Giving alms in secret
🎁 Quitting sin
🎁 Behaving greatly with parents
✳️ And gifts for the angel of heaven are four.
🎁 Patience in hardships
🎁 Thankfulness for Blessings
🎁 Helping and granting your wealth to others and charity.
🎁 Trustworthiness in the wealth which is dedicated for God
✳️ And gifts for the last prophet are four
🎁 Love of the prophet of God
🎁 Following his tradition
🎁 Loving his Progeny (Ahlulbayt Peace be with them)
🎁 Protecting the tongue/language from bad behavior
✳️ And gifts for Gabriel are four
🎁 Talking less
🎁 Eating less
🎁 Sleeping less
🎁 Always praising God
✳️ And gifts for God Almighty are four
🎁 Supporting Good with good deeds
🎁 Being unsupportive to evil with deeds
🎁 Good wishes and advises to all human beings
🎁 Kindness to all humans and living things
✍🏼 Ayatollah Meshkīnī,
📚 Mawāz-e Adadīyeh. Traditions of chapter ten things.
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🌹Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance) said:
🌻اَمَّا الْحَوادِثُ الْواقِعَةُ فَارْجِعُوا فيها اِلى رُواةِ اَحادِيثِنا
🌻"In regards to the various events happening during the major occultation, refer to the narrator of our traditions".
📝Brief Description by Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi:
💠"Human societies cannot be optimally organized without proper leadership. For this reason, God has never left his servants without a leader. Divine leaders have always existed among them.
💠Even during the occultation of Imam Mahdi (a.s.), may our soul be sacrificed for him, first special deputies, and after termination of their period, common deputies were selected by him for leadership of people.
💠The leadership continues to be provided by those determined and faithful men who are well versed in the knowledge of Islam’s holy book, the Qur’an, as well as the teachings and practices of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) and the school of the Prophet’s household. Anyone who does not possess such credentials , under whatever name and title , who assumes himself to be worthy of such a rank, must be rejected".
📚Reference:
-"One Hundred and Fifty Lessons for Life", by Makarem Shirazi, Lesson #134
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Nahju-l Balāghah. Letter No 27
Given to Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr (May Allah Be Pleased with Him), When Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (peace be with them) Appointed Him as Governor of Egypt:
Deal humbly with the public. Remain lenient. Meet them large-heartedly, accord them equal treatment so that the mighty should not expect injustice from you in their favor and the lowly should not be despondent of your justice.
Allah, the Sublime, will certainly question you, O community of His creatures, about your actions, small or big, open or concealed. If He punishes you, it is because you have been oppressive, and if He forgives you, then it is because He is the most Generous.
Be informed, O servants of Allah, that the God-fearing share the joys of this transient world as well as those of the next, for they share with the people of this world in their worldly matters while their people did not share with them in the matters of the next.
They lived in this world in the best manner of living. They ate the choicest food and enjoyed herein all that the people with ease of life enjoyed. They secured from it what the haughty and the vain secured. Then they departed from it after taking provision enough to take them to the end of their journey, having contracted a profitable transaction.
They tasted the pleasure of renouncing the life in this world, firmly believing that on the Coming Day, they will be neighbors of Allah, where their call will not be repulsed, nor will their share of pleasure be small.
O servants of Allah! Fear death and its measures, and prepare all that is needed for it. It will come as a big event and a great affair, either as something good in which there will never be any evil, or an evil one in which there will never be any good. Who is nearer to Paradise than one who works towards it, and who is nearer to Hell than one who works for it?
You are being chased by death. If you stop, it will catch you, and if you run away from it, it will grab you. It is more attached to you than your own shadow. Death is tied to your forelocks while the world is being wrapped up from behind you. Therefore, fear the Fire whose hollow is deep, whose flames are severe and whose punishment is novel.
It is a place wherein there is no mercy. No call is heard in it. No pain is healed in it. If it is possible for you to have severe fear of Allah and to rest hope in Him, then do both these things because every individual can have hope in His Lord to the extent of his fear of His Lord. Certainly, the most hopeful person with Allah is whoever fears Him the most.
O Muhammad son of Abu Bakr! Be informed that I have given you charge of Egypt which is my biggest force. You are duty-bound to oppose your passions and to serve as a shield against your religion even though you may get only an hour in the world.
Do not enrage Allah for pleasing others because (Allah) is such that He may take the place of others, yet others cannot take the place of Allah. Say prayers at their appointed times. Do not say your prayers earlier for the sake of (available) leisure, nor should you delay them on account of any preoccupation. Remember that every deed of yours is dependent on your prayers.
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*This is what Amir al-mu'minin said on the occasion of the burial of Sayyidatu'n-nisā' (Supreme lady) Fatimah (peace be with her) while addressing the Prophet at his grave.*
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O' Prophet of God, please accept my salams and those of your daughter who is being buried not far from you, and who is to meet you so quickly. O last chosen Apostle! The death of your daughter has left me without patience and solace. I have lost my self-restraint and power of endurance.
After having endured the separation from you I shall have to bear this catastrophe patiently. O Prophet of God! I laid you down in the grave with my own hands, your soul departed from my body while you were resting upon my chest and your head was lying between my neck and heart.
Verily we are for Allah's and verily unto Him shall we return (Qur'an 2:156)
Your trust (your daughter) which was entrusted to me is taken back from me. Sorrow now abides with me and happiness has taken leave. This grief is so overbearing that it engulfs and swallows other sorrows, and it has left me with sleepless nights and joyless days. From now onwards, my life will be a continued heartache until God gathers me with you both in the realm of His favour and peace.
O Apostle of God! Your dear daughter will tell you how your followers have behaved with her and how they have mistreated her. Please ask her the details of all that has happened to her during such a short period (barely three months) after your departure to Heaven. This period of separation from you was so short that people were still remembering you and talking about you.
Please, both of you accept my parting salams and goodbye. It is the wish of a sincere heart, which has loved and will always love you both, a heart which will cherish and will carry your tender and loving memeories to its grave. Goodbye O daughter of the chosen Apostle of God! May you rest in peace (in the world) which mankind has refused you in this world. If I leave your grave to go it is not because I am tired of your company, rather I wish I had it till the end of my life. If I make a permanent abode on your grave, it will not be because I doubt the reward that God has reserved for those who bear sorrows patiently, Goodbye, may God's peace and blessings be with you both.
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Imām Mohammad ibn Ali al Bāqir (Peace be with him) said:
♦️“One who fast in the month of Rajab, for a day in its starting or in its middle or in its last (days), Allāh (s.w.t) will make incumbent upon him the Heaven, and He will keep him with us in our stages on the day of Resurrection,
♦️ And one who fast two days in the month of Rajab, it will be said to him, start doing action from the start as your sins of past have been forgiven,
♦️ And one who fast for the three days from the month of Rajab, it will be said to him that all your past sins have been forgiven and those which to remain, so do intercession of whom you wish to from the sinful once among your brothers and to whom you know,
♦️ And one who fast for the seven days in the month of Rajab, the seven door of hell will closed for him,
♦️ And one who fast for the eight days in the month of Rajab, then seven door of heaven will be open for him, so he can enter into it from which door he wishes."
📚[Reference: Amāli, Šudūq, Page. 6]
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Imām Mohammad ibn Ali al Bāqir (Peace be with him) said:
♦️“One who fast in the month of Rajab, for a day in its starting or in its middle or in its last (days), Allāh (s.w.t) will make incumbent upon him the Heaven, and He will keep him with us in our stages on the day of Resurrection,
♦️ And one who fast two days in the month of Rajab, it will be said to him, start doing action from the start as your sins of past have been forgiven,
♦️ And one who fast for the three days from the month of Rajab, it will be said to him that all your past sins have been forgiven and those which to remain, so do intercession of whom you wish to from the sinful once among your brothers and to whom you know,
♦️ And one who fast for the seven days in the month of Rajab, the seven door of hell will closed for him,
♦️ And one who fast for the eight days in the month of Rajab, then seven door of heaven will be open for him, so he can enter into it from which door he wishes."
📚[Reference: Amāli, Šudūq, Page. 6]
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🌹Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance) said:
🌻اَمَّا الْحَوادِثُ الْواقِعَةُ فَارْجِعُوا فيها اِلى رُواةِ اَحادِيثِنا
🌻"In regards to the various events happening during the major occultation, refer to the narrator(s) of our traditions".
📝Brief Description by Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi:
💠"Human societies cannot be optimally organized without proper leadership. For this reason, God has never left his servants without a leader. Divine leaders have always existed among them.
💠Even during the occultation of Imam Mahdi (a.s.), may our soul be sacrificed for him, first special deputies, and after termination of their period, common deputies were selected by him for leadership of people.
💠The leadership continues to be provided by those determined and faithful men who are well versed in the knowledge of Islam’s holy book, the Qur’an, as well as the teachings and practices of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) and the school of the Prophet’s household. Anyone who does not possess such credentials , under whatever name and title , who assumes himself to be worthy of such a rank, must be rejected".
📚Reference:
-"One Hundred and Fifty Lessons for Life", by Makarem Shirazi, Lesson #134
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A man came to the last prophet of God and said, "O prophet of God am I allowed to do prayer (to receive) death from God?
Prophet replied, "there is no escape from death and it is a very long journey. In order to prepare for this journey, everyone has to make ready ten gifts with himself.
Have you prepared those gifts"?
Man asked, "what are those, O prophet of God"?
Prophet (peace be with him and his progeny) replied:
💎 A gift for the angel of death
💎 A gift for grave
💎 A gift for the angels who'll question (you) in the grave
💎 A gift for the place where your deeds will be weighed
💎 A gift for the bridge of Sirāt
💎 A gift for the angel of hell (Mālik)
💎 A gift for the angel of heaven (Ridhwān)
💎 A gift for the prophet
💎 A gift for Gabriel
💎 A gift for God
✳️ As for the gift for angel of death are four
🎁 Satisfaction of those who have right(s) upon you
🎁 Making up the missed prayers
🎁 Affection to God
🎁 Wish for death to meet God
✅ And gifts for the grave are four
🎁 Quit gossiping
🎁 Istebrā’ (cleaning after urination)
🎁 Comprehensively reciting Qor’an
🎁 Night prayers
✳️ As for the gifts for the angels who'll question (you) in grave are four.
🎁 Speaking truly
🎁 Quitting (habit of) backbiting
🎁 Speaking the truth
🎁 Humbleness in the presence of all (except hypocrites)
✳️ And gifts for the place where your deeds will be checked (at Mīzān) are four.
🎁 Controlling the anger
🎁 True love and fear of God
🎁 Going to congregational prayers
🎁 Inviting others to (seek) forgiveness of God
✳️ And gifts for the bridge of Sirāt are four
🎁 Sincere deeds
🎁 Mostly being in the remembrance of God
🎁 Great attitude
🎁 Forbearance of bad behaviors of others
✳️ And gifts for the angel of hell are four
🎁 Crying due to fear of God
🎁 Giving alms in secret
🎁 Quitting sin
🎁 Behaving greatly with parents
✳️ And gifts for the angel of heaven are four.
🎁 Patience in hardships
🎁 Thankfulness for Blessings
🎁 Helping and granting your wealth to others and charity.
🎁 Trustworthiness in the wealth which is dedicated for God
✳️ And gifts for the last prophet are four
🎁 Love of the prophet of God
🎁 Following his tradition
🎁 Loving his Progeny (Ahlulbayt Peace be with them)
🎁 Protecting the tongue/language from bad behavior
✳️ And gifts for Gabriel are four
🎁 Talking less
🎁 Eating less
🎁 Sleeping less
🎁 Always praising God
✳️ And gifts for God Almighty are four
🎁 Supporting Good with good deeds
🎁 Being unsupportive to evil with deeds
🎁 Good wishes and advises to all human beings
🎁 Kindness to all humans and living things
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📚 Mawāz-e Adadīyeh. Traditions of chapter ten things.
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Prophet Mohammad’s Sermon of Sha’bāniyeh (peace be with him and his Progeny) خطبه شعبانيه
Part One
It has been reported from Imām Aba-l Hassan Ali ibn Mūsa-r Redha who narrated from his fathers from the leader of the believers Ali ibn-e Abi Talib (peace be with them) who said:
“One day the messenger of Allah (May Allah bless him and his progeny) addressed us and said:
‘O’ people! Indeed ahead of you is the blessed month of Almighty God;
A month of blessing, mercy and forgiveness. A month which with Allah is the best of months;
Its days, the best of days, its nights, the best of nights, and its hours, the best of hours. It is the month during which you are invited to be the guests of God and you are placed to be from people of Allah’s dignity
Each breath you take glorifies him; your sleep is worship, your deeds
are accepted and your supplications are answered.
So, invoke Allah, your Lord, with honest intentions and pure hearts to grant you success in fasting and reciting his Book in this month.
Therefor miserable is certainly the one who is deprived of Allah's forgiveness in this great month.
Remember the hunger and thirst of the day of Judgment with your hunger and thirst (while fasting); give alms to the needy and poor, Pay respect to your elders, have sympathy for your youngsters and maintain relations with your blood relatives.
Guard your tongues, close your eyes to the impermissible for your sight, close your ears to that which is forbidden to hear, show compassion and kindness to the orphans of people so compassion may be shown to your orphans.
Repent to Allah for your sins
and supplicate with raised hands at the times of prayer as these are the best times, during which Allah Almighty looks at His servants with mercy. And raise your hands to supplicate at the times of prayers for they are the best of times during which Allah the Almighty and Glorious looks towards His servants with mercy, answering them if they supplicate, responding them if they call Him, granting them if He is asked, and accepting if they entreat.
O People!
Indeed your souls are dependent on your deeds, so make it free by invoking Almighty God for forgiveness (Esteghfār). Your backs are heavily loaded from your sins, so lighten their loads by long prostrations. And know that Allah swears by His might that:
There is no punishment for the one who prays and prostrates and He shall not appall them from Hellfire on the day when man stands
before the Lord of the Worlds (the Doomsday).
O People! One who gives food after the sunset (Iftaar) to a fasting believer during this month will be like one who has freed a slave and his past sins will be forgiven.’
Some of the people who were there then asked the Prophet (God bless him and his progeny):
'Not all of us are able to invite those who are fasting?'
The Prophet replied: 'Keep yourself away from Hell-fire though it may consist of (even) half of a dried date or some water (if you have nothing else)'.
O’ People! One who has good morals (Akhlaq) during this month will be able to pass the bridge to Paradise (Siraat) on the day when feet will tend to slip. For anyone who during this month eases the workload of his servants, God will make easy his accounting, and for anyone who doesn't hurt others during this month, God will safeguard him from His Wrath on the Day of Judgment.
As for one who honors (take care) of an orphan during this month; God will honor him on that Day.
And for the one who treats his blood relatives (and connects ties with them) during this month, God will bestow His Mercy on him on that Day.
As for the one who cuts the ties of relation with his blood relatives; God will cut and keep away His mercy from him.
Whosoever performs recommended prayers in this month God will save him from Hell-fire. And whoever offers an obligatory prayer during this month, his reward will be seventy times the reward during other months.
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Prophet Mohammad’s Sermon of Sha’bāniyeh (peace be with him and his Progeny) خطبه شعبانيه
Part Two
And whosoever repeatedly invokes Allah's blessings on me (salawāt), Allah will keep his scale of good deeds heavy, while the scales of others will be tending to lightness.
He who recites one verse of the Qur'ān will be given the rewards
of reciting the whole Qur'ān during other months.
O people! The gates of Paradise and Heaven remain open during this month. Ask your Lord not to close them for you; while the gates of Hell-fires are closed, ask your Lord to keep them closed for you.
During this month devils (Satans) are imprisoned in chains. So, ask your Lord not to let them have power and domination over you.'
Amir al-Mu’menin said that ‘I stood up and asked: O’ Messenger of God, what are the best deeds during this month?'
He replied: ‘O Aba al-Hassan, the best of deeds during this month is to be far from what Allah has forbidden.'"
Then all of sudden prophet cried.
I said: ‘O Prophet of God, what is the reason for your crying?’
Prophet said: ‘O Ali, I weep for that your sanctity will be violated in this month. It is as if I see you are praying to your Lord, but one who is the most unfortunate of this nation from the first day to the end, who is the brother of the one who beheads the people of Thamud, gets up and strikes you on the head, and your beard is colored with the blood of your head.’
I said: ‘O Prophet of God, is my religion safe in that case?’
Prophet said: ‘Your religion is safe and perfect.’
Then he said: ‘O Ali, whoever kills you, has killed me, and whoever considers you an enemy, has made me an enemy, and whoever insults you, has insulted me. Because you are from me, like my soul. Your soul is from my soul and your nature is from my nature. God Almighty created me and you and chose me and you and chose me as the Prophet and you as the Imām. Whoever denies your Imamate has denied my prophethood.
O Ali, you have my authority, and you’re the father of my children (Imām Hasan and Husain), the husband of my daughter and you’re my successor over my nation, when I am alive and after my death. Your command is my command and your prohibition is my prohibition. (For what I said,) I swear by God, who chose me to prophethood and made me one of the best of creatures.’”
📚Wasāel-ush Shīah, V.10, P.314
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The Answer to a Request for Fatwa regarding a Movie
July 5, 2016 53237
Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, Greetings, As you are aware, one of the Arabic TV channels based in England has been fundraising, for a few months now, for the production of a feature film called “Yawm al-‘Adhāb” [i.e. The Day of Torment] and it has received millions of pounds from the Shias all over the world. The manager of this TV channel, who has a long precedent in insulting the sanctities of our Sunni brothers, has announced his purpose in producing this film as follows: “This movie which will be produced by the most prominent western directors and filmmakers will aim at narrating the life of Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (a), particularly after the demise of the great Prophet of Islam (s). By watching this movie, the people of the world will see for themselves, for the first time, how the first caliph and his agents attacked the house of Lady Fatimah (a) and how they violated her respect as the Prophet’s daughter! This movie will break the mythical characters created for the first two caliphs [i.e. the Sheykhayn] … this movie will demonstrate clearly the difference between the genuine Islam and the distorted Islam [i.e. the Islam based on Saqīfah] … we have sworn that we will avenge Lady Fatimah Al Zahra (a)” [Part of the remarks made by Yasir Habib in Fadak TV channel on 2016.04.10]. Now, considering the huge amount of publicity that has been going on about this movie, and the huge amounts of money currently being raised for its production, we request that you issue your religious ruling about supporting, publicizing, and watching such movies.
A group of your followers 1395.03.25 SH
Answer:
In His Name Almighty
Without any doubt those who help to produce and release this film, as well as those who watch it have committed a mortal sin. This is particularly true under the current circumstances, where any sort of attempt at creating disunity among the Muslim people will be helping the enemies of Islam to succeed in their sinister plans against the religion. Such divisive acts do indeed entail severe divine penalty for those who perpetrate them. It is quite likely that the enemies of Islam [who will be the ones to actually produce this film] have a hand in all this and they have planned to incite a lot of bloodshed among the Muslims through this film. Therefore, all those who help in the production of this film will also be responsible for any Muslim blood that is spilled on its account. You must announce to all Shias that those who intend to produce such divisive films are not one of us. These are some liars who seek only to manipulate the religious feelings of some of the followers and adherents of the Ahl-al-Bayt (a), and in particular their affections for the great Lady of Islam, Lady Fatimah Al Zahra (a). Thus, all Muslims must know that the messages intended to be conveyed through this film are neither the messages of Islam nor those of the Shia school.
May Allah bless you all
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A man came to the last prophet of God and said, "O prophet of God am I allowed to do prayer (to receive) death from God?
Prophet replied, "there is no escape from death and it is a very long journey. In order to prepare for this journey, everyone has to make ready ten gifts with himself.
Have you prepared those gifts"?
Man asked, "what are those, O prophet of God"?
Prophet (peace be with him and his progeny) replied:
💎 A gift for the angel of death
💎 A gift for grave
💎 A gift for the angels who'll question (you) in the grave
💎 A gift for the place where your deeds will be weighed
💎 A gift for the bridge of Sirāt
💎 A gift for the angel of hell (Mālik)
💎 A gift for the angel of heaven (Ridhwān)
💎 A gift for the prophet
💎 A gift for Gabriel
💎 A gift for God
✳️ As for the gift for angel of death are four
🎁 Satisfaction of those who have right(s) upon you
🎁 Making up the missed prayers
🎁 Affection to God
🎁 Wish for death to meet God
✅ And gifts for the grave are four
🎁 Quit gossiping
🎁 Istebrā’ (cleaning after urination)
🎁 Comprehensively reciting Qor’an
🎁 Night prayers
✳️ As for the gifts for the angels who'll question (you) in grave are four.
🎁 Speaking truly
🎁 Quitting (habit of) backbiting
🎁 Speaking the truth
🎁 Humbleness in the presence of all (except hypocrites)
✳️ And gifts for the place where your deeds will be checked (at Mīzān) are four.
🎁 Controlling the anger
🎁 True love and fear of God
🎁 Going to congregational prayers
🎁 Inviting others to (seek) forgiveness of God
✳️ And gifts for the bridge of Sirāt are four
🎁 Sincere deeds
🎁 Mostly being in the remembrance of God
🎁 Great attitude
🎁 Forbearance of bad behaviors of others
✳️ And gifts for the angel of hell are four
🎁 Crying due to fear of God
🎁 Giving alms in secret
🎁 Quitting sin
🎁 Behaving greatly with parents
✳️ And gifts for the angel of heaven are four.
🎁 Patience in hardships
🎁 Thankfulness for Blessings
🎁 Helping and granting your wealth to others and charity.
🎁 Trustworthiness in the wealth which is dedicated for God
✳️ And gifts for the last prophet are four
🎁 Love of the prophet of God
🎁 Following his tradition
🎁 Loving his Progeny (Ahlulbayt Peace be with them)
🎁 Protecting the tongue/language from bad behavior
✳️ And gifts for Gabriel are four
🎁 Talking less
🎁 Eating less
🎁 Sleeping less
🎁 Always praising God
✳️ And gifts for God Almighty are four
🎁 Supporting Good with good deeds
🎁 Being unsupportive to evil with deeds
🎁 Good wishes and advises to all human beings
🎁 Kindness to all humans and living things
✍🏼 Ayatollah Meshkīnī,
📚 Mawāz-e Adadīyeh. Traditions of chapter ten things.
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Imam Ali ibn Husain Zayn-ul Abidin (peace be with them):
To one of his companions: be always conscious of God and be laid back in seeking your sustenance, and don't seek what hasn't been created.
The man said: and how can one seek what hasn't been created?
The Imam replied: one who seeks wealth, money, and abundance in this world only does so to attain ease. And (true) ease hasn't been created in this world or for the people of this world; it has only been created in Paradise for the people of Paradise.
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