“The affection to us “Ahl al Bayt”

Imam Rīḍa (pbuh) stated,

“The affection to us “Ahl al Bayt”1, is the atonement for sins and multiplies good deeds.”

 

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In Jamia Kabīrah prayer, it reads:

یتقرب اهل السما بحبکم و بالبرائه من اعدائکم ؛

The heavenly creatures approach God, through [their] affection to you and avoiding your enemies.

 

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Affection works like a magnet; it attracts lovers toward beloveds.

So, he is attracted toward the lover.

[And] the similarity will be created.

Also, the beloved’s traits gradually appear in the lover.

In this way a Mahdavī will turn into her/ his Imam (pbuh)’s manifestation, and will carry his light.

 

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The effects of affection to Ahl al Bayt (pbu th)

The holy Prophet (pbuh&h):

 

مَنْ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ حُبَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَیْتِی فَقَدْ أَصَابَ خَیْرَ الدُّنْیَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ فَلَا یَشُکَّنَّ أَحَدٌ أَنَّهُ فِی الْجَنَّةِ»

If The Almighty God grants someone the affection to Imams (pbu th),

they will  has come to all the good of the world and the Hereafter. So, no one doubts such a person will enter in heaven.

 

 

 

1-It refers to Imam ‘Ali (pbuh), Lady Fatima (pbuh), Imam al-Hasan (pbuh) and Imam al-Ḥusayn (pbuh) and the nine infallible Imams (pbu th) who were the children of Imam al-Ḥusayn (pbuh).

 

 

Biḥār al-Anwār, Vol. 39, P.266

Al-Khiṣāl, Vol. 2, P. 515