The duties of Imām Zamān (mGehr) in the common occasions
Shi’a belief: By referring to the books of Shi’a Mutakallim 1, it will be possible to find out the philosophy of Imamate [Here we mean, […]
Shi’a belief: By referring to the books of Shi’a Mutakallim 1, it will be possible to find out the philosophy of Imamate [Here we mean, […]
Abī Ḥamzah narrated from His Excellency Khādim (pbuh), that he stated, ‘All the angels who are sent by God to earth, for some affairs visit the Imām [Zamān (mGehr)], at first. Then, they present our deeds to the Sir. In fact, he [Sāhib al Amr (mGehr)]. is the cause of commuting angels from The Almighty God to him.
Many discomforts bring forth sin in humans! Also, there are some discomforts that are typically sins; therefore, the sinners are to repent.
Now pray, “O, God! I repent for each moment, I haven’t had tranquility!”
According to Imām Alī (pbuh)’s words, “The faithful/ believers enjoy both spiritualties [celestial] and the world [terrestrial], compared to others!” (Nahj al Balāghah, the Letters 27)
Why is that? It’s because, religion teaches the techniques of enjoying the world, through its psychological techniques.
“If your wish is not fulfilled, consider, ‘I haven’t ever wanted such a thing! [Not to feel sad]. And if you lose something, tell, ‘I haven’t ever had such a thing!’”
Relieve your soul! Emotional distress leads humans to disbelief! Now, what is to make us happy?’ Imām Alī (pbuh) stated,
قُرَّةُ عَیْنِ فِیمَالا یَزول
(Nahj al Balāghah, Sermon 193)
It means the pious individual is happy with the immortal things; the eternal things enlighten their eyes.
One of the factors of children’s bad behavior in the present societies is that “They often don’t experience the hardships of ordinary life!” Hence, when they face a problem in their lives, afterward, they wonder, “Why has this problem happened?!” That is, they don’t expect any problem to happen!
Some schools in Canada take the children to the forest, from the morning to the evening, to experience the hardships of living in the forest! There, experiencing those difficult situations, the children are taught whatever the teachers have intended.
Imām Ṣādiq (pbuh) stated:
A Muslim’s prayer for their brothers [other Muslims] in their absence, makes him to be safe from the calamities and gifts him God’s blessing. Also, the divine angels call him/ her, ‘You will be gifted twice the things, you prayed [wished] for your brother!’
[In this regard,] Zurārah said, ‘Once I heard Aba Abdullâh (pbuh) stated, ‘Qā’im (mGehr) is occulted for a long time before he will emerge!’ I wondered, ‘How come?!’ He stated, ‘He fears.’ And he pointed to his blessed belly with his hand. Then he kept on, ‘O, Zurārah! He is the one who is looking forward to his emergence [Mūntasar2]. Also, he is the one whom they will doubt in his birth!
When the ships that carry the captives landed on the shore, you can see a crowd of bondmen. Also, a group of deputies of Bani Abbās’s Emirs and a few Arab young men will gather around them. All day long, you have to be on the lookout for the slaver named “Amroo ibn Yazīd”. You will wait up to the time, he will introduce the bondwoman who has such and such features… she will wear a silk clothes.
1-It was a coin equal to 3.45 grams of gold.
This verse tells us that love (not other attributes that we may think are love, but actual love), will come only after belief. Interestingly this verse comes at the end of Surah Maryam and lady Maryam was the mother whose practices created for her a prophet son who brought love to the world and through this heart ability of his (Allah’s gift), was able to bring the dead to life with the permission of Allah.
When the youth are going to get married, we should advise them, “The marital life [marital life] includes suffering! And the philosophy behind it is, there must happen some disagreements among the wives and husbands, so that they can progress. Otherwise, why should these two opposite sexes (men and women who cannot easily understand each other), live together?
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