At the time of our 4th Imam, Imam Sajjad (as) it was very difficult for Imam Sajjad (as) to teach Islam to the people. This was because Yazids men used to keep a close watch on Imam Sajjad (as) movements.
Imam Sajjad (as) had seen his father, Imam Hussain (as), and other loyal friends and family die for the sake of Islam.
Imam Sajjad (as) decide that the best way to teach people about Islam, was by prayers (Dua). As a result, we have today a beautiful collection of his Dua in a book called: As Sahifa Al-Kamilah Al-Sajjadiyya (The Psalms of Islam) .
An extract from a dua for Sunday (the 1st verse) from As Sahifa Al-Kamilah Al-Sajjadiyya (The Psalms of Islam):
In the name of Allah, the most Kind and the most Merciful.
In the name of Allah (SWT) from whom I hope for nothing but bounty, and from whom I fear nothing but justice! I rely only upon His word, and I cling only to His cord!
Just in these few lines Imam Sajjad (as) is teaching us so much: He (as) is teaching us that only Allah (SWT) is the provider. Imam Sajjad (as) is teaching us that we should not fear Allah (SWT) as He is the most forgiving and the most Merciful but at the same time HE is also the Most Just and it is this justice that we should fear.
There was once a man who was a very religious man and because he was so sure of himself he always used to pray to Allah (SWT) to judge him on Justice, (we are told always to pray to Allah (SWT) to judge us with His mercy).
When this man died he saw a scale which was being weighted down with all his good actions. The angels then brought an apple which they put on the other side of the scale and the scale came down on the side of the apple.
The man did not understand how a single apple could outdo all his good actions. He was then told that, that apple was one that he had tasted in the market without the permission of the shop owner. Because the man had insisted that Allah (SWT) judge him on justice, Allah (SWT) did not intervene with His mercy.
Imam Sajjad (as) then finished the 1st verse with the lesson that we should only rely on Allah (SWT) and attach ourselves to Him alone.
Moral: We should always ask Allah (SWT) to judge us with His mercy. We should try to read the dua from As Sahifa Al-Kamilah Al-Sajjadiyya (The Psalms of Islam), as there is so much to learn from them.
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