The people of Ramadhan seek for Allah's proximity, they turn to Allah and are in search of inward and outward purification, the heat of this month melts mountains of sins, and it purifies oneself.
The people of Ramadhan seek for Allah's proximity, they turn to Allah and are in search of inward and outward purification, the heat of this month melts mountains of sins, and it purifies oneself.
It is a great lesson to want for others what you want for yourself! The Holy Quran says: The believers do good to those who have done evils to them.
From the viewpoint of Imam Kazim (A.S), the wiser the person is, the less attention he pays to world and the worldly stuffs and he will get more enthusiastic to the hereafter.
Imam Jawad (a.s) was unparalleled in science and patience despite being very young, and with his excellent God-given talents, he answered the scientific issues extemporaneously, and he paid particular attention to cleanliness of body and clothes as his pure ancestors did.
Imam al-Jawad peace be upon him says:
عِزُّ الْمُؤْمِنِ غِناه عَنِ النّاسِ.
The dignity of the believer lies in his disinterest towards the riches of others.
Source: Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 109
Piety means doing the obligatory acts and abandoning the forbidden things and being trimmed with the moral virtues. The God's love for the pious people are ever-lasting
اشْكُرْ لِلَّهِ ۚ وَمَنْ يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ
Those who give thanks to God do so for their own good.
Luqman- verse 12
A true believer is the one who is terrified and shaken by remembering Almighty God and hearing the Qur'anic verses increases his faith and he trusts God in everything he does.
By comparing the expectations of the Lord of the universe from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) in two surahs of Nasr and Kowthar, it is concluded that the blessings and merits of the birth of Hazrat Zahra (peace be upon her) have been much more valuable than the conquest of Mecca and the defeat of infidels.
Imam Sadiq (AS): The effect of forbidden income (Haram) is manifested in our offspring.
Usul al-Kafi
Loving imam Hussein is so precious that if Allah Almighty wants to make someone prosperous, he puts the love of imam Hussein in his heart
Mercy is opening, extensiveness, easiness, comfort, well-being, pleasure, and effortlessness. But where wrath and anger exist, it is the factor for predicament, disappointment, impediment, fragility, it is the reason for not enjoying these ordinary pleasures.
And they are your chosen representatives, your triumphant party, your choice, the most favorable of all your creatures, the superior ones whom You have selected for Your religion,
أقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ ۖ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ
and be steadfast in prayer; prayer keeps one away from indecency and evil.
SURAH AL-ANKABOOT (THE SPIDER)-VERSE 45
In the mysticism of Ahlulbayt (A.S), the mystic moves towards the heart's luminance, self-esteem and righteous action; and if he is steadfast in this path, he will certainly turn into a complete human.
The epithet of Amīr al-Muʾminīn – the commander of the faithful- is a title which only suits Imam Ali (peace be upon him) and nobody else is qualified enough to have this surname. Even the other infallible Imam (peace be upon them) are not allowed to have this epithet.
The people of Ramadhan are those who are given a spiritual mood by fasting, by reciting the Holy Quran and being accustomed to it as well as attending the divine gatherings; this spiritual mood makes him move forward, and this movement causes a reconsideration of the past deeds and a change in his future behavior.
The downpour of divine rain, the growth of plants, the formation of the gardens and their various fruits are all signs of the power of the lord of the universe.