THE STRANGER

Tired and exhausted with the waterskin on her back, she was gasping and going towards her house where innocent children, their eyes fixed at the door, were eagerly waiting for the arrival of their mother. On her way, an unknown man approached her. He took the waterskin from her and placed it on his back. The door opened and the children saw their mother entering the house with a stranger. He placed the waterskin on the ground and said:

“Well, it seems you don’t have anyone to fetch water for you; how come you are so forlorn?”

“My husband was a soldier; Ali sent him to the frontier where he was killed. Now I am alone with these little children.”

The stranger said no more. Bowing down his head he went away. But the thought of the helpless widow and orphans remained in his mind. He could hardly sleep in the night.

Early in the morning he picked up a basket; put some meat, flour and dates in it; went straight to her house and knocked at the door.

“Who are you?” “I am the man who brought your water yesterday. Now I have brought some food for the children”

“May God bless you and judge between us and Ali”

She opened the door. Entering the house he said:”I wish to do some good acts. Either let me knead the flour and bake the bread or allow me to look after the children.”

“Very well, but I can do the job of kneading and cooking better than you. You take care of the children till I finish cooking”

She went to knead the flour Immediately, he grilled some meat which he had brought and fed the children saying to each child while putting morsel in his mouth:

“My son, forgive Ali if he has failed in his duty towards you”

When the flour got ready; she called: “sir! put fire in the oven:” He went and put fire in the oven. When flames rose up, he brought his face near the fire and said, “Taste the heat of fire. It is the punishment for those who fail in their duty towards orphans and widows.”

By chance, a woman from the neighbouring house came in. Recognizing the stranger, she cried: “Woe, don’t you recognize the man who is helping you? He is Amirul-Muumineen (commander of the faithfuls) Ali bin Abi-Talib.”

The widow came forward and shamefacedly cried: “Curse and shame to me. I beg your pardon:”

The humble stranger who turned out to be Imam Ali (peace be with him) replied, “No, I beg your pardon for I failed in my duty towards you.”

📚”Anecdotes of Pious Men” by Ayatollah Motahari

GLAD TIDINGS OF TEN CHARACTERISTICS FOR IMAM Ali’s FOLLOWERS

From Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be with him) said God’s last Prophet said, “O Ali! Give glad tidings of ten characteristics to your helpers and followers:

💎 The first is their being born legitimately.

💎 The second is their good belief in God.

💎 The third is the Honorable the Exalted God’s love for them.

💎 The fourth is the ease and comfort in their grave.

💎 The fifth is a bright light illuminating their path when they want to cross the Bridge.

💎 The sixth is the elimination of poverty from their sight and the enrichment of their hearts.

💎 The seventh is God’s animosity towards their enemies.

💎 The eight is that they will be immune from leprosy (plus vitiligo and insanity).

💎 O Ali! The ninth is that sins and wickedness will be shed from them. 💎 The tenth is that they shall be with me in Paradise, and I shall be with them.”

📗 Al Khisal p. 716.

بشارة شيعة علي عليه السلام وأنصاره بعشر خصال – حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان: وأحمد بن محمد بن الهيثم العجلي وعلي ابن أحمد بن موسى، ومحمد بن أحمد السناني، والحسين بن إبراهيم بن أحمد بن هشام المكتب، وعلي بن عبد الله الوراق رضي الله عنهم قالوا: حدثنا أبو العباس أحمد بن – يحيى بن زكريا القطان، عن بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب قال: حدثنا محمد بن زكريا قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن الضحاك قال: حدثنا زيد بن موسى بن جعفر، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن أبيه علي بن الحسين، عن أبيه، عن علي بن أبي طالب عليهم السلام، وحدثنا بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب قال: حدثنا تميم بن بهلول قال: حدثنا سعد بن – عبد الرحمن المخزومي قال: حدثنا الحسين بن زيد، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه محمد ابن علي، عن أبيه علي بن الحسين، عن أبيه الحسين، عن أبيه علي بن أبي طالب عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: يا علي بشر شيعتك وأنصارك بخصال عشر:

أولها طيب المولد، وثانيها حسن إيمانهم بالله، وثالثها حب الله عز وجل لهم، و رابعها الفسحة في قبورهم، وخامسها النور على الصراط بين أعينهم، وسادسها نزع الفقر من بين أعينهم، وغنى قلوبهم، وسابعها المقت من الله عز وجل لأعدائهم، وثامنها الامن من الجذام [والبرص والجنون]، يا علي وتاسعها انحطاط الذنوب والسيئات عنهم، وعاشرها هم معي في الجنة وأنا

معهم.

💠Faith and Science according to Ayatollah Motahari:

🔸”Science gives us enlightenment and power; faith gives us love, hope, and ardor.

Science makes instruments; faith constructs purpose.

🔹Science gives speed; faith gives direction. Science is power; faith is benevolence.

🔸Science shows what is; faith inspires insight into what must be done. Science is the outer revolution; faith is the inner revolution.

🔹Science makes the universe the human universe; faith makes the psyche the psyche of humanity; science expands man’s being horizontally; faith conveys him upward.

🔸Science shapes nature; faith shapes man. Both science and faith empower man, but science gives power of discrimination, and faith gives a power of integration.

🔹Both science and faith are beauty, but science is the beauty of reason, and faith is the beauty of the spirit.

🔸Science is the beauty of thought, and faith is the beauty of feeling. Both science and faith give man security, but science gives outward while faith gives inward security.

🔹Science gives security against the onslaught of illness, floods, earthquakes, storms; while faith gives security against worry, loneliness, feelings of helplessness, feelings of futility.

🔸Science brings the world into greater harmony with man, and faith brings man into harmony with himself.”

📚”Fundamentals of Islamic Thought: God, Man, and the Universe” p. 33-34

Sayed Abazar Wahedi ( Mahdi )

An Amazing Quran recitation , Surah Isra /36 by Shaikh Sayyed Naqshbandi . تلاوة رهيبة و جميلة . سورة الإسراء الايه ٣٦ . من غاية الجمال و الروعة . الشيخ السيد النقشبندي

🌺🍃 #Dr_Chris_Hewer explaining #Imam_Hussain’s generosity to his enemies.

ﺭﻓﺘﺎﺭ ﺳﺨﺎﻭﺗﻤﻨﺪاﻧﻪ ی اﻣﺎﻡ ﺣﺴﻴﻦ ﺑﺎ ﺩﺷﻤﻨﺎﻧﺶ ﺑﻪ ﺭﻭاﻳﺖ ﺩﻛﺘﺮ ﻛﺮﻳﺲ ﻫﻴﻮﺭ, اﺳﻼﻡ ﺷﻨﺎﺱ مسیحی.

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Congratulations on the auspicious birth (days) of Imam Husain bin Ali bin Abitalib, Imam Ali Zain-ul Abedin and Hadhrat Ab-ul Fadhlil Abbas (peace be with them) to all Muslims and believers.

They (infallible Leaders) never supported the tyrants instead spoken up against the corrupt leaders, oppressors and their corrupt systems. They are a role models for the followers of faith in Godly values and truth seekers, in sacrifice, resistance for freedom and liberty from ignorance and slavery of desires.

Imam Husain (peace be with him): Do not talk about your brother when he is absent except what you would like him to say about you in your absence.

📚[Bihar-ul Anwaar, vol. 78, p. 127]

Imam Ali Zain-ul Abedin (peace be with him) said about his uncle Hadhrat Ab-ul Fadhlil Abbas “may God have mercy with my uncle Abbas. He preferred his brother on himself. He sacrificed himself for his brother until he lost his both hands. Thus instead of his hands, God has given him wings with which he fly in heaven with angles, like Jafar bin Abitalib. On the day of judgement, the blessed and exalted Abbas bin Ali enjoys a rank that all the martyrs will wish similar one.

📚[Al-Khesal p. 68]

✅ Difference Between Sincere and Habitual Acts of Worship..

☑️Ayatollah Motahari states:

🔸The basis of Akhlaq is this, that one’s intention should govern over desires and habits. In fact, it should also govern good habits, because if one does not have volition behind good habit then that good is not good anymore.

For example, we have to perform prayers, but not such that it becomes shaped by habit.

From where can we know that our prayers are habitual or not?

We have to see.. do we perform all of God’s commands the way we perform prayers (or not)? If we do then it shows that our performed actions have been performed for God.

However, if we do usury and simultaneously perform prayers with all it’s recommended prescriptions, and we are treacherous with others secrets, belongings and lives while never missing ziyarat Ashura.. then we know these are not deeds of worship, but rather habitual”.

📚”Islam and the Needs of Contemporary Time” vol. 1, pg. 210-211

@AbodeofWisdom

✅تفاوت عبادت خالصانه با عبادت از روی عادت چیست؟

🔸پایه اخلاق این است که اراده انسان قوی و نیرومند باشد، یعنی اراده انسان بر شهوتش و بر عاداتش حکومت کند. حتی اراده باید بر عادات خوب هم غالب باشد چون کار خوب، اگر کسی به آن عادت پیدا کرد خوب نیست. مثلاً ما باید نماز بخوانیم اما نباید نماز خواندن ما شکل عادت داشته باشد.

از کجا بفهمیم که نماز خواندن ما عادت است یا نه؟ باید ببینیم آیا همه دستورات خدا را مثل نماز خواندن انجام می‌دهیم؟ اگر این طور است، معلوم می‌شود که کار ما به خاطر امر خداست. اما اگر ربا را می‌خوریم، نماز را هم با نافله‌هایش می‌خوانیم، اگر خیانت به امانت مردم می‌کنیم ولی زیارت عاشورایمان هم ترک نمی‌شود، می‌فهمیم که اینها عبادت نیست، روی عادت است.

📚اسلام و نیازهای زمان، ج 1 / ص210 و 211

📍Imam Ali (peace be with him’s) attitude in caring for the people…

💠One day Imam Ali (peace be with him) observed an old blind man begging to be helped from the people. The Imam was hurt and sad by such a scene, and with astonishment (at how people left him begging) asked ‘what is this! (Why is he not assisted and helped)?’

🔹People said, ‘he is a Christian. He is old, retired, and blind, and is unable to work. And because he isn’t a Muslim, therefore no one took the responsibility to support him’.

💠Imam, glanced at his surrounding and yelled upon them saying: ‘up until he was young and strong and had the ability to produce, you worked with him and he worked with you, and now that he is unable, you have forgotten about him (this is now unfair)’.

💠Then he said, ‘take money from the treasury designated for the the old man’s salary and help him’.

📚Tusi, “Tahzib al-Ahkam”, vol.6, pg. 293

📌 آداب #معاشرت مولا #علی(ع) با مردم…

🌞روزی امیرالمؤمنین علی(ع) در #کوفه به پیرمردی سالمند و نابینا برخورد کرد که دست دراز کرده بود تا مردم به او #کمک کنند.

آن حضرت وجود چنین منظری را ناپسند شمرد و با تعجب پرسید این چیست؟!

مردم گفتند:

این #مسیحی است. یعنی با اینکه پیر و نابینا شده و توان کارگری و تأمین مخارجش را ندارد؛ اما چون #مسلمان نیست، لذا کسی متکفلش نشده و مجبور است تکدّی کند.

علی(ع) #نهیبی به اطرافیان زده و فرمودند:

تا #نیرو داشت و می‌توانست کار کند، جوانی و توانش را به کار گرفتید و حال که #سالمند و از کار افتاده شده، رهایش کرده‌اید و آبرومندانه مخارجش را تأمین نمی‌کنید!!

سپس فرمود:

از #بیت_المال برایش “ماهیانه”💰💰 مقرر کنید.

📚 طوسی، تهذيب الأحکام، ج٦،ص٢٩٣، ح١٨.

The_holy_month_of_Rajab🌙

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🌼Who is being adressed in the call of “این الرجبیون = Where are the people of Rajab”

🌼Imam al-Sadiq (a) talks about the blessedness and greatness of this month:

“On the Day of Resurrection,A call from within the throne of God will cry out:

“where are the people of Rajab?””

🌼Who is this call addresssing?

🌼It is addressing those who respect and do some of the dedicated prayers of the month and strengthen their relationship with God.

🌼It is addressing those who have very fast spiritual growth during this month.

🌼The month of Rajab can give a lot of spiritual strength to the person.

🌼Those who can use these benefits of Rajab, will be ready for a stronger catalyst (a person/span of time/place which can strenghens the spiritual growth of the person) called Sha’aban.

🌼Because in the month of Sha’aban the speed of spiritual journey toward God increases, and that will make the person ready to enter Ramadan.

🌼But those who move slowly in their journey toward God during Rajab and Sha’aban, cannot have a fast spiritual growth when they reach Ramadan.

🌼So, in order to be able to enter the feast of Ramadan, you should start a lot of things during Rajab and Sha ‘aban. Ramadan is a feast for you, not for your vessel. You alone are invited. when we say “you” we mean your super-intellectual aspect, the part of you which seeks God. That is the part of you which is the breath of God. that’s what needs to grow to be able to reach God and become like Him.

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🌸🌸 Taking advantage from the holy month of Rajab 🌸🌸

Self-purification during the holy month of Rajab can move the person forward spiritually as much as 19 years of normal months.

Rajab is a very powerful temporal womb which we can use to prepare ourselves for the life in the hereafter. a temporal womb is a period of time which when we enter it, it can speed up our spiritual growth significantly.

God has selected Rajab as a month for people to repent and cleanse themselves from sins, so that they would be ready to enter Ramadan.

God loves his servants so much that he has specified three days of of Rajab (13th, 14th, and 15th) for people to fast and has declared that the reward for it will be equal to 900 years of praying.

900 years of praying is more than 9 times of one’s lifespan. So, if a 60-year-old person has committed sins all his life, he can cleanse himself from all that if he can take advantage of this month well.

God is so kind and eager to reconcile with us that He’s looking for any excuse to forgive our sins.

God has opened his arms to all and has prepared this month as a time to reconcile with Him. So let’s open our hearts to God and make our hearts calm and happy with the remembrance of God.

May God bless Imam Khomeini’s soul. He used to cancel half of his daily schedule during Rajab, to be able to take advantage of this month and pray.

And during Sha’ban, he used to cancel about 75% of his schedule; When Ramadan arrived, he would cancel all his other works except a few things that were absolutely necessary.

How can we be true humans when we dedicate no private time to God?

If a person doesn’t seclude himself from time to time to train his soul, this person will not be able to take big steps (toward God).

So, if someone is capable enough to use this month well to take big spiritual steps, he would resemble a healthy infant who is growing well in his mother’s womb and will have a healthy birth.

If a person pays attention and observes the rules of spiritual growth in the months of Rajab, Sha’ban, and Ramadan (Specially Laylat al-Qadr) he will reap great rewards from them.

With best regards : Sayed Abazar Wahedi ( Mahdi )

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