Thee alone we worship; Thee alone we ask for help. Do you truly worship God, or worship your own flesh? Do you actually seek God, or aspire for the houris? Do you seek help from God alone? In your deeds, do you consider God alone? When you go to perform Hajj of the Bayt Allah…
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The vice of ‘ujb is the product of self-love…
The vice of ‘ujb is the product of self-love; since the human being is plagued with the evil of self-love, it is the source of all human faults and moral vices. It is on account of this self-love that man overvalues his trivial deeds and hence includes himself in the category of the saintly and…
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Imam Muhammad Baqir (A) said…
Imam Muhammad Baqir (A) said: …Only one who obeys Allah is our Walī (lover) and the one who is a sinner is our enemy and our Wilāyat cannot be achieved but by piety and good deeds. SOURCE: GREATER SINS V1 | AYATOLLAH DASTAGHAIB SHIRAZI (R)
Moses (A) asked Satan to tell him about the sin…
Moses (A) asked Satan to tell him about the sin by means of which he infiltrates into the hearts of the progeny of Adam (A) and conquers them. Satan replied, it is the time when they feel ‘ujb about themselves, overestimate their good deeds and the gravity of their sins becomes diminutive in their eyes….
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When people don’t see their own faults…
When people don’t see their own faults, they get annoyed by other people’s bad deeds. If a person is seriously trying to cure his own spiritual and behavioural diseases, he won’t be bothered by other people’s diseases. He will know that other people are suffering like himself. Bedridden people in the hospital bear each other…
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