Parents should take their children along with them to gatherings in order to familiarize them with social customs and praiseworthy etiquettes, when their age calls for participation in social gatherings or family visits. SOURCE: ISLAMIC TEACHINGS IN BRIEF | ALLAMA TABATABAI (R)
Never forget to hold lamentation gatherings…
Never forget to hold lamentation gatherings in honor of the Infallible Imams (A) particularly the Master of the Martyrs and the Lord of the Oppressed, His Holiness Abi Abdullah Al-Husayn (A), may his great epic soul be praised amply by God, the Prophets, the Angels and the Pious. Preserve and hold the lamentation gatherings as…
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God says, “If you want to talk with Me privately…
God says, “If you want to talk with Me privately, come at midnight! Speeches, gatherings for reading eulogies, prayer meetings, mourning ceremonies, speakers and the readers of eulogies can help you to get going. But, come at dawn, think yourself and talk to Me.” In the same way, the verse, “…and who thinks about the…
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A proud person exhibits his pride…
A proud person exhibits his pride, not paying any attention to its outward revelation. The intensity of his pride makes him lose control over himself. Then, his pride finds expression in his movements and pauses. In social gatherings he shows his self-importance by taking a lead over other people while entering and leaving. He neither…
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Kibr towards men of divine knowledge…
Kibr towards men of divine knowledge and scholars is the worst form of it, and its evil effects are graver and its harms more serious than of any other type of kibr. Of this category of kibr is the pride, which avoids the company of poor people and seeks out prominence in gatherings and meetings,…
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