The insistence of heavenly religions, religious leaders, and scholars of morals on self-recognition and self-awareness is entirely a guidance to this innate and rational truth. The Holy Qur’an regards forsaking the soul as the requisite for forsaking Allah and as the punishment of this sin: ‘And be not like those who forsook Allah, so He…
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We must consider that Allah knows and sees…
We must consider that Allah knows and sees our deeds in every respect and we must obey His commands. It is our obligation not to serve any but Allah and not to obey anyone else except the Holy Prophet (S) and the A’immat al-Huda (infallible Imams of Guidance) whom we are commanded to obey by…
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In view of our explanation of the two phrases…
“In view of our explanation of the two phrases, ‘al-hawadith al-waqi‘ah’ and ‘ruwatu hadithuna’, it is clear that the meaning of the signed decree of the Imam of the Age (A) is: ‘Regarding the social problems and events that the Muslim community faces during the period of my occultation, turn for guidance to the fuqaha…
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In a reply to the letter of Ishaq ibn Ya‘qub…
In a reply to the letter of Ishaq ibn Ya‘qub written by Haḍrat Wali al-‘Asr, the Imam of the Age (A). In the said letter Ishaq ibn Ya‘qub posed questions to the Imam (A) one of which is: ‘What do we have to do in case of occurring social problems [al-hawadith al-waqi‘ah] during the period…
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The [so-called] “Islamic governments”…
The [so-called] “Islamic governments”, during the lives of Ahlulbayt (A), brought about changes in the precepts and laws of Islam as per the “expediency of the time”. It was due to these changes that their conducts were contrary to that of the Holy Prophet (S). But according to the Qur’anic directives, the Ahlulbayt (A) considered…
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