Islam has made the strongest recommendations about working and acquiring sustenance and has not disregarded the importance of economic activities even in the most critical moments so much so that Al-‘Imam al-Sadiq (A) said to his friend Hisham: “Even during the war, when soldiers array in line and when the fire of battle is fanned,…
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There is no doubt that, in the human conscience…
There is no doubt that, in the human conscience, the genuine life and honest living are of equal importance. A life without honor and devoid of man’s prosperity is not a life indeed, rather it is a death much bitter and more unpleasant than natural death. A man who maintains value for his honor and…
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Receiving true information is essential for man…
“Receiving true information is essential for man and is of prime importance. If the correct outside news are not revealed to man, for instance, if he sees the ditch as a road and the road as a ditch, or if he sees the distant as the nearby and the nearby as the distant, or if…
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Islam is concerned with and is attentive to…
“Islam is concerned with and is attentive to the importance, extraordinary value and necessity for the legitimacy of sexual relations between men and women, whether it be concerned in their touching each other, hearing each other or living together. It is such that Islamic precepts would never allow the slightest detriment in whatever form it…
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Obedience to parents is obedience to Allah
“Obedience to parents is obedience to Allah. To obey parents and to not cause them any kind of distress or discomfort is of extreme importance. This importance can be judged by the fact that in the holy Qur’an, Allah’s command to serve Him is immediately followed by His command to treat parents with gentleness and…
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