After ‘Shirk’ no sin could be greater than to despair of Allah’s mercy and benevolence. This attitude reduces a person to a state of utter hopelessness. He imagines himself to be destined for Hell, and therefore he sees no benefit in doing good and avoiding evil. Consequently, he tries to achieve as much worldly pleasure…
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The practice of the exercises prescribed by the Shari’ah…
“The practice of the exercises prescribed by the Shari’ah, the worships and the rites, and abstention from carnal desires and lusts, strengthen the human will power and resolution. On the other hand, immersion in sinful physical nature weakens human resolution and will.” SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)
He who commits a minor sin is deprived of the Tawab…
He who commits a minor sin is deprived of the Tawab, he would have deserved, had he abstained from it. Also every sinful act has some evil repercussion or the other; so it happens that one who repeatedly commits minor sins slowly becomes susceptible to the Greater ones. On the other hand, he who refrains…
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The Almighty Allah (S.w.T.) imposes difficulties…
The Almighty Allah (S.w.T.) imposes difficulties and sends calamities to the sinful people among the followers of Ahlulbayt (A). This is because He wishes to cleanse them of their sins so that they are not liable to any punishment after death. If the sins are more, then he gets a difficult death and if the…
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Any government, at the top of which is someone…
Any government, at the top of which is someone other than faqih and is managed without the permission and supervision of faqih is a government of the taghut wherever it is and whoever its ruler is, and to support such a government is sinful and unlawful. SOURCE: A CURSORY GLANCE AT THE THEORY OF WILAYAT…
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