There is the famous letter of Imam Ali (A) to Imam Hasan (A) which is a letter of advice, “To the extent possible, keep your wife or wives away from mixing with others. Nothing protects a woman better than the home.” The tradition contains the word Ihtijab. It means, to be hidden by a curtain;…
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There is a tradition in al-Kafi, reported on the authority of…
“There is a tradition in al-Kafi, reported on the authority of Talhah ibn Zayd, from Abu ‘Abd Allah Imam al-Sadiq (A) that he said: The example of the world is that of sea water; the more a thirsty person drinks from it, the thirstier he becomes, until it kills him. The love of the world…
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Expecting to recognize the truth of human perfection…
Expecting to recognize the truth of human perfection prior to reaching it in the same way that we recognize our own moral perception, is totally out of place. We have no choice other than finding a subjective, and not an intuitive knowledge towards it by way of reasoning and realizing its specifications by the aid…
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The opposition of both the friend and the foe…
The opposition of both the friend and the foe is from Allah. Because the hearts of both are in the control of Allah. However evil the claimant may intend, only that which Allah permits comes to pass. There is a tradition that, “The extreme kind of belief consists of not fearing anything except Allah.” The…
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The man of faith is optimistic and has a hopeful…
The man of faith is optimistic and has a hopeful attitude towards God, and is satisfied with the way He has divided and apportioned His bounties among His creatures. The envious person is displeased with God and is resentful of the fate apportioned by Him. As mentioned in tradition, a believer is not malicious towards…
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