In His name, the exalted. I ask those who seek admonishment: whether they have acted upon the admonishments they have heard until now or not? Do you know that whosoever acts upon what he knows, God converts from him the unknown into known? Whether is it suitable for a person who deliberately does kn...

In His name, the Exalted. We all know that – despite God is essentially Self-Sufficient and He has no need for faith of his servants and its requisites – Allah’s pleasure is in this that His servants always remain intimate to Him. Thus, we know that due to the servants’ need for intimation to the Or...

Of course if Man has the capacity, with the permission of God, the doors and the walls would become his teacher; otherwise no word will influence him ...

Our religiosity will be known when we get to a junction where we have to either choose this world or the Hereafter; to obey the self and Satan or servitude of God. ...

During his studies, and shortly before reaching adolescence, he paid attention to self-cultivation and moral perfection. He therefore, kept looking for a teacher of manners to embrace and cultivate him since residing in Karbala. He heard about Sayyid Ali Qazi Tabatabai, may God bless his soul, being...

There are a series of preliminaries, both inside and outside prayers, which would help one feel the pleasure in prayers. That which needs to be paid attention before and outside prayers is that one must refrain from committing sins, and not blacken his heart....

Hujjatul-Islam Qods says, “Forty-five years ago, once I talked with Ayatollah Bahjat about my work program during the blessed month of Ramadan and said to him, ‘I do not ascend the pulpit in the daytime during the blessed month of Ramadan and do so during only the nights.’ He asked me why....

Q: I am slightly lazy in performing night prayers and rising before dawn, please guide me! A: In the Name of the Most High – Laziness of offering night prayers will be solved by deciding to perform its Qaza prayers every time you fail to offer it [at its time]. ...

From the verse ‘Indeed the prayer restrains from indecent and wrongful conduct,’ it is learnt that ‘one who does not refrain from unworthy acts, his prayers are not the true prayers.’ ...

Q; What should we do for being successful at offering night prayers? A: If it is not achieved by taking efforts at reciting the last verse of Sura Kahf, then it should be offered in the first half of the night (i.e. before midnight).   ...