The danger of lying and backbiting
What is behind lying and backbiting?
If the door to lying and backbiting is opened, sinning and transgression will have no limits.
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The prolongation of the path due to our sins
We must try not to make the distance longer
All of us have a distance to the ultimate goal and destination. We must try not to make the distance longer or our load heavier. Sins make the load heavier and our distance to the destination longer!
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The necessity of avoiding haraam food
Woe upon us if we do not avoid eating and drinking haram
Woe upon us if we do not avoid eating and drinking haram, for it is our food that becomes the cause of our knowledge and faith, or disbelief.
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Do not justify
We must close the door of justifying our wrongdoings!
We must close the door of justifying our wrongdoings and repent for every sin, and compensate for it wherever possible.
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A dangerous illness
May it not happen that Haram becomes attractive to man!
May it not happen that Haram becomes attractive to man! This is a disease of the soul that man is afflicted with such that he is caught up in haraam despite there being numerous halaal ways for fulfilling his needs.
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The obstacles to the acceptance of deeds
"Indeed God accepts only from the pious."
Pride, arrogance, and jealousy are obstacles to acceptance of our deeds, because God almighty says, "Indeed God accepts only from the pious."[ Surah al-Ma’dah 5 : 27]
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We must not be discouraged in the path of truth
In the path of truth
Unworthy abuses and insults should not upset, discourage, and leave us lazy from the path and goal.
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The pleasure in prayers
Sins sadden the soul and take away the light from the heart
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....
Because of our deeds
It is because of us
It is because of our sins and deeds that the Imam is fearful and wandering in deserts for a thousand years.
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