Self-building in all stages
Our remedy lies in self-reform in all stages
We must know that our remedy lies in self-reform in all stages, and we shall never become needless of it, and without it, we will never reach our goal.
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The Book ‘Jihad al-Nafs’
The book ‘Jihad al-Nafs’ of Wasail al-Shia
Read one hadith from the book ‘Jihad al-Nafs’ of Wasail al-Shia every day, and ponder more on its apparent meanings! Then you will see in yourself that you have changed over a year!
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Acquiring a beneficial job
Find stability in it, and remain steadfast
May it be such that we can recognize a job beneficial for ourselves and find stability in it, and remain steadfast in it, and not have a new thought and idea every day.
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Learn lessons and value them
We must take lessons from the past generations
We must take lessons from the past generations in that we too, like them, are close to death; and we should not be under the false impression that the four days of our remaining life would be four hundred thousand years!
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High aspirations
A little spirituality
Those who had a little spirituality did not go after miracles.
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Busying ourselves with our own faults
Fortunate is he who sees his own faults
Fortunate is he who sees his own faults, and pays attention to his own vices, ignores other’s faults, and does not see himself as perfect and without defects.
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The Seventh Admonishment:
“Invite to Allah by means other than your tongues.”
In His name, the Exalted.
There are some people who treat admonishment and speech which is a prerequisite for appropriate action as goal. As if they should only say and listen for the sake of saying and listening. This is wrong. The act of teaching and learning is meant for practical action and it i...
The effect of the verses of blessings and punishments
Some of those who were brought close to God have died out of the love of visiting paradise, because listening to the verses of blessing and bounties or punishment and vengeance surely leaves an ontological effect in a Monotheist.
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The states of the people of spirituality
God knows best the state of those who have spiritual stations at the time of supplication and solitude; and how the silence of pondering burns them as a result of witnessing the divine lights, even if for a short duration.
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With the All-Needless
It better to be in the company of he in whose hands is our life and death
In obeying the commands of God and in committing sins and obeying the commands of Satan and the self, is it better to be in the company of he in whose hands is our life and death, wealth and poverty, sickness and wellbeing, doctor, treasures, wealth, etc. […] or he who has nothing?!
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