An important warning
Woe upon us if...
Woe upon us if we use spirituality as a means to reach our material and transient desires!
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Protecting our faith
Walking on fire or holding fire in one’s hands!
How bound must the pious be in order to refrain from acting upon that which is uncertain! Protecting one’s faith is like walking on fire or holding fire in one’s hands.
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Creating warmth and serenity at home
We have to be patient
If we want the environment in the house to be warm, pure, and friendly, we have to be patient, steadfast, forbearing, forgiving, and benevolent, so that warmth and blessings prevail in the house.
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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 season behind Salman's greatness
The first and the last knowledge
Salman, peace be upon him, knew the first and the last knowledge as a result of learning the obligations, abiding by them, and obeying the religion with the light of intellect.
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After the trial
The religiosity of a person
The religiosity of a person comes to be known when he finds himself choosing between the world or the hereafter, and obeying satan and the self or serving God.
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The best state and deeds
We must busy ourselves with the remembrance of God
We must resort to every such act that improves our state and increases our attention towards God, and we must busy ourselves with those acts, the remembrance of God, self-watchfulness and paying attention to God.
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Light of the intellect
No religion for he who has no intellect
The principles and acts of religion can be proven through the light of the intellect. Those who oppose intellectual principles and proofs in fact promote irreligionism, because ‘there is no religion for he who has no intellect.’
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Always with Him
Remain connected to the spring
God wants us to be with Him at all times and remain connected to the spring; and this is to our benefit.
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The effect of some afflictions
What do we know!
What do we know! God knows that some afflictions are the prerequisite of some blessings. Someone would say, "I got afflicted with such and such a difficulty and it increased my knowledge.”
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