Imam: the light of Allah

Abukhalid Kaboli said: I asked Imam Bagher (as) about the verse of Quran: 

So believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Light which We have sent down. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do. (Quran, Chapter 64, verse 8)

Imam said: Oh AbaKhalid, swear by God purpose of the light is Imams of Äl-e-Muhammad (PBUH) until doomsday. I swear to God that they are the light sent down; they are light of Allah in heavens and the earth. 

Oh Abakhalid, swear by God the light of Imam in heart of believers is brighter than light of the sun at noon. Swear by God, Imams clean hearts of believers and Allah will hide their light from anyone he want, then their hearts are dark. 

Oh Abakhalid, no one like us and follow us unless Allah has been cleaned his heart and Allah wont clean heart of someone unless he surrenders to us and makes peace with us and then Allah will keep him away from hard interrogation and he is safe from the great fear of Doomsday. (Osule Kafi, Vol 1, Page 276)

Be aware: Arrival Is Near

Arabic and Farsi:

العربیة
الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلّى بْنِ مُحَمّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيّ بْنِ مِرْدَاسٍ قَالَ حَدّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْكَابُلِيّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (ع) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللّهِ عَزّ وَ جَلّ فَآمِنُوا بِاللّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ النّورِ الّذِي أَنْزَلْنا فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا خَالِدٍ النّورُ وَ اللّهِ الْأَئِمّةُ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمّدٍ ص إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ هُمْ وَ اللّهِ نُورُ اللّهِ الّذِي أَنْزَلَ وَ هُمْ وَ اللّهِ نُورُ اللّهِ فِي السّمَاوَاتِ وَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ اللّهِ يَا أَبَا خَالِدٍ لَنُورُ الْإِمَامِ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْوَرُ مِنَ الشّمْسِ الْمُضِيئَةِ بِالنّهَارِ وَ هُمْ وَ اللّهِ يُنَوّرُونَ قُلُوبَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ يَحْجُبُ اللّهُ عَزّ وَ جَلّ نُورَهُمْ عَمّنْ يَشَاءُ فَتُظْلَمُ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ اللّهِ يَا أَبَا خَالِدٍ لَا يُحِبّنَا عَبْدٌ وَ يَتَوَلّانَا حَتّى يُطَهّرَ اللّهُ قَلْبَهُ وَ لَا يُطَهّرُ اللّهُ قَلْبَ عَبْدٍ حَتّى يُسَلّمَ لَنَا وَ يَكُونَ سِلْماً لَنَا فَإِذَا كَانَ سِلْماً لَنَا سَلّمَهُ اللّهُ مِنْ شَدِيدِ الْحِسَابِ وَ آمَنَهُ مِنْ فَزَعِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الْأَكْبَرِ. (اصول كافى جلد ١ صفحه: ٢٧٦ رواية: ١)

فارسی

ابو خالد کابلی گوید از امام باقر علیه السلام پرسیدم تفسیر قول خدای عزوجل را (سوره تغابن آیه 8) (بخدا و رسولش و نوری که فرستاده‏ایم ایمان آورید) فرمود: ای ابا خالد بخدا سوگند که مقصود از نور، ائمه از آل محمد(ص) باشند تا روز قیامت، بخدا که ایشانند همان نور خدا که فرو فرستاده، بخدا که ایشانند نور خدا در آسمانها و زمین، بخدا ای ابا خالد، نور امام در دل مؤمنین از نور خورشید تابان در روز، روشن‏تر است، بخدا که ائمه دلهای مؤمنین را منور سازند و خدا از هر کس خواهد نور ایشان را پنهان دارد، پس دل آنها تاریک گردد، بخدا ای ابا خالد بنده‏ای ما را دوست ندارد و از ما پیروی نکند تا اینکه خدا قلبش را پاکیزه کرده باشد و خدا قلب بنده‏ای را پاکیزه نکند تا اینکه تلسیم ما شده و با ما آشتی کرده باشد (یک رنگ شده باشد و سازگار) و چون با ما سازش کرد خدا از حساب سخت نگاهش دارد و از هراس بزرگ روز قیامت ایمنش سازد.

Congratulation On Ghadir Feast

Today is the most important feast of Shiites. About 1400 years ago, the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) introduced Ali (AS) as the first Imam to Muslims in his farewell pilgrimage. The event was occurred in the return path from pilgrimage (Hajjatul-Wada) in a place called "Ghadir e Khom":

In Ghadir, the Prophet (PBUH) held up the hand of 'Ali and said:  

"For whoever I am his Leader (mawla), 'Ali is his Leader (mawla)."

::You can read the entire speech of the Prophet here::

 After his speech, the Messenger of Allah [PBUH] asked everybody to give the oath of allegiance to 'Ali [as] and congratulate him. Among those who did so was 'Umar b. al-Khattab, who said: "Well done Ibn Abi Talib! Today you became the Leader (mawla) of all believing men and women."

It is interesting to know, about 70 days after this day, the Prophet went to the mercy of God and some ambitious people forgotten their oath and select Abubakr as leader of the Muslims and a new branch of Muslims was formed known as Sunni. They do not believe in Imam (Ali and his sons) as innocent people that can show the right path to Allah and truly interpret Qoran, and say that we use our wisdom and find the right path. They say Qoran is sufficient itself and we do not require Imam to interpret it.

But it is more interesting to know that they still expect Imam Mahdi (AJ) to be appear as their Imam!

The event of Ghadir is so clear that no one can deny it. But Sunny people interpret the word "mawla" as "friend" and believe that the Prophet said please like Ali and his sons. And I tell that you can find the truth if you want!

In my opinion its so ridiculous to believe in Mahdi (AJ) as a son of Fatemah (sa) and Ali (as) but don't believe in Ali and his sons as Imams of the ummah.

::Read more about Ghadir here::





::Al-Muraja'at: A book containing Shi'a-Sunni dialogue::

Why we require Imam?

• In everything we need a criteria to find how much our work is correct. We mark something as goal and evaluate our work against it.
• In every new road we require a leader to help us understanding the road.
• In every science we need some professionals to teach us new things and expand our knowledge.

Now, what do you think about our religious beliefs? Do not we require a criteria? A leader? A professional? A goal?

If we require, who can be the best leader? Who can guide us in the right way to Allah? Who can set the criteria?

A president or a governor? A pope or a Khalifa? Which one? Did you think about it?

All these people may be good, but they may make mistakes! and if we rely on them as our leader we also may make mistakes because we don't know when they are going wrong and when they do the correct?

We should select someone which is innocent, never do a mistake and kind to the human. A complete person.

We need an Imam taking our hands and help us towards Allah in the best way, simplest path. And this is the meaning of Serat Al Mostaghim (right path) which we, as Muslim, repeat in each praying.

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"WHOEVER dies without knowing the imam of his time, dies the death of Jahiliyya."

This is a hadeeth narrated from the prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Jafar ibn Abi Talib has described Jahiliyya like this:

“We were a people in a state of ignorance and immorality, worshipping idols and eating the flesh of dead animals, committing all sorts of abomination and shameful deeds. Breaking the ties of kinship, treating guests badly and the strong among us exploited the weak."

In this hadeeth the prophet (saw) is warning us. Whoever admits there is no God but Allah, prays 5 times a day, fasts Ramadan, gives zakat and goes on hajj… but dies without knowing the imam of his time… has died as if he was in jahilliya. Someone can be equated with a person of the worst ignorance if he does not know his imam.

KNOWING OUR IMAM is a very important part of Islam, without which our entire identity as a Muslim is lacking.

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