Believer and pious Mulla Ali Kazerooni, a resident of Kuwait was a very nice gentleman and he was having the power to see true dreams and realizations.

r had the honor of his company and friendship during the journey of Hajj. He narrated that one night he saw in a dream such a wide garden that sight failed lo reach its end.

In its middle was a magnificent palace and I was wondering whom it belonged to. I inquired from the gate keeper and was told that it was for Habib Najjar Shirazi. I was closely familiar with th is person. I was watching this spectacle when all of a sudden there was a flash of lightning and the palace was reduced to ashes, as if it had never existed. I was completely horrified and soon woke up, and I understood that he has committed a sin, which destroyed his exalted position.

The following morning, I went to meet him and asked him what act he committed the night before. Nothing, he replied. I said that it was a secret, which needed to be unraveled. He admitted that at such and such time there was a conversation between him and his mother, which culminated in him hilling the mother. I narrated my dream and said: You caused distress to your mother and lost such an exalted position.

The same conclusion is derived from traditional reports and verses of the Holy Qur’an that some greater sins destroy and annihilate good deeds. Thus, it is mentioned in Oddatud Dai that the Messenger of Allah (S) said: A tree would be planted in Paradise for one who says once: There is no god except Allah. A person asked: O Messenger of Allah (S). So I must be the owner of a large number of trees in Paradise? His Eminence said: But beware that you don't send a fire to them and burn them up.

Among such greater sins is being disowned by parents. That is to cause distress to the father or mother.

This topic can be studied in detail in the book of Greater Sins1

• 1. Also published by Ansariyan Publications.