Tradition

مَنْ جَلَسَ مَجْلِساً يُحْيى فيهِ اَمْرُنا لَمْ يَمُتْ قَلْبُهُ يَوْمَ تَمُوتُ الْقُلُوبُ

Imam al-Rida’ (‘a) is narrated to have said: “The heart of anyone who sits in a gathering which invigorates our school of thought will not die on the day when hearts die.”1

Brief Commentary

It is apparent from this tradition that one of the duties of the followers of the Ahl al-Bayt is to constantly revitalive their ideology. This includes helping people to understand this school of thought, gain access to its teachings, and taste the essence of the words of the Imams (‘a). These should be gatherings of preparation, self-building, and spirituality, and not gatherings of amusement or those in which people simply seek out their material wants and desires, while forgetting their social and spiritual problems. These are gatherings through which the hearts are awakened and brought back to life.

• 1. Mirath Imaman, p. 443.