One of the most outstanding features in the life of the Shaykh was his serving the needy people and making self-sacrifice even in his very poverty. From the viewpoints of the Islamic traditions, self-sacrifice and altruism are the most beautiful benevolen ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The reverend Shaykh's spiritual seeking and devotion was principally different from that of pretenders of Sufi paths. He did not approve of any of the Sufi orders. His spiritual procedure was that of pure devotion to the guidelines by Ahl al-Bayt (a) ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The reverend Shaykh was extremely kind, pleasant-faced, good-tempered, well mannered, and polite. He always sat in a kneeled position and never leaned back on a cushion, keeping slightly at a distance from it. Whenever he shook hands with someone, he was ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
One of the Shaykh's outstanding features was his profound devotion to Hazrat Wali ' Asr (may our souls be sacrificed for him) and awaiting his holiness' faraj (advent) and reappearance. He said: "Many people state that they love Imam A ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The reverend Shaykh was very interested in mystical and ethical poetry. His sermons were, most often, given along with instructive poetry.He especially valued the Ghazals of Hafiz and the Mathnawi of Taqdis; he would cry when hearing their poetry. He was ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The Shaykh was not involved in politics; however, he was strongly opposed to the detested Pahlavi regime and the ruling statesmen. He was not only opposed to the Shah, but also disapproved Musaddeq. He praised, however, Ayatollah Kashani (ra) and said: &q ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
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Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
Spiritual stations and virtues of the reverend Shaykh are quite evident to all those who knew him closely or those who had listened to him in his sessions. 1 The major question regarding the life of this great charismatic figure is that how he achieved su ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
We read in Nahjul Balagha that Imam Ali (a) asserts that God Almighty throughout the history has meritorious servants to whom He talks through their mind and intellect. The words of Imam (a) are as follows: "وما برِح لله – عزت آلاؤه – في البرهة بعد ا ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
There is a renowned hadith that the experts call "hadith-i qurb-i nawafil" (the hadith of proximity in supererogation). Both Shi'a and Sunni scholars of hadith quoted, with a slight difference, the Holy Prophet (s) as saying: 1 "قال ال ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
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Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The reverend Shaykh was highly capable of influencing talented souls with his charismatic power in training and self-building them. One of the Shaykh's disciples said: 'Once I was accompanying the Shaykh and the late Ayatollah Muhammad Shahabadi ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
"Salvation" is in fact an epitome of all the human virtues and perfection and the way to attain it, from the Qur' anic viewpoint is through self-building and purification of the soul. Following numerous swearing, the Exalted Allah asserts: ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
Love is the elixir of self-building and enrichment. Love of God Almighty cures all moral vileness entirely and presents all good attributes as a whole to the lover. The elixir of love makes the lover so enamored of the beloved that every other association ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
One of the principal concerns of the Shaykh in training his disciples was emphasizing sincerity not only in belief and devotion but also in all actions. Most often he stressed that: "The true religion is what is being preached on the pulpits, albeit ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The reverend Shaykh had a basic guideline that on various occasions he would repeatedly emphasize it. Although this guideline is adopted from Islamic traditions, the significant point here is the Shaykh's personal experience in that respect. In princ ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
One of the most important instructions of the Shaykh was planning regular periods to spend in seclusion with God for supplications and whispered prayers which he referred to as "begging at the doorstep of God" and stressed: "Recite supplica ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
Rendering service to people is one of the most important Islamic educational issues that is highly emphasized in Islamic traditions. The Holy Prophet (s) said: "خير الناس من انتفع به الناس" "The best of people are those who are (most) benef ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
One of the eminent features of those trained at the school of the reverend Shaykh is their presence of heart in prayer. And this became possible only because the Shaykh did not accord any value to the spiritless ostentatious prayers, and tried to make his ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The reverend Shaykh could never financially afford to go on the obligatory Hajj pilgrimage. His guidelines to some Hajj pilgrims, however indicates that he had been quite familiar with the mysteries of the Hajj of God's friends. He believed that the ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
