Shia Strength: [MahdiUniteMuslims] No Separation between belief and Practice

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

[MahdiUniteMuslims] No Separation between belief and Practice

Address of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadhlullah

on the anniversary of Imam Husayn's martyrdom

Following the teachings of Imam Husayn(as):
No Separation between belief and Practice

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Islam: integration between doctrine and Practice

In Ashoura, we were with Imam Al-Hussein . We remembered him and followed up his mind, soul, heart, spirituality and practice.

We were with the Imam when, at noon, on the day of Ashoura, he stood to pray with the deadly arrows falling on him and killing one of his companions who was martyred while defending him. This is the spirituality of Imam Hussein who lived with God even in the most dangerous and painful movements. The Imam, like his brother, father, mother and grandfather has sold himself to God. Adherence is not merely an emotion, and belonging is not a psychological state. Islam is an integration of doctrine and practice. Those who said that they were Muslims and followed the line of Ahl el-Beit did not live Islam when their hearts were with Imam Hussein and their swords were against him. The Muslim is the one whose sword is in the service of his principles, and does not live any duality between the Message and the practice.

Thus, dear beloved, when we meet the Imam we meet this small community of his companions and his family that spent the night before Ashoura praying and reciting the Quran. They were living with God and making Him their witness that they have taken this stand out of their faithfulness and loyalty to Him. They did not differentiate between their prayer and reciting Quran, and their Jihad against those who lived with the Devil and left the obedience of God.

The Movement of Al-Hussein: A Movement of justice.

Thus, dear beloved, the Imam was emphasizing to the entire world that his Islamic movement is a movement of Justice. He wanted to spread justice in the world so that the people would uphold justice. Imam Hussein wanted to tell them that Allah has called for justice in all religions We sent aforetime our messengers with Clear Signs and sent down with them the Book and the Balance (of Right and Wrong), that men may stand forth in justice.If the Muslim wants to prove that he is a true believer, he has to be just… whether with his wife and children, with his brothers and sisters, with his presents or with all whom he deals with. He should also be just towards his responsibility if he holds any post.

The difference between the community of Al-Hussein and that of Yazid is that Yazid was not just in his practice, whether in his rule or towards his responsibility, while the community of Imam Hussein was just towards their God and towards themselves and other people.

Among those who were with Yazid a relative of Imam Hussein called Omar bin Saad who found that he had to choose between a ministerial post Yazid had offered and between committing the grave sin of killing Imam Hussein.He decided to kill the Imam to win the post, since he can always ask God for forgiveness.

In contrast, we find among the followers, of Al- Hussein, Al-Hur bin Yazid Al-Riyahi who was the first person in the army of Ibn Ziad to obstruct the army of Hussein.

But the man reviewed his position in the light of thinking about God the Hereafter. In the beginning , he hoped things would lead to a truce and thus he would avoid fighting the Imam. But when he found that the fight was inevitable he began to shiver, but not out of fear of death, but because he was choosing between hell and heaven. He made up his mind and said "I would not prefer anything to Heaven even If I were going to burnt and cut to pieces".

Thus he went to the Imam and repented to God. The Imam gave him the biggest medal: Your are "free" as your mother had called you, free in this world and happy in the Hereafter". From the words of Hussein(a.s.) we deduce that one should uphold the freedom of will and choice and not to be enslaved to desires.

Are will following the line of the Imam.

Dear beloved, we have spent with the Imam several days, and we might spend more days as many of the followers of Ahl el- beit do. But the issue is what are we going to say to the Imam now that the season has finished.

Let every one go back to himself and review how he is living his Islam:

Is he trying to preserve his dignity and honour in accordance with Allah's saying: and to Allah belongs the honor and to His Messenger and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.

Dear beloved: After Ashoura, we have to start thinking: Are we of the fowlers of Imam Hussein, whom do we support and whom do we oppose.

Are we with the line of Islam or the line of falsehood: You should hold yourself accountable before you are held accountable: : O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah, and let every soul consider what it has sent on for the morrow, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is Aware of what you do.

And be ye not like those who forgot Allah; and He made them forget their own souls! Such are the rebellious transgressors!
Not equal are the Companions of the Fire and the Companions of the Garden: it is the Companions of the Garden that will achieve Felicity.

Courtesy:http://bayynat.org.lb

Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you're up to on Facebook.

__._,_.___

Reply to sender | Reply to group

Messages in this topic (1)

Recent Activity: