[9] \n \u2018Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th Imam) has said...

[9] \n \u2018Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th Imam) has said: \u2018Slandering the married women is from the major sins because Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Says: they would be Cursed in the world and the Hereafter, and for them is a grievous Punishment [24:23] \u2019\u2019.

[10] \n \u2018Rasool-Allah -saww said: \u2018Shun seven destructive sins \u2013 the association (Shirk) with Allah -azwj \u2019 \u2013 up to he -saww said: \u2018And slandering the married women, married women, the unaware Mominaat, [24:23] \u2019\u2019. [11] \n \u2018I said to Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq -asws , \u2018(What about): Allah is Light of the skies and the earth [24:35] ?\u2019 He -asws said: \u2018Such is Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic\u2019.

I said, \u2018 An example of His Light [24:35] ?\u2019 He -asws said: \u2018Muhammad -saww \u2019. I said, \u2018 is like a niche ?\u2019 He -asws said: \u2018Chest of Muhammad -saww \u2019. I said, \u2018 wherein is a lamp ?\u2019 He -asws said: \u2018In it is the light of Knowledge, meaning the Prophet-hood\u2019. I said, \u2018 the lamp is in a glass ?\u2019 He -asws said: \u2018The Knowledge of Rasool-Allah -saww passed on to the heart of Ali -asws \u2019.

\n I said, \u2018 as if it is ?\u2019 He -asws said: \u2018For which thing are you reading \u2018 as if it is ?\u2019 So I said, \u2018So how, may I be sacrificed for you -asws ?\u2019 He -asws said: \u2018 as if it is a brightly shining star \u2019. I said, \u2018 ignited from a Blessed olive tree, neither eastern nor western ?\u2019 He -asws said: \u2018That is Amir-Al-Momineen Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws , neither Jewish nor Christian\u2019.

\n I said, \u2018 Its oil almost illuminates and even though fire does not touch it ?\u2019 He -asws said: \u2018The Knowledge almost comes out from the mouth of the Knowledgeable one -asws from the Progeny -asws of Muhammad -saww from before he -asws speaks it\u2019. I said, \u2018 Light upon Light ?\u2019 He -asws said: \u2018The Imam -asws in the footsteps of the Imam -asws \u2019\u2019.

[12] \n \u2018Al-Reza -asws (8 th Imam) wrote in a letter: \u2018Our -asws example in the Book of Allah -azwj is like a niche wherein is a lamp [24:35] . So, we -asws are the niche, wherein is a lamp . The lamp is Muhammad -saww Rasool-Allah -as . the lamp is in a glass , from its pure elements \u2013 up to the Words of the Exalted: neither eastern nor western , neither disgusting nor evil.