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Islamic Clemency and Mercy in Narration 1 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Islamic Clemency and Mercy in Narration 1 2021-06-21 368 Views Islamic Clemency , Mercy , Kindness Islamic clemency and mercy have been reflected in the various and numerous narrations, some of which we refer to hereunder: Contents Affection is the Basis of Religion Islamic Mercy on the Battlefield Affection is the Basis of Religion Imam Sadiq (as) says: هل الدین الا الحب!

ان الله عز و جل یقول: قل ان کنتم تحبون الله فاتبعونی یحببکم الله “Is religion anything save affection and mercy?! (Then he reasons: because) The Almighty God says: “ If you love God, obey my instructions (Prophet (S) to be loved by God.” (1) That is to say, the motive for obeying divine instructions is love and affection towards God.

We read in another narration from Imam Baqir (as): الدین هو الحب و الحب هو الدین “Religion is affection, and affection is religion.” (2) Sometimes intellectual reasoning is man’s motive for doing something, and sometimes his love and affection make him do something. Are these two motives similar? God sets love between spouses for the continuation of human generation.

If logic and intellectual reasoning served to be man’s motive for the survival of its generation, and for instance if he thinks: “One shall marry for the survival of its generation to have offspring and bear all the related troubles and difficulties “or “Since I need help for when I become old and weak and need someone to help and support me, then, I shall marry to have children”.

If one’s motive for marriage is any of the above intellectual reasoning, only one per hundred would undertake to marry and bear the numerous hardships, problems and failures of matrimony and breeding. However, sexual attraction and love lead humans towards marriage despite of all its problems so that they accept and bear all hardships voluntarily, and rather, spend their entire life for their children to raise them and help them to learn to walk and talk. Right!

The motive of love and affection causes such strange and amazing power. It is applicable to religious programs too, and for this reason, the above narrations have stressed love and affection. If you are a lover, you will be led to divine obedience and will undertake its hardships. If you are a lover of the Imam of the Time (as), it will be easy for you to obey his orders and fight vices and evils. Right! Love and affection facilitate tasks.