According to His command...
According to His command, a just ruler should experience and observe the adverse conditions borne by the poverty-ridden class under his rule, so that the poor do not suffer from an inferiority complex, which makes them unhappy and affects their performance.
Thus, my responsibilities being totally different from yours, there can be nothing common between your conduct and mine.’ Self-Negation versus Lawful Pleasures Sufyan Suri belonged to a group of Muslims called Zahids and Sufis, which emerged in the beginning of 200 AH. They rejected the world, considering its blessings and advantages as temptations to beguile human beings away from the worship of God. They advocated simplicity, bordering on the bare level of survival.
One day he came to visit Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (‘a) and found him dressed in a…
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