When you don’t send knowledge to your heart and just learn it...

When you don’t send knowledge to your heart and just learn it, it becomes a box that you have stored memories in, like a library, and this knowledge itself will become a veil.”[^5] Fatema Tabatabai (Imam’s daughter-in-law) Shaytan comes to a person this way * * Hajj Ahmad (Imam’s son) relates: Once I requested some brothers from the sentries who were at the house of Imam to erect a hand-rail at the front of the veranda of the house. When they were doing this, Imam entered and said: “Ahmad!

What are you doing?” I told Imam that to protect Ali (my son) that God Forbid he should not fall down, I have requested the brothers to erect a hand rail at the front of the veranda, and this is normal (custom) everywhere.

📌Imam said: “ Shaytan comes to a person through this very way; first he tells them that your house needs a hand-rail, then he says it needs to be painted, and afterwards he says that your house is small and is below your dignity, and he wants a bigger house, and slowly slowly, the person falls into the grip of shaytan .”[^6] Note: Imam’s point was not that measures should not be taken to protect children, rather that it should not be a means of Shaytan leading one astray Hujjatul Islam Muhammad Ali Ansari Karmani Don’t back-bite * * Imam’s wife narrates: One night after prayers, Agha was sitting and I was also with him.

Our maid Fatema Khanom brought tea and placed it in front of us. Another maid was also busy gathering (things) in the corner. I said to Agha that Fatema Khanom is a very good maid. Imam said: “Don’t backbite.” I said: “Agha, but I didn’t backbite.

I said that she is very good.” He said: “What you said is good (enough to be backbiting) because the other maid can hear and it seems that you want to say that she is not good, and this is backbiting.”[^7] Ali Saqafi Do you know how much sin backbiting has?

* * One time, Imam called his family and said: “I had the intention to tell you something at a time when you are altogether.” Then he said: “Do you know how much sin backbiting has?” We said: “Yes.” Then he said: “Do you know how much sin killing a person has?” We said: “Yes.” He said: “Backbiting has more (sin)!” He then said: “Do you know how much sin unlawful acts and acting against chastity (i.e.

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