86, h 4 He has narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Habib...

86, h 4 He has narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Habib al-Sajistani from abu Ja‘far, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has said, ‘I will cause to suffer punishment all those (citizens) who live a religious life in Islam with belief in and acknowledgement of the guardianship of unjust 'A'immah (leaders without Divine Authority) who do not possess authority from Allah, even though such followers are (apparently) virtuous and pious in their deeds.

I will forgive all those (citizens) who live a religious life in Islam with belief in and acknowledgement of the guardianship of an Imam who is just in his dealings and possesses authority from Allah, even though such followers in their dealings are unjust sinners.’” Imam Jafar-e-Sadiqasws said: ‘No deed is harmful in the presence of Eman (as sins will be forgiven) but no deed is beneficial in the presence of Kufr.

Have you not pondered that Allahazwj Says: There is nothing which is in the way of their forgiveness except for their denial of Allahazwj and His Prophetsaww as they eventually die in the state of Kufr. Imam Jafar-e-Sadiqasws said: In the presence of Eman, no misconduct is going to have any detrimental effect (in the hereafter) whereas in the state of Kufr, no benefit will be transferred from the performed good deeds.

Imam Jafar-e-Sadiqasws said that Amir ul momineenasws frequently used to say in his sermons: O people! You better adhere to Deen as it is far beneficial to perform sins while clinching onto the Deen as compared with those good deeds which are carried out while remaining outside the Deen. (In the hereafter) Muslims’ bad deeds will be forgiven but non-Muslims good deeds will not be accepted.” Now there is no doubt about the fact that salvation rests on beliefs and not on the performed deeds.

It is from here that I start my discussions. Now that the importance of the principles of beliefs has become clear the question arises in the mind that how much effort has gone into propagating the beliefs. How much teaching and preaching has been done to the Shia people about their beliefs except for the fact that they have been made to just remember them superficially.

Place your hand on your heart and ask yourself how many Shias are aware of the concepts of Tawheed (Divine Unity) and Adalat (Divine Justice)? Who is there among them who understand Nabuwwat (Prophethood) and the secrets of Imamat?