They have forsaken all that which they know will someday...

They have forsaken all that which they know will someday forsake them and have caused to die all that they know will one day kill them." Then he said: "O he who has distracted himself with this world and jumped at its traps, working busily to build up that which will soon be destroyed by it. Did you not see your forefathers, who are down decomposing and your descendants, thrown under the stone and earth? How you tried to treat them and cure them with your hands?

The doctors prescribed for them and the relatives prayed for them. But reliance upon you, did not help them and your medicines did not have any effect upon them." ‘Ali's faith and descent He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad reported to me from Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, who reported from Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan, who reported from al-Husayn ibn Nasr ibn Mazahim, who reported from his father, who reported from Abu Abdil Rahman Abdullah ibn Abdul Malik, from Yahya ibn Salimah, from his father Salimah ibn Kuhail, from Abu Sadiq who said: I heard Amirul Mu’mineen ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him say: "My faith is that of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, and my descent is the descent of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny.

So whoever, speaks ill of my faith and my descent, slurs the faith and the descent of the Prophet." The most important duty Allah has imposed He said: Abul Qasim Ja'far ibn Muhammad reported to me from his father, from Sa'd ibn Abdillah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa from al-Hasan ibn Mahboob from Hisham ibn Salim, from Zurarah ibn A'ayan (from al-Hasan al-Bazzaz), that: Abu Abdillah Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: "May I not inform you about the most important duty Allah has imposed upon His creation?" I said: "Please do." He said: "To treat people justly, equal to yourself, and to grant preference to your brother; and to remember Allah in every situation.

And by remembering, I do not mean chanting: 'Glory be to Allah' and 'Praise be to Allah' and 'There is no god but Allah' and 'Allah is great', altogether it is a part of remembering.