In this concern imam Alsaadiq says...

In this concern imam Alsaadiq says: “He who knows Allah fear Him and he who fears Him abandons this world” [^55] Social advantages result from this fear as it motivates the individual to help others, Allah (be exalted) said: “And they give food in spite of their love for it to the poor and the orphan and the captive we only feed you for Allah’s sake we desire from you neither a reward nor thanks* Surely we fear from our Lord astern distressful day” [^56] In short, the ideology had changed the souls, opened to them immense horizons by releasing them from their fears.

It also connected their rope with their Creator, and made it feel His favors and frightened them of His painful chastisement. THIRDLY: KNOWLEDGE OF THE SELF: One of the advantages of this ideology is that it motivates the Moslem to know himself. It is impossible to elevate the self without knowing its nature. This knowledge is the first step to take control over it and to rein its caprices.

Imam Albaaqir says: (there is no knowledge like knowing your self” [^57] Then, there is a strong associative relationship between knowing Allah (be exalted) and knowing the self. For by knowing…