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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Fatimah al-Ma`sumah (as): a role model for men and women A Call from His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Husain Fadlullah to the Muslims and the followers of Ahlul Bayt in particular . [^1] I say to you, with all love... All of you have listened to me, day and night, in seminars, lectures and Friday sermons; so, is it reasonable that some people from this generation do not understand me?

I ask you: who has spoken with you like I have; who has been with you in all issues like I have; who has worked - and I am honoured - in your service? Is it acceptable that irresponsible words have come out, and not one voice has come out to say, silence this wrong? May I say to you a word in this matter?

As far as I am concerned, this matter is like thin air ' If you have no anger on me, I do not care [about anything else] then.' [^2] My concerns, first and last, are not with you - my concerns are with Allah the Most High - 'O my Lord! If you bring me down who can elevate me and if you elevate me who can bring me down?' [^3] In this regard, I say to you: I remind you of Allah in the Islamic situation; I remind you of Allah in the way of Ahlul Bayt (as).

Do not let anyone mess it up; do not let anyone offend (or bring bad image unto) it, and do not let anyone come up with confusing words in this regard. For forty years, I have been saying to the old and young amongst you that there is no unimportant question and no embarrassing question; fact is the outcome of dialogue, and I am ready to enter into dialogue with all people and to answer the young and old, and you know this.

Therefore, do not defend me, but defend your Islamic situation, defend this reality which you live in, where the entire world is attacking and aggressive towards you. Be aware, have political awareness and understand how the enemies infiltrate the arenas. We do not say that everyone who is involved in this is working for the enemy, but we say that they exploit points of weakness. Therefore, O my beloved, there is no problem (as far as I am concerned) in this matter.

As I told you, had it not been that they had been muddling and disrupting the Islamic situation and threatening it with danger I would have said: 'May Allah forgive them!' However, the matter does not concern me personally, but the Islamic situation.