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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Elixir of Love Acts of Selfless Devotion The reverend Shaykh's spiritual seeking and devotion was principally different from that of pretenders of Sufi paths. He did not approve of any of the Sufi orders. His spiritual procedure was that of pure devotion to the guidelines by (a), hence he would not only take heed of the obligations, but also followed recommended practices.

At dawns he would stay up, and after sunrise he would go to sleep for about a half or a whole hour. Sometimes he would take a short rest in the afternoon. Although being a spiritual seeker himself, he would say: "Do not trust in mystical intuitions and never rely on them.

We should always follow our Imams (a) in deeds and words, as our paradigms." In public sessions, the reverend Shaykh would always resort to the holy verse: (ان تنصروا الله ينصركم ويثبت أقدامكم) (...If you make effort in Allah's Way, He will help you and make your feet firm and secures you from being Shaykh along His Path), (Sura Muhammad, 47: 7) [^1] and he would say: "God has no needs.

Make attempts in Allah's way by acting according to His commandments and resorting to His Prophet's (s) tradition." And he said: "Nothing like acting according to the commandments causes man's prosperity and sublimation." The Shaykh used to say time and again: "The religion of Truth is the one preached on Minbars (pulpits), but it is lacking in two entities: Sincerity and love of God Almighty; these must be added in the preaching." He said: "The righteous are all doing well, but they should replace their 'egos' with 'God'." And he said: "If the believers give up the egotism, they will achieve something (i.e., high status)." He also used to say: "If man surrenders to God, abandons his own (biased) opinions and bigotry, and trust whole-heartedly in God, God will teach and guide him onto His own Path." Taqlid Taqlid (following the outstanding jurisprudents in Islamic laws) According to the principle of practical devotion, the Shaykh was a Muqallid (follower) in religious ordinances, and followed one of his contemporary Marja' i.e., Ayatollah Hujjat.