Whenever the distinguished house owner remembered the sermon...

Whenever the distinguished house owner remembered the sermon subject from the week before, he sobbed his heart out. [16] Ola'Azam or the decision-maker Then I was told a surprising story about that man's sincerity. He was single, but our insistence upon his marrying was to no avail. After a while he accepted to get married, so a young, unmarried woman was suggested to him to be his suitable match. According to the principles of Islamic law he saw her one time, but he rejected the marriage.

Later on I heard that the man had married a dark-complexioned, ugly widow having three offspring. I was really surprised to hear the news, so I asked him why he had done so. He replied that he had seen the first lady who was a virgin and accepted to marry her, but as much as he tried to do so out of sincere intentions and for the sake of Allah he found it to be impossible. So he decided to forsake the marriage.

Then he said he saw the second woman whose husband had died and therefore had no one to bring in the daily bread. She was left with three orphans so no one was ready to marry her. He noted that he had found the field of sincerity of intentions and married for the sake of Allah. He also mentioned that the real benefits of this good deal would be bestowed upon him on the Day of Judgment.

The Commander of the Faithful Ali (Pbuh) stated: Blessed is the one whose actions, knowledge, kindness, revenge, taking and not taking things, speaking and not speaking all stem from his sincerity for Allah. [Mizan al-Hikmat , v.3, pp.56-58] He also said: Sincerity is the most honorable ending. [Ibid] Hazrat Ali (Pbuh) said: Freedom is found in sincerity. [Ibid] And he said: Sincerity is the support for the worship of Allah. [Ibid] The Prophet (Pbuh) said: Blessed are the sincere ones.

They are the lights on the path of guidance and are free from any wickedness. [Mizan al-Hikmat , v.3, pp.59-62] Imam Hassan Askari (Pbuh) said the following about the very impressive value of the sincere ones: If I reduced the whole world into a bite of food and fed it to the one who worships God out of sincerity, then I would still think I had not done right by him. [Ibid] The Prophet (Pbuh) stated: Do all your actions out of sincerity for God.

God will not accept those actions except the ones done out of sincerity for Him. [Ibid] Imam Ali (Pbuh) said: The one whose goal is other than God has been ruined.