Only ask the scholars about the lawful and the prohibited acts...
Only ask the scholars about the lawful and the prohibited acts, and don’t ask that which you have no need of and which the Almighty Allah has concealed from you.[^9] In the same book, it is narrated from Hasan bin Musa that he said: Our associates have narrated that His Eminence, Abu Abdullah Imam Sadiq (as) was asked regarding the verse: وَالَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَنْ يُوصَلَ And those who join that which Allah has bidden to be joined.
(Qur’an, Surah Raad 13:21) The Imam said: This is ‘joining’ (kindness) to the Imam, every year, whether more or less.
Then Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) said: The aim of this is not but your purification.[^10] It is narrated in Amali of Shaykh Sadooq through the author’s own chain of narrators from His Eminence, Abu Abdullah Imam Sadiq (as) from his forefathers that the Messenger of Allah (S) said: One who does good to one of my Ahle Bayt (as) in this world with one Qirat, will be rewarded with one Qintar on Judgment Day.[^11] Explanation : It is mentioned in Majmaul Bahrayn that one Qintar equals half a Dang and according to some mathematicians it is narrated that Qirat according to Greek measure equals the weight of one bean.
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