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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books , The Celestial Beings on the Earth Character of Ahl Al-Bayt The Necessity Of Getting To Know The Ahl Al-Bayt The necessity to get to know the (a.s.) and follow them has been recommended by the Holy Prophet (S) according to the verse 23 of Chapter al-Shura: (Love for my relatives) brings about happiness in this world and the hereafter, while to neglect them causes perdition (42:23) Addressing Mu’alla ibn Khunays, Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: يا مُعَلَّي !

لوْ أنَّ عَبْداً عَبَدَ اللّهَ مِائةً عامٍ بَيْنَ الرُّكْن و المَقامِ، يصُومُ النَّهارَ وَيَقوُمُ اللَّىلَ حَتَّي يَسْقُطُ حَاجباهُ عَلي عَيْنَيْهِ، وتَلْتَقِقي تَرَاقيهِ هَرَماً، جَاهِلاَ بحَقنَا لَهُ ثوَابٌّ.

O Mu’alla, if a servant of Allah worships Him between the Rukn (corner) and Maqam (standing-place) of Kabah for a hundred years, keeping fast on all days and performing prayers on all nights so much so that his life comes to an end, but is negligent about our rights, there will be no reward for him.[^1]1 Getting to know the (a.s) on the basis of the Quranic verses and authentic narrations will remove all veils of ignorance from our eyes.

When we come to understand that titles such as – ‘People for the Reminder’, ‘The Truthful’, ‘The Benefactors’, ‘The Pious’, ‘The Strivers’, ‘The Believers’, ‘The Patient’, ‘People of Understanding’, ‘The Straight Path ( sirat )’, ‘The Way ( sabil ) to Allah’, ‘The Revenge of Allah’, ‘The Face of Allah’, ‘The Eye of Allah’, ‘The Side of Allah’, ‘The Ear of Allah’, ‘The Spokesmen of Allah’, ‘The Friends of Allah’ - all refer to the (a.s.), we will learn how to benefit from them with guidance and using them as the Noah's Ark.

It is they – who are firmly rooted in knowledge … (4:162) We can also quench the thirst of intellect, heart and spirit with the pure drink of their knowledge. Should we wish to win Allah's favor, we must follow wholeheartedly, on the basis of the following holy verse: قُلُ إ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اَللَّهُ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اَللَّهُ Say, if you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you.

(3:31) Getting to know the leads to getting to know Allah, and the Holy Quran as well as it develops intuition. This will serve as a factor for self-purification and morality too. This will certainly save us from hellfire. Love for will make it possible for us to cross the sirat (the bridge over the Hell leading to Paradise).

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