They must keep away from all forms of exaggeration...

They must keep away from all forms of exaggeration especially in those instances where the poets are competing with one another to attract the attention of the people. In regards to this, sometimes we see that one person resorts to Ghuluw (exaggeration of the greatness of the Ahlul Bait) and thus, the next person is forced to present even greater exaggerations, and this act is very dangerous.

The third section of the tradition under review uses the word مواسات” “ and this word can be understood in two different ways from its lexical meaning. The first is to assume that the word comes from the root واسي and the second is that the root word is آسي however both of these end up (after the rules of morphology are applied to them) in making the word مواسات which is in the meaning of assistance and help.

The Shia is one who is tested through his wealth - how much of it does he keep aside for the help of others? In our present time, we are faced with many difficulties: Unemployment, which is the real root of all other forms of corruption scuh as: addiction to drugs, theft, robbery and prostitution; Problems with the youth getting married; Difficulties for people finding affordable housing; Difficulties in going for further education.

Many families face the difficulty of providing tuition fees for their youth to go and acquire further education. Our society consists of people who claim to be Shia, however we see excessive amounts of wealth being wasted on useless things, yet some people in the society do not even have the basic necessities of life!

Therefore, the characteristics of the Shia must also be kept in view and we must remember that we cannot only concentrate on the status and rewards that are promised to the Shia - rather, we need to implement these characteristics within ourselves. We hope that all of us can keep in mind the commandments of the A`immah in our day to day life and act upon them! Previous…