In this difficult time, we need to be patient, in order to look away from so much which is going on around, from politics, entertainment, to sports,…..as the ‘relief’ is near, InshaAllah -azwj with the reappearance of the 12 th Imam – ajfj ! Imam Sadiq -asws , has praised his -asws devout shias as: وقال الصادق (عليه السلام): «نحن صبر، و شيعتنا أصبر منا، و ذلك أنا صبرنا على ما نعلم، و هم صبروا على ما لا يعلمون».
And Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘We -asws are patient, and our -asws Shias are more patient than us -asws , and that is because we -asws are patient upon what we -asws know, and they are patient upon that which they do not know’. [4] Introduction: The term used in the holy Quran is ‘اللَّغْوِ’ ‘Al-Laghwu’ which is quite a broad term, it includes also singing, music, dancing, along with anything which may absorb us, apart from our legitimate duties with respect to work, helping family and friends.
Vanities Implies as fiction (stories): وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ {323:} And those who are turning away from the vanities [23:3] و في المجمع عن الصادق عليه السلام قال: ان يتقوّل الرّجل عليك بالباطل أو يأتيك بما ليس فيك فتعرض عنه للَّه. And in (the book) Al Majma’a Al Bayaan, ‘From Al-Sadiq -asws having said: ‘If the man speaks upon you with the falsehood or comes to you with what there isn’t in you, then turn away from him for (the Sake of) Allah -azwj ’.
[5] و في الاعتقادات عنه عليه السلام: انّه سئل عن القصاص أ يحل الاستماع لهم فقال لا. And in (the book) Al-Itiqaad – ‘From him -asws having been asked about the stories, is it Permissible the intently (willingly) listening to them?’ He -asws said: ‘No’. [6] فِي إِرْشَادِ الْمُفِيدِ كَلَامٌ طَوِيلٌ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ فِيهِ يَقُولُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: كُلُّ قَوْلٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ لِلَّهِ ذِكْرٌ فَهُوَ لَغْوٌ.
In (the book) Al-Irshaad of Al-Mufeed, there is a lengthy speech of Amir Al-Momineen -asws , and in it he -asws is saying: ‘Every word (sentence), there isn’t in it a ‘ Zikr ’ (remembrance) of Allah -azwj , so it is a vanity’. [7] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ شَرَفُ الْمُؤْمِنِ صَلَاتُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ عِزُّ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَفُّهُ عَنْ أَعْرَاضِ النَّاسِ .