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CHAPTER
3
Compassion
Son, keep good relations with your
relatives. This increases your life span as well as wealth. Many many benefits are derived in this world as well
as hereafter. Even if they break off relation, you continue keeping good
relations with them. Amirul Momenin (a.s.) has said that show compassion to
those who have broken off relations with you, results in more rewards and Sawab'.
This protects you from falling prey to desires.Beware, never fail to show
compassion. I have seen many good results of compassions and I have also
experienced wonderful effects of keeping relations with those who have broken
off relations. Therefore don't be careless in this regard and maintain proper
relations.Take care of our shia brothers
living in poverty. Take special care of neighbours and relatives. In it, there
is honour in this world as well as hereafter. Hazrat Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq (a.s.)
has said: The separation of Hazrat Yusuf (a.s.) from Hazrat Yaqub (a.s.) was
caused because once he killed a sheep and consumed it without inquiring about
his neighbours, when one of his neighbours was hungry.(Tafseer-e-Safi,
p. 209)(This is one type of
Tark-e-awla' in which the test of prophet becomes very severe. Therefore,
whenever you utilize any blessing of Allah, take care of the needs of others,
otherwise you also might be tested sometime Jawadi).Son! Adopt the middle path in all
your deeds. The results would be better and the future praiseworthy. Allah has
ordered his prophet (s.a.w.) not to squander but adopt middle path.Son! Take care of people under you
and thank Allah that you are better off than them. Don't look at those who are
better-off than you, otherwise you will feel sad and you will lose the happiness
of this world and Sawab' of the hereafter.Son! As far as possible don't
develop very close contact with people because this may result in your becoming
forgetful about truth and death. It also gives you less time for prayers. You
don't get a chance to acquire religious knowledge or to remember and ponder
about Allah. You are tempted to know about people's affairs. You are compelled
to listen to back-biting (Gibat) and allegations, sometimes you are forced to
mix with useless people and get involved in unnecessary disputes and fights. As
a result, you will repent on the day of Judgement. Beware, before it is too
late.Remember, always oppose the
desires of the heart. Following the desires of the heart is fatal poison. Amirul
Momeneen (a.s.) has said: The biggest threat is from following the desires of
the heart and having high hopes. Desires of the heart desist you from right
(truth) and high hopes make you forget the hereafter.(Rawz-e-Kafi,
p. 58)At another place, he has said:
Save yourself from desires in such a way as if you are protecting yourself from
an enemy. There is no other enemy more powerful than the desires of the heart.
All types of calamities are born out of the desires of the heart.(Usul-e-Kafi-2,
p. 235)Son! Don't worry about evening
in the morning or about morning in the evening. Otherwise hopes will make you
complacent. Imagine yourself as a dead body lying in front of people who are
readying to give you "Ghusl".
