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fear Allah and work for the cause of obtaining that which He has in possession. There is no relation between Allah and anybody. The most favorable and honorable servants of Allah are the most God-fearing and the most pious.
Jabir, the only means through which a servant seeks to gain Allah's favor is the obedience to Him. We -the Ahl ul-Bayt - do not carry a patent for saving from Hell. Likewise, none of you has a claim against Allah. He who obeys Allah is only our disciple and whoever disobeys Him is our enemy. The loyalty to us cannot be gained except by means of diligent work and piety." 354
Al-Mufaddhal ibn Omar narrated the following:
"I, once, was with Imam as-Sadiq (a) when our subject of discussion was good deeds. I said, 'My deeds are very few,' but the Imam shouted, 'What is this saying? You should seek Allah's forgiveness. To have few deeds with God-fearing is better than many deeds that lack it.' I asked him about the meaning of his words, and he said, 'A man may serve food (to the poor), act leniently with his neighbors, and receive the guests hospitably, but as soon as a door to a forbidden act is opened before him, he enters there. This is the big deed that lacks God-fearing. Another man may not have such good deeds, but he keeps himself away from plunging in forbidden acts when he faces some. This is the few deed with God-fearing.'" 355
PERSEVERANCE ON PRINCIPLES
Regulations and principles play a great role in the lives of societies and nations. The highness of the principles of any nation proves its civilization. Likewise, any feebleness that affects the principles implies the ignorance of that nation. The most favorable principles are those which
