RNA – Speaking during his class at the Holy Shrine of Hadhrat Abdul-Adhim al-Hasani in Rey, Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammadi-Reyshahri, the representative of the people of Tehran province in the Assembly of Experts, said, “In a passage of one of the luminous supplications of Sahifah al-Sajjadiyah [‘The Scripture of Imam al-Sajjad’], Imam al-Sajjad calls on God Almighty and says, ‘Oh God… Let me not be wronged while Thou canst repel from me, let me not do wrong while Thou art powerful over holding me back.”
The custodian of the Holy Shrine of Hadhrat Abdul-Adhim al-Hasani added, “This statement, like the passage of this supplication that was referred to in our previous class, doesn’t mean that Imam al-Sajjad’s demand from God was decreed but rather that he must not succumb to oppression.”
He said, “Just as mankind doesn’t like to be oppressed, he must not oppress others.”
Ayatollah Mohammadi-Reyshahri expressed that oppression is a wide-ranging issue and stated, “Oppression contains various religious, moral, practical, individual and social instances.”
His Eminence said that oppression is one of the most dangerous pests for faith and said, “Those who believe and don’t pollute their faith with oppression will surely find tranquility in this world and in the hereafter.”
He stated that oppression takes tranquility away from mankind and said, “Some assume that there must be a president or commander in order to carry out oppression while man can oppress others without having a status. Inner anxiety is the sign of oppression.”
Ayatollah Mohammadi-Reyshahri stated that good ethics will bring man toward development and perfection, said, “Perhaps a person doesn’t perform the prayer night but because he is patient, God will write the reward of a fasting person and the one who stays up all night in worship for him and on the other hand, if a person is ill-mannered, he is placed among the oppressors.”
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