RNA – Speaking during his ethics class in Qom’s Grand Mosque, Ayatollah Mohammad-Mahdi Shabzendehdar, a jurisprudent member of the Guardian Council, referred to the supplication “Makarim al-Akhlaq” [The Honourable Morals], one of the famous supplications of Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sajjad in Sahifah al-Sajjadiyyah [The Scripture of Imam Sajjad] and said, “In the form of a supplication, Imam al-Sajjad teaches man that one’s actions must be the best of actions.”
The member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom added, “It’s not necessary to reach lofty summits in a hurry but rather for the best of intentions and actions, one must work toward this. In the Holy Quran, God says that the purpose of human creation is to be tested and for those who have the best of actions and deeds to be recognized. One of the conditions for the best of actions is for man to have lofty and excellent motives.”
Emphasizing that the seminarians must be fluent in the necessary jurisprudential texts, he said “One of the shortcomings of us seminarians is that we are less aware of the issues while in the past, seminarians were more aware of these issues.”
Ayatollah Shabzendehdar continued, “Unfortunately, knowing the issues has diminished. It’s expected for seminarians to know the divine rules and jurisprudence. Seminarians who wear a turban must be aware of the issues that he is asked about.”
His Eminence said that man must be humble in the face of the greatness of God Almighty and noted, “Everything that man has is from God Almighty. Man must act purely for divine satisfaction so that he can achieve the best of actions.”
He said, “One of the necessities to achieve the best of actions is the observance of piety. The way for man to achieve a lofty status is to act on the Book [the Holy Quran] and Sunnah [tradition of the Prophet Muhammad and his Immaculate Family]. If man wants to achieve a lofty status, he must act on these orders.”
Ayatollah Shabzendehdar pointed out, “We must not be careful not to fall to Satan’s temptations, jealousy toward others and engage in words and titles.”
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