Rasa – Hujjat al-Islam Haj-Sadeqi that the Shi’ah clergy must be the pioneers in defence of pure Islam and the religion of God. RNA – Speaking at a gathering of clerics and scholars of eastern Mazandaran province in Sari, Hujjat al-Islam Abdollah Haj-Sadeqi, the representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, offered his condolences on the martyrdom anniversary of Lady Fatimah al-Zahra, “The great work of Lady Fatimah al-Zahra is on the orbit of wilayah (guardianship), adherence to the path of wilayah and sacrifice on the path of wilayah.”
His Eminence that the Shi’ah clergy must be the pioneers in defence of pure Islam and the religion of God and said, “Being a soldier of religion is a great honour which is the destiny of the clergy and shields against errors and deviation.”
Emphasizing that the truth of religion must be explained to the Islamic society, he stated, “Today, doubts in the field of religion and deviant descriptions must be explained and enlightened by the clergy for the people.”
Hujjat al-Islam Haj-Sadeqi added that hijab and chastity and defending them is the defence of Islam and the religion of God and said, “The issues that are raised in this regard and the fact that some personalities assign them to the Quran and some of the narrations of the Prophet Muhammad is a kind of deviation. The observance of hijab and chastity is emphasized by the Quran and all of the divine prophets.”
He noted that unfortunately, some people distort Islam and religion in the country and added, “These people are encouraging a dangerless and a benign Islam – in other words, they are promoting form of Islam in society which is acceptable by the Americans.”
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