Qom Friday Prayer Leader:‎

Culture of Islamic unity must be institutionalized among Muslims

Ayatollah Sa’idi ‎referred to the emphasis of the Ahl al-Bayt on unity among Muslims and ‎said, “The culture of unity between Sunnis and Shi’ahs must be transformed into a ‎common culture.” ‎

News ID: 447609

Date: 08 November 2019 - 23:04

RNA – In his Friday prayer sermon delivered to a large and fervent crowd of believers ‎‎at ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Qom’s Qods Prayer Hall, Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Sa’idi ‎referred to the emphasis ‎of the Ahl al-Bayt on unity among Muslims and said, “The culture of unity between ‎Sunnis and Shi’ahs must be transformed into a common culture. Participation in ‎congregational prayers, attending funerals, visiting the ill and observing the rights of ‎the Sunnis is the advice of Imam Hasan al-Askari to the Shi’ahs in regard to Muslim ‎unity.”‎
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The custodian of the Holy Shrine of Lady Fatimah al-Ma’sumah added, “In this regard, ‎we must not have extremes, but we must perform religious commandments properly, ‎we don’t have a Shi’ah and Sunni mosques – the mosque is the ‘house of God’ and ‎everyone must enjoin in prayers in these mosques.”‎

He considered the observance of divine red lines to be attributes of pure Islam ‎Muhammadan Islam and said, “Imam al-Askari emphasized that if Shi’ahs are truthful, ‎religious, committed to wilayah (guardianship) and have good morals in dealing with ‎others, it will increase the popularity of our position among others.” ‎

Ayatollah Sa’idi continued, “Imam al-Askari also stated that being Godwary and ‎adorning the Ahl al-Bayt rather than doing anything to diminish their position in ‎society leads to the maximum attraction and minimal repulsion of the policies of the Ahl ‎al-Bayt among others.”‎
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The representative of the Supreme Leader in ‎Qom said, “The Islamic ummah must pay ‎attention to the message of the Ahl al-Bayt because striving to fulfill the ‎commandments of these nobles is respect to the Prophet [Muhammad]. Today, the ‎enemies of the Prophet of God, with the pretext of being hostile to the Shi’ahs, are ‎hostile to the Ahl al-Bayt which is one of the great atrocities of these deviants. The ‎love of the Ahl al-Bayt is a consensual issue among all Muslims.”‎

He said, “We must execute the enlightened commands of the Ahl al-Bayt and turn ‎familiarity with the Quran into public culture in society. The slogan of faith and the ‎slogan of the unity of the Islamic ummah which removes the roots of hypocrisy and ‎spite and connects the hearts of Muslims is salawat (salutations) on Muhammad and the ‎Family of Muhammad.” ‎

Ayatollah Sa’idi commemorated the memory of the martyrs of Iran’s nuclear program ‎and honoured the efforts of the young and revolutionary scientists and also thanked ‎the government and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran for taking the fourth step ‎to reduce its nuclear commitments.”‎
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His Eminence also referred to the recent earthquake in East Azerbaijan province and the ‎deaths and injuries of a number of dear compatriots and emphasized that the officials ‎must try to solve the problems of the earthquake victims and take away the grief of the ‎people. The people and officials must be work together and manage the issue so that ‎work is accomplished with precision.”‎

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