IN THE NAME OF GOD

The relatively long life of Imam and the political conditions prevalent at that time- era of Omavid and Abbasid- made a golden opportunity for Imam to expand the emanation and instruction and to educate the people, to establish the great scientific districts, so the sentence: “Sadegh stated” became the slogan of science and narration and he was successful in distributing the truths of Islam.

When we refer to the status and life and speeches of Imam Sadegh (p.b.u.h.) we see that the appearance of his life is different with those of Imam Ali and prophet. At the time of Imam Sadegh (p.b.u.h.) a group of people appeared who were interpreting tradition and manner of prophet of God concerning his piety and his taking distance with the world, in the way that the Muslims always have to make attempts to avoid and take distance with graces of the world and named this piety and were calling themselves: the mystic. One day, a member of this group came to Imam Sadegh (p.b.u.h.)  and saw that Imam had worn a white dress which was very nice and soft. He said to Imam: “son of prophet! You should not pollute yourself with the world!”

Imam Sadegh (p.b.u.h.) prescribed:  “ you might have presumed that prophet of God and his friends had simple lives and you might thought that this method of living is a duty. Prophet of God was living at a time and at a place when the society was full of poverty and most of the people were deprived of initial means of living. While, if the people are provided with the means at a time or era, there will be no need to live like that; but the Muslims and the pious people are the most deserved to enjoy the divine graces.”  

Imam Sadegh (p.b.u.h.) had expanded the life of his relatives as the time required. Once, the price of wheat was increased and there appeared famine. Imam (p.b.u.h.) instructed to his waiter: “How much wheat we have stored?” they replied: “much. It will be sufficient for a few months.” Imam (p.b.u.h.) prescribed: “Take all to the market and sell it to the people.” The waiter replied: “If I sell it, we would not be able to prepare wheat!” Imam (p.b.u.h.) prescribed: “It will not be needed. Then, we will prepare bread like all other people, every day.” Then he prescribed his waiter to prepare bread out of wheat and barley (50/50), the same kind of bread, most of the people were eating. In this respect, Imam (p.b.u.h.) prescribed: I afford it to let my family have wheat bread at such a difficult time, but, I enjoy it if God witnesses that  I sympathize the people”.

 Piety does not mean that one, will be deprived of all the graces of the world, but it means that he is not depending on the world by his heart and he never has the world as the final goal.

Piety means self-respect and self-esteem and high will and determination. The man would rather pay no attention to the materialistic affairs at all times and places and not sell the religion to the world or the morality and accomplishment to money and position. He should look at the materialistic affairs as the means not as the goals.

Imam Ali (p.b.u.h.) prescribes: “ Do not feel pity for the profits you lose in the world and do not be happy for what God graces you. Whoever is not sorrowful for the past and is not happy for the future, has found both sides of piety.”

In another situation, he prescribed: “take away form the world, your hearts, before your bodies are exited from the world. So, make your heart empty of the world and the whole bounty so that you will reach piety. Beware that this type of piety is by no means in contradiction with enjoying the graces of Almighty God”

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