MARTYRDOM

#Martyrdom is heroic & admirable because it results out of a #voluntary, #conscious & #selfless action.

It is the only type of #death which is higher, greater & holier than #life itself.

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CRYING FOR MARTYR

Although #Islam has not given much approval to #crying for a dead person (an ordinary dead person), it does desire that people cry for a #martyr. This is because a martyr has created an #epic: crying for a martyr is participating in his epic, it is becoming harmonious with his #spirit, it is being congruent with his vivacity and it is moving along with his #wave.

Qiyam va Enqelab-e Mahdi (as) (The Uprising and Revolution of Mahdi (as)), p. 91

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[FIRST STAGE FOR BELIEVING UNSEEN]

If we were asked what are the ways of #believing in the #unseen, we would say that there are stages.

The first stage is to #distinguish the various signs which make it impossible to deny it. It means entering from the stage of #denial into the stage of #doubt.

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[STRONGEST PERSON IS THE ONE AVOIDS HIS SINS & CONTROLS HIS DESIRES]

One day the Holy #Prophet (pbuh) was passing through a street in #Medina. He saw a number of #youths who were engaged in a contents of lifting a heavy stone.

The Prophet asked if they would like him to act as a #judge of the contest. They eagerly agreed. Then the Prophet said,
"There is no need to lift the stone to see which of you is the #strongest. I can say that the strongest person is he who in his #desire for a #sin is able to control that desire. Such a person is truly a brave warrior."

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[JIHAD - STRIVING AGAINST SELF]

It is said that a #mujahid (one who engages in religious and spiritual struggle in the way of God) is one who combats the #self and fights against his or her #carnal desires.

Ali, peace be upon him, says,
"The bravest person is he who conquers his own desires."

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[FREE OR SLAVE?
BASHIR HAFI - A EMIGRANT FROM SIN]

In the time of Imam Musa #Kazim, peace be upon him, there was a man in Baghdad called Bashir Hafi who was a pleasure-loving aristocrat.
One day the Imam was passing by this man's house when a maid came out to leave the rubbish somewhere. At the same time, the sound of #music was heard from the house. It seemed that some kind of revelry was going on there. The Imam tauntingly asked whose house it was and whether or not the owner was a slave or a free man. The maid answered in surprise, "Don't you know? This is the house of Bashir Hafi. How could he be a slave?" The Imam said, "He must be #free to be engaged thus. If he were a #slave his conduct would be different. "
Then the Imam went on his way.

When the maid returned to the house, Bashir asked why she had been gone so long. She related the conversation she had with a man who, according to her, looked very #virtuous and religious. By her description, Bashir realized that it could not have been anyone but the Imam. He felt a sudden change of #heart and eagerly asked which direction he had taken. On being told, he ran out bare-footed and managed to catch up with the Imam. He fell at the Imam's feet, sobbing and admitted his interest in being a slave from that minute onward, a slave of #God. He #repented his past conduct and on returning home, threw away all the implements of revelry and began a life of virtue and #devotion. Thus he may be considered another #emigrant from #sin.

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[THIS VERSE IS DIRECTLY ADDRESSED TO ME - A BEAUTIFUL STORY OF EMIGRANT FUZEIL BIN IYAZ]

It has been said, " An #emigrant is one who abandons sins."
Is this meaning proper? If so, then all penitents in the world who avoid sin are emigrants.

Fuzeil bin Iyaz - An emigrant
Fuzeil was a thief at the beginning but a change of #heart made him reject all #sins and repent sincerely. Later he was known not only as a virtuous man but as a guide and teacher of others.

In his former days he climbed a wall to enter a house where as it happened a devout man kept awake praying and reading the #Quran. He heard the melodious voice of the man reading a verse of the Holy Quran.
When he heard it, sitting on the wall, he thought,
"It is a revelation addressed directly to me. Yes, oh God, it is time, this very moment."
He climbed down and from that moment on, he abandoned theft, drinking and gambling and whatever other #vices he had. He restored as much property as was possible and whatever other vices he had. He restored as much property as was possible to their owners and made up for all his missed acts of #worship. Thus, he was an emigrant from sin.

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[MIGRATION & JIHAD - IN QURAN & EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY]

This matter is referred to in many verses of the #Quran.

The #Muslims of early Islam consisted of two groups:
The Emigrants (مهاجر)and the Companions (helpers) (انصار).

The Companions were in Medina and the Emigrants were those who left their town and Went to Medina.

#Migration and #jihad cannot be abrogated; both are permanent #decrees which conditions might at any time make necessary.

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[TWO PILLAR OF ISLAM - MIGRATION & STRIVING FOR GOD]

The holy religion of #Islam is based on the two pillars of #migration and #jihad (spiritual and religious struggle upon the way of God).
The #Quran sanctifies both matters and praises profoundly those who migrate.

Migration means leaving one's home and dwelling and Setting off for another #destination in order to save #religion and #faith.

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[HISTORICAL EVOLUTION - TWO APPROACHES]

#Historical evolution is interpreted in two different ways.
One method is known as the #materialistic or dialectic and the other is called human or #natural. In other words, in respect of historical evolution there exist two different approaches and two different ways of thinking.
According to each of them the great expectation assumes a different form and a distinctive nature.

We propose to explain these two ways of thinking, but only to the extent that they are related to the question of the #expectation and #hope for the #future.

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