05-17-2007, 07:50 PM
Bismillah
as salam alykom Karbala,
Alright, now I got good news, matter of fact, just to confirm something, as I said in the beginning, on the personal level i never had such a close chance to discuss with a shia face to face. I mean talking to one is different from reading from varied sources.
Thus, taking things deeper and elaborate is all for the benefit for us, you and those who come to read.
Excellent news that u dont do those reverence expressions by virtue of a specially developed text. but rather a personal inclination. I m quite familiar with the companions fighting for example to receive the nails of the Messenger when he clipped them. However, and in no way I m trying to argue, such acts can really open gates for further unnecessary paths. You dont know what simple unlearnt people do in Maqams here in Egypt. I can hear u saying that is all i can get hold of from the Messenger prayer and peace be upon him. And i just want to stress, you said it is personal, but are these acts part of any teachings giving by shia scholars?? This is important for me to understand.
OO and on loving him and Ahul bayt. Sobhan Allah for this love instilled in our hearts and we never met them. I keep pondering on their lives. One of the situations, I know i m getting off topic, if Dan comes here i will be blamed. but any way, one of the situations that I always think of and easily brings tears to my eyes, when his daughter Zainab sent him her mother's necklace to redeem her husband who was among prisoners taken by Muslims after she joined her father in Medina and before Badr. He looked down and got her message. His eyes were filled with tears for he knows how much this necklace is dear to her heart. And asked the muslims to free him and if they wanted to return her her money. Ya Allah, what a family....