Benevolence and Service to Humanity

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Benevolence and Service to Humanity

• Self Building

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Means of getting closer to God

• MERITORIOUS DEEDS 
• performance of prayer, 
• fasting,
• Hajj, 
• pilgrimages, 
• invocations, 
• and supplications, 
• is limited to presence in mosques, temples, and
  tombs

• EVEN MORE MERITORIOUS DEEDS
• discharging social responsibilities, compassion,
  goodness, and serving Gods servants, if done
  with the intention of God's nearness, are
  considered as most superior worships and could
  become a means for self-building,
  self-purification, and Gods Nearness.

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• "My servants are my children, therefore, the most
  beloved persons before me are those who are
  kindest towards them and do their best in taking
  care of their needs."
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        -al-Kafi, vol. 2, p-l99

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• "The people are God's children, therefore, the
  most beloved persons before God-Almighty are
  those whose benevolence reach to God's children,
  thus, making their families happier full of joy.
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    -al-Kafi, vol. 2p-164.

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MAKING A BELIEVER JOYFUL IMAM AL-BAQIR (AS)

• "Smiling of a believer while encountering a
  fellow brother believer as well as solving his 
  problems are accounted as righteous deeds. There
  is no worship more beloved before God-Almighty
  than making a believer joyful."
• -Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 2, p-188.

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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said

• "Whoever makes a believer happy has made me
  happy whoever makes me happy has made the Holy
  Prophet (S) happy,. whoever has made the Holy
  Prophet (S) happy has made the God-Almighty
  happy  and whoever has made God-Almighty happy
  will enter into Paradise."
• - Bihar al-Anwar vol. 74, p-413.

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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said

• "To strive for fulfillment of Muslim's need is
  better than circumambulating around the Holy
  Kaba  seventy times."
• -Bihar al-Anwar vol. 74, p-311

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IMMUNITY ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT

• Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said
• "God-Almighty has created some of His special
  servants, that at the time of their needs, people
  take shelter in them. These are the ones who will
  be immune from God's Punishment on the Judgment
  Day."
• -Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 74, p-318

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DUA

• Self Building

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• "And your Lord hath said Pray unto Me and I will
  hear your prayer. Lo! Than who scorn My service,
  they will enter Hell disgraced."
• -the Holy Quran (4060)
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•  ("Oh mankind!) Call upon your Lord humbly and in
  secret. Lo! He loveth not aggressors."
• -the Holy Quran (755

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The Holy Prophet (AS) said

• "The supplication (Dua) is the soul of the
  worship."
• -Sahih Tirmidhi, vol. 2, p-266

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Needs God-Almighty

• Human 
• Is absolutely poor
• Is destroyed without God
• Everything bestowed by God

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THE REAL MEANING OF WORSHIP

•  a servants should admit this primordial
  dependency by his tongue and should confirm his
  poverty, servitude, and needs, through his
  practical actions, 

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Supplication is a believer's arsenal through
which he struggles against disappointments and
despairs, and seeks help from a hidden super
natural power for solution of his difficulties
and problems
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IMAM BAQER (AS)

• "God-Almighty, among .the believers loves the
  one, who supplicates a lot and I recommend you
  to supplicate specially at the time of dawn until
  sun-rise, because, at this time the gates of
  Heaven are opened people's sustenance is
  distributed and their great wants are granted."
• -al-Kafi vol. 2, p-478.

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THE KEY TO PROSPERITY

• "Supplication is the key of prosperity the best
  supplication is the supplication which comes out
  .from pure chests and pious hearts supplication
  or hymns with God-Almighty results in salvation
  and through means of sincerity one is saved from
  adversities and wickedness, therefore, when
  hardships become intense one should seek refuge
  in God-Almighty."
• -al-Kafi, vol. 2, p-468.

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DELAY IN GRANTING SUPPLICATION

• "Sometimes a believer supplicates for a need
  before God-Almighty but, He orders His Angels to
  delay the grant of servant's needs, because, He
  loves to hear his voice and supplication more.
  Then on the Day of Judgment says to him ' Oh My
  servant! You called me but I delayed your
  request, now in return I will bestow upon you
  such and such reward and so and so supplication.
  ' Hearing it the servant would say I wish none
  of my needs would have been granted in the world.
  ' He says so because he sees the excellent
  rewards of Hereafter."
• -al-Kafi, vol. 2, p-490.

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ETIQUETTES OF SUPPLICATION

• REMEMBER ALLAH'S MAJESTY
• LOOK INSIDE YOUR HEART
• IDENTIFY THE PATH CORRECTLY