Imam Sadiq (as) and Jaber Ibn Hayyan (Part III)

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Imam Sadiq (as) and Jaber Ibn Hayyan (Part III)

• Imam Jafar Sadiq (as)
• Reference The Great Muslim Scientist and
  Philosopher,
• Jafar As-Sadiq

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Kaaba

• Jaber asked What is more important Kaaba as
  the Qibla of Muslims or Kaaba as a place of
  pilgrimage and Hajj?
• Imam replied Kaaba is more important as the
  Qibla and the spiritual centre of Muslims.
• A large number of Muslims, for different
  reasons, cannot go there, but all of them turn
  towards it during their prayers 5 times a day and
  their calls of Allahu Akbar resound in the
  Kaaba.
• No religion in the world ever had nor ever will
  have such a sunique spiritual centre as the
  Kaaba, which is the Qibla of the Muslims.

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Suicide

• Jaber asked Why do some people commit suicide?
• Imam said Those who commit suicide have no
  religious convictions. A religious person would
  never commit suicide.
• Every living being has a strong desire to stay
  alive. The desire to live becomes weak in some,
  who are not religious due to the following reason

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Laziness

• A lazy person does not work and faces
  disappointments.
• When a man finds himself helpless he commits
  suicide.
• O Jaber, man is lazy by nature and does not want
  to work.
• This is the beauty of Islam that it does not let
  a Muslim become lazy.
• Every morning sleep is sweet, but his religious
  duty forces a Muslim to get up before sunrise for
  fajr.
• After fajr he starts work. In the same way other
  prayers also do not let him become lazy.

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Gambling

• When a man loses his fortune in a short period of
  time, he becomes desperate and commits suicide.
• This is why gambling is haram in Islam.

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Insanity

• In many cases it is genetic.
• Ancestors of persons who suffer from genetic
  insanity must have been alcoholics.
• This kind of insanity is not among Muslims.
• Since they do not drink alcohol they do not
  suffer from genetic insanity.
• Children of those persons, who take liquor may
  suffer from two kinds of chronic diseases-
  genetic insanity and Parkinsons disease.
• These diseases are very common in countries where
  alocholic drinks are popular.
• Genetic insanity weakens the will to live.
• A person gets so sick that he becomes hostile to
  himself and commits suicide.

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Constant failure

• Another cause of suicide is constant failure in
  life.
• But those who have strong faith in Allah and
  trust His help and guidance never give up hope
  and kill themselves.

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Why follow the fiqh of Imam Sadiq?

• Direct knowledge from the Holy Prophet as he was
  from the Prophets progeny.
• Abu Hanifa was the student of Imam Sadiq.
• Maliki was also the student of Imam Sadiq.
• Shafi was the student of Maliki.
• Hambali was the student of Shafi.
• Referring to the two years that Abu Hanifa spent
  learning fiqh from Imam Sadiq, Abu Hanifa said
  Were it not for the two years, al-Numan (Abu
  Hanifa) would have perished.