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Being grateful to the benefactor for his favors is a matter of rational necessity. The wiser the servant, the more gratitude he expresses in words and actions to his master. Allah states in the Holy Quran:
وَ لَقَدْ آتَيْنا لُقْمانَ الْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِلَّهِ وَ مَنْ يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّما يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ مَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَميد.
“We indeed bestowed wisdom upon Luqman: ‘Be grateful to Allah.’ Certainly, whoever is grateful does so to the profit of his own soul, but if any is ungrateful, verily Allah is free of all wants and is abundantly praised.”[29]
In addition, the greater the favor, the more appreciation that is due. Divine guardianship (al-Walaya) is the greatest favor that Allah has bestowed upon His creation. The more gratitude that someone expresses to Allah by adhering to it, the more benefit he receives from it. On the other hand, the more someone rejects Allah’s mercy, the more he is entitled to His curse, which lies in the absence of His mercy and protection. Allah states:
لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزيدَنَّكُمْ وَ لَئِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذابي لَشَديد.
“If you are grateful, I will increase your (benefits from My favor); but if you show ingratitude, truly My torment is intense indeed.”[30]
On the anniversary of the event of Ghadir Khum, Imam al-Sadiq (PEACE BE UPON HIM ) praised and thanked Allah, saying:
اللَّهُمَّ سَمِعْنَا وَ أَطَعْنَا وَ أَجَبْنَا دَاعِيَكَ بِمَنِّكَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ غُفْرانَكَ رَبَّنا وَ إِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ بِرَسُولِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ صَدَّقْنَا وَ أَجَبْنَا دَاعِيَ اللَّهِ وَ اتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ فِي مُوَالَاةِ مَوْلَانَا وَ مَوْلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَخِي رَسُولِهِ وَ الصِّدِّيقِ الْأَكْبَرِ وَ الْحُجَّةِ عَلَى بَرِيَّتِهِ الْمُؤَيَّدِ بِهِ نَبِيُّهُ وَ دِينُهُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ عَلَماً لِدِينِ اللَّهِ وَ خَازِناً لِعِلْمِهِ وَ عَيْبَةِ غَيْبِ اللَّهِ وَ مَوْضِعِ سِرِّ اللَّهِ وَ أَمِينِ اللَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَ شَاهِدِهِ فِي بَرِيَّتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّنا سَمِعْنا مُنادِياً يُنادِي لِلْإِيمانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا رَبَّنا فَاغْفِرْ لَنا ذُنُوبَنا وَ كَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئاتِنا وَ تَوَفَّنا مَعَ الْأَبْرارِ رَبَّنا وَ آتِنا ما وَعَدْتَنا عَلى رُسُلِكَ وَ لا تُخْزِنا يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ إِنَّكَ لا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعادَ فَإِنَّا يَا رَبَّنَا بِمَنِّكَ وَ لُطْفِكَ أَجَبْنَا دَاعِيَكَ وَ اتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ وَ صَدَّقْنَاهُ وَ صَدَّقْنَا مَوْلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ كَفَرْنَا بِالْجِبْتِ وَ الطَّاغُوتِ فَوَلِّنَا مَا تَوَلَّيْنَا وَ احْشُرْنَا مَعَ أَئِمَّتِنَا فَإِنَّا بِهِمْ مُؤْمِنُونَ مُوقِنُونَ وَ لَهُمْ مُسَلِّمُون ...
“O Allah! We listened, obeyed, and answered the caller from You due to Your favor. Thus, praise belongs to You. We seek Your forgiveness, our Lord, and towards Your (reward or punishment) is the eventual turn.[31] We believed in Allah, who is Unique and has no partner, believed in His Messenger, Muhammad, answered the caller of Allah and followed the Messenger in adhering to our master, the commander and the guardian of the believers, Ali Ibn Ali Talib. He is the servant of Allah, the brother of His Prophet, the most truthful, His exhaustive argument against His creation, the supporter of His Prophet, and His true and clear religion. He is a flag of the religion of Allah, the treasurer of His (issued) knowledge, the chest of what is hidden by Allah, the place of His secrets, and the trustee of Allah and His witness over His creation.
O Allah! We have heard the call of one calling (us) to faith, ‘Believe in Your Lord,’ thus we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from us our evil deeds, and take our souls in the company of the righteous. Our Lord! Grant us what You promised to us through Your messengers, and disgrace us not on the Day of Judgement, for You never break Your promise.[32]
Surely it was by Your favor and Your grace that we acknowledged the Prophet and the Commander of the Believers (Ali), and disbelieved in al-Jibt and al-Taghut.[33] Thus, keep us attached to what we have adhered to. Resurrect us with our Imams, for we believe in them, have confidence in their (authorities and virtues), and are submissive before them …”[34]
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O people! The greater and the lesser pilgrimages, and the mounts of assSafaa and alMarwa are among the emblems of Allah; Thus, whoever goes to visit the House in the season or at other times, he is not wrong if he repeatedly walks between the two mounts of assSafa and alMarwa.
O people! Do make pilgrimage to the House, for no members of a family went there except that they became free of need and received glad tidings!♦ None failed to go there except that they were impoverished.
O people! No believer stands at the standing place of the Arafat desert except that Allah forgives all his past sins until then. Thus, once his pilgrimage is over, recording his actions is resumed.
O people! The pilgrims shall be assisted, and their expenses shall be reimbursed,and Allah shall not waste the reward of those who do well.
O people! Perform pilgrimage to the House having perfected faith (with Walaya of Ali) and deep understanding (of religion), and do not leave the sacred visiting places except after repenting and desisting from all sins.
O people! Establish the prayers and pay the charity as Allah, the mighty and the majestic, commanded you. But, if time lapses and you fall short or forget, then Ali shall direct you and shall explain for you. He is the one whom Allah, the mighty and the majestic, appointed for you after me [as the trustee of His creation. He is from me and I am from him.
He and those who will succeed him from my progeny shall inform you of anything you ask about, and shall clarify what you do not know.
Certainly, the lawful and unlawful things are more than that I could enumerate, specify their limits, and urge to or advise against them each in this place.
Therefore, I was commanded to take an oath of allegiance and a covenant from you in accepting what I brought you from Allah, the mighty and the majestic, regarding Ali, the Commander of the Believers, and the executors of my affairs after him who are from me and from him,
O people! By this appointment I have directed you to every lawful deed and prohibited you from every unlawful deed.
And I shall never take my word back, nor shall I replace it.
Hence, remember and safeguard it, advise each other to it, and never substitute nor alter it.
I repeat the saying: Establish the prayers, pay the charity, enjoin the good deeds, and forbid the evil deeds.
Behold! The greatest case of enjoining righteous deeds is comprehending my saying, conveying it to whoever is not present, urging him to accept it, and advising him against violating it, for it is an order from Allah, the mighty and the majestic, and from me.
There is no value or effect for enjoining other recognized deeds and forbidding the detested deeds except with the recognition of an infallible leader.
O people! The Quran informs you that the Imams after him (That is to say Molana Ali) are his descendants, and I have already informed you that they are of me and of him, for Allah, the mighty and the majestic, says in His Book: “And He made that a Word enduring in his posterity” ; and I said: “You will never go astray so long as you adhere to both the Holy Quran and my progeny).”
O people! Observe piety! Observe piety! And be wary of the Hour as Allah, the mighty and the majestic, says: “Surely the convulsion of the Hour shall be a tremendous thing.”
Remember death, resurrection, reckoning, the scales of justice, and the call to account within the hands of the Lord of the worlds, and the reward and punishment.
Thus, whoever comes to the Day of Judgement with a righteous deed, shall be rewarded for it, and whoever comes with an unforgiven sin, shall not have any share in the gardens.
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O people! I am the Straight Path of Allah whom He commanded you to follow, and such after me also is Ali, and then my offspring from his loins, the Imams who guide with truth and turn people to it.”
Then, the Prophet (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) recited the entire Quranic chapter of the opening (al-Fatiha) and said:“This chapter was revealed in my honor and in theirs generally and specifically. That is to say the Imams' honor.
They are the authorized friends of Allah, for whom there shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. Behold! Truly, it is the party of Allah that shall prevail.
Lo! It is their enemies who are the dissenters, the transgressors, and the brethren of Satans, who inspire one another with embellished vain discourses by way of deception.
Lo! It is their close adherents who are the true believers, whom Allah, the mighty and the majestic, mentions in His Book saying:
“You will not find any group of people who truly believe in Allah and in the Last Day, yet they love those who opposed Allah and His messenger, even though they were their own fathers, sons, brothers, or kinsfolk; Those who meet this criterion are the ones in whose hearts He has written faith ...”
Lo! Their close adherents are those whom Allah, the mighty and the majestic, describes as the following:
“Those who believe and do not cover their faith with injustice, are the ones for whom is the security from Hellfire, and they are the rightly guided.”
Indeed, their close adherents are those who believed and then have not entertained doubt in their faith.
Lo! Their close adherents shall enter Paradise in peace and security, and the angels shall receive them with greetings saying: “Well have you done! Hence, enter into it to dwell therein forever!".
Indeed, their close adherents are those about whom Allah, the mighty and the majestic, said, they shall enter Paradise where they shall receive sustenance without having to account for anything.
Lo! Their enemies are ones who shall arrive at Hell.
Indeed, their enemies are the ones who shall hear the terrible drawing in of its breath as it blazes forth, and therein shall be the heaving of sighs and sobs.
Behold! Their enemies are those about whom Allah states: “Whenever a nation enters it, it shall curse its peer.”
Lo! Their enemies are those whom Allah, the mighty and the majestic, describes as: “Every time a group is cast therein, its keepers shall ask them, 'Did no warner come to you?'
They shall say: 'Yes indeed. A warner came to us, but we rejected him and said, Allah has not revealed anything; you are but in a great error.'
They shall also say: 'Had we listened or used our wisdom, we would not have been among the inmates of the blazing fire.'
They shall then confess their sins; but far from mercy shall be the inmates of the burning fire.”
In contrast, their close adherents are, indeed, ones who fear their Lord in secret; for them is forgiveness and a great reward.
O people! What a great difference it is between the burning fire and the great reward!
O people! Our enemy is whom Allah censures and curses, whereas our adherent friend is the one whom Allah praises and loves.
O people! Behold! I am a warner and Ali is a guide.
O people! I am a prophet and Ali is the executor of my will.
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Know that the seal of the leaders from among us shall be the Qaaim, the Mahdi.
He shall, most certainly, prevail over all religious methods of life.
He shall definitely be the avenger against the oppressors.
He shall surely be the conqueror of the strongholds and their demolisher.
He shall be, indeed, the destroyer of every polytheistic group.
He shall be the attainer of vengeance for the blood of all representatives of Allah, the mighty and the majestic.
He shall be the supporter of the religion of Allah.
He shall bring out people's share from his deep ocean of knowledge and divine resources.
He shall mark each man of distinction by his distinction and every man of ignorance by his ignorance.
Behold! He is the elite of Allah, and Allah is his chooser.
He shall be the heir of every knowledge, and the one who shall encompass every perception.
He shall advise and inform on behalf of his Lord, the mighty and the majestic, and shall remind about the matters pertaining to His faith.
He shall be the right-minded and unerring, to whom authority shall be vested.
Behold! All former prophets have given the glad tidings of him.
Know that he shall be the remaining proof of Allah, after whom there shall be no new proof. There shall be no truth except with him, nor shall there be any light of guidance except at his disposal.
None, indeed, shall overcome him, and none shall be supported against him.
He shall be the authorized representative of Allah on His earth, His judge over His creation, and His trustee in His secrets and in what He made evident.
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“Certainly, I just conveyed what I have been ordered to convey as an argument against everyone, be him present or absent, a direct witness or not, and already born or not yet born. Hence, everyone who is present should convey (this sermon) to those who are absent, every parent should convey it to his/her children, (and they should continue to do so) until the Day of Judgement.”
A part of Prophet Muhammad’s (PEACE BE UPON HIM AND HIS PROGENY) last public sermon delivered in Ghadeer Khumm
