I believe in God, so why don’t I listen to Him?

He does thousands of things harder than prayer, but a 1,000 ton crane needs to lift him at prayer time. If someone calls him to do something right now, he’ll jump up like a spring, and do 4 somersaults too. Instead of Wuzu, he’ll wash his hands and face with soap and water too if needed. He’ll blow dry his hair, instead of wiping his head with water, and ten other things too! Why? Because he is undisciplined.
You prove God to me a hundred times, and I still don’t listen to Him. You prove resurrection and other things too, and I still don’t obey, because my will has become stubborn. It doesn’t listen. I can’t listen! I’m a passive person. I haven’t been disciplined. A disciplined person has bound himself to a schedule.
Truly, some people aren’t unbelievers in God. Their mentality is such a way that they can’t live by the rules. They can by force, but not by the rules. God says, “I don’t force you. I put rules.” You don’t pray. He doesn’t force you. A person doesn’t pray, just because God doesn’t force him.
He does a hundred things, which are harder, because he is forced to. He says, “I don’t have the patience, ability, or capacity.” He believes in God and His Prophet so much that, he listens to a dream about a believer who has died, gone to the other side and said, “They burned me in this way.” He will weep! He really is a pure person. But, he doesn’t have the strength to regulate his behaviour.
Do you understand what I’m saying? If someone doesn’t have a schedule and is passive, he or she isn’t willing to follow the rules, whether God puts them or someone else! When someone has been raised in a certain way, what can you do with him? If someone doesn’t have a schedule and is passive, he or she isn’t willing to follow the rules, whether God puts them or someone else! He isn’t disciplined. He doesn’t have the strength to regulate his behaviour.
When I was a child sitting by the Quran, everything went into my memory like carving on a stone. They should have taught me this when I was sitting by the Quran at that time. “Look child, who does this Book help? A disciplined person. Are you disciplined, or not?” “This Book, there is no doubt in it, is a guide to those who guard (against evil).” (Qur’an 2:2) The impious shouldn’t come.
If a pious person reads this, “they believe in the unseen.” (Qur’an 2:3) If he or she is a vigilant, lives correctly, and is disciplined, he or she will believe in the unseen. If you tell them there’s an unseen world, they aren’t perverse to refute it! Why should they? Perversity is those people who don’t live with discipline. If he or she is a vigilant person and is disciplined, he or she will believe in the unseen.
If someone doesn’t have a schedule and is passive, he or she isn’t willing to follow the rules, whether God puts them or someone else! If we want to convince someone not to sin, the first step is to convince him that he can’t live without a schedule.
We don’t eat just anytime we’re hungry. See how the month of Ramadan has brought order to our eating. It has brought order to our being awake at dawn. Then in the supplication for the month of Ramadan, you pray, “May I succeed in praying on time during the month of Ramadan.” You don’t pray, “God, may I succeed in praying with love, feeling, crying, and Gnosticism.” You ask for praying with discipline on time. This is what the month of Ramadan is for. It should be an honour for us to pray on time during the month of Ramadan. An honour!! Do you delay praying during the month of Ramadan?!
An undisciplined person may smile at this. He may be humble and say good things, but he is always passive. He acts in a different way at each moment. He hypocritically behaves kindly. He respects others out of fear. He makes an effort because of being encouraged for some benefit.
But, what does a disciplined person do? A disciplined person isn’t concerned with whether he is given a prize for his struggling, or not. He is disciplined. In general, he lives with order. In general, he says, “Salam.” He doesn’t calculate to see if the other person is worthy of saying Salam to, or not. He isn’t that cunning. A disciplined person has a schedule and has bound himself to it. He’s not very concerned with the result.
If you teach this to children, they will become pious. Otherwise, how will they understand piety? They will never understand piety in their life. He does a hundred things, which are harder, because he is forced to. God says, “I don’t force you. I put rules.” If someone doesn’t have a schedule and is passive, he or she isn’t willing to follow the rules, whether God puts them or someone else!
“This Book, there is no doubt in it, is a guide to those who guard (against evil).” (Qur’an 2:2) These are people who live based on a schedule. Then, they will believe. They will pray. A disciplined person has bound himself to a schedule.

Don’t miss the first night in the month of Ramadan!

A tradition says to recite the “Jawshan Kabir Supplication” the first night in the month of Ramadan. Your month of Ramadan will be guaranteed. “Glory be to You. There is no god except You. Help us! Help us! Save us from the fire, O' Lord!” Then, you’ll be able to apprehend the “Nights of Destiny.” Apprehending the Nights of Destiny is truly glorious.
Bring me out of this Hell of not seeing You! If one is purified this first night in the Holy Month of Ramadan, it means they want to bestow a lot on him. The tradition we have about reciting the “Jawshan Kabir Supplication” the first night in the month of Ramadan we don’t have for reciting it in the “Nights of Destiny.” The first night of the Holy Month of Ramadan must be truly paid attention to.
{The Commander of the Faithful, Ali (‘a), said, “The angel Gabriel came to the Prophet of God (s) and said, ‘God sends His salutations to you and says, “… Whoever recites the ‘Jawshan Kabir Supplication’ in the beginning of the Month of Ramadan with a pure intention, the Almighty God will grant the Nights of Destiny to him (to benefit from). He creates 70 thousand angels for him who praise and sanctify God and He gives their reward to him.”’” [Misbah Kaf’ami, p. 322]}

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I want to whisper something in your ear.

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“O God, all praise is to You that You have created me and made me able to hear and see.” [Arafah Supplication] It is said that the highest sin, which is not forgiven on the Day of Arafah, is for you to have doubts on the evening of Arafah as to whether God has forgiven you or not.
God is gracious. He wouldn’t invite us to go toward Him but not answer us. God accepts our repentance quickly. I want to tell you a secret. This is the secret I want to tell you. If He has forgiven us, and He certainly has, why doesn’t the world’s situation change? Do you know what the answer is?
The answer is that we have come toward God, and He has forgiven us due to His grace. But we didn’t have the high wish, “O God, hurry the reappearance of our Imam (aj) by the right of Aba Abdillah al-Husayn (as). We can’t tolerate this anymore. Let us be one of his soldiers. I don’t want to leave his tent. I don’t want to not be useful for him.” We haven’t prayed for such things.
Fine, when you go home after this meeting (on the Day of Arafah), go live your life. The occultation of the Imam of the Time (aj) will finish one day. He is being patient anyway. [Said regretfully.] Hasn’t someone who is alone and in occultation asked you to pray for his reappearance? Isn’t the Imam important for you?
The Imam is gracious. If I want to speak a little strongly, I am sure and I swear that the Imam of the Time (aj) will become upset with me. [He’ll say,] “Why are you setting my friend’s hearts on fire? They’ll become upset.” I don’t want to blame you. You are all deserving people. But why doesn’t your Imam return? Maybe our Imam still isn’t sure about us! I am sorry for asking this question, but is it because there aren’t enough good people? Is it because we’re not as good as we should be? I’ve only whispered this in your ear.

How should we pray?

The polite way to pray is to thank God, before you ask Him for anything. Being polite in praying means before you ask God for something, you thank Him for the things that you have. Otherwise, it is impolite. The prayer of an impolite person won’t be accepted. Isn’t it impolite not to say the things you have, before saying that I don’t have these things?! What happened to thank you?! (Won’t God say:) You just say impolitely ‘Give me this!?’ You just wanted to tell others that I haven’t given you this?
Before that, say what I have given you. There is a difference between God and His servants. That is being insolent. A person shouldn’t be rude. “O God, we have problems. O God, give us a house!” Don’t be impolite. Start by listing the things that He has given you. He has given you a healthy spouse and children, wisdom, eyes, and ears.You won’t have enough time to list all of it. For now, thank Him for this list of things.
This is the polite way to pray. Being polite in praying is to thank God, before you ask Him for anything. Otherwise, it is impolite. The prayer of an impolite person won’t be accepted.
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This sin is unforgivable!
The Worst Hidden Fault


What do you think is the worst thing a person can hide within himself? This is the only sin that is unforgivable. God really dislikes this, very much. There is a feature, which hides deep inside a person’s heart. A person must search for it to find and eliminate it. If it hides, a person cannot find it that easily. It is being suspicious about God.
In the Chapter Victory, God says, “So that He would punish both male and female hypocrites and pagans.” See which feature is the most important one that the Qur’an says God will punish the hypocrites because of it, “…who have evil suspicions about God.” We may think this is very simple. “God, they don’t trust You.” “Why don’t they trust Me?! Why are they suspicious about My kindness?! Why are they suspicious about My beneficence and My promises?! Why are they like this?!” In such cases, we say, “May God curse them,” or “Death to them!” In the same way, God says, “Are they suspicious about Me? May all these evils come upon them!” “It is they who are surrounded by evil and have become subject to the wrath and condemnation of God. He has prepared for them hell, a terrible place to live.” [Qur’an 48:6]
Why? They are suspicious about God. God says, “Are they suspicious about Me? Don’t they understand what being suspicious means?” Very interesting. He’s very strict. If a believer is suspicious about God, God will probably say the same thing to him too. God will ask, “Why are you suspicious?! Don’t you believe in Me?!” He becomes upset and angry. Don’t neglect this; be optimistic about God.
God asked the Prophet David, “Do you want to see who is at your level in Heaven from among ordinary people?” He replied, “Yes.” It was interesting for him. He was a prophet. Prophets put more effort and have more knowledge. They worship more and struggle more. A prophet is humble, but he liked to know who was at his level. Without being a prophet, that person had such a status.
God said, “The daughter of ‘such and such’ family.” The prophet said, “I have to go and talk to her.” Knock, knock. “I’m David.” “Come in please.” “I want to talk with your daughter.” He asked the woman, “What are your good deeds?” He saw they were normal deeds. She prayed for example, as we would say.
The prophet said, “No, it’s not these. Tell me about your moods.” She talked and talked and talked. He saw it was all normal. Suddenly she said, “I’m very optimistic about God.” He asked, “What are the signs of this?” “Any problem that comes up I say, ‘God is definitely being kind to me, because He loves me. He won’t abandon me. There is something good in this.’” Prophet David said, “It’s enough. Your optimism has caused you to be at the same level as the prophet of your time.”
Life is a test of your being optimistic. It’s a test of not becoming suspicious. God gets very angry when a person is suspicious about Him! You should trust God from the depths of your heart.
[From the series of speeches under the topic of “The most determining factor in human destiny.”]

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Imam Reza’s (‘a) motherly way of looking at his sinful Shi’a

The Most Important Problem in Families

The most important problem in families is solving the issue of management. First, make the issue of management clear. When a family is formed, the feelings of one person become the feelings of two people. The needs of one person become the needs of two people. One person becomes two people. Two people become three people. Three people become four people. What should we do? We should make the issue of management clear.
Some people act like the “Khawarij” with respect to the family. What did the Khawarij say? “A society doesn’t need a ruler!” Imam Ali (‘a) replied, “Even if the ruler in a society is corrupted, he is still needed. It’s impossible!” Even if the ruler is a thief… It’s worse without a manager! In that case, one person is a thief. If there isn’t any manager, everyone will be thieves! Some apparently high-class people clearly state that a family doesn’t need a manager! In seeing them, a person remembers the Khawarij. What is a secular religion? It’s a religion, which has not made management clear, but talks about ethics. If this secular religion enters the topic of “family,” what secularism will it bring into family ethics? Without making management clear, it constantly says, “Behave well. Be kind to each other!”
Family ethics have been talked about a lot. Everyone knows about it. The basis of corruption in the family at the end of time is the way they deface management in the family. They say, “Be kind and flexible.” Positions of management have switched. Men are playing women’s roles, and women are playing men’s roles. Due to the good behaviour that apparently exists between them, they compromise. Then, they raise weak children.
Each house without any arguments is not necessarily good. Living like sheep next to each other and not arguing is not something extraordinary. Some of the arguments, challenges, and talks that strengthen and improve management in the family, are much better than not arguing. This person doesn’t feel like talking to the other and says, “Ok, whatever you say. Just leave me alone!” One compromises due to his or her fear of the poisoned, horrible tongue of the other! The other one fears the awful, scorpion sting of the first one! Who is this?! Don’t go towards him or her. Just smile! Is such a family good? Should everyone just compromise? How will a child be raised in such a house? Confused.
First, make the issue of management clear. The Holy Prophet of God (s) said, “When there are three of you, one should be the head. Then, trust in God and have affection towards each other.” This is a command in ethics. But, he advised to first determine a head or manager when you’re three. Obviously, the manager doesn’t have complete sovereignty. You have chosen a program manager, and you start. If the issue of management in the family isn’t solved, any other ethical recommendations are mostly useless. What is a secular religion? It’s a religion, which has not made the issue of management clear, but it talks about ethics.
They say, “Be kind and flexible.” The positions of management have switched. Men are playing women’s roles and women are playing men’s roles. Due to the good behaviour that apparently exists between them, they compromise. Then, they raise weak children.

[From the series of speeches under the topic of “The Last Preparation before the Reappearance of the Saviour, Correcting Management in Family and Society.”]


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In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful

The holy month of Ramadan is a celebration of our spirituality.

There is a celebration in the believers’ hearts that they are the special guests of the Almighty God.

We see the peak of God’s affection to us in this dear month.

More than thinking of how to have affection for God,

we should be busy thinking about God’s affection and grace toward ourselves.

We should feel ashamed and thankful so that our worshiping during the month of Ramadan

be full of emotions and feelings due to these two aspects.

We should be thankful for God’s abundant grace and feel ashamed that we are unable to respond appropriately to the Almighty God.

Perhaps it’s better if during this holy month of Ramadan, we don’t go to God in order to get something.

Rather, we go to Him to respond and thank Him for what He has given us up until now.

Many ask for forgiveness, ask for their needs, ask for their future and ask to have a good end. These are good.

But we should keep in mind that what is more obligatory is to be thankful about what God has given us.

“If you give thanks, I will increase you.” [Qur’an 14:07]

If we are thankful, whatever we want will be given to us in more abundance.

If we worship God thankfully during the month of Ramadan,

then the whole world will see that the Muslims and the believers are the most cheerful people.

We also fast during the Eids. Fasting brings cheerfulness.

This should be shown to the people of the world.

Those who measure societies' cheerfulness

should measure the cheerfulness of the believers and the Islamic nation.

They will see that no community is as cheerful as the believers are, especially during the month of Ramadan.

In each month of Ramadan, the believers gain one year’s thankfulness, happiness, vitality and cheerfulness.

Along with other prayers and supplications, it is necessary for us to remember the Imam of the Time (aj) during the holy month of Ramadan.

We feel ashamed and are thankful to the Imam (aj) because he is praying for us.

We feel ashamed that with all the claims we make and although we are calling him, we have not yet been able to bring to an end the Imam’s being alone.

We are ashamed that we haven’t been able to prove our claim to the people of the world

and to prove to our children that we want to help the Imam.

There are some people who deserve to be able to help him.

But it seems we haven’t all been accepted in this way, because he is still in occultation.

The month of Ramadan is a month when Imam Mahdi (aj) should be remembered.

The month of Ramadan is a month for worshipping.

Perhaps we can say the top of the supplications for the month of Ramadan is the “Iftitah Supplication.”   

One fourth of the Iftitah Supplication is about the Imam of the Time (aj) and matters related to him, which are actually outstanding points.

I wish we were able to read the Iftitah Supplication every night during this holy month of Ramadan

and remember the Imam of the Time (aj).

We consider the night before the 15th of Sha’ban to be a night that is related to the Imam of the Time (aj) since this night is the anniversary of his birth.

In the same way but due to other aspects, we should consider the month of Ramadan, especially its last ten nights, to be related to the Imam of the Time (aj) and remembering him.

During the Nights of Destiny, the file of our deeds is shown to him and he signs our file.

The last ten days [of this holy month] are the nights when we should recite the magnificent supplication, “Allahumma Kun Li Waliyyak al-Hujjah…”

Whatever we ask for from God, He gives to us based on the signature, management, guardianship and supervision of Imam Mahdi (aj).

We pray that the Imam of the Time (aj) himself will intercede for us so that we will have a cheerful month of Ramadan that is filled with remembering Imam Mahdi (Aj).

I ask all the believers to pray for me.

First, calmness!

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If you have hidden a bad point deep inside your heart, God will reveal it one day if you don’t remove it, don’t try to fix it and insist on it. God pays attention to people’s hearts. He says, “I pay attention to the depths of your heart.” God pays attention to people’s hearts.
I ask you to have a good relationship with the Qur’an and to be satisfied with its content. No, let me put it another way. I ask you to like the verses of the Qur’an even in cases when God is saying something bitter. Ok? If you don’t like the Qur’an, what will your destiny be? The Qur’an says, “And (as for) those who disbelieve, for them is destruction and He has made their deeds ineffective. That is because they hated what God revealed.” [47:8-9]
Why is destruction awaiting those who disbelieve, and why does God make their deeds ineffective? Because they hated what God revealed. I ask you to not hate what God has revealed. If you don’t like it deep inside your heart [, God will reveal it]! It states two times in this blessed verse, “Whatever is deep inside your Heart, I (God) will reveal it. I saw it and it was obvious.” Allahu Akbar!
Zubayr had run away and changed his mind about fighting againstthe Commander of the Faithful, Ali (as). The Imam had convinced this wretched man to not fight againsthim. So Zubayr left the battlefield. Someone saw him, killed him and brought his head back. The Imam truly felt sorry for Zubayr. He said, “Zubayr became jealous of me in his heart, but he hid this. His jealousy caused him to become wretched.”
“Or do those in whose hearts is a disease think that God will not bring forth their spite?” [Qur’an 47:29] Allahu Akbar! You probably know this story as well. The Imam (as) narrated, “The Prophet (s) gave Zubayr and me a mission to go and catch a spy. She was taking a document to the group of unbelievers. When we reached her, we told her, ‘You must give us the message that you have.’ Zubayr went to talk to her first. The woman convinced him that she didn’t have anything. I said, ‘Zubayr! How is that possible? The Messenger of God told us this!’ I went forward and talked to her firmly. So she took out the paper and handed it to me. From that time, Zubayr was jealous of me, but hidden deep inside his heart.”
Later, Zubayr defended Lady Zahra’s (as) house with his sword. He was standing by the Commander of the faithful (as) for 25 years, but he didn’t let go of his jealousy. His jealousy was revealed one day. Allahu Akbar!
[One might say,] “What kind of jealousy do we have about the Household of the Prophet (as) at this time?” We don’t necessarily need to be jealous of the Household of the Prophet. I have witnessed this before in a person who was a very religious Shi’a person and used to participate in religious gatherings. But he was secretly jealous or held a grudge toward someone who loved the Household of the Prophet (as). He even harmed that good person. That good person was very special. After 30 or 40 years, this bad person went astray!
An example is when others mock a good person and you feel happy deep inside your heart about it. That’s because you’re jealous of him, but what if he’s a good person?! This is an example about spite that will be revealed one day. If you see that a jealous person has deviated one day, don’t be surprised! He had hidden something. Verse 29 is an amazing verse,
“Or do those in whose hearts is a disease think that God will not bring forth their spite?” Deep inside your heart, you should be on good terms with God, what He has revealed, and good people. This includes the Household of the Prophet (as) and others. Why do we pay attention to Arbaeen so much? Because that is the place where the believers are kind to each other.
This should be practiced and paid attention to. Why do we go to mourning ceremonies? They say, “I am introducing you to someone who was oppressed. Go to him very much.” When you go to this oppressed person, he cleanses the depths of your heart.
Crying for Imam Husayn (as) comes from deep inside the heart. It is said that if you are unable to cry, pretend that you are crying. Those who cry, lament and repeat the elegies are mentioned too. These things help to clean deep inside our hearts as well. We want to keep ourselves on the good side using any possible means. All of these things are effective in fixing the depths of our hearts.
If you have hidden a bad point deep inside your heart, God will reveal it one day if you don’t remove it, don’t try to fix it and insist on it. God pays attention to people’s hearts