Stay away from sins! - Sheikh Miqdad Rajabali [ENG SUBS]
Stay away from sins!
Excerpt of the lecture delivered by Sheikh Miqdad Rajabali (of the 12th Night of Muharram 1444 AH at KSIMC of London - Stanmore
https://youtu.be/5GQTFmjjwnQ
(Starting at 31:05)
Ayatullah Bahjat (ra) saw abandoning and refraining from sins to be the first and most important step toward self-purification in the spiritual journey to God.
According him, acting upon whatever one already knows paves the way for practical spiritual development and receiving more knowledge from God. In a letter to all seekers of guidance, he wrote:
'I ask those who want to be taught, ‘Have you acted upon whatever you heard before?’ Do you know that if a person practices what he knows, God will teach him what he does not know? If man does not practice what he knows, can he expect his knowledge to increase? No Dhikr is superior to practical Dhikr, and no practical Dhikr is superior to abandoning sins in terms of beliefs and actions... '
