Who is a good person in your opinion? | Ali Reza Panahian

Who is a good person in your opinion?

These people will be the companions of the Saviour (‘a.j.).


Ask all the good people in our city, “What are the signs of a good person? The first features people mention are these. Good people are kind, disciplined, affable, humble…” Friends, many of these good characteristics, like kindness, affability, humbleness and self-sacrifice, if not accompanied by spiritual power and strength, are worthless. This is an indicator to show us that our morality and faith are not fake, our prayer is not like Satan’s prayer, which was useless, and our faith is stable as the Qur’an says and not unstable. An unstable faith will be lost.
If we want to choose a prominent indicator for a healthy religion, spirituality and good behaviour, for it to become clear whether this morality is fake or it’s a good, pure morality, we can choose spiritual power and strength as an indicator.
For example, one is kindness. “Why are you kind? Why are you so modest? Why are you so quiet? Why do you smile at everyone?” Imagine if he has these characteristics due to his spiritual weakness. This is worthless. “Why do you smile at everyone?” “I’m afraid people might ignore me,” he replies. “I want to be dear to everyone. I’m afraid people will notice my faults. I want to gain status. I’m afraid…” Due to his weakness, he behaves well with others. This is worthless.
If a feeble person prostrates before God, God won’t accept his prostration. You can see this in, “La Ilaha Illallah.” (There is no god except Allah.) There is a kind of strength and power in the first part of this honourable phrase, “La Ilaha.” There is no god! A person has to be very strong to say this. We should teach our children in what way to say, “La Ilaha Illallah.” “La Ilaha Illallah” is a strong slogan. It’s not a delicate slogan to say “La Ilaha Illallah” feebly. We shouldn’t say it like a frail person. We should be like a superpower. “La Ilaha Illallah!” This fills a person’s being immensely!
You see this about the companions of the Imam of the Time (‘a.j.). The foremost of the attributes, which have been mentioned for the Imam’s (‘a.j.) companions, are courage, fearlessness and power. A group has been mentioned in the traditions, “They prepare the groundwork for Imam Mahdi’s government,” and they rise up from the East. They have been described as having power, greatness and courage too. Religion, from start to end, wants to make people and human society powerful. Religion wants human society to achieve power, dignity and glory. Strength is a very central issue in religion.
The most important indicator, which shows the spirituality, morality, faith, religiosity, and mental health of a person or a society, is being strong. All the religious commands help people, who practice religion well, to achieve strength. They have the strength to have determination and are stronghearted, which no fear can shake. These strong people will be the companions of the Saviour (‘a.j.).


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