Fulfilling Needs and Nearness to Ahl Al Bayt (pbuh)

Fulfilling Needs and Nearness to Ahl Al Bayt (pbuh)
Imamate & Caliphate

A believer is blamed and considered a sinner if he tends to renounce the bond of brotherhood that God made among the believers and enjoined through it the rights of each other. By adopting these rights and being disciplined with them, harmony, fraternity, recovery and help will be achieved among the believers. Among what strengthens this relationship and makes it a reason for obtaining reward, is that it is for the sake of God and in the hand of God, and that it is based on cooperation and exchange between brothers.

It was reported from the Baqir of the sciences of the prophets guided on the hand of his honorable forefathers, the Mahdis, on the authority of their grandfather, the master of the messengers (pbuh), from a long hadith:” On the Day of Judgment, a caller calls… and says:” where are God’s neighbors in his home? So a group of people arise from others, angels greet them and ask: What was your work in life so that today you become the neighbors of God Almighty in his home? They say: We used to love each other for the sake of God, the Exalted, the Majestic, and we cooperate with each other for the sake of Him. So a caller from God almighty says:” My servants have spoken the truth so let them go to the side of God in Paradise without being brought to account.”[1]

Al Sheikh Al Moufid narrated (may God exalt his value with his continuous chain of transmission) from Al Imam Al Sadek (a.s) from his fathers that:” God’s messenger (pbuh) says: Believers are brothers, they strive for each other needs. By fulfilling each other's needs, God fulfills their needs on the Day of Judgment”.[2]

Abo Hamza AL Thamali narrates that Abi Abdullah (a.s) says:” He who fulfills a muslim’s need, God writes for him ten good deeds, erases ten of his sins, raises him ten ranks, and shelters him on the day where there’s no shelter except him”.[3]

Safwan bin Mahran Al Jammal also narrates and says:” I was sitting with Abi Abdullah (a.s) when a man of Makkah’s people entered, he was called Maymoun. He complained to him about the unattainability of the rent[4]. So he said to me: Hurry up and help your brother. So I helped him until God provided him with his rent. Then I turn back to my place. So Abu Abdullah (a.s) says: What did you do regarding your brother’s needs? I said: I helped him with it, you are as dear to me as my father and mother. So he (a.s) says:”Helping your brother to fulfill his need is more desirable to me than to circumambulate the Kaaba for a week”.[5]

Our master Al Imam Al Sadek (a.s) says in another hadith:” Fulfilling a believer’s need is better than performing ten pilgrimages”.[6]

Then, after hearing this hadith and believing in it, is’t possible for a believer not to hurry for fulfilling the needs of his faithful brothers with a high spirit and sincere instinct so that he gains God’s almighty satisfaction and be among the followers of the good, pure, the guided procession? The 9th Imam, Mosa ibn Ja'far Al Kazim says about them:” Your last deeds are fulfilling your brothers’ needs and being kind to them as much as you can. Otherwise, no good deed will be accepted from you. Therefore, be kind with your brothers and mercifully behave with them to be among our followers``.[7]

Tala’ie Al Qulub (The Hearts’ Pioneers), Al Maaref ISlamic and Cultural Institution