What did he say regarding people. One tradition is enough. He said:
There are three points which must be paid attention to. Learn them well.
Those trained by the Sixth Imam are the chosen of the creation.
There are three points which must be paid attention to. Learn them well.
Those trained by the Sixth Imam are the chosen of the creation.
He said there are three things and in these three things there is no difference between a good man and an evil person.
It means whether the person one is dealing with is a believer (mumin) or a non-believer (kafir); or a just person or a lecher.
we have these three responsibilities with respect to him.
The first is with your parents. If your parents are good to you then your responsibility is to be kind with them.
Even if they are bad with you, you still have to be kind to them.
If your parents are muslims then you have to be kind to them.
On the other hand, even if your parents are non-muslims, still you have to treat them with kindness.
Here, the border between a good man and one who is evil would be removed.
For every other person this is the criteria.
His religion must be seen, his faith must be seen but,
when it comes to parents all this is left aside. Why?
Because the right which a father has , the pain which a mother has endured cannot be recompensed. This is our responsibility.
Secondly...from this one tradition a lot can be changed.
He said the second thing where a good and evil person do not matter is to keep a promise.
If you have promised something to someone on no grounds should it be broken
whether this person is Muslim or non-Muslim or a monotheist or a polytheist, your word must be honoured.
This is the decorum of the Ja'fari religion.
This is the second subject in which there is no difference between a good man and evil.
The third subject is to return the trust (amanah).
If a person trusted you and asked you for an advice,
came to seek your consultation and trusted you with something,
then you must not see if he is a good man or otherwise.
It is for this reason that the world must understand what our religion is.
He said: If someone who draws a sword on my grandfather, Amir Al-Muminin (as)
comes and places his sword as a trust with me. Then he seeks some advice from me,
on a particular matter, I shall do whatever is better for him.
My behaviour with my grandfather's killer is like this.
Thus, the followers of the Shi'a faith must be like this: With their God like that and with His creation like this.
Alas! An age has passed and we have not understood our Sixth Imam (as)
