Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 6 Disregard of Allah ’s punishment The Chief of the Caravan is Terror-Stricken
The Chief of the Caravan is Terror-Stricken
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The Chief of the Caravan is Terror-Stricken
O! the caravans of piety and belief. The leader of your caravan, ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) is extremely afraid of the pitfalls of the last journey. He has issued clear warnings regarding the dangers. Every night he announced at the Masjid al-Kufa,
“Travellers! may Allah have Mercy upon you. Pack up the provisions for your journey and be prepared. Certainly you have in your path deep ravines and terrible dangers. There is no alternative but to traverse this path.”
After this he used to say,
“It is a pity! The provisions are meagre and the journey extremely long and the destination, great.”
(Nahjul Balagha)
It is truly deplorable that our involvement in worldly affairs has created a wide unsurmountable gap between us and our Imam (a.s.). We have been completely cut off from his virtuous life and perfect morals. May Allah (S.w.T.) protect us from departing His influence to follow the misguidance of Satan. Certain sins cause us to be deprived of the WilÄyat of Allah (S.w.T.) and love of Ahl ul-Bayt (a.s.) and lead us to the WilÄyat of Satan. After this we come under the control of Satan who rules us totally. Let us take refuge with Allah (S.w.T.) from such a doom.
