Underdeveloped in Faith | Alireza Panahian

Underdeveloped in Faith

Have you seen what God gives some families in order to test them? A child who is underdeveloped. This child ruins everything, and his mother says that’s fine. The guests get exasperated. But his father says, “That’s the way he is.”

O Ibn al-Hasan, is it possible for you to say about my sins, “That’s how he is. I’ll tolerate him”? He is underdeveloped in faith. He is underdeveloped in wisdom. Tolerate me. Don’t banish me. Keep me. O the one who tolerates his children and says, “He’s my child.”

If people love the Household of the Prophet (‘a) and believe in them, I swear to God that any bad points they have, like a family who has an underdeveloped child and keeps him, the Imams will keep them. Sometimes the Imams don’t banish even their drunkard children. They say, “Don’t come in the room. Let him stay in the yard, or in the other room. Don’t send him away.” They’ll give him his food too.

Imam Sadiq (‘a) was asked, “Can I call your follower who drinks alcohol a transgressor?” The Imam (‘a) replied, “No you can’t! He is not a transgressor.” He himself is clean because he believes in us. But, his action is transgression.” The man asked, “So, what about his sins?” The Imam (‘a) replied, “We will purify him before he enters the Hereafter.” If nothing else, with afflictions. Or, maybe they will purify him with the food from Imam Husayn’s (‘a) mourning ceremonies. You don’t know!

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