{"id":46807,"date":"2021-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/news\/chastity-elevates-human-positions-piety-at-top-of-human-virtues-ayatollah-ramazani\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T12:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:38:46","slug":"chastity-elevates-human-positions-piety-at-top-of-human-virtues-ayatollah-ramazani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/chastity-elevates-human-positions-piety-at-top-of-human-virtues-ayatollah-ramazani\/","title":{"rendered":"Chastity elevates human positions\/Piety at top of human virtues: Ayatollah Ramazani"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>According to the AhlulBayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>In the 12<sup>th<\/sup> episode of the special internet program \u201cFacing the Sky\u201d, which is broadcast on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, noting that the holy month of Ramadan is the best month for education, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani Gilani stated, \u201cBelievers must train themselves in various fields during this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cOne of the most important human instincts is lust, which must be moderated in order for human beings to achieve chastity,\u201d added the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, stating that the forces of anger, lust, intellect, and jealousy must be moderated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cWherever there is chastity, the position of man grows individually,\u201d he said, considering the chastity of Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) as the reason for his reaching his highest position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cIn the supplication of the twelfth day of Ramadan, we ask God for chastity and forgiveness of sins,\u201d Ayatollah Ramazani emphasized, pointing out that in human societies, especially for the young generation, the ground for sin should not be provided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cAccording to the hadiths, if a person practices purity and chastity, he will reach the position of divine angels,\u201d the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly added, \u201cIt is also stated in the hadiths that if someone is chaste, he will find the position of prophethood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cPurity and chastity cause human actions to grow,\u201d he added, emphasizing that in the month of Ramadan, by doing good deeds, a person can reach a position where he can be inspired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cIf the man has chastity and purity and goes in this direction, all his good qualities will grow,\u201d stated Ayatollah Ramazani, pointing out that thought, morality, and action build human personality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cChastity also makes man the owner of his soul and leads him to contentment,\u201d noted the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, stating that according to Imam Ali (a.s.), chastity weakens lust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cThe best human being is the one who becomes the ruler of the soul,\u201d he said, pointing out that man should consider his self-education as serious and become his ruler.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cMan can develop himself and society if he owns the passion and lust,\u201d Ayatollah Ramazani stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cPiety is at the top of human virtues,\u201d the Secretary-General of the World Assembly of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) noted, emphasizing that real piety is an important result of the holy month of Ramadan for human beings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n\u201cMan must create a capacity in himself to be able to comprehend supplications,\u201d he said, pointing out that piety creates a capacity in human beings to use the knowledge and enlightenment of God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering the chastity of Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) as the reason for his reaching his highest position, the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly said, \u201cWherever there is chastity, the position of man grows individually.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":403794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,58],"tags":[197,4957],"class_list":["post-46807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-secretary-general","tag-ayatollah-reza-ramazani","tag-prophet-yusuf-a-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403797,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46807\/revisions\/403797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}