{"id":48499,"date":"2021-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/news\/imam-reza-a-s-emphasized-connection-between-love-obedience-to-god-ayatollah-ramazani\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:55:23","slug":"imam-reza-a-s-emphasized-connection-between-love-obedience-to-god-ayatollah-ramazani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/imam-reza-a-s-emphasized-connection-between-love-obedience-to-god-ayatollah-ramazani\/","title":{"rendered":"Imam Reza (a.s.) emphasized connection between love, obedience to God: Ayatollah Ramazani"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the AhlulBayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>On Thursday, October 7, 2021, in the mourning ceremony of the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Reza (a.s.), organized by the hey\u2019at of \u201cIntercessors to the Infallible Imams (a.s.)\u201d, in the shrine of Lady Fatima Okhra (a.s.), the sister of Imam Reza (a.s.) in Rasht, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani said, \u201cMan must present his understanding of the AhlulBayt (a.s.).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should not interpret Islam, rather, we should speak based on the Quran and Itrat (AhlulBayt (a.s.)),\u201d the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly added, \u201cUnfortunately, some people make comments that have no religious documentation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the time of Imam Reza (a.s.), one of the common deviations in society was exaggeration in speech. Of course, the Imams always forbade exaggeration and praise,\u201d he said, referring to the common deviations in the era of Imam Reza (a.s.).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prevalence of flattery and exaggeration in society is dangerous,\u201d the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly stated, \u201cMan must distance himself from these vices and seek his correction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cImam Reza (a.s.) emphasized the connection between love and obedience to God,\u201d the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly added, \u201cUnfortunately, this issue has been diverted today. It is not acceptable for someone to have only the love of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) but not to do righteous deeds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should learn from the manners and teachings of the AhlulBayt (a.s.),\u201d he stated, \u201cNo one can love God but not love the Prophet and the friends of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowledge must be accompanied by love, and both of them must be accompanied by performing the Wajibat (religious obligations),\u201d Ayatollah Ramazani added, \u201cThe world is a field of action. No one should say undocumented words.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, the distortion has caused the closure of many principles and rulings in our Majalis (religious sessions), and this is a negligence against the AhlulBayt (a.s.)\u201d noted the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, criticizing the holding of some sessions, without mentioning Ahkam (Islamic religious rules), the Quran, Zikr, Tafsir, and explanation of divine verses.<\/p>\n

\u201cImam Hussain (a.s.) recited the verses of the Quran frequently on the way from Medina to Mecca, and on the way from Mecca to Karbala,\u201d he continued, \u201cToday, less is said about the recitation of the Quran by Imam Hussain (a.s.) when his holy head was placed on a spear.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout history, some people claiming to be religious even considered the Imams infidels!\u201d Ayatollah Ramazani clarified, \u201cThe cause of the martyrdom of some infallible Imams (a.s.) was the same thinking of some people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, there are some people who, despite participating in religious ceremonies for about forty years, still do not have a proper understanding of religious, social, etc. principles. While, by spending this amount of time the person could have become a mujtahid,\u201d added the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cA person who has participated in religious sessions for forty years should have verses and hadiths for every word he says, instead of misinterpreting and saying the wrong thing,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs one progresses in the field of religious education, he realizes that he has not yet understood (and still has much to learn),\u201d Ayatollah Ramazani said, \u201cThe scientific and practical life of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) is so extensive and valuable that to understand it, one has to work hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to know more about the Infallible Imams (a.s.) and pay more attention to them in our sessions,\u201d the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly stated, \u201cIn the pilgrimage letter \u201cGhadiriyeh\u201d by Imam Hadi (a.s.), more than 150 features and characteristics of Imam Ali (a.s.) have been mentioned. Such pilgrimages letters should be taken full advantage of.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to a hadith from Imam Reza (a.s.), there are seven issues that are ridiculous without seven others,\u201d he referred to a valuable hadith from Imam Reza (a.s.).<\/p>\n

\u201cThese seven issues are 1. Whoever asks for forgiveness with his tongue, but does not regret with his heart, 2. whoever asks God for success but does not try, 3. whoever seeks caution but has no fear, 4. whoever asks God for paradise, but does not endure the hardships of achieving it, 5. whoever remembers God but is not eager to meet him, 6. whoever seeks refuge in God but does not forsake the love of wealth and the love of life, and 7. whoever remembers death but does not prepare himself for it,\u201d added Ayatollah Ramazani, regarding these seven cases.<\/p>\n

Also, referring to the three characteristics of a believer, in the opinion of Imam Reza (a.s.), the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly stated, \u201cThese three characteristics are traditions from God, the Prophet, and the Imam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tradition we must learn from God is to hide secrets,\u201d he said, \u201cThe tradition of the Prophet is to be tolerant and gentle with the people, and the tradition of the Imam is to be patient in times of poverty and distress.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Considering the prevalence of flattery and exaggeration in society dangerous, the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly stated, \u201cIn the time of Imam Reza (a.s.), one of the common deviations in society was exaggeration in speech. Of course, the Imams always forbade exaggeration and praise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":405349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,58],"tags":[197,1632],"class_list":["post-48499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-secretary-general","tag-ayatollah-reza-ramazani","tag-imam-rida-a-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48499","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=48499"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405352,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48499\/revisions\/405352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}