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Ahl al-Bayt and Islamic History 31 October 2023 Reading time: 5 min

Javad’s Unparalleled Insight

Author: Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) • Soroush-e Bamdadan Cultural Center • Read 54 times
Javad’s Unparalleled Insight

«As a child, Imam Javad (AS) demonstrated his vast knowledge by answering questions on Islamic law and other subjects. He had learned from God and his forefathers, and was able to answer thirty thousand questions in a single gathering.»

🌼The Human Heart: A Communications Hub 🌼

🌼Ignorance is a factory of lies and falsehoods🌼

🔅🌸 Jūd Razavi

🌼 Ali Sāʿi (ʿAbdullāh Mishkāt) 110.141 (903)  🌼

🌸🔅☘️May the dawn of Jūd, the star of the Razavi line, rising from Alawi beauty and from the horizon of Muhammadan perfection, shine from the eternal morning unto eternity☘️🔅🌸

☘️🔆Javād—what can make you understand who Javād is?🔆☘️

🔆☘️Javād as seen by Javād☘️🔆

🌷🔅 أنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الرِّضَا أَنَا الْجَوَادُ أَنَا الْعَالِمُ بِأَنْسَابِ النَّاسِ فِي الْأَصْلَابِ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِسَرَائِرِكُمْ وَ ظَوَاهِرِكُمْ وَ مَا أَنْتُمْ صَائِرُونَ إِلَيْهِ عِلْمٌ مَنَحَنَا بِهِ مِنْ قَبْلِ خَلْقِ الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ بَعْدَ فَنَاءِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ وَ لَوْ لَا تَظَاهُرُ أَهْلِ الْبَاطِلِ وَ دَوْلَةُ أَهْلِ الضَّلَالِ وَ وُثُوبُ أَهْلِ الشَّكِّ لَقُلْتُ قَوْلًا تَعَجَّبَ مِنْهُ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَ الْآخِرُونَ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الشَّرِيفَةَ عَلَى فِيهِ وَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اصْمُتْ كَمَا صَمَتَ آبَاؤُكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ.

🔆🌷 “I am Muhammad ibn Ali; I am Javād. I know the lineage of people through their fathers. I know what is hidden and what is manifest, and how your affairs will end. God bestowed this knowledge upon us before the creation of all the worlds, and after the heavens and the earth have passed away. Were it not for the attacks of the idle talkers, the power of the misguided, and the objections of the doubters, I would say something that would astonish those who came before and those who will come after.” At that point, he placed his hand over his mouth and said, “Muhammad, be silent, just as your noble forefathers kept silent.”

🌷🌿🔅 Yes مُحَمَّدُ اصْمُتْ كَمَا صَمَتَ آبَاؤُكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ 🔅🌿🌷

 يُضْرَبُ الْحَدَّ فَغَضِبَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا عَمِّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ اتَّقِ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَعَظِيمٌ أَنْ تَقِفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَيَقُولَ لَكَ لِمَ أَفْتَيْتَ النَّاسَ بِمَا لَا تَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمُّهُ يَا سَيِّدِي أَ لَيْسَ قَالَ هَذَا أَبُوكَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنَّمَا سُئِلَ أَبِي عَنْ رَجُلٍ نَبَشَ قَبْرَ امْرَأَةٍ فَنَكَحَهَا فَقَالَ أَبِي تُقْطَعُ يَمِينُهُ لِلنَّبْشِ وَ يُضْرَبُ حَدَّ الزِّنَاءِ فَإِنَّ حُرْمَةَ الْمَيِّتَةِ كَحُرْمَةِ الْحَيَّةِ فَقَالَ صَدَقْتَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَ أَنَا أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ  فَتَعَجَّبَ النَّاسُ فَقَالُوا يَا سَيِّدَنَا أَ تَأْذَنُ لَنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَكَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَسَأَلُوهُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ عَنْ ثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفَ مَسْأَلَةٍ فَأَجَابَهُمْ فِيهَا وَ لَهُ تِسْعُ سِنِينَ.[1]

Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated from his father, who said: “After the death of His Eminence al-Rida, peace be upon him, we went to Mecca and met His Eminence al-Jawad, peace be upon him. A group of Shiites had come from different regions to visit Imam al-Jawad in person. At that moment, his uncle Abd Allah ibn Musa entered. He was an elderly man of standing, dressed in coarse, rough clothes, with the mark of prostration visible on his forehead. He sat down.”

His Eminence al-Jawad entered wearing a fine shirt and an elegant cloak, and new shoes. His uncle Abd Allah ibn Musa rose to greet him and kissed his forehead. All the Shiites stood out of respect for the Imam. He sat on a chair, while the people looked at one another, struck by how young and small in stature His Eminence al-Jawad was.

One of those present turned to the Imam’s uncle, peace be upon him, and asked, “Sir, what is the ruling if a man has intercourse with an animal?” He replied, “His hand is to be cut off, and the prescribed punishment is also to be carried out.” His Eminence al-Jawad grew angry, looked at his uncle, and said, “Uncle, fear God! This is a grave matter. On the Day of Resurrection, you will have to stand before your Lord, who will call you to account: Why did you give people a legal ruling when you had no knowledge?”

His uncle said, “My master, did your father not say the same thing?” His Eminence al-Jawad replied, “My father was asked about a man who opened a woman’s grave and had intercourse with her. He said that the man’s right hand must be cut off for violating the grave, and that the prescribed punishment for adultery must also be carried out, since the dignity of a woman is the same whether she is alive or dead.” His uncle said, “You are right, my master. I seek God’s forgiveness and repent.”

The people were astonished and asked, “May we ask you a question?” He said, “Go ahead.” In a single sitting, they asked him thirty thousand questions, and he answered them all—even though he was only nine years old.[2]

The human heart: a central news agency

🌸Which news network does our heart tune in to? Are its news correspondents angels or devils?

🌸Do we realise that God, the All-Knowing, is Himself the one who inspires our hearts? «فالهمها فجورها و تقوئها»

🌸What we call whispering temptation is the work of devils who infiltrate our hearts, broadcast their messages from within, and issue their commands!

🌸False reports gain credence because the whisperers have infiltrated the depths of our hearts. Unless the ground is prepared for temptation, the devils cannot prevail! «سماعون للکذب»

🌸The World Cup is a tool for producing global heedlessness.

🌸Collective heedlessness creates lands ruled by devils.

🌸Devilishness intensifies most among those who share the same nature and temperament.

🌸In a crowd, devilishness intensifies because it becomes laser-focused.

🌸Adorned speech and falsehood are the devils’ tools for planting suggestions.

 🌸The sudden or sustained onset of madness and heedlessness fuels intellectual, doctrinal and social turmoil.

🌸Those who come to regret their actions were held captive by Satan for a moment, and in that very moment they went astray.

🌸Each moment carries a destiny, a world of its own, and counts as a separate record of deeds and a prelude to what lies ahead.

🌸Seek out the Imam of your time as you would search for your own child.

🌼 Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903)  🌼


[1] Bihar al-Anwar (Beirut edition), vol. 50, p. 85

[2] The Life of Imam al-Jawad and the Two Imams al-Askari (translation of volume 50 of Bihar al-Anwar), p. 74 Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi; translated by Musa Khosravi, Islamiyya, Tehran, second edition, 1364 Sh.

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Master Ali Saei

(Abdullah Meshkat) Researcher and commentator on Shi‘i wisdom and the foundations of divine unity

A researcher specializing in religious studies and divine unity, with a particular focus on the Qur’an and Hadith (the Two Weighty Things). His research has centered primarily on the Qur’an and Hadith; in recent years, he has also explored divine unity and critiques of philosophical viewpoints.

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