The Fourth Flash

The title, The Highway of the Practices of the Prophet was considered appropriate for this treatise.

[The  Imamate  question  is  a  matter  of  secondary  importance,  but because of the excessive attention paid it, it was as though included among the matters of belief and dealt with by the sciences of kala\m and the principles  of religion.1   Here,  it  is discussed  partly in this respect  and  partly  in  respect  of  its  relevance  to  our  basic  duties towards the Qur’an and belief.]

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

Now has come a prophet from among yourselves; it heavily weighs upon him that you  might suffer; full of concern is he for you, and full of compassion and mercy towards the believers. * But if they turn away, say: God is enough for me, there is no god but He. In Him have I placed my trust, for He is the Lord  and  Sustainer  of   the   Mighty  Throne.(9:128-9)  *  Say:  I  ask  no recompense of you save love of close kin.(42:23)

We shall point out in two stations two of the many vast truths contained in these glorious verses.

First Station

The first station consists of four points.

FIRST POINT

This describes the perfect compassion and mercy of God’s Noble Messenger

(Upon whom be blessings and peace) towards his community.

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1   al-Iji, Kitab al-Mawaqif, iii, 331; Ahmad b. Muhammad, Kitab Usul al-Din, 269, 279