An Excerpt from the Sermon of the Holy Prophet (saww) to welcome the Blessed Month of Ramadhan. February 28, 2025 / editor
![Verse 9: Those who have faith and do righteous deeds, We will surely admit them among the righteous.
Ayatullah Jawadi Amuli says that there is a difference between a person who is a Salih (righteous) and a person who is included with the Saaliheen. You can be Salih when you do an action that makes you a Salih but when you are amongst the Saaliheen, then it means you are a person for whom it hasbecome a malaka - you only do good deeds. The only thing that comes from you is righteous actions.
Verse 10: Among the people there are those who say, ‘We have faith in Allah,’ but if such a one is tormented in Allah's cause, he takes persecution by the people for Allah's punishment. Yet if there comes any help from your Lord, they will say for sure," We were
indeed with you." Does not Allah know best what is in the hearts of the creatures?
Some people believe in Allah only by their tongue. When the
difficulties come, they change. When they have to suffer for the sake of Allah, then it becomes very difficult for them. Note that these people ‘say’ that they believe. They deem the [threat of] hardships of this life as hindrance to their faith – just as the threat of chastisement is a hindrance to sin. These people believe in the benefit and the profit, not in Allah!](https://enlighteninginspirations.ir/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/part-7d-791x1024.png)
![“When they became oblivious to warnings, We showered them with everything they desired. But just as they became prideful of what they were given, We seized them by surprise, then they instantly fell into despair.” (Q6:44)
Aside from the general meaning of the verse, another possible meaning according to Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a) is
When they became oblivious to warnings,
that when the people neglected their duty of being loyal [to Imam Ali (a)] after they had been commanded to do so,](https://enlighteninginspirations.ir/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Imam-al-Mahdi-ajtf-in-the-Holy-Quran-4-791x1024.png)
![Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari is reported to have said, “I asked the Holy Prophet (s): We know Allah and His Messenger, but who are those with authority, the obedience to whom Allah has attached to Him and to His Messenger?”
The Holy Prophet (saww) replied, “O Jabir, Those with authority are
my successors. The first of them is Ali ibn Abi Talib (a), followed by al-Hasan (a) and then al-Husayn (a). Then comes Ali ibn al-Husayn (a) and Muhammad ibn Ali (a) [also known as al-Baqir (a)]. You, Jabir, will live to meet him. When you do meet him, convey my salaams to him.
After him comes, al-Sadiq (a), followed by al-Kadhim (a). Then comes al-Ridha (a), al-Taqi (a), al-Naqi (a) and al-Askari (a).
The last of them is the one who will have the same name as me.
And it is he, al-Mahdi (ajtf). whose occultation (ghaybat) will take a long time. No one will believe in him except the true believers.”](https://enlighteninginspirations.ir/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Imam-al-Mahdi-ajtf-in-the-Holy-Quran-3-791x1024.png)
![Imam Ali al-Ridha (a) is reported to have said, “The best time for reciting the Holy Qur’an is after the completion of the Morning Prayer.”
Imam al-Baqir (a) is reported to have said, “There is a spring for everything, and the spring of the Qur’an is the Month of Ramadhan.” (Al-Kafi Vol. 2 Pg. 630)
Imam al-Sadiq (a) is reported to have said, “… Verily [the month of] Ramadhan has a special right and sanctity that the other months do not have. The Holy Qur’an is to be read in
a measured tone. When you come to a verse that mentions
Paradise, pause and ask Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, to grant you Paradise, and when you come to a verse that mentions
hellfire, then pause and seek refuge with Allah from the fire of hell.” (Al-Kafi. Vol. 2 Pg. 617)](https://enlighteninginspirations.ir/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/inspirations-1-791x1024.png)
