And yet there are Shias I have met
who reject this pathway to Truth,
even mocking it! Can they then love
Sayyida Fatima (a.s)? And can she
love them? May Allah (swt) keep us
all safe from the disease that
corrupts, that of envying Fatima
(a.s) and her family, the Blessed
Ahlul Bayt (a.s) for the blessings
they were given. This is not an
unnecessary prayer, but even
Prophets (a.s) were reproved for
their momentary wistfulness to
receive such a status equal to the
Ahlul Bayt (a.s). Whether it was
Adam (a.s) who wished to eat from
the same sacred Tree that was
reserved for the Rizq of the Ahlul
Bayt (a.s), or Musa (a.s) who wished
to be the Qa’im (a.s) of the last Age.
Although these desires stem from
the wish to be the favored servants
of an All Beneficent Allah (swt), one
cannot reach for the prize without
winning the race, and as Allah (swt)
says in the Quran:
to evolve. All people have their
shortcomings, but so many people
do not acknowledge their lack of an
attempt to grow. Why not abandon
music? Wear a Hijab? Stop paying
lip service to a Dajjal system? Their
hearts get tight at such statements
and they respond to amr bil maroof
with nothing but venom and putting
their fingers in their ears. Some even
accuse the Dawah giver of a holierthan-thou attitude. When naturally
if you change the situation to a
Muslim giving a non Muslim
Dawah of Tawheed, or a 6