Imam Al-Sadiq

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2- HIS SERMONS
Our Imam (al- Sadiq), peace be on him, went on spreading his immortal sermons among men
to educate and guide them to the righteous way of Allah, the Exalted and to achieve their
happiness in the two abodes (i.e. here and the hereafter). Many of his sermons have been
mentioned in the valuable books.
We have decided to mention the most important ones of the sermons of Al- Sadiq as follows:
Belief in Allah:
Belief in Allah is the first of the religious duties and the base of virtues and acts. Rather, it is
the objective of the objectives and the end of perfection of man. Rivalry for precedence
among men is according to their rivalry for precedence to believe in Allah. For this reason,
we have put belief in Allah in the beginning of the sermons of al- Sadiq, peace be on him. It is
enough for his speech on the belief in Allah that we will mention the following paragraphs in
which he summons men to believe in Allah and urges them to cleave to it showing its great
effects and pleasure. He, peace be on him says: "If men know the virtue of belief in Allah,
they will not look at what Allah enjoys the enemies of the choice and the comfort of life in
this world, their lives in this world will be less than that which they trod on with their legs,
they will lead a life of ease and comfort through believing in Allah, and will get pleasure from
(living) in the gardens of Paradise with the friends of Allah. Believing in Allah, the Great and
Almighty, is sociability for every estrangement, friendship for every loneliness, light against
every darkness, strength for every weakness, and cure for every illness."
Then he, peace be on him, said: "People had been before you. They were killed and burnt and
sawed with the saw. 'And they did not take vengeance on them for ought except that they
believed in Allah, the Mighty, the praised.' So, ask (Allah to grant you) their ranks. Be patient
toward the misfortunes of your time, then you get their consequence."(305)
He, peace be on him, describes belief in Allah as the one who has tasted it, then he
encourages men to taste this delicious food. If we go on this heedlessness, we will not know
that test except that we know that whoever heads for the belief in Allah, the Exalted, and
approaches the Most Holy Allah for a span of the hand is far away from the enjoyment of this
world for a mile, and whatever he gets rid of the pleasures of this existence turns away from
that which is below the belief in the Necessary Being (Allah).