Imam Jaafar as-Sodiq (as): Gunah-e-Saghira and Gunah-e-Kabira

Two men came to Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (as) and said that they would like to do Tawbah (ask for forgiveness and put right) for their sins. The first man said that he had done a lot of small sins/minor sins (Gunah-e-Saghira) whilst the second said that he had committed two big sins/major sins/greater sins (Gunah-e-Kabira).

Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (as) told the first man to pick one small pebble for each small sin (Gunah-e-Saghira) that he had committed. Imam Jaafar As-Sadiq (as) told the second man to bring a large boulder for each of his big sins (Gunah-e-Kabira). After a while both men came back to Imam Jaafar As-Sadiq (as) having brought what they were asked to bring.Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (as) now asked both of them to put back everystone in its place. The man with the two large boulders found it difficult to carry them back in their original place but eventually he managed. The man with the many small pebbles could not remember where he had picked all of them so he could not put them all back in their original place.

Hence, it is very difficult to do Tawbah for the sins which seem small because we forget and take them for granted. That's why Imam Ali (as) has said: "The biggest sin is that which the doer considers the smallest."

MAJLIS DI KEMENSAH HEIGHTS

Tanggal 22 Mac 2009, hari Ahad, telah berlangsung majlis pertemuan & sesi taklimat bersama tetamu khas dari Iraq, iaitu Sohibus Samahah Ayatollah Syahrestani, wakil mutlak kepada Ayatollah ‘Uzma Sayyid Ali Al-Huseiny Al-Sistani. Majlis telah diadakan di Kemensah Heights, Ulu Kelang di rumah salah seorang ahli jamaah AhlulBait. Seramai 4 orang jamaah AhlulBait mewakili negeri Kedah telah turut serta mengikuti majlis tersebut.

Rombongan Ayatollah singgah di Malaysia bersama 8 orang ahli rombongan sebaik usai program di Indonesia. Turut hadir pada majlis tersebut ialah atase kebudayaan dari Kedutaan Iran.

Sesi taklimat bermula pada jam 11.45 pagi, dengan ucapan disampaikan oleh wakil Ayatollah Al-Sistani di Russia. Antara isi taklimat tersebut menyentuh tentang :-

 Keperluan agar umat Islam khasnya dari Ahlulbait & Ahlus Sunnah secara keseluruhannya agar mengikuti ajaran Rasul SAWA, berpegang teguh pada kata-katanya & mnjadikan Al-Quran sebagai panduan mutlak dalam kehidupan.

 Golongan kuffar yg senantiasa mencari peluang untuk memecahbelahkan umat Islam, sentiasa memperlekehkan hukum & ajaran Islam. Beliau memberikan contoh Perancis, yg melarang rakyatnya yg beragama Islam memakai jilbab/tudung kepala. Kononnya atas nama demokrasi, walhal demokrasi seharusnya membenarkan hak kepada individu untuk mempraktikkan ajaran agamanya tanpa sebarang tekanan mahupun paksaan.

 Penerimaan terhadap ajaran AB yg semakin memberansangkan, sambil memberikan contoh di Russia. Daripada puluhan juta umat Islam di sana, hampit 4 juta orang adalah pengikut AB. Sambutan Maulidur Rasul yg diadakan di sana cukup menggalakkkan, dengan penyertaan hampir 50 ribu umat Islam, termasuk dari Ahlussunnah.

 Akhir kata, beliau menggesa agar kita menggunakan semua medium – ceramah, majlis, akhbar, TV, radio, internet, & blog, untuk menyampaikan ajaran AB, pada masa yg sama mendekati golongan yang masih tidak memahami falsafah ajaran AB agar dapat menangkis dakyah & tohmahan daripada golongan anti-AB.

Majlis disudahi dengan solat Zohor & Asar berjemaah & sesi bergambar.