{"id":21940,"date":"2019-01-27T11:59:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T08:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=21940"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:13:59","slug":"a-sincere-servant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/a-sincere-servant\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pure Servant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21940\" class=\"elementor elementor-21940 elementor-1957\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74acd782 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74acd782\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d5a508\" data-id=\"9d5a508\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d105848 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d105848\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Imam Baqir\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0was a pure servant of Allah\u00a0(SWT). He always had Allah\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0in his mind and\u00a0spent all his time to worship Him. Nothing could\u00a0prevent him\u00a0from the pure worship he made to Allah\u00a0(SWT).\u00a0<em>Aflah<\/em>, who was a companion of the Imam, narrates: I saw Imam Baqir\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0near\u00a0<em>Kabah<\/em>\u00a0while he was crying heavily. I told him: \u201cMay my parents be sacrificed for you! People are looking at you. It is more appropriate to cry quietly.\u201d He told me in response: \u201cWoe unto you,\u00a0<em>Aflah<\/em>! Why should not I cry loudly? Allah\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0might pay attention to me mercifully and I would achieve salvation on the Day of Judgment by His mercy.\u201d He also said: \u201cBefore Allah\u00a0(SWT), nothing is more desirable than asking Him for requests. Praying has such great impact that nothing would change the fate except through praying.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Regarding what mentioned, Imam Sadiq\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0narrates: \u201cWhenever something distressed\u00a0my father, he would gather his whole family (women and children). Then he would pray and ask them to say Amen.\u201d<sup>\u00a0<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In another narration,\u00a0<em>Musa Ibn Akil<\/em>\u00a0says: \u201cOnce some of the friends and I came to the house of Imam Baqir\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0that we heard some one\u2019s heartbreaking prayer in Hebrew. When we visited Imam, we asked him about that person who was praying and crying in the house. He said: It was myself. I remembered one the prayers of Iliya (the name of a prophet sent to\u00a0<em>Bani Israel<\/em>) that made me cry\u201d.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a><\/p><p>The narrations mentioned above are just a few examples of Imam\u2019s beautiful prayers with his Lord.<strong>\u00a0Let us ask ourselves, how much time we do spend to talk to our Creator by the means of prayers.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0(Selection from: A glimpse to Imam Baqir\u2019s life, by \u201cMohammad Mohammadi Eshtehardi\u201d)<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><u>Footnotes:<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <em>\u201cKashf al-Qommah\u201d<\/em>, vol.2, p.319 &amp; 320 \u2013 (In some narrations it says \u201cProphet Ilyas\u201d)<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Mohades Ghomi,\u00a0<em>\u201cAnwar al- Bahiyyah\u201d<\/em>, p.214 &amp; 215\/\u00a0<em>\u201cKashf al-Qommah\u201d<\/em>, vol.2, p.319 \/\u00a0<em>\u201cBihar al-Anwar<\/em>\u201d, vol.46, p.297 &amp; 298<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<em>\u201cBihar al-Anwar\u201d<\/em>, vol.46, p.294<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imam Baqir (PBUH) was a pure servant devoted entirely to Allah (SWT), spending his life in worship and heartfelt prayer. 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His life remains a model of pure worship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":35673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64421],"tags":[64426,64675],"class_list":["post-21940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imam-baqir-pbuh","tag-imam-muhammad-bin-ali-al-baqir-peace-be-upon-him","tag-secret-and-need-with-god"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Pure Servant - Roshd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/a-sincere-servant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Pure Servant - Roshd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imam Baqir (PBUH) was a pure servant devoted entirely to Allah (SWT), spending his life in worship and heartfelt prayer. 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