The Real Shiites’ Characteristics in Imam Mohammad Bagher (PBUP)’s Wills (16)

This paper is a commentary on the advices of Imam Mohammad Bagher (PBUH) to Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju’fi, one of his noble companions, regarding the characteristics of the real Shiites. His holiness says, "and beware of the devil in sincere fear, and beware of false please, for it makes you fall into true fear." One of the characteristics of real Shiites is fear and sincere hope. Fear is a perceptual and passive state in human beings whose creation has a philosophy. These fears stem from man's own sin, not the fear of God Almighty, since the fear of divine punishment is the lowest level of fear of the believers. Depending on the level of faith and knowledge, believers have other fears such as the fear of humiliation before God and deprivation of divine blessings, as says, "and Allah will not look at them on the Day of Resurrection". One of the functions of the fear of the hereafter is protecting man from the Devil. This paper examines in detail the types of fear and hope and its difference with cowardice.