Lesson fifty seven :There are a few real religious men

Imam Hossein( A. S. )said:

النّاسُ عَبيْدُ الدُّنْيا وَ الدِّينُ لَعِقٌ عَلَى أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ يَحُوطُونَهُ ما دَرَّتْ بِهِ مَعايِشُهُمْ فَإذا مُحِّصُوا بِالْبَلاءِ قَلَّ الدَّيآنُونَ!

Translation

Most of the people are servants of materialistic world, and religion is only on their tongue. As far as their life is in good conditions under the grace of religion, they support it. But when they are examined with hard events, there are a few religious people..

Brief description

Religion, particularly a religion like Islam, preserves rights of society's people and supports their real and fair interests. But sometimes religion is a barrier for personal and private interests of individuals. Herein, real religious people are distinguished from those who only claim for religion.

Most people look everything from the view of their own interest and advocate religion when it preserves their personal rights, but when religion is separated from their private interests, they leave it totally and become the evidence of We believe in some and disbelieve in the others'. But real religious people are those who are faithful in religion in any situation, and religion and belief determine the main lines of their life, not personal interests.