Esra NEWS agency: On the occasion of the end of the month of Safar and the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hazrat Thamen al-Hujaj, peace be upon him, we are reviewing some of the statements of Grand Ayatollah Javadi Amoli regarding the greatness of the scholarly position of Hazrat Reza, peace be upon him.

Grand Ayatollah Javadi Amoli said in a speech, “The blessed existence of Imam Reza (peace be upon him) has become known as the scholar of the family of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family). There is a word from the beloved Messenger (peace be upon him and his family) that the same word has been expressed in Nahj al-Balaghah from Amir al-Mominin (peace be upon him) by different word, «لایقاس بهم احد» which means no one can be compared with Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them). This "Ahad" is not exclusive to humans, it also includes angels; That is, not only in human societies, no one can be compared to the imams (peace be upon them), but also no angel can be compared to the imams (peace be upon them). Because the Ahl al-Bayt are the caliphs of Allah and are perfect human beings. The caliphs of Allah and the perfect humans are the teachers of the angels, and no A student cannot be compared to the teacher, and since no one can be measured by the Ahl al-Bayt's infallibility and purity. Therefore, if among them, the blessed existence of Imam Reza (peace be upon him) is titled as the scholar of the Ahl al-Bayt, it means that the sciences of the Ahl al-Bayt appeared and published through him.

The blessed existence of the 8th Imam (P.B.U.H) who is called by the proud title of Reza, means that every person in any situation wants to be gratified, it would be through the grace of Imam Reza. No one is gratified with anyone except with the Razavi help. No one is satisfied with anyone except with the Razavi help. if Allah most Holy, wants to grace any one by the blessing of «رَضِی اللّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَ رَضُوا عَنْهُ», he would do it through the blessing of Imam Reza. These titles are special divine names. These are the caliphs of Allah, and the divine caliphs do divine work in the same way as Allah in anything other than Allah. Therefore, no one will be satisfied with anything or anyone at any point except through the mediation of the supreme authority of Imam Reza.

When the presence of the blessed Imam is present in any region, it becomes a district of knowledge; It was like this when they were in Medina, it was like this when they were in Kufa. When the blessed Imam Reza (peace be upon him) entered Iran and Khorasan, Khorasan became the district of knowledge. How many scholars, intellectual and thinkers benefited from the presence of His Holiness. The important part of Imam Reza's (peace be upon him) scientific effort, which is stated in the final part of the late Sadouq's Lightened Book of Tawheed, is the proof of this principle that in epistemology, reason is the support and support of sense, and empirical sciences must rely and there is no way out of abstract sciences.”

Referring to the spiritual and scientific benefit of blessings of the presence of the eighth Imam (a.s.) in Iran, His Eminence acknowledged, “the entry of knowledge into Iran and a large part of the Islamic world is due to the blessing of Imam Reza (peace be upon him) and by his coming to Iran not only Iran, but also in the Islamic world, an intellectual transformation took place.

Grand Ayatollah Javadi Amoli also made a statement by referring to a hadith of Imam Reza (peace be upon him) “Hazrat ordered all Shiites that you are our Shiites, don't distance yourself from each other. don't make clashes with each other; not Ummah from Imam, not Imam from Ummah, not officials from each othera, not people from each other. He said never distance from each other. Sometimes it is the enlightening expression of the Messenger of Allah which said that if someone distanced himself from the society, the wolf would kill him; Sometimes the same luminous expression of the beloved Prophet is mentioned in Nahj al-Balagh Ali (may God bless him and grant him peace), «الشَّاذَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ لِلشَّیطَانِ کَمَا أَنَّ الشَّاذَّ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ لِلذِّئْب‏». He said that the one who does not think about others and only thinks about himself, he is like that single sheep that greedy for a green grass and surrenders itself to the wolf's mouth. «الشَّاذَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ لِلشَّیطَانِ کَمَا أَنَّ الشَّاذَّ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ لِلذِّئْب‏». The blessed presence of the 8th Imam also said, «تَزَاوَرُوا»; Visit each other, you are our Shiites, when you gather together, you speak our words.

We have all heard and say that stone cannot be set on top of stone, and it is true that it needs a soft mortar He said that the sayings of the Imams (a.s.) are that soft mortar that build the society.  Affection, forgiveness, ethics and politeness are the soft mortar that holds the members of a society together like the stones of a building, and the words of the imams are all like this.”

Source: His Eminence speech archive