The True Shiites and Enthusiasm for Meeting the Worshipped (2)

This text is a commentary on the words of Imam Ali (PBUH) about the attributes of the true Shiites. Enthusiasm for meeting God is one of the attributes of the true Shiites .It is inferred from the verses and traditions that this wish is realized in the second world. However, the Infallible Imams and special Friends of God who have a voluntary death can meet the divine countenance in the Hereafter. One of the ways of meeting God is that, in addition to believing in meeting the divine countenance and the limited heavenly blessings, we should also focus our attention to them. We should not have any attachment to the worldly pleasures and always keep remembrance of God alive in our hearts; with love of God, attachments will automatically decrease, i.e. belief in eternality of the rewards of the Hereafter is another way to get the meeting. Renunciation of the forbidden deeds and intimate prayers to God and His Friends prepare the ground for meeting the divine countenance.