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

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, "gain the light of the heart with the constant sorrow". In this phrase, Imam Bagher (PBUH) says to Jabir, "if you seek a luminous heart, persevere in sorrow. One can ask about this sentence, what is the heart? What does it mean that man should always be sorrowful? What should we be sad about? Is any sorrow desirable? Does Islam like sorrow and wants people to always be sad and depressed? or does it want people to be happy? And finally, what is the relationship between sorrow and the light of the heart? This paper seeks to answer these questions.