The leader of the Shiite Sadrist movement in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, stressed that “faith does not contradict love for Iraq” amid the ongoing controversy among activists on social media sites, citing the love of Mecca and Medina for the Prophet Muhammad’s residence there.
This came in a long statement by Al-Sadr, which he published on his page on the
He continued: “And to understand what was reported about them, may God’s peace be upon them... there are several introductions, including: The first introduction: They do not command their followers to do anything unless they implement it before their followers... Therefore, they love their homelands, especially since their faith is complete and complete and not tainted by any deficiency at all... The second introduction: Love is the feeling that is firmly rooted and rooted in the hearts and minds and which often requires work, attention and interaction with the beloved... The third introduction: In the meaning of (homeland) mentioned in what we mentioned about... The infallible...several theses...”
Al-Sadr enumerated a number of these theses, saying: “The first thesis: It is the place where the Messenger of God (may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family) resides and it is the best example of the homeland, so the meaning is: love for the Messenger’s homeland is part of faith... and his first homeland (Mecca) is the one that boasts of being an Arab Mecca... and this also applies to Medina... The second thesis: it is the place where the infallible (peace be upon him) resides or where the infallible is buried... and it is, even if It applied to Medina, except that the presence of the Messenger of God (may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family) was sufficient to love it.”
He added: “So, the deepest example, the greatest credibility, and the most beautiful picture is (Iraq), which includes seven infallible people with primary infallibility, in addition to those who entered it and did not reside in it or be buried in it, such as Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) and even Imam al-Sajjad and al-Baqir (peace be upon them)... Love for Iraq is love for all the infallible people whose honorable feet stepped on its land and breathed their scented breaths.. So love for Iraq is love for Ali, al-Hasan, al-Husayn, al-Sajjad, al-Baqir, and al-Sadiq. Al-Kazem, Al-Jawad, Al-Hadi, Al-Askari, Al-Hujjah, the Awaited One, the One who stands by the command of God, and even Imam Al-Rida (peace be upon them). For us, love of the homeland is a “creed” that we will never give up on.”
Al-Sadr went on to say: “The third thesis: The place in which the individual resides, whoever he is, whether it is a country with good people and God is obeyed in it or not... The first is clear, and the second is in order for the individual to enjoin good and forbid evil, even if it is an affirmation of the village whose people are oppressive, as in the Almighty’s saying: “And what is the matter with you that you do not fight in the cause of God?” And the oppressed men, women and children who say, “Our Lord, remove us from this town whose people are oppressive and make for us “You are a guardian, and make for us a helper from yourself.”
He added: “Hence, the belief does not contradict (the love of Iraq) at all. The love of Iraq is a love for the belief, a love for the homeland, a love for infallibility, a love for religion and doctrine. Rather, if I mean love for the homeland, a love for the people, under the heading: (So ask the town) as in the Almighty’s saying: ‘And ask the town in which we were, and the caravan in which Accept us therein, and indeed, we are truthful... That is, ask the people of the village.. For love of the Iraqi people is love for one who loves the religion, the homeland, the infallible imams, and even the prophets, and for those who supported them during their lives and after their death.. Iraq is the people who supported Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and supported him, and therefore Kufa remains superior, as the father, may God sanctify his secret, said, and I say: Iraq remains Husseinian. Reformist, no matter how much time passes... May God live the homeland and may God live the heroic Iraqi people.
