AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Shia source of emulation Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi issued a message for the closing of the second festival of the best religious answer.
Senior Shia scholar Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, one of the sources of emulation, issued a message for the closing ceremony of the second festival of the best answer to religious questions.
The text of this message is as follows:
In The Name of God
First of all, I need to express my gratitude to the officials and organizers of this conference, and I hope that this conference will achieve the desired goals and programs in order to take an important step in the desired field.
There is no doubt that one of the most important duties of seminaries and religious thinkers and scholars is to guide people towards their religious duties and moral virtues as well as to answer their religious and intellectual questions. In addition to this, Islamic thinkers and seminarians are also responsible for protecting and guarding the faith of believers, dispelling doubts and preventing intellectual and religious deviations. It was for this reason that we created a platform for questions and answers in the gatherings in the years before the revolution to save the society and especially the youth from doubts and clear their mental ambiguities, which was an initiative at that time.
Today, with the spread of news and information, especially in social media and mass communication, on the one hand, the way to spread doubts and deviant thoughts with a correct and refined appearance has been opened, and on the other hand, the means of answering such inquiries have also changed. Meanwhile, the existence of reliable, up-to-date, knowledgeable and efficient databases is very essential. Response centers should make more efforts to find convincing and reassuring answers while benefiting from these characteristics. It should be noted that the value of finding an accurate scientific and reassuring answer which leads to saving a person from doubt and satanic temptation is more valuable than any act of worship and obedience.
Once again, I appreciate the efforts made in holding this conference, and I ask the Almighty God for the success of all those who are trying to promote religion and expand spirituality in the Islamic society.
Qom-Nasser Makarem Shirazi
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