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The Role of Faith… A.M Bello et al / (57
himself. In a beautiful saying of for rewards or seeking the
the noble Prophet of God, he says: pleasure of Allah will always
“None of you believes make a believer always do
until he loves for his righteous deeds.
brother what he loves On the other hand, his
for himself”. (Payandeh, conviction that his negligence
2003: 678, Hadith 2513) or trespass on the people's
rights will be taken into
Accordingly, in a healthy account by Allah will make a
society, justice should be believer desist from evil deeds.
considered sacred while tyranny While explaining the role of
and injustice should be resisted. faith in the improvement of
Contrary to the view that social relations, Martyr Mutahhari
ideological matters do not have wrote:
any effect on human social life, “It is religious faith
Islam considers faith to have alone which, above all,
significant impacts on the respects truth, honors
social relations of man. justice, encourages kindness
In other words, the social and mutual confidence,
relations of man are linked to inculcates the spirit of
ideological matters, because piety, acknowledges moral
someone who genuinely believes values, emboldens the
in God and the Day of individuals to resist tyranny,
judgment is convinced that all and unites them into a
his actions (good or bad) to any homogeneous body. Most
of the creatures of God will of the outstanding men
never go unrewarded or who have shed luster on
punished. Thus, such a desire
the world and have
