Under the patronage of the General Religious Supervisor of Al-Mabarrat Charitable Association, His Eminence Dr. Jaafar Fadlallah, Al-Mabarrat schools held Taklif ceremonies for girls who had reached the age of religious maturity, at Imam Ali (PBUH) Secondary School, Al-Rahma Secondary School, Imam Hussein (PBUH) Secondary School, Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq (PBUH) Secondary School and Imam Al-Baqir Secondary School, in the presence of the administrative and teaching bodies and the girls' families, alongside religious, social, educational and cultural figures.
The ceremonies opened with blessed recitations from the verses of the Holy Quran, followed by the Lebanese national anthem. Artistic and expressive segments inspired by the occasion were then presented, including choral anthems, purposeful theatrical performances, documentary films, and speeches by the girls in which they expressed their pride at reaching this pivotal stage of their faith journey, in addition to a pledge and oath to commit to what pleases God Almighty and to bear the trust of taklif and responsibility.
In his speech, His Eminence Sayyed Jaafar Fadlallah affirmed that “the day of taklif is a foundational and pivotal milestone in building an aware human being”, considering that religious maturity is not merely a formal transition or a ritual commitment, but a qualitative transformation in awareness and identity that places a person before their true responsibility toward God Almighty, toward themselves and toward their society.
He explained that “understanding taklif as a human and spiritual value is the essential gateway to shaping a balanced character, firm in its values and able to carry the faith-based mission in a world where challenges keep multiplying”.
His Eminence noted that “commemorating the birth anniversaries of the Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) in the month of Sha'ban, up to the birth of Imam Al-Mahdi (AJ), is a living evocation of the meaning of divine hope at a time when injustice has become a complete global system rather than a set of scattered events, a system that produces corruption, legitimizes killing and colonization, seizes peoples' dignity and wealth, and erases human values under false headings and slogans. He pointed out that what the world is witnessing today exposes the reality of global arrogance, which draws no distinction between one sect and another, affirming that the unity of Muslims is an essential condition for confronting this unjust reality”.
His Eminence dwelt on the role of the affluent and self-indulgent throughout history, considering that they “were the root of corruption in societies and the first to confront the prophets and reformers, by distorting their image and inverting the truth to turn people away from their message”, noting that this mentality still recurs in every age, and seeks to empty the human being of awareness and mission, turning them into a consumer being subservient to the thought, culture and behavior produced for them.
He also affirmed “that the human being was not created to live for the material dimension alone, but to carry a mission, values and meaning”, stressing that faith-based identity is the true source of pride, and that a person loses their meaning when they let their spirit die and abandon their principles. He called for holding fast to one's roots and authentic values, and for not being swept along by attempts to distort identity or to import ready-made lifestyles and values that empty a person of their distinctiveness and their mission-driven role.
His Eminence saw in “the generation entering the age of religious maturity the hope of the future and the makers of tomorrow”, considering that God Almighty raised this generation in difficult circumstances so that it would be more aware of the reality of the world and of its responsibility within it, placing on educational institutions, families and society the responsibility of caring for this group, protecting it from a culture of superficiality and triviality, and working to prepare a distinctive human being capable of carrying the mission-driven human project and building a society founded on piety, values and justice.”
The ceremonies concluded with the distribution of gifts to the girls and souvenir photographs, in an atmosphere reflecting joy and pride in this faith-based and educational occasion.
