Allama Sayyed Ali Fadlallah held that we «are not believers in any heavenly message except when we emerge from our selfishness, our fanaticisms and our sensitivities, or when we carry God's spaciousness and the spaciousness of all the messages that urge love, goodness, the offering of giving and the helping of the needy, regardless of his religion, his denomination and his sect. Those who kill and live fanaticism and closure and work at eliminating the other cannot claim to belong to any heavenly religion or denomination; for where are they from the fragrance of these messages that came with love and peace? They are far removed from all these religions and all these headings and all this history.»
During his patronage of the Giving Exhibition entitled «The Messenger of God Is My Model», held by Al-Mabarrat Charitable Association at Imam Al-Jawad High School in Ali Al-Nahri and attended by the mufti of Baalbek Sheikh Ayman Al-Rifai, the bishop of Zahle Issam Darwish and other figures, Fadlallah pointed out that «our problem is that we always look towards the points of disagreement and work at magnifying them, whereas what is required is to focus on the many points of meeting, whether among religions or among denominations; for all the messages came to complete one another, to serve the human being and to raise societies towards the better».
He concluded: «As we speak about the value of giving, we must appreciate this giving that is manifested in this blood shed for the sake of the homeland and its protection from those who tamper with its security and its stability - the blood of those who protect the homeland from those who wish it ill. From here we feel the importance of this giving exerted by the Lebanese army and by the resistance; this blood is the most precious medal of giving in life. We believe that this country cannot be built except through the complementarity of giving and the joining of efforts.»
For his part, Al-Rifai held «that religion came to free the human being from all fanaticisms», noting «that what is required of us is to live true, pure servitude to God and to break all these idols and images that we have set up within ourselves and to which we have offered sacrifices».
For his part, Bishop Issam Darwish offered a prayer for the martyrs of the Lebanese army who fall in defence of the homeland, pointing out «that Al-Mabarrat Association has, since its founding, carried love and goodness to everyone, and has contributed and still contributes to wiping sorrow from many hearts and to easing the pains of those in need».
He noted «that the Lebanese feel reassurance at the existence of a climate of dialogue among the components of Lebanese society», hoping «that this climate will continue despite the difficulties so that we may arrive at consolidating civil peace and bring love into the hearts of those in dialogue».
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