The Greatest Status

The young tailor, Shaykh Rajab Ali Khayyat (ra) in his intense love of God and perfection of sincerity, was granted the Supreme Status and the Sublime Destiny. Thus, as asserted by the Ahlulbayt (as), he achieved the virtues and stations of people of cognition (those endowed with Divine Knowledge) through a way other than the common ways.

Imam al-Sadiq (a) is quoted as saying:

"The wise people are those who put their thought in work by means of which to acquire Love of God. When they reach this status--the holy Imam (a) went on to say--they set their desire and love toward their Creator, and thereby they reach the highest status, find their Lord in their hearts, and obtain wisdom not through the way the sages obtained, and find knowledge not through the way the scholars found, and achieve Sidq (sincerity) not through the way the pious achieved. The sages found sagacity by silence, the scholars found knowledge by seeking, and the pious attained piety and sincerity through humility and long-term worship.