Seyyed Baqir Ziaei/ If today we recall the best personalities of the world from Adam to the Holy Prophet and from the Holy Prophet to today, it is to take these personalities as a model.
To take a model from great personalities, we must keep two things in mind.
A- Compassion and Love
If we choose a leader as our role model, we must love that person and be compassionate towards him so that we can follow in his footsteps and act on his words out of love.
B- Having Awareness
The second issue is what kind of personality this leader we have chosen is, is he worthy? I chose this noble person to act my way.
These two options alone can never lead a person to his main goal.
If we take a role model only through compassion, it will be like blind imitation, and if we take awareness alone, it will be like Shammar, Sinan, and their likes; so we must take both firmly. We must have both compassion for a leader and awareness of it.
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) is the best role model in the world. God loves him and has revealed more than 300 verses about his beautiful existence. As the Holy Prophet (PBUH) says, God gave Hazrat Ali (AS) virtues that are specific to him, including making the Kaaba his birthplace and secondly, choosing Hazrat Zahra (SA) as his wife as the one whose creation led to the creation of the universe.
If we want to be influential and important in society and be a role model for the next generation, we must do these things:
1 - Learn. Seek knowledge. As Hazrat Ali (AS) is the best role model of the scholar, never be ashamed to ask him about something you do not know.
2 - Act on knowledge and knowledge. As the proverb says, a scholar without action is like a bee without honey. Whatever you learn, act on what you have learned. Hazrat Ali (AS) is the best role model for acting in line with knowledge and action.
3 - Be alone. Have a secret and need with Allah. Make Allah present and watch over you in every action you do.
4 - Be courageous. Do not be afraid of what people say and act on what God says.
5 - Be responsible. No matter how much knowledge you have, you are responsible to God and people. If you want to be important, fulfill your responsibility and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong.
6 - Do not be biased. As God says, the best of you is the most pious of you, and black and white, language and ethnicity do not indicate superiority.
7 - Implement Islamic culture. Take whatever legacy left by the greatest personalities as your model and implement it in your society.