The Holy Prophet (s) said “Shamoon (the grandson of Judah. one of the disciples of Jesus) submitted to Jesus the Prophet of God ‘Describe to me the signs of ignorant?’ The Prophet Jesus (as) said:
1. If you become his companion he will offend &: grieve you.
2. And if you avoid him he will revile and vilify you.
3. And if he gives some thing to you he will hold you under obligation.
4. If you give him some thing he will be ungrateful.
5. If you tell him a secret he will commit dishonesty with you (by revealing &: opening it).
6. And if he tells you a secret he will blame you (about it’s opening).
7. And if he becomes wealthy he will get proud and show insolence and petulance.
8. And if he becomes poor he will refuse the blessings of Allah and will not care about committing sin.
9. And if he gets glad and happy he commits insolence and inordinacy.
10. And if he is grieved he gets disappointed.
11. And if he laughs his laughter is a burst (loud laughter).
12. And if he cries he laments and wails.
13. Attacks and assaults the pious ones.
14. He does not love Allah and does not observe His law.
15. And he does not feel ashamed before Allah.
16. He does not remember Allah.
17. If you please him he admires you and exaggerates in admiring you and falsely attributes the things (virtues) which you do not possess.
18. If he gets angry with you all his admiration (for you) finishes up, and he attributes unworthy things to you. This is the way of the ignorant.’[i]
[i] TUHFUL AQOOL, P 18/19
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Joshua Charbonneau is an American Muslim. He was born in 1982 in Sumter, South Carolina. He is of French Canadian and American descent. He was born into a Christian family, and later chose to revert to Shi’a Islam at the age of 17, having studied both faiths. After reverting to Islam he chose the name Mateen which in Arabic means strong, firm and unshakable. His first language is English and he also learned Quranic Arabic.
At age 26 he moved to Washington, DC area and has been an active part of the Muslim community. He took part in a documentary by Al-Anwar Hussain TV entitled Journey of the Spirit where he narrated his incredible story on how he became a Shia Muslim.
Since March of 2013 he has been studying Howza (Islamic Seminary) classes in America and Najaf al-Ashraf under esteemed scholars such as Sheikh Mustafa Akhound, Sheikh Mirza Abbas Shamsuddin, Sheikh Saed Kulayni, Sheikh Mohammad Baghernejad, Sayed Ibn Abbas Naqvi, Sheikh Mohammad Jafar Danesh, Sayed Baqir Imrani, Sayed Raad al-Alawi and Sayed Muhammad Baqir Shirazi.
Sheikh Mateen has also written, compiled and published some very in-depth books entitled The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers (Shia) throughout History, Christians who defended and died for Prophet Muhammad and his Family (English, Spanish, French), Mystery of the Shia, a Study Guide for Logic and an extensive book of narrations entitled Prophetic Gems, A Commentary to the Faith of Shia Islam (Aqaed Imamiyya) of Allama Muzaffar (4 volumes) and Recalling the Sacrifices of Karbala. These titles are available at Amazon.
In 2014 he founded a nonprofit organization to send free books to prisoners entitled 2nd Chance Books, which was filmed about in a documentary by Ahlul Bayt TV entitled Faith Behind Bars.
He received his turban from the hand of Sheikh Ahmad al-Haeri on the martyrdom of Muslim ibn Aqil (ra) / Day of Arafat in 2016 and also from Marja’ Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad Taqi Modarresi in the Holy city of Karbala on the birth anniversary of Imam Sajjad (as) in 2018.
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