tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77936139611424034922024-03-13T12:44:05.244+05:30Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)ARE WE READY FOR HIS (A.T.F.S.)'s REAPPEARANCE ?Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09950473998862309050noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793613961142403492.post-75731137908942037842013-01-02T15:07:00.000+05:302013-01-04T13:16:00.781+05:30FAREWELL OF IMAM HUSAIN (a.s.) TO HIS SON ALI AKBAR (a.s.)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mahdi Warriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215871000927370924noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793613961142403492.post-86795420187704625442012-12-28T16:07:00.000+05:302013-01-04T13:18:50.909+05:30The little Princess of The King Father - Janabe Sakina (s.a.) The Little Angel of Imam Husain (a.s.)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Bibi Sakina (s.a.) was the youngest daughter of Imam Husain (a.s.). She was a vivacious</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> child, full of love and happiness. Everyone loved Sakina (s.a.). She was also a very religious girl. She enjoyed reading the Holy Quraan and never missed her prayers. From the age of two she took great care to make sure that her head and face were properly covered when in public.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=502077733170978&set=a.144586318920123.30848.144150522297036&type=1"><b>Sakina</b></a> (s.a.) was Imam Husain (a.s.)'s most beloved child. Our Imam was often heard to say, “A house without Sakina (s.a.) would not be worth living in!” She always had a sweet and cheerful smile and a very friendly nature. Other children sought her company as much as the grown ups did. She was very generous and always shared whatever she had with others.<br /><br />There was a special bond between <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=486371291408289&set=pb.144150522297036.-2207520000.1356690728&type=3&src=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-prn1%2F15057_486371291408289_2082331408_n.jpg&size=800%2C563"><b>Hazrat Abbas</b></a> and Sakina (s.a.). He loved her more than he did his own children. If Sakina (s.a.) requested for anything, Abbas would not rest until he satisfied her request. There was nothing that Abbas would not do to make Sakina (s.a.) happy.<br /><br />During the journey from Madina to Mecca and then Mecca to Karbala’, Abbas was often seen riding up to the mehmil in which Sakina (s.a.) sat to make sure that she had everything she wanted. Sakina (s.a.) loved her uncle just as much. While in Madina she would, several times a day, visit the house in which Hazrat Abbas lived with his family and his mother, Ummul Baneen.<br /><br />Like any other four-five year old when Sakina (s.a.) went to bed at night she wanted to spend some time with her father. Imam Husain (a.s.) would tell her stories of the prophets and of the battles fought by her grand-father Ali. She would rest her head on her father's chest and Husain (a.s.) would not move from her until she fell asleep. When from the second of Muharram the armies of Yazid began to gather at Karbala’, Husain (a.s.) said to his sister Zainab (s.a.), “The time has come for you to get Sakina (s.a.) used to going to sleep without my being there!” Sakina (s.a.) would follow her father at night and Husain (a.s.) had to gently take her to Zainab (s.a.) or Rubaab.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">At Karbala’ when from the seventh Muharram water became scarce Sakina (s.a.) shared whatever little water she had with other children. When soon there was no water at all, the thirsty children would look at Sakina (s.a.) hopefully, and because she could not help them she would have tears in her eyes. Sakina (s.a.)'s lips were parched with thirst.<br /><br />On the Ashura day, she gave her Mashk to Hazrat Abbas. He went to get water for her. The children gathered round Sakina (s.a.) with their little cups, knowing that as soon as Hazrat Abbas brought any water, Sakina (s.a.) would first make sure that they had some before taking any herself. When Sakina (s.a.) saw Imam Husain (a.s.) bringing the blood drenched 'alam she knew that her uncle Abbas had been killed. From that day on Sakina (s.a.) never complained of thirst.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/warriors.of.imam.mehdi">Imam e Zamana</a></b> (atfs) in Ziarat e Nahiya; "Peace be upon the lips. that were parched due to thirst." "Salaam Ho Murjhaye Hue Honto'n par"<br /><br />Then came the time when the earth shook and Sakina (s.a.) became an orphan! Sakina (s.a.) never again asked anyone for water. Bibi Zainab (s.a.) would persuade her to take a few sips, but she herself would never ask for water or complain of thirst.<br /><br />On the way to Shaam, Once Bibi Zainab (s.a.) looked at the camel on which Sakina (s.a.) was riding. Sakina (s.a.) was not there! She looked at all the other camels, Sakina (s.a.) was nowhere to be seen. She panicked. Where could Imaam Husain (a.s.)'s darling daughter be? She asked Shimr (l.a.) to untie her to that she could go and look for Sakina (s.a.). At first Shimr (l.a.) responded with his whip. Unmindful of her own pain she kept on begging<br /><br />Shimr (l.a.) untied her with the warning that if she did not return soon he would flog Imaam Zain ul ‘Abideen (a.s.) to death. Bibi Zainab (s.a.) ran in the direction from which they had travelled. Some distance away she saw an elderly lady holding Sakina (s.a.) affectionately, kissing her cheeks and wiping away her tears. She could hear Sakina (s.a.) telling the lady how her uncle Abbas had gone to fetch her water and how he had never returned. When Sakina (s.a.) saw her aunt she explained that she had fallen off the camel but the kind lady had looked after her. Bibi Zainab (s.a.) turned to the lady and said, “May Allah reward you for your kindness to this orphan!” The lady replied, “Zainab (s.a.), my dear, how can you thank your own mother? Do you not recognize me?” As the lady lifted her face, Bibi Zainab (s.a.) saw that it was Fatimah Zahra!<br /><br />In the prison in Shaam she would stare at the flock of birds flying to their nests at sunset and innocently ask Bibi Zainab (s.a.), “Will Sakina (s.a.) be going home like those birds flying to their homes?”</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">After sacrificing
his 18 year old son <b>Ali Akbar</b>, <b><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/05%20Imam%20Husain%20%28a.s.%29">Imam
Husain (a.s.)</a></b> looked up at the sky and said:</span><br />
<span style="background: white;"><br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"YA ALLAH, GIVE ME MORE PATIENCE. YA ALLAH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
I CAN GIVE FOR YOUR SAKE?"</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">He remained patient after seeing so many dead in
one day.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Allah's will was Husain's command. Husain (a.s.) was
prepared and willing to sacrifice his family. He never prayed to Allah to save
his family.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Instead he prayed for PATIENCE! PATIENCE! AND MORE
PATIENCE!</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">By Asr time Husain (a.s.) was left alone.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">The time had come for Husain (a.s.) to go to the
battlefield. Husain (a.s.) said KHUDA HAFIZ to everyone.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.), with his sword ZULFIQUAR on his
waist, mounted ZULJANA, his horse.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) rode his horse to a small mount, he
then called out loudly:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"IS
THERE ANYONE TO HELP ME? IS THERE ANYONE TO HELP THE GRANDSON OF THE HOLY
PROPHET?"</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">With this call, the grandson of the Holy Prophet,
was giving one last chance to Yazid's men, the men who called themselves
Muslims - the followers of the Holy Prophet.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">No one answered Husain's last call. But Husain (a.s.)
heard the sound of crying coming from his camp.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) turned around and returned to his tents.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"Zainab,
your brother is still alive. Why are you crying?"</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"My
brother Husain (a.s.), when you called out, "IS THERE ANYONE TO HELP
ME", <b>Ali Asghar</b> fell from his
cradle."</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) knew what Ali Asghar was trying to
say. Husain (a.s.) went to <b>Umme Rubab (s.a.)</b>.
Ali Asghar was on her lap. He was crying and Umme Rubab was trying to comfort
him. Husain (a.s.) picked up baby Ali Asghar and whispered in his ear. Ali
Asghar stopped crying. He looked up at his father and smiled.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"Umme
Rubab, I am taking Ali Asghar to the battlefield with me so that I can get some
water for him."</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">What did Husain (a.s.) whisper in Ali Asghar's ear?
What made Ali Asghar stop crying, and to smile? Husain (a.s.) had whispered:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"My son,
Ali Asghar, do you want to come to the battlefield with me? Asghar, do you want
to show your strength on the battlefield? Come, let us go, my little Mujaheed,
my little soldier, Asghar."</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Umme Rubab changed Ali Asghar's clothes.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Imam Husain (a.s.) carried Ali Asghar to the
battlefield. It was very hot. Ali Asghar was thirsty. Husain (a.s.) covered baby
Ali Asghar with his abaa, to protect him from the scorching sun.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Yazid (l.a.)'s men saw Husain (a.s.) approaching
with something in his hand.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"Look,
Husain (a.s.) is coming with the Quran. He has no one left to help him. With
the help of the Quran he is hoping to win."</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) walked to Yazid's soldiers. By moving
his abaa he uncovered Ali Asghar.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">He held Ali Asghar high with both his hands and
said:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"O
soldiers of Yazid, you feel I have offended you, but what has this little child
done to you? His mother's milk has dried up. He has not had a drop of water for
three days. He is dying of thirst. I beg you to give water to this innocent
little child."</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Not one of Yazid's soldiers brought any water for
Ali Asghar.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Once more Imam Husain (a.s.) said:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>“Maybe you
think that when you bring water for this child, I will drink it too. I will put
this little child on the ground. You can come and give him water
yourself."</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) placed Ali Asghar on the burning sand
of Kerbala.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Ali Asghar lay quietly on the hot sand of Kerbala.
His turned his head and stared at Yazid's men.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">No water came for Ali Asghar.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) picked up Ali Asghar and said:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"My son
Ali Asghar, my darling, you are too young to fight with a sword or a spear. My little
Mujaheed, my little soldier, you are a grandson of Ali. Ali Asghar, fight your
Jehad with your tongue."</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Little Asghar stuck his dry tongue out and moved it
over his dry lips looking towards Yazid's men. He fought Jehad with his tongue.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">The little soldier shot a strange arrow - his dry
tongue.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">It hit the hearts of Yazid's soldiers who had
children of their own. They became restless. Some started crying.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">They spoke amongst themselves:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"Husain (a.s.)
is saying the truth. What has this child done to us? Why is he punished like
this? Let us give him some water."</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Umar Saad got worried that his soldiers will turn
against him.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">The little soldier's fight was very effective.
Little Ali Asghar was fighting Jehad his way.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Umar Saad ordered his best archer:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"Hurmullah!
What are you waiting for? Silence the little child! Don't you know he is a
grandson of Ali? Hurry, shoot your arrow, before it is too late."</i></span><i><br />
</i><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Hurmullah aimed an arrow at Ali Asghar. A small
arrow for a little child? No! An arrow not with one head, not with two heads,
but with three sharp heads.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Why? Why an arrow with three heads for such a small
child?</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">My fellow Husaini! You will not be able to stop
crying when you hear what happened next.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">An arrow with three sharp heads flew across the
desert of Kerbala. It was heading for Ali Asghar. Husain (a.s.) saw the arrow
coming. He covered Ali Asghar with his arms.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">The arrow reached Husain (a.s.).</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">The arrow went through Husain's arm and lodged in
the tiny neck of Ali Asghar.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Ali Asghar died instantly.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Allaho Akber! Allaho Akber!</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Poor Husain (a.s.), the poor father, who came to
get water for his little child.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Instead of water, Ali Asghar got an arrow in his
neck.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">What shall Husain (a.s.) do now? What shall Husain (a.s.)
do now?</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) gently pulled the arrow from Ali
Asghar's tiny neck.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">My fellow Husaini, put your hand on your heart and
imagine the scene - a father removing an arrow from his child's neck. What a
tragic scene!</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Blood gushed out from Ali Asghar's neck.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">A voice came from the ground:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"No,
Husain (a.s.), do not let Ali Asghar's blood fall to the ground, otherwise no
crops will ever grow from this earth." Husain (a.s.) looked up at the sky.”</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">A voice came from the sky:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"No
Husain (a.s.), do not let the blood gush towards the sky, otherwise, no drop of
rain will ever fall from this sky."</i></span><i><br />
</i><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">What shall Husain (a.s.) do now? What shall Husain (a.s.)
do now?</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">The sky is refusing, the earth is not happy to
accept Asghar's blood.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Poor Husain (a.s.) wiped Ali Asghar's blood on his
face.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) started walking towards his tents.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">He saw Ali Asghar's mother - Umme Rubab - standing
by his tent. A mother anxiously waiting for her baby.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) thought:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"How can
I face Umme Rubab? What shall I tell her? How can I tell her that her baby has
been martyred without water? How? How?"</i></span><i><br />
</i><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">SEVEN TIMES, Husain (a.s.) went forward and then
turned back,</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Saying:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"INNA
LILLAHE WA INNA ELAIHE RAJEOON."</i></span><i><br />
</i><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">He finally reached the tent where Umme Rubab was
standing. <i>"Rubab, come and take your
Ali Asghar. Rubab, your little soldier has died for the sake of Allah."</i></span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Umme Rubab took her little child, Ali Asghar. She
hugged him and cried her heart out.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i>"Come
with me Rubab. Enough, Rubab, enough. Let us bury our baby Asghar"</i></span><i><br />
</i><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) and Umme Rubab walked to the back of
the tents.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) dug a small grave with his sword, the
Zulfiquar.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Umme Rubab placed Ali Asghar in the small grave.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">My fellow Husaini why should we not cry tonight?
Why should we not do matam tonight?</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Have we ever heard of any other father and mother
digging a grave and burying their own child?</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Where can Husain (a.s.) get water to sprinkle on
Ali Asghar's grave? There is no water to sprinkle on Ali Asghar's grave.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Husain (a.s.) sat by the grave crying.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Tears poured on the grave. Ali Asghar's grave was
sprinkled with Husain's tears.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;">Our promise to you O Fatima!<br />We will never forget your son Husain (a.s.)...</a></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hadith No.1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial;"><b>The Heat of Husaini Love</b></span><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/search/label/01%20Holy%20Prophet%20Mohammed%20%28s.a.w.s%29">The Holy Prophet</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(S.A.W.) said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surely, there exists in the hearts of the Mu' mineen, with respect to the martyrdom of Husain (A.S.), a heat that never subsides.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mustadrak al-Wasail, vol. 10, pg. 318<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff3300; text-decoration: initial;">A'ashura</span></a>- A Day of Grief</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Reza (A.S.) said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The one for whom the day of A'shura is a day of tragedy, grief and weeping, Allah The Mighty, The Glorious, shall make the Day of Judgment, a day of joy and happiness for him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bihar al-Anwar, vol,: 44,pg: 284<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff3300; text-decoration: initial;">Muharram</span></a> - The Month of Mourning</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Reza (A.S.) said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the advent of the month of Muharram, my father Imam Kazim (A.S.) would never be seen laughing; gloom and sadness would overcome him for (the first) ten days of the month; and when the tenth day of the month would dawn, it would be a day of tragedy, grief and weeping for him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amaali Saduq, pg, 111<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Laughing Eyes</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O' Fatimah! Every eye shall be weeping on the Day of Judgment except the eye which has shed tears over the tragedy of Husain (A.S.) for surely, that eye shall be laughing and shall be given the glad tidings of the bounties and comforts of Paradise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bihar al-Anwar, vol,: 44;pg,:293.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Reward of the Martyred Companions</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Reza (A.S.) said (to one of his companions):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you desire that for you be the reward equivalent to that of those martyred along with Husain (A.S.), then whenever you remember him say: 'Oh! Would that I had been with them! A great achievement would I have achieved'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wasaail al-Shia'h, vol.14, pg. 502<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Customary Mourning</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abu Haroon al-Makfoof said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I presented myself before Imam Sadiq (A.S.) whereupon he said to me: "Recite for me a poetry" and so I recited for him. He said "Not in this manner. Recite for me as you recite poems and elegies over the grave of Husain (A.S.)" and so I recited for him (again).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bihar al-Anwar,Vol.:44, pg.: 287.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Reward for Reciting Poetry about Husain (A.S.)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is none who recites poetry about Husain (A.S.) and weeps and makes others weep by means of it, except that Allah makes Paradise incumbent upon him and forgives his sins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rijal al-Shaikh al-Tusi, pg.: 289.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>People of Eulogies and Elegies</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Sadiq(A.S.)said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All praise is for Allah, who has placed amongst the people, those who arrive in our presence, eulogizing us and reciting elegies about us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wasail al-Shia'h Vol.: 10, pg.: 469<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Poetry Recitation During the Period of Mourning</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Reza (A.S.) said (to De'bil, a poet sincereiy devoted to the Ahlul bayt):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I desire that you recite for me poetry, for surely, these days (of the month of Muharram) are the days of grief and sorrow, which have passed over us, Ahlul Bayt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Shi'ites- The Companions and Associates</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surely, Allah has chosen for us followers (Shi'ites), who assist us and are happy at our happiness and are sad in our sadness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ghurar al-Hikam, Vol: 1/ pg.: 235.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Paradise - The Recompense of A'zadari</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam 'Ali Ibn al-Husain(A.S) used to say:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every Mu'min, whose eyes shed tears upon the killing of Husain Ibn' Ali(A.S.) and his companions, such that the tears roll down his cheeks, Allah shall accommodate him in the elevated rooms of paradise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yannaabe' al-Mawaddah, pg.: 429.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In Remembrance of the Children of <a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/search/label/02%20Janab%20e%20Fatema%20Zehra%20%28s.a.%29"><span style="color: #ff3300; text-decoration: initial;">Fatimah (A.S.)</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Sajjad(A.S.) said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surely, I have never brought to mind the martyrdom of the children of Fatimah (A.S.) except that I have been choked with tears due to it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 46, Pg.: 109.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mourning in the Houses</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those unable to go for the ziarat of Imam Husain (A.S.) on the day of A'shura, Imam Baqir (A.S.) mentions the manner of performing A'zadari as follows: He should mourn over Husain (A.S.), weep for him and instruct the members of the house to weep for him. He should establish the mourning ceremony in the house by exhibiting lamentions and grief over him; the people should meet one another in their homes and offer condolences and consolations to each other over the calamities which befell him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kaamil al-Ziyaraat, Pg.: 175.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Baqir (A.S.) said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amirul Mu'mineen Ali(A.S.), along with two of his companions, happened to pass by Karbala and as he did so, tears filled his eyes. He said (to them), "This is the resting place of their animals; and this is where their luggage shall be laid down; and it is here that their blood shall be shed. Blessed are you O' Earth, that the blood of the beloved shall be spilled upon you."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Tears - Barrier of Hell</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Baqir (A.S.) said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He who remembers us, or in whose presence, we are remembered, and (as a result) tears flow from his eyes, even though they may be in the measure of a wing of a mosquito, Allah shall construct for him a house in paradise and make the tears a barrier between him and the fire (of hell).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Twenty Years of Weeping!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As for A'li Ibn al-Husain (A.S.), he cried over Husain (A.S.) for twenty years (after the tragedy of Karbala); never would any food be placed before him except that he would begin to weep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px;"><b>The Etiquette of Mourning</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Ibrahim, the son of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) died, tears filled the eyes of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.), whereupon he said, "The eyes are tearful and the heart is anguished (but) we shall not say anything which shall anger the Lord. Surely we, O' Ibrahim, are grief-stricken for you"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He in whose presence we (and our miseries) are mentioned and, as a result, his eyes pour out tears, Allah shall make his face forbidden upon the fire of hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said to Fudhail:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you sit together, talk and discuss amongst yourselves?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Imam then said: I approve of these sittings. So keep our 'issue' (Imamate) alive. May Allah exhibit mercy on those who revive our issue and mission!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Invaluable Tears</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said (to Masma', one of those who mourned over Imam Husain (A.S.)):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May Allah have mercy upon your tears! Do know that you are regarded as being of those who are deeply concerned about us and of those who are happy at our happiness and aggrieved at our sorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do know that you shall witness the presence of my fathers near you at the time of your death.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam Sadiq (A.S.) (while sitting on the prayer mat prayed for the mourners and those going for the ziarat of the Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) as follows):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O' Lord, have mercy upon those eyes, which have shed tears in compassion for us; and upon those hearts, which have been restless and blistered for us; and upon those wailings, which have been for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He whose eyes shed tears for our blood which has been shed, or for our rights which have been usurped, or for the humiliation meted out to us or to one of our Shiites, Allah shall accomodate him in paradise for a long time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O' Zurarah! The sky had cried for forty days over (the martyrdom of) Husain (A.S.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Prophet (S.A.W.) and Weeping over the Martyrs</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the news of the martyrdom of Ja'far Ibn Abi Talib (A.S.) and Zaid Ibn Harithah reached the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.), whenever he he entered his house, he would weep profusely for them and say:'' They used to converse with me and were intimate with me and (now) both of them have departed together''.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Man La Yahdhuruhu al-Faqih, Vol.: 1, pg.: 177.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The breath of one who is aggrieved upon the injustice and oppression subjected to us, is tasbeeh (glorification of Allah), and his concealing our secrets, is jihad in the path of Allah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Allah has appointed to the grave of Imam Husain (A.S.), four thousand anguished and grief-stricken angels, who weep over him (and shall continue to do so) up to the Day of Judgment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weeping over Husain (A.S.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O' Son of Shabib! If you have to cry over something, then do so over Husain Ibn 'Ali (A.S.) for surely, he was slaughtered in the manner in which a ram is slaughtered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Benefits of Weeping over Husain (A.S.)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Those who weep should weep over the likes of Husain (A.S.) for surely, weeping over him does away with one's great sins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Forgiveness of Sins</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O' Son of Shabib! Should you weep for Husain (A.S.) in the measure that tears roll down your cheeks, Allah would forgive all the sins committed by you, whether they be the great sins or the small sins and whether they be meagre or immense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O' Son of Shabib! If it makes you happy (and you desire) to be with us in the elevated ranks of paradise, then be sad in our grief and happy at our happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One who weeps for Imam Husain (A.S.), surely, the Imam (A.S.) observes him and seeks forgiveness for him and requests his holy fathers to (also) seek forgiveness for him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) (said to Hadrat Fatimah (A.S.): On the Day of Judgment, you shall intercede for the ladies and I shall intercede for the men; every person who has wept over the tragedy of Husain (A.S.), we shall take him by the hand and lead him into Paradise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I arrived in the presence of my master, Imam Sadiq (A.S.) on the day of Ashura and found him pale and grief-stricken, with tears streaming from his eyes like falling pearls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(On the Day of Judgment, a group would be seen in the most excellent and honorable of states. They would be asked if they were of the Angels or of the Prophets. In reply they would state): "We are neither Angels nor Prophets but of the indigent ones from the ummah of Muhammad (S.A.W.)". They would then be asked: "How then did you achieve this lofty and honorable status?" They would reply: "We did not perform very many good deeds nor did we pass all the days in a state of fasting or all the nights in a state of worship but yes, we used to offer our (daily) prayers (regularly) and whenever we used to hear the mention of Muhammad (S.A.W.), tears would roll down our cheeks".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Once when he happened to pass by Karbala), Isa Jesus (A.S.) sat down and began to weep. His disciples who were observing him, followed suit and began weeping too, but not comprehending the reason for this behavior, they asked him:"O' Spirit of God! What is it that makes you weep?" Isa Jesus (A.S.) said: "Do you know what land this is?" The disciples replied: "No." He then said: "This is the land on which the son of the Prophet Ahmad (S.A.W.) shall be killed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Abul-Mohammad<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ali (a.s.) - the 1st Holy Imam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fatima Az-Zahra (s.a.) bint-e-Mohammad Rasool-Allah(saww)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Madina on 15th of Ramzan 3 AH (624 AD)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
Madina at age 47, on 28th of Safar 50 AH (670 AD)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Martyred
by means of poison and buried in the cemetery of Baqi in Madina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Imam after
the Commander of the faithful </span><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/03%20Imam%20Ali%20%28a.s.%29"><b><span style="background: white; color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Imam Ali
(a.s.)</span></b></a><span style="background: white; color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> was
his son al-Hasan, the son of the mistress of the women of the worlds, </span><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/02%20Janab%20e%20Fatema%20Zehra%20%28s.a.%29"><b><span style="background: white; color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Janab-e-Fatima
Zahra (s.a.)</span></b></a><span style="background: white; color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> daughter of Muhammad (s.a.w.w.), the Lord of messengers, may
God bless him and his pure family. (Al-Hasan's) kunya was Abu Muhammad. He was
born in Medina, on the night of the middle day of the month of Ramadan, three
years after the hijra (624).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">His mother,
Fatima (s.a.), brought him to the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, on
the seventh day in a silken shawl from Heaven, which Gabriel had brought down
to the Prophet, may God bless him and his family. He named him Hasan and
sacrificed a ram for him (in the ceremony of aqiqa).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The birth of </span><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/04%20Imam%20Hasan%20%28a.s.%29"><b><span style="background: white; color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Imam Hasan
Mujtaba (as)</span></b></a><b><span style="background: white; color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,</span></b><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">the 2nd
infallible successor of </span><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/01%20Holy%20Prophet%20Mohammed%20%28s.a.w.s%29"><b><span style="background: white; color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prophet
Mohammad (saww)</span></b></a><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> was a very
sweet and pleasant occasion. It was a joyful event for the blessed family,
since Imam Hasan (as) was the first grandson of the Prophet, and certainly a
gift from God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">It is matter of
regret that many aspects of Imam Hasan’s (as) dynamic personality still remain
unknown because of the ignorance of some people who have actually oppressed
him. However, his merits have continued to shine more brilliantly as time goes
by.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Imam Hasan’s
policies were identical to that of his father Imam Ali (as), the first
infallible successor of Prophet Mohammad (saww). His authority was also like
that of Imam Ali (as). Imam Hasan Mujtaba (as) could also be called <b>“the son of the battlefield”</b> - in the
struggle against oppression and injustice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">As a matter of
fact, Imam Hasan (as) paved the ground for the immortal epic of Ashura and
ensured the righteousness of Imamate (divinely decreed leadership) in the
Prophet"s blessed household.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The name of Imam
Mujtaba (as) is a very great and endeared name. We should bear in mind that it
was the policies of Imam Hasan (as) that ripped apart the mask of hypocrisy
from certain faces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Treaty with
the rebel Mu’awiyah (l.a.) and the conditions he set (for relinquishing the
caliphate) was indeed a Divine Plan. He is thus one of our Great Leaders and
serves as our spiritual and political role model.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Imam Hasan
Mujtaba (as) is indeed a source of blessings and munificence. He is truly a
Chosen of God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Imam Hasan’s
(as) bravery is unique among all the other Imams.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">During his days,
he was faced with only two options: martyrdom or life. He thus made the most
difficult choice, and continues to live forever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">His
Burial</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Sibt
b. al-Jawzi reported on the authority of b. Sa'd on the authority of al-Waqidi,
who said: "When Imam Hasan(a.s.) was about to die, he said: </span><b><i><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">`Bury
me beside my father.'</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> He meant the Apostle of Allah (saww).
However, </span><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">banu (the sons of)
Umayya and Marwan b. al-Hakam</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> and </span><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Said b. al-As</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">,
who was the governor over Medina, prevented him." Ibn Sa'd said:
"Among them was <b>`</b></span><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A'isha</span></b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<b>(l.a.)</b>,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
who said: </span><b><i><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">`No one is buried beside the Apostle of Allah.'</span></i></b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><i><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Abu
al-Faraj al-Amawi al-Isfahani reported on the authority of Yahya b. <b>Imam Hasan (a.s.),</b> who said: "I
heard Ali b. Tahir b. Zayd say: `When they wanted to bury Imam Hasan (a.s.),
she (`A'isha) mounted a mule and asked the help of banu (the sons of) Umayya,
Marwan, those who were there from them (banu Umayya) and from their servants.
So someone said: `One day (she was) on a mule, and one day (she was) on a
camel.'"<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Al-Mas'udi
has mentioned that `A'isha mounted a gray mule and led the Umayyads to declare
a second battle against the members of the House (Ahl al-Bayt(a.s.)). He
(al-Mas'udi) said: "So al-Qasim b. Muhammad b. Abu Bakr came to her
(`A'isha) and said: `Aunt, we, have not washed our heads since the Battle of
the Camel. Do you want people to call this day the Battle of the Gray Mule?' So
she came back."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Many
people gathered together with </span><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/05%20Imam%20Husain%20%28a.s.%29"><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Imam Husain (a.s.)</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
and said to him: "Leave us with the children of Marwan. By Allah (swt),
they are, with us, nothing but an itching of the head." Imam Hussain(a.s.)
said: `By Allah (swt), if there had been no injunction to me from Imam Hasan (a.s.)
to prevent bloodshed and that I should not even pour blood into a cupping-glass
in (carrying out) his command, you would have known how the swords of Allah (swt)
would have taken their toll from you. You have broken the agreement which was
made between you and us. You have ignored the conditions which we made with you
for ourselves." Here Imam Husain (a.s.) reminded them of the conditions of
the Peace Treaty.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Then
they went on with (the body of) Imam Hasan (a.s.) and they buried him in (the
cemetery of) al-Baqi beside his grandmother, Fatima bint-e-Asad (a.s.) bin
Hashim bin Abd Manaf.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In
his book `al-Isaba', Ahmad Shahab al-Din al-`Asqalani said: Dawud b. Sinan
informed us: Tha'laba b. Abu Malik told us: "I (Tha'laba b. Abu Malik) saw
Imam Hasan (a.s.) on the day when he died and was buried in (the cemetery of)
al-Baqi`. I saw that if a needle had been thrown away in (the cemetery of)
al-Baqi`, it (the needle) would have not fallen but on the head of a
person."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">On page 96 of
Thawab al-A'mal wa 'Iqab al- A'mal, and also on page 48 of his book Al-Amali
(or pp. 29-32 of old editions), Shaikh Abu Ja'fer Muhammad ibn Ali ibn
al-Husain ibn Babawayh al-Qummi al-Saduq (306-381 A.H.) quotes Muhammad Ibn
Ibrahim al-Ma'athi saying that Ahmed ibn Jaylawayh al-Jurjani al- Muthakkar]
quotes Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Bilal quoting Abu Muhammad quoting Abu Abdullah
Muhammad ibn Kiram quoting Ahmed ibn Abdullah quoting Sufyan ibn 'Ayeenah
quoting Mu'awiya ibn Abu Ishaq quoting Sa'eed ibn Jubayr saying,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I asked Ibn Abbas once about the
reward of one who fasts during the month of Ramadan knowing its greatness. He
said: 'O Ibn Jubayr! Get ready to listen to what your ears have never heard
before, nor your heart has ever experienced, nor your soul has ever reckoned
regarding that about which you have inquired! What you are seeking is the
knowledge of the first generations and the last!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So I left him and
prepared myself to meet him again. I returned to him at early daybreak. Having
said the fajr prayers (together), I reminded him of the tradition which I had
sought, so he turned his face to me and said,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Listen carefully to
what I am going to tell you. I have heard the </span><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/01%20Holy%20Prophet%20Mohammed%20%28s.a.w.s%29"><span style="color: #ff3300;">Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.w.)</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> saying: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'Had you ever come
to know about your rewards during the month of Ramadan, you would surely have
thanked the Almighty a great deal more (than you usually do). When the first
night is over, Allah, the Almighty and the Exalted One, forgives the sins
committed by all members of my nation, the ones committed in secrecy and the
ones committed in public, and He elevates your status two thousand degrees and
builds you fifty towns in Paradise. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the next day, He
rewards you for every step you take during that day with the rewards of one who
adored Him for a full year and the reward of one of His prophets, and He will
reward you as though you had performed the fast for a full year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the third day, the
Exalted and Dear One grants you a dome in Paradise for each hair on your body,
a dome of a white pearl on top of which are twelve thousand light houses and at
the bottom of which are twelve thousand houses in each one of which there are
one thousand beds and on each bed of which there is a nymph (huri) with large
lovely eyes, each served by one thousand servants the head-covering of each one
of them is better than this world and everything in it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the fifth day, He
builds you in Paradise a million cities in each one of which there are seventy
thousand houses, inside each one of which there are seventy thousand tables,
and on each table there are seventy thousand bowls, and in each bowl there are
sixty thousand types of food each one of which is different from the other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the sixth day, He
will grant you in the Abode of Peace a hundred thousand towns in each one of
which there are a hundred thousand rooms, in each room there are a hundred
thousand beds of gold the length of each is a thousand yards, and on each bed
is a hun wife with large lovely eyes whose hair has thirty thousand locks
braided with pearls and sapphires, and each lock is carried by a hundred
concubines. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the seventh day,
the Almighty grants you in the Garden of Bliss the rewards of forty thousand
martyrs and forty thousand siddeeqs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the eighth day,
Allah Almighty grants you the rewards of the good deeds of sixty thousand
worshippers and sixty thousand ascetics. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the ninth day,
Allah, the Exalted One, gives you what is equal to what He gives a thousand
scholars and a thousand devotees and a thousand warriors fighting for Allah in
a foreign land. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the tenth day, He
gives you the fulfillment of seventy thousand of your worldly wishes and orders
the sun, the moon, the stars, the animals, the birds, the beasts, every rock
and every rain-drop, everything wet and everything dry, all fish in the oceans
and all leaves on the trees, to pray for your forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the eleventh day,
the Exalted and Mighty One grants you the rewards whereby He rewards one who
performs the pilgrimage and 'umra four times and one who performs the
pilgrimage with His prophets and the 'umra with every siddeeq or martyr. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the twelfth day,
He takes upon Himself to replace your sins with good deeds, then He multiplies
your good deeds many times and gives you the rewards of each of your good deeds
a million times. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the thirteenth
day, Allah Almighty grants you what He grants the devotees of Mecca and Medina
and bestows upon you an intercession for each and every stone and rain drop
between Mecca and Medina. <b>O</b>n the
fourteenth day, He treats you as though you had met and followed in the
footsteps of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Solomon [peace be upon all
of them], and as though you had worshipped the Almighty Allah in the company of
His prophets for two hundred years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the fifteenth
day, He fulfills ten of your worldly wishes and those of the hereafter and
grants you what He granted Job (as), then He orders the angels who bear the
'Arsh to pray for your forgiveness and grants you on the Day of Resurrection
forty lights: ten on your right, ten on your left, ten before you and ten
behind you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the sixteenth
day, the Almighty grants you sixty outfits to wear as soon as you abandon your
grave and a she-camel to ride, and He will send a cloud to overshadow you to
protect you from the heat of that Day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the seventeenth
day, the Almighty Allah says: 'I have forgiven them and their parents and
exempted them from having to undergo the hardships of the Day of Resurrection.'
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the eighteenth
day, the Praised and Exalted One orders Gabriel, Michael and Israfil as well as
the angels who bear the 'Arsh and all archangels to seek forgiveness for the
nation of Muhammad (pbuh) till the next year, and He will also grant you on the
Day of Resurrection whatever rewards He grants to those who participated in the
Battle of Badr]. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the nineteenth
day, all angels in the heavens and on earth will have already sought permission
of their Lord to visit your graves and to bring you every day a present and a
drink [as long as you remain in the barzakh]. So, if you complete your fast for
twenty full days, the Almighty Allah sends you seventy thousand angels to
protect you from every accursed devil, and He will have granted you for each day
of your fast your rewards as though you fasted a hundred years, and He will set
a ditch between you and hell and grant you the rewards of all those who recited
the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms and the Holy Qur'an, and will write for you
for each feather on Gabriel the reward of a full year and will grant you the
rewards of those who glorify Him at the 'Arsh and Kursi and will marry you to a
thousand nymphs for each of the verses of the Qur'an. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the twenty-first
day, the Almighty expands your grave a thousand parasangs and lifts the
darkness and loneliness of your graves and makes your graves look like the
graves of the martyrs and your faces like the face of Joseph son of Jacob (as).
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the twenty second
day, the Almighty dispatches the angel of death as He dispatches him to His
prophets to remove your worldly worries and the torment of the hereafter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the twenty third
day, you will pass on the Straight Path in the company of the prophets, the
first to follow the prophets, and the martyrs, as if you had fed each orphan
and clothed everyone who needed to be clothed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the twenty-fourth
day, you will not leave this life before each one of you sees the place
reserved for him or her in Paradise and is given the rewards of a thousand sick
and a thousand who go back to their creed and will grant you the rewards of one
who freed a thousand captives from the descendants of Ishmael (as). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the twenty-fifth
day, Allah will have built you under His 'Arsh a thousand green domes on top of
each one of which is a tent of light. The Almighty and Exalted One will then
say: 'O followers of Muhammad! I am your Lord and you are My servants! Enjoy
the shade of My 'Arsh in these domes and eat and drink with enjoyment, for
there will be no fear on you, nor will you grieve. O nation of Muhammad! By My
Dignity and Greatness! I shall dispatch you to Paradise in a way which will
amaze the first generations and the last, and I shall crown each one of you
with a thousand light crowns, and I shall provide for each one of you a she camel
whose reins are made of light, and in it are a thousand gold rings, in each is
an angel looking after it, in the hand of each angel is a light rod so that he
may enter Paradise without a reckoning.' And <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the twenty sixth
day, Allah will look at you with compassion and will forgive all your sins
except those of shedding innocent blood or robbing people's wealth, and He will
grant you every day a thousand barriers against backbiting, lying and
slandering. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n the
twenty-seventh day, He will consider you as though you had aided every
believing man and woman and clothed seventy thousand naked persons and equipped
a thousand soldiers to camp in a foreign land to defend Islam, and as if you
have recited every book Allah has revealed to His prophets. <b>O</b>n the twenty-eighth day, Allah will
have built you in Paradise a hundred thousand light cities and granted you in
the garden of bliss a hundred thousand silver mansions and a hundred thousand
cities in each one of which there are a thousand rooms, and granted you in the
garden of greatness a hundred thousand pulpits of musk inside each one of which
there is a thousand saffron houses in each one of which there are a thousand
beds of pearls and sapphires and on each bed a wife of the huns with large
lovely eyes. So if you complete your fast till the twenty ninth day, the
Almighty Allah will grant you a million quarters, inside each quarter is a
white dome underneath which is a white camphor bed on which there are a
thousand mattresses of green silk on each one of which there is a hun decorated
with seventy thousand ornaments and crowned with eighty thousand locks each one
of which is decorated with diamonds and sapphires. So if you finish thirty
complete days of fast, the Almighty will have granted you for each day the
rewards of a thousand martyrs and a thousand foremost believers in His
Prophets, and He will have assigned for you the rewards of fifty years of
adoration, and He will have decreed a clearance for you from hell and a passage
on the Straight Path and a security against the torment. One of the gates of
Paradise is called al-Rayyan, and it shall never be opened before the Day of
Resurrection. It will be opened for those among the nation of Muhammad (pbuh)
who performed the fast. Ridwan, custodian of Paradise, will call out saying: 'O
followers of Muhammad! Come to the al-Rayyan gate!' So he will let my nation
enter Paradise through that gate. Therefore, if one is not forgiven during the
month of </span><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/"><span style="color: #ff3300;">Ramadan</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, in which month can he be forgiven? There is neither will nor
strength except from Allah; Allah suffices us, and what a great Helper He is!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lengthy tradition is also recorded on pp. 183-185, Vol. 8, of <b>Bihar al-Anwar</b>. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/14%20Imam%20Mahdi%20%28a.t.f.s.%29"><b><span style="color: #ff3300;">Imam-e-Zamana
(a.t.f.s.)</span></b></a><span style="color: #333333;"> has
true affection for those who love him. The extent of his fondness and the
importance he gives to their remembrance in his prayers is highlighted by </span><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="color: #ff3300;">Allamah Majlisi (r.a.)</span></b></a><span style="color: #333333;"> and Mohaddes Noori (r.a.). They have both
narrated that Sayyed Ibne Taoos (r.a.) said, 'One morning, after Seher, I
visited the Sardab (cellar of the house of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) in Samarra)
for offering prayers when I saw that Imam-e- Zaman (a.t.f.s.) was beseeching
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">'O Allah! Our Shias have been created from our light and the
remainder of our earth (teenat). They have sinned in the hope of our love and
benevolence. If their sin is related to Your Exalted Self, then You forgive
them. We will be satisfied with Your forgiveness. And if their sin is related
to the rights of their brethren, then You correct their shortcomings and grant
them from the part of Khums which is our right so that they may be satisfied
with it. Protect them from the fire of Hell and do not gather them along with
our enemies in Your punishment.'</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">On reflecting on the words of Imam's (a.t.f.s.) invocation, we
are overcome with shame and remorse. The blessed personality, whose continued
presence ensures the existence of this world and its sustenance - the Imam of
the Age (a.t.f.s.), - Prays for Sinners like Us and seeks forgiveness that we
may be saved from Hellfire. For us sinners, who are the direct recipients of
his love and affection, is it right that we forget him and remove his
remembrance from our hearts and minds? Or rather, shouldn't we ensure that we
fill our hearts and minds with his remembrance to such an extent that not a
moment of our life passes by without his remembrance? </span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">O Allah! Grant us the taufeeq that we develop the sincere love
of our Imam in our hearts! Aameen!</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In the period of occultation (Gaibat) of<span style="color: red;"> </span><b><span style="color: #ff3300;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/14%20Imam%20Mahdi%20%28a.t.f.s.%29"><span style="color: #ff3300;">Imam Mahdi (a.s.)</span></a></span></b><span style="color: red;">,</span> we all Shiah’s have certain responsibilities and
duties to fulfill. Many books have been written on this aspect. A book
‘Mikyalul Makarim’ enumerates 80 such <b><span style="color: #ff3300;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/"><span style="color: #ff3300;">responsibilities of Shiah’s during Occultation</span></a></span></b>.</div>
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For example, if we are aware that cigarette smoking
irritates our friend, whom we love, then we will surely make all efforts to
avoid smoking in his presence. This would be a sign of our love for him. If we
smoked deliberately in his presence, it would be a sign that we do not care
about his feelings and that we give preference to our comfort over his. </div>
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One of the results of love is that a person remembers his
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How nice it would be if our love for <b><span style="color: #ff3300;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/14%20Imam%20Mahdi%20%28a.t.f.s.%29"><span style="color: #ff3300;">Imame Zamana (a.s.)</span></a></span></b> was as natural
unconjditional, instinctive and pure as the love of a child for his father.
Surely to await the Imam (a.s.) is a sign of our love for him as <b><span style="color: #ff3300;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/08%20Imam%20Jafar%20Sadiq%20%28a.s.%29"><span style="color: #ff3300;">Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s)</span></a></span></b> says,
<i>“Await the reappearence of your Imam morning and evening”. </i></div>
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A poet has said these beautiful sentences about the Intezar
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<i>But how can I remember you when I never forget you”</i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ff3300;">To seek help only from Imam (a.s.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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One of the sign of a person’s love for another person is
that in all times, good or bad, he shares the innermost thoughts of his heart
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Allah (The Most High) points out to this natural instinct in
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<i>“O those who believe, be patient and excel in patience and
remain in contact, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, that you may be
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When Imam Mohammed Baqir (a.s.) was asked about the meaning
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your obligatory (waajib) acts, excel in patience on the oppression of your
enemies, and remain in contact with the Imam of the Time (a.s.)” </i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ff3300;">To Help Imam Mahdi (as) with our body (physical actions)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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1. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said:</div>
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occultation (ghaybat) of our Qaem (as), if you can help him by making one
arrow, then do not hesitate in this action.”</i></div>
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service to Imam of the Time (as) can range from the performance of the smallest
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1. Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Reza (as) said:</div>
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needy Shiah, it is as if he has maintained relations and helped us.”</i></div>
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with the intention to acquire the pleasure of Allah and for his betterment, it
is as if he has served Allah for one thousand years in this state that he has
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From the traditions above, it is clear that helping the
Shiahs of Ali (a.s.) and fulfilling their desires and needs in the time of Ghaibat
carries the reward of help and service of t he Holy Imams (as). And why should
it not be so? Surely, if one helps a child in the absence of his parents, then
the parents on their return would certainly consider the help rendered to their
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ibne Taoos, on page number 151-152 of his book Kashful Mohajjah advises his son
in his will – Always give precedence to the desires of Imam e Zaman (as) over
your own when you are reciting Namaz e Hajaat. When you are offering charity
(sadaqah), you precede it by offering sadaqah on behalf of Imam e Zamana (as).
In short, for every action, give preference to performing the act on behalf of
Imam e Zamana (as). For surely, this will be the cause of special attention of
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<b>The
History of Islam</b> is witness to the fact that the Imams (as) have never given
less to any person who has sought help in any manner from them. Then surely, if
one performs Hajj on behalf of the Imam of the Time (as) or his forefathers,
then he will definitely be eligible for this reward and can even expect more
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The will
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must give precedence and preference to Imam e Zamana (as) in all our good
deeds. This is a source of not only the pleasure if Imam (as), but also the
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Name:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Abbas</span></i><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;">Title:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;">Qamar Bani
Hashem, Abul Fadhl</span><br />
</i><b><span style="background-color: white;">Birth:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;">4 Shabaan
(645 AD), at Medina</span></i><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;">Father:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;">Imam Ali ibn
Husain</span><br />
</i><b><span style="background-color: white;">Mother:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;">Fatima bint Hizam
(Umm-ul-Baneen)</span><br />
</i><b><span style="background-color: white;">Martyrdom:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;">34 years of
age, 10 Muharram 61 AH (680 AD)</span><br />
</i><b><span style="background-color: white;">Buried:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;">Karbala,
Iraq.</span></i></span></div>
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<a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/Islam"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff3300; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Hazrat
Abbas (a.s.)</span></b></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> was born at Medina on 7th Rajab/4th Shabaan 26 A.H.(645
A.D.). When the news of his birth reached Imam Ali<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(a.s.), he prostrated himself on the
ground as a token of his humble thanks to God. Imam Husain (a.s.) took the baby
in his arms and recited the Azan and Eqamat (Calls for Prayers) in his right
and left ears respectively. Then the new born baby opened his eyes to see the
beloved face of Imam Husain. On the seventh day of his birth the ceremony of
Aqeeqa (which is one of the emphasized Sunnats) was performed and Imam Ali
named the child 'Abbas'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Abul Fadhl al Abbas<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>was an embodiment of handsomeness -
that is why he was known as <b>Qamar-e-Bani
Hashim</b>, the Moon of the family of Hashim – bravery, valiant ness, boldness,
patience, endurance, grace, elegance and faithfulness – that is why he was
called King of Faithfulness.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Just before <b>Imam
Husain<span class="apple-converted-space"> (a.s.)</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>left Madina, Ummul Baneen (s.a.) summoned
all her four sons and said to them: <i>“My
sons you must remember that while I love you, Al-Imam Al-Husain (a.s.) is your
Master. If he or his sisters or his children get injured or hurt while you are
still alive, I will never forgive you."</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Abbas laid down his dear life in the arms of
Al-Imam al-Husain (a.s.). Hazrat Abbas (a.s.) was heard to whisper softly:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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“My master, I have some last wishes to express. When I was born, I had my first
look at your face and it is my last desire that when I die, my gaze may be on
it, too. My one eye is pierced by an arrow and the other is filled with blood.
If you will clear the blood from my one eye, I'll be able to see you and
fulfill my last dying desire. My second wish is that when I die you may not
carry my body to the camp. I had promised to bring water to Sukayna and since I
could not bring her water, I cannot face her even in death. Besides, I know
that the blows that you have received since morning have all but crushed you
and carrying my body to the camp will be heart-breaking work for you. And my
third wish is that Sukayna may not be brought here to see my plight. I know
with what love and affection she was devoted to me. The sight of my dead body
lying here will kill her.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Then Al-Husain<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">(a.s.)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;">sobbingly said:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>“Abbas,
I too have a wish to be fulfilled. Since childhood you have always called me
master. For once at least call me brother with your dying breath.”</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>And <b>Hazrat Abbas (a.s.)</b> was heard to whisper<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>“My brother, my brother.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The Month of
Mercy, Blessings and Forgiveness from Allah swt</span></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: green; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The Month of Rajab marks the beginning of the spiritual
season for every believer</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: green; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ending with the end of the Fasting Month of Mahe Mubarak
Ramadan with the festivities of Eid Al Fitr.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">These three months
(Rajab, Shaban, and Mahe Ramadhan) are unmatched in their significance and
importance.</span></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The
Holy Prophet (SAW) has said:</span></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">“Rajab is a great month
of Allah, unmatched by any other month in respect and significance
(accorded to it). </span></i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Verily, Rajab is
Allah’s month, Sha’aban is my month and Ramadan Mubarak is the month of my
Ummah</span></i></b><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">.</span></i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Whosoever fasts a day
in the month of Rajab will be granted the great reward &</span></i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">the wrath of Allah
shall be distanced and a door of the Hell shall be closed.”</span></i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Imam Musa Al Kazim (as)
said:</span></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Rajab is a great month,
during which Allah (swt) multiplies the rewards of good deeds and omits the
sins.</span></i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: olive; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">To develop spirituality
and attain nearness to Allah swt</span></u></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: olive; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Some of the recommended Ibadats for the Month of
Rajab Mubarak</span></u></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="color: olive; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fasting</span></u></i></b><b><u><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></u></b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is highly
recommended to fast in this month of Rajab even for one day at least. A
hadith says:</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whosoever fasts a day in Rajab, the fire of hell will be away
from him a distance of one year’s journey,</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and whosoever fasts 3 days in Rajab, will be entitled for
Paradise.<br />
It has been recorded that Imam Ali (as) used to fast the whole month of Rajab.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="color: olive; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Seeking Forgiveness (Estighfaar)</span></u></i></b><b><u><span style="color: olive; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></u></b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Prophet (saw) used
to say:</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rajab is a month of seeking forgiveness, so seek forgiveness from
Allah (swt);</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">He
is verily the Forgiver, the Merciful. It is highly recommended to repeat
‘Astaghfirullaaha Wa'atubu Ilayhi’.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="color: olive; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sadaqa and Charity</span></u></i></b><b><u><span style="color: olive; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></u></b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There is a big reward
for sadaqa and charity in the month of Rajab.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="color: olive; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">A'amal of First Thursday
of Rajab - Laylatur Raghaib</span></u></i></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">details attached herewith</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: olive; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Repeating <i>Often - Repeat the following,
as often and as much as possible</i></span></u></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘Laa ilaaha illa-Allah’</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘Astaghfirullaaha zul jalale wal Ikraam min jamee' al zonoobe wal
aathaam‘ </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sura Al Tawheed ‘Qul-ho-wallaho Ahad‘ which brings
blessings on the reciter, his/her children, family and neighbours.<br />
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It is recommended to recite ‘Qul-ho-wallaho Ahad‘ 100 times every Friday in the
month of Rajab.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: teal; font-family: Harrington; font-size: 13.5pt;">Praise be to the Almighty and thanks to Him for granting us yet
another opportunity</span></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: teal; font-family: Harrington; font-size: 13.5pt;">to cleanse ourselves of our sins and oversights</span></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: teal; font-family: Harrington; font-size: 13.5pt;">and providing us with an opportunity to attain His pleasure
and nearness. </span></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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good deeds and keep away from evil and forbidden acts. Start with the basics,
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Namaz-e-Shab and Nafela Namaz) on time, reading 50 ayats from the Holy Quran
along with its translation (which will hardly take 20mins) daily and keeping
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">At times I see some of our youths, who seem to be quite
careless about their manners, yet are steadfast when it comes to their prayers
and fasts. When I see such individuals, it makes me wonder, why they are very careful
about their fasts and prayers, yet so negligent of their manners and behavior.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Perhaps, one answer is that they are unaware about the significance of good
manners in the teachings of </span><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/01%20Holy%20Prophet%20Mohammed%20%28s.a.w.s%29"><span style="color: #ff6600;">Ahlul Bayt (a.s.w.s.)</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Therefore, this post is mainly a quick reminder to our youths or whoever else,
who claim to be the followers of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.w.s.), yet are very
inattentive to their manners. We need to keep in mind, our manners, not only
affect ourselves, but affect the land, too.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">There are nine acceptable traditions in this post, five
of them are <u>Authentic</u> and four of them are <u>Good.<o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ff3300;">1) Authentic</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn
Isa fromal-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Jamil ibn Salih from Muhammad ibn Muslim from
abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, who has said the following:<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>“Among the believers
of perfect belief is one whose manners are good.”</b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ff3300;">2) Authentic</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from
ibnMahbub from abu Wallad al-Hannat from abu ‘Abd Allah, peace be upon him, who
has said the following:<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>“Whoever has four
things, his belief is complete even if he is covered with sins from his top to
his toes, and it will not harm him. They are truthfulness, safe return of the
trust, shyness [or shame] and good manners.”</b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>‘No believer comes
before Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, with better deeds, aside from
the obligatory ones, more beloved to Allah, the Most High, than one with
good manners that has room for all people in it.’”</b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>“The Messenger of
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Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn
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Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn
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<b>‘O Messenger of
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manners. Bring to me a bowl of water.’</b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>When water was
brought, he (the Messenger of Allah), peace be upon him, immersed his hand into
it and then sprinkled it on the ground. He then told them to dig. They began to
dig and it was like sand falling fast upon them.”</b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>‘The best ones among
you are those who possess good manners, who are easy to associate with,
associate others with ease and comfort others.’</b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu
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<b>“<span style="color: #ff6600;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/"><span style="color: #ff6600;">Good manners</span></a></span> take one to the level
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</div>Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09950473998862309050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793613961142403492.post-59370450367421486482012-04-02T18:58:00.000+05:302012-04-02T19:15:06.493+05:30Journey of the Unseen World<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7793613961142403492" name="1"></a><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Man instinctively desires to have an understanding of the life Hereafter, i.e. the life after death and the state of the Barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection), which we all have to face.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Knowledge of "Barzakh" is required because Barzakh is completely different from this world. So man wishes to know how his present lifestyle and his activities here will affect his life in Barzakh. Certain questions rise in his mind, like: what sort of people will he encounter there? What kind of beings live there? Do eating, drinking, sleeping, waking, friendship, enmity etc. exist there, and if so in what form? What is the span of time between death and resurrection (Barzakh) and what will his acitivities be in this period? What do happiness and wretchedness in Barzakh entail?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Principally, does a spirit need a body after death or does it become permanently free and independent of the body and becomes engaged in an infinite journey towards an unknown destination? Whether the spirits will be granted bodies and if so, will these bear any resemblance to our present bodies? And whether the spirits are able to communicate with people living on earth or do communication and contact stop forever?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">This book attempts to answer these and other similar questions. The late author has attempted to take his reader on a tour of the Barzakh and the land of the spirits. For some time he takes man away from the base and material, away from the noise and hustle of the world, and into the very lap of the spiritual and angelic state, that is, the life in the Barzakh.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Principally speaking, Man with his limited senses and knowledge is unable to understand or even correctly perceive the state of life in Barzakh, as he does not have any knowledge about the state of affairs there. Man's senses are so weak, that even in this world, which is so small compared to the universe, one is a prisoner of time and space and he is incapable of looking into the future.<br />
Life after death, is of course, a specially difficult topic to analyze, understand and then explain in simple language is next to impossible. This is because man has only experienced a life which is very limited; in comparison, Barzakh is infinite and unlimited. Apart from this, the events which will take place after death are those which are yet to occur; and man's knowledge and information are always based on past events which have already occurred. Hence how can man have knowledge of a thing which is not yet to experience?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">If this is the case, then is the path to awareness and knowledge completely closed, and should man, therefore, abandon all his attempts to seek out the truth?<br />
But it is not so. God has given man a way out. The sole means which can help man are the relevations and scriptures or the Holy Books, and side by side those pious and holy personalities whom are commonly called Prophets and their true successors. These men are the only sources of illumination and guidance which man has to take him out of the narrow straits of darkness, ignorance and bewilderment. The lives of the Prophets and their successors were free from all attainments.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
They were the Truthful, the Witnesses. They were certainly neither frauds and liars, nor simpletons and fantasizing men who, either out of greed or ignorance, created fantasies and presented them to men. On the contrary, on the basis of their wisdom, knowledge of facts and their in-depth understanding,, and also as being a source of peace and blessing for entire mankind, they should be considered as the best amongst the human race. Many of their sayings appear strange and even wrong but are in fact right.<br />
This because their knowledge stems from the fountain of relevation and the Holy Books, and these are free of error and doubt. God has revealed these books of guidance and light to wipe out ignorance and for awakening of mankind. The best, most complete and perfect of these books is the Holy Qur'an. Similarly, amongst the righteous guides, the Holy Prophet stands out as the best and most perfect.<br />
The gist of the Qur'an and the teachings of the AhleBayt is that our life in this world is very short and untrustworthy and that life after death exists, it is a reality and it is eternal. The fortunate in this world is the one who leads a life of faith, awareness and awakening and in accordance with the commandments of God. In the Hereafter, he will lead a life of eternal happiness and will be rewarded with boundless blessings. And the one who leads a life of neglectfulness, waywardness adn evil doings, for him there will be eternal punishment and chastisement.<br />
Doubtless, and the Hereafter encompasses an infinite lifespan and our life in this world, even if we attain an age of 70 or 80 or even 100 years, in comparison with the Hereafter, is merely like a drop of water compared to the sea. How ignorant and unjust is then indeed man, to give so much time and importance to his worldly pleasures and become so forgetful of his next life!<br />
This book attempts to draw a picture of the Barzakh in the light of the Qur'an and the traditions of the Prophet and his successors. It shows the bliss of the virtuous and the wretchedness of the evil-doers, with the help of examples and hints taken from the verses and the traditions.<br />
It is hoped that readers and esteemed scholars will overlook and forego any mistakes which may be present.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Westward Travel<br />
"IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICENT THE MOST MERCIFUL"<br />
All Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the Universe, the Master of this world and of the Day of Judgment.<br />
Peace and blessings be on the Prophet of Islam (S.A.W.W.) and on his Progeny who warned us that love of this world is a dangerous affliction and that it is the root cause of all diseases afflicting the human race. All other diseases are really branches stemming from this main root. And the cure of this affliction is to keep reminding oneself constantly of Death.<br />
I begin now, by saying that in 1307 (A.H) I had written my memories about my schooling and had called it Travel Eastwards and now in 1312(A.H.) when I am writing about the Barzakh, I intend to call it Westward Travel and I hope that it will serve as a souvenir from me and will prove a source of guidance and advice for the general public.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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'Certainly, you were heedless of this (Day), now we have removed your veil from you, so now your right is sharp'(Chapter Qaf Verse 22)<br />
That is to say, in this world you were ignorant of facts. Now after death we have removed from your eyes the material curtain so that you may clearly see the Hereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Hence, I died. Then I saw myself standing, relieved of my illness, feeling fit and healthy, but around my corpse my relatives were busy mourning. I was saddened by their crying and told them that I was cured and not Dead but nobody heard me.<br />
It was as if they neither saw nor heard me. I realized that these people had now become distant from me and so I turned my complete attention towards my corpse. I became especially attentive towards the face and the side which was uncovered. Afterwards, my body was bathed and shrouded. Then, when the people had taken care of their other pending work, they took my body towards the graveyard. I was also present in the funeral procession.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Suddenly certain people entered the grave from somewhere and came to my help, as the animals ran away when they saw they saw these people. So I thanked them and asked them who they were that they helped me in such a difficult time. They smiled and replied that they were my good deeds that I had done and that the beasts had been my evil deeds. They asked me if I had not heard the verse "Verify the good deeds clear away the bad deeds". Then these people disappeared.<br />
As soon as the commotion was over, I regained my senses. I saw that the men outside had closed the grave and had left me alone in the dark and narrow place. I could see the people going back to their houses, even my close friends relatives and family members had deserted me and left me alone. These were the very people for whose comfort and well being I had provided and worked for day and night. Their desertion and unfaithfulness on the one hand and my dark and narrow prison on the other, extremely saddened my and I was close to bursting with sorrow.<br />
I had never before fell such fear and bewilderment and I sat down dejected at the head of the corpse, losing all hopes of receiving any help from anybody except God. I was wondering what would happen next when suddenly the grave started trembling and dust came falling down off its walls and root. It was expecially violent near the foot of the grave as if some huge beast was trying to split open the grave to enter. Finally the grave did split and two huge men with fearful faces entered.<br />
The two men were strong and hefty like giants. Smoke and fire bellowed from their mouths and nostrils. In their hands were iron rods.(The punishment in the grave, the questioning of Munkir & Nakeer and the presence of snakes and scorpions in the grave is mentioned in numerous traditions). The details can be had from the books on Beliefs e.g. Sheikh Sudooq and Allama Majlisi my be reffered to.) So read not that it seemed as if flames were leaping up from them. Suddenly they thundered in voices so sharp that the heavens and earth trembled, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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I was so afraid that I could not control my senses, I lost the power to speak and my courage gave way. I thought that my dead body would not be able to answer their questions and I became certain that they would give the body a good beating with their iron rods and the grave would be engulfed with fire. I saw that as it were their fear had made me lose control over my senses; if fire engulfed the grave it would become much worse. So I decided to answer their questions myself.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
I beseeched God for help: "O helper of the Helpless and Rescuer of the Troubled and Afflicted, come to my help." In my heart I also seeked the intercession of Imam Ali(A.S.) because I knew him well and I was aware of his strength, and of his positions in the eyes of God and that he could come to one's help at any place and at all times. I believed him to be the dispenser of difficulties. My heart had been full of love for him throughout my life and even in death. I knew that this intercessor was God's blessing and that in the most difficult of times when man is near to losing his senses, this gift of God comes to his rescue.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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But my lengthy silence had angered them all the more. Their flaming eyes and faces became harsher. They raised their arms as if about to strike me with their iron rods and in voices sharper than before they repeated, "Who is you Lord?"<br />
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I remembered this particular verse because I had been in the habit of reciting it daily after my </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/2011/07/prayer-and-its-effects.html"><span style="color: #ff3300;">morning prayers</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I felt it necessary to recite it in front of them in order to convince them of my position and qualities, so that they may not think that the human race was bereft of lofty qualities. They had objected to the creation of Adam the very first day, saying that he would prove to be nothing but a source of mischief and bloodshed on earth. However, I saw that as soon as I recited these verses, their anger seemed to melt away. Their faces softened somewhat and one of them told the other that it seemed as if I belonged to the group of scholars of Islam and therefore they should continue with their questioning in a gentler manner.<br />
But the other one replied that God had appointed them to question me and so they should continue in the same manner regardless of who I was, because their attitude towards me should depend only upon my being able to answer correctly all the questions and it was not yet known whether I would be able to do so.<br />
After conversing thus, they resumed their questioning, "Who is your Prophet?"<br />
But now I felt sufficiently courageous and even my voice was strong. Without hesitation I replied, "The Messager and the Prophet of Allah towards all men, Muhammad (S.A.W.), the son of Abullah, May Peace be Upon Him and his Progeny. He is the seal of the Messagers and the Chief of the Prophets." The moment I replied, their anger vanished completely and their faces brightened and became happy.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Then they questioned me about my Book, Place of Worship, and the Imams and the Successors of the Holy Prophet. I replied, "My book is the Holy Qur'an, which was revealed by the Benevolent Lord unto the sagacious Prophet (S.A.W.). And my temple is the Kaaba and the Masjid-ul-Haraam 'wherever you maybe, turn your faces towards it' and 'I have turned my face towards the Creator of the heavens and the earth completely and submissively and I am not from the polytheists'.<br />
And My Imams and the successors of the Holy Prophet are the Twelve Imams, the first of them Ali, and the last </span></b><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.in/search/label/14%20Imam%20Mahdi%20%28a.t.f.s.%29"><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Imam Mahdi</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">, who is the Imam and the ruler of our time. Obedience unto them is obligatory and they are infallible. They are witness on the earth and in the Hereafter they are the intercessors." Then I named each Imam with his parentage and other details.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The Prophet (SAWA) said in his advice to Imam Ali (AS), 'One must brush his teeth at every ablution. O Ali, one must brush his teeth as frequently as possible, for verily a single prayer that one performs after having brushed his teeth is better than forty days worth of prayers performed without doing so.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> </span></span></div><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><div style="text-align: left;">(Bihar al-Anwar, v.76, p.137, no.48)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">He also said: "Jibra'il continuously advises me about brushing teeth, that I really thought he would lay it down as an obligation (WAJIB)."<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'You must brush your teeth for it removes<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b></div></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>whisperings of the heart.</b></div></span></b><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><div style="text-align: left;">(Bihar al-Anwar, .76, p.139, no.52)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">'There are twelve distinctive features to brushing one's teeth: it is a recommended prophetic practice, it purifies one's mouth, brightens one's eyesight, pleases the Beneficent Lord, whitens the teeth, does away with wretchedness, strengthens one's gums, whets one's appetite for food, takes away<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">phlegm, improves one's memory, multiplies one's rewards for good deeds, and gives pleasure to the angels.</span></b></div></b> <span style="color: grey; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><div style="text-align: left;">(al-Khisal, p.481, no.53)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Freshen your mouths by brushing, for verily they are the means to the Qur'an.</span></b></div></b> <span style="color: grey; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><div style="text-align: left;">(Kanz al-Ummal, no.2753)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'You must brush your teeth for it removes<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></div><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>whisperings of the heart.</b></div></span></b><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><div style="text-align: left;">(Bihar al-Anwar, v.76, p.139, no.52)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'Brushing one's teeth brightens the eyesight, increases hair growth, and removes the tendency for frequent weeping.</span></b></div></b> <span style="color: grey; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><div style="text-align: left;">(Bihar al-Anwar, v.76, p.137, no.48)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was answering someone's question about the verse of the Qur'an (25:44): "Do you suppose that most of them listen or apply reason? They are just like cattle; rather they are further astray from the way. He was asked, 'Do you consider all of these people (around us) as being real human beings [true to their nature]?' to which he replied, 'Exclude from them the one who does not brush his teeth, ...</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span></div></b> <span style="color: grey; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><div style="text-align: left;">(Bihar al-Anwar, v.176, p.128, no.11)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">So the Imam went as far as to say that those who do not brush their teeth might as well be like cattle!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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Sheikh Muhsin Gharavian was once granted audience in the presence of Ayatullah al-Udhma Shaikh Muhammad Taqi Behjat (may the Almighty prolong his blessed presence amongst us) and asked him: “O Scholar! Despite our advanced age we haven’t have yet experienced the pleasure of worship especially the sweetness of communication with God in salaat. According to your opinion what should we do to experience even a little pleasure of what our Infallible Imams have promised us?”<br />
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His eminence nodded his head and said: (Dear son) “Actually this is a universal problem. All of us are plagued with this ailment.”<br />
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The Sheikh was not satisfied with the answer and requested him for more<br />
concrete advice: “Our status differs from that which you have achieved; you’ve attained the heights of spirituality while we are the beginners! what should we do?”<br />
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His Eminence said: “May be I also wish I could acquire your status!”<br />
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Not contented with the self-effacing answer, he requested for more clarification. His Eminence replied: “In order to acquire the necessary concentration in Salaah one should observe<br />
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a) Before Salaah one should observe Taqwa (God consciousness) and one should abstain from all sins that lead to darkening of the God-given purity of heart. SINS POLLUTE THE PURITY OF THE HEART and therefore reduce the luminosity of the heart.<br />
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b) During Salaah one should erect a “high security wire” around one’s heart such that no unwanted trespasser (distracting devilish thoughts) is allowed inside the holy sanctuary of the heart. One’s thoughts should be intensely directed towards God and none other than Him should be allowed in. And if one’s thoughts start straying, immediately the moment one comes to know, one should guide these towards the right direction.<br />
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Once His Eminence was asked as to how to increase concentration in one’s daily prayers?<br />
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Initially His Eminence put his face down and then raised his head and responded: “The oil in the lamp seems to be low!”Meaning that the Ma’refat (awareness) of the All- Magnificent One is not enough (as to experience the sweetness of spiritual communication) and therefore needs to be enriched and one’s Imaan (faith) is weak and hence needs to be strengthened.<br />
Ustad Khusro Shaahi quotes: “Once His Eminence was asked how can we create in ourselves concentration during prayers?”<br />
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His Eminence replied: “One of the factors which help create concentration is by excercising control over our physical senses (i.e. EYES, EARS, TONGUE etc.) throughout the day since concentration can only be created through proper preliminary requirements which include the close monitoring of the physical senses.”<br />
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On one occasion His Eminence Ayatullah al-Udhma Behjat was asked:<br />
“What should we do in order to obtain the state of total obedience to God’s commands especially His command that states in Sura Muminoon, Verses 1-2 - “Indeed successful are the Believers, those who humble themselves in their prayers” How can a believer acquire this lofty state of humility?”<br />
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His Eminence replied: “At the beginning of prayers one should sincerely seek intercession of the Awaited Imam of the time (May the Almighty hasten his re-appearance and include us from his helpers) and perform the prayers in its required manner.”<br />
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And finally when His Eminence Ayatullah Al-Udhma Behjat was asked: “How does one achieve a presence of mind in Salaat and obtain control over one's thoughts and feelings?”<br />
His Eminence wrote back in reply: <br />
“In His Name, the Exalted the moment when you acquire attention (towards your Lord) do not allow it to disappear.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="style49"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">One of the events which is marked on this day is the beginning of the Imamate of our 12th Imam, al-Hujjah ibn al-Hasan (may Allah hasten his return). His father, Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS) left this world on the 8th and, immediately after, his son took over the mantle of leadership. His leadership has spanned over 1,160 years, and as he is the living and present Imam, we have the potential of being his ‘companions’ just as great personalities such as Bilal, Salman, Abu Dharr, Maitham and countless others were companions of their living Imams. However, we need to strive to emulate such individuals and work towards being our Imam’s chosen helpers and assistants.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="style49"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><br />
The day also marks the first time that our 4th Imam, Imam Zainul Abedeen (a.s.) smiled and rejoiced after the tragic events of Karbala in which he saw his entire family and loyal friends murdered in cold blood by Ibne Ziyaad, Umar ibne Sa’d, Yazid ibne Mu’awiyah and the others who were responsible for the crimes. History notes that it was on 9 Rabi’ul Awwal the year 67 A.H. when Mukhtar sent the head of Ubaydallah Ziyad to Imam Zainul Abedeen who was in Makkah at the time.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="style49"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="style46"><strong><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">It is noted that the Prophet of Islam himself was seen smiling and ‘celebrating’ on this day while in the presence of Imams Ali, Hasan and Husain and said,</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> </span></b></span><em><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">“It is on this day that Allah will destroy your enemies and the enemies of your grandfather and it is on this day when Allah will accept the actions of your Shi’a and those who love you. This is the day when the words of Allah came true where He said (in the Qur‘an): ‘So those are the houses fallen down because they were unjust.’ (27:52) And this is the day when the Pharaoh (Firawn) of the time of the Ahlul Bayt was destroyed ...”<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div><div class="style46"><em><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><br />
</span></b></em></div><div class="style46"><em><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Warriors of Imam Mahdi (atfs)</span></b></em><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09950473998862309050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793613961142403492.post-78129442517554632522012-01-20T06:00:00.001+05:302012-01-20T15:07:14.455+05:30MAHDI AND QAEM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">“Mahdi” and “Qaem” seem different but depict interconnected truths, the word “Mahdi” makes manifest the truth that reforming the world cannot be done through a selfmade or worldly reformer, for this such a person is needed whose guidance is arranged by Providence, and Allah has made him Mahdi and responsible for guidance, and “Qaem” points to this truth that, the task of reforming cannot be discharged sitting at home but advent, troubles, tribulations and storms have to be encountered, and combat with the universal commotion of injustice and oppression.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><br />
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The point worth noting is that, the Infallible Imams have faced storms, tolerated calamities and combat with the Pharaonic and violent forces of Bani Umaiyyah and Bani Abbas, but despite all this they were not remembered by the title of Qaem.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
The advent of Imam Husain (a.s.) in Karbala, Imam Sajjad’s (a.s.) stand against Yazid and Yazidiyyat, Imam Baqir (a.s) and Imam Sadiq’s (a.s) advent against the tyranny of Bani Umaiyyah and Bani Abbas, Imam Kazim (a.s) and Imam Reza’s (a.s) advent against the tyranny and oppression of Haroon and Mamoon, Imam Jawad (a.s), Imam Naqi (a.s) and Imam Askari’s (a.s) advent against the contemporary rulers was not a hidden thing. Among these most of the advents are not with weapons, but despite this neither it can be imagined that the noble Imams submitted themselves to the (despotic) rules, nor it could be thought that they kept themselves separated from the situations, and watched the scene of destruction of the community. They always made the advent as per their visible possibilities, and informed the rulers on their oppression and injustice, whereas forewarned the people too of government’s tyrannies. And had advised Safwan-e-Jammal to this extent that, giving animals to these rulers is equal to desiring for their lives, and desiring (secured) life for a tyrant is like sharing his oppression, which is in no way permissible. Despite all the struggles these infallibles were not remembered with the word `qaem’ and they themselves used to say that, qaem will be coming afterwards. This means that the task before the last “qaem” is important and weighty of all and his revolution will be last and permanent. His duty is not to oppose or destroy tyranny, but his duty is to uproot injustice and tyranny. His (Qaem’s) rule will not be opposing a single ruling tyrant, but will have to face all the forces of deviators from Kufr (the deniers) and Islam, he will combat at a time, along with Muslims, the Jews, Christians, the deniers (Kafirs), idolators and the irreligious, and as a matter of fact such a big combat will need great strength and such a big struggle needs great endurance.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
For example it could be said that, during the critical period of Islam, Imam Husain (a.s) alone with his handful colleagues, made an advent against the forces of injustice and tyranny, in the same manner this inheritor of Husain (a.s) will make an advent against the tyrants and oppressors of the world with some of his special companions. The greatness of this advent will be recognised by those persons who are acquainted with the advent of Karbala, and the courage and bravery of this qaem will be valued by those persons who are related to the meaning of reformation and revolution, and struggle and advent. As providence has made His last proof (Hujjat) responsible of a great Karbala, so to keep up the occurrences and to declare the greatness of Holy struggle (jihad), the responsibility of the last duties too has been submitted to Imam Husain (a.s).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
As it is found in the narrations that, at the starting of Raj’ at (The return), Imam Husain (a.s) will reappear first, and will discharge the duties of the funeral of Imam-e-Asr (atfs), so that the funeral rites of an Infallible is attended by an Infallible, and it be clear to the world that this is the last Karbala whose victor is the last inheritor of Husain ibne Ali (a.s).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
It could be seen in the narrations that Imam-e-Asr (atfs), has been introduced as son of Husain (a.s). And after Imam Husain (a.s) the holy Imams were also called sons of Husain (a.s) of whom Imam-e-Zamana (atfs) is called the Last Son.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Well, the presence of a “Mahdi” and a “Qaem” is very important for reformation of the world, depicting the truth of Holy Prophet (s.a.) and for the fulfillment of the system of guidance of Nature. Now if Mahdi is denied then the whole system of guidance is faulty and the exclamation of the Holy Prophet (s.a.) is false, and this is against the nature of Islam.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Thus it is made dear in the narrations that whoever denied Mahdi (atfs), then he has denied all the commandments descended on the Holy Prophet (s.a.). As in the first stage at Ghadeer-e- Khum it was declared, and now in the last stage it is being done at the Reappearance of ImameAsr (atfs), First is connected to the Last, the History of Aale Mohammad (a.s.) is continously connected, as here,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Bell MT', serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61775903@N02/6707632385/in/photostream"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br />
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Last is Mohammad and<br />
all of them are Mohammad”</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #262626; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Ali al-Ridha's morality narrated by Shaykh Saduq<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Ali al-Ridha is considered an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>infallible<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Imam according to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Shia Islam. Below are some historical notes about him.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Shaykh Saduq<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>narrates through the words of Ibrahim ibn Abbas<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>that, "I never saw Ali al-Ridha committing excess over anyone in talking and interrupting anybody's speech before its coming to the end. He did not stretch his legs in the presence of others. When the meal table was laid he invited the servants to it, and took his meals with them. After taking rest in the nights he got up and made himself busy with the prayers to Allah. Similar to his fore fathers he carried food to the houses of the afflicted ones at the mid of nights."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Muhammad ibn Abi Ibad<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>says about Ali al-Ridha, "He used mats of palm date leaves, straws and marsh reed in the summer season, and woolen carpets in the winter."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">He led a simple life in his home, but when he went out he used to decorate himself and put on new and clean dress. He respected and honored the guests to the extent that one night a lamp of the house went out of order, the guest got to his feet to put it right. Ali al-Ridha made him sit and he set the lamp right, and said, "We do not employ our guests (exploit) upon work."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Yasir, the servant of Ali al-Ridha says, Ali Ridha said to us, "Whenever you are busy taking your meal, if I call you, do not get up till you have finished up eating." Another friend of Ali al-Ridha says, "One day a stranger came Ali al-Ridha's house and said, I am one of your friends and I am also not a poor man but my money has finished up and I do not have the expenses to return. You give me an amount and when I return to my city I will give it out as alms on your behalf." Ali al-Rida got up and went to another room, brought an amount of two hundred dirhams and gave it to him from behind the door and said, "Take this and go and it is not necessary to give it away as alms on my behalf."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">They asked the Ali al-Ridha, "Why did you do it this way that he may not see you."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">He said, "So that he does not catch my sight and get ashamed (embarrassed)."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Sulaiman, one of the friends of Ali al-Ridha says, "I went along with the Ali Ridha to the house. The labors were busy at work. There was a stranger among them whom the Ali al-Ridha did not recognize." He said, "Who is this man?" They said we have brought him from outside, so that he may help us. He said, "Have you concluded an agreement with him and fixed his wages?" They said, "No, he is a good man, whatever we pay him he accepts it and does not utter a word."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Ali al-Ridha was angry and annoyed and said, "I have always told you that when you employ someone for a job first of all fix his wages. Because, when his wages are fixed and you give more than that to him, he will become happy. But if you do not fix his wages and give him three times the amount, he thinks you have not given him the correct wages."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><br />
</div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61775903@N02/6678081139/in/photostream"><span style="color: #ff3300;">Imam Reza (Ali ibn Musa)</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> was the son of the seventh Imam and according to well-known accounts was born in 148/765 and died in 203/817. The eight Imam reached the imamate, after the death of his father, through Divine Command and the decree of his forefathers. The period of his imamate coincided with the caliphate of Harun and then his sons Amin and Ma'mun. After the death of his father, Ma'mun fell into conflict with his brother Amin which led to bloody wars and finally the assassination of Amin, after which Ma'mun became caliph. Until that day the policy of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b>Abbasid caliphate toward the Shi'ites had been increasingly harsh and cruel.</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> Every once in a while one of the supporters of Ali (alawis) would revolt, causing blood wars and rebellions which were of great difficulty and consequence for the caliphate.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><br />
The Shi'ites Imams would not cooperate with those who carried out these rebellions and would not interfere with their after. The Shi'ites of that day, who comprised a considerable population, continued to consider the Imams as their religious leaders to whom obedience was obligatory and believed in them as the real caliphs of the Holy Prophet. They considered the caliphate to be far from the sacred authority of their Imams,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>for the caliphate had come to seem more like the courts of the Persian kings and Roman emperors and was being run by a group of people more interested in worldly rule</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> than in the strict application of religious principles. The continuation of such a situation was dangerous for the structure of the caliphate and was a serious threat to it.</span><br />
Ma'mun thought of finding a new solution for these difficulties which the seventy-year old policy of his Abbasid predecessors had not been able to solve. To accomplish this end he chose the eighth Imam as his successor,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>hoping in this way to overcome two difficulties: first of all to prevent the descendants of the Prophet from rebelling against the government since they would be involved in the government themselves, and secondly, to cause the people to lose their spiritual belief and inner attachment to the Imams.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>This would be accomplished by having the Imams become engrossed in worldly matters and the politics of the caliphate itself, which had always been considered by the Shi'ites to be evil and impure. In this way their religious organization would crumble and they would no longer present any dangers to the caliphate. Obviously, after accomplishing these ends, the removal of the Imam would present no difficulties to the Abbasid.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><br />
In order have this decision put into effect, Ma'mun asked the Imam to come to Marw from Medina. Once he had arrived there,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Ma'mun offered him first the caliphate</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> and then the succession to the caliphate. The Imam made his apologies and turned down the proposal, but he was finally induced to accept the successorship, with the condition that he would not interfere in governmental affairs or in the appointment or dismissal of government agents. This event occurred in 200/814. But soon Ma'mun realized that he had committed an error, for there was a rapid spread of Shi'ism a growth in the attachment of the populace to the Imam and an astounding reception given to the Imam by the people and even by the army and government agents.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b>Ma'mun sought to find a remedy for this difficulty and had the Imam poisoned and martyred.</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> After his death the Imam was buried in the city of Tus in Iran, which is now called Mashhad. Ma'mun displayed great interest in having works on the intellectual sciences translated into Arabic. He organized gatherings in which scholars of different religions and sects assembled and carried out scientific and scholarly debates. The eighth Imam also participated in these assemblies and joined in the discussions with scholars of other religions. Many of these debates are recorder in the collections of Shi'ites hadiths.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">[Oyoun Akhbar Al-Ridha]<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><br />
</div>Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09950473998862309050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793613961142403492.post-19219842090594536742011-12-28T16:35:00.000+05:302011-12-28T16:35:14.394+05:30Salman Farsi talks with a Dead Person<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Asbagh bin Nubata (r.a.) was a trusted companion of Ameerul Mumeneen Ali (AS). He went to see <b><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #262626; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Salman Farsi (r.a.)</span></a></b> who had settled in Madain. Asbagh (r.a.) says:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">“I found him very sick, near his death. He told me: 'O Asbagh, the Messenger of Allah had informed me that, at the time of my death, a dead person would talk to me. Now, put me on a wooden plank and take me to the graveyard. On reaching the grave-yard, Salman faced towards Quibla and in a loud voice saluted the dead. Nobody replied. After saluting them several times without getting any reply, Salman said: “O Inhabitants of these graves, I am Salman, a slave of the Messenger of Allah. The Prophet had told me that at the time of my death a dead person would converse with me. Now, if that time has arrived, then, for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, please talk to me”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Suddenly someone responded to his Salaam, and said: “O people who build and plant, and ultimately the buildings turn into ruins and gardens decay; ask me what you want,, I will reply”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Salman (r.a.) asked: “Are you from the people of Paradise or of Hell?” The dead man said that he was from the people of Paradise.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Salman requested him to describe how he died and what agonies he had to undergo at that time. He replied:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">“O Salman, please do not ask this. By Allah, if someone had snipped my flesh (by scissors) in little bits and removed the flesh from the bones, it would have been easier than the agony of death. O Salman, I always did good deeds in your world, always prayed on time, used to recite the Qur'an, was good to my parents, lived on lawful earnings. Then I fell ill and my life came to its end. At that time, a very tall person, with a frightening countenance, stood in the air before me. He pointed to my eyes and they lost their sight; to my ears and they became deaf; to my tongue and it lost its speech. I asked him who he was and why he was doing it to me. He said: I am the angel of death; your life has ended in this world. You have to go from here to another world'.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Then two persons came to me, one of them sat on my right, the other on the left. They informed me that they were the two angels who had written all my deeds in the worldly life. One, whose name was</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <i>'Raqueeb'</i> </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">gave my record of good deeds, on reading which I was much pleased. Then the other angel, whose name was</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <i>'Ateed',</i> </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">gave me the other record, a complete record of my sins; and on reading that I was very sad.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Then the Angel of Death came nearer and removed my soul through my nose, and I have not forgotten its agony yet. Seeing me dead, my relatives and family members started crying. The Angel of Death said: “Why are you crying? I have not done any injustice that you are complaining of. When his life came to end, I removed his soul on the command of Allah. And I will come to you so many times.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Then another Angel took my soul and I was brought to heaven where I was asked about my deeds, viz. prayers, fasts, Zakat, Khums, Hajj, Jihad, recitation of the Qur'an, obedience to the parents etc. Likewise, I was asked whether I had murdered any one, or taken some one's property without any right, or been unjust to other people and such things.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Then that same Angel brought my soul back to earth. At that time the person who wanted to wash my body</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <i>(Ghassal) </i></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">removed my clothes and started the ritual washing</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <i>(Ghusl).</i> </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">My soul cried out: “O servant of <u><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #262626; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Allah</span></a></u>, have mercy On this weak and broken body. By Allah, all its veins, whence I have come out, have been broken; and its limbs are like they have been minced”. My soul was imploring him in such a touching way that if the</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <i>Ghassal</i> </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">were to hear it, he would have left washing the dead bodies altogether.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Then they covered me with Kafan (shroud), gave me</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <i>Hunut,</i></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">prayed upon me. When they laid me in the grave, I was so much frightened that words cannot describe it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">When they closed my grave, my soul entered my body again. An Angel,</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <i>Munabbih</i> </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">(One who awakens, reminds) by name, came to me and made me sit. He ordered me to write down all the deeds which I had done in the world. I said that I did not remember. He said: 'I will go on reminding, you go on writing'. I said: 'Where is the paper?' He said: “This Kafan of yours will do for paper'. I said: 'Where can I find a pen?' He said: 'Your finger will be your pen'. I asked about the ink and was told that my saliva will work like ink.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">When I had written all my deeds, the Angel put my writing around my neck like a band; it is as Allah says in the Qur'an:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">“And the bird (i.e., deed done by one) of every man have We bound about his neck, and We shall produce unto him, on the Day of Resurrection, a book (in which his actions will be recorded) which he will find open, (it will be said to him) read thy book; thine own self will be a sufficient reckoner against thee.” (Qur'an, 17:13-14).</span></i></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Then an angel, very frightening,</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <i>Munkar</i> </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">by name, came to me with a fiery club, and asked me: “Who is your Lord? Who are your Prophet and Imams? What is your religion?” I was so afraid that I became totally confused; my limbs were trembling; I could not understand what to reply. In that confusion, the Mercy of Allah supported me, and my heart became tranquil, and I replied; “Allah (His Power is Great) is my Lord; and Muhammad is my Prophet, and Ali bin Abi Talib is my Imam and Islam is my religion; and the Qur'an is my Book and the Kaaba is my Quibla”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Then another Angel, who is called</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <i>Nakir</i></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">, interrogated me in the same manner about my beliefs. By Grace of Allah, I replied his questions also and said: “I bear witness that there is no god except Allah, and that Muhammad is His Messenger, and that Ali and his sinless progeny are the proofs of Allah, and that Paradise is Haqq (a Fact, Truth) and the Fire (of Hell) is true, and Sirat (Path) is true, and the Balance (of deeds) is true and the Questioning of Munkar and Nakir in the grave is true, and Resurrection is true, and raising (of dead) is true, and flying of the books (in which deeds of a person are recorded) is true, and that the Hour (Day of Judgement) is sure to come, there is no doubt in it, and that Allah will raise all the dead who are in the grave”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Hearing these true answers, the angels said to me: “Sleep as a bride sleeps” (without any worry); they opened a door of Paradise towards my head, and the breeze of Paradise came to me, and my grave (which previously looked like a prison) become a vast place extending beyond my vision, and the whole place became a garden.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">O Salman, a man must remember his Lord at all times, and must spend his life in His obedience, because death is a sure thing and every one will have to face all those things which I have told you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div>Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09950473998862309050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793613961142403492.post-20429246104108857202011-12-23T17:12:00.001+05:302011-12-26T12:33:10.778+05:30Incident of a bird who was covered by the blood of Imam Husain (a.s.)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>After the martyrdom of <span style="color: #ff3300;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/search/label/05%20Imam%20Husain%20%28a.s.%29"><span style="color: #ff3300;">Imam Husain (asws)</span></a></span>, a bird whose color was white landed on the dead body of Imam (asws). He covered his wings in the blood Imam Husain (asws) and went to a place where many birds were sat in the shade of trees and were talking about their food. Upon reaching their he said to the other birds, "Alas! You are talking about your food and the Grandson (asws) of RasoolAllah (saw) has been slaughtered on the plains of Karbala. His dead body is lying on the hot sands and His blood is still fresh.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>When the other birds heard this news, they flew to Karbala and saw Imam Husain (asws) laid slaughtered while the accursed army of yazid (la) was taking His Holy Head towards Kufa. Imam (asws)'s dead body was lying there without ghusl or kaffan, and His sacred body had been trampled under the hooves of the horses. The hot sand of the desert was covering Imam (asws)'s dead body. The animals of the jungle and jinns were coming for the ziarat of Imam (asws). When the birds saw this great scene of oppression, they started crying loudly. All of the birds covered their wings with the Holy Blood of Imam (asws) and flew in different directions. They started telling people, "O' people, Imam Husain (asws) has been slaughtered in Karbala. Muslims have destroyed the whole Family of RasoolAllah (saw)."<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Wherever these birds went, other birds would also gather around them. All would mourn Imam Husain (as). One of these birds came to Medina and went to the shrine of RasoolAllah (saw). He kept telling RasoolAllah (saw) about how Imam Husain (as) was slaughtered. When the other birds saw this bird, they gathered around him and all began mourning Imam Husain (asws). When the people of Medina saw this scene, they could not understand what had happened. They noted the day of the crying of these birds. Then after some time, the news of the martyrdom of Imam Husain (asws) came to Medina , then they realized Imam Husain (asws) had been martyred on the same day they had seen these birds gathered at the shrine of RasoolAllah (saw) offering their condolences.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>One bird flew from the shrine of RasoolAllah (saw) and landed in the garden of a Jew. He sat upon a tree and cried over Imam Husain (asws) the entire night. The owner of this garden had a daughter who was blind and disabled. The Jew would bring his daughter in the day and bring her back into the home during the evening. That day however the Jew was very busy and could not take his daughter back to the home. So the girl spent the whole night under the tree in which the bird was sat mourning over Imam Husain (asws).<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>A drop of Imam Husain (asws)'s holy blood fell from his wings onto one eye of that blind girl. With the blessing of the blood of Imam Husain (asws), her sight was immediately restored. Then another drop of the blood of Imam Husain (asws) fell onto her other eye and sight in that eye was also immediately restored. Then a few drops fell on her body. With the blessing of the Holy Blood of Imam Husain (asws), all of her disabilities were healed.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In the morning, when the father came in the garden, he saw a healthy girl walking in the garden. He asked her <i>"Do you know where my sick and blind daughter has gone?"<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The daughter replied, <i>"O'my father, I think you do not recognize me. I am your sick and disabled daughter."</i><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Upon hearing this, the Jew fell unconscious. When he came to, he asked his daughter how she had been cured. The daughter took hold of the hand of her father and brought him to the tree upon which the bird was sitting and mourning Imam Husain (as). The daughter said, "O'my father, in the night when I was lying under this tree. A few drops of blood fell down from the wings of this bird and with the blessing of that blood I was cured." That Jew said to the bird, "O'bird, for the sake of the one who created you, speak to me in my language." Allah blessed this bird with the ability to speak in the human language.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The bird said, "I was sitting with my fellow birds when suddenly another bird came and said, <i>"O' birds, you are busy in gossips here while Imam Husain (as) has been slaughtered in Karbala. The oppressors have beheaded Him and His whole Family has been destroyed. Upon hearing this, we immediately went to the desert of Karbala where we saw the dead body of Imam Husain (as) laying on the plains of Karbala with His Holy Blood still freshly flowing. We covered our wings with His Holy Blood and flew in different directions. I came here to offer my condolences to RasoolAllah (saw)."</i><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>When the Jew heard this, he said, <i>"No doubt the religion of the Grandfather of <span style="color: #ff3300;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/warriors.of.imam.mehdi"><span style="color: #ff3300;">Imam Husain (as)</span></a></span> is the true religion. If there is this much great blessing contained in a few drops of His Holy Blood, then what would be the status of such personality."<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Jew embraced Islam immediately along with 500 people from his tribe.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09950473998862309050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793613961142403492.post-19631573772446096892011-12-21T13:10:00.001+05:302011-12-26T12:33:56.359+05:30Imam Zainul Abedeen (a.s.)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ff3300;">Imam Ali ibn al-Husain (A.S.)</span></a> <a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/search/label/06%20Imam%20Ali%20Zainul%20Abedeen%20%28a.s.%29"><span style="color: #ff3300;">the Fourth Shi'ite Holy Imam and the eldest son of Imam Husayn(A.S.) famous as Zayn ul-Abideen and Sayyid-e-Sajjad (a.s.).</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td></tr>
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</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Name: Ali<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Title: Zainul Abedeen, Sayidus Sajideen<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Designation: 4th Imam<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Kunyat: Abul Muhammad<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Father: 3rd Imam Hussain Ibne Ali (A.S.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Mother: Shahr Banu Binte-Yazdjard<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Born: 15th Jumada Awaal, 37AH<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Died: 25th Muharram, 95AH<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Martyred: Poisoned by Waleed<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Buried: Cemetery of Jannatul Baqi<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #262626;">Lived: 57 years<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/search/label/05%20Imam%20Husain%20%28a.s.%29" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn (A.S.)</span></a><span style="color: #262626;"> the Fourth Shi'ite Holy Imam and the eldest son of Imam Husayn(A.S.) famous as Zayn al-Abidin and Sayyid-i Sajjad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam was martyred by poisoning on 25th Moharram in the year 95 A.H. at Madinah Munawwarah and is buried at Baqi cemetery near his uncle, the 2nd Imam Hasan (A.S.). <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was named Ali and was called Abu Muhammad, Abul Hasan and Abul Qasim. Some of his titles were Sayyad-us-Sajideen , Zain-ul-Abideen , Sajjad and Abid. He was present in Karbala along with his father, but did not fight as he was very sick. After Imam Hussain (A.S) martyrdom, he was put in shackles, but he carried his father's message beyond Karbala. He lived for 40 years after Karbala and publicised the event of Karbala. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was such a great worshipper that people called him "ABID" and "SAJID". He used to fast daily and worship the whole night. He used to stand so long in prayers that his feet used to swell up. While praying he used to cry so much that his eyes used to turn red. His supplications are so many that their collection are present in a book titled "SAHIF-E-KAMILAH". Along with love for ALLAH, he also loved his fellow beings. He provided all the basic necessities to many needy families. He used to carry food for the poor at night and provide them with their needs. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imam (AS) in Madina through his silent teachings left many pupils; the most prominent of them was Abu Hamza-e-Thumali, who remained to spread the teachings of Ahlulbayt in the Islamic world. Abu Mikhnuf was also one famous pupil of the Imam who later on the instructions of the fifth Imam wrote the story of Karbala in the narrative form which became the part of the Majlis all over the world. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The calm and peaceful life of the Imam was not to be tolerated by the Ummayad's cruel regime. They realized that the Imam was succeeding in his mission of spreading the message of his father Hussain (AS). The Syrian monarch Walid Ibn Abdul Malik had him poisoned. He died in Madina on the 25th of Muharram 95 Hijri. His eldest son Muhammad Ibn Ali al Baqir arranged the burial and laid him to rest in the grave yard of Jannatul Baqi beside his uncle Imam Hasan (AS).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Holy Imam Ali-Zain-ul-Abedeen (A.S.) spent the first two years of his infancy in the lap of his grandfather Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (A.S.) and then for twelve years he had the gracious patronage of his uncle, the second Holy Imam Hasan Ibn Ali (A.S.). In 61 H.A. he was present in Karbala, at the time of the gruesome tragedy of the wholesale massacre of his father, his uncles, his brothers, his cousins and all the godly comrades of his father; and suffered a heartless captivity and imprisonment at the hands of the devilish forces of Yezid<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"There are three things which are refuges and shelters for the faithful: to refrain his tongue from the people and backbiting; keeping himself busy with things that are beneficial for his future, the hereafter and the world; and lengthy weeping upon his sin."<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source: (Tuhful Aqool p 282)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></div>Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09950473998862309050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793613961142403492.post-38004459108519665822011-11-28T15:41:00.000+05:302011-11-28T15:41:12.161+05:30Imam Husain (a.s.) - Views of Non-Muslim Scholars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">The event of Karbala marks the greatest sacrifice for the sake of God in the human history. The minute and stunning details of this great event have been written and survived from the very first day by the eye witnesses. For the last fourteen hundred centuries, the battle of Karbala</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">reflects the collision of the good versus the evil, the virtuous versus the wicked, right versus the wrong, and the collision of <a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/search/label/05%20Imam%20Husain%20%28a.s.%29"><span style="color: #262626; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Imam Husain</span></a> (the head of virtue) versus Yazid (l.a).</span></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Edward G. Brown, the professor of Arabic and oriental studies at the University of Cambridge, praises Imam Husain in these words:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b> <i>"… a reminder of the blood-stained field of Kerbela, where the grandson of the Apostle of God fell at length, tortured by thirst and surrounded by the bodies of his murdered kinsmen, has been at anytime since then sufficient to evoke, even in the most lukewarm and heedless, the deepest emotions, the most frantic grief, and an exaltation of spirit before which pain, danger and death shrink to unconsidered trifles."<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>[A Literary History of Persia, London, 1919, p. 227]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>As the Imam of the time and true representative of his grandfather Prophet Muhammad (S), Imam Husain (A) stood up against the tyrant of the time to safeguard and protect Islam and guide fellow Muslims. On the other hand, the staying power of the rulers (Mu'awiya and his son Yazid) depended solely on the might of the sword. They used brute force to rule over the Muslim empire even by all possible illicit means. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>By the time the sun was set, the day of Ashura in the plains of Karbala, witnessed Imam Husain (A) giving up everything humanly possible in the way of God including his 72 brave and loyal followers and his 6 months beautiful baby, Ali Asghar. In the wake of such a great sacrifices, the Quran praises as:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">“Think not of those who are slain in God's way as dead. Nay, they are living, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord”</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">(Qur'an 3:169).<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><span style="background: white;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Before the battle of Karbala, the world knew only the rule that “The Might is the Right”. However, the day of Aashura introduced even more powerful rule to this world; “The Right is the Might”. Now, the blood of the innocent could win over the sword of a tyrant. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Mahatma Gandhi (Indian political and spiritual leader) writes: </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>“I learned from Hussein how to achieve victory while being oppressed.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">According to the great poet Rabindranath Tagore, Hussain’s sacrifice indicates spiritual liberation.</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">He writes:</span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><span style="background: white;">“In order to keep alive justice and truth, instead of an army or weapons, success can be achieved by sacrificing lives, exactly what Imam Husain (A.S.) did.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><span style="background: white;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Such an everlasting victory can only be achieved by the one who totally believes and trust in the Almighty God.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Thomas Carlyle (Scottish historian and essayist) explains: “The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were rigid believers in God. They illustrated that the numerical superiority does not count when it comes to the truth and the falsehood. The victory of Husain, despite his minority, marvels me!”</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Imam Hussain (A.S.) explains the mission of his sacrifice in his own words: “I have taken this stand not out of arrogance or pride, neither out of mischief or injustice. I have risen to seek reform in the community of my grandfather. I would like to bid good, forbid evil, and follow the tradition of my grandfather and my father ‘Ali bin Abi Talib.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Charles Dickens (English novelist) writes: “If Husain had fought to quench his worldly desires…then I do not understand why his sister, wife, and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore, that he sacrificed purely for Islam.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>In spite of all the painful aspects of Karbala, it holds a great significance in the Islamic history, for the revolution of Imam Husain (A) was not merely an event which had taken place by chance. It was rather a movement for the revival of Islam. Imam Husain (A) declared his noble mission right from the day one.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Antoine Bara (Lebanese writer) writes: “No battle in the modern and past history of mankind has earned more sympathy and admiration as well as provided more lessons than the martyrdom of Husain in the battle of Karbala.” (Husain in Christian Ideology)<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>History has seen numerous massacres of innocent people, but the tragedy of Karbala is one of the few where men, women and children voluntarily allowed themselves to be subjected to hunger, thirst, humiliation and death on the burning sands of Karbala because they believed that Imam Husain (A) stood for righteousness. Little wonder that for over 1400 years Muslims, have been nurturing the tale of Karbala in their hearts like an open wound, lest they should forget the supreme sacrifice of Imam Husain (A) and his followers.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Great spiritual leaders are known to make great sacrifices, but at Karbala, common men and women with infants at their bosom, their hearts and souls aflame with righteousness, chose death rather than evil and weakness. Such was the greatness of Imam Husain (A); such was his spiritual power, which could uplift common mortals to heights of supreme courage and sacrifice.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Dr. K. Sheldrake writes: “Of that gallant band, male and female knew that the enemy forces around were implacable, and were not only ready to fight, but to kill. Denied even water for the children, they remained parched under the burning sun and scorching sands, yet not one faltered for a moment. Husain marched with his little company, not to glory, not to power of wealth, but to a supreme sacrifice, and every member bravely faced the greatest odds without flinching.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Dr. Radha Krishnan writes “Though Imam Husain gave his life years ago, but his indestructible soul rules the hearts of people even today.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>The tragedy of <a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #262626; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Karbala</span></a> took place in 680 AD on the banks of the Euphrates in Iraq but Karbala has a universal appeal and in today’s climate of violence, it is more relevant than ever. The tragedy of Karbala and its spirit of non-violent resistance and supreme sacrifice has been a source of inspiration to the likes of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Mahatma Gandhi’s first Salt Satyagrah was inspired by Imam Husain’s non violent resistance to the tyranny of Yazid (l.a). Gandhi is said to have studied the history of Islam and Imam Husain</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">(A), and was of the opinion that Islam represented not the legacy of a sword but of sacrifices of saints like Imam Husain</span> <span style="background: white;">(A).<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><span style="background: white;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">MahatmaGandhi</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626;"> writes: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626;">“My faith is that the progress of Islam does not depend on the use of sword by its believers, but the result of the supreme sacrifice of Husain (A), the great saint.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Nehru considered Karbala to represent humanities strength and determination. He writes:</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;"><br />
“Imam Husain’s (A) sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of righteousness.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><span style="background: white;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Dr. Rajendra Prasad writes, “The sacrifice of Imam Husain (A) is not limited to one country, or nation, but it is the hereditary state of the brotherhood of all mankind.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Dr. Radha Krishnan writes, “Though Imam Husain (A) gave his life almost 1300 years ago, but his indestructible soul rules the hearts of people even today.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Swami Shankaracharya describes, “It is Husain’s (A) sacrifice that has kept Islam alive or else in this world there would be no one left to take Islam’s name.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Simon Ockley</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">(1678-1720), the Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge</span> <span style="background: white;">writes:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>"Then Husain mounted his horse, and took the Koran and laid it before him, and, coming up to the people, invited them to the performances of their duty: adding, 'O God, thou art my confidence in every trouble, and my hope in all adversity!'… He next reminded them of his excellencies, the nobility of his birth, the greatness of his power, and his high descent, and said, 'Consider with yourselves whether or not such a man as I am is not better than you; I who am the son of your prophet's daughter, besides whom there is no other upon the face of the earth. Ali was my father; Jaafar and Hamza, the chief of the martyrs, were both my uncles; and the apostle of God, upon whom be peace, said both of me and my brother, that we were the chief of the youth of paradise. If you will believe me, what I say is true, for by God, I never told a lie in earnest since I had my understanding; for God hates a lie. If you do not believe me, ask the companions of the apostle of God [here he named them], and they will tell you the same. Let me go back to what I have.' They asked, 'What hindered him from being ruled by the rest of his relations.' He answered, 'God forbid that I should set my hand to the resignation of my right after a slavish manner. I have recourse to God from every tyrant that doth not believe in the day of account.'"<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>[The History of the Saracens, London, 1894, pp. 404-5]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Ignaz Goldziher</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">(1850-1921), the Famous Hungarian orientalist scholar</span> <span style="background: white;">writes:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">"Ever since the black day of Karbala, the history of this family … has been a continuous series of sufferings and persecutions. These are narrated in poetry and prose, in a richly cultivated literature of martyrologies - a Shi'i specialty - and form the theme of Shi'i gatherings in the first third of the month of Muharram, whose tenth day</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">('ashura)</span> <span style="background: white;">is kept as the anniversary of the tragedy at Karbala. Scenes of that tragedy are also presented on this Day of commemoration in dramatic form</span> <span style="background: white;">(ta'ziya). 'Our feast days are our assemblies of mourning.' So concludes a poem by a prince of Shi'i disposition recalling the many</span> <span style="background: white;">mihan</span> <span style="background: white;">of the Prophet's family. Weeping and lamentation over the evils and persecutions suffered by the 'Alid family, and mourning for its martyrs: these are things from which loyal supporters of the cause cannot cease. 'More touching than the tears of the Shi'is' has even become an Arabic proverb."<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>[Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law, Princeton, 1981, p. 179]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Edward Gibbon</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">(1737-1794), considered as the greatest British historian of his time</span> <span style="background: white;">writes<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>"In a distant age and climate the tragic scene of the death of Husain will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader."<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>[The Decline and fall of the Roman Empire, London, 1911, volume 5, pp. 391-2]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Peter J. Chelkowski,</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University, writes:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>"Hussein accepted and set out from Mecca with his family and an entourage of about seventy followers. But on the plain of Kerbela they were caught in an ambush set by the … caliph, Yazid (l.a). Though defeat was certain, Hussein refused to pay homage to him. Surrounded by a great enemy force, Hussein and his company existed without water for ten days in the burning desert of Kerbela. Finally Hussein, the adults and some male children of his family and his companions were cut to bits by the arrows and swords of Yazid's army; his women and remaining children were taken as captives to Yazid (l.a) in Damascus. The renowned historian Abu Reyhan al-Biruni states; "… then fire was set to their camp and the bodies were trampled by the hoofs of the horses; nobody in the history of the human kind has seen such atrocities."<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>[Ta'ziyeh: Ritual and Drama in Iran, New York, 1979, p. 2]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (1868-1945), Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge, writes,</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">"Husain fell, pierced by an arrow, and his brave followers were cut down beside him to the last man. Muhammadan tradition, which with rare exceptions is uniformly hostile to the Umayyad dynasty, regards Husain as a martyr and Yazid (l.a) as his murderer."<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>[A Literary History of the Arabs, Cambridge, 1930, p. 197]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Robert Durey Osborn</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">(1835-1889), the Major of the Bengal Staff Corps, writes, “Husain had a child named Abdallah, only a year old. He had accompanied his father in this terrible march. Touched by its cries, he took the infant in his arms and wept. At that instant, a shaft from the hostile ranks pierced the child's ear, and it expired in his father's arms. Husain placed the little corpse upon the ground. 'We come from God, and we return to Him!' he cried; 'O Lord, give me strength to bear these misfortunes!' … Faint with thirst, and exhausted with wounds, he fought with desperate courage, slaying several of his antagonists. At last he was cut down from behind; at the same instance a lance was thrust through his back and bore him to the ground; as the dealer of this last blow withdrew his weapon, the ill-fated son of Ali rolled over a corpse. The head was severed from the trunk; the trunk was trampled under the hoofs of the victors' horses; and the next morning the women and a surviving infant son were carried away to Koufa. The bodies of Husain and his followers were left unburied on the spot where they fell. For three days they remained exposed to the sun and the night dews, the vultures and the prowling animals of the waste; but then the inhabitants of a neighboring village, struck with horror that the body of a </span></span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grandson of the Prophet should be thus shamefully abandoned to the unclean beasts of the field, dared the anger of Obaidallah, and interred the body of the martyr and those of his heroic friends.”</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>[Islam under the Arabs, Delaware, 1976, pp. 126-7]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Sir William Muir</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"> <span style="background: white;">(1819-1905), the Scottish scholar and statesman and held the post of Foreign Secretary to the Indian government as well as Lieutenant Governor of the Northwestern Provinces writes:</span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><span style="background: white;">"The tragedy of Karbala decided not only the fate of the caliphate, but of the Mohammedan kingdoms long after the Caliphate had waned and disappeared."<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>[Annals of the Early Caliphate, London, 1883, pp. 441-2]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;"><b>Karbala symbolizes the true face of struggle against injustice – non-violent resistance. Not taking life but sacrificing your life for Islam. In summary, it is not out of place to say in words of some known Indian poets:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 2.4pt; margin-left: 24.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.4pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">Let humanity awaken and every tribe will claim Husain as their own.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 2.4pt; margin-left: 24.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 2.4pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">In the martyr of Imam Husain (A.S.), lies the death of Yazid (l.a), for Islam resurrects after every Karbala<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div></div>Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09950473998862309050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793613961142403492.post-54966552149372894732011-10-24T14:09:00.001+05:302011-12-26T12:46:55.032+05:30Forty Ahadith on Hajj<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ عَلِيٌّ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>(</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع): أَللٌّهُ أَللٌّهُ فِي بَيْتِ رَبِّكُمْ لاَ تَخْلُوهُ مَا بَقِيتُمْ فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ تُرِكَ لَمْ تُنَاظَرُوا.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Imam ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) has said, “By Allah, by Allah, keep the House of your Lord in mind. Do not disregard it as long as you remain (alive) because surely if it is ignored, then He shall not look towards you (with His Mercy).”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 16</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="2"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">2 - The Hajj and Focusing on Allah</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرِ البَاقِرِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">فِي قَوْلِ اللٌّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تـــَعَالـى:</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">}</span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">فَــفِرُّوا إِلـى اللٌّه إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>{</span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span> قَالَ: حَجُّوا إِلـى اللٌّهِ.</span></b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi Ja’far [Imam Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali] al-Baqir (peace be upon him) that in regards to the words of Allah, the Glorious and High:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">}</span><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">فَــفِرُّوا إِلـى اللٌّه إِنِّي لَكُمْ مِنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>{</span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span></span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>“So then hasten towards Allah, surely I (Muhammad) am a plain warner to you from Him.”</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Suratul Dhariyat (51), Verse 50)</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Imam said, “Struggle towards Allah (perform the Hajj).”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ma’aniul Akhbar, Page 222<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="3"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">3 - The Talbiyyah and the Sacrifice</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ عَلِيٍّ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: نَزَلَ جِبْرَئِيلُ عَلى النَّبِيِّ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ص)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ مُرْ أَصْحَابَكَ بِالْعَجِّ وَ الثَّلْجِ، فَالْعَجُّ رَفَعُ الأَصْوَاتِ بِالتَّلْبِيَّةِ وَ الثَّلْجُ نَحْرُ الْبَدَنِ.</span></b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from ‘Ali [Ibn Abi Talib] (peace be upon him) that he said, “Jibra’il descended to the Prophet (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) and said to him, ‘O’ Muhammad! Command your companions al-’Ajj and al-Thalj. The ‘Ajj is to raise your voice in pronouncing the Talbiyyah (Labbayk Allahumma Labbayk) out loud, while the Thalj is to slaughter an animal (on the day of ‘Eid).”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ma’aniul Akhbar, Page 224<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="4"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">4 - The Major Hajj (Hajj al-Akbar) and the Minor Hajj (Hajj al-Asghar)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارِ قَالَ: سَئَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ يَوْمِ الْحَجِّ الأَكْبَرِ فَقَالَ: هُوَ يَوْمُ الْنَحْرِ وَ الأَصْغَرُ الْعُمْرَةُ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated by Mu’awiyah Ibn ‘Ammar that he said, “I asked Aba ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) in regards to the day of the major Hajj (Hajj al-Akbar) and he said, ‘This is the day of the sacrifice (‘Eidul Qurban), while the minor Hajj (Hajj al-Asghar) is the ‘Umrah.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ma’aniul Akhbar, Page 295<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="5"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">5 - The Benefits of the Hajj</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنِ الرِّضَا</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>(</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: مَا رَأََيْتُ َشَيْئاً أَسْرَعَ غِنًّى وَ لاَ أَنْفى لِلْفَقْرِ مِنْ إِدْمَانُ الْحَجِّ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from al-Ridha [Imam ‘Ali Ibn Musa] (peace be upon him) that he said, “I have not seen a single thing which makes a person free from want (financially secure) quicker, nor which is more effective in removing poverty, than continuously performing the Hajj (year after year).”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 74, Page 318</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="6"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">6 - Dying While on the Way to Hajj</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: مَنْ مَاتَ فِي طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ ذَاهِباً أَوْ جَائِياً أَمِنَ مِنَ الْفَزَغِ الأَكْبَرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated form Abi ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) that he said, “A person who dies while proceeding towards Makkah or while returning back (from Makkah) will be protected from the great distress of the Day of Resurrection.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maladhul Akhyar, Volume 7, Page 223</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="7"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">7 - The Sanctity of the Guests of Allah</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: أَلْحَاجُّ وَ الْمُعْتَمِرُ وَفْدُ اللٌّهِ إِنْ سَأَلُوهُ أَعْطَاهُمْ وَ إِنْ دَعُوهُ أَجَابَهُمْ وَ إِنْ شَفَعُوا شَفَعَهُمْ وَ إِنْ سَكَتُوا إِبْتَدَاهُمْ وَ يُعَوَّضُونَ بِالدِّرْهَمِ أَلْفَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ.</span></b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) that he said, “Those who perform the Hajj and the ‘Umrah are the guests of Allah. If they ask Him for something, He will grant it to them; if they call upon Him then He will answer them; if they intercede (for others), their intercession will be accepted; if they remain quiet, then He will begin to speak to them; for every dirham which they spend (in their trip to the Hajj), they will receive one million dirhams in return.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maladhul Akhyar, Volume 7, Page 223</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="8"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">8 - Preparing for the Ihram</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ حِمَادِ بْنِ عِيسى قَالَ: سَئَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنِ الْتَّهَيُّؤْ لِلإِحْرَامِ فَقَالَ: تَقْلِيمُ الأَظْفَارِ وَ أَخْذُ الشَّارِبِ وَ حَلْقُ الْعَانَةِ.</span></b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Himad Ibn ‘Isa that he said, “I asked Aba ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) on how to prepare for the (wearing of the) Ihram? The Imam replied, ‘(One should prepare for wearing the Ihram) by cutting the nails, trimming the moustache and shaving the pubic hair.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maladhul Akhyar, Volume 7, Page 307</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="9"></a><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">9 - Looking at the Ka’bah</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع): مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلـى الْكَعْبَةَ لَمْ يَزَلْ يُكْتَبْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ وَ يُمْحى عَنْهُ سَيِئَّةٌ حَتَّى يَصْرِفُ بَصَرَهُ عَنْهَا.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from al-Baqir [Imam Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali] (peace be upon him) that: “As long as a person is looking at the Ka’bah, good deeds will be written (in his record) and one’s evil deeds will be erased until one turns away one’s glance (from the Ka’bah).”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 65</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="10"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">10 - Intention for the Hajj</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: أَلْحَجُّ حَجَّانِ، حَجٌّ لِلٌّهِ وَ حَجٌّ لِلنَّاسِ. فَمَنْ حَجَّ لِلٌّهِ كَانَ ثَوَابُهُ عَلى اللٌّهِ وَ الْجَنَّةُ وَ مَنْ حَجَّ لِلنَّاسِ كَانَ ثَوَابُهُ عَلى النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) that, “Hajj is of two types: Hajj for the sake of Allah and Hajj for the sake of people. A person who performs Hajj for Allah, surely his reward will be with Allah - Paradise; and a person who performs Hajj for people, surely his reward will be with people (to give him) on the Day of Resurrection.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 24</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="11"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">11 - Fasting on the Day of Tashriq in Mina</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">سُئِلَ الصَّادِقُ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع): لِمَ كُرِهَ الصِّيَامُ فِي أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ؟ فَقَالَ: لأََنَّ الْقَوْمَ زُوَّارُ اللٌّهِ وَ هُمْ فِي ضِيَافَتِهِ وَ لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِلضَّيْفِ أَنْ يَّصُومَ عِنْدَ مَنْ زَارَهُ وَ أَضَافَهُ.</span></b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">As-Sadiq [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad] (peace be upon him) was asked, “Why is it discouraged to fast on the days of Tashriq (11th, 12th, and 13th of Dhul Hijjah)?” The Imam (peace be upon him) replied, “Since people are visiting Allah and are His guests (during these days), it is not advisable that a guest should fast in the presence of the One whom he is visiting.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 34</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="12"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">12 - Hajj or Jihad?</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنِ الصَّادِقِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَا سَبِيلٌ مِنْ سَبِيلِ اللٌّهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْحَجِّ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ يَخْرُجُ بِسَيْفِهِ فَيُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللٌّهِ حَتَّى يَسْتَشْهَدُ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from as-Sadiq [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad] (peace be upon him) who said, “There is no path from the paths of Allah which is greater than Hajj, except when a person comes out with his sword and strives in the way of Allah until he is martyred.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 49</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="13"></a><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">13 - Reward for the T</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">aw<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">a</span>f</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنِ النَّـبِيِ ّ</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ص)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ طَافَ بِهٌذَا الْبَيْتِ إِسْـبُوعاً وَ أَحْسَنَ صَلاَةَ رَكْعَتَيْهِ غُفِرَ لَهُ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Noble Prophet (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) has said, “A person who circumambulates this House (the Ka’bah) seven times and performs the two Rak’at Salat (of Tawaaf) in the best form possible will have his sins forgiven.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 49</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="14"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">14 - Hajj and the Renewal of the Pledge</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع): وَ الْحَجْرُ كَالْمِيثَاقِ وَ إِسْتِلاَمُهُ كَالْبَيْعَةِ وَ كَانَ إِذَا إِسْتَلَمَهُ قَالَ: أَللٌّهُمَّ أَمَانَتِي أَدَّيْتُهَا وَ مِيثَاقِي تَعَاهَدَتْهُ لِيَشْهَدَلِي عِنْدَكَ بِالْبَلاَغِ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Abu Ja’far [Imam Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir] (peace be upon him) has said, “The Hajr (Hajrul Aswad – the Black Stone) is like the pledge (of Allah) and rubbing the hand over it is like making a pledge of allegiance (to Allah).” Whenever the Imam (peace be upon him) would rub his hand over the Hajrul Aswad he used to say:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">أَللٌّهُمَّ أَمَانَتِي أَدَّيْتُهَا وَ مِيثَاقِي تَعَاهَدَتْهُ لِيَشْهَدَلِي عِنْدَكَ بِالْبَلاَغِ</span></b><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>“O’ Allah! I have fulfilled my trust and have renewed my pledge so that it (the Hajr al-Aswad) can bear witness that surely I have fulfilled my responsibility.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="15"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">15 - The Success and Perpetuity of Islam</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: لاَ يَزَالُ الدِّينُ قَائِماً مَا قَامَتِ الْكَعْبَةُ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) who said, “As long as the Ka’bah is standing, the religion (of al-Islam) will remain standing.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96 Page 57</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="16"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">16 - Philosophy Behind the Name “Al-Ka’bah”</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: لِمَ سُمِّىَ الْبَيْتُ، بَيْتُ الْعَتِيقِ؟ قَالَ: لأََنَّهُ حُرٌّ عَتِيقٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَ لَمْ يَمْلِكُهُ أَحَدٌ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated that Abi Ja’far [Imam Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir] (peace be upon him) was asked, “Why is it (the Ka’bah) named Baitul ‘Atiq (the Emancipated House)?” The Imam replied: “Because this house is free and emancipated from people and was never under the ownership of anyone.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 59</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="17"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">17- Three Sacred Things</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: إِنَّ لِلٌّهِ عَزّ َوَ جَلَّ حُرُمَاتٌ ثَلاَثٌ لَيْسَ مِثْلَهُنَّ شَيْءٌ: كِتَابُهُ وَ هُوَ حُكْمُهُ وَ نُورُهُ وَ بَيْتُهُ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ قِبْلَةً لِلنَّاسِ لاَ يَقْبَلُ مِنْ أَحَدٍ تَوَجُّهَا إِلـى غَيْرِهِ وَ عِتْرَةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) who said, “Surely Allah, the Noble and Grand, has made three things sacred and there is nothing else equivalent to them: His Book (the Qur’an) which is His Command and Divine Light; His House (The Ka’bah) which He has made as the focal point (Qiblah) and He will not accept from anyone facing any other direction; and the family of your Prophet.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 60</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="18"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">18 – Donations to Maintain the Ka’bah</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ عَلِيٍّ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: لَوْ كَانَ لِي وَادِيَانِ يَسِيلاَنِ ذَهَباً وَ فِضَّةً مَا أَهْدَيْتُ إِلـى الْكَعْبَةِ شَيْئاً لأََنَّهُ يَصِيرُ إِلـى الْحَجْبَةِ دُونَ الْمَسَاكِينَ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from ‘Ali [Ibn Abi Talib] (peace be upon him) who said, “If I were to possess two valleys flowing with gold and silver, I would not donate a single thing to the Ka’bah because it would reach the (unworthy) people who maintain the Ka’bah – and not to the poor and deserving people.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 67</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="19"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">19 - The Safety of the Sanctuary (Haram)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ بْنِ سِنَانِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ قُلْتُ: أَ رَأَيْتَ قَوْلَهُ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>}</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">وَ مَنْ دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِناً</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>{</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">أَلْبَيْتُ عَنـى أَوِ الْحَرَمُ؟ قَالَ: مَنْ دَخَلَ الْحَرَمَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَسْتَجِيراً بِهِ فَهُوَ آمِنٌ وَ مَنْ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مُسْتَجِيراً بِهِ فَهُوَ آمِنٌ مِنْ سَخَطِ اللٌّهِ وَ مَنْ دَخَلَ الْحَرَمَ مِنَ الْوُحُشِ وَ السِّبَاعِ وَ الطَّيْرِ فَهُوَ آمِنٌ مِنْ أَنْ يُّهَاجَ أَوْ يُؤْذَى حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ مِِنَ الْحَرَمِ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from ‘Abdullah Ibn Sanan from Abi ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) that he asked, “What is the meaning of His words:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">}</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">وَ مَنْ دَخَلَهُ كَانَ أَمِناً</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>{</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">{And whosoever enters into it (the Haram), does so in safety.}</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></b><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Does this refer to the Ka’bah or the entire Sanctuary (Haram)?” <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Imam (peace be upon him) replied, “A person who enters into the Sanctuary (Haram) seeking protection, shall remain protected; whoever from amongst the true believers enters into the Sanctuary (Haram) seeking protection from the wrath of Allah shall be protected from it; and whichever wild and domestic animal or bird enters into the Sanctuary (Haram) will be protected from being disturbed and bothered until it leaves the Sanctuary (Haram).”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 74</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="20"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">20 - The Four Chosen Cities</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ رَسُولُ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ص): إِنَّ اللٌّهَ اخْتَارَ مِنَ الْبُلْدَانِ أَرْبَعَةٌ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ:</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>}</span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">وَ التِّيْنِ وَ الزَّيْتُونِ وَ طُُورِ سِينِينَ وَ هٌذَا الْبَلَدِ الأَمِينَ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>{</span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">وَ التِّيْنُ الْمَدِينَةُ وَ الزَّيْتُونُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدَسُ وَ طُورُ سِينِينَ الْكُوْفَةُ وَ هٌذَا الْبَلَدِ الأَمِينَ مَكَّةَ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) has said, “Surely Allah has chosen four cities from amongst all others, just as He, the Noble and Grand has said (in the Noble Qur’an):<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">}</span><span dir="RTL"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">وَ التِّيْنِ وَ الزَّيْتُونِ وَ طُُورِ سِينِينَ وَ هٌذَا الْبَلَدِ الأَمِينَ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>{</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>“I swear by ‘the fig’ and ‘the olive’ and the ‘Mountain of Sinai’ and by this protected city.”</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘The fig’ is the city of Madinah; ‘The olive’ is the city of Baitul Maqdas (in Jerusalem); ‘The Mountain of Sinai’ is Kufah; and the protected city is Makkah.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 77</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="21"></a><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">21 - Performing the Hajj with Haraam Wealth</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع): لاَ يَقْبَلُ اللٌّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَجًّا وَّ لاَ عُمْرَةً مِنْ مَّالٍ حَرَامٍ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Abu Ja’far [Imam Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir] (peace be upon him) has said, “Allah, the Noble and Grand shall not accept the Hajj or ‘Umrah of a person who performs them using haraam wealth.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 120</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="22"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">22 - Etiquette of the Hajj</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: مَا يَعْبَؤُ بِمَنْ يَؤُمُّ هٌذَا الْبَيْتِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ ثَلاَثُ خِصَالٍ: وَرَعٌ يَحْجُزُهُ عَنْ مَعَاصِي اللٌّهِ وَ حِلْمٌ يَمْلِكُ بِهِ غَضَبَهُ وَ حُسْنُ الصَحَابَةِ لِمَنْ صَحِبَهُ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated form Abi Ja’far [Imam Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir] (peace be upon him) that he said, “It does not matter if one visits this House if he does not possess three traits: Cautiousness (Wara’) which prevents him from sinning; forbearance which helps him rule over his anger; and good interaction with those who are with him.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Al-Khisal, Volume 1, Page 97; Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 121</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="23"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">23 - Exemptions for Women in the Hajj Rites</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: لَيْسَ عَلى النِّسَاءِ إِجْهَارُ التَّلْبِيَّةِ وَ لاَ الْهَرْوَلَةِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ وَ لاَ إِسْتَلاَمُ الْحَجْرِ الأَسْوَدِ وَ لاَ دُخُولُ الْكَعْبَةِ وَ لاَ الْحَلْقُ إِنَّمَا يُقَصِّرْنَ مِنْ شُعُورِهِنَّ.</span><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi Ja’far [Imam Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir] (peace be upon him) that he said, “The following things are not necessary for women to perform in the Hajj: women do not have to pronounce the Talbiyyah (Labbayk Allahumma Labbayk) out loud; nor do they have to perform the Harwalah (act of briefly running) between the mountains of al-Safa and al-Marwah; the rubbing of the hand on the Hajral Aswad; entering into the Ka’bah; and the shaving of the head</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">;<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">instead, they only cut some of their hair.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 189</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="24"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">24 - Distribution of Mercy in the Vicinity of the Ka’bah</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: لِلٌّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالـى حَوْلَ الْكَعْبَةِ عِشْرُونَ وَ مِائَةَ رَحْمَةً مِنْهَا سِتُّونَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَ أَرْبَعُونَ لِلمُصَلِّيَن وَ عِشْرُونَ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) that he said, “For Allah, the Noble and Grand, there are 120 parts of Mercy around the Ka’bah. From these, sixty are for those performing the tawaaf around the Ka’bah; forty are for those performing the prayers; and twenty are for those just looking (at the Ka’bah).”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 202</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="25"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">25 - Hijr (Wall) of Isma’il</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع): إِنَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ دَفَنَ أُمَّهُ فِي الْحَجْرِ وَ جَعَلَ لَهُ حَائِطاً لِئَلاَّ يُوَطَّا قَبْرَهَا.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Abu ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) said, “Isma’il buried his mother (Hajrah) in the (area) of the Hijr and then built a semi-circle shaped wall over it so that people would not step upon her grave.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 204</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="26"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">26 -</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Three Hundred and Sixty Tawaf of the Ka’bah</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ تَطُوفَ ثَلاَثَ مِائَةَ وَ سِتِّينَ أُسْبُوعاً عَدَدِ أَيَّامَ السَّنَةِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَمَا قَدَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الطَّوَافِ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) who said, “It is recommended that a person does the tawaaf of the Ka’</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">b<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">ah three hundred and sixty times - the number of days in a year and if one is unable to do so, then one should perform the tawaaf as much as possible.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 204</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="27"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">27 - Rubbing the Corner of the Hajrul Aswad</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ رَسُولُ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ص): طُوفُوا بِالْبَيْتِ وَ اسْتَلْمُوا الرُّكْنَ فَإِنَّهُ يَمِينُ اللٌّهِ عَلـى أَرْضِهِ يُصَافِحُ بِهَا خَلْقَهُ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) has said, “Perform the tawaaf of the House and rub your hand over the Corner which has the Hajr al-Aswad because this is the right hand of Allah on His Earth which He shakes with His creations.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 202</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="28"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">28 - Salat inside Masjidul Haraam</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: صَلاَةٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ مِائَةِ أَلْفِ صَلاَةٍ فِي غَيْرِهِ مِنَ الْمَسَاجِدِ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Al-Baqir [Imam Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali] (peace be upon him) has said, “Salat inside Masjidul Haraam is greater than 100,000 Salat performed in any other Masjid.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 241</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="29"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">29 - Water of Zamzam</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ رَسُولُ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ص): مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ شِفَاءٌ لِمَا شُرِبَ لَهُ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Messenger of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) has said, “The water of Zamzam is a cure for whatever (ailment) it is taken for.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 245</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="30"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">30 - Supplication in ‘Arafat</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنِ الرِّضَا</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرَ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">يَقُولُ: مَا مِنْ بِرٍّ وَ لاَ فَاجِرٍ يَقِفُ بِجِبَالِ عَرَفَاتٍ فَيَدْعُو اللٌّهَ إِلاَّ اسْتِجَابَ اللٌّهُ لَهُ. أَمَّا الْبِرُّ فَفِي حَوَائِجِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الأَخِرَةِ وَ أَمَّا الْفَاجِرُ فَفِي أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from al-Ridha [Imam ‘Ali Ibn Musa] (peace be upon him): “Surely my father, Abu Ja’far (peace be upon him) used to say, ‘There is not a single righteous person or sinner who makes a sojourn at the Mountains of ‘Arafat and calls upon Allah there, except that Allah answers his call. For a righteous person (his call is answered) in regards to the needs and necessities of the life of this temporal world and the next life; while a sinner (is answered) in regards to the affairs of the temporal world (only).”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 251</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="31"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">31 - Importance of ‘Arafat</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنِي النَّبِي</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ص)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: أَعْظَمُ أَهْلُ عَرَفَاتَ جُرْماً مَنْ إِنْصَرَفَ وَ هُوَ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يُغْفَرَلَهُ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Noble Messenger (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) has said, “The greatest sin of a person who goes to ‘Arafat and then leaves is to think that he has not been forgiven of his sins.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 248</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="32"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">32 - Rewards for Stoning the Shaitan</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">فِي رَمِي الْجِمَارِ قَالَ: لَهُ بِكُلِّ حَصَاةٍ يُرمى بِهَا تَحُطُّ عَنْهُ كَبِيرَةً مُوْبِقَةً.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) in regards to the stoning of the Shaitan that he said, “For every stone that a pilgrim throws, a major sin, which would have led to his destruction, is averted from him.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 273</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="33"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">33 - Philosophy Behind Stoning the Shaitan</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسى</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: سَئَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَمِي الْجِمَارِ لِمَ جُعِلَ؟ قَالَ: لأََنَّ إِبْلِيسَ اللَّعِينَ كَانَ يترآءى لإِبْرَاهِيمَ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)فِي مَوْضِعِ الْجِمَارِ. فَرَجَمَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">فَجَرَتْ السُنَّةُ بِذٌلِكَ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from ‘Ali Ibn Ja’far from his brother Musa [Ibn Ja’far al-Kadhim] (peace be upon him) that he said, “I asked (my brother) in regards to the philosophy of the stoning of the pillar and why this was enacted.” He replied to me, “Because Iblis, the despised, appeared to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) in the place where the pillar is and Ibrahim (peace be upon him) threw stones at him and thus, this act became a Sunnah (practice) in the Hajj.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 273</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="34"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">34 - The Sacrifice of an Animal in Hajj</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَينِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">فِي حَدِيثٍ لَهُ: إِذَا ذَبَحَ الْحَّاجُ كَانَ فِدَاهُ مِنَ النَّارِ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In a tradition, ‘Ali ibnil Husain [Imam Zainul ‘Aabidin] (peace be upon him) has said, “When a person performing the Hajj slaughters an animal, it saves him from the fire of hell.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 288</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="35"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">35 - Burying the Shaved Hair in Mina</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِيهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: إِنَّ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَينَ كَانَا يَأْمُرَانِ بِدَفْنِ شُعُورِهِمَا بِمِـنـى.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi Ja’far [Imam Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir] (peace be upon him) from his father [Imam ‘Ali ibnil Husain Zainul ‘Aabidin (peace be upon him)] that he said, “al-Hasan and al-Husain used to ask that their hair (shaved on the ‘Eid day in Hajj) be buried in Mina.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 302</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="36"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">36 - Ziyarat of the Messenger of Allah</span></b><b><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ص)</span></b><b><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">َنِ النَّبِيِّ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ص)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ رَاى [زَارَ] قَبْرِي حَلَّتْ لَهُ شَفَاعَتِي وَ مَنْ زَارَنِي مَيِّتاً فَكَأَنَّمَا زَارَنِي حَيًّا.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Prophet Muhammad (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) that he said, “A person seeing (visiting) my grave deserves my intercession. And a person who visits me after my death is like a person who visited me during my lifetime.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 334 </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="37"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">37 - Bidding Farewell to the Ka’bah</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمِ بْنِ مَحْمُودٍ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ الرِّضَا</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">وَدَعَ الْبَيْتَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَّخْرُجَ مِنْ بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ خَرَّ سَاجِداً ثُمَّ قَامَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْكَعْبَةَ وَ قَالَ: أَللٌّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَنْقَلِبُ عَلى أَنْ لاٌ إِلٌهَ إِلاَّ اللٌّهُ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Ibrahim Ibn Mahmud that he said, “I saw al-Ridha [Imam ‘Ali Ibn Musa] (peace be upon him) bid farewell to the House and when he intended to make his way out from the Masjid, he fell into prostration (Sajdah), stood up, faced the Ka’bah and then said:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">أَللٌّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَنْقَلِبُ عَلى أَنْ لاٌ إِلٌهَ إِلاَّ اللٌّهُ.</span><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>“O’ Allah! I have reinforced my belief that there is no entity worthy of worship except Allah.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 370</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="38"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">38 - Importance of the Ziyarat of the Ahlul Bayt after Hajj</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ: إِنَّمَا أُمِرَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَأْتُوا هٌذِهِ الأَحْجَارَ فَيَطُوفُوا بِهَا ثُمَّ يَأْتُونَا فَيُخْبِرُونَا بِوِلاَيَتِهِمْ وَ يَعْرِضُوا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرِهِمْ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi Ja’far [Imam Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir] (peace be upon him) that: “People have been commanded to come and perform the tawaaf around these rocks (the Ka’bah) and then come to us (the Ahlul Bait) and declare their submission and offer their help to us.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 374</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="39"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">39 - Welcoming People who Return from Hajj</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ع): مَنْ لَقِيَ حَاجًّا فَصَافَحَهُ كَانَ كَمَنْ إِسْتَلَمَ الْحَجَرَ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been narrated from Abi ‘Abdillah [Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq] (peace be upon him) that: “A person who meets one who has returned from Hajj and shakes his hand (welcomes him back) is like a person who rubbed his hand on the Hajrul Aswad.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 384</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7793613961142403492&postID=5496655214937289473" name="40"></a><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">40 - Walimah - Feeding Others After Returning From the Hajj</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">قَالَ رَسُولُ اللٌّهِ</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">ص): لاَ وَلِيمَةَ إِلاَّ فِي خَمْسٍ: فِي عُرْسٍ أَوْ خُرْسٍ أَوْ عِذَارٍ أَوْ وِكَارٍ أَوْ رِكَازٍ فَأَمَّا الْعُرْسُ فَالتَّزْوِيجُ، وَ الْخُرْسُ النِّفَاسُ بِالْوَلَدِ وَ الْعِذَارُ الْخِتَانِ وَ الْوِكَارُ الرَّجُلُ يَشْتَرِي الدَّارَ وَ الرِّكَازُ الَّذِي يَقْدِمُ مِنْ مَكَّةِ.</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/smart%20user/Desktop/mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">The Messenger of Allah</span></a><span style="color: black;"> (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) has said, “Walimah is only in five occasions: in the ‘Urs, Khurs, ‘Idhar, Wikar and the Rikaz – ‘Urs is when a person gets married; and Khurs is when a child is born; and ‘Idhar is on the circumcision of a baby boy; and Wikar is when a person purchases a house; and Rikaz is when a person returns from Hajj.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Biharul Anwar, Volume 96, Page 384</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div></div>Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09950473998862309050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793613961142403492.post-61569286228246089772011-10-20T17:59:00.001+05:302011-10-20T18:03:02.169+05:30THE SUPPLICATION OF GHAREEQ DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE IMAM (A.S.)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Imam Ja’afar Sadiq (a.s.), while predicting the period of the absence of the Last Imam (a.s), says,<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;">"During that troublesome period there will be so much of sedition and fighting that the angels would be astonished at the very many deaths of men of piety!"</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The narrator asked the Imam (a.s.),</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;">"What should the people do in that difficult time?"</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt;">The Imam (a.s.) replied, "They should recite the </span><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ff3300;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><i><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4R0d0QXKrIfQa8ZiIHxu8RxYig0YJ1ApsnRGXfsSIdRiAuDLPEDJSWAUnlPU3rIWFW2zySuUMHuPQLPGkYYCSJAxFfboqc7PSVdBUjtQ4LxhXmiYcWXE4UrI26IVXOX1dE5xZMY5ly8j/s320/ghareek.gif"><span style="color: #ff3300;">Dua-e-Ghareeq</span></a></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span></span> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt;">This consists in saying</span><b style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mahdiwarriors.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4R0d0QXKrIfQa8ZiIHxu8RxYig0YJ1ApsnRGXfsSIdRiAuDLPEDJSWAUnlPU3rIWFW2zySuUMHuPQLPGkYYCSJAxFfboqc7PSVdBUjtQ4LxhXmiYcWXE4UrI26IVXOX1dE5xZMY5ly8j/s320/ghareek.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;">"<i>Ya Allaho ya Rahmano ya Raheem ya Muqallabul Quloob sabbit qalbi ala deenek"</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">"O Rehman, O Raheem, O one who Guides the hearts! Keep my heart steadfast on Your Faith!"</span></i></b><b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Man should think that he is really helpless in times when Satan’s retainers are roaming free. No heart is safe from their onslaught.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;">O Allah! Guard our hearts from anger, fighting and all the effects of these Shayateen! Amin<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></div>Warriors of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09950473998862309050noreply@blogger.com0