Smoke and the winds bear the brunt;
Whose house it is that is burnt?
Flames rise towards the sky.
And rises there in a shrill cry.
It is the house of the Prophet, and Zahra is inside,
See, how soon, how early changed the tide!
Some told: Zahra is there;
He told: So What? Why to care?
How soon they turned behind!
How soon their eyes turned blind!
The Prophet had introduced the dwellers of the House;
Hassan, Hussein, Zahra, and her ...
oday on the 5th of Sha’ban we are celebrating the blessed birth anniversary of the Survivor of the heartrending tragedy of Karbala. He is none other than Imam the son and successor of Imam Husain (A.S). Named Ali at birth in honour of his grandfather, the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (A.S), this virtuous grandson of the Immaculate Lady, Hazrat Fatema Zahra (S.A), became famous as Zain al-Abedin or Ornament of the ...
Ali was born on the 13th of Rajab of the 30th year of the Elephant (A.D. 600). His cousin, Muhammad, was now 30 years old. Ali's parents were Abu Talib ibn Abdul Muttalib, and Fatima, the daughter of Asad, both of the clan of Hashim.Ali was born inside the Kaaba in Makkah. The great historian, Masoodi, the Herodotus of the Arabs, writes on page 76 of Volume II of his book, Murooj-udh-Dhahab (The Golden Meadows), that one of the greatest ...
In one of these statements (on which both Shiites and Sunnites agree) the Great Prophet (S.A.W.)says: "Fatimah is the master of all the women of the worlds." Although it is mentioned in the Holy Quran that Mary (A.S.) is the best woman in the worlds and has high position and is considered to be chaste and continence and is one of the four greatest women, she was the best woman of her life's period, but Fatimah's (A.S.) superiority is not ...
Allah, there is no god except Him, is the Living One, the All-Sustainer; He has sent down to you the Book with the truth confirming what was [revealed] before it, and He had sent down the Torah and the Evangel before as guidance for mankind, and He has sent down the Criterion (Qur'an). Indeed those who defy the signs of Allah, there is a severe punishment for them; and Allah is All-mighty, Avenger." (Holy Qur'an 3:2-4) We are on the ...
Bayt Agency) - Hundreds of Shia Muslims in Kampala participated in a procession on the streets on November 13 to observe Ashura, the tenth day of the first month (Muharram) of the Islamic lunar calendar.The day, marked by all Muslims, is special for Shias who remember the martyrdom at Karbala (on banks of River Euphrates in Iraq) of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.According to Sheikh Shams, director of Ali Mustaphah Islamic ...
By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz “At’ani aj’alaka misli kun li akun lak (You model yourself on Me so that I become yours).” The above phrase is part of a Hadith Qodsi, which all Muslims unanimously state to be the words of Almighty Allah expressed through Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) – the most perfect of all human beings. No wonder, the Holy Qur'an presents the Last and Greatest of all Messengers as the "Excellent Exemplar" for all those "who look ...
Imam Musa ibn Ja'far (A.S.) says:"All people are blessed by Allah's mercy as long as they treat each other kindly, interact trustworthily, and behave honestly and justly."One day, Harun al-Rashid - the Abbasid Caliph- asked some questions from Imam Kadhim (A.S.) through a debate between him and the Imam. Imam Kadhim (A.S.) answered all his questions. As his last question, Harun al-Rashid asked: "Why do you allow people to attribute you to ...
By: Maulana Sayyid Zafar Hasan Amrohi In our definition a brave is one who puts himself in some danger, then saves himself or someone else from it. We call every such person as brave, who gains victory over his enemy. We consider them valiant, all those who are successful in territorial conquests. But the fact is that being actually 'brave' and 'valiant' is something altogether different. It is a middle line, thinner than hair and sharper than ...
Hazret Fatimeh Masumeh (A) the Blessed and the Gracious Divine Lady from the Holy Ahlul Bayt (A) was born in the holy city of Madinah on the First Day of the month of Zee Qa'dah 173 A.H. His holy father was Imam Musa al-Kazim (A),the Seventh Holy Imam and Imam Reza (A),the Eighth Holy Imam was his elder brother.Regarding the rewards awarded to those who perform the ziarat (pilgrimage) of Karimah Ahli Bait Hazret Fatimeh Al-Masumeh (A), there ...
His Caliphate
On the 21st night of the Ramadan of 40th Hijra Imam Ali (PBUH) passed away making all the people sorrowful and grieved. Imam Hassan (PBUH) who was 27 years of age came along with the people to the mosque and climbed the tribune and said, "Last night, a man, who was unique in knowledge piety, conduct and character among the previous ages people as well those to come in future, has gone out of you. He participated the battles along ...
The Imam (A.S.) was contemporary to a short period of al-Rashid's regime during which he suffered the tragedy of the assassination of his father Imam Mousa al-Kazim (A.S.) and other Alawides. After the murder of his father, he was not safe from the moves of some of those who flattered the rulers and followed their course and pretended to show their loyalty by instigating enmity against the regime's opponents, encouraging their elimination, ...
The short lifetime of lady Fatima (A.S.) was not enough for her real rank to be revealed through her words and deeds that were based on the invisible world; this is why she was likened to the Night of Power in its hidden implications and rank. The words that were uttered by her father regarding her disclose some of her sublime rank as it is mentioned in the Guarded Tablet. We must keep in mind that those words were not said because of their ...
Bayt Agency) - The visit of Prophet Abraham and Isaac and Abraham's prediction and desire to buy the Valley of Peace.Those who have visited Najaf will remember vividly that to the north and east of the town there are acres of graves and myriads of domes of various colours and at various stages of disrepair. Whoever goes to Najaf will follow a road that approaches the town by a winding course through this vast cemetery. The Prophet Abraham had ...
The highest degree of humanity is Infallibility, where the consent and anger is based solely upon the anger and consent of Allah (SWT). An infallible person shows content to whatever Allah (SWT) is content with, and shows anger to whatever angers Allah (SWT). Lady Fatimah (PBUH) is one whom the Almighty Allah is content when she is satisfied, and is angry when she is angry. This position has astonished many complete people. As stated in John's ...
Name: FatimahFather: Imam Musa al Kazim (AS)Mother: Najma MaghrbiyyahBrother: Imam Ridha (AS)Title: Ma'soomahDate of Birth: 1st Zilqadah 173 A.H.Date of Death: 10th Rabiul-thani 201 A.H.From the children of the seventh Imam Hazrat Fatimah Ma'soomah bint Musa ibn Jafar (AS) has a special position after Imam Ridha (AS).Due to her faith, virtuousness and training under the guardianship of Imamate she reached such a position that the Ma’soom ...
Some of the Sunni exegete believes:
The revelation of the verse was related to the protection of the Prophet (PBUH) in Medina not in Ghadir.
Some Sunni Muslims resort to some traditions and say that until the revelation of the Verse of Proclamation the Prophet (PBUH) was protected by guards but after the revelation of this verse and God's guarantee on the protection of his life, he dismissed the guards and said the Almighty God would protect ...
Intercedence in The QuranThe narrations just mentioned, prove beyond doubt that intercedence is a given fact and a right granted to some chosen worshippers of Allah.Yet, some heedless Muslims argue that intercedence is a sort of polytheism, as if they have not read the Holy Quran. The following Quranic verses explicitly speak of intercedence on the Day of Rising."Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth?" (2: 255)"And ...
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Imam Hussein went to Mecca and stayed there for four months. He visited different groups and wrote a lot of letters to Kufa, Basra, and to individuals. He went on a pilgrimage to Kaba and he visited the tombs of diseased predecessors; he went to the Abou Talib Cemetery and visited the graves of his great grandfather, Abou Talib (A.S.), and his great grandmother, Khadijeh (S.A.). He said his prayers right there.
When ...
It is not just in the Lok Sabha where Muslim representation has fallen to an all-time low; Muslim representation in Assemblies is falling steadily too, an analysis by The Hindu shows.
After last month's election results, Maharashtra is down from three Muslim ministers and 11 Muslim MLAs in the outgoing Assembly to nine legislators and no Muslim ministers. The BJP, which swept to power in the state with 122 MLAs fielded just one Muslim ...
