ZIKR

E
AAL E
MUHAMMAD

Compiled by
Sakina Hasan Askari

Liverpool U.K.
1427 A.H. April 2006
 CONTENTS

Introduction p.

Hazrat Abu Talib TOUHEED p

Fatima binte Asad ADL p

Hazrat Khadija NABUVAT p

Eid e Ghadeer IMAMAT p

Zahoor e Qaim QIYAMAT p

Hazrat Zainab SALAT p

Ummul Baneen SAUM p

Ali Akbar Ali Asghar HAJ p

Aqd Ali o Fatima ZAKAT p

Eid e Mubahila KHUMS p

Hazrat Abbas JIHAD p

AMR BIL MAROOF

Indeham Jannatul Baqee NAHI ANIL MUNKAR
p

Masooma e Qum TAWALLA p

Eid e Zahra TABARRA p

List Of Allah’s names p
Bibliography p
 INTRODUCTION

Zikr means to remember, Aal e Muhammad are

the close family members of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad, those individuals who were directly
linked with the spread of Islam. Zikre Aale
Muhammad is an attempt to look at the
contribution of these holy persons whose zikr
takes us to the message of the Quran. Imam
Muhammad Baqar (a.s.) said “ inna zikrina min
zikrillahi Remembering us is as remembering
Allah.” It is recorded in Hadees that a house,
where the Quran is recited and Allah
remembered, has abundant blessings and it shines
in the heavens just like the stars shine when seen
from the earth. The Ahle Zikr are the Holy
Ahlebait who are endowed by Allah‟s blessings:
Remember Me with obedience and worship and I
will remember you with blessings, benevolence,
mercy and satisfaction. (Hadees)

The present book will enable those who cannot

read Urdu to use transliterations of poems, both
for a majlis or a meelad to commemorate events
and celebrate the praise of the members of the
Ahlebait. Zikr e Aale Muhammad looks at the
contribution of Hazrat Abu Talib, Fatima binte
Asad and Hazrat Khadija. It gives accounts of
celebrations like the Eide Ghadeer, Mubahila and
Eide Zahra. The book has a section on the Aqd of
Bibi Fatima and Maula Ali. It also brings
transliterations of poems in Urdu to recall the
happiness of the Imams at the wiladat of Hazrat
Zainab, Hazrat Abbas, Hazrat Ali Akbar and
Hazrat Ali Asghar. An account is given of the life
of Hazrat Masooma e Qum and her wafat. The
desecration and demolishing of the quboor of the
Aaima in Medina and Mecca is recalled with
feelings of sadness and condemnation, as is the
bombing of the shrine in Samarra. and looks
forward to the time when the twelfth Imam will
reappear Inshallah to establish the justice of
Allah in this world.

Islam is a complete code of life and gives us

guidance in every aspect of our day-to-day living.
Muslims have been given instructions in the
fundamental articles, rites and observances of
faith. These have been deduced from the Holy
Quran, Hadees and the teachings of Muhammad
o Aale Muhammad who showed us through
example how to put them in practice. These
teachings have been classified into two sections-
the Usool e Deen and the Furu e Deen, i. e. the
Roots of Religion and the Branches of
Religion.There is a close link between the two
and both are needed to live a successful life that
will lead us to Allah‟s mercy in the hereafter. The
Usoole Deen are five: Touheed, Adl, Nabuvat,
Imamat and Qiyamat. Belief in these basic tenets
has to be with your own insight and
understanding. Without belief, eeman, there is no
hope for you in the hereafter. Merely stating that
you believe carries no credence- it must show in
your actions, just like the tree, which sprouts
healthy branches to show that it is living. The
Furu e Deen are the branches and there are ten:
Salat, Saum, Hajj, Zakat, Khums, Jihad, Amr bil
maruf, Nahi anil munkir. Tawalla and Tabarra.
To know how to perform the furu, you must
either acquire the knowledge of the tenets by
training to be a mujtahid or follow the verdicts of
a mujtahid, a competent jurist, who is able to
make deductions in matters of the laws in
Islam.Following a mujtahid is called Taqlid and
is essential for everyone who is not a mujtahid
himself.
In each section, after the transliteration of the
Urdu poems, a hadees has been written taking an
ayat of the Holy Quran to explain the relevant
usool or furu. It has then been linked to the words
of the Prophet and our holy Imams especially
Maula Ali, as recorded in the Nahjul Balagha, a
wonderful collection of his sermons, letters and
sayings. Finally a list of the Holy Names of Allah
the Ism e Aazam is also included so that we can
benefit from His grace and mercy: Fazkuruni
azkurukum (2:152) Allah says Therefore,
remember me, I will remember you.

My thanks are due to my husband, Syed Hasan

Askari and my daughters Zainab, Rabaab and
Amina for their encouragement and patience.
May Allah help us and guide us to follow the
teachings of the Ahlebaith so that we achieve the
true purpose of our life.

I dedicate this book to my mother Sabiha Nurul

Hasan Jafri who is a momina, totally devoted to
the zikr of Muhammad o Aale Muhammad.

Please recite Sura e Fatiha for all the momineen

and mominat specially the following:
Syed Nurul Hasan Jafri,
Syed Mohamad Hasan Jafri,
Hashmatunissa Begum,
Syed Mohamad Hadi Jaffery
Mahjabeen Jaffery, Bilqees Begum
Hydri Begum Kazim Begum
Syed Mehdi Hasan Jafferi
Syed Sirajul Hasan Jaffery
Syed Ameer Hasan Jaffery
Syed Sajjad Hasan Jaffery
Syed Hashim Ali
Zehra Begum, Mir Gulam Abid
Tajunissa Begum, Mohamad Ali Baig,
Mujtaba Ali Baig Sayeeda Begum
Safdar Ali Baig, Mehdi Ali Baig
Sakina Begum, Syed Zamin Hussain,
Bilquees Taqui, Raziya Begum
Syed Ali Akbar, Shahjajan Begum,
Syed Hameed Akbar, Syed Masood Akbar,
Safiya Begum, Sajida Begum, Mirza Abid
 Hazrat Abu Talib
Qasida

Shareeke dawate Islam hain Abu Talib

Nabi ko Haq ka ek inaam hain Abu Talib
Haram me wahi me ilhaam hain Abu Talib
Haram ke azm ka ehraam hain Abu Talib
Ye chun ke laye jo ghunche to phool bun jaye
Phir inki gode me pal kar Rasool bun jaye

Rasoole haq ke nigehbaan hain Abu Talib

Nabi hain Deen aur Eiman hain Abu Talib
Nuzoole wahi ka unvaan hain Abu Talib
Baghair lafzo ka Quraan hain Abu Talib
Inhi ke dam se hui ibdedaaye Bismillah
Inhi ne nuqta diya zere baae Bismillah

Payambari ke balaon ka rad Abu Talib

Madad Quda ki hai shakle madad Abu Talib
Nabi ki dhal dame ird o qad Abu Talib
Nishana Qatme Rasul aur zad Abu Talib
Jihad inka pas manzare jihade Ali
Ali hain baad me inke ye pehle Nade Ali

Kahan hai tang nazar ham se bhi to ankh mila

Hain inke kufr ka dawa to kuch suboot bhi la
Koi to rasm jahalat ki inke ghar me dikha
Buto ke aage jhuka inka sar? Sar apna jhuka
Quda ke noor pe o qaak dalne wale
Ye but shikan to hain godi me palne wale
 Rasool inka bada ehteraam karte the
Sawabe deed se tanzeeme aam karte the
Sehar ko ut the hi avval ye kaam karte the
Inhe namaz se pehle salaam karte the
Rasool gar koi kafir ko yu salaami hai
To phir zaroor nabuvat me koi qami hai

Na jaanchiye ye rivayat na seerato kirdar

Nabi ki ankh se ab dekhiye inhe ek baar
Ye bargahe Risalat me aap ka tha viqaar
Pachade kha ke inhe roye Ahmade Muqtaar
Vo “aam huzn” bana inka jab visaal hua
Ye gham Rasool ki ummat me eik saal raha

Ye marne wala gar eeman hi na laya thha

To kya Rasool ne kafir ka gham manaya thha
Zaban pe wa abata baar baar aya thha
Vo qud bhi roye thhe auro ko bhi rulaya thha
Jata diya thha ke jo Muhsine Risalat hai
To usko rona rulana Nabi ki sunnat hai

Qasida

Ay Abu Talib zamaney mein vo tera kaam hai

Qud Nabi ka aur tera eik hi anjaam hai

Tere darde ishq mein jo dil nahi hai mubtila

Asl mein vo mubtila e gardishe ayyam hai

Ho risalat ya Imamat teri hi parvarda thi

Tera hi baitush sharaf gahvara e Islam hai
 Ghair mumkin thi hifazat Kabay ki tere baghair
Koshishon se tere baqui ta abad Islam hai

Mohsine Islam Abu Talib shariat ke ameen

Deene Haq bete ka tere banda e bedaam hai

Fil haqeeqat jo musalmaan hain ye unka qol hai

Haq paraston mein sarey fehrut tera naam hai

Dahr mein ahle baseerat ka yahi hai faisla

Tere eeman ka jo munkir hai vo bad anjam hai

Ay mohafiz qana e Kaaba ke kya kehna tera

Tera mamnoone karam qud bani e Islam hai

Tera hi luft o karam hai aur tera faiz hai

Tere bete ke ghulamo mein jo mera naam hai

Qasida

Abu Talib ko ham Islam ka rehbar samajhte hain

Mohamad Mustafa ka Mohsine Akbar
samahjte hain

Naveede etebaane sura e Kausar samajhte hain

Unhe Paighambare Islam ka hamsar
samajhte hain

Mohamad aur Ali dono teri taazeem karte hain

Risalat aur Imamat ka tujhe masdar samajhte hain
 Raeese yasrab o Batha ameene qaana e Kaba
Tujhe ham bhi qudai shaan ka mazhar
samajhte hain

Tera irfaan har eik ko muyasar ho nahin sakta

Tere ausaf ko Salmaan aur Buzar
samajhte hain

Ye eejab o qubool e aqd ke sighon se sabit hai

Musalmaan aaj bhi apna tujhe rehbar
samajhte hain

Tere eeman ke bare mein koi kya bataega

Rasoole haq tujhe apne se jab behtar
samajhte hain

Shujaat ka tere bete ki hai sara Arab qaayel

Tahe tanha jise Islam ka lashkar samajhte hain

Vo ghar jis mein nahin hai tazkera aulad ka teri

Ham aisay ghar ko sach to ye hai ujda ghar
samajhte hain
 Hadees on TAUHEED

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.

Qul ho Allah o Ahad.
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Say He Allah is one (alone).

This Quranic verse is from the Sura Iqlas (the

Unity), revealed at Mecca, which in all its
brevity, is considered to contain the gist of the
Absolute Unity of Allah. Tauheed, belief in the
Oneness of Allah is the basis of the fundamentals
of the faith, Islam. It is the pivotal doctrine, the
foundation on which all other beliefs and actions
rest. The foremost religious obligation is to
recognise Him, to acknowledge Him, believing in
His Oneness and obeying His orders. Belief in
Tauheed or the Divine Unity underpins all the
laws in Islam. It is the basis the foundation on
which the edifice of the religion of Islam stands.
All the Apostles preached the Unity or Oneness
of God and spoke of the absolute sovereignty of
the Lord of the universe.

Allah is the name, an abridged form of an

abstract noun “Elah” with the definite article
“Al” (The). It is inapplicable to any other being
and is treated as the sole proper name for the
Absolute self-existing One. Even so, the name
„Allah‟ with all its comprehensiveness and
inapplicability to any other being simply denotes
the relation in which He stands to all finite
beings. His essence and essential attributes are
far beyond the creature‟s power of
comprehension.

Ahad indicates the absolute Oneness of God, not

in the numerical sense of the numbers which has
its second and third, but the One, which has no
second after it, the Only One. He is such a One
that even his attributes are His Essence and not
separate and never separable from Him. None are
comparable to Him, He is unlimited by time,
space or circumstances. He is the Absolute One,
the Living, the Knower, the All Mighty, the All
Gracious, and the Compassionate. His many
names are the various expressions of asserting
His Absolute Oneness. It is not possible for man
to understand the essence of the Almighty and we
are asked to meditate on His bounties, as trying
to do the former would only lead us to be
perplexed. The Holy Prophet, the greatest of His
creation, acknowledges man‟s inability to
recognise Allah. “O Lord we have not recognised
Thee as Thou ought to be recognised and we
have not obeyed Thee as Thou ought to be
obeyed.”

Unique in Oneness, Allah is the first (Avval) and

Last (Aaqir), the Apparent and Hidden, the Great
(al Azeem), the Transcendent (al Aala). There is
none like Him or comparable to Him. Man has no
access to His Person, only up to the Divine
Names. „Allah‟ is a manifestation of the glory of
His name. Every excellence and every sublime
quality is attributable to Him. Allah is the only
Creator and no one has created except Allah. He
is the One who can create anything out of
nothing. Everything besides Him is a creation of
His (39: 62, 63). In the words of the Quran He is
the Lord, the Holy, the One who grants Peace,
the Mighty, the Supreme Creator, the Maker, the
Fashioner, the Most Wise. (59: 23, 24). Allah is
ever Existent, one who causes existence,
maintains existence and creates everything that
exists. Whatever He creates will perish, He never
will. (6:91) The Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW
said “He is the One who is Apparent but Hidden,
the First and the Last, having no peer or a
similitude.”

Our first Imam Ali Ameerulmomineen A.S.,

the gateway of knowledge and wisdom Baabe
Madinatul Ilm wa hikma) has repeatedly in the
discourses of Nahjul Balagha taught us about
faith in the Unity of Allah. Many of his speeches
begin with praise of the Almighty “All praise and
glory is due to the Lord, whose worth cannot be
described even by the greatest rhetoricians of all
times.” None can understand or explain His
Being. After acknowledging man‟s inability to
know Allah or understand Him fully the Imam
then reminds us that the first step in religion is to
accept, understand and realise Him as the Lord;
to believe that there is no God but He. It is to
realise that He is so absolutely pure that nothing
can be added to or subtracted from His Being.
The Imam then explains Allah is not dependent
upon time, space, qualities and attributes. His
existence is eternal. He is One and alone. He has
neither a colleague nor an associate. All praise is
due to Him alone.

It is not possible for the human mind to grasp the

essence of His being yet he has not prevented
them from realising His presence. He is so near
us that nothing can be nearer. At the same time
His place is so high that nothing can be imagined
higher. In another famous qutba, known as
Khutbae Gharra, the Imam uses some of the
names of Allah e.g. Awwal The First, Qareeb,
The Near, Hadi, The Guide, Qahir The
Conqueror, Qadir, The Omnipotent, Kafi, The
Effective Nasir, the Helper, Qayoomu the Eternal
who existed before anything. He reminds us that
Allah is the nearest source of guidance and
speaks of Allah‟s all encompassing knowledge
and reminds us to fear Him and obey His
commands. No one can escape His Wrath.

Allah is One and has „none to share His Might

and glory‟. No eye can see him and no mind can
imagine Him. The Imam had been asked to
describe Allah in such a way that they might feel
as if they were seeing him with their eyes. Hazrat
Ali felt annoyed at this because it is not possible
to describe God in this way. In the khutba
Ashbah he reiterated that eyes cannot see him nor
minds visualise the Lord. Time cannot affect
Him, nor is He confined to a place. His power of
creation is Mighty and His resources cannot be
exhausted. The Imam advised people to read the
Holy Quran to learn and understand Allah‟s
attributes. He is the Almighty Lord who created
without a model. He is Omnipotent, Omnipresent
and Omniscient, the Being who is alone, whom
imagination and mind cannot comprehend
deliberation and prediction cannot grasp and who
cannot be brought within the limits of conception
or apprehension. Later in this long sermon, the
Imam describes how Allah‟s knowledge is all
encompassing from the thoughts hidden in the
depth of mind to the sorrowful cries of speechless
animals; from the water droplets that would rise
to form clouds to particles of sand that are blown
by the wind; from the footprints of insects or
sand hills to the hidden depths of oceans. He
alone is worthy of praise; the Almighty and the
all Powerful. None deserves to be worshipped
except Allah; the One, who has no parallel He is
One but not a numerical unity which can be
mathematically and logically subdivided.

Testifying to his faith in Allah, the Imam said the

existence of Allah cannot be doubted. He has no
equal and no peer. Eyes cannot discern Him in
the way they see physical bodies but minds can
realise His existence with the purity of faith and
sincerity of belief. The Imam affirmed his faith
with sincerity and advised people repeatedly to
fear God and to be thankful to Him for the
bounties He has conferred and favours He has
shown. Might and Grandeur are only for the Most
High. The Imam reminds us that Allah, the
Almighty Lord, made Islam the most sublime
path towards His supreme pleasure. He made the
Holy Prophet Mohamad SAW, the means of
revealing His commands bringing Muslims out of
the world chaos, carrying the message of peace
and prosperity to mankind.

When Allah commanded the Prophet to declare

His mission and launch the message of Islam,
Prophet Mohamad Mustafa the ordained
messenger of Allah started preaching in Mecca.
The Qureish opposed and harassed the Prophet
and tried to persecute and molest any who joined
the faith. Hazrat Abu Talib the uncle of the holy
Prophet, his benefactor and guardian, the father
of Ali, gave every support and protection to his
nephew, Mohamad P.B.U.H. The holy Ahlebaith
have affirmed that Hazrat Abu Talib not only
embraced Islam, that he was a monotheist,
believing in Tauheed and the Prophet, but also
gave unstinted support to the divine mission of
Islam. Fabricated hadees to create doubt about
Hazrat Abu Talib were invented during the time
of Muawiya in their enmity towards Maula Ali.

If we look closely at the role of Hazrat Abu Talib

in the life of the Prophet we can see clearly that
he was closely linked to him right from his early
childhood. Hazrat Abdul Muttalib the grandfather
of the Prophet chose Hazrat Abu Talib to be the
guardian of Hazrat Abdullah‟s orphan. (The Holy
Prophet‟s father Abdullah had died six months
before the birth of the Prophet). A famous hadees
from the Prophet says “I and the supporter of the
orphan are together in Paradise like these two
fingers”.

Hazrat Abu Talib‟s own words acknowledge his

love for the holy Prophet and are a proof of his
faith. He wrote:
“I swear by the House of Allah that he lies who
says that we shall leave Mohamad, though we
have not yet fought against his enemy with the
sword and lance.
We will indeed help him, until we have crushed
his enemy.
We will offer such sacrifice that we will forget
our wife and children.
His light is such that though the brightness of his
face we invoke the shower of Allah‟s mercy.
He comes to the assistance of orphans;
He is the refuge of widows.
The helpless people of the Bani Hashim go to
him for help and are blessed with all kinds of
favours.
I swear by my life that I have a passionate love
for Ahmad. I love him like a pure friend.
I found my self-fit for sacrifice to him, so I
helped him, as he is an ornament for the people
of the world, a curse for enemies and a grace for
society.
May the Creator of the World support him with
His help and reveal His religion, which is the
way to Allah, and in which there is not a particle
of wrong.”

Harat Abu TalibAS‟s qutba (sermon) at the time

of the Holy Prophet‟s marriage to Janabe Khadija
AS is a further proof. “Al hamdolillah e Rabbil
Alameen‟ it begins. All glory and praise to Allah,
the Creator of Heavens and Earth and all thanks
to Him for all His blessings, bounties and mercy.
This is a clear expression of Tauheed. Hazrat
Abu TalibAS then continued „My nephew
Mohamad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul Muttalib is the
best individual in all mankind in his intelligence,
in wisdom in purity of lineage, in purity of his
personal life and in distinction of family.” Belief
in the Prophet Mohamad‟s pure personality and
declaration of his infallibility before the
proclamation of Islam itself shows us clearly that
Hazrat Abu TalibAS was not only a believer but
the Protector and the Guardian of the Holy
Prophet. Without Hazrat Abu Talib and his son
(Ali AS) Islam would have no distinction or
strength. Hazrat Abu TalibAS protected the Holy
Prophet SAW in Mecca and supported him and
Hazrat Ali continued this unstinted support in
Madina.
As long as Hazrat Abu TalibAS was alive, the
infidels of Mecca dared not molest his nephew
Muhammad SAW . They approached Hazrat Abu
Talib to ask him to waive his protection and
support of Mohamad. They even tried to tempt
him to make him surrender Mohamad to them.
When these failed they sent an ultimatum. Force
was used and anyone who professed Islam openly
was put to death. Yassir and Sumayya became
the first two martyrs in Islam. Life was becoming
increasingly difficult and some Muslims fled to
Abyssinia as refugees. The Bani Hashim was
boycotted and life in the city became perious.
Prophet Mohamad and the Muslims moved to
Shobay Abu Talib, a ravine at the edge of the
city.

The opposition continued. Threats were made

against the Prophet and he was insulted and
ridiculed. Poets were commissioned to parody
him and direct their string against his teachings.
Bribes were offered to entice people away. The
Quraish, especially Bani Ummaya became
increasingly frustrated and could not understand
why all their attempts were failing. Then it
dawned on them that their enemy was Hazrat
Abu Talib AS who was protecting Mohamad
SAW, and so they sent him an ultimatum. They
made attempts to isolate Mohamad SAW but
Hazrat Abu Talib AS would not give up his
support. Not only was he himself protecting his
nephew but he also rallied the clans of Bani
Hashim and Bani Mutallib behind him. The
Quraish, therefore, adopted sterner measures and
imposed a socio- economic boycott.

The Bani Hashim was excluded from their rights

till they gave up Prophet Mohamad. The siege
began with all difficulties; Hazrat Abu Talib
didn‟t sleep at nights. For him the physical safety
of Mohamad took precedence over every other
duty. When Mohamad fell asleep Abu Talib
lifted him and put him in the bed of one of his for
sons and ordered his son to sleep in Mohamad‟s
bed. He did this again and again for he had no
illusions about his enemies and did not
underestimate their intentions of killing the
Prophet. He was ready to sacrifice his own sons
to protect the Prophet.

The siege lasted three years, bringing new

menaces and ordeals from hunger and thirst to
the ravages of the extreme heat and cold. But the
true followers of Islam remained calm and were
not dismayed by their tribulations. They knew
that Allah had chosen them to defend Mohamad,
His Messenger, from his enemies.The siege was a
test of their physical and moral courage. It
showed how steadfast and patient under
suffering, the family and true followers of
Mohamad were. When the banner of Tauheed
was hoisted, the champions of the idols had
challenged and opposed it and it was the children
of Bani Hashim who had rallied around to protect
it, defying death every moment. Tauheed was far
more precious to them than their own lives.

No wonder then that when the hour of his leaving

this world came near, the losing of this supporter
made the Holy prophet extremely sorrowful. He
called the year of Hazrat Abu Talib‟s death
„Aamul Huzn‟. It was also the year when Hazrat
Khadija died. Both of them were immense
sources of strength in the Prophets personal life
and his defence and protection. He was buried in
Jannat ul Moalla, the cemetery for the Prophet‟s
family and ancestors in Mecca.

Hazrat Abu Talib, the uncle and supporter of the

holy Prophet Muhammad, was the leader of
Mecca. He was the father of our first Imam
Hazrat Ali Ameerulmomineen. He spent his life
protecting the Prophet of Islam in every way he
could, ready to give uo his own kith and kin to
save the life of the Prophet. He trained his
children to be ready for sacrifice everthing they
had in the way of Islam. He was the father of the
Imams of guidance.In Karbala when it was the
time of immense crisis for Islam; it was the
progeny of Hazrat Abu Talib AS who saved the
divine religion. Hazrat Abu Talib AS proved by
his deeds and words his faith in Islam.

We read theziarat of Hazrat Abu Talib AS thus:

Assalamo alaika ya Syedul Batha wabna Raeesa,

Assalamo alaika yaWarisa al Kaabati baada
Taaseeha
Asslamo alaika ya Kafila Rasoolallah
Assalamo alaika Ya Ammul Mustafa
Assalamo alaika ya walidal Aimatul huda
Assalamo alaika ya man ruziqa waladan
Wa qairul mauloodin wa Imamul ummati
Wa abul aimmati huva qaseemul jannati wanaar,
wa niamatullahi alal abraar wa niqmatullahi
alal,fujjaar,
Assalmo alaika wa alaihim wa rahmatullahi wa
barakatoh

Peace be on you the Leader of Mecca, the son of

its nobleman,
Peace be on you Oh Inheritor of Kaaba
Peace be on you the protecting friend of Allah‟s
prophet,
Peace be on you oh the uncle of Mustafa.
Peace be on you the father of the Imams of
guidance.
Peace be on you,who was given the best son.
In all those born, who is the Imam of
The ummat and father of all Imams and
who will decide between Heaven and hell,
who is a blessing for those who are good
and Allah‟s wrath for theWicked and liars.
Peace be on you and on him.
Peace and Allah‟s blessings on you both.
 Hazrat Fatima binte Asad
Qasida

Naazishe qulq o muravat Fatima binte Asad

Paikare sidq o sadaqat Fatima binte Asad

Kya bayan ho teri azmat Fatima binte Asad

Tujh pe nazaan hai Risalat Fatima binte Asad

Tere bete ki ba daulat Fatima binte Asad

Badh gayi Kaabay ki izzat Fatima binte Asad

Haidari shaane wilayat ki qasam, Maryam se

Hai siva teri taharat Fatima binte Asad

Dar haqeeqat teri aghoshe taharat mein pali

Ye Risalat aur Imamat Fatima binte Asad

Mil gayi phir se Mohamad ko ek maa ki goad

Teri shafqat ki ba daulat Fatima binte Asad

Tere bete hain Ali Jafar o Talib o Aqeel

Tajdaraanay shujaat Fatima binte Asad

Tera irfaan har kisi ko ho sakta nahin

Murtuza ki tu hai jannat Fatima binte Asad

Baap bhi hai sher tera aur beta bhi hai sher
Deedani hai teri nisbat Fatima binte Asad

Aastanay par tere Sajid ko ho jae naseeb

 Sajdae Haq ki saadat Fatima binte Asad

Qasida

Naghma karti hui yoon baade bahaari aayi

Ho mubarak mere maula ki sawari aayi

Main fida kis ne liya naam Ali ka musay

Dekho kis simth se awaaz ye pyari aayi

Fatima binte Asad ho gaeen daaqil wahan jab

Mere maula tere moulood ki baari aayi

Nazar ata nahin koyi bhi mubarak ka hai ghul

Tehniyat dene ko lo qudrate baari aayi

Kaabatullah mein hui aaj wiladat Maula

Noore haq nafse Nabi, qudrate baari aayi

Ummati ho ke qush aapas mein galay milte hain

Eid bun kar shabe moulood tumhaari aayi

Mu se gul jharthe hain hanste hai jo baham

momin
Khil gayi dil ki kali, fasle bahaari aayi

Mushkilain ho gaeen aasaan jahan ki saari

Ho mubarak mere Maula ki sawari aay
 Qasida

Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali

Maa Ali ki junhi suay Kaaba badhi

Badh ke dewaar ne qud sadaen ye di
Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali

Teen din se hai mehmaane Kaaba ye kaun

Janotan mein vo istarah rahta hai kaun
Ay butho ab kaheen aur jaake baso
Aa gaya paak karne ko kaaba Ali
Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali

Mera baara vasi, mere baara Imam

Maango ek dar se detay hain baara Imam
Hain ye sab Mustafa mere baara Imam
Aur ye sab Aeliya Murtuza Ya Ali
Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali

Ho vo farshe Nabi ya ke arshe Quda

Hai yahan bhi Ali hai vahaan bhi Ali
Ek pukaare ya chalees aavaz dein
Ek hi waqt mein sab jagah hain Ali
Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali

Yun tho har dam zabaan par meri ya Ali

Mauth aaye kafan par ho Nade Ali
Jab qabar mein sawalat ho ay quda
Aadatan fitratan mein kahu ya Ali
Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali Ya Ali
 Hadees on ADL

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahiim.

Shahidallaho annahu La ilahailla hua wal
malaikato wa ulul ilm qaiman bil qist,
La ilaha illa hual azeezul hakeem.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful.
Allah himself witnesses that there is no God but
He and so do the angels and those possessed of
knowledge, standing firm for justice, (there is) no
God but He, the Mighty, the Wise.

This Quranic ayat says that Allah himself is

witness to Tauheed, his own Unity for unless He
out of his Infinite Mercy declares to us His Own
Existence, how can any of his creation find out
the truth about Him. He is One and never more
than One. The angels and those who have
knowledge are witness that the Almighty Allah
stands firm for justice – qaiman bil qist,
maintaining justice and establishing justice.
Anyone with the least injustice in him can never
be God. Absolute justice is the most important
aspect of Allah. He is the all just and „Adl‟ is one
of the five cardinal doctrines of Islam.
Justice is Allah‟s most comprehensive attribute
qualifying His action and Adl implies all His
divine attributes and Excellence. It is on justice
that the whole edifice of creation stands. Creation
is the manifestation of His Love and Might.
Justice is the necessary qualification of His
action, through His grace; hence, Grace and
Justice are inseparable. His attribute of cherishing
(Rububiyat) is manifested in creation and the
term Rabbilalameen is frequently mentioned. Adl
is intrinsically linked to Tauheed where justice is
there will be unity and wherever unity is, there
will be justice. Islam reduces all vice to injustice;
the word used often in the Quran for injustice is
Zulm. Repeatedly the Holy Book states that God
does not do injustice, „La yuzlinimu‟ (Nisa 40)
even to the weight of an atom, „misqala zarratin‟.

Faith in Allah‟s justice is essential. The belief in

Adl (Divine Justice) leads believers to guarding
themselves against breaking the law. But Allah is
not a mere judge. He is the Absolute Monarch
with absolute independence, the All Just, being
the supreme judge. His justice is always
tempered with mercy. It is for man to glorify
God, rejoicing at His being all Merciful. At the
same time man is warned of His justice so that he
guards himself against transgression any of the
divine laws. We are reminded of this during
every prayer as we repeat verses of Sura Fatiha:
Alhamdo lillahi Rabbil alameen
Ar Rahmanir Raheem
Mali ke Yaum I deen.

Allah wants those who have firm belief „ya

ayyuhal lazeena aamanu‟ to stand firmly with
justice „kunoo qawwameena bil qist‟ (Nisa
4:135). The Quran asks the believers to maintain
justice witnessing for God. In other words justice
and godliness are inseparable. We are
commanded to stand for God collectively and
individually, maintaining justice In another verse
(Maidah 5:8) Allah enjoins the believers to bear
witness with justice for the sake of Allah
qawwameena lillahi shohada a bil qist‟. In the
same verse we are reminded that we should be
fair and just even with those who hate us. Adl
(equity) in the words of the Quran brings us
nearer to piety (taqwa). We should fear Allah
(ataqullah) for He is aware of what you do
„illallaha qabeer un bima ta alamoon‟.

Our first Imam, Maula Ali, is called the Imamul

mutaqeen, the leader of the pious. He not only
explained what „Adl‟ is but also though his
actions and words showed justice in every walk
of life. As Allah‟s representative on earth he
declared „if all the seven continents with all they
contain are offered me as a remuneration or bribe
for depriving an ant of the husk of a grain of
barley carried by it, I will never do it‟. Such was
his sense of fairness that he refused to give any
more than the due share even to his brother Aqeel
from the public Treasury. He testified that Allah
is just and every action of His is based on equity
and justice „wa ashhado annahu adlus adala wa
hakamun fasala‟.

Some people in their ignorance question the

justice of Allah. Hazrat Ali AS explains that the
Almighty has provided livelihood and sustenance
to each and every creature. Some are assigned
more and some less. This distinction is based
upon equity for He has tested people in different
ways. Some through opulence while others are
tested through poverty. He wants to find out
whether wealth makes people grateful and if
poverty brings out patience and endurance. Life
always ends in death. Rich or poor, old or young,
all will face Allah‟s justice on the Day of
Reckoning.

The spirit of justice had penetrated through the

very being of Ameerulmomineen and his short
term as the Khalifa of the Muslim state bears
testimony to his constant efforts in establishing
justice His attention was directed enforcing the
rules of equity and justice so that equality was
established. He desired that pious people who
were anxious for the Hereafter should work for
the welfare of the people: feeding the hungry,
providing water to the thirsty, clothes for the
needy, and informing people of their rights and
duties and protecting the rights of others.
Addressing his representative in Egypt, Malike
Ashtar, the Imam formulated the principles of
administration and justice as dictated by Islam.
He advised Malik to adopt a policy based upon
equity and justice and detailed the activities of a
just and benign government.He spelt out the
responsibilities of a ruler in various branches of
administration to establish equitable distinction
of wealth and opportunities.In a letter to Malik,
he provided a code where justice and mercy is
shown to all human beings irrespective of class,
creed and colour. Justice thus established would
be a means of prosperity and comfort to the
people.

Islam the deenillah (religion of Allah) is an

institution of justice and moduration and the
Islamic system is based on justice. All important
establishments in Islam remain under the control
of just people. In the administration of justice,
right from the qazi to the clerk to the witness, all
should uphold justice. The leader of prayer –
Imam –e jamaat should be adil. The mujtahid
(who we follow) needs to be just and honest. The
news given only by just and honest men is to be
relied upon. Islam lays great emphasis on justice
and the Holy Prophet said; „A moment of justice
is better than seventy years of worship‟. Our first
Imam emphasized that Justice is the essence of
people‟s welfare as well as adherence to the
Divine path. One of the duties and
responsibilities of the Prophets of Allah was to
establish social justice; oppose oppressive laws,
through inculcating firm belief in Allah and the
Day of Judgement.

The Holy Ahlebaith showed through their

example that everyone was equal – black or
white, rich or poor. Slaves were awarded positons
of dignity. Marriage was solemnised between
people of different regions and backgrounds.
Brotherhood in Islam was shown in every
practical form, from sharing the wealth of the
Public treasury equally to the fraternising with
the poor when eating meals.

Even after sustaining a fatal would at the hands

of his assassin, Imam Ali enjoined his followers
not to indulge in mass killing but to kill only the
wretched killer. “He (the assassin) struck once on
me. Therefore you should also give him one
stroke”. This is a unique example of justice
which the Imam upheld even at the moment
when he was in a pool of blood. This holy Imam,
who was assassinated during namaz in the masjid
e Koofa, was born in the precincts of the Kaaba.

Hazrat Fatima binte Asad was the mother of our

first Imam.the son of Hashim, the leader of
Qureish. She, like her forefathers before her,
followed the creed of Abraham and was a
monotheist. Maula Ali in Nahjul Balagha
speaking of the Prophets and his own ancestors
describes them as very illustrious and noble with
several great prophets in their lineage‟ and
coming from a family the most learned of human
beings. The Holy Prophet explaining Ana wa
aliyan min noorin wahid I and Ali are from the
same light said, “the most Majestic and Glorified
transferred our lignt from the time of Adam from
one sublime loin and purified womb to another
till I was in the pure womb of Amina and Ali was
in the pure womb of Fatima binte Asad.

Hazrat Fatima binte Asad married Hazrat Abu

Talib AS, the uncleof the Prophet and together
they cared for the Holy Prophet during his
infancy and were responsible fully for his
upbringing at the demise of Hazrat Mutallib. She
looked after him with great affection and was like
a mother to him in his orphanhood. The Holy
Prophet recalled her kindness saying „No one
except Abu Talib showed more affection to him
than she did. . Hazrat Fatima binte Asad relates
that there was an old date palm in their yard,
which had been dead and dry for several years.
One day when Prophet Mohamad went and
touched the tree, it immediately turned green and
yielded fresh dates. He would often spend the
afternoons with his aunt. The Holy Prophet
would come for her ziarat and stay in her house
during the afternoon „Kaana Rasoolullah
yazuoha yaqeela fi baitaha‟.

Bibi Fatima binte Asad had seven children, three

daughters and four sons. She was the first lady
from the Hasham‟s clan whose offspring were
also Hashimites.When she was pregnant carrying
Hazrat Ali, she promised that she would give her
offspring to the Holy Prophet and he gladly
accepted the offer. Hazrat Ali‟s holy personality
and his respect and love for the Prophet were
manifested even during his mother‟s pregnancy.
She would stand up in respect for the Prophet and
when asked why she as his aunt showed such
reverance for her husband‟s nephew she replied
that something within her somehow never
allowed her to turn her face away from Mohamad
as long he was around. It is reported that people
would not believe her and tried once to keep her
seated but failed in their attempt as some strong
force within her made her overcome their efforts
as she stood erect. Hazrat Fatima binte Asad
when she was alone would hear from within her a
mysterious whisper, the glorification of God.

Providence led Bibi Fatima binte Asad to the

holy Kaaba as the time for Hazrat Ali‟s birth
drew near. As she circumambulated the Kaaba
she felt weighed down by intense pain. She knelt
down to pray. When she raised her head from her
dua, she saw that the walls of the Kaaba split
open and she went in. The wall then returned to
its normal position. The Kaaba was sealed with
Fatima binte Asad within.

News about this unusual event spread fast

through Mecca. Keys were fetched to open the
doors of the Kaaba but to no avail. On the third
day, crowds surrounding the Kaaba witnessed the
lock falling off on its own account and to their
surprise Hazrat Fatima binte Asad emerged
radiant from the sacred premises with a newborn
baby in her arms. The Holy Prophet Mohamad,
who had not yet declared his divine mission, was
waiting outside and received the baby. The baby
opened his eyes and greeted his cousin saying
„Assalamo alaika ya Rasoolallah.‟ She called
him by the names of Asad and Hyder. The Holy
Prophet took the baby in his arms and said that
“Allah has given him the name Ali.”

When the message of Islam was proclaimed, Bibi

Fatima binte Asad declared her faith. With the
rest of the holy Prophet‟s family, she suffered the
effects of the economic and social boycott
imposed by the Qureish when they had to live in
Shobe Abu Talib, a ravine near Mecca. After the
death of Hazrat Abu Talib, the Prophet had to
migrate to Medina. A few days later, Hazrat Ali
joined him. At the time of Hijrat she
accompanied Bibi Fatima Zahra and her son Ali
AS to Madina.The holy Prophet welcomed his
aunt and daughter. In Medina she supported the
Muslims to settle down in their new
surroundings. When they were attacked, she took
an active role in looking after the mujahidin of
Badr, giving them water and tending to their
wounds. She was present at the time of the
marriage her son Ali and Bibi Fatima Zehra. It is
said that she shared in the household chores by
being responsible for fetching water while Bibi
Fatima Zehra took over the chore of grinding the
barley and cooking meals.

When she fell ill and died, Imam Ali in tears

went to inform the Prophet that his mother had
died. The Holy Prophet consoled him and said
“she was like a mother to me.” He stood up and
accompanied Hazrat Ali and went barefoot with
the body to the graveyard of Baqui. He gave his
own shirt for the shroud and when the grave was
dug, the Prophet climbed down into it and even
lied down in it praying for his aunt. Then he
came out and with tears flowing down his face
said
Jazakallah min ummi qairalqad kunta qairan.
Oh mother, may Allah recompense you, you were
the best of mothers.

When asked why the Prophet showed such

emotion he replied; „After my uncle Abu Talib
she was the most kind to me. She would remain
hungry but feed me. She would wear old clothes
herself but give me good clothes. She would bear
hardships herself but keep me in comfort.‟

Let us read the ziarat of Bibi Fatima binte Asad:

Assalamo ala Fatima binte Asadil hashimyati

Assalamo alaiki ayyutohal siddiqat ulm marziya
Assalamo alaiki ayyutohal karematur Raziya
Assalamo alaiki ya kafilata Mohamadin qatimun
nabiyyin
Assalamo alaiki ya walida ta sayyedil wasiyeen
Assalamo aliaki ya man zaharat shafatoha ala
rasoolallah qatimin nabiyin
Assalmo alaiki ya man tarbiyatuha li waliyallahil
ameenm,
Assalamo alaiki wa ala roohika wa badanuka
tahir
Assalamo alaika wa ala walaadaka wa
rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

Peace be on you o Fatima daughter of Asad

Hashimiya
Peace be on you o most truthful and with whom
Allah was pleased
Peace be on you o who guarded herself against
sin and is holy
Peace be on you o who is generous and well
pleased with Allah
Peace be on you o who raised Muhammad the
last of the Prophets
Peace be on you o mother of the leader of the
trustees of authority
Peace be on you who showed affection for the
Messenger of Allah, the last of the prophets
Peace be on you who nurtured the viceregent and
confidant of Allah
Peace be on you and on your soul and holy
personage
Peace be on you o and on your son and may
Allah confer His mercy and blessing on you both.
 Hazrat Khadija AS

Bay wajhay nahin dahr mein ye shaane Khadija

Allah o Payambar ko hai irfaaney Khadija

Hai saarey muslamano say Islam mein saabiq

Eemaan ki bunyaad hai eemaaney Khadija

Gardan pe musalmaan ki hai Islam ka ehsaan

Islam ki gardan pe hai ehsaaney Khadija

Qaliq ki nazar mein hain yahi manzile kousar

Ay Salle Ala wus atay daamaaney Khadija

Rehte the Payambar bhi Khadija ke makaan me

Is rishte se Jibreel thhe darbaaney Khadija

Rizwaan jo darzi hai to Jibreel hai darbaan

Aflaak pe rehte hain ghulamaaney Khadija

Jab ye theen Musalmaan to sab log thhe Kafir

Kis tarah Musalmaan ko ho irfaaney Khadija

Vo saare Musalmaan jo hain munkire Imraan

Sad shukr ke hain vo bhi musalmaaney Khadija

Aulad ki hathon mein hai jannat ki hukumat

Dekhe to koyi sarhade imkaaney Khadija
 Marsiya

Sajde mein aasmaan hai kis ki janaab hai

Deene quda nishaan hai kis ki janaab hai
Islam madaah qaan hai kis ki janaab hai
Eemaan gul fishaan hai kis ki janaab hai
Dam shara bharti rehti hai kis bargaah ka
Ehsaan deene Haq pe hai kis deen panaah ka

Qushnoodiye Rasool pe kis ki rahi nazar

Kis ka qazana ban gaya Islam ki sipar
Daulat ka kis ki ho gaya tableegh par asar
Raahe Quda mein sarf hua kis ka maal o zar
Chalti thi kaun jaada e husne sauwaab par
Kis ka amal thha marziye Qatmi ma aab par

Ye vo hai jis ka peshay Quda hai bada muqaam

Ye vo hai qud Nabi ne kiya jis ka ehteraam
Ye vo hai jis ne kaate hai ta ath me subha shaam
Ye vo moazama hai Khadija hai jis ka naam
Azwaaj mein Rasool ki marghoob thein yahi
Mehboobe kirdegar ki mehboob thein yahi

Tasveer e deen bani hai Khadija ke maal se

Dunya e deen basi hai Khadija ke maal se
Bunyade deen rakhi hai Khadija ke maal se
Tableeghe deen hui hai Khadija ke maal se
Paya sharaf eaanate deen ke kamaal ne
Ki hai madad Nabi ki Khadija ke maal ne

Is zoya e Rasool ko rutbe siva milay

Shohar milay tho qatme Rasul Mustafa milay
 Daamad bhu milay tho shahe Lafata milay
Ye Fatima ki maa hai sharaf aur kya milay
Aulad ke chaman mein kali yun khili naheen
Aisi kisi ko dahr mein beti mili naheen

Beti ye vo Rasool ki shaida kahein jisay

Ismath ki hoor, insiye hoora kahein jisay
Sidq o safa ka eik sarapa kahein jisay
Pakeeza aisi Fatima Zehra kahein jisay
Aisi mili kisi ko na tauqeer ki rida
Sar par hai jis ke aayate Tatheer ki rida

Farmate hain hadees ye paighambare Quda

Chaar aurteen bahisht mein rutbay mein hai siva
Maryam hai eik doosri hai in me Aaasiya
Aur teesri hai laqte jigar meri Fatima
Kuch inteha hai in ke sharaf ke husool ki
Chauthi Khadija hai jo hai madar Batool ki

Dasveen ko hashr eik Ramazan ki hua bapa

Is roz hi Khadija e Kubra ne ki qaza
Qabl az wafat Mursile azam se ye kaha
Keeje maaf mujh se hui ho jo kuch qata
Manzar bahaare quld ka dikh laiye Huzoor
Jannat me apne saath hi lejaiye Huzoor

Nisbat se aap ki hai mera martaba bada

Mai kya thi mera kya tha hasham maal o zar tha
kya
Mujh par hua tha fazl Qudae Qadeer ka
Qaliq ne jo diya thha fida aap par kiya
Raahe najaatey uqrawi jab iqtiyaar ki
 Daulat vo sari daulatey deen par nisaar ki

Daulat lat main chode jati hoon ya Shahe anbiya

Daulat vo kya hai laqte jigar meri Fatima
Kam sin hai bachi ye meri hai umr iski kya
Ghaflat Huzoor is se na hargiz karei zara
Is ka qayal ho na sataaye ise koi
Bin ma ki jaan kar na rulaaye ise koi

Taskeene dard aap hain darmaan bhi aap hain

Haq ke karam hain rahmate Rahmaan bhi aap
hain
Qaliq ke baad iske nigehbaan bhi aap hain
Ab mere baad baap bhi hain ma bhi aap hain
Muqtare kul hain malike mulke umoor hain
Bachi ke ab jahan me sab kuch Huzoor hain

Ye kehti thhi ke maut ka paigham aagaya

Dunya ki zindagani ka anjaam aagaya
Mu ke qareeb maut ka jab jaam aagaya
Foran labo pe kalmae Islam aagaya
Afsos hai guzar gayi madar Batool ki
Darey jahan se chal basi zauja Rasool ki

Farmaya Mustafa ne ke ghamqaar chal basi

Sad haif hai ke sahibe asraar chal basi
Dare jahan se paikare kirdar chal basi
Shahid Quda hai deen ki deendar chal basi
Ki hai qaza viqar wafa qush sifat ne
Dunya ko choda meri shareeke hayat ne

Beti me maa me haif hai furqat hui hai aaj

 Haq me to Fatima ke qiyamat hui hai aaj
Zauja Nabi ki rahiye jannat hui hai aaj
Ay momino Khadija ki rehlat hui hai aaj
Sadma ghazab ka ho gaya qalbe Rasool par
Toota hai kohe ranjo alam ab Batool par

Baqar pukari Fatima amma guzar gayeen

Dunya se meri fikr mai ba chashme tar gayeen
Koi pata bataye mujhe vo kidhar gayeen
Is kamsini me saath mera chod kar gayeen
Haq ke Rasool ho gaya ye kya bataiye
Amma kidhar gayeen mere Baba bataiye
 Hadees on NABUVAT

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahiim.

Ya ayyuhan Nabiyu inna arsalnakika shahidan
wa mubashiran wa nazeeran.
Wa daaiyan illallahi bi iznihi wa wirajan
muneeran.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful.
Oh (Our) Prophet (Mohamad) Verily We have
sent thee as a witness and as a Bearer of Glad
Tidings and as a Warner.
And as the Inviter unto Allah by His Command
and an illuminating torch. (Sura Azhaab
33:45,45)

This Quranic verse speaks of Risalat, Apostleship

and makes it clear that it is the Almighty Allah
who sends His guidance to his creatures “We
have sent thee”. That the messengers came from
Allah has often been reiterated in the Holy
Quran:
“And indeed we did send apostles before thee
among the people of yore” (15:10). “Indeed sent
We our apostles with clear proofs. (57:25).
And for every people (was sent) an apostle
(10:47).
And indeed raised We in every nation an apostle
of (Ours) preaching that Worship ye God only
and shun ye (the worship of every kind of idol)
16:36

Every unit of the human race in every part of the

world had a warner and guide explaining Allah‟s
message in the language of the people. The
universality of the message of Islam is declared
and belief in the apostles (though not each one of
them is mentioned by name) is required of every
Muslim. The Prophets, explains our first Imam,
are those servants of the Lord, who are trustees
and guardians of Allah‟s message. They are
honest and trustworthy. They do not give way to
doubts and scepticism and do not resort to
scandal and backbiting. Their eminent and noble
characters made them outstanding and prominent
during their trials and tests.

The first of these was Hazrat Adam and the last

was the Holy Prophet Mohamad (P.B.U.H.)
designated by the Quran as the qatimun nabiyeen
(33:40) (seal of the Prophets) and the Rahmantun
lill alameen (mercy unto all the worlds) (21:107).
Between the first and the last prophet of Allah
came many „nabi‟ and „rasool‟. Some came to
guide just the people around them, others for
specific times and countries. Among the Rasool
were the five ulul azm prophets: Hazrat Noah,
Hazrat Abraham, Hazrat Moses, Hazrat Jesus
and Prophet Mohamad, who were all given
scriptures and a code (sharia).With the coming of
the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW, the message
of Allah, His divine guidance, was consolidated
in a universal teacher to unite mankind under one
single constitutional order and Islam was
designated as the final perfect and chosen
religion.

Allah declares in the Holy Quran that He has sent

the Holy Prophet Mohamad as a witness
(shaheed). In the sura Nisa V.41 the Quran
addresses the Holy Prophet as bearing witness to
all the Prophets of Allah. Witness means a close
watcher, a careful observer, which indicates that
the Holy Prophet was essentially present with
every prophet in every part of the earth and in all
times. The Quran establishes the spiritual
existence of his presence and this explains the
hadees when the Holy Prophet said: “Kunto
Nabiyyan wa Adama bainal Ma wattin” I was a
Prophet when Adam was still in water and clay. I
existed as the Apostle of God even before Adam

was created.The Holy Prophet Mohamad came to

give good tidings to mankind so that they accept
Allah‟s message and believe. He invited people
towards Allah and warned them of the
consequences in the hereafter. He is described as
a shining illuminating torch, brightening the
darkness of ignorance and evil.

The concept of Prophethood, apostleship is

elucidated eloquently in the Nahjul Balagha. The
very first sermon of Maula Ali explains it thus:
“Allah has never left any human being without
guidance and education through His prophets,
without a Holy Book, without conclusive,
effective and certain proof of His Godhood, and
without a clear and bright path to His realm. His
prophets were men of such strength of character
and courage that though they were often in
minority and those who opposed them always
had the majority, yet these apostles never
faltered, felt nervous, disappointed or baffled,
and never forsook their missions. None of them
left this world without indicating and pointing out
the one who is to take up his place after his
demise and continue the missions of God; thus
everyone of them was predicted by the prophet
who passed away before him and in turn was
testified by the one who followed him (therefore
it was not difficult for human beings to recognize
a true apostle and to distinguish one from an
imposter.) Thus, ages succeeded ages till the
Merciful Lord desired to bring the teachings of
His religion to the final and highest stage. And as
He had promised in the beginning, He appointed
the Holy prophet Mohamad (May the peace of
Allah be upon him and his descendants) as His
last prophet. He had made every one of His
prophets to accept the leadership and greatness of
this chosen apostle and to predict his time and
mission (and they had fulfilled their promise).”

The coming of the Holy Prophet Mohamad had

been prophesied in the scriptures of the Old and
New Testament, which openly declare and
identify Prophet Mohamad as the saviour. (Dent
18: 18&19) and (John 14:16). He was sent to the
world, Maula Ali says in his 92nd Khutba when
“the teachings of the past prophets had been
forgotten and everywhere signs of destruction
and ruin were apparent.” The world was passing
through utter darkness and delusion. People were
oblivious of religion, had a confused notion of
truth and had erred from the true path,
degenerating into impiety and sin. The Holy
Prophet tried his best to educate and enlighten
them, to lead them to the straight path of real
knowledge and religion (Khutba 98).

Our first Imam in (Khutba 195) testifies that the

Prophet Mohamad invited people to obey God
“daaiyan illallahi”, fighting against and defeating
the enemies of the Lord and completing his
mission inspite of opposition and obstructions to
the ways of Islam. He was the greatest in the line
of Prophets of Allah who were all “strong in
faith, firm in their convictions and brave to face
any kind of ordeal”.

The Holy Prophet‟s excellent pattern of conduct

uswatun hasana (33:21) is the greatest and
perfect model of a flawless righteous life on
earth. As a child he had the noblest disposition
and the most exalted personality; and as an adult
he was the greatest hero of mankind. His
politeness, sincerity and character were sublime
and nobody could excel his generosity (Khutba
108). The Holy Prophet was a perfect example
and Maula Ali encourages us to follow him
sincerely and faithfully. The Holy Prophet
Muhammad SAW made use of worldly things for
the barest necessities of life and never obtained
any comfort or ease, even temporarily. He
disliked ostentation and luxury and refused to
accept the pleasures of this world. The Prophet
used to take his meals sitting on the ground,
repaired his own shoes and washed his own
clothes. He did all this not because he had no
option but because he chose to adopt a simple
and frugal life.

As Allah‟s greatest apostle, the Holy Prophet was

the source of learning and foundation-head of
knowledge – “the divine light to illuminate the
darkness of ignorance.” He was indeed “the
leader of those who accept piety” and “a guide to
those who have vision and insight”. He was sent
to finally disclose before man the ultimate truth
about the Creator and His creatures and to invite
mankind towards the path of His religion.
(Khutba 147). Allah did this, continues Maula
Ali, not to find out the capacity of man but to test
them to see who are the best, so that they can be
rewarded or punished.

One of the first to believe in the divine mission

of Islam was Hazrat Khadija AS, the first wife of
Mohamad Mustafa the messenger of Allah. She
played a stellar role in the history of Islam. She
was born in Mecca and was the daughter of
Khuwayled bin Asad bin Abdul bin Qusayy, who
was the common progenitor of her line as well as
the line of the Holy Prophet. Khuwayled, her
father was a successful merchant making a
fortune in foreign trade. After his death, Hazrat
Khadija took charge of the family business and
rapidly expanded it. With the profits she made,
she helped the poor, widows, the orphans, the
sick and the disabled. She selected agents
judiciously and her successful trading led her to
become the richest merchant in Mecca. It is said
that her cargo alone was equal to that of all the
other merchants of Quraish put together. The
citizens of Mecca, therefore, bestowed upon her
the title of Malikatul Arab, the Princess of the
Quraish. Like the ancestors of the Holy Prophet,
she was a monotheist, a follower of the Prophets
Ibrahim and Ismail. She was called „Tahira‟ the
pure one and was highly respected for her
distinction and exemplary conduct. Many rich
men sought her hand in marriage but she did not
accept any of them.

Hazrat Khadija, it is reported in hadees, was a

beautiful, tall and light skinned lady, considered
noble among her people. She was wise and
intelligent and had brilliant insight of economic
principles. Destiny led her to marry the greatest
of all men – the Holy Prophet Mohamad, who
though known in Mecca as Sadiq (truthful) and
Ameer (trustworthy) had not yet declared his
mission to the world. Hazrat Khadija‟s marriage
was solemnised on 10th Rabiulawal. Hazrat Abu
Talib, the Prophets uncle read the sermon at the
wedding.Three days later, the feast of valima was
celebrated at the invitation of Hazrat Abu Talib.
All the residents of Mecca, rich and poor,
enjoyed the banquet.

Among the first to believe in the divine mission

of Islam, Hazrat Khadija gave unstinted support
and gave all her wealth to be spent as the Holy
Prophet saw fit. Imam Ali says in Nahjul Balagha
that in the early days of Islam, it was the religion
of only the Prophet and his wife Khadija. I was
the third of the trio. Nobody else in this world
had accepted Islam. Her financial support played
a crucial role in strengthening Islam during its
prime days, to fulfil its goals. The Holy Prophet
acknowledged her contribution and said, “No
property has ever been so useful to me as
Khadija‟s”. In Mecca it was used to free slaves,
help the needy and support the poor.

The pagans of Qureish tried their best to oppose

the message of Islam from spreading and fought
against the Prophet tooth and nail. They used
ridicule, physical and verbal abuse followed by
economic and social boycott.During the
pregnancy before the birth of her daughter Fatima
AS, she would be lonely but this was relieved
when Fatima AS spoke to her mother from her
womb.She told the Prophet one day “That which
is in my womb speaks to me” Then the Holy
Prophet said “Rejoice Khadija, for this is the girl
whom Allah has made to be the mother of eleven
of my successors, who will come after me and
after their father.” When the time came for the
birth of her daughter Fatima Zehra, the Quresihi
women refused to come to Hazrat Khadija‟s help.
But Allah sent four ladies, whose beauty and
brilliance were indescribable, to her aid. When
she asked them who they were they told her they
were Havva (Eve), Aasiya binte Mazahim,
Umme Kulsoom, sister of Moses and Maryam,
the mother of Jesus.

A year later conditions in Mecca become even

more difficult for the Muslims, who were
harassed and tortured day and night. The Bani
Hashim moved to Shobe Abu Talib, a ravine just
outside the precincts of the Kaaba. Here they
lived in a state of siege, suffering hunger and
thirst and the ravages of extreme heat and cold.
Water and food was scarce. Hazrat Khadija
showed great courage and resilience and
remained serene in her hour of trial. All her
wealth was at the disposal of Islam and was used
to procure the necessities of life for the Muslims.
She found tranquillity in the remembrance of
Allah and sacrificed all she had willingly. Her
wealth played an important part and guaranteed
the survival of Islam.The Holy Prophet never
forgot this generosity and always recalled Hazrat
Khadija with fondness.This aroused the jalousy
of some of his ill mannered wives in Madina,
who demanded to know why he remembered her
so often. He replied “Allah never gave me a
better wife than Khadija. She believed in me
when other people denied me. She put all her
wealth at my service when other people withheld
theirs. And what‟s more Allah gave me children
only through Khadija.”

The mother of Fatima Zehra, through whom the

progeny of the holy Prophet continued, Hazrat
Khadija was not only the ideal mother but also
the best example of an Ummul Momineen, the
mother of believers. She gave all she had to the
believers and kept their needs before her own.
Her wealth, time, talent, energy spirit and heart
were totally committed to Islam. When orphans,
widows and the poor needed anything, it was
Hazrat Khadija who helped them. No wonder
then that even years later when anyone came to
the Prophet and reminded him of their connection
with her, he would respond with extreme
kindness saying; “I love all those who love
Khadija” and shower them with gifts.

Hazrat Khadija AS was an ideal wife and was the

embodiment of piety and purity. She was
untouched by jealousy and free from cynicism.
She was never angry or spiteful and always
remained cheerful and magnanimous. She found
satisfaction in giving, comforting the cheerless
and feeding the hungry. Her deep conviction and
dedication to Islam brought her perfect peace of
mind „qalb saleem‟ (26:89).

When the siege finally ended, her vast fortune

had run out but she never complained. Indeed she
was happy that she had been the means through
which Allah had saved the most precious of lives
in the creation – Mohamad Mustafa SAW and his
Ahlebaith AS. She was grateful to Him for
bestowing this honour upon her. It is related in
Haytaul Quloob that the angel Gabriel in his
descent, to the Prophet always left a salutation for
Khadija, when she was not present to receive it in
person.

The failure of the siege to halt the progress of

Islam was apparent and the Bani Hashim was
able to return to Mecca after three years of
hardship. Shortly after this, Hazrat Khadija fell
ill. The years of suffering and the rigours of the
conditions she had endured had taken their toll.
Life in an atmosphere under constant threat of
attack and the suffering of the starving Muslims
affected her. During her illness, the holy Prophet
kept a nightlong vigil, nursing and comforting
her. She was confined to bed and as she realised
her time of death was approaching near, the
thought of leaving her daughter Fatima, only
seven years old, alone in this world brought tears
to her eyes. She told Asma binte Umais that she
was tearful to think that Fatima would feel the
loss of her mother extremely on the night of her
nuptials. Asma promised that if she was present
she would help Fatima Zehra AS.

Hazrat Khadija breathed her last on the 10th of

Ramazan in the 10th year of the proclamation of
Islam. Her only daughter Fatima was grief
stricken. The holy Prophet‟s heart was filled with
sorrow, as he descended into her grave to lie in it
for a few moments before lowering her body into
it. “Where is my mother?” cried Fatima. Allah
sent a message through Gabriel his arch angel to
the prophet “Your Lord commands you to inform
Fatima that He sends his blessings upon her and
says “Your Mother is in a house of brocade, its
corners are made of gold and its poles are of
ruby. It is located between Asiya‟s and Maryam‟s
houses.”

So began the year of sorrows „aamul huzn‟ for

the Prophet which was to snatch another staunch
supporter, Hazrat Abu Talib, the enmity of the
Qureish escalated and the Prophet and the
Muslims bereft of their two strongest supports
had to migrate to Madina.

Hazrat Khadija had all the attributes of a perfect

woman. Indeed she was a shining example of
faith and showed that material wealth spells
success only when it can be used in the way of
Allah. She exchanged a life of luxury to a life of
austerity but with the conscious belief that all the
gifts given by Allah are best used for Islam. She
was the ideal wife, the ideal mother, the ideal
Muslima, the ideal Ummul Momineen. While she
remained alive, the Holy Prophet had no other
wife. Even when he had other wives, none of
then could ever approximate Khadija for
excellence. No wonder then that her name is
included as one of the four perfect women in all
mankind: Aasiya binte Mazhim, Maryam binte
Imran, Khadija binte Khawalid and Fatima binte
Mohamad.

Ziarat

Assalamo alaiki ya zaujata Rasoolillah Syedal

Mursaleen
Assalamo alaiki ya zojatan Nabiyillah qatimin
Nabiyyin
Assalamo alaiki ya Ummal Fatima Zahra
Assalamo alaika ya Ummul Hasan wal Hussain
syede shabaabe ahlil jannati ajmaeen
Assalamo alaika ya ummul aaimata tahireen
Assalamo alaika wa rahmatullahi wa barakatoh
Peace be on you o the wife of the Messenger of
Allah, the leader of the Prophets
Peace be on you the wife of the Prophet of Allah,
the Seal of the Prophets
Peace be on you the mother of Fatima Zahra
Peace be on you the mother of Hasan and
Hussain the leaders of the youth of paradise
Peace be on you the mother of the pure Imams,
Peace and blessings of Allah be on you
 Eid e Ghadeer

Ya Mohamad Nabi Mubarak ho

Aap ko ye qushi mubarak ho

Deeney Islam ho gaya kaamil

Huway Hyder wasi mubarak ho

Jalwa gar masnade khilafat par

Hain Ali e Wali mubarak ho

Zaib e sar taaj hay Imamat ka

Kush hain Maula Ali mubarak ho

Kar key baiyat Ali key haathon par

Kahtay hain ummati mubarak ho

Aaj ohda milaa Imamat ka

Aap ko ya Ali mubarak ho

Hay durood aur tahniyat ka ghul

Khalq mein hay khushi mubarak ho

Jashn Maula ki taaj poshee ka

Kar rahein hain sabhee mubarak ho

Aay Hussaini hay aaj Eid e Ghadeer

Hay jahan mein khushee mubarak ho
 Qasida

Jis ne Maula Ali ko pukara naheen

Uska dono jahan mein sahara naheen

Khum mein mimbar bana kar ye bolay Nabi

Ye hai mimbar Ali ka tumhara naheen

Khum mein utha Mohamad ke hatho pe jo

Aisa Quran ka koyi para naheen

Sirf Maula Ali ka ye kirdaar hai

Zair kar ke bhi dushman ko mara naheen

Jao ab jake Bagh e Fidak mein raho

Ghasibo bagh e jannat tumhara naheen

Ilme Maula ke wus at ka kya poochhna

Voh samandar hai jis ka kinara naheen

Qasida

Mazhare daavar Ghadeer e Khum

ke maiqaane mein hai
Nafse Paighambar Ghadeer e Khum
ke maiqaane mein hai

Badaye hubbe Ali pikar padho Nade Ali

Fathe Khaibar Ghadeer e Khum
ke maiqaane mein hai

Aaj haasil karne takmeele risalat ki samad

 Apna payambar Ghadeer e Khum
ke maiqaane mein hai

Aaj to us ki taraf sajda rava hai bil yaqeen

Kaabay ka mehvar Ghadeer e Khum
ke maiqaane mein hai

Hashr ke maidaan me kyon jaoon shifaat ke liye

Shaafiye mehshar Ghadeer e Khum
ke maiqaane mein hai

Jan nasheeni ka meray Maula ke hai elaan aaj

Is liye mimbar Ghadeer e Khum
ke maiqaane mein hai

Ghaur se sab dekh le ab sahibe mimbar ke saath

Warisay mimbar Ghadeer e Khum
ke maiqaane mein hai

Kya karenge aap jakar hauz e Kausar pay Sayeed

Saqiye kausar Ghadeer e Khum
ke maiqaane mein hai

Qasida

Jab zikre Ghadeer e Khum aaye

eimaan ki qushbu aati hai
Ham ghar mein sahi, masjid mein sahi,
maidaan ki qushbu aati hai

Khayyat kahaan se aaya hai,

 kis ke liye tohfe laaya hai
kyon aaj zamin pe jaanat ke
darbaan ki qushbu aati hai

Jab nuqta e baa se hota hai aaghaaz

kalaam e bari hai
Auraaqe kitab e haq se mujhe
eimaan ki qushbu aati hai

Insaan mein sab ko kyon samjhoon

haan jis ko Ali ka ishq milay
Aisay hi bashar se bas mujh ko
insaan ki qushbu aati hai

Dauraane tilawat balligh pe

jis waqt nazar ruk jaati hai
Aayat se Ghadeeri mehfil ke
eilaan ki qushbu aati hai

Natiq ka ta alluq saamit se

har haal mein sabit hota hai
Aata hai jo lab par namey Ali
Quran ki qushbu aati hai

Abbas Ali ki surat mein shayed

labay darya pohnchay hain
Sahil ki hava se Maula ke
armaan ki qushbu aati hain

Masjid me namazon ki khatir

jis waqt azan di jati hai
Takbeer se Ibne Zehra ke
 ehsaan ki qushbu aati hai

Karta hai jo Akhtar zikre Ali

alfaaz ke ghunche khiltey hain
Har sans mo attar hoti hai
eimaan ki qushbu aati hai

Qasida

Gham ghalat kar jaam par ab jaam le

Le Ali ka naam subho shaam le

Teri marzi naam tho hai ek hi

Le Quda ka ya Ali ka naam le

Butt shikan Kaabe mein paida ho gaya

Kya ajab angrai ab Islam le

Le Ghadeer e Khum ki manzil aagayi

Aa raha hai ghaib se paigham le

Har bala sar se teri tal jaegi

Dekh tu Nadi Ali se kaam le

Sochta kya hai ye kaisi bhool hai

Girne wale le Ali ka naam le

Marne wale le Ali ka naam le

Aakhiri mauqah hai damaan thaam le

Aagaye Maula sarhaane aagaye

Izteraabe shauq ab araam le
 Na Quda kashti ka teri hai yehi
Le Ali ke naam subho shaam le

Abidi bus cheez hai ye kaam ki

Hubbe Hyder se hamesha kaam le

Munajaat

Aao madad ko ya Ali Nade Ali Ali Ali

Rab ke wali Ali Ali nadey Ali Ali Ali

Mera salaam e shauq lo Maula Ali Ali Ali

Dil mein tumhari yaad hai shaam o sehar Ali Ali

Rahat jaan, qaraar e dil namey Quda Ali Ali

Meri taraf be ho nazar Mushkil Kusha Ali Ali

Gham ki dawa hai Tahera Nade Ali Ali Ali

Aao madad ko ya Ali nadey Ali Ali Ali
 Hadees on IMAMAT

The Holy Quran says:

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem.
Yauma nadoo kulla unaasin bi Imamihim.

In the name of Allah the Beneficient the

Merciful.
Remember the Day (of Judgement) when We will
summon every people with their Imam (Guide,
Leader). (Sura Bani Israil (17:11).

The Holy Quran says that on the Day of

Judgment each group will be called with its
Imam, the leader and guide, who should be
followed and obeyed. Imamat is one of the
fundamentals of Islam, an integral factor of Islam
and belief in Imamat is essential.The appointment
of Imams is from Allah himself who has
designated the Twelve Imams to uphold the Truth
and guide people. Obedience to the Imam is
incumbent upon all.

Many verses in the Holy Quran mention the high

office of Imamat: “And of them made We leaders
(Imams) to guide people by our command as they
were steadfast in the calamities and they of our
signs were quite certain.” (32:20) “And there is a
guide for every people” (13:7).Their qualities are
spelled out: belief and doing good deeds (Sura
Noor verse 55), patient in adversity (32:20), those
invested with authority, the Ulil Amr, who must
be obeyed. They are the Auliya, and with
Muhamad the recipients of Salawat. They have
been purified by Allah himself who has kept
every kind of rijs away from them. (33:33).
Loving them is incumbent (42:23) on every
believer, who should keep away from those who
are the enemies of the Imam. They are referred to
as the Khalifullah, Allah‟s representative on earth
and Imamat is a consequence of Allah‟s mercy
and Justice. They are the source of Allah‟s grace
to mankind.

Indeed a famous hadees of the Prophet reminds

that „If someone dies without knowing the Imam
of his time he dies the death of an ignorant man
of the Days of Ignorance.” Imams are appointed
by Allah to enforce divine laws and
commandments. In other words without the
guidance of the Imam, Islam cannot progress and
will become lifeless and degenerate. Imamat is a
continuation of Allah‟s guidance, after
prophethood, which culminated with Prophet
Muhammad SAW.

The Imam is inseparable from the scripture and

the Holy Prophet. His commands are the
commands of Allah, in conformity with the Holy
Quran. An ideal, leading us to Allah, his every
action is a model for us. He possesses such
mortal virtues as comage, valour, chastity,
magnanimity and justice. Allah himself endows
his knowledge and the Imam knows everything
that bears on human needs and happiness in this
world and the next. The twelve Imams designated
and named by the Holy Prophet himself are: Ali,
Hasan Hussain, Ali Zainulabideen, Muhammad
Baqar, Jafar Sadiq, Musa Kazim, Ali Reza,
Muhammad Taqui, Ali Naqui, Hasan Askari,
Muhammad Mehdi AS

Salawat

All of these twelve Imams are perfect exemplars

of the Holy Prophet Mohamad‟s (P.B.U.H.)
teachings and had the deepest understanding of
the Noble Quran. Appointed by Allah himself,
they are infallible and have divine given
knowledge. They passed their lifetimes under
oppressive conditions but strove to free people
from ignorance and devoted their lives to bring
happiness to human society. They were ready to
sacrifice everything they had to uphold Allah‟s
message.As successors to the Holy Prophet, they
interpreted the religion and the sharia and led the
community in spiritual, religious, political, social
and all important matters. Qualities of
knowledge, magnanimity, valour, devotion to
Allah and piety were perfected in them.

Imam Ali (A.S.) in Nahjul Balagha sheds lights

on the role of Imamat in Islam thus:

Remember that an Imam has no responsibility

other than the one laid upon him by God. He is to
fully exert himself in advising and guiding the
people to lead their lives in the light of religion.
He is to keep the commandments of religion and
the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet alive. He is to
enforce law and order bestowing rewards and
dispensing punishments to those who deserve
them, and allotting actual dues and shres to
rightful claimants.

Here Maula, as the first of the Twelve Imams is

describing the responsibilities of an Imam and
reiterating that Imamat is guidance along the
right path. In an earlier Khutba the Imam had
advised people to follow the lead of the
Ahlebaith “because they shall never misguide or
mislead you” and described them like stars in the
heaven if one sets, the other will rise to
illuminate your path”. The descendants of the
Prophet are “the centre which receive messages
of God and where angels arrive with His orders,
at the “foundations of knowledge and springs of
wisdom.”

Echoing the hadees of the Holy Prophet the

Imam said, in Khutba 147:

Undoubtedly the Imams shall be from Qureish,

from the descendants of Hashim. The divine
appointment has been made for this August
Progeny and none else deserves this sublime and
sacred rank.
During a long sermon which Maula delivered
soon after he took charge of the Muslim state, he
spoke about eloquently about Imamat in there
words.

Learn and remember that Imams (of the progency

of the Holy Prophet) are the caliphs appointed
and designated by God to lead and rule human
beings; they and only they can guide humanity to
the Heaven. Only those who recognise the
leadership of these Imams and in turn are
accepted as true followers will enter Heaven; and
those who renounce allegiance to them, or are
disowned by them will go to Hell.

This explains the ayat of the Quran, which

declares that everyone will come on the Day of
Judgement with their Imam. Maula says that if
we recognise the Imams and are accepted as the
followers them we will enter heaven, thus
linking belief and action.

Identifying the characteristics of the Ahlebaith

the Imam describes the close link between them
and the Quran: They own and possess in their
deeds and wirds the excellence and nobleness
which the Holy Quran preaches. They are the
treasure house of Mercy and Benevolence of
God, and they are the source from which real
wisdom and true knowledge, destined by Him for
man, could be obtained. Their speeches contain
nothing but truth.
The attributes of the Ahlebaith are summarised
beautifully in Khutba 243 which says:
They are pillars to support Islam. They are the
real defences where Islam can find a refuge.
Because of them religion got its proper place
amongst human beings, and ignorance and
falsehood were looked down upon with contempt
and abhorance. They understood the real spirit of
Islam and its significance by carefully carrying
into practice its precepts.

Verily if you follow the true Imam, there is

eternal security for you. Guidance from Allah
came through the Holy Prophet who enlightened
humanity and continued through the Imams who
could „explain the Holy Book‟ and establish
Islam. None other than Maula Ali had a greater
right to be his heir and successor. „During his
lifetime I was the dearest and nearest to him and
at his death I was the last to part with him‟. He
never violated even for a second the orders of
God and the Holy Prophet.

The Imamat of Ali AS was declared to the

Ummat, the followers of the Holy Prophet as a
directive from the Merciful Allah through
revelation of the Quranic ayat

O Messenger, declare what revealed to you from

your Lord. If you will not declare, it would be as
though you have not conveyed My Message.
Allah will protect you from men. He does not
guide the unbelieving people. (Sura Maidah
5:67)

It was the 18th of Zillhijj in the year 10 A.H., 21st

March 632 A.D. Prophet Mohamad with
thousands of Muslims were returning from Hajj,
the farewell pilgrimage, to Madina. The Muezzin
called out „Hayya ala Khairul amail, Hayya ala
Kharul amal. All those who had gone ahead were
called back. All who were behind came forward.
The caravan halted at Ghadeer e Khum, near
Johfa, 90 Miles north of Mecca, a point of
dispersal from where people branched off in
different directions.

When all the pilgrims had gathered, according to

some traditions numbering more than 70,000, the
Holy Prophet ordered a pulpit (mimbar) of the
Kajawas (the saddle seats used on the back of the
camels) to be prepared. In the heat of the midday
sun, the Holy Prophet mounting the pulpit
(mimbar) delivered a long sermon. He demanded
acknowledgement from everyone,that he had
delivered the divine message of Islam.The
gathering in one voice replied to each question
saying: “Yes (O Apostle of God, we do
acknowledge that thou hast conveyed the
commands of the Lord to us). At last he asked
„Alasto aula bil Momineen min anfosihim, i.e Am
I not superior to the believers more than their
own selves?
The huge crowds in one voice shouted „Certainly
O Apostle of God!‟ Again he asked, Alasto aula
min kulle Momineen min Anfusehim, i.e. Am I not
superior (or master) to every faithful one than his
self? Every one gathered shouted „Certainly O
Apostle of God.‟ Then the Holy Prophet called
Ali son of Abu Talib to mount the pulpit
(mimbar) and raised him with the miraculous
strength of his apostolic hands so much that the
whole gathering could see him and declared:

Man kunto Maulaho fahaza Aliyun Maula.

To whomsoever I am Maula (the Lord, the

Master) this „Ali is his Maula (the Lord, the
Master)

Salawat

Then the Holy Prophet prayed:

Allahumma Waale man Waalahu
O God! Be thou a friend to him who is a friend to
him (Ali).
Aade man aadahu
Be thou an enemy to him who is enemy to him
(Ali).
Wansur man nasarahu
Help the one who helps him (Ali).
Wakhul man khuzalahu
Forsake the one who forsaketh him (Ali)
As the Holy Prophet completed this declaration,
the verse in Sura Madiah was revealed:
Al yauma akmalto lakum dinakum wa atmumtu
alaikum naimati wa raziti lakum Islaama Dinah.

Descending from the pulpit (mimbar) the Holy

Prophet commanded every one of the huge
gathering to pay his Ameerul Momineen, a title
used exclusively for our first Imam. The Holy
Prophet declared the day of Ghadeer as a day of
rejoicing, Eid, in addition to Juma, Eid ul Fitr and
Eid ul Adha. Everyone paid his baiyat and the
Holy Prophet commanded every one in his
audience to receive baiyat for Ali as the Ameerul
Momineen in their own places on their return
from the Hajj.

This assertion by the Holy Prophet reiterated the

direct link between Nabuvat and Imamat. Many
times during his lifetime, the Prophet Muhammad
SAW had declared repeatedly the merits of Ali,
his brother, his son in law, his nafs, his
commander in chief, his flag bearer. He had
recited the numerous Quranic verse that were
revealed, singing the praises of Ali, in the
battlefield, in the mosque, praising his valour and
his piety, his generosity and his worship. Imam
Ali resembled the Holy Prophet in his good
qualities, his selflessness,his lineal descent,his
habits and prayers. The office of Imamat, a
sequel to Nabuvat, was given to Maula Ali and
his progeny, culminating in the 12th
ImamMuhammad Mehdi AS.

Eid e Ghadeer has been celebrated with

happiness by our Imams as a day of thanksgiving
and rejoicing for Allah‟s blessings for mankind.
Prayers are recommended as is fasting to gain
nearness to the Almighty‟s grace. Satisfy the
needs of the neighbours and give gifts to the
members of your family and friends. Invite
momineen for a meal and thank Allah that he has
shown you the Right Path.When you meet other
momineen greet them with the following words:

Alhamdu lillahilladee ja alanaa minal

mutamassike biwilaayti ameeril momineen wal
aaimmati alayimus salaam.

Praise be to Allah, who blessed us to be among

those who cling and hold to wilayat (love,
friendship and authority) of Ameerul Momineen
and all the Imams.

It is highly rewarding to be in Najaf e Ashraf for

performing the ziyarat of Imam Ali. Give on this
day as much as you can, in the name of Allah, to
the less fortunate, because, the day of Ghadeer is
particularly specified for helping deserving
people
 Ziarat Rasoolallah
Assalamo alaika ya Rasoolallah
Assalamo alaika ya Nabi Allah
Assalamo alaika ya Habeeb Allah
Assalamo alaika ya Muhammad ibn Abdullah
Assalamo alaika ya wa rahmatullahi wa
barakatoh

Peace be upon you o the Messenger Of Allah

Peace be upon you o the Prophet Of Allah
Peace be upon you o the Beloved of Allah
Peace be upon you o Muhammad son of
Abdullah
Peace and Allah‟s mercy and blessings be upon
you o

Ziarat Ameerulmomineen AS
Assalamo alaika ya Ameeral momineen
Assalamo alaika ya Sayyadal wasiyeen
Assalamo alaika ya wasi Rasoole Rabil aalameen
Assalamo alaika ya abal Aaimata wa maadina
Risalatah
Assalamo alaika wa rahmatullahi wa barakatoh

Peace be upon you o the Commander of the

faithful
Peace be upon you o Leader of the Viceregents of
Allah
Peace be upon you o the Inheritor of the Prophet
of Allah
Peace be upon you o the father of the Imams and
the mine of Prophethood
Peace and Allah‟s mercy and blessings be upon
you .
 Zahoor e Qaim
Ab tho ye parda e ghaibat ruq e anwar se hata
tera rutba hai bara tera rutba hai bara

Kufr o batil ko zamaney se mitaney waley

Haq ki tanveer nigahon ko dikhaney waley
Kab se hain deed ke mushtaq zamaney waley
Itni taaqeer na kar aaney mein aaney waley
Ab tho ye parda e ghaibat ruqe anwar se hata
Tera rutba hai bara tera rutba hai bara

Tere jalwo mein zia e ruqe Hyder dekhain

Warise faatahe Qaibar ko nazar bhar dekhain
Shidate zarbe yadullahi ke jauhar dekhain
Husne tanveere Mohamad ko mukarrar dekhain
Tu hai hamnaame Mohamad teri tauseef ho kya
Tera rutba hai bara tera rutba hai bara

Munatazir tera hai Kaabay ka musalla kab say

Raah takhte hain teri Hazrat e Eesa kab say
Khizr ko raahbari ki hai tamaana kab say
Qoon e Sarvar hai sarey arsh tadapta kab say
De rahey hain tujge aawaz shah e Karbobala
Tera rutba hai bara tera rutba hai bara

Zahoor

Ahle eeman koi hai yun ghaib pe eemaan baaqi

Parada e ghaib mein hai bolta Quraan baaqi
 Rah nahi sakti kabhi masnade Hyder qaali
Sahibe Asr hai Hyder ka dil o jaan baaqi

Tu jo chaahey abhi aalam taho bala ho jaae

Hai ishaaro pe abhi gardishe dauraane baaqi

Tu na hota to zamaane mein andhera hota

Tere hi noor se hai saare chiragaan baaqi

Toor mushtaq e nazara nazar aata hai abhi

Ke abhi jalwa e Qaim ka hai armaan baaqi

Sach to ye hai tere sadqe mein Hussain ibne Ali

Rah gaye rah gaye dunya me musalmaan baaqi

Bach ke jaengay kahan dekhein Ali ke dushman

Theiro theiro hai abhi hashr ka maidaan baaqi

Subah ke chehre pe jo qoone shafaq hota hai

Aaj tak hai asar e Shaam e gharibaan baaqi

Qoon se apne usay Aale Nabi ne seencha

Hashr tak kyon na rahe gulshane eemaan baaqi

Jalwa dikhlade tujhe noore mujarid ki qasam

Na rahe dil mein mere deed ka armaan baaqi

Abidi wajhe baqa hai yahi ek noore azal

Noore Qaim se hai bas aalame imkaan baaqi
 Zahoor

Eitebaare Nabi o Ali aaiye

Warise saulate Askari aaiye

Jalwa ruq ka dikha deejay aakar zara

Badh gayi hai bohat teeragi aaiye

Qoone Sarwar ka lene ko ab inteqaam

Kheech kar zulfiqaar e Ali aaiye

Aap ke naqshe pa ki hai ham ko talash

Markaze jazba e bandagi aaiye

Dil ki hasrat na rah jaye dil mein kaheen

Qatm honey ko hai zindagi aaiye

Meri baleen pe jis waqt aaen Ali

Ilteja hai meri aap bhi aaiye

Arz karta hai sab ki taraf se Sayeed

Aiye ay Quda ke wali aayie

Qaim

Qaim hai tere dam se ye rozgaar Qaim

Qursheed o maah Qaim lail o nehaar Qaim
Tum ho hayate aalam jaane bahaar Qaim
Ye raunaqe zamana tum par nisaar Qaim
Kaunain par tumhara hai iqtiyaar Qaim
 Chashmo chirage aalam ay sahibay zamana
Dunya baghaer teray hai ek siyaah qana
Ghaibat bani hai teri ek fasq ka bahana
Hai zindagi hamari dildoz ek fasana
Tujh ko pukarate hai ham baar baar Qaim

Dil mein basay huay ho ankho se go nihaan ho

Tum aao ya bulalo ham ko vahaan jahaan ho
Rahat jahan me ham ko tum bin bhala kahaan ho
Aasaeshay do geithi aaraam e jisme o jaan ho
Sar mein bhara hai teri mei ka qumaar Qaim

Daure qizaan rahega jaane bahar kab tak

Tadpengay hijr mein ham parvardavaar kab tak
Dega na hukm aaqir parvardigaar kab tak
Ham aap ke tasaduq ye intezaar kab tak
Keejay zahoor ab to baasad viqaar Qaim

Jab deen e Haq ka danka kaunain mein bajega

Fisq o fujoor saara dunya se jab mitega
Kaunain mein tumhara qanoon jab chalega
Qush hoga zarra zarra swale ala kahega
Dikhlado is jahaan ki ham ko bahaar Qaim
 Hadees on QIYAMAT

The Holy Quran says:

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem.
Kullo nafsin zaeqatl maut wa innama
tuwaffoona ujoorakum yaumal qiyamati faman
zuhziha anin Naar wa adqilal jannata faqad
faza wa mal Layataud dunya ila mataaol
ghuroor.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficient, the
Merciful.
Every self tastes death; and verily ye shall be
paid in full your recompenses on the Day of
Resurrection; and whoso is removed from the
(Hell) fire and admitted into Paradise, had indeed
gained his object; and the life of this world is not
but a provison of vanity. (Sura Ale Imran 3:185).

This Quranic verse declares clearly that

everything will die and that on the Day of
Qiyamat will be recompensed for his beliefs and
actions. Whoever is saved from the fire of Hell
will be admitted to Paradise so would therefore
be successful. Then we are reminded that life in
this world is nothing but vanity. Faith in Qiyamat
is essential for a believer as it is the fifth of the
five essential roots of religion. Every human
being is individually accountable for his faith and
deeds and you will be resurrected to be rewarded
or punished in the hereafter.
There are repeated declarations in the Quran and
we are reminded in every prayer in our daily life
that we will stand before Allah on the „yaumi
deen‟ of which He is the master „malik‟. The day
of Qiyamat has also been referred to as yaumi
azeem mighty day, yaumul haq the (day of
certainty), the yaumal waeed the (day promised
and warned against). For the unbelievers it will
be a yaumal aleem the (day of distress and pain)
but for those who believe and do good deeds (ya
abadi) it will ba a day when no fear will be on
them (La qufa alaikumal yaum).

The Quran declares that on the Day of final

judgement, every soul will return to the Lord of
the Worlds. „Yauma yaqumunaasu lil rabbi
laalameen‟. The evil will be punished and the
good rewarded each according to the individual
merit or demerit. Every organ of man will bear
witness to his deeds and every soul will render
the account of his life on earth. It will be a day of
gathering and then sorting out the good from the
evil. The wrong doers will be questioned and
retribution will follow for their wicked deeds.
The righteous will have no fear and have joyful
faces. Intercession will be only with God‟s
permission.

Graphic descriptions of the coming of Qiyamat

are given in the Quran especially in the shorter
suras found in the last chapter. It is referred to as
the striking calamity (Qariya) when people will
be scattered like moths and mountains become as
carded wool, when the fire of hell will rage
„Naazin hamiya‟ and evildoers thrown into the
abyss (haviah). It will be the day when the earth
shall quake violebtly bringing out all her burdens
(Sura al Zilzal). The disbelivers and polytheists
will abide in the fire of Hell while those who
believe and do good deeds will be recompensed
with gardens everlasting.

The Day of Judgement is referred to as the

Overwhelming Event (Ghashiya) and the day of
reckoning will be when the sky will rent asunder,
the earth flattened, the stars disperse, the total
destruction of the present physical world with the
sun folded „shamsi kuvirat‟ and the stars
darkening nujum un kadarat. Every soul will be
only for himself forgetting even the closest ties.
Individually each will be questioned and
rewarded or punished according to their beliefs
and records of deeds (Nama e aamaal).

The Sura e Waqiyah (the Event) describes the

day of the final judgement and tells us about the
destribution of people into three categories:
People of the Right hand (ashaabe maimanati).
People of the left hand (ashaabe mashamati).
The People who are the foremost (as sabiqoon)
would be brought close to the gardens of bliss
(janati naeem).
The people of the right would obtain Allah‟s
forgiveness and will be redeemed. The people of
the left will face the wrath of the Almighty,
drinking boiling water (hameem) and tasting the
bitterness of the tree of zaqqoom. The foremost
ones the sabiqoon include all the Prophets and
their divenly commissioned successors (Ausiya)
the twelve Imams after the Holy Prophet and few
of their faithful devotees, who sacrificed
themselves for the Truth.

The foremost in the sabiqoon is none other than

our first Imam Ali A.S., the Commander of the
Faithful who was the Siddiqul Akbar, the
foremost in faith and in practice. From the
beginning of his life in the Holy Kaaba to the
end, when he was bestowed with the honour of
martyrdrom (shahadat) in the masjid e Koofa,
Imam Ali A.S. was foremost in all spheres of life
in the way of Allah. He was called the „Kulle
Eeeman‟, the complete personification of
Eeeman (true belief) by the Holy Prophet
himself.

Maula Ali in Nahjul Balagha repeatedly advised

people to fear the terrors of the day of judgement
and to try to deserve all the blessings He has
reserved for you. He reminds us that the Day of
Judgement will be the Day of Reckoning and not
of action. This life is the place of work, and today
the most opportune time to do good and provide
for the day when your role will change from a
judge to that of a person who is to be judged‟
(Khutba 123). „Death, which approaches
everybody with certain and steady steps is the
barrier between us and Heaven or Hell‟ and so
should be welcomed whole heartedly. He advises
us to gather from this life such harvest as will be
of use and help in the hereafter.

Death comes without any warning (Khutba 112)

and for those who have pursued worldly
pleasures blindly will find it painful. The moment
of death will bring realisation of sins and crimes
committed to gather worldly possessions but it
will be too late. The power of speech, hearing
and sight would desert us as death approaches.
We would be carried to our grave to face the
consequences of our faith and deeds. There we
will remain till the day of resurrection.

Maula echoing various verses of the Quran

describes Qiyamat, the day when all human
beings be joined by those who follow them where
the Will of God will be carried into effect. When
this day (Day of Judgement) approaches, the
solar system will be broken up, the earth will
wander out of its course (orbit), it will be broken
into fragments, mountains will be uprooted, and
Allah‟s Might and Power will make them crash
against each other, and the inner portions of the
earth will be made to come out. The dead will be
resurrected and after having been separated from
each other for long times will be re-collected
together.
As each and every human being will then have to
give an account of his thoughts and deeds, he will
be made to stand separateely and individually.
After the reckoning they will be divided into
three groups. Those who have obeyed His orders
will be rewarded and those who have disobeyed
Him will be punished.The blessed ones will
receive the eternal bliss of His approbation of
their deeds and blessings of Heavens, where the
life is eternal, where there is no change (for the
worse), no fear from anything and no disease of
any kind. There, nobody will have to face
dangers or calamities; none will be forced to go
out of paradise.

As for the sinful beings, the punishments will be

commensurate with the enormity of their sins.
Theirs will be a horrible dwelling to live in, and a
sad life to lead. They will be completely deprived
of the powers of self-defence, and of changing
their environment. They will be surrounded by
scorching fire, which will perpetually keep on
burning them (without cremating them to
annihilation), blazing with intense heat. There
shall be no escape from this torture; and there
shall be no change and no relief, and no ransom
shall be accepted. This abode of horror is eternal,
there is no end to it, and those who are
imprisoned there will have to suffer the
punishment eternally. (Khutba 112).
He reminds us that the day of reckoning Qiyamat
is not far from today (Khutba 160) and exhorts us
to fear God and adopt piety. We will forget and
lose interest in worldly pleasures if we can but
visualise Paradise „the beautiful and sweetly
scented bowers of green trees along the banks of
clear streams‟ where the roots are „embedded in
musk scented earth giving out such fragrance
which cannot be imagined‟. There would be
beautiful palaces for those who can enter the
Heaven. Clear honey and delicious drinks will be
served to them and best of all Allah‟s mercy and
bounties will envelop them for they would have
reached eternal peace and rest. (Khutba 169). He
reminds us that „you and your day of judgement
are strongly bound together. None can escape
that day. Every one of you shall have to face it‟.

Before the Day of Qiyamat, the last descendant

among the Holy Imams, Hazrat Muhammad
Mehdi AS will reappear under the orders of the
Almighty to establish justice in this world.The
Holy Prophet said „If only a single day remained
for the world, God would lengthen that day so
that He could send on it a man from my
descendants whose name is the same as mine. He
will fill the world with justice and fairness as it
was filled with oppression and tyranny.‟
Speaking of the twelfth star Imam Mehdi A.S.,
Ameeul Momineen said „For some time he will
be hidden from the eyes of man in such a way
that the greatest searcher of the day will not be
able to find a trace of him however he may try.
But when he will appear he will educate mankind
in such a way that human vision will expand
through the teachings of the Quran, men will be
able to acquire true wisdom and their minds will
be able to rise to higher planes of science and
philosophy‟. (Khutba 153).

We believe that the Twelfth Imam in ghaibat has

invisible spiritual and domination over the world
as the viceregent of God and is the last link in the
chain of Imamat. The state of his occulatation is
like the Sun behind the clouds, still illuminating
the surface of the earth, but not seen directly by
anyone. During this period people should make
all efforts with utmost piety to obtain a thorough
knowledge to understand Islam through the
Quran, Hadees and teachings of the Prophet and
his Ahlebaith. They should follow the opinion of
qualified persons in the manner prescribed in the
treatise on ijtihad and taqleed. The greater the
knowledge and piety, the thinner will be the
clouds and veil of occulataion between the
qualified person and the Imam.

When the Imam reappears, he will execute the

divine law, to spread justice, prescribed by Islam,
all over the globe. He would represent the Holy
Prophet in both name and the real meaning of the
word – the mastership of Mohamad on earth. He
will by the order of Allah appear on the scene of
humanity to deliver mankind from the miseries of
injustice and licentious existence of the time.
During this period of the Zahoor, communication
throughout the world will be very quick. People
will see each other from remote places. Good
people of the past will reappear and some of the
opponents will be brought to face punishment in
this world- this is the era known as Rajat when
the evil ones will be brought to justice and made
to bear the consequences of their wretched deeds
– pointing to the partial resurrection before the
total resurrection of the Qiyamat.

The leadership of this son of Mohamad will be

preceded by the reappearance of Jesus, who will
accept and follow the lead of Al Mehdi. The
Mulk e azeem (great kingdom) promised by
Allah will be fulfilled and manifested through the
executive authority of the Sahibul Asr all over
the world. This authoritative leadership of the
perfect man is the axis of the rule of Islam.

We pray for the zahoor of the Imam through Dua

e Nudba, (which is recommended to be recited
every Friday) where we ask Allah to bridge the
gap that separates us from the vision so that we
may refer to his authority. We implore the
Almighty to return him as our Leader Guide so
that he takes us to the eternal land of peace and
bliss and be in the company of the shohada. We
plead that we are united with him. Allahumma
baynaha wa baynahoo wuslatun and to give us
courage to disperse those who oppose him and
discharge the duties incumbent upon us by him
and make every effort to obey him.

The ziarat Jamia Kabeer reiterates similarly our

longing to be with the Imam, where we declare
our readiness to be with the Imam, denouncing
his enemies and obeying only him. Repeating the
dua e Arafa taught by the fourth Imam we ask
Allah to:

O Lord, Revive through the Imam the outstanding

teachings of the religion which have been
obliterated by the unjust despots.
O Lord! Remove through him the rust of
injustice, which has covered your path. Push
aside through him the obstacles that have come
in the way leading to You. Remove through him
those perverted ones who push people backward

When we are able to devote ourselves in words

and deeds then we would become worthy of dua
from the Imam himself

“O Lord, Bless those who yield to the Imams out

of sheer love,
those who profess the Imam‟s status,
stick to their path,
follow their footprints,
adhere to their rope and cling firmly to their
leadership to follow their instructions,
submit to their orders and make full efforts to
obey them
and are waiting the days of their Imam‟s rule to
come.

Ziarat Sahibul Asr

Assalamo alaika ya sahib uz Zamaan

Assalamo alaika ya Qalifatur Rahmaan
Assalamo alaika ya Imamal ins wakl jaan
Assalamo alaika ya shareekal Quraan
Ajjallalaho farajak wa sahlallaho maqrajak wa
Assalamo alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatoh

Peace be on you o the Master of the Time

Peace be on you o the Viceregent of the
Beneficent
Peace be on you o the Leader of men and the jinn
Peace be on you o the Partner of the Quran
May Allah hasten your reappearance and make
easy your mastership
Peace Mercy and blessings and of Allah be on
you.
 Hazrat Zainab(AS)

Jo hadde qatme risalat pe aagayi Zainab

Samajhne walo ne samjha tujhe Ali Zainab

Hussainiyat hai jo baqi Hussain zinda hain

Hussain ibne Ali ki hai zindagi Zainab

Yazeediyat pe jo bharpoor vaar karna tha

Chali jo tegh e zabaan ban gayi Ali Zainab

Payame haq bhi diya aur Yazeediyat todi

Kabhi Nabi to kabhi ban gayi Ali Zainab

Hujoom e dard mei badte hue qadam na rukey

Ali ki shaan se maidan me aagayi Zainab

Bandhe thhe haath uthaya Hussainiyat ka alam

Dayaar e Sham me Abbas ban gayi Zainab

Yazeediyo ke kaleje hila ke chhod diye

Ali ka raaz e qitabat dikha gayi Zainab

Padha jo qutba utha shor Murtuza aaye

Ali ki bolti tasveer ban gayi Zainab

Hujoom e yaas hai toofan me safeena hai

Pukarta hai madad ko tujhe Ali Zainab
 Qasida
Duqtare Shahe Lafata Zainab
Apni manzil ki Fatima Zainab

Koi samjhega tujh ko kya Zainab

Tujh pe Shabeer thhe fida Zainab

Ye thha bus tera haunsla Zainab

Tujh se zinda hai Karbala Zainab

Deene Islam ki bina thhe Hussain

Deene Islam ki baqa Zainab

Qalb e Hyder ke mudua thhe Hussain

Dil e Zahra ki thhi dua Zainab

Kaare eemaan ki ibteda Shabeer

Kaare eemaan ki inteha Zainab

Tui thi dunya me Saniye Zahra

Tera sani na ho saka Zainab

Naamey bayat Yazeed le na saka

Toda yu tu ne haunsla Zainab

Mit gaya Shaam se Yazeed ka naam

Tera rauza magar raha Zainab

Tu ne dekhi qiyamatein lakhon

Par na ki tu ne bad dua Zainab
 Tere dam se hai aaj dunya me
Matam e Shahe Karbala Zainab

Baade Shabeer ab barae Kaleem

Hai faqat tera aasra Zainab

Qasida
Qatoone jahan ki dunya me ab raaj dulari aati hai
Hai salleala ka shor macha
Ahmad ki nawasi aati hai

Arasta hai sab kauno makan

hai shad nihayat sara jahan
Kis jaho hasham se dunya me
Zainab ki sawari aati hai

Hain shad Nabi qush hain Hyder,

bhai bhi hain qush, qush hai madar
Lo Saniye Zahra aashiq e Haq
Allah ki pyari aati hai

Qutbe se janaab e Zainab ke

kafir kai eeman layenge
Hamshaan e janab e Qairunissa
Islam ki haami aati hai

Hai jashn Hussaini aaj bapa

meelad ka Zainab ki har ja
Qilqat ki madad farmaane ko
Hyder ki ye pyari aati hai
 Qasida
Sadaen hain salwat ki aaj ghar ghar
Ghataen hain rehmat ki apne saronpar
Qusha deeno dunya ae mae muqadar
Hua aaj meelade Zainab mukarar
Hui aaj Zahra ko Zahra si duqtar
Ali waliyaan ayeen kya ban sawar kar

Zia ghar me Hyder ki kis noor ki hai

Fida ankh jis par har ek hoor ki hai
Samajhne me go baat ye door ki hai
Tajalli yaqeenan magar toor ki hai
Hai noorul ala noor Zainab se sab ghar
Ali waliyaan ayeen kya ban sawar kar

Muhammad ke gulshan ki yakta kali hai

Ye naaze Ali e wali ki pali hai
Ali ke mohebo pe ye sab jail hai
Ye Zainab nahi jaane Nade Ali hai
Vo paida hui jo hai Maryamse behtar
Ali waliyaan ayeen kya ban sawar kar

Batool eik ek asle Quran Zainab

Ali ki qasam jaane eiman Zainab
Qasam Haq ki Qalaaq ki shan Zainab
Kaho dil se ham tum pe qurban Zainab
Falak bhi hai joshe mohabat pe shashdar
Ali waliyaan ayeen kya ban sawar kar
 Hadees on NAMAZ
The Holy Quran says:
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem.
Wa aqimi salata tarafain nahari wa zulfaminal
lail
Innal hasanaati uzhibnaas sayyiyaati zalika
zikra liz zaakireen
Wasbir fa innallaha la yuziyo ajral muhsineen

And estabilish thou, prayer in the two ends of the

day, and at the approaches of the night, Verily the
good deeds take away the evil deeds;This is a
reminder for the (believers who are ) mindful(of
their Lord) Hud 9:114

Prayer is the first and foremost duty of every

believer, to seek nearness to Almighty Allah. The
above Quranic verse gives the ordinance about
the five times of the prescribed daily prayers. It
denotes the times for the prayers, but for the
details of how to offer them, the wordings, the
number of rakats, the method etc, we have to
refer to the Holpy Prophet and the Masoomeen.
Prayer is enjoined on every Muslim and it is his
first of the Furu e Deen. Several verses in the
Holy Quran remind the believers to worship
Allah, to establish the prayer „aqamas Salat‟. It is
so important that man is reminded to be mindful
of it, even when facing the enemy in battle. In
Sura Nisa, the Quran asks us to remember Allah
and be in communion with him at the prescribed
times.

Prayer is the best means of spiritual migration to

achieve nearness to Allah. The path to benefit
from this great blessing is always open. The Holy
Prophet said that the likeness of the prescribed
five daily prayers is that of a river flowing at
every door and he who bathes five times in it
(offers prayers regularly five times every day), no
dirt of any sin will remain on him. Imam Ali
called this verse the most hope- giving ayat of the
Holy Quran.

Prayer or Salat was the practice of the chosen

ones of Allah, the Prophets. We read in the Quran
that Hazrat Ibrahim AS had supplicated to Allah
that he and his offspring are among those who
prayed. Allah‟s commandments to Hazrat Musa
AS included the estabilishment of prayer to
remember the Almighty.. Hazrat Luqman, though
not a prophet himself but a wise man, advised his
son to establish prayer and do good deeds.
Hazrat Zachariah AS was praying in the mihrab
when the angel visited him. Hazrat Eesa AS
spoke of namaz while still in the cradle.

The Holy Prophet and the Masoomeen have

shown us the decorum for salat. We need to
perform them with Taharat and wudu, wearing
clean clothes and facing the Qibla. Prostration on
the earth, especially the qaak e shifa adds virtue
to the sajda.

The Holy Prophet, though he knew that his place

is in heaven, used to exert himself so much in
daily prayers that he physically suffered on that
account because he wanted to keep up the
prestige of the order of Allah He advised “Enjoin
prayers on members of your household, and
regularly and steadily adhere to it.”Thus, the
Holy Prophet ordered the members of his family
to offer daily prayers regularly and he himself
was particulary careful of it.

Indeed his beloved daughter Fatima called Salat

an exaltation for you from conceit, reminding
people that if they kept up their daily prayer you
would remain humble. From her we have learnt
the Tasbeeh, which accompanies every namaz,
continuing the zikr of Allah through Allah o
Akbar (34 times), Alhamdulillah (33 times) and
subhanallah (33 times). Because of the intensity
of fear of Allah, during prayer even the number
of her breaths could be counted.

Praying at the appointed times is vital.The Holy

Prophet says “One who delays his prayer after its
time will not attain our Intercession.” In a letter
to Malike Ashtar, Imam Ali writes “Offer your
prayers in time. Do not rush through them and
never delay in offering them. Remember that
piety and nobleness of all your actions are subject
to sincerity and punctuality of your prayer.”

Our first Imam, through his own example and

words, showed the importance of prayers. “All
things have a visage, the visage of your religion
is the prayer” he said and described salat as „the
pillar of your religion‟. The 204th Khutba of
Nahjul Balagha begins with these words of
advice: “Offer your prayers regularly. Be careful
when you are offering them. Pray as often as you
possibly can and through prayers seek the
proximity of His Realm.”

He then reminded the Muslims that prayers are

compulsory for faithful Muslims and continued,
quoting the Quran “Have you not read in the
Holy Quran the reply of those who would be
thrown into Hell. When they will be asked what
has brought them to Hell, they would say „We
were not among those who prayed‟. (Sura
Muddasir 74: 42,43).He then enumerated the
benefits of prayer continuing: “Remember Salat
removes sinful desires from your mind as a
strong wind sheds dried leaves from trees and it
frees you from the clutches of vice and
wickedness”.

Only such persons can appreciate and realize the

worth and usefulness of daily prayers (Salaat)
whom pomp and glory of this world has not
allured or whom family ties, prosperity and
power have not made negligent of their duty. The
Almighty Allah says: “There are some people
whom their business and trade cannot make
unmindful of their prayers and paying poor rate”.

The criteria for the acceptance of prayer are the

concentration and attention towards Allah, the
realisation that you are standing in front of the
Lord, your Creator. Many instances have been
narrated about the Holy Prophet and the Imams
when during prayer they were seen trembling
with fear of Allah on their faces.The Holy Imams
have presented to the world matchless models of
perfection, unequalled by anyone. They are the
ones who guard their prayers „wal lazina hum ala
salatihim yuhafzoon‟ (Al Maarij 70:34). Imam
Ali AS described prayer as a fortress against the
attacks of the devil, and said that Iblis gets
jealous when he sees Allah‟s mercy enveloping
those in prayer. “When a servant prostrates, Iblis
cries out “he obeyed but I disobeyed; He
prostrated but I refused” (Biharul Anwaar).
Indeed if a person knew the mercy that was
enveloping him, said our Imam, “he would never
raise his head from prostration”

We find that Imam Ali AS showed through

example that prayer is the means of seeking
nearness to Allah. It is a means of love,
communication and remembrance of the Lord of
the Universe.A tradition from Imam Reza says
“Prayer is a means of attaining God‟s nearness
for every righteous human being.” Imam Jafar
Sadiq AS said “Ali was such that when he was
gripped by any difficulty, he would stand for
prayer and then recite the ayat which
recommends that we seek help through
steadfastness and prayer: “ Wastaeeno bi sabr wa
salat”

If we recall the salat of our first Imam we see that

he was the first to offer prayers behind the Holy
Prophet. He had such concentration while
praying that he did not realise when an arrow that
had pierced his foot was dislodged. Regarding
Imam Hasan it is written that at the time of
prayer his body used to tremble with the fear of
God- Almighty.

Imam Jafar Sadiq AS said if you wish to know

whether your prayer is accepted or not, then see
if your prayer has prevented you from
indecencies and the dishonourable, for it is
accepted to the extent that it has prevented you
from sins. He advised the Shias “to offer prayers
like someone who is offering his farewell prayer
and is afraid that after this he will never have the
opportunity to offer the prayer again. Pay
attention to the meaning as to whom you are
talking to and what you are saying. Make your
heart free from everything, which prevents you
from Allah‟s remembrance. Consider yourself
standing in Allah‟s presence”.
 Prayers offered in Karbala on the day of Ashoor
show how even under the severest conditions, it
is essential to remember Allah‟s commands.
Imam Hussain (A.S.), with his supporters,
offered prayer on time in the most miserable and
dangerous situation. Facing hunger and thirst on
the desert plains of Karbala, the devotees
prepared themselves for the fajr prayers after the
azan of Hazrat Ali Akbar, Imam Hussain‟s brave
son. Prayers were said after tayammum instead of
wazoo, as the water from the river had been
denied to the Prophets‟s family.

By the time of Zohr many of the Imam‟s

companions had been killed but those who
remained joined the Imam for Zohr. Two of his
friends, Zohair ibn Qain and Sayeed bin
Abdullah Hanfi defended the Imam and
whenever an arrow was shot towards him, they
acted as his shield and took the arrows upon
themselves. The Imam was all-alone by the time
of Asr and his head was severed while he was in
sajda. After the tragedy of the day of Ashoor and
the unbearable sufferings of the Shaame
Gharibaan the fourth Imam and the ladies not
only performed the Maghrib and Isha prayers, but
also the Tahajud. Such faith and sincerity of
actions can be seen only in the household of the
Holy Prophet SAW

Imam Zainulabideen AS relates that during the

entire journey from Karbala to Kufa to Sham
then back to Medina that his aunt Zainab never
missed even her Namaz e Shab”. As Imam
Hussain AS had bade his last farewell to the
Ahlebaith on the day of Ashoor, his words to his
sister were “Ya uqta la toon senee fe na fi lailatil
lail. O sister don‟t forget me in your namaz e
shab.” Such was the stature of the personality of
Hazrat Zainab AS that we have the words of two
Imams, who have recorded their respect for her
ibadat. Indeed the very name Zainab is derived
from the two words Zain and ab, which means
the embellishment of her father, the Imam ul
Mutaqeen Ali ibne Abu Talib

Salawat

Hazrat Zainab AS was born on the 1st Shaban 4

A.H. in Medina, the city of the Prophet. It was a
day of rejoicing for now Bibi Fatima and Imam
Ali had a daughter and leaders of the Youth of
Paradise Imam Hasan and Hussain had a sister.
Imam Ali took his daughter in his arms and
recited the azan and iqama. As soon as the Holy
Prophet was informed of the birth of his
granddaughter, he hurried to his daughter‟s
house, embraced the baby but tears welled up in
his eyes. Hazrat Fatima asked “Why are you
crying Father?” The Prophet named her Zainab
and replied “This daughter of yours will suffer
immense hardships and misfortune.”
Hazrat Zainab AS was known as Siddiqua e
Sughra, Abida and Zahida for she was devoted to
Allah. She grew up in the house that was
frequented by angels and where the holy Quran
was revealed. She absorbed the teachings of
Islam and emulated the examples of the holy
household of the Prophet Muhammad, Ameerul
momineen Ali and Syedatunisa il alameen
Fatima. She was extremely intelligent and was
called the Aqeela e Bani Hashim. She knew the
Quran and Hadees and was well versed in the
principlec of Ethics and Fiqh. She remembered
and narrated the words of her mother‟s Qutba to
ladies who visited her to learn about Islam.

In Kufa in the time of Imam Ali‟s Khilafat she

taught ladies the tafseer of the Quran and
answered their queries about Islam.In Madina too
it was her practice to hold regular meetings for
ladies to teach them the precepts of religion. Her
gatherings were well attended and she imparted
knowledge with such clarity and eloquence that
she was known as Faseeha and Baligha. She
represented Imam Zainulabideen during his
illness and he said that she is so knowledgable
that she does not need other‟s knowledge: Innaha
Aalimatul ghaira moallima.

Another title given to this daughter of the Imam

ul Mutaqeen was “Taqiya”, the emblem of piety,
who knew her duty and lived according to the
rules of the sharia. When she wanted to
accompany her brother Imam Hussain on his
journey from Medina, she sought permission
from her husband Hazrat Abdullah ibn Jafar
Tayyar. On the day of Ashoor, after the shahadat
of Imam Hussain AS, when the tents were on
fire , she asked the Fourth Imam what his order
was “Do we stay in or leave?” as the ladies were
all bereft of their veils, which had been looted by
the Yazeedi forces. The question shows her
comprehension of the role of Imamat and the
importance of submission to the Imam‟s word as
the order of Allah.

Her steadfastness in the face of tragedy was seen

on the day of Ashoor. She displayed sabr as one
shaheed after the next was brought into the tent.
Hazrat Zainab AS was a tower of strength for
each lady as they mourned their loved ones.
Indeed when her own two young sons Aun o
Muhammad were brought before her, she went
into sajda, thanking Allah for accepting her
sacrifice. When the Imam himself was beheaded,
she went to the severed body of her brother and
prayed “Allahuma taqall minna haazal qurbaan
O Allah accept this sacrifice” to save Islam. She
is therefore known rightly as the Shareeekatal
Hussain.

Indeed without her contribution the message of

Karbala would be incomplete. Her eloquent and
defiant words in the streets and courts of Kufa
and Sham proved that Yazeed had unjustly killed
Imam Hussain AS. Her words show her unbroken
spirit and unparalleled faith and prove that
hardships in the way of Allah do not deter those
whose beliefs are strong. Though the hardships in
the prison and captivity took a toll of her physical
strength, it did not dampen her resolve to spread
the true message of Islam.

Hazrat Zainab AS continued her prayers sitting

down when the meagre rations sapped her energy
and deprived her of the ability to stand up. When
orders came for the release of the Ahlebaith, she
held gatherings to mourn the Imam and instituted
the majlis to remember the martyrs of Karbala.
The people of Syria were thus appraised of the
cruelty of Yazeed and the merits of the Prophet‟s
household. On returning to Madina this practice
continued and the majlis became a focus for
learning about Islam.

Her appellation, Ummul Masaeb, the mother of

misfortunes, reminds us of the immense
sufferings she had to face in her life. She was
inconsolable when her grandfather, the Holy
Prophet passed away on the 28th Safar 11 A. H.
Within a few weeks she witnessed the door of
their house being set on fire and her mother Bibi
Fatima crushed behind it leading to the loss of the
stillborn baby, Mohsin. Years later when the
captive ladies faced the loss of their babies on the
way to Sham, Hazrat Zainab AS would make
their tiny graves in the sand and write Haza
Muhsin e Karbala. Her mother died, unable to
face these hardships. In Kufa, she witnessed the
shahadat of her father, Imam Ali, who was killed
in the mihrab as he led the Fajr prayers on the
19th Ramadan 40 A.H. Ten years later she saw
her brother Hasan poisoned at the instigation of
Moaviya. There was trouble even as he was being
taken for burial as arrows rained on his bier.

In Karbala atrocities on the holy family reached

their peak and Hazrat Zainab AS faced each test
with great fortitude and patience. On the day of
Ashoor, she lamented with the mothers for each
loss as the martyrs achieved their shahadat. She
shouldered the responsibility as the guardian of
the orphans and widows when the Imam himself
bade his last farewell and bravely came out to
help him mount his horse as he left the tent for
the very last time. It is difficult to imagine how
she faced life after Hussain AS, in captivity,
bereft of all her loved ones.

She died a martyr, a shaheed. When the fourth

Imam was imprisoned for a second time, she
accompanied him. A few miles before they
reached the city of Damascus they camped in a
garden. As she stood up for Salat e Fajr, she
recalled that there was a tree where the head of
her brother Hussain had been placed. When she
saw the tree, she wept inconsolably. Ibn Tameem
who was an enemy of the Ahlebaith heard that
this was the daughter of Ali. He hit her with the
rake he had in his hand. Hazrat Zainab AS reeled
to the ground, attaining shahadat as she wept for
her brother Hussain AS. Her mazaar stands on
the outskirts of Damascus and every year
thousands visit the shrine and witness for
themselves the miracles that happen at the tomb
of this grand daughter of the Holy Prophet SAW.

Ziyarat Hazrat Zainab(A.S.)

As salaamo alaikay yaa binta Rasoolillah
As salaamo alaikay yaa binta Nabee Allah
As salaamo alaikay yaa binta Mohamad deenil
Mustafa
As salaamo alaikay yaa binta Walee Allah
As salaamo alaikay yaa binta Ali ee nil Murtuza
syedil ausia ay wus siddeeqeen
As salaamo alaikay ya binta Fataymataz Zahra ay
Syedatay nisa il aalameen
As salaamo alaikay yaa uqtal Hasanay wal
Hussainay syeday shababay ahlil jannatay
ajmaeen
As salaamo alaikay ai yatau hus Syedatuz
zakeeyah
As salaamo alaikay ai yatau had daa ay ya tool
khafeeyah
As salaamo alaikay ai yatau huth Taqui ya toon
naqeeyah
As salaamo alaikay ai ya tau her raazay ya tool
marzeeyah
As salaamo alaikay ay ya tau hul aalay matool
ghairool mo allamah
As salaamo alaikay ai ya tau hul faheematool
ghairool moofah hamah
As salaamo alaikay ai ya tau hul mazloomah
As salaamo alaikay ai ya tau hul mahmoomah
As salaamo alaikay ai ya tau hul maghmoonah
As salaamo alaikay ai ya tau hus siddeeqah
As salaamo alaikay ai ya tau hul makrobah
As salaamo alaikay ai ya tau hul Maasoorah
As salaamo alaikay ai ya tau hus saahay batul
moosee batil uzma
As salaamo alaikay ya Zainabool Koobra wa
rahmatoollahay wa barakatoh.

Peace be upon you O the daughter of the Holy

Prophet
Peace be upon you O the daughter of the
Messenger of God
Peace be upon you O the daughter of Prophet
Mohamad
Peace be upon you O the daughter of the Leader
of Prophets and Messengers
Peace be upon you O the daughter of the Friend
of God
Peace be upon you O the daughter of Ali ul
Murtaza Chief of the successors and the truthful
Peace be upon you O the daughter of Fatima
Zehra, the leader of all women of the world
Peace be upon you O the sister of Imam Hasan
and Imam Hussain who are the leaders of the
youths of paradise
Peace be upon you O the leader of the pious and
pure women
Peace be upon you O the preacher towards the
right
Peace be upon you O the God fearing and the
pure
Peace be upon you O the one who pleases Allah
and with whom Allah is pleased
Peace be upon you O learned, whose knowledge
is hereditary
Peace be upon you O one whose wisdom is self
attained
Peace be upon you O one who has been
oppressed
Peace be upon you O one the distressed and
miserable
Peace be upon you O one surrounded with
sorrows
Peace be upon you O one the always truthful
Peace be upon you O one surrounded by
difficulties
Peace be upon you O one engulfed with
calamities.
Peace be upon you O Zainab (senior)
And may the peace and blessings of Allah be
upon you.
 Ummul Baneen’s Grief

Her own Marsiya in translation

Ummul Baneen keh ke pukare na ab koi

Aate hain yaad mujh ko vo Sheraan e Hyderi
Jab tak thhe mere laal mai Ummul Baneen thhi
Ujdi hai aisi kookh ke ab kucch nahi rahi

Vo mere chaar sher e nayastaane Murtuza

Sar deke so gaye jo sar e qaak e Karbala
Maidan me jo bhi aagaya in sab ke ru ba ru
Vo jang ki zamin pe barasne laga lahu
Ay kaash koi aake mujhe deta ye qabar
Kya waqiyan thha dast e bureeda mera pisar

Dekha hai jisne hamla e Abbas e naamvar

Thhe jis ke saath aur bhi Karaar ke pisar
Sunti hu haath katne pe zaqmi hua thha sar
Ya Rab gira thha laal mera kaisey qaak par
Hoti jo tegh paas na aata koi nazar

Marsiya Shahadat Imam Ali AS

 Ay rozedaro aaho buka ke ye roz hain
Sadat par nuzoole bala ke ye roz hain
Sartaje ausiya ki aza ke ye roz hain
Tum se vida e Shere Quda ke ye roz hain
Zaqmi hua Imam tumhara namz me
Zalim nay rozedar ko mara namaz me

Jis se sharaf namaz ne paya vo rozedar

Rozey pe roza jis ko qushaya vo rozedar
Jo rahmate Quda ka hai saya vo rozedar
Phal jis ne teghe zulm ka khaya vo rozedar
Gham se har eik Panjatani beqarar hai
Mehmaan teen roz ka vo rozedar hai

Mahe mubarake Ramazan aur Quda ka ghar

Tadka vo noor ka vo shabe Qadr ki sehar
Pesh e Quda vo sajde me Shere Quda ka sar
Aur haye teghe zulm ki zarbat vo farq par
Fawware qoon ke zaqme jabeen se baha kiye
Sajde me aap Rabbiul Aala kaha kiye

Kis waqt me bahaya hai karar ka lahu

Hai hai madina door kameegaah me adu
Kuch chaar paanch saal ke Sajjade neik qu
Dada ke dil me pothe ki maktab ki aarzu
Kamsin kayi yateem Shahe daadras ke hain
Abbase naamdar abhi nau baras ke hain

Dunya me zinda hotey Hussain o Hasan agar

Itna hi rote sahibo tum ya ziyada tar
Kehte tadap ke haye pidar jab vo bepidar
 Shaq hota shia aane Ali ka dil o jigar
Koshish munasib aaj bhi aah o fughaan me hai
Pota Ali ka Mehdi e Hadi jahaan me hai

Kya Sahib u Zamaan ke qalaq ki qabar nahi

Dada utha hai sar se vo kya nange sar nahi
Kya quld me Rasool e Quda nohagar nahi
Ye matam e Ali e wali bey asar nahi
Hil hil ke arsh roega Rabb e Qadeer ka
Taboot jab uthega janab e Ameer ka

Kis ki aza ka hai ye maheena karo nazar

Jis ko pukarte ho harek dukh me saal bhar
Wallah mehrbaan nahi aisa koi pidar
Qud Shah e Zulfiqar hain har Shia ki sipar
Jab ya Ali kaha waheen maujood ho gaye
Hai in dino jahaan se nabood ho gaye

Likha hai jab do neem hua farq e Murtuza

Sidre se Jibraeel ke rone ka ghul uttha
Pheinki saro se Zainab o Kulsoom ne rida
Chilla ke bhaiyon ko pukari ghazab hua
Sunte ho Jibraeel ne is waqt kya kaha
Vo boley peet kar Qatalul Murtuza kaha

Daure ye kehke janibe masjid vo neik zaat

Doobi hui lahu me mili kashtiye najat
Maathhe pe qoon baap ka mal kar kahi ye baat
Hai hai uthaya Qibla o Kaaba pe kis ne hath
Rulwaya Nanajan ko Darus salaam me
Bin baap ka kiya hamei maahe Siyaam me
 Shion me is bayan se hua aur shoro shain
Laye pisar gileem pae Shahe mashraqain
Yu le chale gileem me Hyder ko noore ain
Kandha diye sarhane Hasan paenti Hussain
Aage jilo me Roohul amin nange sar chala
Lasha kuninda e dar e Khaibar ka ghar chala

Lashe ki peshwai ko sab Ahlebaith aaye

Sar ko sambhale hatho pe baitusharaf me laye
Ummul Baneen zameen pe tadap kar pukari haye
Abbas hai kahan arey jarraah ko bulaye
Jald aaye zaqm e farq ke marham lagane ko
Bola koi Hussain gaye hain bulane ko

Uummul Baneen ko paya jo sadme me mubtila

Bahein gale me daal ke Abbas ne kaha
Ay Amma sadqa dene se rad hoti hai bala
Bhai Hasan Hussain hain Zahra ke dilruba
Roshan karo jahan me tum apne naam ko
Sadqa utaro Shah e Najaf par ghulam ko

Ye sun ke us hiraas me sambhli vo beqarar

Lekar balaen boli chalo mere gulayzar
Baba pe tum nisaar ho tum par ye Maa nisar
Chillayi bad ke majma e matam me eik bar
Saydaniyo randapey ke gham se panaah do
Sadqa utarne ko mai aati hu raah do

Aage se hut ke Bibyaan sab poocchne lageen

Kya layi hai Ali ke tasaduq ko ay hazeen
Boli vo bawafa ke ye farzande mahjabeen
Ab maang par bani hai qabar kookh ki nahee
 Is laal e bebaha ko mai wali pe varoongi
Shahe Najaf pe Durre Najaf ko utaroongi

Bhaari zameen mujh pe randaape ke gham se hai

Is yaas me umeed Quda ke karam se hai
Matlab na beto se hai na maalo dirham se hai
Meri to sultanat mere Sahib ke dam se hai
Qairunissa si bibiyaan jannat me hoti hain
Ham si jo benaseeb hain vo bewa hoti hain

Bole Ali tu hosh me ay nohagar naheen

Abbas ke viqaar ki tujh ko qabar naheen
Ye Fatima ka beta hai tera pisar naheen
Shabeer ke liye koi aisi sipar naheen
Zahra se rutba poocchiye is noore ain ka
Ye Karbala me hoega fidqa Hussain ka

Nagaah Ahlebaith ki basti ujad gayi

Ekeesvin ko dhoop Qiyamat ki pad gayi
Dunya ke intezam ki surat bigad gayi
Ghul padh gaya ke baap se Zainab bicchad gayi
Shio chalo Quzadiyon ka dam nikalta hai
Taboot e Baadshahe do alam nikalta hai
 Hadees on SAUM

The Holy Quran says

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Ya ayyuhal lazeenz aamanu kutiba alaikum
siyaamu
kama kutiba alal lazeena min qablikum
la allakum tattaqoon
In the name of Allah, the Beneficient the
Merciful
O ye who believe Fasting has been ordained for
you
as it was ordained for those before you
so that you guard yourself against evil.
Baqra 2:183

Fasting in Islam is one of the cardinal doctrines

of the practice of faith, taking its rank only next
to the prescribed five times daily prayers. It aims
to lead us to piety so that we can seek nearness to
Allah, through practising self-discipline and
through improving our physical, moral and
spiritual life. It should not be mere abstention
from food and drink but from every kind of evil.
Fasting is an act of worship that combines
negation and confirmation. When you fast you
give up food, drink and desire; and practise self
restraint, disengaging from what is prohibited.
Purifying the self from sins, you then engage in
prayer, dua and worship.Devoting yourself to
Allah, you seek His nearness by supplication,
Quran recital and charitable deeds. The
prescribed fasts are during the month of
Ramadan, the days and nights of which are holy
and sacred. Ramadan is the month of Allah,
Shahrullah, a time when you can seek the
blessings of the Almighty. It is the month when
the Holy Quran was sent down as a guide to
mankind, unzila fihil Quran hudanllilnaas. It is a
month when sins are forgiven and repentance is
accepted.

Extolling the merits of Ramadan , the holy

Prophet SAW said,

“It is the month the days of which are more

dignified than the days of other months, the
nights more blessed than any other month.
….You are the guest of Allah and He has
honoured you with this invitation. Every breath
you take, as you fast, is Tasbeeh and your sleep
in the state of fasting is worship…..O people
unlucky is he who cannot obtain the forgiveness
of Allah in this holy month.” The month of
Ramadan is an opportunity given by Allah to
seek nearness to Him, to plead forgiveness of sins
and to seek fulfilment of needs. As the crescent
of Ramadan is sighted we have been taught to
pray seeking Allah‟s grace, Razae ilahi, through
submission, standing in prayer, through
abstinence, restraining our limbs from
disobedience. We implore the Almighty to efface
our sins and rid us of evil deeds and to guide us
to spend our time in worship and obedience. A
tradition from the Prophet says “Ramadan burns
the sins and faults, as fire burns wood.”

Imam Ali in Nahjul Balagha explains that the

Lord tests the quality of faith and sincerity
through hardships and suffering. While fasting
“you suffer pangs of hunger and thirst willingly
and in obedience to the orders of
Allah.”(Khutba197) The Lord protects his
faithful and obedient creatures with the help of
salat, saum, zakat and jihad. Enumerating the
good deeds that leads one to approaching the
realm of the Almighty, the Imam mentions Faith
in Allah and the Prophet, and endeavour in the
service of God to the best of one‟s capacity.
Fasting during the month of Ramadan is
recommended because “it saves you from the
Wrath of God.” The Imam advised the people
to“During the month of Ramadan read a lot of
supplication and seek Allah‟s pardon, because by
means of supplication, calamities are removed
from you and by means of asking God‟s pardon,
your sins are forgiven.” Our sixth Imam Jafar
Sadiq AS said fasting serves as a strong shield
from the fire of Hell.
The holy Quran, the divine book of guidance,
was revealed to the Prophet during the night of
Qadr in the holy month of Ramadan. Our first
Imam in Nahjul Balagha recommends that we
follow the teachings of the Quran, which “is a
permanent covenant, a bright beacon
…..protecting those who adhere to it”(159).This
holy book, revealed by Allah through the Prophet
Muhammad contains “such knowledge and
enlightment that it shall never be ineffective,
futile or fruitless. It carries in it words of wisdom
so deep that man cannot actually reach its depths.
…It creates such distinctions between truth and
falsehood, that its decisions will never be
challenged or refuted. … It is such a sublime
source of information, that nothing can surpass it.
. Allah has made it a blessing for the learned, the
wise and pious persons……It is such a powerful
binding force to keep men within the bonds of
faith and love. It is the safest refuge from sin and
vice.It is the harbinger of peace for humanity. It
honours those who accept it, guides those who
follow it, protects those who act according to its
dictates….it is the quickest and shortest way to
salvation for those who formulate lives according
to its tenets….it is the best source of information
and as far as justice and equity is concerned, it is
the best code of law.”(203)

The Imam emphasized the close link between the

Quran and the Ahlebait, saying “the Ahlebaith
are the true companions, trustees and treasurers
of the knowledge granted to the Prophet.” They
“possess in their deeds and words the excellence,
that the Holy Quran preaches. They are the
treasure house of the Mercy and Benevolence of
God and they are the source from which real
wisdom and true knowledge destined by Him for
man could be obtained. …. Their speeches
contain nothing but the truth.”(157). In another
sermon, he promised that if you follow the true
Imam then there is eternal security for you.”

When the Imam asked the Holy Prophet what is

the best deed during the month of Ramadan the
reply was “O Abul Hasan the most supreme deed
in this month is taqwa piety and the renunciation
of Divine forbidden acts.” Imam Ali too in his
sermons, many a time, exhorted his followers to
adopt taqwa. “It is incumbent upon you to be
pious for piety is the most noble and exalted way
of life and the strongest tie between man and
Allah. Do your duty towards man and towards
your Creator before death or extreme sickness
makes it impossible for you to do so. Be prepared
to face death with the help of your good deeds.”

Piety, said Maula, is the safest way to salvation,

coming to your help when there will be noone to
plead for you or intercede on your behalf, when
even your nearest relative shall not have the time
or nerves to come to your help, you will find
piety coming to your help. (201) He has
described the attributes of taqwa piety to
Hamaam in these words:

He is unwavering in his convictions and beliefs.

He is thirsty for knowledge. His prayers are
models of humility and submissiveness to God.
…he will bear sufferings patiently. He will only
resort to only honest means of living. Every night
he thanks God for having passed one more day
under His grace and mercy. Every morning finds
him starting the day with the prayers of the Lord.
… Worldly pleasures do not interest him. His
wisdom is mixed with patience. His deeds
reciprocate his words- he does what he says. He
is courteous to others. He possesses a contented
mind. He eats little. He does not harm anybody.
He is easy to be pleased. ..He forgives those who
harm him. He helps those who have forsaken him
and have refused to help him. He is kind to those
who have been cruel to him. He does good to
those who do evil to him…..He is hard to himself
and very lenient to others. He bears hardships in
this life to attain eternal comfort and peace….
(198)

If through fasting we acquire taqwa, then indeed

we would be among those who have truly
achieved the object of this worship. If fasting
leads us to purify ourselves from sins and
continue the habit of renunciation of sins even
after the holy month, then we would dominate
over our nafs and achieve the object of fasting.
The month of Ramadan is a special time,
endowed with exclusive favours for in it is a
night which is unique, honourable grand and
sacred. This is the most blessed night of this
month of blessing- the night of Qadr. This night
is important because the Glorious Quran was
revealed to Prophet Muhammad from the Lauhe
Mahfooz during the Lailatul Qadr. The merits of
this holy night cannot be counted- the Quran says
it is better than a thousand months-Qairun min
alfi shahr- Only Allah knows how much better it
is. It is the selected night when destinies are
decided, the most majestic time when angels
descend, tanazallul malaikata wa rooh .They
bring the scrolls of destiny for every affair
.According to Imam Muhammad Baqar “The fate
of the whole year is written in the Night of Qadr”
It is the night of Mercy and Forgigeness, the
night of Peace, salamun hiya hata matlail
fajr.Salaam here means peace and security from
all calamities manifest and hidden. The one who
prays this night will enjoy peace and security in
this world and the next. Those who keep awake,
seeking forgiveness sincerely will not be
deprived. Our Imams have advised their Shias to
seek the night of Qadr in the nights of 19th, 21st
and the 23rd of Ramadan.

These three holy nights are linked not only with

the Holy Quran but also with the Quran e Natiq-
the speaking Quran, the door of the city of
Knowledge, the Nafse Rasool, the
Ameerulmomineen, Ali ibn Abu Talib. He
personified the teachings of the holy book in his
every action and thought. Several ayats of the
Book of Allah praise him and remind the
believers to acknowledge his leadership. He is
the first of the Ulil Amr, the Wali whose
authority is linked with the authority of the
Prophet and Allah. On the morning of the 19th
Ramadan, this holy Imam was attacked with a
poisoned sword as he knelt for Fajr prayer in the
Masjide Koofa in 40 A.H. Two days later, on the
morning of the 21st, he breathed his last,
achieving the honour of shahadat in the way of
Allah. History records his immense sacrifices for
Islam both through his own contributions in
every sphere of life and through the members of
his family. Among them was Hazrat Ummul
Baneen, whose personality shines through as a
wonderful example forus to emulate.

Hazrat Ummul Baneen‟s name was Fatima. She

was the daughter of Huzam and Laila bint
Shaheed, who both belonged to the family of
Kelab, a tribe well known for its valour and
bravery. Her father was one of the most
celebrated personalities of the Arabs and her
mother too belonged to a family known for their
heroism and courage. Imam Ali asked his
brother Aqueel, who was an expert in
geneaology, to suggest a chivalrous family he
could marry into, so that she could be the mother
of brave and fearless children, who would
support the cause of Islam in Karbala. Hazrat
Aqueel had no hesitation in recommending the
name of Fatima Kelabia. Her family hailed such
brave and courageous men, that their fame was
well known not only in Arabia but also in Rome.
“Are you related to the family of Kelab?” they
would ask in Rome. Imam Ali AS sent his
proposal of marriage for marriage to Fatima
Kelabia, which was accepted as a great honour.
When her father asked her regarding her feelings,
she said “My heart wished for a husband who
would be exceptional and now it looks as if my
wishes are being granted. You have my
acceptance and it‟s up to you.”

The marriage took place according to tradition in

25 A.H. When she was married to the Imam, she
said “I feel proud that I am the kaneez of Fatima
Zahra and that my husband is the best in the
world.” Hazrat Ummul Baneen however was
conscious of the high status of the Ahlebait and
always considered herself their follower and
slave. When she entered the house, she kissed the
threshhold of the door and said to Imam Hasan
and Imam Hussain “I come here as your servant,
to serve you. You are the children of my Lady
Fatima.” She loved them more than her own
children, as history was to prove. She was aware
of their exalted state in the eyes of Allah and
knew that love for them is a part of faith, the very
essence of eemaan. On their side they had the
highest respect for her and accorded her great
honour.

In a household, which held such perfect sons as

Hasan and Hussain, Imam Ali AS prayed to
Allah to grant him another son. In answer to
Maula Ali‟s prayer in 26A.H. on the 4th of
Shaban Hazrat Ummul Baneen was blessed with
the first of her four sons. She swaddled her baby
in a white piece of cloth and handed him to his
father who then recited the azan and iqama and
chose his name, Abbas. A wave of happiness
flowed through the house, as this beautiful baby,
the Qamare Bani Hashim (Moon of Tribe of
Hashim) came into the world. The mother looked
at her son and prayed

I seek the guard of the One (Allah) for him

From the eye of every envious
Including the rising and the sitting
The Muslims and unbelievers
The comers and the goer
The sons and the fathers.

It is narrated that once Hazrat Ummul Baneen

saw Imam Ali weeping when he had his infant
son Abbas on his knees seated .She saw him
kissing the hands and arms of her baby. Hazrat
Ummul Baneen was astonished and asked Imam
the reasons for his tears. He told her “These
hands will be severed in Karbala.” Hearing this
she wept profusely. Then the Imam consoled her
“Allah will bestow wings for Abbas in the
manner of Jafar e Tayyar.”After the birth of
Abbas, she had three more sons, Abdullah, Jafar
and Usmaan and became known as the mother of
sons, Ummul Baneen.

She nurtured them on faith, loyalty; knowledge

and high principles.She instilled the love of the
Ahlebait in their hearts and always reminded
them that their first priority was to obey the
Imam and to remember that they were to consider
themselves fortunate to be the slaves of Hazrat
Fatima. She advised them, as they left Medina for
Karbala, that they should protect the Imam and
keep the needs of the Ahlebaith as their priority.
A letter of reprieve was brought for them on the
day of Ashoor to entice them to leave the Imam.
But the brave sons of Ummul Baneen refused to
give up the support for the Imam and sacrificed
their lives to uphold the Truth. Hazrat Abbas, 34
years old, angrily retorted Tabbat yada, to Shimr
and his offer. “We are in the Amaan of Allah and
that is enough for us.” On the day of Ashoor he
called his brothers Abdullah(26years), Usman
(24) and Jafar (22) to repel the enemy‟s attacks,
saying “Ya Bani Ummi Taqaddamu O the sons
of my mother come forward” Perhaps by
addressing them as the sons of his mother , he
was reminding his brothers of her farewell wish.
They went forth, identifying themselves to the
enemy, and fought bravely inspite of their intense
thirst and hunger in the heat of Karbala. They
were all martyred. Our twelfth Imam mentions
each of them by name in the Ziarat Nahia and
praises their efforts.

When news reached Medina that Imam Hussain

AS had been attacked by the devilish hordes of
Yazeed, Hazrat Ummul Baneen‟s queries were
about Imam Hussain rather than her own sons,
much to the astonishment of the reporter. This
again demonstrates her love for the Imam,
surpassing the love of her own children. After the
return of the Ahlebaith to Medina, she learnt of
all the details of their sufferings. She found out
how each of her sons especially Hazrat Abbas
had fought in Karbala. It is said that the first
majlis held in Medina on the return of Imam
Zainulabideen AS and the ladies was in the house
of Hazrat Ummul Baneen. She was deeply
affected by the tragedy and would often weep so
inconsolably that anyone who heard her would
also burst into tears. It is recorded that even
Marwan, an arch enemy of the Ahlebaith, would
weep if he heard her cry.

She composed lamentations in praise of her sons,

which transalate as follows

O those who have seen the bravery of Abbas,

Who had with him the other brave sons of a
fearless father
I hear that his head was wounded after this hands
were severed
O my Lord! When my son fell from his horse,
how did he dismount?
If he still had his sword in hand, noone would
have dared come near.

She would request people not to call her Ummul

Baneen any longer, as she no longer had her sons.
She said :

Don‟t anyone call me Ummul Baneen now

I remember my lionhearted sons when you do
Till I had them, I was Ummul Baneen (the
Mother of Sons)
Now I am nothing
My four lions of the Lion of God (Ali)
Gave their life on the sands of Karbala
Whoever came in front of them
They fought so that it seemed as if the sky was
raining blood
Can someone tell me
Is it really true that my son‟s hands were
severed?

She died on the 13th Jamadiusani, 64 A.H. and

was buried in Jannatul Baquee in Madina. The
members of the Ahlebait held her in high esteem
and recognised the immense sacrifices she had
made. Hazrat Ummul Baneen occupies a very
high position and when we give her waseela in
times of difficulty; our duas are accepted in the
sight of Allah.
 Hazrat e Ali Akbar AS

Ay Ali Akbar sana teri bohat dushwar hai

Tu Hussain ibne Ali ke qalb ki raftaar hai

Hai azaan mein kis qadar Allah se Akbar qareeb

Beech mein aa jaye ek lamha bohat dushwar hai

Naam e Akbar naam eHaq ke sath hai sunlo azan

Tu Ali Akbar nahin hai Ahmede muqtar hai

Ay Ali Akbar tujhe mein kya kahun hairaan hun

Misley Paighambar teri raftar hai guftaar hai

Kal to agoshe Mohamad Mustafa me thhe Husain

Goad mein Shabeer ke ab Ahmed e muqtaar hai

Tujh ko paala hai Ali ki laadli ne pyar se

Mustafa ka pyar hai ye Murtuza ka pyar hai

Kya koi samjhega teri tarbiyaat ka ehtemaam

Mehnat e Zainab ka andaaza bohat dushwar hai

Qasida

Shabeer ko Quda ne dure bebaha diya

Beta diya to vo bhi Payambar numa diya

Qudrat ne yu namoona e qudrat dikha diya

Haq ne tujhe Shabeeh e Payambar bana diya
 Misle Abu Turab thhe bazu bhare bhare
Jab waqt aya zor Ali ka dikha diya

Ma ki hayat baap ki dharas phupi ki jaan

Tujh ko Ali bana ke bhi Akbar bana diya

Sin Sayyada ka aur shabahat Rasool ki

Dono ka wasf tujh me Quda ne mila diya

Main jaanta hu mushaf e natiq Hussain hain

Qaliq ne tujh ko maqsad e Quran bana diya

Baitha to yaad aagaye aqlaaq e Mustafa

Uthha to zor sher e Quda ka dikha diya

Ahle nazar ye kehte hain Akbar ko dekh kar

Qismat ne phir Rasool e Quda ko dikha diya

Hazrat Ali Asghar AS

Gunehgaro ko mehshar me bachaenge Ali Asghar
Ajab andaz se bigdi banaenge Ali Asghar

Mujhe malum hai rahe mohabat ki katthin manzil

Girunga jab main raste me utthaenge Ali Asghar

Hayat e javida milti hai ham ko chhe mahine me

Khizr ki ab to ankho me samaenge Ali Asghar

Kaha Shhe ne ke ek qatra na paya hai dam e aqir

Magar darya shifaat ke bahaenge Ali Asghar
 Usi ke hain ye pothe Nooh pe ehsaan hai jiska
Bhanvar se meri kashti bhi bachaenge Ali Asghar

Mera zati yaqeen e eiteqadi mujh se kehta hai

Ali ki gode me marqad me aenge Ali Asghar

Dam e aqir zara ahista thham ay dil ke gehware

Jo tu ruk jaega to chaunk jaenge Ali Asghar

Mawadat loriyaa deti hai aise rang me Baqar

Ke mere dil me reh kar muskuraenge Ali Asghar

Qasida

Ya Shahe Karbala mubarak ho

Asghar e mehlaqa mubarak ho

Hamshabeehe Ali hua paida

Shaad hain Murtuza mubarak ho

Hami e deen ye aaj qalq hua

Qush hain Qairulwara mubarak ho

Diya Umme Rabaab ko Haq ne

Chand sa dilruba mubarak ho

Ali Asghar ka aasiyo ke liye

Hai waseela bada mubarak ho
 Hadees on HAJJ

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wa lillahi alan naas hijjul baiti manistataaailaihi
sabeela

In the name of Allah the Beneficient, the

Merciful
And purely for Allah is incumbent upon mankind
the pilgimage to the House for those who can
afford to journey thither.Aal e Imran 3:97

This Quranic verse spells out the divine

command from Allah to mankind to perform the
Hajj. It is incumbent upon every Muslim, who
has the means (istetaa a) to do it to visit on
pilgrimage the Kaaba at least once in his lifetime.
Like other Furu e deen the purpose of Hajj is to
seek nearness to Allah. Wa lillahi Indeed at every
step the pilgrim has to repeat the niyyat qurbatan
ilallah. Hajj is the flight of the pilgrim towards
Allah‟s mercy. It is to benefit us; for Allah has no
need for our ibadat- He is ghaniyun anil
aalameen, independent of the worlds.

The Bait referred to in the ayat is described in an

earlier verse as the first house made for mankind-
Avalla baitha vuzia lin naas. It is the blessed
place bakkata mubaraka, and guidance for the
world, a place from where humanity can always
have Allah‟s blessings and the greatest of Allah‟s
blessing for man is guidance hidaya. The Kaaba
is a guidance as it shows people the way to
happiness in the hereafter, leads them to nobility
and divine nearness because Allah has designated
it for worship. Muslims turn to the Kaaba and it
is the symbol of guidance bringing believers
together, unifying their goal,both in this world
and the next. The Kaaba is referred to in the
Quran as the Sacred House and the mosque as the
Sacred mosque masjidul haraam.The Prophet
Ibraheem AS had raised the foundations of the
House at the place which was held in reverence
from time immemorial. He and his son Hazrat
Ismail AS built the Kaaba, dedicated to the
worship of the Only True God. As they
completed the task they prayed to Allah:
“Rabbana taqabal minna wa anta sameeun aleem
Our Lord accept this service from us. Verily
Thou art the all hearing and All knowing.” Allah
accepted their prayer for he called the Kaaba
“My” house Baitiya. The Kaaba was designated
by the Almighty as a sanctuary for mankind
masaba lillnaas wa amnan. It is the Qibla, the
focal point for prayers.

Several verses in the Quran detail the rites of the

Hajj. The days are specified ayyamul madudaat
in the month well-known shahrul maloomaat.
The pilgrims have to seek Allah‟s bounty,
celebrating His praise in the plains of Arafat in
the masharul haraam. They should remember
and glorify Him advancing afizu with others;
seeking pardon astaghfirullah,i for verily Allah is
Forgiving and Merciful, innallaha Ghafoorur
Raheem. Completing the holy rites, manasik,
with remembrance of God fazkurullah, pilgrims
are enjoined to pray for goodness both in this
world and the hereafter: Yaqoolu rabbana
aataina fid dunya hasanatan wa fil aqirata
hasanatan wa qina azabun Naar.

The best provision to take with you on Hajj is

piety. The rites of Hajj completed with piety
would be worthy of acceptance and become a
support for religion, taqviyatad deen, as Maula
Ali calls Hajj in one of his khutbas. He also
described Hajj as the jihad of the weak, Jihade
kulle zaeefin. In another place, he describes Hajj
as “a severe test and a hard trial to measure one‟s
sincerity of faith to seek nearness to Allah and
achieve His favour to reach Heaven.” He calls it
“an institution to judge the submission of the
human mind to Allah‟s might and a manifestation
of their belief and respect to His greatness.”
People assemble at the House of God to obtain
hope and peace of mind, to find a refuge from
sins and vices.

Maula reminds us that Allah has made Hajj

wajib for those who have the means, and equates
those who ignore this divine command with kufr.
Maula says that we need to remember that it “is a
house dedicated to God but not a God itself. “
Having placed His house in a dry and desolate
place Allah ordered mankind, bani Adam, to turn
their faces to it in prayer and to come to its
pilgrimage. Maula says this was to test the
sincerity of belief Azeeman imtehanan shadeedan
wa iqtibaran mubeena. Hajis come from distant
lands to the Kaaba and carry out the various rites
with zeal, in obedience to His call. With
dishevelled hair, they run hither and thither to
achieve the blessings of Allah ja alahu llaho
sababan li rahmati and to reach the heaven wa
wuslatan ila jannati.

The Imam then explains that if Allah had so

willed, His sacred house could have been in the
midst of green valleys, surrounded by beautiful
gardens with flowing streams and orchards. But
the lessening of hardships would have reduced
the heavenly reward too. If He had His house
constructed of priceless shining diamonds,
emeralds and rubies, then the sight would have
awed the minds of people and perhaps Satan
would not have so well succeeded in leading
people against the apparent humbleness and
desolateness of the place and difficulties of travel
to such shrines. But Allah wants to test the
quality of faith and sincerity of His creatures
through hardship and suffering.

The Hajj is a sign of a return to the Almighty as

pilgrims call out, “Labaik allahuma labbaik.
Here I am o Lord Here I am!” Wearing the
simple unstitched garb of ehraam they come
before the Creator in simplicity, shedding
distinctions of wealth, status and place. Everyone
is present in the sight of Allah, attempting to
overcome the artificial divisions that separate one
Muslim from another. Together they
circumambulate the Kaaba and recall the story of
the sacrifice of Hazrat Ibraheem AS and his son
Hazrat Ismaeel AS. They reenact the endeavour
of Hazrat Hajira AS, Sayee, running between the
hills of Safa and Marwa, as she tried to find water
for her thirsty baby.

In the plain of Arafat they spend the day

glorifying Allah, asking His forgiveness on the
day, which as Imam Zainulabideen AS says is a
day, that Allah “has made noble, given honour
and magnified”. Within it He has “spread His
mercy, showed kindness through His pardon” In
Mashar they collect stones from the very plain,
where Abraha was destroyed as he attempted
vainly to destroy the Kaaba. These stones will be
ammunition for the stoning on the next three
days. In Mina they recall how Iblis tried to tempt
the prophets Ibraheem AS and Ismail AS and
Hajira AS and by stoning the three pillars of the
Jamarat, they make their resolution that they will
fight their nafs, the Jihade Akbar. As they
complete the qurbani they need to ponder: are
they ready, like Hazrat Ibraheem AS, to give
their best in the way of Allah.
The Quran says that the qurbani of Ismail was
replaced by the Zibh e Azeem. We know from
our Imams that this refers to the sacrifice in
Karbala. Imam Hussain AS, the waris e
Khaleelullah, offered everything he had to uphold
the Deen of Islam. The story of Ibraheem AS is
mirrored in Karbala. Hazrat Ibraheem AS had
been ready to sacrifice Ismaeel AS. In Karbala
Imam Hussain AS gave everything he had: his
brothers, nephews, friends, companions, and sons
before offering his own life, in the way of Allah.

Imam Hussain AS had three sons and each of

whom was named Ali. His son Ali Zainulabideen
AS was ill on the day of Ashoor and could not
take part in the battle that day. His jihad was yet
to come, as he faced hardship after hardship in
Koofa and Shaam. His other two sons were
Hazrat Ali Akbar AS, who was in the prime of
his youth and Hazrat Ali Asghar AS, who was a
tiny infant, barely six months of age.

Hazrat Ali Akbar AS was born in Medina on the

12th of Shabaan. His mother‟s name was Umme
Laila, the daughter of Abi Marat ibn Urwat ibn
Masud Saqafi.His aunt Hazrat Zainab AS had
taken special care of him throughout his life and
loved him even more than she loved her own
sons. He was extremely dear to everyone in the
family, especially because he resembled the Holy
Prophet in his appearance, gait and manners. He
was the very image of his grandfather, so much
so that he became known as Hamshabeeh e
Rasool. Indeed his father, Imam Hussain AS said
“Whenever we wanted to do the ziarat of the
Holy Prophet, we would look at Akbar‟s face.”

Hazrat Ali Akbar AS was extremely intelligent

and had many endearing qualities. He was taught
the art of fencing and archery by his uncle Hazrat
Abbas AS. He was well versed in the Quran and
when he heard his father Imam Hussain AS
reciting the ayat from Quran, which indicated
that the Imam was thinking of the impending
death that faced them, he asked “Aren‟t we on the
Right?” When the Imam replied “We are” Akbar
said “Then we have nothing to fear” The Imam
gave him dua :“May Allah reward you”

As the day of Ashoor dawned, the Imam chose

Ali Akbar to call out the azaan e Fajr. Akbar‟s
beautiful voice echoed through the desert. It
seemed as if the Holy Prophet himself was in
Karbala. Perhaps it was the very sound of
Akbar‟s azaan that awakened the conscience of
Hurr and led him to seek the Right Path and join
the Imam.

It is reported that Hazrat Ali Akbar AS was the

first among the Bani Hashim to give up his life
on the day of Ashoor. “Taqabbal waladi” “Be the
first and foremost in the way of Allah, my son;”
said the Imam to his 18 year old son. Akbar went
to bid goodbye to his aunt Hazrat Zainab AS and
his mother, Umme Laila for the very last time. As
Akbar prepared to leave, Hameed ibn Muslim
reports that the curtain on the door of the tent
rose and fell many times.This was perhaps
because the ladies wanted to do the ziarat of the
Prophet one more time and thought that he may
not return alive from the battlefield. According to
the ziarat e Nahia (related from our 12th Imam) he
was the “First of the martyrs among the scions of
the noblest descendants of the Prophet
Ibraheem.” As he left for the battle the Imam
said, “O Allah, bear witness that I am sending
this son of mine in Your way, who resembled the
Holy Prophet in speech, gait and appearance.”

Hazrat Ali Akbar AS inherited his grandfather

Ali‟s eloquence and as he approached the
Yazeedi army, identified himself saying “I am
Ali Ibn Hussain ibn Ali. By the House of Allah,
we are the Prophet‟s nearest kin. I come to
defend my father in a manner befitting an Alawi
youth”

He fought bravely in spite of his immense thirst

and wrought havoc in the fleeing army of Umar
Saad. Imam Hussain AS was watching his son in
the battle and his mother Umme Laila watched
the face of the Imam, knowing that if Akbar
faced any problem, she would be able to see it in
the Imam‟s face. Imam Hussain AS turned to
Laila and said “A mother‟s prayer is accepted by
Allah, so pray for my Akbar” Umme Laila lifted
her hands in prayer saying, “O my Allah, the one
who returned Yousuf to Yaqoob and Ismail to
Hajira, let me see my son once more.” The
prayer was accepted, as Akbar exclaimed “Allah
o Akbar” on vanquishing the enemy. He returned
to the camp amd met his parents briefly.He was
parched with thirst and wished for water, but
alas, there was no water available.The patient son
of a patient father returned to the battlefield.

Akbar returned to fight the enemies of Islam and

soon was surrounded and attacked with a spear,
which lodged in his chest. “Accept my last
salams” he called out to his father, who rushed
out to reach his dying son. Even when he was in
extreme pain, Akbar tried to hide his gaping
wound from his father. As he breathed his last,
the Imam mourned “After thee the world is
worthless” and called his death a “sacrilege
against the Holy Prophet.”

Hazrat Hajira‟s struggle to find water for the

baby Ismail reminds us of the dying thirst of
Imam Hussain‟s baby Ali Asghar. Hazrat Ali
Asghar was born in Medina on 15th Rajab 60
A.H. His mother was Umme Rabaab, the
daughter of Imrau Qais and his sister was Hazrat
Sakina, three years old. This beautiful infant was
barely two weeks old when Imam Hussain AS
left Medina on the 28th Safar 60 A.H. Imam
Hussain AS arrived in Mecca on the 3rd Shaban,
where he stayed till the month of Zilhij. But the
Imam was unable to complete the rites of Hajj
that year to save the holy precinct from being the
place of bloodshed. “I will not be the ram with
whose blood the sanctity of the shrine would be
marred.” He left that very day for Koofa.

The baby Ali Asghar was hardly 5 months old

when he embarked on the second long journey in
his short life. It was indeed a test of forbearance
and hardship, as Asghar travelled with his father
through the hot desert for 23 days before arriving
in Karbala on the 2nd Muharram 61 A.H.. Tents
were pitched by the banks of the river Euphrates,
but not for long, as the hordes of Yazeed
objected. From the 7th of Muharam, no water was
allowed for the family of Hussain AS and cries of
alatash were heard from the children.

The infant Ali Asghar suffered the most as is

evident from the fact that he was one of the last
Shaheed on the day of Ashoor in the list of
Martyrs. His reaction to the Imam‟s call Hal min
Nasir can only be seen as a miracle, for Asghar
threw himself from the cradle! It is said that
Hazrat Hajira was not told of the intended
sacrifice of Hazrat Ismail and only learnt about it
later. Even so, her grief (at seeing the mark of the
knife on Ismail‟s neck) was so intense that she
died soon after. Here in Karbala, Umme Rabaab,
the mother of Ali Asghar witnessed the tragedy
with her own eyes. When the Imam returned with
the slain baby in his arms, Umme Rabaab saw
that the baby‟s neck had been pierced.

If the Muslims are asked to repeat the actions of

the restless mother (Hajira) and perform the
Sayyi as a compulsory rite of Hajj and leaving it
out is not permissible and if we must recall the
sacrifice of Ibraheem and Ismaeel in the valley of
Mina, how much more should we not remember
the actions and sacrifice of the sons of Imam
Hussain in Karbala? Hazrat Ali Akbar AS like
Hazrat Ismaeel AS was in the bloom of youth
when he was sent by his father in the way of
Allah,and Hazrat Ali Asghar AS suffered pangs
of thirst but alas did not get water to quench his
thirst. It was through the sacrifice of Imam
Hussain AS and his children that Islam has
survived.

Special salams are recorded for the sons of Imam

Hussain AS, when we visit the holy shrine of the
Imam in Karbala. Whenever the ziarat is recited
for Imam Hussain AS on all the holy days in the
Muslim calendar, our Imams have taught their
followers to convey their respect to Ali ibn
Hussain, who is buried with his holy father.

Assalamu alaika yabna Rasoolallah

 Aqd e Ali o Fatima

Aaj Shere Quda ki shadi hai

Aaj Mushkilkusha ki shadi hai

Aisi vaisi nahi hai ye shadi

Duqtar e Mustafa ki shadi hai

Mezbaan hai Quda o Paighambar

Aaj Qairunissa ki shadi hai

Jagmata hainaaj dono jahan

Dekho noor e Quda ki shadi hai

Qana e Haq me jo hua paida

Usi noor e Quda ki shadi hai

Jo ke hai faqr e Maryam o Havva

Usi Qairunissa ki shadi hai

Jis ne dedi talaq dunya ko

Us se ab Fatima ki shadi hai

Jalwa inka na kyon ho parde me

Ke ye Ahle Kisa ki shadi hai

Dil ka nazrana laye hain momin

Sahib e Halata ki shadi hai

Padhe salwat josh me momin

Fatima Murtuza ki shadi hai
 Shab e Hijrat gavaah hai jis ki
Us mujasim wafa ki shadi hai

Ho rahe hain nisar hoor o malak

Qasagaan e Quda ki shadi hai

Shad hai aaj Qaliq e aalam

Mazhar e Kibriya ki shadi hai

Qalq ki mushkilain hui aasaan

Aaj Mushkilkusha ki shadi hai

Abidi had ho kya masarrat ki

Aaj nafse Quda kishadi hai

Qasida
Bula kar Madine se layen Ali ko
Chalo aaj dulha banae Ali ko

Kiya surq ru aaj dunya me Haq ne

Utho ham bhi mehndi lagaen Ali ko

Qirama qirama Dulhan aarahi hai

Nabi se kaho leke aaen Ali ko

Liye baithe kab se hai sehra Muhammad

Abuzar kahan hain bulaen Ali ko

Vo aaya vo Tatheer ka jama aaya

 Ye shadi ki qillat pinhaen Ali ko

Na chhodenge ham bin liye dil ka maqsad

Ilaahi zara dekh paen Ali ko

Dur e mudua se mera bhar de daaman

To chehra Dulhan ka dikhaen Ali ko

Dulhan Dulha ek noor ke do hain tukde

Zara aaena to dikhaen Ali ko

Jina me vo roohe Khadija ki qushiyaan

Vo Binte Asad ki duaen Ali ko

Qiyamat me lena hai Kausar ka saghar

Chalo aaj sharbat pilaen Ali ko

Racha hai maddaho me hai jashn Fazil

Chalo apna sehra sunaen Ali ko

Qasida
Ajab shadi hui zeba, Dulhan Zahra Ali dulha
Hue do noore Haq ek ja Dulhan Zahra Ali dulha

Quda ne arsh par aqd inka kar ke kar diya roshan

Yahi hain ayate kubra Dulhan Zahra Ali dulha

Ye beti hai vo bhai hai payambar ki kamayi hai

Ye be misl aur vo yakta Dulhan Zahra Ali dulha

Nabuvat ki ye ujrat hai payambar ki ye daulat hai

 Quda e paak ki dunya Dulhan Zahra Ali dulha

Hai shame qadr kya ab is shab e masood ke aage

Murad e inna anzalna Dulhan Zahra Ali dulha

Dulhan bhi laadli Dulha bhi kaisa laadla banda

Quda ka muntaqib joda Dulhan Zahra Ali dulha

Dulhan ko gah Dulhe ko Muhamad pyar karte hai

Bani pyari Bana pyara Dulhan Zahra Ali dulha

Qasida

Hai aaj din qushi ka qush hai Quda mubarak

Hai Fatima se aqd e Shere Quda mubarak

Rashke qamar Dulhan hai Dula hai mehr e anwar

Ghul hai bapa jahan me salwat ka mubarak

Shadi hai aaj ghar me Sultan e dosara ke

Dono jahan hue hain aarasta mubarak

Zahra ke mehr me hai aab o namak jahan ka

Aur hai jehez me sab arz o sama mubarak

Kul kaenate Haq ki muqtar Fatima hai

Binte Rasool ka hai kya martaba mubarak

Nafse Nabi hain Hyder aur shan e Haq ke mazhar

Rutba hai kya Ali ka swalle ala mubarak
 Damaad ho mubarak ye aap ko Payambar
Shohar ye aap ko ya Qairunisa mubarak

Zauja mili Ali ko kya chand si Hussaini

Hain shad aaj behad Shere Quda mubarak

Hadees on ZAKAT
The Holy Quran says:
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Innal lazeena aamanu wa aamilus salihaat wa
aaqamus salat wa aataz zakat lahum ajrahum
inda rabbihum wa la qaufun alaihim wa la hum
yahzanoon.

Verily those who believe and act righteously and

establish prayers and disburse away the
(Prescribed) poor rate, they shall have their
reward with their Lord, neither shall they have
(any) fear, nor shall they grieve. (Al-Baqarah
2:277)

The Holy Quran exhorts the believers to pay the

Zakat and this important command is repeatedly
coupled with the order from Allah for regular
salat, Aqamus Salat wa aatuz Zakat, reiterating
the close link between these two articles of faith.
Zakat is mentioned 32 times in the Holy Quran,
exhorting the believers, those with faith (eeman)
to pay the poor rate, the zakat. The refusal to give
zakat has been termed in the words of the Quran
as kufr –“ Al lazeena la yatoonaz zakat wa hum
bil aaqirati hum kafiroon. Those who give not
zakat and they in the hereafter too are
disbelievers” (41:7). Allah condemns those who
do not give their dues, who give no zakat and
deny the hereafter. Imam Muhammad Baqar says
“Then one who recites prayer but does not pay
zakat, it is as if he has not performed prayer
because the two of them are connected.”

Zakat means “something which purifies” and is

linked to tazkiya. Through the payment of the
prescribed poor rate we are performing
obligatory duties in obedience to Allah‟s
commands. It must be with the intention (niyya)
of seeking closeness to Allah “qurbatanillallah”
and when so rendered, will purify us from
selfishness and greed. Zakat is linked with piety
(taqwa) and those who are pious and give zakat
and have belief are promised divine mercy
(7:157). “Attend to your prayers and pay the alms
tax. Allah shall reward whatever good you do. He
is watching over all your actions (2:110)”

Maula Ali, in Nahjul Balagha , reminds us in

Khutba 113 to approach the realm of Allah
through good deeds, through eeman in the kalma
of shahada, through salat and zakat. Charity,
given in secret, washes away sins and when given
openly prevents accidental or horrible death. In
one of his sayings, Ameerulmomineen exhorts us
to defend our eeman with the help of charity
(sadqa) and to protect our wealth with the aid of
zakat and guard against calamities (bala) through
dua – susu eemanakim bi sadqa qa hassina
amualakum biz zakat wadfu amwaajal bala bi
dua. In another famous sermon known as the
Khutba Quasea, Imam Ali AS explained to his
followers that Allah protects his faithful though
salat, saum, zakat and jihad giving peace to their
hearts, comfort to their bodies and humility and
meekness to their minds. By paying zakat “you
distribute yields of the land and money among
the poor and the have-nots thus in some measure
alleviating their poverty and making contact with
them.”

In Khutba 204 the Imam reminds us to offer

prayer regularly, seeking proximity of His Realm
for they remove sinful desires and free man from
vices and wickedness. He then goes on to say:
“Besides the daily prayers there is another means
of achieving proximity of His favour it is “Zakat”
which is an expiation of sin and delivery from
Hell for those who willingly and cheerfully pay
it”. Here Maula is reiterating the importance of
one‟s niyyat. “Remember that after paying it no
one should feel sorry at the thought of loss thus
suffered – no one should even imagine it to be a
loss because whoever pays zakat without
sincerity and selflessness but with an eye to
benefits which may follow and popularity
gained” will be a loser and put to permanent
shame and disgrace. All our actions will be
judged by their intentions. Niyyat in our aamaal
is all-important. In the Holy Quran we are told
that Zakat multiplies your wealth though you
might imagine that giving away is going to
decrease it provided you do it with the intention
of pleasing Allah (Sura Room, v 39)

There is no compulsion in religion and this was

spelt out clearly by Maula to his administrators
during his reign as Khalifa. In his letters to the
assessors and collectors of Zakat, Maula points
out that those paying the zakat should be given
choice every time when the collectors go to
gather the dues of God. If someone tells you that
he does not hold wealth enough to make him
liable for zakat, accept his plea. If someone can
pay, go with him but do not harass, tyrannise or
frighten. If he offers gold or silver accept it. If he
is paying zakat using his cattle, divide the cattle
into parts and ask him to choose which part he
wishes to retain – never object to his
selection.(Letter 25 ) If in spite of all precautions
if he considers the division unfair, then mix the
whole lot and go through the process again, till
you arrive at the dues of Zakat to the satisfaction
of everyone. Misappropriation of zakat will carry
severe punishment in this world and the next,
says Maula, and he calls it the worst form of
dishonesty if public funds are abused and this
maladministration tolerated by those in power.
(Letter 26)

The Messenger of Allah said “Cure your sick

ones through sadqa, deflect the storms of
calamities through dua and guard your weath
through zakat.” Hoarding is not allowed in Islam
and the Almighty condemns those who are
niggardly in giving away in the name of
Allah.Echoing the words of the ayat in Sura e
Momineen (23:100) our sixth Imam said, “One
who does not pay the Zakat of his wealth, at the
time of death will desire to be sent back to the
world once more so that he may pay zakat.” A
person who accepts that Zakat is wajib, but does
not pay due to niggardliness, is a transgressor. If
he does not believe that zakat is wajib, he is a
kafir. One who avoids paying zakat is neither a
believer nor a Muslim.

It is obligatory to pay zakat on the following

specified items when the property reaches a
specified limit: Wheat, barley, palm date, raisins,
camels, cows, sheep and goats. It is also due on
gold and silver coins. The Zakat-e-Idul Fitr is a
specified amount that every Muslim needs to pay
at the end of Ramazan. It is to be given with the
intention of qurbat ie complying with the orders
of Almighty Allah. Imam Jafar Sadiq said
“Zakatul Fitra completes (perfects) the fasts of
the month of Ramadan.” In addition to the
obligatory zakat, it is recommended to take out
zakat on wealth, jewellery , treasure and income
from leasehold properties.

There is hidden wisdom in making zakat and

other charities obligatory. As our Imam says
“Indeed zakat is made obligatory to test the
wealthy and to fulfil the needs of the poor. And
certainly if everyone paid zakat honestly, there
would not have been a single poor or destitute
person among Muslims…..The third benefit is
the purification of the self from a base quality
like niggardliness and the cure of this debilitating
and moral disease.” The Quran reminds us “take
alms out of their property, you would cleanse
them and purify them thereby.”(Sura Tauba
9:103). It increases wealth, for Allah
recompenses manifold in this world and the next.
(Sura Saba 34:39). Seek sustenance, rizq through
giving sadqa, our first Imam advises us.

Zakat can be given to the poor and the destitute,

to the Imam‟s representative, to non-
Muslims,who are inclined to Islam, to slaves to
set them free and to persons who are in debt and
unable to pay their loans. It can be used for the
common benefit of Muslims like the construction
of a masjid, school or roads and can also be given
to travellers in need.

Islam indicates the spirit of sharing and caring in

us, where we can look beyond our personal
desires and needs and put others ahead Gifts
given on special days like Eid, Arafat, Fridays,
Ramadan bring Allah‟s mercy to the giver.
Hosting treats for believers is a characteristic of
the Holy Prophet and his Progeny who showed
that the recipients of their generosity included
orphans, widows, passersby, the needy and the
destitute. Providing those in need with food,
clothing and shelter makes you worthy of Allah‟s
mercy and forgiveness. Traditions mention that
an amount given to protect the honour and
respect of the believer is the best form of charity.

Imam Ali while performing namaz also gave

zakat, an incident which is referred to in the ayat
in Sura Maidah, v55 which says: “Verily your
guardian is none else but Allah, His Apostle and
those who believe, those who establish prayer
and pay the Zakat (poor rate) while they be even
bowing down in prayer (rukoo)”. This verse was
revealed about Ameerulmomineen who while in
prayer gave away his ring to a beggar. A man had
come to the Holy Prophet‟s mosque in Medina,
appealing for charity. None attended to him and
the poor man was about to go away disappointed
when Imam Ali pointed to his finger while in
rukoo; the man took away the ring. The word
“Vali” used in this verse, is singular, which
points to the fact that wilayat (guardianship) is of
all three – Allah‟s, the Prophet‟s and Imam Ali‟s
– which is essentially one in nature and effect.
Vilayat is the highest state of spiritual attainment,
where is enables one at the same time to be fully
absorbed in witnessing the glory of Absolute and
meanwhile be alive to the needs of His creatures
and respond to it. Zakat, Salat and Vilayat are
brought together in the verse, through the
personality of Maula Ali.

The Holy Ahlebaith showed us repeatedly

through example to give in charity out of the
desire to seek Allah‟s nearness. We find many
instances of their selfless generosity and the ayats
of the Quran praise their endeavour and Allah
himself declares that their action was not to reap
thanks from the recipients but purely for the sake
of Allah. The Sura e Dahr is a panageric in their
praise as they gave away their food to the orphan,
the destitute and the prisoner, while needing it
themselves.

Allah brought the personalities of Hazrat Fatima

AS and Maula Ali AS together in the most
perfect of marriages. When Hazrat Fatima AS
came of age, there came forward a number of
aspirants to ask for her hand in marriage. The
Holy Prophet SAW was awaiting a Divine order
in this respect. When Maula Ali approached him
and asked the Holy Prophet he was so pleased
that he smiled and said “Ahlan wa Marhaba.” He
then came to Fatima and sought her consent. By
this action he made it clear that it is imperative to
obtain the daughter‟s permission for marriage.
The Prophet said, “Fatima, you know Ali ibn Abi
Talib‟s relation to us and his devotion to Islam. I
asked Allah to give you in marriage to the best of
His creatures and the most beloved to Him. Ali
has declared his wish to marry you. What do you
say?” Janabe Fatima bowed her head in modesty.
Umme Salma relates that the face of Fatima
bloomed with joy and her silence was so
suggestive that the Holy Prophet stood up
reciting “Allaho Akbar”saying, “Her silence is
her approval.” The Prophet then informed Maula
Ali of her acceptance.

The Messenger then announced and assigned

witnesses to the engagement proceedings and
specified the amount of dowry as 400 misqal.
Imam Ali AS sold his shield and brought the
money to the Prophet who divided it into thirds –
one-third for household necessities, one third for
perfumes and embellishments for the wedding
and one third to pay for food for guests at the
ceremony.

On Friday the 1st Zilhij in the second year after

the Hijrat the marriage of Ali and Fatima was
celebrated in Medina. All the Muhajir and the
Ansar assembled in the Masjid e Nabi. After an
eloquent sermon by the Prophet, he announced “I
have been commanded by Allah to get Fatima
wedded to Ali so I hereby solemnise the
matrimony between Ali and Fatima on a dower
of 400 misqal”. Then he asked Ali “Do you
consent to it o Ali?” Hazrat Ali replied, “Yes I
do, ya Rasoolallah” Then the Holy Prophet raised
his hands and prayed “O my Allah bless both of
them sanctify their progeny and grant them the
keys of Thy Beneficence, Thy treasures of
wisdom and Thy genius and let them be a source
of blessing and peace for my ummat.”

Ibn Abbas relates when Janab e Fatima was taken

to Hazrat Ali‟s house on her wedding night, the
Holy Prophet accompanied her, Jibraeel was on
her right and Michaeel was on her left and
seventy thousand angels followed her. These
angels praised and glorified Allah until dawn.
The Hashemite women, Abdul Muttalib‟s
daughters and the Muhajireen and Ansar women
all accompanied Hazrat Fatima‟s caravan that
night. The Prophet‟s wives joyfully led the
caravan and were also the first to enter the house.
The Prophet placed the hand of Fatima in Ali‟s
hand and said

“May Allah bless his Messenger‟s daughter

Ali this is Fatima, you are responsible for her and
I entrust her to you
Ali what an excellent wife Fatima is!
Fatima what an excellent husband Ali is!
O Allah, bless them bless their lives and bless
their children.
O Allah, surely they are the most beloved to me
from among your creatures so love them too and
assign for them a guardian
I place them and their progeny under Your
protection from the cursed devil”

Then the Prophet asked for some water and

sprinkled it on Bibi Fatima‟s shoulders and did
the same for Imam Ali.

It was the most perfect of marriages- the centre of

Asmat, Hazrat Fatima moved from the house of
Risalat to the house of Imamat to become the
companion of the father of the Imams. They lived
in harmony and sanctity, possessing such noble
traoits as generosity and kindness, showing
mutual respect and glorifying Allah in their every
action and thought.
Hazrat Fatima had been given a new set of
clothes for her wedding but when a beggar came
to the door, the next morning, she gave it away
and kept the old clothes for herself. When her
father, the Holy Prophet, visited her the next day
and found that she was wearing her old clothes he
asked her why she had given the beggar the new
set of clothes, she quoted the ayat: “Never shall
you attain to righteousness until you give away in
the way of your Lord of what you love and
whatever you give; Verily Allah knows it (Ale
Imran 3:92). This verse invites every seeker to
attain spiritual progress by going beyond the
minimum prescribed charity of Zakat and
Khums; to give preference to the needs of the
welfare of his fellow beings.
Imam Ali AS in one sentence described the best
woman in the world and expressed the main
purpose of marriage. When Prophet Muhammad
congratulated them and asked Imam Ali “How do
you find your spouse? Imam Ali replied, “I
found Zahra as the best help in worshipping the
Almighty Allah” The Prophet then asked the
same of Zahra and she replied “He is the best
husband”

Salawat

Imam Muhamad Baqar AS advised his followers

that after nikah when the bride and groom come
into their house they should both offer two-rakat
namaz, and then say salawat. All those who have
come with them should also say salawat and
Ameen. Then the bridegroom should recite this
dua:
Allahumar zuqnee ulfataha wa wuddahaa wa
rizaaha war zinee bihaa wajma baynanaa bi
ahsanij timaa inaa aysari tilaafin fa innaka
tuhibbu halaala wa tukhrihul haraama
O my Allah, bless me with her love, friendship
and readiness to please me. Let me also be
always ready to please her. Keep us together and
let it be the best togetherness and let us always
compensate each other easily. Verily you like the
lawful and dislike the unlawful

Another recommended dua to create and develop

love between man and wife is to recite
BismillahirRahman ir Raheem 786 times on a
glass of water and give it to your spouse to drink.

Salam o alal Hussain wa ala Ali ibnal Hussain

wa ala auladal Hussain wa ala as-haabal
Hussain

Salawat.
 Eid e Mubahila

Qasida
Hai aaj din qushi ka Eid e Mubahila hai
Batil ka aur Haq ka dekho muqabila hai

Jate hain Panjatan ab ghar se mubahile ko

Hain jama sab Nasara maidan me ghulghula hai

Ye Ahlebaith bhi hain aur hain Nabi ke qurba

Sab par mawadat inki ek farz e Kibriya hai

Karte rahe hamesha Islam ki madad ye

Quran me har jagah par inhi ka tazkera hai

Eesayi ho ke qaif hairat se dekhte hain

Kehte hain Quda ne jalwa inhe diya hai

Anwaar e Panjatan ko ek ja jo jama dekha

Eesayion ka majma sharminda ho raha hai

Jizya qubool kar ke Aaqib ne sulah karli

Paya shikist Batil Haq jagmaga raha hai

Zilhij ki kya mubarak chaubees hai Hussaini

Ahmad ne fatha payi qush aaj Kibriya hai
 Qasida
Farsh e zamin se arsh talak ru numayi hai
Sadqe me Panjatan ke fiza jagmagayi hai

Azad kar diya hai gham e do jahan ko

Mushkilkusha ki momino mushkilkushai hai

Ye madhe Ahlebaith hai ya zikr e Mustafa

Main ne zabaan bas isi maqsad se payi hai

Qushbu hai Ahlebait e Muhammad ka eik naam

Gulshan me ye payam saba leke aayi hai

Hai Sadiqeen kaun zamane me jaan lo

Eid e Mubahila isi maqsad se aayi hai

Hasnain hain Ali hain Muhammad hain Fatima

Quran hai gavah ke inki Qudayi hai

Ya Rab, Rasool e paak ki kheti hari rahe

Be saqta dua ye mere lab pe aayi hai

Ye bazm hai quloos ki mehfil suroor ki

Sadiq har eik dil ki tamanna bar aayi hai

Qasida
Ay momino ye rahmat o barkat ka roz hai
Izhar e shan e Haq o Sadaqat ka roz hai
Swale ala ye qas fazeelat ka roz hai
 Farhat ki baat chhedo ke farhat ka roz hai
Eid e Mubahila hai masarrat ka roz hai

Makkey ko fath kar chuke jab Sarwar e Arab

Jibreel ne sunaya Nabi ko ye hukm e Rab
Bhejo har eik mulk me Haq ka payam ab
Likhe qutoot Sheh ne ke Islam layein sab
Eid e Mubahila hai masarrat ka roz hai

Najran ke Nasara bhi us me shareek thhe

Jo apne saath laye thhe alam bade bade
Samjhane se Nabi ke vo qayel nahi hue
Thhairaya ek muqam pe sab ko Rasool ne
Eid e Mubahila hai masarrat ka roz hai

Aya Mubahile ke liye hukm e Kibriya

Najran ke Nasara ko Sheh ne talab kiya
Farman e Haq jo aya thha sab ko suna diya
Farmaya hoga kal Haq o Batil ka faisla
Eid e Mubahila hai masarrat ka roz hai

Behr e Mubahila chale Sultan e ambiya

Laye Ali ko anfusuna me Shahe huda
Ayeen nisa ona me faqat Binte Mustafa
Abnaona me Sibt e Shahinshah e dosara
Eid e Mubahila hai masarrat ka roz hai

Aage thhe Ahlebaith ke Mehboob e Kirdegaar

Peechhe Nabi ke Fatima Zahra basad viqaar
Thhe aap ke aqab me Ali Shah e Zulfiqaar
Aur dehne baaen Shabar o Shabeer e namdaar
Eid e Mubahila hai masarrat ka roz hai
 Qasida
Bahre mubahila jo Rasool e zaman chaley
Hamraah Murtuza Ali Khaibar shikan chaley

Peechhe nisa ona me hui sirf Fatima

Abnaona me sath Hussain o Hasan chaley

Hukme Ilaah pathe hi Najraniyo ke paas

Ghar se Mubahlie ke liye Panjatan chaley

Dekha jo Panjatan ko to jizya kiya qubool

Najrani mu ke khaye ba sue watan chaley

Qasida
Eide Mubahila hai ye barkat ka roz hai
Qallaaq e kaenat ki rahmat ka roz hai

Nazil hui hain aayatein Quran e paak ki

Ye Panjatan ki qaas fazeelat ka roz hai

Abnaona me Hazrate Sibtain hain murad

Wallah kya nishat o masarrat ka roz hai

Dono pisar Ali ke hain bete Rasool ke

Nasse Quran o Haq ki shahadat ka roz hai

Aur hai nisaona se faqat Fatima muraad

Qatoon e dojahan ki jalalat ka roz hai

Maidan e jung me jo gayi yaan na aa saki

 Ye sirf Fatima ki sharafat ka roz hai

Anfas me Muhammad o Hyder shareek hain

Izhaar e izzo shan e Imamat ka roz hai

Sach ja raha hai jhoot se karne muqabila

Ye imtehaan e Kazb o Sadaqat ka roz hai

Tum ko Lateef shukr ka sajda zaroor hai

Ye Rab e do jahan ki inayat ka roz hai
 Hadees on KHUMS

The Holy Quran says

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Wa lamu annama ghanimtum min shayin fa anna
lillahi khumsahu wa li Rasooli walizil qurba wal
yatama wal masakeena wabnas sabeel inkuntum
amantum billahi wa man anzalna ala abdina
yaumal furqan yaumal taqal jamaani wallahu ala
kulli shayin qadeer. ( Al Anfaal 8:41)

In the name of Allah the Beneficient the Merciful

And know ye ( o Believers) that whatever of a
thing you acquire, a fifth of it is for Allah and for
the Apostle and the Apostle‟s near relatives and
the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, if ye
believe in Allah and that which We sent down
unto our servant (Muhammad) on the day of
distinction on the day, when met the two parties.
Verily Allah has power over all things.

The above Quranic ayat spells out the divine

order regarding Khums, which is obligatory on
every Muslim. It is an important religious duty to
pay the Khums. It is prescribed by the Quran as
the share of the Prophet and his Ahlebaith, and
anyone who denies this obligation is an
unbeliever. Paying Khums is an article of faith.
Imam Jafar Sadiq AS says “Since Allah has made
sadqa haram on us (Ahlebaith) and prescribed
Khums for us, Khums is wajib and Hadiya is
permissible for us.” Our eighth Imam Ali Reza
AS in one of his letters wrote “Without doubt,
Khums is our need and a command of our
religion, a channel of sustenance of our friends
and it is to be spent to protect our honour,
meaning those from whose side we are at the risk
of being harmed. So do not avoid paying Khums
to us. And as far as possible do not deprive
yourself from our supplications. Indeed Khums is
a saving that will benefit you on the day of
affliction and helplessness (Qiyamat)”

Khums has been ordained by Allah to show the

regard for the Prophet and the Ahlebaith.
Through the payment of Khums, we are
reminded of their special position and their role
in the spread of Islam. Allah has reminded us in
the ayat how the Muslims were helped on the day
of Badr. Compared to their enemies, they were
few in number, only 313, but victory was theirs,
through Allah‟s help. The booty of the war,
however, was not theirs to fall upon- the order of
Khums was given so that the believers
remembered Allah in their success. Muslims have
been warned not to change any precepts spelled
out by the Holy Prophet and the Quran. (59:7).
We must obey the divine commands and not
interfere. Our sixth Imam Jafar Sadiq AS said
“Denying Khums is like usurping a share
belonging to the Prophet‟s family.”
 Khums literally means 1/5 and 20% is payable
on all earnings after expenses, on assets that are
surplus to needs, on property where it has not
been paid by the deceased owner you have
inherited from, in short, on your savings after all
the necessary expenses have been allowed. It is
also incumbent when lawful wealth is mixed with
unlawful, on minerals, gems obtained from deep
sea diving, on spoils of war and on land sold to a
non-Muslim.

The Holy Prophet SAW used to collect Khums in

his day. It is recorded that he sent Amr ibn Hazm
to Yemen to gather the Khums of Allah from the
gains of the Yemenis. Once a delegation from
Bani Abdul Qays came to Medina and was
advised by the Prophet to “believe in one God,
establish prayer, pay zakat, fast in the month of
Ramadan and to pay Khums on whatever you
gain”

The amount of Khums is split into two equal

halves- Sehme Imam and Sehme Sadaat. The first
half has to be paid to the Imam‟s representative.
Alternatively, it can be given for use in
institutions, which have the permission for
utilisation. The second half is to be distributed
among the Sadaat, who are in need. The Syeds
are not allowed zakat and sadqa from the ummat
and it is Sehme Sadat that they are entitled to.
Historically the Sadat have suffered many
hardships and were tortured, disinherited and
killed mainly because they belonged to the
Prophet‟s family.

Misappropriation of either half of Khums carries

heavy penalties in the Hereafter. After the wafat
of the Holy Prophet SAW we hear how funds,
property and rights were denied to the Ahlebait
and their sincere followers. In a famous sermon
known as the Khutba e Shaqshaqiya, Imam Ali
AS speaks of how Allah‟s wealth was swallowed
like a camel devouring the foliage of spring.
Zakat meant for the poor was given to the
Caliph‟s family and Khums from Africa
misappropriated to Marwan ibn Hakam, instead
of giving it as the right of the Ahlebaith. Fadak,
the fertile village near Medina in possession of
Hazrat Fatima AS and Imam Ali AS was
confiscated and snatched away. Fadak had been
given to Hazrat Fatima AS in 7 A.H. under divine
command (60:6/7) and had been in her
possession during the lifetime of the Prophet
SAW. The heart- rending Khutba that Hazrat
Fatima AS gave in the Masjid e Nabi spells out
the injustice that was done. She makes it clear
that Quranic injunctions were violated and false
hadees fabricated to deny her rights. Imam Ali
AS in a letter to the Governor of Basra mentions
Fadak in these words,

Try and follow me and be my companion in

virtue, piety and simple living. I swear by Allah
that from this world I have neither amassed gold
nor have I gathered wealth and possessions nor
have I changed these coarse and old garments of
mine with even an ordinary raiment from your
treasury.
Verily under the sky we had only Fadak as our
personal property but we were deprived of it; it
tempted them, they took forcible possession of it
and we had to bear the wrench patiently and
cheerfully, the best judge is the Lord Almighty.
What was I going to do with Fadak or with any
other worldly possession? I never wanted it for
myself. I know that tomorrow my lodging will be
my grave.” Imam Ali prioritised the re
establishment of social justice in the Muslim
community. He advised his officers to take great
care and not misappropiate the umma‟s trust.

Islam aims at eliminating need and making each

individual free from want. Imam Moosa e Kazim
said “The Imam is the heir of the person who has
no heir and he is the provider of the person who
has no provider” Economic security is to be
extended to all, Muslim and non Muslim. For
example, when Imam Ali once saw an old man
,begging at the roadside, he asked why he was
begging and was told that the man was a
Christian. “You have used him until he became
old and unable to work, then you have deprived
him of his basic needs! Provide him from the
public treasury.”
 Khums keeps us away from the disease of
materialism. Islam does not condemn wealth,
rather the love of wealth and deters believers
from the hoarding of wealth. Jihad is for sake of
religion not for getting rich. Jihad, without the
payment of Khums, degenerates into a power
struggle and takes man away from its true
purpose.

Khums, like Zakat, purifies the individual from

selfishness and greed and it helps those less
fortunate in society. They ease social tensions
and build brotherly love. Economic equality in
Islam is pursued through moral and ethical
teachings of charity.

In addition to obligatory acts of worship like

zakat and khums, Muslims are also encouraged
to help others voluntarily. In fact there are more
verses in the Quran dealing with voluntary
charity than obligatory dues. We are asked to
spend what we can spare from what Allah has
given us. Spending benevolently is the attribute
of the pious (3:134) and the Ahlebaith through
their example showed that they gave away to the
poor, the needy and the orphan, while remaining
hungry themselves. The revelation of Sura Dahr
illustrates the unparalleled charity of not only
members of the Prophet‟s own family but Fizza,
the maidservant, who imbibed their teachings and
joined them in this action. The whole income
from Fadak too was distributed among the needy,
the widows and the handicapped. The Panjatan
were perfect examples of nobility, sanctity and
Truth.

Indeed we see that it was the Panjatan e Pak –

Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussain, as
the personification of Truth, who faced the
Christians of Najran at the historic Event of
Mubahila. In 9 A.H. the Holy Prophet sent out
letters to all the places around Arabia, inviting
the people to accept Islam. The Christians of
Najran sent a delegation of fourteen of their
learned priests who came to Medina to meet the
Prophet. Initially they tried to impress the
Prophet and the Muslims with their display of
pomp and vanity, but the Prophet would not even
return their greeting till they removed their robes
of silk and rings of gold; and come into his
presence in humble garments.

The Holy Prophet then greeted them and when

they asked about Jesus, explained that in the
words of the Holy Quran :
“Surely the likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the
likeness of Adam
He created him from dust, then said to him Be
and he was
This is the Truth from your Lord so be not of the
disputers.”

They were again invited to accept Islam, but

when they still did not agree, they were invited
for an imprecation, Mubahila, which meant that
both parties would invoke Allah to condemn the
liars among them.

On the 24th Zilhij people in Medina assembled

ooutside the city to witness the event of
Mubahila. The divine command was

“If anyone disputes in the matter with theenow,

after the knowledge has come to thee, say “Come
let us call our sons and your sons, and our women
and your women our selves and your selves.
Then let us earnestly pray and invoke the curse of
Allah on those who lie.” Sura Aale Imran ( 3:61)

Everyone was eager to see who would

accompany the Holy Prophet. What the
Christians of Najran and the people of Medina
saw was that the Holy Prophet did not come out
with a large crowd though all the words of the
ayat were in the plural. Instead he came out with
one man, one woman and two children. The five
who had come out were Muhammad, Ali, Fatima,
Hasan and Hussain – the Holy Ahlebaith
Salawat

They were the very people in whose honour the

ayat e Tatheer has been also revealed. “Innama
yureedullahi liyuzhibaankum rijsa ahlulbait wa
yutahirrakum Tatheera-Verily Allah intends to
keep away from you every kind of uncleanliness
and purify you with a thorough purification.(
Ahzaab 33:33) The Ahlebait enjoy the exalted
position as the ayat of Muwadat shows, where in
love for them is the recompense for the
Prophet‟s guidance . Their likeness is like that of
the Ark of Noah. Whoever went aboard the Ark
was saved and whoever turned away got drowned
and so was lost to Allah‟s mercy.

When the Christians saw the five holy ones they

were so awestruck that they withdrew their
challenge and their leader Abdul Haris said “I
behold such faces that they can move mountains
if they pray to God” They then sent a message to
the Prophet withdrawing from the Mubahila and
offering to pay an annual tribute.

The Muslims celebrated the victory of Islam and

the 24th Zilhij was declared a day of Eid, a day of
triumph. It silenced the Christians who did not
again venture to compete with the Prophet. It also
reiterated to the Muslim community the
indispensability of the Ahlebait in the defence of
Islam. In the words of the Holy Quran they are
the Truthful ones. The event also illustrated the
fact that age is no criteria for virtue or
knowledge;and that affairs of religion are
determined by Allah and Allah alone.

It is recommended that on the day of Mubahila

we do the following aamaal:

Ghusl-bath
Keep a fast
Pray 2 rakat namaz half an hour before midday.
In each rakat after sura Hamd recite Sura touheed
10 times Ayatal Kursi 10 times and Sura Qadr 10
times
Read Dua e Mubahila
Recite Ziarat Jamia
Read 2 rakat namaz followed by 70
astaghfurullah wa atabo ilaih
Give sadqa to the poor in the manner of the
Ahlebait.

Assalamo alaikum ya Ahlebaitin Nabuva wa

Maadina Risalat wa rahmatullahi wa barakatoh

Peace be on you the Ahlebait of Prophethood and

the Mines of the Messengership.
May Allah‟s mercy and blessings be on you all.
 Hazrat Abbas AS

Qasida
Mominon ka nara hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas
Qalb ki tamanna hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas

Is ke naam me shamil hai mehak ibadat ki

Motebar wazeefa hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas

Naam do hain do leikin kaam inke hain eksaan

Mushtarik qasida hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas

Do sahife hain ek ja sabr aur wafaon ke

Pyas ka musalla hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas

Ahmad o Ali Zahra aur Hasan ka noor in me

Panjatan ka toghra hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas

Padhte jaaiye har dam inke naam ki tasbeeh

Haan dua e Zahra hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas

Dhoom hai zamane me aaj inke aane ki

Zarra zarra kehta hai Ya Haussain Ya Abbas

Suraj aur sitare bhi jashn ye manate hain

Chand gungunata hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas

Murtuza o Zahra ke in haseen beton ka

Naam kitna pyara hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas
 Qalb ko mili quwat aur mila sahara bhi
Ham ne jab pukara hai Ya Haussain Ya Abbas

Matami hain ham in ke ham hain inke parwane

Lab pe apne rehta hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas

Karbala pohanch jaen hazeereen e mehfil sab

Dil tadap ke kehta hai Ya Hussain Ya Abbas

Ay Rasheed ek pal me qatm kar le do Quran

Muqtesar sa sura hai ya Hussain Ya Abbas

Qasida

Aazmaya hua naam kam aagaya

zauqe midhat ko yu mudua mil gaya
Ya Ali kehke mai ne uthaya qalam
madhe Abbas ka haunsla mil gaya

Mai ne Abbas ka wasta de diya

meri taqdeer me jo na thha mil gaya
Jo hamesha se qismat ke qayel rahe
un ko kaise batau ke kya mil gaya

Mai ne Babul Hawaej ko avaaz di

Panjatan ka dar e faiz wa ho gaya
Ek waseele se kitne waseele miley
jo bhi manga thha us se siva mil gaya

Roz e Mehshar qiyamat ki thhi tashnagi

 aur deedar e Saqi ki lau thhi lagi
Naam e Abbas lekar mai aage badha
ta ba Kausar mujhe rasta mil gaya

Vo Ali e wali hon ke Abbas ho

naam badle magar kaam badla nahin
Jab bhi Mushkilkusha ki zaroorat hui
is gharane se Mushkilkusha mil gaya

Hain Ali Murtuza mazhar e Kibriya

aur Abbas hain mazhar e Murtuza
Mujh ko Abbas ka aastaa kya mila
ta ba Mabood ek silsila mil gaya

Jab wafa ka kahin tazkera chhid gaya

baat pohnchi beharhal Abbas tak
Justaju karne walo ko manzil mili
chand ki chandni se pata mil gaya

Aasman me hai roshan zameen ka qamar

aur zameen par hai roshan Ali ka qamar
Yu zameen ko jo hasil hua ye sharaf
aasmaan se badha martaba mil gaya

Haq ye hai aake dunya me Abbas ne

mere Maula ki hajat ko poora kiya
Vo Ali qalq ka hai jo hajatrawa
aaj usko bhi hajatrawa mil gaya

Qasida
Ye mehfil e jashne turab aasaar mubarak
 Beta tumhe ya Hydere karrar mubarak

Masood biradar Hasan e sabz qaba ko

Bhai tumhe ya Syede abraar mubarak

Kehte hain Ali gode me Abbas ko lekar

Shabeer tumhe bhai wafadaar mubarak

Kehte hain malak quld me aa aake Nabi se

Ye nasir e deen Ahmad e muqtar mubarak

Kafi hai hamei Hazrat e Abbas ka jalwa

Moosa tumhe Allah ka deedar mubarak

Lo Sayyeda Shabeer ka ashiq hua paida

Ay Ummul baneen tum ko ye dildar mubarak

Hai eid ki shab shad hain jo Shahe wilayat

Mil mil ke gale kehte hain deendar mubarak

Deta hai munadi ye nida ahle wila ko

Ay qafila walo tumhe salaar mubarak

Fazil shab e meelad hai kar arz Ali se

Karrar ko farzand ye jarrar mubarak

Qasida
Saqi sharab e naab zara si pila mujhe
Peshe Batool hona hai midhat sara mujhe
 Shaban ka maheena bhi kitna azeem hai
Is maah me Hussain sa agha mila mujhe

Badhta raha jo chand mili kitne naimatein

Abbas aur Abid e wala mila mujhe

Ab gardish e falak se sarokar kuch nahi

Dil mutmain hai mil gaya hajat rawa mujhe

Noor e ruq e pisar se hai Ummul baneen nihal

Lagta hai pur sukoon ruq e Lafata mujhe

Abbas wirsedar e Ali Hamil e alam

Bole Hussain mil gaya Mushkilkusha mujhe

Ghazi ki madah ki hai na paltunga qaali haath

Lena hai Fatima se sana ka sila mujhe

Shehzadi dekhein badr bhi kamil hua hai aaj

Karna hai zikr e Qaim e Aale Aba mujhe

Batil ki justaju thhi mie noor e Mustafa

Aya nazar ye mojiza e Haq numa mujhe

Noor e Quda hai Narjis e Khatoon ki gode me

Ye baarvaan wasi e Muhammadmilamujhe

Kaabe me Saamere me Najaf me Madine me

Ya Rab vo noor e Shah e zamana dikha mujhe

Tasheer choome naqsh e qadam un ke baar baar

Mil jaye eik baar mera mudua mujhe
 Qasida
Hai jamal e rue Abbas e dilawar chandni
Aagayi hai chand me goya simat kar chandni

Chand chauthi ka qushi se maah e kamil ho gaya

Ho gayi hai isliye aape se bahar chandni

Gode me lethi hai apne chand ko Ummul baneen

Bun raha hai noor se daamaan e madar chandni

Jab kabhi zere samaan aate hain Abbas e haseen

Kehkashaan ke phool karti hai nichhavar chandni

Rauza e Abbas par ab bhi jalal e noor hai

Qabr me hai chand aur marqad ke bahar chandni

Roshni hai charq ki janib Ali ke chand ki

Ab badal degi sitaron ka muqadar chandni

Hain jalal e Hazrat e Abbas ke zer e asar

Dhoop saya abr o mehr o maah e aqtar chandni

Dekh kar Maah e Bani Hashim ko kehta hai jahan

Eik markaz par nazar aayi simat kar chandni

Aaj hai Maah e Bani Hashim ke aane ki qushi

Jashn ghargar ho rahe hae ya hai ghargar chandni
 Qasida
Kya taajub hai jo sab ka mudua Abbas hai
Jo dil e Hyder se nikli vo dua Abbas hai

Muqtesar alfaaz me vo bawafa Abbas hai

Hai wafa ek lafz jiska tarjuma Abbas hai

Bazm me Ummul Baneen ka mudua Abbas hai

Razm me Shere Quda ka haunsla Abbas hai

Hain agar Shabeer apne ahd ke ek Mustafa

Bil yaqeen us Mustafa ka Murtuza Abbas hai

Haq se Hyder ko mila Shere ilahi ka laqab

Sher jiskokehte hain Shere Quda Abbas hai

Hazrat e Shabeer hain Deen e Quda ka aasra

Hazrat e Shabeer ka ek aasra Abbas hai

Nanhe bachon ki tamanna qalb e Zainab ka

sukoon
Yaani har bey aasra ka aasra Abbas hai

Har taraf se aati hai aavaaz ya Abbas ki

Do jahan me aaj tak Mushkilkusha Abbas hai

Aati hai rauze pe dunya hath phailae hue

Yani sab mohtaj hain Hajat rawa Abbas hai

Sarey jhande dehr me utth te rahe girte rahe

Jis ka parcham aaj tak ooncha raha Abbas hai
 Tazkira Abbas ka ho kyon na meraj e Kaleem
Qana e Hyder ka Quran e wafa Abbas hai

Hadees on JIHAD

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Ya ayyuhal lazeena aamanuttaqullaha wabtaghy
laihil waseelata wa jaahidu fi sabeelihi
laallakum tuflihoon.

O ye who believe Fear Allah and seek ye an

approach unto Him and strive hard in this way
that ye may be successful (Al Maidah 5:35)

The Holy Quran enjoins those with true faith

(eeman) to adopt piety (taqwa), seek the pleasure
of Allah by obeying His commands and
abstaining from everything forbidden. They are
asked to seek a waseela, a means of approach to
reach Him. Had He so willed, he could have
guided mankind individually. But in His infinite
wisdom he deputed Prophets, apostles and the
Holy Imams as a means to reach Him. The
believers are then asked to strive hard, to do
Jihad in His way (fi sabeelihi) so that they may
succeed.

The Arabic term jihad is derived from the root

word “jhd” which means to strive. Jihad literally
means utmost effort to achieve an objective; to
struggle with all our endeavours in the way of
Allah, using all your strength to defend Islam. It
is the sign of eeman and is achieved through sabr
(Nahl 110). It shows the momin‟s true belief and
running away from Jihad is a sign of a hypocrite
(munafiq), one who merely professed belief but
did not really believe in Islam. The aims of
Islamic Jihad are to establish Allah‟s justice in
the world, helping the oppressed and putting an
end to persecution. Aggression towards others is
not allowed as this goes against the limits of
justice.Defence however is a special form of
jihad and if we look closely at any of the battles
that the Holy Prophet or the Imams had to fight,
we will see that they were not the ones to begin
it, rather they defended themselves against the
aggressors.

Jihad can be on various levels: jihad bis saif,

(sword) jihad bil maal, (wealth) jihad bil ilm
(knowledge) and jihad bin nafs(self0). Fighting
with the sword when it was in the defence of
Islam is termed Jihad bis Saif. This kind of Jihad
was under the orders of the Holy Prophet and the
Imams, it cannot be for the extension of
boundaries, nor for personal glory. In the early
years of Islam, when the Muslims were attacked
because of their beliefs, jihad bis saif was
necessary. It was essential to fight the forces of
evi,l which made attempt after attempt to
extinguish the light of Islam. The battles of Badr,
Ohad, Khandaq and Khaibar had to be fought to
defend Islam. Leaving the battlefield in a
situation like this amounted to a grave sin, for
when Islam was being attacked if you leave
Jihad, you are making religion weak. When Islam
is in danger, you give up your life. This is where
the rules for Jihad are different to the rules for
other furoo-e-deen like Saum and Haj. You can
postpone fasting and Haj, if your life is in danger
but not when you are called in Jihad. When asked
why he did not abandon the battlefield in Ohad
like others had, Imam Ali AS replied “Would I
adopt kufr after eeman?” – indicating that those
who ran away did not have eeman.

Jihad bil maal is endeavour through spending

one‟s wealth is also mentioned in the Quran
(9:41) – wa jahidu bi amuaatikum – go forth with
your property. We can see the example of Hazrat
Khadija AS, the first Muslima and Ummul
Momineen, who spent her entire wealth to
support Islam. The Ahlebait, repeatedly, through
their support of the poor and the needy among
Muslims, showed by example that wealth given
by Allah is a trust to spend in the way of Allah.
They lived frugally themselves but never turned
anyone empty handed from their door.

Jihad bil ilm is endeavour through the spread of

knowledge, without expecting recompense or
fame.. Another term for this is jihad bil qalam,
endeavour through the pen, through literacy,
through education, through telling others about
Islam, Prophet and the Imams. It is through
propagation of the universality of the message
brought by the Prophet Muhammad who was sent
forth as the Mercy for all the worlds, Rahmatullill
Aalameen. This was shown by the Prophet
himself when he wrote letters to all the rulers
inviting them to accept Islam. He endeavoured to
write his will and had asked for a paper and pen
to be brought to him, when he was ill, but was
denied it by those who later wreaked havoc and
tore the fabric of Islamic society apart. The
Imams who followed him always spread
knowledge and guided the Umma; in fact noone
even today can deny the superiority of the
knowledge of the Ahlebait. The Nahjul Balagha
remains one of the prime examples of eloquence
echoing the message of the Quran and the
Hadees.The Sahifa e Kamila, through the
medium of duas, explains concepts of Touheed,
Adl, Nabuvat, Imamat and Qiyamat.

In its most outward sense jihad came to mean the

defence of dar al-islam, that is, the Islamic
world, from invasion and intrusion by non-
Islamic forces. The earliest wars of Islamic
history which threatened the very existence of the
young community came to be known as jihad in
this outward sense of 'holy war'. But it was upon
returning from one of these early wars, that the
Prophet emphasized the greatest form of Jihad
i.e.Jihad e Nafs. Allah and His Prophet (SAWA)
knew the diabolical trap the ummah was likely to
fall into, if they failed to grasp the meaning of
jihad in its entirety. On return from one of the
battles the Holy Prophet addressed the Muslims
as follows: “Congratulations for those who have
successfully completed the minor struggle (Jihad-
e-Asghar) but have yet to engage themselves into
the Greater Struggle (Jihad-e-Akbar). He was
asked: “O Prophet of Allah! What is the Greater
Struggle?” “Struggle against the self” replied the
Prophet.

Unlike armed struggle which becomes

compulsory only under certain special times and
circumstances and is not incumbent upon women,
elderly or the sick, the Jihad-e-Akbar is
incumbent upon everyone as an individual,
during all times, circumstances and situations to
be continued until the very last moments of our
life.

The struggle with the self, Jihad al Akbar is

harder than all worships because it requires
absolute surrender before God. It is because of
this reason that we recite in every namaz the
sentence “Guide us along the straight path”. To
follow up the straight path of perfection is so
difficult that the prophet of Islam has taught us to
pray, “O Allah do not leave me at the disposal of
my self even for the fraction of a second”.
From the spiritual point of view every one of the
Furoo-e-Deen can be seen as being related to
jihad. Our daily prayers which constitute the
heart of the Islamic rites are a never ending jihad.
To perform the prayers with regularity and
concentration requires the constant exertion of
our will and an unending battle against
dissipation and laziness. It is itself a form of
spiritual warfare. Likewise, the fast of Ramadan
in which one wears the armour of inner purity
and detachment against the temptations of the
outside world requires an inner discipline which
cannot come about except through an inner holy
struggle. Nor is the hajj to the centre of the
Islamic world in Mecca possible without long
preparation, effort, often suffering and endurance
of hardship. It requires great effort and exertion
so that the Prophet could say, 'The hajj is the
most excellent of all forms of jihad".

Ayatullah Khumaini describes jihad al-Akbar as

a migration from one's ego to eternal Truth,
where the Creator's wishes become the desires of
the creature. This is exemplified in the
personality of the Holy Ahlebaith. Our first Imam
has described Jihad-a war in defence of religion
and humanity- as one of the doors of Paradise for
which Allah has opened for His privileged
friends. It, in fact, is an armour designed by Him
for defence of His cause and a strong shield to
protect His friends from His foes and enemies of
mankind.” (Sermon 32) “Jihad” said Maula “was
prescribed by Allah for the honours of Islam and
the purpose of Jihad is to fight with all possible
might those forces which oppose Islam so that
Islam may achieve stability”. Turning away from
it will lead to disgrace, sorrows and calamities. In
his will, after the attack by Ibne Muljim, Maula
Ali advised his sons to “fear Allah and keep
Allah in view of the matter in Jihad with the help
of your property, lives and speech in the way of
Allah”.

When we read ziarat-e-Ameenullah we testify

before Allah that the Imam showed not only
through his sermons but also that our Imam
made utmost effort as it should be in the course
of Allah – ashhaduannaka jahadta fillahi haqqa
jihaadihi – in his practical life how to be a true
mujahid. “I risked my life to save the life of the
Holy Propeht and to defend the course of Islam”
he says in one khutba. Even a cursory glance at
Imam Ali‟s life shows that he was at the forefront
of every battle waged for the defence of Islam.
The Imam‟s life is an example illuminating all
aspects of the teachings of Islam, whether it was
salat or saum, hajj or zakat. In his personality he
encapsulated all the aspects of jihad, from
fighting valiantly in every battle for Islam, Jihad
bis Saif (Sword) to jihad bil maal (with his
wealth), through jihad bil ilm (knowledge) to
jihad bin nafs (self), Indeed in each of these he
showed himself perfect. As he fought in battles
he went forth fearless; his courage and bravery
earned him praise from the Holy Prophet and
Allah in the Quran. He spent his entire wealth to
benfit Islam and lived a frugal life, eating the
hardest of dry bread and wearing the roughest of
clothes, living in a small house, even when he
was in power as the Caliph in Koofa. About his
knowledge, the Holy Prophet said “Ana
Madinatul ilm wa Aliun baabuha.” The Baab e
Ilm the door to knowledge had a wealth of
information in all aspects, which he was always
ready to share. Jihad bin nafs was seen at its
zenith when he slept in the bed of the Prophet on
the night of Hijrat, ready to sacrifice his youth to
save the life of the Prophet. This spirit of self
sacrifice continued right to the day in Koofa,
when he was attacked while he was in prayer. No
wonder then that he said “Fuzto bi Rabb e
Kaaba, indeed by the Lord of the Kaaba, I have
been successful”

Hazrat Abbas AS was the valiant son of his

valiant father, Imam Ali AS. Just as Imam Ali AS
had shown that he was a true follower of the
Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW and had helped
him in the establishment of Islam, Hazrat Abbas
AS gave up everything he had to help Imam
Hussain AS in his endeavour to save Islam‟s
crumbling edifice in 60 A.H. In the words of
Imam Jafar Sadiq AS he was the “righteous
servant of Allah, the obedient to Allah, His
Messenger, Ameerulmomineen, Hasan and
Hussain, blessings and greeting be upon them”
dying like a mujahid in the cause of Allah
“mujahidoon fi sabeelilllah”. Serving the cause
of Allah and making the utmost effort to pursue
its purpose (balaghta fi naseehati wa ataita
ghayatal majhood) has given him the reward of
being a martyr ( ba asaka Allaho fi shohada) the
Shaheed, which then leads the soul to be in the
company of the Prophets, the Truthful ones, the
Martyrs and the Pious (ma an nabiyeen wa
siddiqeen wa shohada wa saliheen).The martyrs
of Karbala hold a unique position and have been
addressed by the masoom Imam as “antum
Sadatu shohada fidunya wal aqira”, leaders of
all shohada in this world and the hereafter.

In a household, which held perfect sons like

Imam Hasan AS and Imam Hussain AS, our first
Imam Maula Ali AS raised his hands in dua for
another son. Nearly fourteen years after the death
of Bibi Fatima AS, Imam Ali called his brother,
Aqeel, an expert in genealogy and asked him to
search for a lady from a family of heroes so that
she would give birth to a courageous and gallant
son to support Hussain in the field of Karbala.
Without hesitation, Hazrat Aqeel suggested the
name of Fatima Binte Hizam for she came from a
family in the tribe of Kelab, renowned for its
courage and heroism. Imam Ali sent his proposal,
which was accepted as an honour, and he married
the lady who would become known as Ummul
Baneen. She was totally devoted to the Ahlul
Bayt, considering herself a kaneez of Bibi
Fatima.Hazrat Abbas was born on the 4th
Shabaan 26 AH in answer to his father‟s prayer.

The world was lit with the radiance of this

newborn child, who was loved by Imam Hasan
AS and Imam Hussain AS, the leaders of the
Youth of Paradise. The first voice he heard was
that of his father Ameerulmomineen AS reciting
azaan and iqama in his ears. His mother, Ummul
Baneen, prayed that Allah kept him safe from the
eye of every envious person. He was such a
beautiful a baby that as he grew up, he was
renowned as “Qamar-e-Bani Hashim”, the moon
of the tribe of the noble and handsome Bani
Hashim. His very name “Abbas”signifies courage
and is used in Arabic for a lion which other lions
fear. Indeed Hazrat Abbas grew up so strong and
fearless that while he lived, the members of the
Ahlebaith felt protected and safe.

Hazrat Abbas has many titles, the most famous

being Abul Fazl. Some think that it means the
father of Fazl (his son). But this title represents
his personality for Fazl also signifies virtue and
Hazrat Abbas encapsulates many virtues and
attributes. He was courageous and his very name
is a by word for bravery. He was the model of
valour and loyalty and stood firm for his
principles in the face of extreme hardship. He
was the most faithful and self-sacrificing among
the shohada of Karbala, showing patience and
willpower, keeping his resolve to help the Imam
unshaken, fighting to protect Islam.

Known as Babul Hussain, Hazrat Abbas was

close to Imam Hussain AS right from his infancy.
The face that he saw when he opened his eyes for
the very first time was that of Imam Hussain,
who took his younger brother in his arms. The
special bond between them continued all through
their lives. Hazrat Abbas was foremost to do
whatever he could for his brother, but always
considered himself “abeedal Hussain” a servant
of Imam Hussain. Anyone wishing to approach
Imam Hussain needed to go through Hazrat
Abbas. The bond between the two was so close
that Imam Hussain chose him for every mission.

On Shabe Ashoor, Hazrat Abbas was sent to talk

to the Yezidi army under Ibne Saad when they
were advancing to attack the Hussaini camp.
Single headedly, he was able to obtain a night‟s
respite from Yezid‟s army. Shimr tried to tempt
him to leave Imam Hussain on the night of
Ashoor but Hazrat Abbas refused angrily the
offer of amaan saying “tabbat yada” “Cursed be
on your amaan. We are in the amaan of Allah and
that is enough for us”. He was a source of
immense strength to all the ladies in the Hussaini
camp as long as he lived. No wonder then that it
is recommended for the zaer of Imam Hussain to
visit the mazar of Hazrat Abbas before
approaching the zareeh of the Imam. Hazrat
Abbas is the “Babul Hussain - the gate to Imam
Hussain”.

Hazrat Abbas‟s name is inextricably linked with

the epithet “Saqqa” - “the provider of water”.
During the lifetime of Maula Ali AS when
Hussain asked for water in the masjid e Kufa,
Abbas, though still a young child, was the first to
run to fetch it. As he approached the place where
Hussain was sitting with his father, the water
soaked him, Tears welled up in Maula Ali‟s eyes.
People asked, “why are you sad? This is a
moment of joy that Abbas is so keen to get water
for Hussain”. Maula replied, “I can see that one
day Abbas will go to help Hussain‟s children but
will be drenched in his blood.” In 61 AH we saw
that Abbas was responsible for fetching water for
the camp of Imam Hussain in Karbala. This was
an honour that he had inherited from the Bani
Hashim who undertook the mission of providing
water to the pilgrims in Mecca. In Siffin, he had
watched his father, Imam Ali, generously
allowing water to the very army of Moaviya who
had earlier imposed a blockade.

On the way to Karbala, Hazrat Abbas helped

Imam Hussain to quench the thirst of the 1000
strong contingent of Hur, providing water to
soldiers and their horses. When Umar ibne Saad
stopped water from reaching the Hussaini camp
from the 7th of Moharram, Hazrat Abbas was
foremost in his efforts to provide water. He
approached the riverbank with a group of
warriors facing the hordes of the Yezidi army but
as they returned to the camp, the thirsty children
were so keen that the water escaped the mashks
and drained into the hot sand. Hazrat Abbas then
with the other members of the Bani Hashim tried
to dig wells in the tents but no water was found.
As the day of Ashoor wore on, the cries of
Alatash became unbearable and Hazrat Abbas
obtained permission from the Imam to go and
fetch water for the children especially his dear
niece, the four year old, Sakina bintal Hussain.
Hazrat Abbas bravely took control of the river
bank, filled the mashk with water but not a drop
touched his own lips. Al qama is the name of the
river where he lost his arms before an arrow
pierced the mashk and he was martyred, so he is
also remembered as Battal ul Alqami, the hero of
Allqami.

“Alamdaar/Hamil ul Liwaa – the standard bearer”

is another famous epithet for him. The alam has
always been given to soldiers who have
exceptional abilities: knowledge, bravery,
undaunted courage, valour and chivalry. When
the Prophet of Islam was once asked who should
bear the alam when an expedition was being sent,
he replied “Give it to the one who has the most
knowledge of the Quran”. Maula Ali carried the
alam of Islam in the battle of Khaiber, when the
holy Prophet Mohamad declared that the bearer
of the alam would be the one who loved Allah
and the Prophet and who was the beloved of
them.

In Karbala there were hafize Quran like Habeeb

ibne Mazahir and chivalrous mujahids of the
most valiant sons of the Bani Hashim. We can
appreciate the lofty position that Hazrat Abbas
has when we see that on the day of Ashoor the
alam was given to him. He was excellent not only
in his deep knowledge of the Quran but also ilme
Rijaal and Fiqh. He had the ability to differentiate
between Truth and Falsehood. Hazrat Abbas held
the alam high until his last breath. As the
commander of the mission in Karbala he was
responsible for protecting and managing the
troops so was known as Kebshul Kateeba, and Al
Ameed the courageous and brave commander.
When the alam was seen in the court of Yezid,
the whole of the pole had marks on it showing
where it was attacked, except the place where the
hands had held it, signifying that the holder did
not let it go in spite of continual and repeated
attacks by the enemy. Indeed when his right arm
was severed, Hazrat Abbas AS had transferred
the alam to the left and when that was severed he
protected it by the chest calling out to the Imam
“alaika minni salaam”.

As he was responsible for the safety and

protection of the family of Imam Hussain on the
journey to Karbala, Hazrat Abbas was called
Hami-az-Zaheena the Protector of the Ladies of
the Ahlebaith.On the way to Karbala, Hazrat
Abbas was a source of great strength and support
to the Ahle Baith. Following his shahadat, Bibi
Zainab mourned “O Brother Al-Abbas, we have
certainly lost everything as we lost you.” Imam
Hussain in tears cried “My spine is now broken
and my enemies are rejoicing at my misfortune”.

The ladies called out “wa Abbasa” repeatedly as

they suffered during the hours of Shaame
Gharibaan. Bibi Zainab recalled his efforts as she
did the tilaya, keeping guard in the night after the
day of Ashoor and Bibi Sakina called her uncle
when the tents were set on fire. As the looted
caravan was being taken to Kufa, the Bibis
remembered him again. During the march
through the thronged streets of Kufa and Shaam,
the Bibis felt his loss dearly. The fourth Imam
Zainulabideen commends him saying “May Allah
have mercy on my uncle Abbas who preferred his
brother to himself and sacrificed himself for his
brother until he lost his two hands. He will be
rewarded with wings in the manner of Hazrat
Jafar e Tayyar in paradise”. When they were
finally set free and the alam was returned, there
was renewed weeping for the Alamdaar. On
reaching Medina, when Hazrat Abbas‟ son,
Ubaidullah, asked for his father and the first
majlis was held in the house of his mother
Ummul Baneen, the Ahlebaith and the Shias
mourned for him.

In his ziarat, Hazrat Abbas is called “Aabid” the

worshipper. His forehead bore the marks of sajda,
prostration. During the night of Ashoor there
were four kinds of ibadat in the Hussaini camp:
Prayer including ruku, Sujood, Qiyam and Dua;
Tilaya: safeguarding the camp; Qandaq: digging
a trench around the camp and encouraging the
valiant supporters to give their best. Hazrat
Abbas AS was foremost in all these activities and
a source of courage and determination to fight the
evil forces of Yazid.

Abd Salih is another title that has been used by

our sixth Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq for Hazrat Abbas. It
is the highest rank that one can attain. In the holy
Quran, some of the prophets like Hazrat Ibrahim,
Hazrat Dawood, Hazrat Ishaaq, Hazrat Yaqoob,
Hazrat Ayoob, Hazrat Eesa and Hazrat
Muhammad have been identified as saliheen. It is
as the chosen abd that the Holy Prophet
Mohamad attained the glory of meraj (Ascension
) When we read namaz and convey out salaams
of the Holy Prophet he is called “Abd “ first then
Rasool – as abd shows his relationship with Allah
and Rasool is the relationship bestowed on his
abd to preach His message to the people.
Our living twelfth Imam Hazrat Mehdi AS in the
Ziarat Nahiya conveys his Salams to Hazrat
Abbas AS saying, “Salam be on upon Abul Fazl
Abbas, son of Ameerulmomineen. He preferred
his brother to himself, supplied himself with
opportunities of today for rewards of tomorrow,
sacrificed himself for his brother, protected him
hurried for fetching him water and his two hands
were cut”.

In times of difficulty we are recommended to

seek Allah‟s help through the name of Hazrat
Abbas AS for the fulfilment of our wants and
needs. He is “Babul-Hawaij”and by seeking the
intercession of Hazrat Abbas for the special rank
that he enjoys in the sight of Almighty Allah, we
will have our prayers answered, inshallah.
 Indehaam Jannatul Baquee

Salaam

Phir Fatima pe zulm hua wa museebata

Ki dushmano ne aur jafa wa museebata

Aaraamgaahe Fatima Zahra ujad gayi

Bechayn hain Rasoole Quda wa museebata

Naam o nishan e Binte Payambar mita diya

Aqir mazaar tak na raha wa museebata

Marne ke baad Fatima Zahra pe ye sitam

Turbat me bhi na chayn mila wa museebata

Qabr e Hasan pe qahr giraya ghazab kiya

Darde jigar kuchh aur badha wa museebata

Ki ashqiya ne be adabi turbaton ke sath

Qabro me bhi na chayn diya wa museebata

Afsos zulm e lashkar e Ibne Saud se

Barbaad sab Baquee hua wa museebata

Ab qabr e Syeda ka pata bhi nahi raha

Syedaniyo pe hashr hua wa museebata
 Marsiya

Shio phir aaj aatveen Shawal aayi hai

Huzn o malal o yas ko hamraah layi hai
Az farsh ta ba arsh ghata gham ki chhayi hai
Qaar e alam ne dil me khatak ye lagayi hai
Todhe mazaar dushman e Rab e wudood ne
Rauze giraye Aal ke ibney Saud ne

Quraan me jo aaya mawadat ka aya hai

Hai hai lisi ko dil se laeen ne bhulaya hai
Yaani mazar e Abid o Baqar giraya hai
Rauza Hasan ka Binte Nabi ka mitaya hai
Bidat samajh ke Mus haf e Natiq ki qabr ko
Nahaq dhavaya Jafar e Sadiq ki qabr ko

Is par bhi us laeen ne sitam ye dikha diya

Yane mazar e Hazrat e Hamza gira diya
Marqad ka Amina ke nishan bhi mita diya
Molud janab e Qatm e Rasul ka bhi dha diya
Turbat mita ke Binte Asad dil malool ki
Masjid milayi qaak ke andar Rasool ki

Taaif me qatl Shia kiye aah be shumar

Bechari aurtein hui bewa kayi hazaar
Bache yateem phirte hain dar dar ba haal e zar
Inke liye to aaj hi mehshar hai aashkar
Naam e Nabi ke lene pe durre lagaye hain
Ulama e deen bhi qaid e sitam me phansaye hain

Ay shio kyon qamosh ho riqqat ka waqt hai

Aulad e Mustafa ki museebat ka waqt hai
 Sar peeto qaak udao qiyamat ka waqt hai
Izhaar e dosti o muhabat ka waqt hai
Kaam aoge jo Aal ke dunya e zisht me
Le jaenge Ali tumhe bagh e Bahisht me

Farmate hain janab e Rasool e falak panah

Zahra mere jigar ka hai tukda Quda gavaah
Jis ne ise sataya vo jallad o rusiyah
Kafir jahanumi hai nahi is me ishtebaah
Ki qabr Fatima jo laeen ne shaheed hai
Ibn Saud waqt ka apne Yazeed hai

Mashhoor ye bhi aam hadees e Rasool hai

Quran o Ahlebait ka baaham shamool hai
In me judai ho ye qiyale fuzool hai
Shaqein ye do pa eik hi inka usool hai
Laikin bhulayi baat ye Najdi laeen ne
Qubbey giraye Aal ke dozaq makeen ne

Zalim ne apna zulm jo had se siva kiya

Hai hai Baquee pak ko jungal bana diya
Apne Nabi ki Maa ko chacha ko sata diya
Maadar ka Sher e Haq ki bhi rauza gira diya
Qabro me jo ghareeb ke sotey thhe chayn se
Har waqt un ko dhyan hai ab gham ke bain se

Rutbe me jo Baquee ke jannat se thi na kam

Ibn Saud ne kiye is par ajab sitam
Rauze giraye Aal e Muhammad ke ek qalam
Shia dilon ko baithe bithaye diya ye gham
Atbate paak qaak ke andar mila diye
Chauda tabaq zameen o falak ke hila diye
 Qabrein zaban e haal se kehti hain baar baar
Tode hain Ahle bait e Muhammad ke sab mazar
Ibn e Saud ne vo kiye zulm aashkar
Kafir talak bhi kar naheen sakte jo zeenhar
Qabro ka Aal e paak ka naqsha mita diya
Dher eent patharo ka laeen ne laga diya

Maujood hote aaj zamane me gar Nabi

Kab dekhte vo Aal kie rauzon ki bekasi
Karte dua e bad to fana hote sab shaqi
Par kya karein ke maut se hai sab ko bekasi
Qair ab nahi to hashr me surat dikhaenge
Aqir ko aage apne Payambar ke jaenge

Farmaenge Rasool ke ay qaum e behaya

Kyon mere Ahl e Bait pe zulm o sitam kiya
Denge na kuchh jawab jo vo bani e jafa
Irshad tab karenge yahi un se Mustafa
Jaisa amal kiya hai saza us ki pao tum
Kuchh mujh se wasta nahi dozaq me jao tum

Noha
Bechayn hain Rasool e Quda wa museebata
Phir zulm naariyo ne kiya wa museebata

Mismaar kar ke Fatima ki qabr ko laeen

Hain shad dil me had se siva wa museebata

Hai waqt ka Yazeede laeen taza kar diya

Phir aaj zulm e Karbobala wa museebata
 Zainuliba ki Baqar e zeeja ki qabr ka
Hai hai nishan tak na raha wa museebata

Kyon kar kahoo ke Jafar e Sadiq ki qabr ko

Zalim ne hai meit diya wa museebata

Sunne se is qabar ke hai tukde dil o jigar

Kucch ham se haye ho na saka wa museebata

Imdad jald keejiye ya Sahib uz Zamaan

Ho der abna behre Quda wa museebata

Ye waqt hai zahoor ka Aagha e naamdar

Do naariyo ko aake saza wa museebata

Qabro ko jis tarah se kiya hai ye benishaan

Bedeen ko keeje yunhi fana wa museebata

Kis tarah chayn aaye ke Mehdi hamara dil

Naari jala ke qaak kiya wa museebata
 Hadees on AMR BIL MAROOF

& NAHI ANIL MUNKIR

The Holy Quran says

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wala takun minkum ummattun yadoona ilal qair
wa yamuroona bil maroof wa yunhauna anil
munkar ulaika humul muflihoon
In the name of Allah ,the Beneficient the
Merciful
And there should be among you a group who call
mankind unto virtue and enjoin what is good and
forbid wrong; and these are they who shall be
successful.
Al e Imran (3:104)

This Quranic verse enjoins a group, min kuntum,

to invite people to the right and forbid the wrong.
The Arabic words translated here as right and
wrong are al-maruf and al-munkar, which
literally mean known and unknown respectively.
Maruf means any action, which is desirable in the
eyes of Shariat and intelligence and Munkar, on
the other hand, means any action, which is
considered evil in the eyes of shariat and
intelligence. Amr bil maruf means inviting people
towards good actions and Nahi anil Munkar
means to restrain people from undesirable actions
and sins. Amr bil Maruf and Nahi anil Munkar
constitutes one of the important Islamic
principles and is wajib upon every Muslim male
and female.

The full knowledge of good and evil is essential

to discharge this duty. If this fine point is kept in
mind, then it will be clear that this responsibility
can never be discharged to the divinely desired
maximum, except by those who have been
created pure and infallible by Allah himself.
They are the Holy Ahlebait, the Rope of Allah,
likened to the Ark of Noah.This is the qair e
Ummat, the best people, who are identified in
verse 109 and Muslims are exhorted to follow in
their footsteps to spread truth and justice.

Enjoinig good and forbidding evil serves as a tool

for reforming the society and so represents
movement in society and guarantees the welfare
of all human beings. Hazrat Luqman advised his
son to be steadfast in prayer, exhort the good,
restrain from the bad and be patient in hardship
(7:199). In another verse, we are asked to adopt
moderation, enjoin virtue and to turn away from
the ignorant ones. Our first Imam reminds us
“Your best friend is one who leads you to do
good deeds.” Describing the four aspects of
Jihad, he said that the first one is to ask others to
do good, the second is to keep away others from
doing evil. Jihad bis saif, fighting in the way of
Allah comes as the third aspect and the fourth is
to detest the vicious. For whoever asks others to
do good provides strength to the believers and
whoever desists others from evil in fact
humiliates the unbelievers. Hazrat
Ameerulmomineen AS described Amr bil maruf
as the most excellent deed, afzalul aamamili
qalq. The sixth holy Imam, Jafar Sadiq AS
compared all good deeds to be like a small
amount of spitting, when placed next to Amr bil
Maroof and Nahi anil Munkar, which he
compared to a deep ocean.

It is such a great obligatory deed by which other

deeds survive. Fareezatun azeematun biha
tuqaamulfaraiz, according to our fifth holy Imam
Muhammad Baqar AS, because it can ward off
injustice and fill the earth with prosperity. The
Holy Prophet SAW equated it with the
performance of seventy accepted Hajjand said
that abandoning it is like declaring a fight against
Allah. “The day my ummat leaves the enjoining
of good and restraining from evil then they
should be ready for punishment of Allah” Maula
Ali AS reminded people that previous ummats of
other prophets were destroyed when they
abandoned this duty. Without performing this
essential duty, a Muslim is like a moving corpse
among the living mayyati bainil ahya. In a
khutba, given just before the battle of Jamal, the
Imam described Amr bil maruf and Nahi anil
munkar as the two basic principles of religion. He
said that these two commands and interdictions
neither bring a man nearer to death, nor lessen his
livelihood, so do not give them up. In his last
will, our first Imam advised his sons Imam Hasan
and Imam Hussain “do not stop advising people
to do good and to abstain from evil.” The eighth
Imam Ali Reza AS told the Muslims that if they
abandon this holy duty “then vicious people and
sinners will rule you and if you willingly allow
such persons to be your rulers then even if the
righteous among you supplicates, the Lord will
not hear your prayers”.

The Holy Prophet SAW was once asked why

Amr bil Maruf and Nahi a anil Munkar was so
important and how one individual‟s deed could
affect others. He gave an example to explain the
answer: He said it is like someone making a
small hole in a boat in his own place. If others on
the boat do not object and prevent it, then soon
the whole boat will sink. He also said “Indeed
Allah is furious with the weak believer who has
no religion, the one who sees evil but does not try
to prevent it.” There is a curse upon the ignorant
sinners and the intelligent, that neglect Nahi anil
Munkar. Disregard for this duty is unpardonable
as it leads to ruin and degradation of morals in
the society.

The Quran reminds us that this duty is not only

for others but also for you. (2:44). Imam Ali said,
“Don‟t be like the ones who hope for reward in
the hereafter enjoining good and forbidding the
wrong to others but don‟t do it themselves”. The
fourth Imam called such a person a munafiq for
he stops others but not himself. When someone
asked the Prophet: “Who is the best person? man
qairun naas? His reply was “The best person is
the one who does the greater amr bil maroof and
nahi anil munkar. He is more pious, muttaqi and
moves forward to attain Allah‟s pleasure.”If you
have the knowledge and do not perform this duty,
then you also become among the cursed ones.
Persuasion for the good is for the good of the
common people and dissuasion from evil controls
the mischievous.”

There are effective ways of showing others the

correct path and preventing them from wrong.
The method used by the Prophet and his Ahlebait
were with wisdom and exhortation. The Holy
Prophet SAW, Rahmatunllillalameen, was an
example to us as he demonstrated how to perform
the duty of Amr bil maroof and Nahi anil munkir.
One day he was sitting in the masjid, surrounded
by his as-haab, when a young man approached
him and asked whether he could have an illicit
relationship with a woman. The Prophet showed
no anger at the youth‟s impertinence and calmly
put a counter question to the young man “would
you like that to happen to your mother or sister or
daughter?” “No “replied the man “Then, you
don‟t do it either, for she is someone‟s mother
and sister and daughter.” The youth realised his
error and desisted from his evil intention. The
object of enjoining the right was achieved
through explanation by awakening the conscience
of the individual.

The grandsons of the Holy Prophet too displayed

sensitivity when correcting an old man.When
Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain, as children,
watched an old man performing wuzu
incorrectly, they did not tell him directly, so that
he did not feel humiliated. Instead they
approached him and asked him to judge which
one of them was doing it right. Then they both
did the correct wazu in front of him and he
realised that his own wazu had been incorrect. He
expressed his thanks to them for guiding him in
such a beautiful manner. The holy Quran says
“Call towards the way of Allah with reasoning
and good judgement.”(Sura Nahl)

Amr bil Maroof and Nahi anil Munkar are such

important and significant obligations that we
need to consider them carefully. Traditions from
the Masoomeen tell us that there are five
conditions that must accompany those who
enjoin the good and forbid the evil. The first and
foremost is that the person must be able to
recognise the right from the wrong i.e. they must
have the knowledge to identify the good and the
bad. Secondly, it should have the desired effect
on the person who is being advised. Thirdly,
they must ensure that the person is still on the
wrong action otherwise if he is already on the
path to correction, the admonishing might put
him off. They need to be certain that there are no
special circumstances why the person is not
following a rule-eg: a woman not praying
because she is in the state of haiz. Finally if the
admonishing will create fasad, then they are not
obligated to perform this duty.

There are three grades of Nahi anil Munkar:

Despising the haraam act and expessing our
dislike
Refraining by tongue, where we criticise the bad
actions
Employing force as given in the Sharia
The third grade of condemnation is only possible
under an Islamic government and should not be
done by individuals. The Sharia depends on Amr
and Nahi and without it is only lip service.

Imam Hussain AS in 60 A.H. recognised the

worsening condition of the morals of the
followers of Islam “The people are becoming
disloyal and unkind. Their goodness is
disappearing. The world today is just like a
pasturage in which nothing grows except harmful
pasture.” He saw that Truth was not being
followed and falsehood not being abandoned. In
fact, Falsehood was masquerading as the Truth
and no one was objecting to the abandonment of
the values of Islam and divine justice.In his letter
to his brother Muhammad Hanafia, Imam
Hussain AS wrote:“The only thing that invites
me to this great movement is that I should reform
the affairs of the followers of my grandfather,
eradicate corruption, undertake enjoining to do
good and restraining from evil and follow the
tradition of my grandfather the Prophet of Allah
and my father Ali.”

Imam Hussain‟s mission, in his qiyam against

Yazeed was not merely to speak about correct
weighing in the market and not charging interest,
this could have been performed by the ulema in
Kufa. It was much higher-it was to perform a
deed whose freshness would not fade and which
could not be forgotten. Speaking to Hur‟s
companions after quenching their thirst, he said,
“O people if you fear Allah and are pious and
recognise the right of the rightful persons, Allah
will be pleased with you.”
Here what the Imam meant by “right” was the
right of Imamat, for if this right is secure then all
other rights are also secure; but if that right is
eliminated, then all other rights are also violated.
This was further clarified, when he spoke next at
the halting place called Bayza, “Yazid is
tyrannical and oppressive and considers lawful
the things declared by Allah to be unlawful. He
breaks divine covenants, opposes the path of the
Prophet and oppresses the people.”

Matters had taken such a turn that it was not

possible to restrain corruption and eradicate its
foundation, except through self-sacrifice and
martyrdom. In such circumstances, the Imam
knew it was imperative to restrain such behaviour
of a tyrant and if stopping Yazeed in his tracks
required the sacrifice of Hussain, he was ready.
His decision was to face martyrdom in a battle of
Truth and Islamic values against Oppression,
Tyranny and Deviation from the Truth; so that a
society based on truth, freedom and social justice
could be built. The rising of Imam Hussain was
to awaken the conscience of the Muslims, so that
they fear Allah more. It was to revive the spirit of
piety in their hearts, to lead them back to the
teachings of the Quran and the Prophet, through
good deeds. It was to free the people from
oppression, from the yoke of Yazeed who had
obliterated the difference between Halal and
Haram. He rose so as to restrain people from sin
and to lead them to have a true concept of
Touheed, Nabuvat and Imamat.

The day of Ashoor witnessed the most

outrageous atrocities perpetrated against the
family of the Holy Prophet, when all the male
members except Imam Ali Zainulabideen AS
were martyred. It did not stop there. The enemies
treated the widows and orphans most brutally,
looting their veils, setting fire to their tents and
even trampling on the bodies of the martyrs.
They then took them as captives from one city to
another. However, their heinous acts recoiled on
the enemy themselves for Hazrat Zainab AS and
the fourth Imam carried the mission of Imam
Hussain AS forward, as they boldly identified
themselves to the people and dispelled the doubts
and misunderstandings sown into the public mind
by the regime. Their speeches made it clear to the
people, who were ignorant, that it was the
Household of the Prophet, the home of
Revelation, that was the true upholder and the
source of the teachings and values of Islam.

Hazrat Zainab AS became the very torch that

illuminated the reality of the events of Karbala
for the people of the time and the author of its
history for posterity. Without her sermons we
would have been denied the true accounts. The
words of the Fourth Imam in the court of Ibn
Ziad and Yazeed obliged the people to make a
deeper study and investigation to assess the
importance and value of Imam Hussain‟s rising
.It stimulated their thoughts and roused them
from slumber. When the Ahlebait were freed
from the prison in Damascus, the first thing that
Hazrat Zainab AS did was to hold a majlis, a
gathering to mourn Imam Hussain. The events of
Karbala were recounted and all who attended
wept. Gatherings held to mourn the Imam
continued in Medina after the Ahlebait returned.
All the Imams held majalis and encouraged the
Shias to remember the sacrifices of Karbala.

The majlis has evolved into an institution for

Amr bil maroof and Nahi anil Munkar and an
irresistible instrument of Tableegh. Imam Jafar
Sadiq said, “May Allah bless the person who
takes care of the Yateemane Aale Muhammad”
When asked who these orphans were, he replied
“They are the un-informed Shias, whose Imam is
in occultation (ghaibat) and they grope in
darkness. May Allah bless the one who teaches
them and educates them.”

The Imams kept the revolution of Imam Hussain

AS alive through majalis, listening to poems,
elegies, lamenting the atrocities faced by the
members of the Prophet‟s family. They also
encouraged their followers to go for ziarat.
Following the example of the Holy Prophet SAW
himself who used to visit the cemetery of
Baquee, we read of his recommendation “Visit
graves for they will remind you of the Hereafter;”
the Imams have directed their Shias to make a
pilgrimage to the tomb of the Prophet, of the
Imams and of righteous men. Indeed the duas
taught by our fourth Imam asks us to pray that
Allah gives us the opportunity to visit for ziarat
every year. Going for ziarat puts us in direct
contact with the spiritual benefits of the link with
the Ahlebait, as we renew our commitment to the
holy ones.

Going for ziarat is an act of worship, aimed at

bringing us closer to Allah.It brings rewards in
the hereafter and blessings in this life. Those who
oppose it are the people who are aware of the
danger that these visits produce: a consciousness
against oppression and tyranny. Therefore
throughout history, attempts have been made to
stop the increasing number of pilgrims going for
ziarat. During the time of the Bani Ummayya,
garrisons and guards were put on the road to
Karbala to deter people from reaching the grave
of Al Hussain. Sometimes pilgrims were killed or
their limbs mutilated. In the time of the Abbasids,
under Mutawakil, the grave itself was destroyed.
The tomb was razed to the ground and attempts
made to till the land and redirect the flow of the
river, so that it was drowned and no trace left.
However, cattle taken there refused to go over it
and the water flowed around the holy grave.

In 1926, the ruling family of Ibn Saud desecrated

the graves of our Aimma in Medina and Mecca.
In Jannatul Baquee where four of our holy Imams
(Imam Hasan AS, Imam Ali Zainulabideen AS,
Imam Muhammad Baqar AS, Imam Jafar Sadiq
AS) were laid to rest, the mazars were
demolished on the 8th Shawal. This cemetery also
contains the graves of many members of the
family of the Holy Prophet. According to one
tradition, the mazar of Bibi Fatima was also here
but in a secret location. The Baitul Hazn, the
house of mourning, built for her was in the
Baquee too was destroyed. A few miles from
Medina, the mazars of Hazrat Hamza and the
martyrs of Ohad were demolished too. The
graveyard in Mecca known as Jannatul Moalla
has many of the ancestors of the Prophet SAW,
but all of these graves were destroyed. Even
today, more and more places of religious
significance, like the Masjid e Bilal, Masjide
Hamza, Masjid e Mubahila, the Masjid e Fatima,
etc are being effaced and no traces left, in the
name of expansion and extensions. The aim
seems to be to eradicate the Islamic legacy and
heritage and systematically remove all its
vestiges, so that in the future the Muslims have
no affiliation with their history.

On 22nd February 2006, 21st Muharram 1427

A.H., the Shias faced another deep wound, when
the Rauza in Samarra, Iraq was bombed,
inflicting massive damage on the holy shrine. It
houses four mazars: the tombs of the 10th Imam
Ali Naqui AS and 11th Imam Hasan Askari AS
and Hazrat Hakeema Khatoon and Hazrat Narjis
Khatoon, the mother of our twelfth living Imam
AS.

We should strongly condemn this sacrilege and

pray to Allah that these holy places are restored
to their former glory and that the perpetrators of
these heinous crimes be punished both in this
world and the next. Amen
 Masooma e Qum

Salam

Noha thha ye Raza ki bahan ka,

mere Bhai se mujh se milado
Basti walo Payambar ka sadqa,
mere Bhai se mujh se milado

Main Imam e Reza ki behan hu,

Syeda hu ghareebul watan hu
Rahm mujh par karo qastatan hu
mere Bhai se mujh se milado

Kyon siyahposh hai shehr sara,

kis ke matam me ho sar barehna
Qairiyat se tho hai bhai mera
mere Bhai se mujh se milado

Marsiya

Ay Shahe Qurasan teri shoukat ke tasaduq

Ay noor e mujassim teri surat ke tasaduq
Altaf ke qurban inayat ke tasaduq
Agha teri mazloomiyo ghurbat ke tasaduq
Hu muztaribul haal ke rehta hu qalaq me
Mamdooh dua chahiye maddaah ke haq me

Karte hain bayan raviye aqbar e museebat

Manoos thi Hazrat se bohat qahar e Hazrat
Thhi qahar e Yousuf ki tarah aap se ulfat
Chhayi thhi shab e subha safar gham ki jo zulmat
Sham e ajal us raat ki eik eik ghadi thhi
Aayi na unhe neend ke tashveesh badi thhi

Allah se karti thhi dua kholey hue sar

Bhai ko mubarak ho safar Qaliq e akbar
Mehfooz rahein qair se phir aayein biradar
Ta roz e jaza bhai ka saya rahe sar par
Malik pae Zahra o Yadullah bachana
Tanha ko miyane safar Allah bachana

Shab bhar sifat e meh vo niko faal phira keen

Har eik taraf khole hue baal phira keen
Tasbeeh liye muztaribul haal phira keen
Nazdeek e shahinshah e qush eqbal phir keen
Zainab ki tarah gham ki chhuri aah chali thhi
Goya vo shab e qatl e Hussain ibne Ali thhi

Sab aurtein kehti thheen ke gham aap na khaein

Vasvaas karein raat ko aansoo na bahaein
Bibi jo Quda chaahe to jate hi vo aaein
Zaye na kabhi jaengi ham sab ki duaein
Hazrat ko hai tashveesh ke goya nahi milte
Jo loeg juda hote hain phir kya nahi milte

Kehti thhi bade jabr se jaate hain ghazab hai

Mayoos o pareshan nazar aate hain ghazab hai
Roke mujhe seene se lagate hain ghazab hai
Kehte nahi kuch haal chhupate hain ghazab hai
Ye dil ko yaqeen hai ke na ab aaeyenge Bhai
Afsos hai is shehr se kal jaenge Bhai
 Chhutega watan lutf e qur a qaab na hoga
Kal raat ko is ghar me ye mahtaab na hoga
Raste me koi chayn ka asbaab na hoga
Mera dil is andoh se betaab na hoga
Hoga na koi paas jahaan hoenge Bhai
Kya janiye kal shab ko kahaan soenge Bhai

Marsiya

Jab koi qabar ayi na mazloom Raza ki

Muztar hui hamsheer ghareebul ghuraba ki
Had koi na baqi rahi faryad o buka ki
Sar me kabhi kangi hai na hai fikr ghiza ki
Chaubees pahar dhyan hai farzand e Nabi ka
Zainab ki tarah ishq hai Qaliq ke wali ka

Aansu kabhi jaari hai kabhi aah o fughan hai

Sookhi hui har waqt ke roney se zabaan hai
Furqat me biradar ke ravaan tab o tavaan hai
Hai naam ka jeena ke faqat jism me jaan hai
Barbaad kahan tak ho Muhammad ka gharana
Zahra ke gulistaan ka hi dushman hai zamana

Karne lagi faryad kahaan ho mere bhai

Ut thi naheen hamsheer se Hazrat ki judayi
Wapis hue aap aur na qabar qair ki aayi
Kis haal me hai Musi e Kazim ki kamayi
Bhai mera majboor hua mulk e shaqi me
Allah kare qair ghareebul watani me

Karti thhi yahi bayn ke muztar hua yu dil

Ek aah ki masnad pe giri hogayi bismil
 Taqat na rahi farsh se bhi utthne ke qabil
Maloom ye hota hai ke hai aaqri manzil
Ghabra ke qareen aagaye sab Aale Payambar
Talwe koi malne lagi aur haye koi sar

Hosh aate hi kehne lagi mar jaoongi logo

Bin bhai kabhi chayn nahi paoongi logo
Qud ja ke wahan bhai se mil aaoongi logo
Hai qaid agar bhai tho chudvaungi logo
Hai maut qareen keejiye samaan safar ka
Deedar to hojae mere jaan e pidar ka

Mil kar kiya sab bibiyon ne kooch ka samaan

Ja baithi vo mehmil me basad haal e pareshaan
Mehshar hua phir Aal e Payambar me numayaan
Jari hua har ek ki zabaan par basad afghan
Tum jaati ho Allah tumhe laye safar se
Maloom ye hota hai Raza jate hain ghar se

Ay Sanie Zainab ho fida aap pe sab ghar

Jaati ho watan chhod ke tum sue biradar
Shadaan tumhe lautae yahaan Qaliq e akbar
Hamraah biradar ke Quda laye mukarrar
Maqdooma e zeeshaan Quda hafiz o nasir
Masooma e hairaan Quda hafiz o nasir

Alqissa rawana hui Bibi ki sawari

Roti hui jaane lagi Allah ki pyaari
Har gaam pe bechayn hai shehzadi hamari
Kis tarah bayan ho jo qalaq dil pe hai taari
Phir ghar se Nabizadi ko ummat ne chhudaya
Firdos me bhi Moosi e Kazim ko rulaya
 Manzil pe teharti na thhi dilgeer chali hai
Betaabi se mazloom ki hamsheer chali hai
Furqat ki dil e pak pe shamsheer chali hai
Zainab ki tadapti hui tasveer chali hai
Mabayn e safar pohnchi jo roti hui Qum par
Dekha to qiyamat hai bapa shor hai ghar ghar

Sar apna jhukae hue aate hain wafakosh

Chehron pe mali qaak badhe mil ke siyaposh
Mehmil jo nazar aayi tho matam ka hua josh
Masooma ka dil hilne laga aur udhne lage hosh
Farmaya arey jald kaho kiski aza hai
Dunya me salamat to mera bhai Reza hai

Kya kehte udhane lage sabahle aza qaak

Haihath ke dil hogaya Masooma ka sad chaak
Marqad me buka karne lage Syed e laulaak
Faryad ki vo sab ne ke hilne lage aflaak
Chillaye shahe kaun o makaan mar gaye Bibi
Ghurbat me imam e do jahaan mar gaye Bibi

Ye sunte hi ek zaqm laga qalb pe kari

Masooma pe ek ghash ka sa alam hua tari
Bhai mere bhai ki sada lab pe hai jari
Sau gham se uteri gayi muztar ki savari
Bibi ko jo sadme se nahi hilne ka yara
Lashe ki tarah mil ke kaneezo ne utara

Phir poochha rakhe qalb pe sau zabt ke pathar

Kya guzri kaho saaf merey bhai Reza par
Kya misle Hussain aah chala halq pe qanjar
 Ya zehr se mara gaya mazloom biradar
Baba ki tarah qatl kiya bhai ko mere
Kya goro kafan bhi na diya bhai ko mere

Chillaye ke be jurm giraftar ko mara

Kul ummate marhoom ke ghamqar ko mara
Be wajh sitamgaar ne beyar ko mara
Zehre sitam o jaur se sarkar ko mara
Kaunaain ke sardar ko majboor banaya
Zalim ne bhara zehr se angoor khilaya

Sar khole hui quld se Zahra nikal aayeen

Ghar aake tadapne lage bistar pe shahe deen
Yu tadpe ke sad para hua paoo se ghaleen
Ye sun ke biradar ki tarah Bibi bhi tadpeen
Kuchh roz tadapte raheen is dard ki mari
Ek din lab e farsh aayi ye chillayi mai vari

Bhai ho jahaan aap behan ko bhi bula lo

Ab jald is awara watan ko bhi bula lo
Bhai mere paband e mehan ko bhi bula lo
Zainab ke liye soqta tan ko bhi bula lo
Hamsheer ki mayyat bhi uthaatey na gaye aap
Deedar bhi qahar ko dikhaate na gaye aap

Masroof e buka thhi ke hua naza ka aalam

Ahista Nageen karne lagi bhai ka matam
Phir sue falak dekh ke ek aah ki pur gham
Bejaan hua tan ankhon se bhi jaaney laga dam
Sar peeto ke Masooma qaza kar gayi Shio
Hamsheer e Ghareebul ghuraba mar gayi Shio
 Noha

Maula safar me mar gayi hamsheer aaiye

Kaun aqruba hain aaj yahan to bataiye
Maula mazar e qahar e muztar banaiye
Apni behan ko haathon se dafna ke jaiye

Moosi Reza mazaar se tashreef laiye

Ghurbat zada behan ka janaza uthaiye

Nikli thi ghar ko chhod ke noha kunaan behan

Aayi thi Sheh se milne ko baasad fughan behan
Mabayn e rah qatm hui neemjaan behan
Kis ja watan hai aap kahan hain kahan behan
Moosi Reza mazar se tashreef laiye
Ghurbat zada behan ka janaza uthaiye

Sheh ki sunani sunte hi kohe alam gira

Aur qalb binte Moosi e Kazim ka shaq hua
Chilla ke farsh e qaak pe aayi vo benava
Kis mu se haye bhai kaha dam nikal gaya
Moosi Reza mazar se tashreef laiye
Ghurbat zada behan ka janaza uthaiye

Hazrat ka qatl Toos me Qum me behan ki maut

Hai hai ye Aal e pak ki har mard o zan ki maut
Kuch kamnahi he hashr se Zainab mehan ki maut
Ummat ke zulm se hui Quran suqan ki maut
Moosi Reza mazar se tashreef laiye
Ghurbat zada behan ka janaza uthaiye
 Hadees on TAWALLA

The Holy Quran says

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Qul la asalakum alaihi ajran illal mawadata
filqurba

In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful

Say thou O Muhammad I demand not of you any
recompense save the love of my nearest relatives
Ash Shura (42:23)

This Quranic verse clearly states that the Holy

Prophet is commanded by Allah to ask his
followers no recompense but that they love his
Qurba, his kith and kin i.e. his Ahlebait.
Mawadat for them will be the required
recompense for his apostolic services. The earlier
section of the verse addresses the believers,
ibadahul lazeena aamanu wa amilus saalihaat, O
those who believe and do good deeds, that Allah
is giving them the good news, yu bashirullah,
that they should love the Ahlebait. The word
mawadat is at times translated as mohabat or
love, but it implies not mere declaration of love.
Rather it encompasses a commitment to the
Ahlebait, which includes a code of behaviour that
would please them, through following their
teachings and emulating their example. The Holy
Prophet SAW identified the Qurba as the
Panjatan and the holy progeny of Hussain AS.
They are the ones who had the same qualities as
the Prophet SAW himself. They were the people
of the cloak, the Ahle Kisa, who were the
recipients of Allah‟s blessings and mercy. They
were the very people who accompanied the Holy
Prophet SAW on the day of Mubahila, identified
as the Truthful ones.

Allah has himself, as pointed out in the Ayat e

Tatheer, purified them. (Ahzaab 33:33) “Innama
yureedullahi lizuhiba ankum rijsa Ahlilbait wa
yutahirakum Tatheera. Verily verily Allah
intends to keep away from you every kind of
uncleanliness and purify you with a thorough
purification.” They are the ones who Allah sends
his salutations as follows: Salamun ala Aal I
Yaseen and asks those who believe to send
salawat on them too “Innalaha wa malaikatu
yusaaloona alan nabi Ya ayahallazeena amanu
sallu alaihi wa sallimu tasleema, Allah and his
angels shower blessings on the Prophet O you
who believe ask blessings on him and salute him
with a worthy salutation.” When asked how to
send salawat, the Prophet replied, “Allahumma
salle ala Muhammadin wa Aale Muhammad.”
Say “O Allah bless Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad” It is absolutely necessary for
anyone who worships Allah to remember the
Ahlebait in their prayers and their love is a duty
imposed upon all believers. They are the leaders
among the verifiers, martyrs and righteous people
(4:69)

The Ahlebait are the Rope of Allah the Hablullah

about whom He has said, “Hold fast to the Rope
of Allah, all of you together.”(3:103). They have
been described as the Truthful ones, Sadiqoon
(9:19) the supreme in authority the “UlilAmr”,
who must be obeyed. Indeed obedience to them is
like obeying Allah and his Prophet “O you who
believe, obey Allah and obey His Messenger and
obey those who are supreme in authority amongst
you”(4:59). It is their path that is blessed, siratil
lazeena anamta, the straight path, the sirat e
mustaqeem. It was through them that Islam was
perfected and it is about acknowledging their
leadership that we will be questioned. (37:24).
They are the men on the A „raf, the heights, the
mysterious rampart between Paradise and Hell.
The sixth Imam Jafar Sadiq AS , repeating a
remark of the first Imam said, “It is we the
Imams who are on the A‟raf. And we are
ourselves the A‟raaf, for on the day of
Resurrection we are those whom God recognises
as being the Way (sirat). No one enters Paradise
save those who recognise us and those we
ourselves recognise.”

The Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW repeatedly,

right from the day when the message of Islam
was preached, had identified the closeness of the
Ahlebait and reminded his followers to adhere to
them. Finally, on the day of Ghadeer he had held
Ali up, in view of thousands of people, and
declared: “Man kunto Maula fa haza Ali un
Maula. Ali is the master of all those I am the
master of.” He had raised him up and said Ali ma
al Quran wal Quran ma al Ali. Behold this is Ali,
Ali is with the Quran and the Quran is with Ali.
He had repeated the Hadees e Saqalain “I leave
behind me two weighty things: the Quran and my
Ahlebait They shall never part from each other
until they come to me at the pool of Kausar.” He
warned his followers to adhere to them both and
said that if they did that, they would never go
astray. He compared them to the Ark of Noah;
whoever boarded the Ark was saved but those
who turned away were destroyed.

The holy Prophet SAW said “You must regard

the love of the Ahlebait as absolutely necessary,
for whoever meets his Creator as a friend of ours,
shall enter Paradise by our intercession. By the
Lord, no one‟s good deeds can benefit him unless
he acknowledges our rights” These words of
praise for the Ahlebait were not merely because
they were related to the Prophet but because they
were the Proofs of Allah, the Springs of the
Rivers of Guidance and the best examples of his
faultless training and upbringing. They were the
Representatives of the Prophet and true models of
his character.
The recompense that is being asked from the
believers is for the ummat‟s own benefit. Qul ma
sa altum min ajrin fa hua lakum, Say thou
whatever recompense I ask of you, it is only for
yourselves. The verse then goes on to say that the
Holy Prophet will get his recompense from Allah
alone; inajri illa allallah for the Almighty is the
witness over all things wa hua ala kulli shayin
shaheed. The Holy Prophet delivered the
message and if people followed it, then they
would be on the path of salvation. They would
then find a way to the Lord and benefit from the
divine guidance, provided through Nabuvat and
Imamat.

Maula Ali AS in Nahjul Balagha describes the

Ahlebait as the base of religion and the pillars of
faith. They are “the strongholds and repositories
of Allah‟s commandments, the fountainheads of
knowledge created by Him, shelters of His
teachings, the refuges for the Heavenly Book
and mountain- like citadels to defend His
religion.” (Khutba5). In another sermon after
glorifying Allah and praising the Prophet “who
lived as he preached and his life was a model of
his teachings” he said “O people let be known to
you that we are his descendants, we are the
centres which receive the messages of God and
where angels arrive with His orders. We are the
fountains of knowledge and springs of wisdom.
One who is our friend and follower deserves the
blessings of God and one who is our enemy may
wait for the punishment he deserves.” Nasiruna
muhibina yantaziro rahmata wa aduvuna wa
mubghizuna yantaziro satwata.

Imam Ali AS further clarified that the Imams are

“appointed and designated by Allah to lead and
rule the human beings; they and only they can
guide humanity to Heaven.Only those who
recognise the leadership of the Imams and in turn
are accepted as his followers will enter
Paradise.Those who renounce their allegiance or
are disowned by them will go to Hell.” The
Ahlebait are the Holy Prophet‟s true companions
for they “own and possess in their deeds and
words, the excellence and nobleness that the
Holy Quran preaches.” (Khutba157) Their
speeches contain nothing but the Truth. If you
follow the true Imam, there is eternal security for
you.

Tawalla then is loving the Ahlebait and

acknowledging their leadership, following their
teachings. It is being happy in their happiness and
being sad when they suffer. Allah shows His love
for the Prophet and his household through
extolling their zikr, through showering His mercy
and blessings on them and enhancing their
position. We, as Muslims, have to show our love
for the Ahlebait through obeying their teachings
and emulating their example in doing good
deeds. The love of the Ahlebait will lead us to the
love of Allah. The Holy Prophet SAW had
prayed, “O Allah, love those who love the
Ahlebait and be an enemy of those who are their
enemies.” Therefore through Tawalla, Allah will
love you. The love of Allah leads to the love of
the Prophet, leading you to follow his teachings,
which results in the forgiveness of sins.

Love for the Ahlebait is a passport for crossing

the bridge of Sirat. Obedience to them is a
protection against divine wrath. Imam Hasan AS
said “Fear Allah regarding your attitude towards
us, for we are your commanders”. Imam
Zainulabideen AS reminds us through duas in the
Sahifa e Kamila that Allah has made it incumbent
upon us to love them. They are the ones who
have been given the permission to seek
Intercession or shifaath, on the day of Qiyamat.
Our fifth Imam Muhammad Baqar AS pointed to
the ayat “and soon will your Lord give you so
that you shall be well pleased.” as the most hope-
inspiring verse of the Quran. It points to the
intercession, Shifa at, by the Ahlebait, bringing
divine forgiveness to the believers and prevent
them from entering Hell, thus extending mercy,
benevolence and magnanimity of Almighty
Allah.

Our sixth Imam Jafar Sadiq AS said, Tuqabaza

feehamraatun min wuldi, ismuha Fatimatu bintu
Moosa, wa tadqul u bi shifaatiha Shiati aljannata
biajmaihim. A lady from my children, whose
name will be Fatima, daughter of Moosa will die
in Qum.On the day of Qiyamat, this lady will
intercede for all my Shia to enter Heaven.

Hazrat Masooma e Qum, named Fatima AS, was

the daughter of our seventh Imam Moosa e
Kazim AS. She was born on 1st Zeeqaad in the
year 173A.H., twenty-five years after the birth of
her brother Imam Ali Reza AS; the eighth
Imam.Their mother was Najma Khatoon, a lady
praised for her intellectual and spiritual
excellence, by her mother in law, Hazrat Hamida,
who was the mother of Imam Moosa e Kazim
AS. Hazrat Imam Reza AS and Hazrat Fatima
(Masooma AS) were very close, right from their
childhood. As a child she imbibed the teachings
of Islam from her noble father Imam Moosa e
Kazim AS and her brother Imam Reza AS .

Her knowledge of Islam was so deep that even as

a child of six, she was able to answer the queries
of a group of Muslims, who had been visiting
Medina. It so happened that both her father and
her brother were away on a journey. The people
had some queries to put to the Imam and wrote
their questions and handed them in at the Imam‟s
house. When it was time for them to leave
Medina, they were handed the paper back, with
their queries answered.The answers had been
given by the daughter of the Imam. They were
happy with the answers and on their way out of
the city chanced to meet the seventh Imam and
showed him the paper. When Imam Moosa e
Kazim AS read her replies, he was so pleased
that she had so eloquently answered the questions
that he remarked, echoing the Holy Prophet, fida
abuha “May her father be sacrificed for her.”

This statement also points us towards the high

status of Hazrat Fatima Masooma e Qum. It is
said that when in 1335 A.H. Ayatullah syed
Mahmud Marashi Najafi did amaal for forty days
to find out the location of the mazar of Fatima
Zahra, he was told in a dream by the Imam
“Alaika Karimati Ahlelbait” I advise you to go to
the Karima (Noble one) of the Ahlebait”
identified then as the mazar of Fatima Masuma in
Qum.Other titles for her include Tahira, Razia,
Marziya, Sayyada, Taqiya, Naqiya, Hameeda,
Rasheeda.. Each of these epithets echo the titles
of her holy grandmother, Fatima Zahra AS.

Like Hazrat Zainab, Hazrat Fatima Masooma was

very knowledgable in the teachings of Islam.
There were some hadees that children in the
Ahlebait, both male and female knew by heart.
Many traditions are narrated from her including
the hadees of Ghadeer and Meraj.These have
reached us with their complete chain of
transmission.
Fatima (Masooma) the daughter of Imam Moosa
e Kazim
Narrates from Fatima, daughter of Imam Jafar
Sadiq,
who narrates it from Fatima, the daughter of
Imam Muhammad Baqar,
who narrates it from Fatima, the daughter of
Imam Ali Sajjad
who narrates it from Fatima,the daughter of
Imam Hussain
who narrates it from Zainab, the daughter of
Fatima Zahra,
the daughter of the Prophet of Allah,
who has narrated that the Prophet said,
Ala man mata ala hubbe Aal e Muhammad mata
shaheeda
Know that whoever dies having the love of the
family of Muhammad dies a martyr.”

Hazrat Masooma AS was only six years old

when she suffered the separation from her father
Imam Moosa e Kazim, who was blamelessly
imprisoned by the Khalifa. In 179 A.H. Harun
sent his soldiers to Medina to take Imam Moosa e
Kazim AS prisoner. He was taken away to Basra
and then to Baghdad to suffer torture and pain at
the hands of the cruel Abbasid Khalif. The family
of the Imam were saddened at the atrocities and
the continous harassment. The separation was
very hard for her, for she could not see her father
for many years. In fact, he was killed through
poison and never returned home to his family.
Hazrat Masooma was hardly 10 years old and
deeply grieved.
 After the imprisonment of her father then his
shahadat on 25th Rajab 183 A.H., Hazrat
Masooma AS was under the guardianship of her
brother Imam Reza AS.She was under his
supervision and continued benefiting from
directly learning from an Imam for the next 21
years. Indeed, she acquired such a high spiritual
level, that she was given the title Masooma from
the Imam himself. He also said “Whoever visits
Masooma in Qum is like the one who has visited
me.” The ziarat for her is narrated from him and
the words of the salutation denote her high status
and esteem in the eyes of Allah, who will let her
intercede on behalf of her zaers. The Imam
addresses her as the daughter of the Messenger of
Allah, the daughter of Fatima and Khadija, the
daughter of the Commander of the faithful, the
daughter of Hasan and Hussain. He conveys
salutations to her as the Daughter and Sister and
the Aunt of the viceregent of Allah.

Harun himself died in 193 A.H. and his brother

Amin took power but was killed three years later.
Mamun then became the ruler. He was cunning
and deceitful and to get the support of the Shias,
he devised a plan to offer Imam Reza the
successorship after him. The Imam refused but
Mamun did not give up and insisted. The Imam
was forced to accept this invitation and went to
Toos in 200 A. H. His departure from Medina
increased her sorrow and the separation lasted for
about a year. When her father had been taken to
Baghdad, Hazrat Masooma still had her brother
to comfort her but when Imam Reza AS left for
Toos, she was very sad and found the separation
very difficult.

A year passed and according to one narration,

Hazrat Masooma received a letter from her
brother. She then began preparations for her
journey to Toos with five of her half- brothers,
Fazl, Jafar, Hadi, Qasim and Zayd, all sons of our
seventh Imam. With her immense knowledge,
piety and ability, she would be able to play an
important part in the propagation of true Islam,
especially among the ladies. It was traumatic to
leave the city of the Prophet and embark on such
a long journey. But like Hazrat Zainab, this sister
of the eighth Imam was very close to her brother
and keen to meet him. According to some
reports, other members of the family, under the
leadership of Ibrahim ibn Imam Musi e Kazim
also went in another group to Khurasan. The
caravan of Hazrat Masooma AS travelled through
the long expanse of desert and the rough terrain
in trepidation, but the thought of meeting her
brother kept them going.

When they reached called Saweh it is said that

they were ambushed and attacked (according to
some sources by Mamun‟s mercenaries) and
many members of the Imam‟s family were
martyred, wounded and even taken prisoner.
Some sources put the number killed as 23 of her
close relatives and companions. The brutal attack
had a devastating effect on Masooma AS and she
became ill. According to another report she was
administered poison.

The Masooma asked how far Qum was from

there and was told it was about 10 farsaq, 60-70
km. She asked to be taken to Qum, which was a
place that was populated with Shias. A leading
Shia family from Qum welcomed her and Musa
ibn Khazraj had the honour of hosting her. His
house is today the Madrasa e Sittiye,”School of
the Lady” and her mehrab e ibadat, where she
spent her last hours time worshipping Allah, is
known as “Baital Noor.” She died after a
fortnight, on 4th Rabiulaval (according to one
source) in 201A.H. at the age of 28, and was
buried in “Babelan”, a deserted area, which
belonged to Musa ibn Khazraj, who donated it for
her mazar.

According to another version, when she reached

Qum, she saw that all the people were in
mourning. When she enquired the reason, she
was told that Mamun had killed her brother Imam
Reza AS. This affected her so deeply that she
died of grief. As they were about to bury this
noble lady, two masked riders appeared on
horseback and dismounted at the burial site. They
came forward, recited the funeral prayer for her,
and buried her, then left. It is believed that they
were her brother Imam Reza and her nephew
Imam Muhammad Taqui.

Assalamo alaika ya binta walialla

Assalamo alaika ya uqta walialla
Assalamo alaika ya ammata walialla
Assalamo alaika ya binta Moosa ibn Jafar wa
rahmatullahi wa barakatoh
Assalamo alaika arrafallah bainana filjannata

Peace be on you o the daughter of the viceregent

of Allah
Peace be on you o the sister of the viceregent of
Allah
Peace be on you o the aunt of the viceregent of
Allah
Peace be on you o the daughter of Moosa ibn
Jafar , may Allah shower his blessings and mercy
on you
Peace be on you
May Allah grant us your companionship in
Heaven.
 Eid e Zahra

Qasida
Der se hi sahi hai ye dil ko yaqeen
Leney Shabeer ka inteqaam
Waris e Zulfiqaar aaega
Aaega Waris e Zulfiqaar aaega
Aaega Waris e Zulfiqaar aaega

Mufti e dauraan hosh me aaja Eik Ali baqi hai

Teri fana ko faatah e Khaibar ka waris kaafi hai
Hai ye daawa mera ek din ba Quda
Eik din ba Quda hai ye daawa mera
Zulm ki neend karne haraam

Zulm ke baadal chat jaaenge vo mosam aaega

Waqt ka Marhab bhaage se bhi bhag nahi paaega
Hyderi shaan se apni pehchaaan se
Apni pehchaan se Hyderi shaan se
Zulm ka kaam karne tamaam

Noor e Imamat se roshan ho-ga ye sara aalam

Bame Haram par jab chamkega
 vo qursheed e moazzam
Chaand sharmaega abr thham jaega
Abr thham jaega Chaand sharmaega
Hai yaqeen zulm ki hogi shaam

Aql ki pyasi dharti par abr e karam barseiga

Munkir e ghaibat tashnalabi me tarsega tadpeiga
Kufr hoga dhuaan Deen hoga jawaan
Deen hoga jawaan kufr hoga dhuaan
Leke hathon me Wahdat ka jaam

Waris e Zulfiqaar aaega

Aaega Waris e Zulfiqaar aaega
Aaega Waris e Zulfiqaar aaega

Qasida

Dhoom hai aij Madiney me ye har ja Shio

Koofa o Shaam ka lashkar gaya mara Shio

Qoob badla liye Muqtar jafakaaron se

Dil hua shad Bani Hashimyo ka Shio
 Fauj e aada ko qushi Rai ki hukumat ki jo thi
Tama qaam ka nikla ye nateeja Shio

Zar ki qahesh mein kiye zulm o sitam qoob laeen

Mil gaya un ko jahanum ka qazana Shio

Ye sitamgaron se dozaq bhi panah mangta hai

Rusiya zalimo ka hoay bayan kya Shio

Kat ke aaye hain sarey nehas sitamgaro ke

Shukr karte hain mohib din jai qushi ka Shio

Qatl jallad huay qush hai Hussain momin

Jashn hai aaj bapa Eid e Nahum ka Shio

Mubarak

Mar gaye baniye bedad mubarak hoay

Jashne qatle sitam eejad mubarak hoay

Zalimo se liye muqtar ne kya qoob evaz

Mili bedaad ki ab daad mubarak hoay
 Baad chhey saal ke soag Aale Nabika utra
Sab laeen ho gaye barbaad mubarak hoay

Aaj hai jashn bapa Eide nahum ka harja

Momineen aaj hai sab shaad mubarak hoay

Ay Hussaini teri bar aayi tamaana dil ki

Mar gaye sab sitam eejaad mubarak hoay

Haq ki laanat ho

Nabi ki qandan ke dushmano par Haqki laanat ho

Abi ke qandan ke dushmano par Haq ki laanat ho

Phiraya dar ba dar qaidi banakar aale Taha ko

Laeeno zalimo in nariyon par Haq ki laanat ho

Laga kar zaqm lakho pyasa zibha kar daala

Hussain ibne Alu ke qatilo par Haq ki laanat ho

Dhua chhe sal tak ghar se Mohamad ke nahi uttha

Jo they is ka sabab un qatilo par Haq ki laanat ho
Uthaye jin siyakaro ne fitne deen e Haaqqa mein
Dua hai Hashr tak fitna garo par Haq ki laanat ho

Ilahi jis ne na haq Fatima ka ghar ujada hai

Siya karo pe un gharat garo par Haq ki laanat ho

Quda ne jinki hurmat ka diya hai hukm Quran me

Unhe mara bula kar buzdilo par Haq ki laanat ho

Jo lanat dushmano aulad e Ahmad par nahi karte

Vo qud hai dushman e Haq dushmano pe Haq ki

Lateef ham ko jalaney us ki jo tareef karte hain

Yazeed e nahes ke kul dosto par Haq ki laanat ho
 Hadees on TABARRA

The Holy Quran says

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Innal lazeena yuzoonallah wa rasoolahu la
anahum illaho fidunya wala aqirati waadda
lahum azaaban muheena
In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful
Verily those who annoy Allah and His Apostle
(Muhammad) Allah has cursed them in this world
and the hereafter and He hath prepared for them a
chastisement disgraceful, (Ahzaab 33:57)
This Quranic verse, coming immediately after the
verse that enjoins salawat on the Holy Prophet,
declares that Allah‟s curse in this world and the
hereafter on those who annoy Him and the Holy
Prophet,. Love for the Prophet and his progeny
expressed through actions is called Tawalla and
hatred for his enemies is Tabarra, expressed
through distancing yourself from those who
annoy Allah and His messenger. Tabarra is the
tenth and final specific obligation of a momin, a
believer.
Tabarra is closely linked to Tawalla just as Amr
bil maruf is linked to Nahi anil munkar. It is not
merely an expression of emotion but it is an
active striving to keep away from the enemies of
religion, identified as those who opposed the holy
personages appointed by Allah for the guidance
of humanity. Earlier prophets practised Tabarra.
We read of Hazrat Ibraheem AS, who kept
himself away from the worshippers of the stars,
moon and the sun. Hazrat Hood AS was against
those who were committing shirk When the Holy
Prophet Muhammad SAW conveyed Allah‟s
message, those who disobeyed him were in effect
disobeying Allah, so we condemn them and shun
their actions. Those who disbelieved are kafir and
those who hurt the Prophet and his Ahlebait earn
the curse of Allah and are condemned by the
Almighty. Laan means to be away from the grace
of Allah‟s mercy and it is the worst that can
happen to any creature. To be at the receiving end
of Allah‟s wrath is to be in Hell, earning His
displeasure.
As we pray every day we are asked to recite the
Sura e Fatiha, which begins with the praise of
Allah, the Rahman and Raheem. We ask Allah‟s
guidance to keep us on the right path, the Sirat e
mustaqeem. It ends with the ayat Sirat al lazeena
anamta alaihim ghairil maghzoobe alaihim
walazaaleen. This path is of those who have been
bestowed His bounties, not those who have been
inflicted with His wrath, nor those who have
gone astray. Tawalla is following those who have
Allah‟s neimat and Tabarra is keeping away from
those maghzoobe alaihim those who have earned
His wrath and those who have gone astray. Love
for the good and hatred for the evil are both
essential for the purification of the nafs.

Laan, cursing the wicked is a godly act and Allah

himself curses the zalimeen in the Quran . Allah
declares that His curse and the curse of the angels
and mankind is on those who disbelieve (2:161).
This sentiment is repeated in the next sura, when
the people who returned to disbelief after
believing are mentioned; for they are unjust,
qaumi zalimeen. The jaza (consequence of their
action) is Allah‟s curse, laanatullahi wal
malaikati wa naasi ajmaeen, the curse of Allah
and the angels and mankind. The result of this
laan is that they will suffer eternal punishment in
the hereafter from which there is no relief or
respite.
Who are the cursed ones then? The Quran
identifies them as those who hurt the Prophet,
yuzoonan nabi (Sura Tauba 9:61). They call him
names and oppose him. Furthermore, they are
also the people who hurt the family of the
Prophet. Many hadees are recorded that the holy
Prophet said Fatima bazatun minni“ Fatima is a
part of me”. He then declared, “Whoever hurts
her hurts me.” On the day of Ghadeer, after
naming Ali AS as his successor, he prayed “O
Allah love those who love Ali and hate those who
hate Ali”Allahuma wala man walahu wa aada
man aadahu. Ammar e Yasir relates that the
Prophet then said, “I charge everyone who
believes in me and has affirmed the truth of my
claim to love Ali ibn Abu Talib, for whoever
loves him loves me and whoever hates him hates
me. Whoever hates me hates Allah the
Almighty.”The punishment for these zalimeen is
Azaabun aleem (grievous chastisement) and naar
a jahanum (fire of Hell), where they will abide
forever.
The Holy Prophet SAW as he lay ill on his
deathbed was annoyed with certain people, who
disobeyed his orders and refused to do as he
commanded. When he asked for a pen and paper,
they said he was delirious. He condemned them
and ordered them to leave his presence. These
were the very same individuals who, soon after
the death of the Prophet, created mischief in the
ummat. They did not even attend the burial of the
Prophet, instead busied themselves in a
conspiracy to deny the rights of Ali AS. The
house of Fatima AS was attacked and fire
brought to the door. Detailed accounts of the
atrocity are heartrending, as she was crushed
behind the door, killing her unborn son Muhsin
and breaking her ribs. They then tried to coerce
the Ahlebait and dragged the hero of Badr,
Khaibar and Khandaq to the masjid to force him
to give his allegiance. Her property Fadak that
the Prophet had given her and that was in her
possession was snatched. Hazrat Fatima AS was
so grieved by all the calamities that she compared
her life to the darkness of the night and
condemned the perpetrators of this crime saying
“By Allah, I will curse you in every prayer”
Imam Ali AS in Nahjul Balagha, echoing the
words of the Prophet declares, “he who is our
friend and helper has the right to hope for Allah‟s
mercy and he, who hates us and bears us enemity,
deserves Allah‟s wrath.”(105) In Khutba e Qasea,
Maula warns those who breach the
commandments of Islam with divine punishment
and reminds people that his enemity against
anyone was only for the sake of Allah, whether it
was in his youth or duiring the time of his
caliphate. He had to wage war against the
munafiqeen, in Jamal, Naharwan and Siffeen., to
protect the true teachings of Islam.“When the
Holy Prophet first started preaching Islam,
society was in such a sinful state that no true
form of religion was followed.” The commands
of God were set at naught and justice was
disrupted. Maula said that just before the battle of
Siffeen “Conditions now have taken a similar
turn. Teachings of the true religion are forgotten,
blind faith is the order of the day, commands of
Allah are disobeyed, Satan is appreciated and
religion is ignored, its principles are being openly
altered.”
After the shahadat of Imam Ali AS, when he was
assassinated while in prayer in the masjid e
Koofa, Imam Hasan AS had to endure constant
harassment from Moawiya and forced to retire
from wielding his rightful authority. A peace
treaty was concluded, but Moawiya broke every
term of the treaty and paid no attention to its
agreements, that he had signed. Once in power
the Umayyads had no aims but government,
wealth and worldly desires. Any tradition about
the praise-worthy deeds of Ali AS and his family
were prevented from being mentioned. Quranic
verses that were in praise of the Ahlebait were
not explained. On the other hand, false hadees
were fabricated to vilify Ali AS and his
followers. Tribulations against the Shias
increased. They were killed, whipped and
terrorised. They were hanged from date palms,
blinded and made homeless through banishment.
Imam Hasan AS himself was killed through
poison, administered by Jaada at the instigation
of Moawiya.
In 60 A.H. conditions in Damascus had
deteriorated so much that Islam was only in
name. The halal of Muhammad was no longer
halal and the haram of Muhammad was no longer
haram. Indeed Yazeed, the son of Moaviya,
openly flouted the principles of Islam, did as he
pleased, but now wanted the grandson of the
Prophet to accept him, Yazeed, as the spiritual
and temporal leader of the Muslims.He had the
audacity to demand Imam Hussain‟s bayat and
when the Imam refused, he killed the Imam and
his companions mercilessly in Karbala on the 10th
Muharram 61 A.H., the day of Ashoor.
The Ziarat e Ashoor, taught by our sixth Imam,
highlights the practice of Tabarra as we
disassociate ourselves from the assassins of the
Imam and his companions. We call upon Allah to
curse all those who laid the basis and set up the
groundwork to heap the atrocities on the
Ahlebait.
Allahuma laan awalla zaalimin zalama
haqqa Muhammadin wa aale Muhammadin
wa aqira taabein lahu ala zalika
allahumma isabatalati jahadatil Hussain
wa shayat wa bayat wa taba at ala qatli
allahuma laanahum jameea.
“O Allah curse the first tyrant who unjustly and
wrongfully usurped
that which rightfully belonged to Muhammad
and the children of Muhammad
and curse those, who after him, followed in his
footsteps.
O my Allah condemn and damn those
conspirators who vexed and harassed Hussain,
showed eagerness, agreed mutually and joined
hands to kill him.

We condemn those who obstruct and deny the

rights of the Aaima. We say laanullah on those
who killed Imam Hussain and ask Allah to
condemn and damn those who instigated,
participated, abetted and supported the killing of
Hussain. We disassociate ourselves from all those
who had anything to do with the cruelty meted
out to the Ahlebait.We seek Allah‟s nearness by
keeping aloof bil baraati min aadikum from the
Imam‟s enemies, both who were present then and
those who associate or agree with them today.
Enemity for the Imam is enemity for us and we
pray that we are safe from their corrupting
influence. We adress the Imam and seek nearness
to Allah and the Prophet, through cutting off our
links with the enemies of the Ahlebait,
denouncing them and disconnecting all links with
those who devised and carried out the plan,
giving currency to the reign of terror to oppress
the family of Hussain, his friends and followers.
After the day of Ashoor, the Ahlebait suffered
even more at the hands of the minions of Yazeed.
Their tents were set on fire, their belongings
looted and bereft of their veils, they were paraded
through the streets of Koofa and Shaam.Brought
before ibn Ziyad in Koofa, they suffered insult
upon insult and saw Mukhtar in chains. They
were taken barefoot through hard and rough
terrain and denied food and water. At the court of
Yazeed, they were tied in ropes and brought
before the tyrant, who heaped insults at the
severed head of the Imam Hussain and poked fun
at the Prophet and Islam. They were then
incarcerated in the zindaan e Shaam, where the
four-year-old daughter of Hussain died and soon
after, the populace of Damascus turned against
the tyrant demanding to know why the family of
the Prophet SAW was still in prison. Yazeed, for
his own safety, decided to let them go. The fourth
Imam was called and told he was free.
The Ahlebait left for Medina but not before the
foundation of azadari was laid in the very place,
where the atrocities against the Ahlebait had been
planned. Hazrat Zainab AS held the first majlis to
mourn the martyrs of Karbala. After returning to
Medina, the Ahlebait continued to mourn Imam
Hussain AS and recall the events of Ashoor.The
people learnt about the tragic events of Karbala,
Koofa and Shaam. When they revolted against
the governor Osman ibn Muhammad ibn Abu
Sufyan, Yazeed sent his troops into Medina and
Mecca to carry out further looting and carnage.
Houses were demolished, men were killed and
women were raped. The siege in Mecca saw the
covering of the Kaaba being set on fire.
Further atrocities came to a halt, when news
reached Mecca on the 14th Rabiulaval 64 A.H.
that Yazeed had died. A year after Yazeed‟s
death, there was an uprising in Koofa to avenge
the shahadat of Imam Hussain by a group called
the Tawabeen, led by Sulaiman ibn Surad
Khuzaee, who had written to Imam Hussain
inviting him to Koofa, but had been imprisoned
by Ibn Ziyad. The Tawabeen fought against the
Syrian troops, but were martyred. In 66 A. H.
Mukhtar, assisted by Ibraheem ibn Malik e
Ashtar, took control of Koofa.

Mukhtar ibn Yousuf al Saqafi was one of the

most brilliant figures in Arab history, and led a
great social revolt. He adopted political and
social justice and provided equal opportunities to
people. He succeeded in executing his political
plans aimed at the destruction of the forces, who
were the enemies of the Ahlebait. Following the
policies of Imam Ali AS, he built the foundations
of his government on inclusive justice. On
gaining powe,r he demanded vengeance for the
Ahlebait, and together with Ibraheem iibn Malik
e Ashtar, rounded up all the criminals who had
perpetrated evil against Imam Hussain AS and
his family. Their mission was to avenge the blood
of Imam Hussain AS and to hunt out and destroy
all those who had participated in the battle of
Karbala. One by one, many hundreds of the vile
soldiers of Yazeed, who had taken part in
Karbala were brought before Mukhtar. They
recounted in gruesome detail what they had done,
and then were punished for their crimes.
Ibraheem‟s forces killed Ibn Ziyad and Mukhtar
killed Umar ibn Saad.
When the fourth Imam Ali Zainulabideen was
told in Medina the news from Koofa, he was at
breakfast with his as-haab. He immediately went
into sajda e shukr, thanked Allah and then raised
his hands in dua “May Allah give jaza e khair to
Mukhtar.” Through his deeds, Mukhtar had
gladdened the hearts of the believers and received
dua from the Imam of his time. Smoke had not
been seen rising from the house of the Ahlebait
for six years. Now there was some abatement in
their grief. The Imam and his Shias put away
their mantles of grief and celebrated. The Imam
then entered his house and told the ladies to
change their garments of mourning, to apply
surma in their eyes and oil in their hair. It was the
9th of Rabiulawal and the Imam named the day,
Eid e Zahra. This date also marks the beginning
of the Imamat of our twelfth Imam Muhammad
Mehdi AS, who will have the honour of seeking
the vengeance for the blood of Imam Hussain,
when he reappears before the day of Qiyamat.
Following the example of the Imam, we should
celebrate this Eid by ending the period of
mourning that starts every year on the first of
Muharram. We should greet each other and wear
festive clothes. We should invite other momineen
to join the celebrations and use this opportunity
to thank Allah for His Mercy and blessings. We
must help people who are in need and also give
gifts in the name of our living Imam.
 List of Allah’s Names

Our first Imam Ali Ameerulmomineen AS says:

“Put your faith in Allah. Direct your prayers and
requests towards Him and Him alone. Ask as
much of His favours as you can. Know that Allah
owns the treasures of the heavens and the
earth.He has promised to listen to your
prayers.Think over it, that by simply granting you
the privilege of praying for His favours and
mercy, He has handed over the keys of His
treasures to you.”

The Names of Allah are recited to invoke Him as

duas for obtaining benefits.
Adads (total of numbers assigned to alphabets)
are mentioned in brackets.

1. Ya ALLAHU (66) Allah is the proper

name of God.
Recite 66 times immediately after sunrise or
at sunset for acceptance of prayers.
2. AL AHADU (13) The One
Recite it many times to have love and
friendship.
3. AL AWWALU (37) The Foremost
Recite often to bring any job to a
successful completion.
4. AL AAKHIRU (801) The Last
Recite to attain success in apparently
hopeless, unfinished undertaking
5. AL ALIYYU (110) The Highest
 If recited regularly, your status and rank will
improve.
6. AL ALEEMU (150) The All Knowing
If recited 6 times daily, knowledge and
wisdom increases.
7. AL AZEEZU (94) The Mighty
Recite 94 times to gain knowledge of
Chemistry.
8. AL AADILU (105) The Just
If recited regularly you will get Allah‟s help
to arrive at just judgements and make correct
decisions.
9. AL AFUWWU (156) The Pardoner
Recite 12 times after every wajib namaz
to get Allah‟s blessings.
10. AL AKRAMU (261) The Gracious
Recite at the time of going to sleep to
achieve eminence.
11. AL AZEEMU(1020) The Magnificent
To command respect in influential circles,
recite frequently.
12. AL BAEEDU(86) The Distant
If recited regularly, carnal desires give way to
piety.
13. AL BAASITU (72) The Spreader
Recite 9 times, raising both arms towards the
sky, at dawn, to be free fom asking others for
your needs.
14. AL BARRU(202) The Good
Recite 202 times for a child for his good
fortune and success.
15. AL BAARIYU (213) The Originator
If recited by a barren woman, she will give
birth to a child.
16. AL BASEERU (302) The All Seeing.
Recite 5 times daily to cure eye ailments
and to improve eyesight.
17. AL BAAQEE (113) The Survivor
Recite 113 times daily to get prosperity
and to ward off trouble.
18. AL BADEEU (86) The Designer.
Recite 86 times daily for 14 days to seek
fulfilment of legitimate desires.
19. AL BAAITHU (573) The Resurrector
Recite 573 times before going to sleep to
improve intellectual power.
20. AL BAATINU (62) The Inward
If recited regularly, no one will know the
secrets of the reciter.
21. AD DAYYAANU (65) The Rewarder.
Recite regularly to get help in cultivating
religious virtues.
22. AL FATTAAHU (489) The Opener
Recite 70 times after Fajr, keeping right
hand on the chest, for all doubts to be
cleared.
23. AL FARDU (284) The Single
Recite 284 times to achieve distinction and
originality.
24. AL FAATIRU (290) The Maker
Recite 290 times daily to make difficult tasks
easy.
25. AL FAALIQU (211) The Producer
To find the right direction when you lose the
way, recite 211 times.
26. AL GHAFFAARU (1281) The Oft
Forgiver.
Recite 1281 times on Friday for absolution
from sins.
27. AL GHAFOORU (1286) The Forgiver
Recite 17 times after every prayer
regularly for forgiveness of sins.
28. AL GHANIYYU (1060) The
Independent.
To become rich and prosperous recite 1200 in
one sitting.
29. AL HAADEE (20) The Guide
Recite 20 times daily to get more knowledge
and wisdom.
30. AL HALEEMU (88) The Indulgent
If recited regularly you will not be oppressed
or subdued.
31. AL HAYYUL QAYYOOMU
(18+156=174) The Ever-living Self –
subsisting
If recited 174 times daily, a wrongly accused
person will be acquitted.
32. AL HAMEEDU (62) The Praiseworthy
Recite 62 times daily to settle all affairs in
your favour, to be pious and to cultivate
good manners.
33. AL HAFEEZU (998) The Guardian
If recited 998 times, the reciter will be safe
from accidents and fear.
34. AL HAAFIZU (989) The Preserver
To avoid cruelty of a tyrant, recite 989 times.
35. AL HAQQU (108) The Truth
If recited a great deal regularly, illegally held
goods are returned to the rightful owner.
36. AL HASEEBU (80) The Reckoner
Recite 80 times for 7 weeks, starting from
Thursday for all jobs to be completed
easily.
37. AL HAKEEMU (78) The Wise
Recite 78 times after Tahajjud prayers to
achieve success.
38. AL JABBAARU(206) The Omnipotent
To keep yourself safe from tyranny, recite
8 times daily.
39. AL JALEELU(73) The Magnificent
Recite 73 times daily to obtain eminent
status in life.
40. AL JAMEELU(83) The Beautiful
If recited many times regularly, it illuminates
the face, enlightens the heart and clears up the
mind.
41. AL JAWAADU(14) The Generous
Recite 14 times daily to develop quality
of generosity and piety.
42. AL JAAMi U(114) The Gatherer
To recover missing or misplaced things,
recite 114 times.
43. AL KHABEERU(812) The All Aware
Recite 812 times before going to sleep to
have the vision of any unknown event or
person in the dream.
44. AL KHAALISU (721) The Pure
Recite 721 times to hear glad tidings in the
grave after death.
45. AL KHAALIQU (731) The Creator
If recited 731 times for one week, it keeps the
reciter safe from calamities.
46. AL KABEERU (232) The Greatest
Recite 232 times for Allah to satisfy your
desires.
47. AL KAREEMU (270) The Kind
Recite 9 times daily after obligatory prayers
to get honour dignity and prosperity.
48. AL KAAFIYU (111) The Effective
If recited 111 times daily Allah bestows so
many benefits and bounties that you don‟t
need anybody else‟s help.
49. AL KAASHIFU (401) The Disperser
Recite “Ya Kashifa zarra Ayyoob” to
drive away sorrow, anxiety, poverty and
affliction.
50. AL KHAAFIZU (1481) The Humiliator
To overcome and disarm your enemy,
recite a great deal.
51. AL LATEEFU (129) The Benign
Recite 129 times on Mondays to fulfil all
legitimate desires.
52. AL MALIKU (90) The Sovereign
To retain wealth and power, recite 90 times
daily.
53. AL MOOMINU (136) The Reliable
Protector
Recite 136 times to be safe from the evil of
men and jinn.
54. AL MUHAYMINU (145) The Defender
Recite 145 times to become pious and
sincere.
55. AL MUTAKABBIRU (662) The
Sublime
Recite 662 times on the first night of
marriage for the blessing of a son.
56. AL MUSAWWIRU (336) The
Fashioner
Recite 12 times to have the upper hand over
the enemy.
57. AL MUIZZU (117) The Bestower of
Honour
If recited a great deal, it brings honour,
recognition and fame.
58. AL MUDILLU (770) The Disgracer
Recite 770 times to get back long overdue
debts.
59. AL MUQEETU (550)The Maintainer
To have enough sustenance recite as mant
times as possible.
60. AL MUJEEBU (55)The Hearer of
Prayers
To cure headache recite 55 times.
61. AL MAJEEDU (57) The Glorious
Recite a great deal to have a long life and
to dismiss sorrows and hardship.
62. AL MATEENU (500) The Preserving
To have pious children, recite at the time
of making love.
63. AL MUHAASIBU (111) The Reckoner
Recite 111 times to subdue your enemy.
64. AL MUBDIYU (56) The Commencer
To avert the danger of miscarriage, recite
56 times over the belly of the pregnant
mother.
65. AL MUEEDU (124) The Restorer
Recite 124 times to bring back lost
memory.
66. AL MUHAYYI (58) The Vivifier
If recited 58 times before judgement is
passed, provided the reciter is wrongly
accused, he/she will be set free.
67. AL MUMEETU (490) The Annhilator
Recite frequently to be safe from
witchcraft.
68. AL MUQTADIRU (744) The All
Powerful
If recited 15 times after getting up from bed,
before speaking to anyone, legitimate desires
will be fulfilled.
69. AL MUQADDIMU (184) The
Vanguard
Love and understanding will develop if
recited over a glass of water and served.
70. AL MOOAQQIRU (846) The Eternal
Last
If recited regularly, Allah will forgive sins.
71. AL MUTA AALEE (551) The Most
High
To possess a dignied, awe inspiring
personality, recite regularly.
72. AL MUNTAQIMU(630) The Avenger
If you are too weak to avenge, recite 630
 times and leave it to Allah ,who will
avenge on your behalf.
73. YA MAALIKUL MULK (91+90=181)
The Absolute Sovereign
To have a carefree, independent and happy
life, recite many times regularly.
74. AL MUQSITU(209) The Distributor
If recited regularly after every namaz, Shaitan
will not be able to divert your attention from
Allah.
75. AL MUGHNEE(1100)The Independent
Recite 100 times on 11 Fridays to become
self sufficient, eating no meat of any kind,
fish,milk or eggs.
76. AL MUA TEE (129) The Bestower of
gifts.
Recite 129 times for any particular desire to
be fulfilled.
77. AL MAANIU (161) The Prohibiter
If recited 169 times after any obligatory
prayer, for any desire,it will be fulfilled.
78. AL MANNAANU(141)The Benefactor
If you want to disperse fears, recite this
regularly
79. AL MUHEETU (67) He Who
encompasses everything
Recite regularly to keep under Allah‟s
protection.
80. AL MUBEENU (102)The Evident
To create love and understanding between a
group of people, recite this regularly.
81. AL MAAJIDU (48) The Noble
If recited a great deal, a light from heaven
will purify the heart
82. AL MUN IMU (200)The Bountiful
For prosperity and happiness recite as many
times as possible.
83. AN NAEEMU(170) The Bounteous
To thank Allah for the bounties he bestows
on you, recite daily after Fajr and Isha
prayers.
84. AN NAAFIU (201) The Helpful
Recite in the month of Rajab to know the
secrets of things and events.
85. AN NOORU (256)The Light
If recited regularly after every wajib namaz, it
enlightens the heart and mind.
86. AL QAHHAARU (306) The Conqueror
To get rid of worldly temptations, recite
as many times as possible.
87. AL QAABIZU (903) He who takes
position and holds
Recite 12 times to subdue the enemy.
88. AL QAWIYYU (116) The Strong
Recite116 times regularly to be fearless,
courageous and brave.
89. AL QAAZEE (911) He who settles
matters.
To get satisfaction of legitimate desires, recite
regularly.
90. AL QAYYOOMU (156) The Self
subsisting
To have a sound sleep, recite before going to
bed.
91. AL QAADIRU (305) The Omnipotent
To overcome powerful enemies, recite on
the last Wednesday of the lunar month,
with wuzu.
92. AL QADEEMU (154) The Eternal First
To have a long life recite a great deal
regularly.
93. AL QAREEBU (312)The Near
Recite 312 times to keep away threatening
evil.
94. AR RAHMAANU (299) The Beneficent
Recite 299 times after every namaz to
remove forgetfulness.
95. AR RAHEEMU (258) The Merciful
Recite 258 times in sajda to fulfil desires
and for cares and worries to disappear.
96. AR RAZZAAQU (308) The Giver of
Livelihood
Recite 11 times after every namaz to always
have enough sustenance.
97. AR RAQEEBU (312) The Guardian
Recite 312 times to have peace of mind;
to manage a job carefully; to recover any
lost thing.
98. AR RAOOFU (286) The
Compassionate
If recited a great deal regularly, harsh persons
become kind and loving.
99. AR RAAFI U (351) The Exalted
Recite 351 times daily after Zohr to have
social eminence and advancement in
profession and business.
100. AR RASHEEDU (514) He who
guides on the Right Path
Recite 514 times between Maghrib and Isha
for fulfilment of legitimate desires.
101. AR RABBU (202) The Lord
Cherisher
This may be an ism aazam. Recite a great
deal to receive unending bounties and favours
from Allah.
102. AS SALAAMU (131) The Peace
Recite 131 times over the head of the sick
person to cure sickness.
103. AS SAMEEU (180)The All
Hearing
Recite 180 times for fulfilment of desires.
104. ASH SHAHEEDU (319) The
Witness
Recite 319 times to make a disobedient child
obedient.
105. AS SAMADU (134) The
Everlasting
If recited 134 times daily, the reciter lives on
his own, without the need of other‟s support.
106. AS SAYYIDU (74) The Master
Recite 74 times daily to obtain high
position in society with effective
authority.
107. AS SUBBOOHU (76) The Holy
To develop piety, like the piety of angels,
write this dua on bread and eat after
Friday prayer.
108. AS SAANIU (211) The Maker
Recite 211times before designing, making
anything to achieve a high quality
product.
109. ASH SHAKOORU (526) The
Thankful
Recite 526 times over pure water and wash
eyes with it to cure eye ailments.
110. AS SABOORU (298) The
Patient
Recite 298 times to endure any misfortune or
setback in life.
111. ASH SHAAFEE (391)The
Healer
Recite 391 times to cure sickness or disease
112. AS SATTAARU (661) The
Coverer
All defects, shortcomings and faults are kept
hidden when this name of Allah is recited a
great deal.
113. AT TAWWAABU (409) The
Relenter
To remain safe from the cruelty of a person,
recite this 13 times.
114. AL WITRU (606) The Unique
To keep away prying and meddling
people, recite this a great deal regularly.
115. AL WALIYYU (46) The Friend
Recite 46 times on a Friday night to
overcome difficulties.
116. AL WAKEELU (66) The
Protector
After namaz and Tasbeeh e Zahra AS, recite
66 times for desires to be fulfilled.
117. AL WAAFIYU (97) He who
keeps the promise
If recited a great deal, it gives you time and
money to fulfil your own promises.
118. AL WAALIYU (47) The
Governor
Recite a great deal regularly,you or your
children will occupy the highest position in
government.
119. AL WAHHAABU (14) The
Utmost Liberal
Recite 14 times in sajda to receive countless
blessings from Allah.
120. AL WAASIYU (137) The
Liberal Beneficent
Recite a great deal regularly to receive more
and more livelihood.
121. AL WUDOODU (20) The
Loving
To remove distrust and create understanding
and love, recite 20 times over food and serve
it to them.
122. AL WAARITHU (707) The
Inheritor
Recite 707 times Allah will keep you on the
Right Path and your difficulties made easy.
123. AL WAAJIDU (14) The
Inventor
If recited a great deal it enlightens the mind
and heart.
124. AL WAHEEDU (28) The Only
Recite in the journey many times to reach
destination safely.
125. AL WAAHIDU (19) The Single
Recite 19 times on Fridays to create piety
and purity.
126. AZ ZAARRU (1001) The
Quickener
To get a bumper crop recite 1001 times over
tilled land. Recite on Friday to be safe from
calamities.
127. AZ ZAAHIRU (1106) The
Manifest
Recite 1106 for secret to be made known to
you. Recite daily after Fajr to increase your
knowledge.
128. YA DAL JALLALI WAL
IKRAAM (1056) The Lord of Might
and Majesty
An ism e azam. Recite a great deal regularly
to have high position and eminent status.
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