| Bibi Khadija (s.a.)'s unparalleled sacrifices for Islam. | for everyone |
Khadija had made unparalleled sacrifices for Islam. Those sacrifices "dovetailed" with the infrastructure of Islam. They strengthened the edifice of Islam and made it indestructible.
Khadija's sacrifices are emblazoned in history as qualitatively and quantitatively superior to anything anyone else in the Muslim umma might have done for Islam. She made Islam viable by her countless and uncountable sacrifices. There is a clear correlation between the support she gave to her husband and the social, economic and political success of Islam. No one else could have played this role with such skill, love, consistency, percipience, address and intuition as she did.
Khadija's sacrifices bore fruit after her death. Islam was victorious in its long struggle with paganism. The enemies of Islam were decimated, the blasphemous arrogance of the Umayyads was humbled, and their heathen ideology was demolished.
Khadija was one of the principal architects of the victory of monotheism over polytheism; of faith over materialism, and of Islam over paganism even though the story of her role in the conflict has remained, for the most part, "subliminal." It has existed only outside the conscious awareness of most of the Muslims.
Khadija's sacrifices are emblazoned in history as qualitatively and quantitatively superior to anything anyone else in the Muslim umma might have done for Islam. She made Islam viable by her countless and uncountable sacrifices. There is a clear correlation between the support she gave to her husband and the social, economic and political success of Islam. No one else could have played this role with such skill, love, consistency, percipience, address and intuition as she did.
Khadija's sacrifices bore fruit after her death. Islam was victorious in its long struggle with paganism. The enemies of Islam were decimated, the blasphemous arrogance of the Umayyads was humbled, and their heathen ideology was demolished.
Khadija was one of the principal architects of the victory of monotheism over polytheism; of faith over materialism, and of Islam over paganism even though the story of her role in the conflict has remained, for the most part, "subliminal." It has existed only outside the conscious awareness of most of the Muslims.
In A.D. 630 Muhammed Mustafa marched into Makka as a conqueror. He and his cousin, Ali ibn Abi Talib, entered the Kaaba, cognizant of the Divine Commandment to Abraham and Ismael:
...AND WE COVENANTED WITH ABRAHAM AND ISMAEL THAT THEY SHOULD SANCTIFY MY HOUSE... (Quran Majid. Chapter 2; verse 125)
Muhammed and Ali found the House of God in a state of defilement; it had become the house of idols; and had to be sanctified. Therefore, in imitation of Abraham and Ismael - their prophetic forebears - Muhammed and Ali smashed all the idols and obliterated all the images in the Kaaba. They sanctified the House of God, and restored purity to it. Khadija would have equated this act of the restoration of purity to the Kaaba, by her husband and her son-in-law, with the realization of her own hopes and dreams, and it would have made her happy and proud. And how much Muhammed Mustafa must have wished that she were with him, standing by his side, to experience and to share the thrill of that blessed day when the Kaaba was rededicated to the service of Allah, after the passage of many dark centuries.
From the moment Khadija bore witness that God was One, and Muhammed was His messenger, she put her words and her deeds and her life and her death on the same "wavelength" as the Pleasure and the Will of Allah. In correlating her work and her aims with the Pleasure and the Will of Allah, she found the Supreme Triumph of her sainted life.
| THE LOVE OF BIBI KHADIJA (S.A.) TOWARDS THE HOLY PROPHET (S.A.W.S.) | for everyone |
Bibi Khadija (S.A.) and Ayesha
Hadhrat Ayesha was jealous not only of those wives of Muhammed Mustafa who were living at the same time and in the same house as she was, but also of a wife who was long since dead, viz., Khadija. In fact, she was more jealous of Khadija, the dead wife, than she was of any of her living co-wives. She was so jealous of Khadija that she reserved her most bitter blasts against her.
Abbas Mahmud al-Akkad says in his book, Avesha:
"Ayesha did not nurse such strong feelings of jealousy toward any wife of the Messenger of Allah as she did toward Khadija. The reason for this jealousy was that Khadija had made a place for herself in the heart of her husband which no one else could take. Muhammed Mustafa recounted her merits night and day.
Muhammed Mustafa was constantly helping the poor and the sick. On one occasion, Ayesha asked him the reason for this, and he said: "Khadija had told me to treat these people with kindness and love. It was her last wish."
When Ayesha heard this, she nared into a rage, and shouted: "Khadija! Khadija! It seems that for you there is no other woman on the face of the earth except Khadija."
The Apostle was a man of unlimited forbearance. But when he saw Ayesha's outburst, he stopped talking with her."
If this incident points up the love that Khadija had for the poor and the sick, it also points up the esteem in which she was held by Muhammed Mustafa. He acted upon her wishes, notwithstanding the overt reaction and resentment of Ayesha. He, in fact, acted upon the wishes of Khadija as long as he lived. Didn't he know that any reference to Khadija displeased Ayesha? Of course he did. Therefore, when she asked him why he was feeding the poor, clothing the naked, and comforting the cheerless, he ought to have given her a "discreet" answer, one that would not have frayed her nerves. But he didn't. He just said: "I am carrying out the wishes of Khadija."
Was this a coincidence that the last thought that Khadija had in this world, was the welfare of the poor, the sick, the orphans, the widows and the disabled? No. There is nothing coincidental about it. Everything that Khadija ever said or did, was precalculated to win the pleasure of Allah. And she knew that she could win the pleasure of Allah by giving love and service to the most vulnerable of His humble slaves.
Khadija's largess was reaching the hungry, the poor and the sick, even after her death. Her charity never came to a halt - in life or in death!
The name and image of Khadija were etched on the heart of Muhammed Mustafa, and neither the hand of time nor the tantrums of Ayesha could efface them.
"Ayesha did not nurse such strong feelings of jealousy toward any wife of the Messenger of Allah as she did toward Khadija. The reason for this jealousy was that Khadija had made a place for herself in the heart of her husband which no one else could take. Muhammed Mustafa recounted her merits night and day.
Muhammed Mustafa was constantly helping the poor and the sick. On one occasion, Ayesha asked him the reason for this, and he said: "Khadija had told me to treat these people with kindness and love. It was her last wish."
When Ayesha heard this, she nared into a rage, and shouted: "Khadija! Khadija! It seems that for you there is no other woman on the face of the earth except Khadija."
The Apostle was a man of unlimited forbearance. But when he saw Ayesha's outburst, he stopped talking with her."
If this incident points up the love that Khadija had for the poor and the sick, it also points up the esteem in which she was held by Muhammed Mustafa. He acted upon her wishes, notwithstanding the overt reaction and resentment of Ayesha. He, in fact, acted upon the wishes of Khadija as long as he lived. Didn't he know that any reference to Khadija displeased Ayesha? Of course he did. Therefore, when she asked him why he was feeding the poor, clothing the naked, and comforting the cheerless, he ought to have given her a "discreet" answer, one that would not have frayed her nerves. But he didn't. He just said: "I am carrying out the wishes of Khadija."
Was this a coincidence that the last thought that Khadija had in this world, was the welfare of the poor, the sick, the orphans, the widows and the disabled? No. There is nothing coincidental about it. Everything that Khadija ever said or did, was precalculated to win the pleasure of Allah. And she knew that she could win the pleasure of Allah by giving love and service to the most vulnerable of His humble slaves.
Khadija's largess was reaching the hungry, the poor and the sick, even after her death. Her charity never came to a halt - in life or in death!
The name and image of Khadija were etched on the heart of Muhammed Mustafa, and neither the hand of time nor the tantrums of Ayesha could efface them.
Hadhrat Ayesha was aware that she could not dissuade Muhammed Mustafa from praising Khadija, and from talking about her. But this knowledge did not put a crimp upon her vis-a-vis her "anti-Khadija" stance. Abbas Mahmud al-Akkad of Egypt, relates another incident in his book, Avesha, as follows:
One day the Messenger of Allah was praising Khadija when Ayesha said: "O Messenger of Allah! Why do you talk all the time about that old woman who had inflamed gums? After all, Allah has given you better wives than her."
Muhammed Mustafa said: "No Ayesha! Allah never gave me a better wife than Khadija. She believed in me at a time when other people denied me. She put all her wealth at my service when other people withheld theirs from me. And what's more, Allah gave me children only through Khadija."
It appears that Ayesha's hatred of Khadija which she expressed so blatantly, backfired upon her. Her husband told her that Allah gave him children only through Khadija whereas his other wives could not give him any child.
To be childless, is a very painful experience for a woman. But if she is told that she is barren, the pain for her becomes a torture. And if it is her own husband who taunts her for her barrenness, then the pain becomes an agony.
But Ayesha could never repress her hatred of Khadija. She herself said once: "I have never been so jealous of any woman as I am of Khadija." She showed her jealousy over and over again, and each time she elicited from the Messenger of Allah the same anger and displeasure.
One day the Messenger of Allah was praising Khadija when Ayesha said: "O Messenger of Allah! Why do you talk all the time about that old woman who had inflamed gums? After all, Allah has given you better wives than her."
Muhammed Mustafa said: "No Ayesha! Allah never gave me a better wife than Khadija. She believed in me at a time when other people denied me. She put all her wealth at my service when other people withheld theirs from me. And what's more, Allah gave me children only through Khadija."
It appears that Ayesha's hatred of Khadija which she expressed so blatantly, backfired upon her. Her husband told her that Allah gave him children only through Khadija whereas his other wives could not give him any child.
To be childless, is a very painful experience for a woman. But if she is told that she is barren, the pain for her becomes a torture. And if it is her own husband who taunts her for her barrenness, then the pain becomes an agony.
But Ayesha could never repress her hatred of Khadija. She herself said once: "I have never been so jealous of any woman as I am of Khadija." She showed her jealousy over and over again, and each time she elicited from the Messenger of Allah the same anger and displeasure.
The last child of Muhammed Mustafa and Khadija was their daughter, Fatima Zahra. She was born in the fifth year of the Proclamation, and eight years before the Migration. Her brothers, Qasim and Abdullah, had died before her. It was the pleasure of Allah that the line of descent of His messenger and friend, Muhammed Mustafa, should begin with his daughter, Fatima Zahra. She was the joy of her father's heart, and the light of his eyes. He cherished her and her children as his greatest treasures. They were, for him, the epitome of the purest of all joys - both terrestrial and celestial.
From time to time, Muhammed Mustafa had to leave Medina on his campaigns. It was his invariable practice that he sent his army ahead of him, and he himself was the last one to leave the city.
The last thing that Muhammed Mustafa did before leaving Medina, was to visit his daughter, Fatima Zahra, the blessed one, and her children. He entrusted them to the protection of God, and bade them farewell.
The first thing that Muhammed Mustafa did when he returned to Medina, was to visit the house of his daughter. He invoked God's blessings upon her and her family. During his frequent absences from Medina, there was nothing that he missed so much as the children of his daughter. When he saw them, he exchanged greetings with them, kissed them, dandled them, and played with them. Once he was with them, his weariness from the campaigns, and from long marches in the dust and heat of Arabia, vanished, and he was refreshed and restored.
It was a pattern of life for Muhammed Mustafa, and he never veered from it. His emotional life revolved around the house of his daughter.
From time to time, Muhammed Mustafa had to leave Medina on his campaigns. It was his invariable practice that he sent his army ahead of him, and he himself was the last one to leave the city.
The last thing that Muhammed Mustafa did before leaving Medina, was to visit his daughter, Fatima Zahra, the blessed one, and her children. He entrusted them to the protection of God, and bade them farewell.
The first thing that Muhammed Mustafa did when he returned to Medina, was to visit the house of his daughter. He invoked God's blessings upon her and her family. During his frequent absences from Medina, there was nothing that he missed so much as the children of his daughter. When he saw them, he exchanged greetings with them, kissed them, dandled them, and played with them. Once he was with them, his weariness from the campaigns, and from long marches in the dust and heat of Arabia, vanished, and he was refreshed and restored.
It was a pattern of life for Muhammed Mustafa, and he never veered from it. His emotional life revolved around the house of his daughter.
Hadhrat Ayesha didn't share her husband's love for his daughter. Abbas Mahmud al-Akkad says in his book, Avesha:
In the first place, Fatima was the daughter of Khadija; and the Messenger of Allah loved Khadija so much that he was constantly praising and complimenting her. Ayesha resented this. In the second place, Ayesha was childless. Whenever she saw her husband coddling and cuddling the children of Fatima which he was doing all the time, she was further embittered being painfully reminded of her own sterility. The relations, therefore, of Ayesha and Fatima, were not very "friendly."
In the first place, Fatima was the daughter of Khadija; and the Messenger of Allah loved Khadija so much that he was constantly praising and complimenting her. Ayesha resented this. In the second place, Ayesha was childless. Whenever she saw her husband coddling and cuddling the children of Fatima which he was doing all the time, she was further embittered being painfully reminded of her own sterility. The relations, therefore, of Ayesha and Fatima, were not very "friendly."
| BIBI KHADIJA (S.A.) THE WIFE OF THE HOLY PROPHET (S.A.W.S.) | for everyone |
The Mother of Believers Whose All Support To The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.)
Before Islam, Khadija was the Princess of Makka. When the sun of Islam rose above the horizon, Allah was pleased to make her the Princess of Islam also. Allah was also pleased to make her the Mother of the Believers, as He says in His Book:
THE PROPHET IS CLOSER TO THE BELIEVERS THAN THEIR OWN SELVES, AND HIS WIVES ARE THEIR MOTHERS.
(Chapter 33; verse 6)
THE PROPHET IS CLOSER TO THE BELIEVERS THAN THEIR OWN SELVES, AND HIS WIVES ARE THEIR MOTHERS.
(Chapter 33; verse 6)
Translators Note
"This Sura (chapter 33) establishes the dignity and position of the Holy Prophet's wives, who had a special mission and responsibility as Mothers of the Believers. They were not to be like ordinary women: they had to instruct women in spiritual matters, visit and minister to those who were ill or in distress, and do other kindly offices in aid of the Prophet's mission." (A. Yusuf Ali)
"This Sura (chapter 33) establishes the dignity and position of the Holy Prophet's wives, who had a special mission and responsibility as Mothers of the Believers. They were not to be like ordinary women: they had to instruct women in spiritual matters, visit and minister to those who were ill or in distress, and do other kindly offices in aid of the Prophet's mission." (A. Yusuf Ali)
The title of the Mother of Believers appears to have been specifically designed for Khadija. Without Khadija, this title becomes meaningless. She and she alone gave the sacred love which a mother alone can give, to the believers. A mother may be hungry but if her children are hungry, she will feed them first. In fact, if necessary - in an exigency - she will feed her children her own share of food and will gladly go hungry. This has happened on countless occasions in history, especially during wars and famines. The fact that her children are well-fed and contented, is enough to make a mother happy and contented, and is enough to make her forget her own hunger and thirst. A mother's love is unconditional; it is all-protective, all-enveloping.
Most of the Muslims of Makka were poor. They had no source of income, and they had no means of making a living in a city the economic life of which was controlled by a cartel of idolaters. The members of the cartel had decreed that no one would pay a Muslim any wages for any work done by him, and no one would buy anything from him. They knew that material privation affected the body as well as the spirit, and they figured that when the resistance of the Muslims breaks down through economic attrition, they would repudiate Islam, and they would abandon Muhammed. A concurrent aim of this policy was to starve the Muslims. But Khadija fed the poor Muslims, day after day, so that no one among them ever went hungry, and she provided shelter to them. For her, charity was nothing new but the size and scope of the commitment were; she spent money prodigiously on the poor and the homeless Muslims of Makka, and thus foiled the aims of the cartel.
The support that Khadija gave to the Muslim community in Makka, was indispensable for the survival of Islam. Her support to the Muslim community guaranteed its survival when it was in a state of blockade. In this sense, she was a maker of history the history of Islam.
The support that Khadija gave to the Muslim community in Makka, was indispensable for the survival of Islam. Her support to the Muslim community guaranteed its survival when it was in a state of blockade. In this sense, she was a maker of history the history of Islam.
All wives of Muhammed Mustafa, the Messenger of Allah, are the Mothers of Believers; but between them and Khadija there is a basic difference. All the women he married in Medina, received a stipend from the Bavt-ul-Mal (the Public Treasury). Some of them claimed special prerogatives, and demanded "perks" from him. They said that the stipend paid to them was insufficient for their needs, and they could not buy enough food to eat from it.
Khadija, on the other hand, never asked her husband for anything. Far from asking him to bring anything for her, she made her own purse a public treasury for the Muslims. In Makka there was no Bayt-ul-Mal, and it was the boundless generosity and the unlimited wealth of Khadija that saved the Community of the Faithful from starving. She was so solicitous of the welfare of the followers of her husband that she didn't withhold even the last coin that was in her possession, and spent it on them.
May Allah bless Bibi Khadija, the Mother of the Believers, par excellence.
Khadija, on the other hand, never asked her husband for anything. Far from asking him to bring anything for her, she made her own purse a public treasury for the Muslims. In Makka there was no Bayt-ul-Mal, and it was the boundless generosity and the unlimited wealth of Khadija that saved the Community of the Faithful from starving. She was so solicitous of the welfare of the followers of her husband that she didn't withhold even the last coin that was in her possession, and spent it on them.
May Allah bless Bibi Khadija, the Mother of the Believers, par excellence.
| BANANAS | for everyone |
After Reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at a banana in the same way again!
Bananas Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.
PMS:
Forget the pills -- eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anemia:
High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power:
200 students at a Twickenham school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation:
High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers:
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn:
Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness:
Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites:
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
Nerves:
Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight and at work?
Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers:
The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control:
Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):
Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking:
Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress:
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes:
According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine," eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"
| LIVER - THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR BODY | for everyone |
Treatment Of Your Fat Liver
The most significant portion of our body is the liver. This actually is responsible on the toxins we have interior our body. Its major function is controlling our metabolism.Now are some chief reasons why we have some sickness on our liver.
Caffeine, we are bare to caffeine in a way of intake coffee, tea, caffeinated flexible snacks, cigarettes, alcoholic beverages that is ready up of senior calories that leads to liver dysfunction, even a few medicine and special drugs easily because it holds some deleterious chemicals that is complicated to liver to filter. Whether this happens so long it can bring out serious liver problems which can lead to a deadly liver illness.
The most significant portion of our body is the liver. This actually is responsible on the toxins we have interior our body. Its major function is controlling our metabolism.Now are some chief reasons why we have some sickness on our liver.
Caffeine, we are bare to caffeine in a way of intake coffee, tea, caffeinated flexible snacks, cigarettes, alcoholic beverages that is ready up of senior calories that leads to liver dysfunction, even a few medicine and special drugs easily because it holds some deleterious chemicals that is complicated to liver to filter. Whether this happens so long it can bring out serious liver problems which can lead to a deadly liver illness.
| HADEES ON ULEMAS | for everyone |
1- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.) Learning is essential for every Muslim, be it known that God likes those who are in search of knowledge and wisdom.
2- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.) To acquire knowledge is neccessary at all times.
3- Imam Mohammad Bagher (A.S.) A learned person whose knowledge is being used by people, is more honored by God than seventy thousand worshipers.
4- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) The one who doesn't take lessons in his childhood, will not reach high-ranking positions in adulthood.
5- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.) Scholars (Ulama) are the successors of prophets.
6- Imam Hassan Mojtaba (A. S.)
Learn knowledge from people, and teach your intuition to others too.
7- Imam Sajjad (A. S.)
If people realize the value of science and knowledge, they will sacrifice themselves for earning it.
8- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.) The person who is aware of the present situations of his time, will never get involved with falsifying and wrongdoing.
9- Imam Musa Kazem (A. S.) Association with a learned one in the slums, is by far better than siting with an ignorant person on sumptuous and luxurious carpets!
10- Imam Reza (A. S.)
For the Devil, the presence of learned one is by far more painful than a thousand worshipers!
11- The Reverent Amir (A. S.)
To whatever extent a person's knowledge increases, his attention will be turned more towards his soul.
12- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
The one who studies knowledge and science, God has guaranteed his subsistence.
13- Reverent Amir (A. S.)
Anytime you hear a Hadith (narration) try to comprehend it not, because narrators of the news are many, but those who understand it are few.
14- Reverent Amir (A. S.)
Minds, like bodies, sometimes become depressed, you should maxims (wise sayings) for your minds.
15- Imam Hossein (A. S.)
Receiving education nurtures human wisdom.
16- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Ulama (scholars) are considered trustworthy by the prophets of God.
17- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
A little action blended together with knowledge and science, is of great value, on the contrary, much work along with ignorance and illiteracy, is of little value and insignificant.
18- Imam Mohammad Bagher (A. S.)
Learn knowledge and science from him who teaches it, even if he doesn't practice what he preaches.
19- Imam Hadi (A. S.)
Both professor and student share in the pursuit of excellence and perfection.
20- The Reverent Amir (A. S.)
Knowledge and science are beautiful things for human beings that there is no secret to anyone, and is a charm that would never be taken.
21- Imam Reza (A. S.)
Knowledge and science are the coffers and cache treasure of Perfection, and the only access to them is to ask and question.
22 - The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
The Almighty God considers hostile, he who is knowledgeable of materialistic affairs, and ignorant of heavenly affairs.
23- The Reverent Amir (A. S.)
The space in every pot or container in decreases due to its contents, except the container of knowledge in which the space expands through learning sciences!
24- Imam Reza (A. S.)
A Muslim will never get tired and bored of educating himself throughout his life.
25- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.)
The person who associates with scholars (Ulama), will have his reputation exalted.
26- The Endeared Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H)
Two types of people will never be satisfied: One who is after knowledge, and the other who is after this world!
27- The Endeared Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Learning science in childhood resembles engraving in stone.
28- Imam Hadi (A. S.)
The value and rank of a learned man is more than his knowledge.
29- Imam Hossein (A. S.)
Two signs of learned person are: acceptance of other people's criticism, and being knowledgeable about the angles and dimensions of rhetoric and debate.
30- Imam Musa Kazem (A. S.)
Learn sciences which offer you both your corrective destinies corruptive destinies and correitve threats.
31- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S)
A learned person among ignorant people, is like a live person among the dead.
32- The Endeared Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Learn your obligations and teach them to others; this by itself is half of knowledge and science.
33- The Endeared Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
A learned person is the one who practices what he preaches.
34- Imam Reza(A. S.)
One who offers (suggests) what he doesn't know, will be under the curse of the angles of the heavens and the earth.
35- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.)
There are two kinds of learned people (scholars): Those who act on their knowledge, these are the saviors, and the others who do not put into practice what they know, these are led to their downfall.
36- Imam Mohammad Bagher (A.S.)
Knowledge and science is the fruit of paradise; in time of threat is one's ally, in exile keeps one company, and in solitude is one's intimate friend and companion.
37- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
The one who cannot tolerate the hardship and abjections of studying will always be drowned in the meanness of ignorance and the baseness of folly.
38- The Reverent Amir (A. S.)
One who does not know much about something, should not be ashamed of learning it.
39- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.)
It makes no sense at all if people consider the one who lacks knowledge and science as a prosperous person.
40- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.)
Everything has its own alms tax (ZAKAT - poor tax or alms as prescribed by Islam). ZAKAT of knowledge is to teach it to those who seek knowledge.
| ON THE HOLY HOUSEHOLD... | for everyone |
1- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.) Everything has a foundation, and the foundation of Islam is our affection for the household of our prophet.
2- Imam Mohammad Bagher (A.S.) The basis of religion is our affection for the household of the holy Prophet.
3- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)The person who dies and doesn't know his Imam (the religious leader of his period), is dead as in the era of ignorance (the ignorance period before Islam).
4- The Reverent Fatemeh Zahra (A. S.) God has required us to obey for the sake of protection of Ummat and Imamat, and our leadership is obligatory to protect against disunity.
5- Imam Hassan Askari (A. S.) The one who accept our Imamat will be in the highest heavenly lodging beside us tomorrow, and anybody who betrays us, fire of hell will be his pavilion.
6- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.) God would not accept the faith of anyone, except with guardianship of Ali(A.S.), and enmity with Ali's (A.S.) enemies.
7- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.) Hold dear our offspring, honor the excellent ones for the sake of God and the sinners for my sake.
8- The Reverent Amir (A. S.)This is through us that you recognized the way to goodness and placed yourselves on high mountains.
9- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)Ali belongs to me and I belong to him as well. Ali will be my successor and will be the guardian of every believer.
10- Imam Zainolabedin (A. S.) Anybody at the time of the absence of our Qaaem (title of the twelfth Imam who is believed to be living), in occultation dies with our Guardian, God will grant him the reward of a thousand martyrs, like martyrs of the wars of ((Badr))1 and ((Ohod)) 2. ((Behar, vol. 82, p. 173))
11- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) The one who has chosen to follow our leadership and opinion and way, he will be with us in the pavilion of paradise.
12- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.) The party of Ali is the party of God, and his enemy's party is the party of the devil.((Amali-e-Sadoogh, p. 89))
13- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)The people of my household are the same as Noah's ark, anyone who attached himself to it was saved, and anyone who opposed it perished.
14- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.A person who considers my household with enmity will be cursed, as a hypocrite and injurious.
15- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)Make an oath to the one that my life is in his hand: This is Ali and only his Shiites will be saved (on the resurrection day).
16- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.)Anybody who make a poem about us, God will build a house for him in the heaven
17- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
The guardianship of Ali - ebne - Abitaleb is the guardianship of God and his friend is the friend of God and abeying him is a precept of God
18- Imam Reza (A. S.)
Anybody who takes part in any assembly to in crease our guardianship and school of thought, his live heart will never die, in the day that hearts die.
19- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.)
If the inhabitants of earth do not accept the guardianship of Ali (A.S) chief of the faithful, God will punish all of them, and will place them in the hell.
20- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.)
Anybody who goes on a pilgrimage to one of our Imams (A.S.) and does four prayers in the presence of him, will receive the heavenly reward of hajj [requred pilgrimage to Mecca] and Umra
21- Imam Reza (A. S.)
The almighty God becomes angry with the anger of Fatemeh (A.S.) and has satisfaction with her satisfaction.
22- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
God has created me and Ali, Fatemeh, Hassan, Hussein and the rest of the Imams (A.S.), all from one divining light.
23- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Mahdi (A. S.) is my son, he will have a lengthy absence When he appears, he will foster justice and fairness in perfect equilibrium. (plead for justice all over the earth) after an era of oppression, cruelty, injustice and inequity.
24- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Anybody who harms a hair of yours [or Ali's (A.S.)] has injured me, and anyone who injures me has injured God, and the one who has injured God, curse upon him.
25- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
The one who doesn't have faith in my intercession, God will deprive him of my intercession and will get no portion.
26- Imam Reza (A. S.)
Love the household of the most honorable Prophet (P.B.U.H.), although you are a criminal; and love Prophet's friends, no matter if they are criminal too.
27- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
It wouldn't take long that a part of my body3 will be buried in the territory of Khurasan. Anybody who is involved in difficulty or is guilty that make a pilgrimage to him (Imam Reza A.S.), the almighty God will obviate his difficulty and forgive his sins.
28- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
The person who utters praise, greets me but do not utter praise to my household will not smell heaven, that is 500 years away!
29- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
My household resemble stars, the stars save the heavens, and my household save the residents of the earth.
30- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
I will leave behind two heavy and precious weights among you: one is the book of God and the other is my household, If you resort to them, you will never go astray.
31- Imam Mohammad Bagher (A.S.)
Islam is based on 5 things: prayer, alms, hajj, fasting and vilayat guardianship, but from the viewpoint of esteem, rank, magnitude and greatness, vilayat precedes to all of them and has the preference to everything.
32- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Ali supports justice and justice supports Ali. He is Imam (Leadership) and my successor (khalif).
33- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Be it known to all, that the person who dies while expressing kindness to the household of Mohammad P.B.U.H., is considered a martyr.
34- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.)
The one who becomes sad and stricken because of the oppression and cruelty that we have been faced with, his breathing is worship and his sadness and grief for our sake is worship.
35- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Anybody who wishes to observe the temper of Adam and wisdom of Noah, and forbearance and patience of Ebraham, should observe Ali-ebne-Abitaleb.
36- Imam Zaman (A. S.)
My presence provides a haven for the inhabitants of the earth, just like the stars provide haven for the heavers.
37- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.)
Take some soil of the lord among martyrs (Imam Hossein-A.S.) to your children's mouth and secure them by doing this.
38- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Ali4 is the best among human beings, anybody who doesn't accept it, he is among unbelievers.
39- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Those who have oppressed my family and my household will never find the way to the Heaven (Paradise).
40- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.)
Fatemeh is an indispensable part of my body, anybody who inflicts harm upon her, harms me.
| YOUR POSITIVE WORDS...... | for everyone |
A group of frogs were hopping contentedly through the woods, going about their froggy business, when two of them fell into a deep pit. All of the other frogs gathered around the pit to see what could be done to help their companions. When they saw how deep the pit was, the rest of the dismayed group agreed that it was hopeless and told the two frogs in the pit that they should prepare themselves for their fate, because they were as good as dead.
Unwilling to accept this terrible fate, the two frogs began to jump with all of their might. Some of the frogs shouted into the pit that it was hopeless, and that the two frogs wouldn't be in that situation if they had been more careful, more obedient to the froggy rules, and more responsible.
The other frogs continued sorrowfully shouting that they should save their energy and give up, since they were already as good as dead. The two frogs continued jumping as hard as they could, and after several hours of desperate effort were quite weary.
Finally, one of the frogs took heed to the calls of his fellows. Spent and disheartened, he quietly resolved himself to his fate, lay down at the bottom of the pit, and died as the others looked on in helpless grief. The other frog continued to jump with every ounce of energy he had, although his body was wracked with pain and he was completely exhausted.
His companions began a new, yelling for him to accept his fate, stop the pain and just die. The weary frog jumped harder and harder and - wonder of wonders! Finally leapt so high that he sprang from the pit. Amazed, the other frogs celebrated his miraculous freedom and then gathering around him asked, "Why did you continue jumping when we told you it was impossible?" Reading their lips, the astonished frog explained to them that he was deaf, and that when he saw their gestures and shouting, he thought they were cheering him on. What he had perceived as encouragement inspired him to try harder and to succeed against all odds.
This simple Frog story contains a powerful lesson. Your encouraging or positive words can lift someone up and help him or her make it through the day. Your destructive or negative words can cause deep wounds; they may be the weapons that destroy someone's desire to continue trying - or even their life. Your destructive, careless word can diminish someone in the eyes of others, destroy their influence and have a lasting impact on the way others respond to them.
(sent by bro najmudin)
| THE HOLY PROPHET'S TRIP TO SYRIA WITH JANABE ABU TALIB (A.S.) | for everyone |
Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib set out for Damascus (Syria) on business and took Hazrat Muhammad (saw) along when he (saw) was 12 years old. It was a massive caravan and a great number of people traveled along with a huge quantity of merchandise until they arrived in Syria and entered the city of Busra. In the vicinity of a monastery, they pitched a tent and took rest.
Bahira, a devout Christian monk, caught sight of it through his monastery's window. He observed the caravan shaded by a little cloud that kept pace with it. Bahira came out of his monastery, stood in a corner and instructed his servant, 'Go and tell them that today they are all my guests'.
All came to him but Hazrat Muhammad (saw), who was standing beside the property and equipment of the caravan. Seeing that the cloud had ceased to move, Bahira asked his guests, 'are all the members of the caravan present here?' They answered, 'All but a youth who is the youngest'. Bahira said, 'Tell him to come as well'. So he was asked to come to the monk's room. The keen eyes of Bahira noticed that the cloud over his head moved with him. Taken by surprise, Bahira kept staring at the young boy. When the meal was over, the pious monk told him, 'I have a question to ask you and you must swear by Lat and Al-Uzza to answer my question'.
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) said, 'Those two you have asked me to swear by are the most detestable things to me'. Bahira said, 'Swear by Allah to answer my question'.
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) said, 'I always speak the truth and I have never told a lie; you ask your question'.
Bahira asked: "What do you like the most"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) answered: "Loneliness".
Bahira asked: "What do you look the most at and what do you like to look at"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) said: "The sky and the stars within it".
Bahira asked: "What do you think of"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) remained silent, but Bahira carefully glanced at his forehead.
Bahira asked: "When do you sleep and with what thoughts"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) stated: "When I fix my eyes upon the sky, I see the stars and I find them in my lap and myself above them".
Bahira asked: "Do you see dream also"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) stated: "Whatever I see in dream, the same I see while I am awake."
Bahira asked: "What do you dream of, as an example"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) kept quiet, Bahira also kept quiet.
After a while, Bahira asked: "May I take a look at the centre of your shoulders"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw), while standing still, stated: "Come and see."
Bahira stood up, came closer, and pulled the dress of Hazrat Muhammad (saw) off his shoulders. A mole appeared. Bahira took a look and said in a murmuring voice: "He is the very person".
Bahira knelt down before him and started kissing his hands and feet, saying, 'If I live till you start your divine mission, I will most faithfully aid you and fight your enemies. You are superior to all of Adam's offspring...'.
Then Bahira asked, 'whose son is this youth?' The caravan members pointed to Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib, saying, 'His son'. Bahira said, 'No. His father must be dead!'
Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib said, 'You are right. He is my nephew'. Bahira then said, 'This youth will have a brilliant, extraordinary future. If the Jews find out what I have realized about him, they will destroy him. Take great care lest the Jews should hurt him'.
Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib said, 'What is he destined to do? What have the Jews to do with him?' Bahira said, 'He is predestined to become a Hazrat, and the angel of inspiration will come down and make divine revelations to him'. Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib said, 'God will not leave him alone and will Himself protect him against the Jews and his malevolent enemies'.
Bahira, a devout Christian monk, caught sight of it through his monastery's window. He observed the caravan shaded by a little cloud that kept pace with it. Bahira came out of his monastery, stood in a corner and instructed his servant, 'Go and tell them that today they are all my guests'.
All came to him but Hazrat Muhammad (saw), who was standing beside the property and equipment of the caravan. Seeing that the cloud had ceased to move, Bahira asked his guests, 'are all the members of the caravan present here?' They answered, 'All but a youth who is the youngest'. Bahira said, 'Tell him to come as well'. So he was asked to come to the monk's room. The keen eyes of Bahira noticed that the cloud over his head moved with him. Taken by surprise, Bahira kept staring at the young boy. When the meal was over, the pious monk told him, 'I have a question to ask you and you must swear by Lat and Al-Uzza to answer my question'.
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) said, 'Those two you have asked me to swear by are the most detestable things to me'. Bahira said, 'Swear by Allah to answer my question'.
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) said, 'I always speak the truth and I have never told a lie; you ask your question'.
Bahira asked: "What do you like the most"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) answered: "Loneliness".
Bahira asked: "What do you look the most at and what do you like to look at"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) said: "The sky and the stars within it".
Bahira asked: "What do you think of"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) remained silent, but Bahira carefully glanced at his forehead.
Bahira asked: "When do you sleep and with what thoughts"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) stated: "When I fix my eyes upon the sky, I see the stars and I find them in my lap and myself above them".
Bahira asked: "Do you see dream also"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) stated: "Whatever I see in dream, the same I see while I am awake."
Bahira asked: "What do you dream of, as an example"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) kept quiet, Bahira also kept quiet.
After a while, Bahira asked: "May I take a look at the centre of your shoulders"?
Hazrat Muhammad (saw), while standing still, stated: "Come and see."
Bahira stood up, came closer, and pulled the dress of Hazrat Muhammad (saw) off his shoulders. A mole appeared. Bahira took a look and said in a murmuring voice: "He is the very person".
Bahira knelt down before him and started kissing his hands and feet, saying, 'If I live till you start your divine mission, I will most faithfully aid you and fight your enemies. You are superior to all of Adam's offspring...'.
Then Bahira asked, 'whose son is this youth?' The caravan members pointed to Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib, saying, 'His son'. Bahira said, 'No. His father must be dead!'
Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib said, 'You are right. He is my nephew'. Bahira then said, 'This youth will have a brilliant, extraordinary future. If the Jews find out what I have realized about him, they will destroy him. Take great care lest the Jews should hurt him'.
Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib said, 'What is he destined to do? What have the Jews to do with him?' Bahira said, 'He is predestined to become a Hazrat, and the angel of inspiration will come down and make divine revelations to him'. Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib said, 'God will not leave him alone and will Himself protect him against the Jews and his malevolent enemies'.
| THE ROLE OF JANABE AL-MUTTALIB AND JANABE ABU TALIB IN BRINGING UP THE HOLY PROPHET (S.A.W.S.) | for everyone |
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) went through the difficulties of orphanhood in his childhood with the support of his high-spirited grandfather, Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib, and his affectionate uncle, Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib.
When Hazrat Muhammad (saw) became eight years old, Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib passed away as well. This incident made Hazrat Muhammad (saw) very sad.
After that Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib, the master of Quraish, accepted to look after him. Although Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib was not rich, he and his honorable wife Hazrat Fatima bint Asad [the mother of Hazrat Ali (as)], tried their best in looking after Hazrat Muhammad (saw).
It seems that the heart rendering pains of orphanhood must have severely tormented his pure delicate soul. It is logical to believe that these sufferings were necessary for the foundation of his supreme character and that such difficulties taught him how to resist the hardships of life and to bear the heavy responsibility later to be put on his blessed shoulders.
As time went on, Hazrat Muhammad (saw) grew up and his childhood gave place to youth, when instincts and potentials bloom. Hazrat Muhammad (saw) received affectionate care and attention from his uncle Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib, who, due to his moral attitudes and in obedience to his father's emphatic order, protected and supported him. In fact, Hazrat Muhammad (saw) represented three things to Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib: a son, a reminder of his brother, Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abd Al-Muttalib, and of his father, Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib. So Hazrat Muhammad (saw) became a beloved member of Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib's family, lived in his house, and was treated as his own son. To Hazrat Muhammad (saw), Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib was an affectionate father, a loyal uncle, and a compassionate preceptor. These two - uncle and nephew - were so fond of each other that their lives seemed to be intertwined. This very intense affection had caused Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib to refuse to ever part from him.
Hazrat Muhammad's (saw) presence in his uncle's house was not ordinary. Signs of his greatness could be seen everywhere. His entrance to their house brought bountiful blessings to the house of Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib. Hazrat Fatima bint Asad has said, "From the moment that Hazrat Muhammad (saw) entered our home, the tree, which had dried up for years, prospered and offered fruits."
Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib narrates that they would hear Hazrat Muhammad (saw) praying at nights. Though it was against the custom of Arabs to remember Allah (SWT) while eating, the little Hazrat Muhammad (saw) would not start eating or drinking unless reciting the name of Allah (SWT). He would also end his meal by thanking Allah (SWT), the exalted.
When Hazrat Muhammad (saw) became eight years old, Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib passed away as well. This incident made Hazrat Muhammad (saw) very sad.
After that Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib, the master of Quraish, accepted to look after him. Although Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib was not rich, he and his honorable wife Hazrat Fatima bint Asad [the mother of Hazrat Ali (as)], tried their best in looking after Hazrat Muhammad (saw).
It seems that the heart rendering pains of orphanhood must have severely tormented his pure delicate soul. It is logical to believe that these sufferings were necessary for the foundation of his supreme character and that such difficulties taught him how to resist the hardships of life and to bear the heavy responsibility later to be put on his blessed shoulders.
As time went on, Hazrat Muhammad (saw) grew up and his childhood gave place to youth, when instincts and potentials bloom. Hazrat Muhammad (saw) received affectionate care and attention from his uncle Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib, who, due to his moral attitudes and in obedience to his father's emphatic order, protected and supported him. In fact, Hazrat Muhammad (saw) represented three things to Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib: a son, a reminder of his brother, Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abd Al-Muttalib, and of his father, Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib. So Hazrat Muhammad (saw) became a beloved member of Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib's family, lived in his house, and was treated as his own son. To Hazrat Muhammad (saw), Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib was an affectionate father, a loyal uncle, and a compassionate preceptor. These two - uncle and nephew - were so fond of each other that their lives seemed to be intertwined. This very intense affection had caused Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib to refuse to ever part from him.
Hazrat Muhammad's (saw) presence in his uncle's house was not ordinary. Signs of his greatness could be seen everywhere. His entrance to their house brought bountiful blessings to the house of Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib. Hazrat Fatima bint Asad has said, "From the moment that Hazrat Muhammad (saw) entered our home, the tree, which had dried up for years, prospered and offered fruits."
Hazrat Abu Talib ibn Abd Al-Muttalib narrates that they would hear Hazrat Muhammad (saw) praying at nights. Though it was against the custom of Arabs to remember Allah (SWT) while eating, the little Hazrat Muhammad (saw) would not start eating or drinking unless reciting the name of Allah (SWT). He would also end his meal by thanking Allah (SWT), the exalted.
| THE BIRTH OF THE HOLY PROPHET (S.A.W.S.) | for everyone |
Hazrat Muhammad (saw) was born and his blessed birth gave rise to numerous wonderful incidents in the sky and on the earth, especially in the East, the cradle of civilization.
News of these events spread quickly and informed the people of an imminent, very significant incident. Since this newborn child was predestined to destroy the people's old superstitious beliefs and customs and to lay new foundations for human progress and prosperity, from the very beginning he sounded the reveille.
It is narrated that on the day which our Hazrat Muhammad (saw) was born, the following incidents happened:
News of these events spread quickly and informed the people of an imminent, very significant incident. Since this newborn child was predestined to destroy the people's old superstitious beliefs and customs and to lay new foundations for human progress and prosperity, from the very beginning he sounded the reveille.
It is narrated that on the day which our Hazrat Muhammad (saw) was born, the following incidents happened:
- All the idols fell down.
- The "Kasra Veranda" (a part of the palace of Iran's King) shook and fourteen of its notches were damaged.
- The "Saweh Lake" that people worshiped for years, dried up.
- Water flowed in "Samaweh Desert", where no one had seen water for many years.
- The fire in the fire-temple of Persia was extinguished, which had been flaming for several years.
- On that night, a light came out from "Hijaz" and spread to the east.
| IMAM SADIQ (A.S.) - HIS PIETY AND DEVOTION | for everyone |
The piety and abstemiousness is the standard of the man's value. Noble Qur'an considers all the people as equal, except for those who are decorated with the ornament of piety.
Most of the time Imam Sadiq (as) was clothed in a dress of coarse material or wool, due to which his body was in great discomfort. This woolen dress was also patched. One of his companions was disturbed on seeing him dressed thus. Imam Sadiq (as) said, "Remember, one who has no modesty, has no faith. One who also does not spend according to his income may be involved in financial hardships. One who does not wear old clothes, makes himself prone to pride."
"When Imam Sadeq (as) went out of the house he used to put on new, clean, valuable and costly dress and climb up a horse. A group of ignorant people thought this act negated the piety and asceticism. Therefore, they would come and object and when they heard the response they would be ashamed."
Narrator says, "One day I saw Imam Sadiq (as) sitting on bare floor. I said, 'O son of the Messenger of Allah, where is that floor spread on which you used to sit?' He said, 'I saw a person shivering in cold and told him if that spread could save him from cold he may take it. He said it would, so I gave it to him?' I said, 'Master! Then for how long could you continue to sit on a bare floor?' He said, 'I would not mind even if I have to sit on it all life long. O man, Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) often sat on the bare ground with his companions. Why are you surprised if I also sit in the same manner?'"
Malik bin Ans says, "Imam Sadiq (as) was always busy praying to God and considered to be one of the great ascetics and devoted ones."
Abdul Ala says, on a hot day of summer I saw Imam Sadiq (as) on one of the roads of Madina while he was going for a job. I said, "May I lay my life for you, why have you put yourself into inconvenience in such a hot weather, with all the faith upon God and association with Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw)?" Imam Sadiq (as) said, "I have come out for the job and to earn my livelihood, so that I must not remain needy towards others.
Another one says, "I saw Imam Sadiq (as) wearing rough dress and he was working in a garden like an ordinary labor and perspiring all over." I said to him "O son of the Messenger of Allah, allow me to work for you." Imam Sadiq (as) said, "I love working for my livelihood and to taste the hardship of the burning heat of the sun like others."
| IMAM JA'FAR-as-SADIQ (A.S.)- HIS KNOWLEDGE | for everyone |
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| DO TAKE A BREAK............... | for everyone |
Once there was a group of man - a young hot-blooded chap and a big number of old folks, doing timber job in a jungle.
This young chap is very hard working. He always continues to work through his break time and complains that those old folks were wasting time, having to break few times a day to drink and chat. As times goes by, this young chap noticed that even though he worked through break time and hardly took a rest; those old folks are chopping the same amount of trees as he did and sometimes did more than he did. It was as if those old folks work through the break time as he did. So he decided to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the results were even worse.
One day, one of the old folk invited him for a drink during their break time. That young chap refused and said he has no extra time to spend! Then the old man smiled to him and said it was just a waste of effort to keep chopping trees without re-sharpening your Axe. Sooner or later you will give up or be so exhausted as you have spent too much energy.
Suddenly the young chap realized that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were also re-sharpening their Axe at the same time! And that"s how they can chop faster than him and yet spending lesser time! The old folk said what we need is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability intelligently. Only then can we have more times to do other things.
Otherwise you will always keep saying ... I have no time!
But by taking a break, it is not to stop work but to rest and re-think our strategy
| BEAUTIFUL HADEES FOR YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE | for everyone |
In Allah’s sight the most disgusted among the people is a person who submits to faith and then disbelieves.
The one aware of oppression, the aide to it, and the pleased with it, all three are partners.
Imam Reza(A.S): Wealth does not (excessively) accumulate but by having five traits: extreme miserliness, high expectations, overwhelming greed, breaking off ties with one's kindred, and preferring this world to the next.(Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 73, p. 138)
Imam Reza(A.S): Wealth does not (excessively) accumulate but by having five traits: extreme miserliness, high expectations, overwhelming greed, breaking off ties with one's kindred, and preferring this world to the next.(Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 73, p. 138)
Imam Hussein (A.S) seventy rewards are the share of the one who initiates a 'greeting' and only one reward belongs to the one who returns the 'greeting'." (When two people see each other, the initiator of the exchange of greetings receives a greater reward (Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 78, p. 120)
The Exalted Glorious God likes , among his believer slaves , the slave who makes supplication a lot ; so make supplication at dawn till sun - rise , because , that is the time when the doors of heaven are open , provisions are distributed and great needs are fulfilled .(Al - Kafi , Vol . 2 , P . 478) Imam Baqir (A.S)
'It is compulsory for every Muslim to conceal even seventy great faults of his fellow Muslims (in order to save his prestige).' (His faults should be dealt with personally but not be spread among the members of society).
Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 74, p. 301
Whoever makes his secret intentions righteous God will make his outer conduct righteous.
Among the things which expiate the major wrong actions are helping the unfortunate and relieving someone's affliction
'Anas-ibn-Mlaik narrates from the Messenger of Allah [sa] who said: ‘Accept six things from me, then I will accept (and guarantee) the entrance of Heaven for you:
1. When you speak, tell no lies.
2. When you promise, do not break it.
3. When you are trusted (by others), be honest.
4. Lower your eyes (from committing sin).
5.Guard your modesty.
6. Hold your hands and tongues.’
The Holy Prophet (saws) said: ‘He who grieves a true Muslim cannot then compensate for it by offering him the entire world because it is not sufficient compensation (unless he repents and appeases the said person).'
The Holy Prophet peace upon him said: "The most perfect of the believers in faith are the best of them in morals And the best among them are those who are best to their wives."
And faith means performing & discharging the obligatory duties & avoiding the committing of forbidden acts & faith is the recognition & knowing Allah through the heart & admitting & confessing through the tongue & practicing through the parts of body (physically).
Imam Ali (a.s.) said O you who carry knowledge around with you; are you only carrying it around with you? For surely knowledge belongs to who ever know and then acts accordingly, so that his action corresponds to his knowledge. There will be a people who will carry knowledge around with them, but it will not pass beyond their shoulders.
The Lord doth not regard a prayer in which the heart doth not accompany the body.
| WHOSE SUPPLICATIONS ARE NOT ANSWERED-THE HOLY PROPHET(SAWS) | for everyone |
Allah, the Majestic the Wise, says: ... who in their spending are neither extravagant nor stingy but maintain moderation. (Holy Qur'an 25:67). Have you not seen that Allah the Elevated disgrace the act of preferring others that you are appealing to, and describe those who prefer others to themselves as excessive. In more than one occasion, Allah says in the Quran: Allah does not love those who are excessive.(Holy Qur'an 6:141).
Allah warns against excessiveness and stinginess. He instructs to attain moderation. One should not give all what he has as alms and then pray to Allah to give him, because, in such cases, Allah will not respond to him.
This is proved through the hadith that is related to the Prophet(S.A.W.): "Certain categories of people of my umma will not be answered when they supplicate (to Allah): a man who curses his parents, a man who curses him who took his property without (formal) contract and witnesses, a man who curses his wife while he can divorce her, and a man who sits in his house and pray to Allah to give him sustenance and avoid going out for seeking earnings. For such a man, Allah, the Majestic the Powerful, says: 'O My servant, I have made it possible for you to take courses into seeking earnings, I have given you enough power, when I gave you sound organs, for roaming in lands (for working); therefore, you have no excuse to avoid seeking earnings and following my instructions, so that you will not be an additional burden on your folks. I may bestow upon you if I will and may deprive you if I will. Finally, you are not enjoying any obligation that is incumbent upon Me in this regard.'
Another category of people whose supplications are not answered is that man whom Allah had bestowed upon him with abundant sustenance, but he spent all of it as alms then he was praying to Allah to give him sustenance. For such a man, Allah says: 'I have given you abundant sustenance. You should have dealt with your wealth moderately as I ordered you to do. You should not have been so exaggerative after I warned you against exaggeration.'
The last category of people whose supplication is not answered is those who supplicate to Allah in a matter that results in disregard of relations."
After that, Allah instructed His Prophet(S.A.W.) how to spend as alms. The Prophet was not relieved as long as he was about to spend a whole night keeping an oke of gold in his house; therefore, he gave it as alms before morning. The next morning, a beggar came to him, but he did not have anything to give. The beggar then blamed him for so and he(S.A.W.) felt depressed, because he was so merciful and compassionate. Hence, Allah instructed His Prophet(S.A.W.) by saying: Do not be stingy nor over generous lest you become empty handed and bankrupt. (Holy Qur'an 17:29).
This means that people usually ask from you and would not excuse you (if you have nothing to give them). If you give all of that which you have under your hands, you will have nothing to give.
The previous were the sayings of the Prophet(S.A.W.) that are testified by the Book (of Allah) that is testified by its faithful people.
Allah warns against excessiveness and stinginess. He instructs to attain moderation. One should not give all what he has as alms and then pray to Allah to give him, because, in such cases, Allah will not respond to him.
This is proved through the hadith that is related to the Prophet(S.A.W.): "Certain categories of people of my umma will not be answered when they supplicate (to Allah): a man who curses his parents, a man who curses him who took his property without (formal) contract and witnesses, a man who curses his wife while he can divorce her, and a man who sits in his house and pray to Allah to give him sustenance and avoid going out for seeking earnings. For such a man, Allah, the Majestic the Powerful, says: 'O My servant, I have made it possible for you to take courses into seeking earnings, I have given you enough power, when I gave you sound organs, for roaming in lands (for working); therefore, you have no excuse to avoid seeking earnings and following my instructions, so that you will not be an additional burden on your folks. I may bestow upon you if I will and may deprive you if I will. Finally, you are not enjoying any obligation that is incumbent upon Me in this regard.'
Another category of people whose supplications are not answered is that man whom Allah had bestowed upon him with abundant sustenance, but he spent all of it as alms then he was praying to Allah to give him sustenance. For such a man, Allah says: 'I have given you abundant sustenance. You should have dealt with your wealth moderately as I ordered you to do. You should not have been so exaggerative after I warned you against exaggeration.'
The last category of people whose supplication is not answered is those who supplicate to Allah in a matter that results in disregard of relations."
After that, Allah instructed His Prophet(S.A.W.) how to spend as alms. The Prophet was not relieved as long as he was about to spend a whole night keeping an oke of gold in his house; therefore, he gave it as alms before morning. The next morning, a beggar came to him, but he did not have anything to give. The beggar then blamed him for so and he(S.A.W.) felt depressed, because he was so merciful and compassionate. Hence, Allah instructed His Prophet(S.A.W.) by saying: Do not be stingy nor over generous lest you become empty handed and bankrupt. (Holy Qur'an 17:29).
This means that people usually ask from you and would not excuse you (if you have nothing to give them). If you give all of that which you have under your hands, you will have nothing to give.
The previous were the sayings of the Prophet(S.A.W.) that are testified by the Book (of Allah) that is testified by its faithful people.
| THE HOLY PROPHET (S.A.W.S.) ON AHLUL BAYT (A.S.) | for everyone |
The Prophetic tradition of the two weighty things The messenger of Allah (saw) said, O People, I leave amongst you two things which if you follow, you will never go astray. They are the Book of Allah and my Ahl al-Bayt [family].
He also said: The messenger of my God is about to come to me and I shall answer. I am leaving with you the two weighty things: The first is the Book of Allah, in which you find guidance and enlightenment, and the people of my household. I remind you, by Allah, of the people of my household... I remind you by Allah of the people of my household." [95] [95]
Sahi, Muslim, Chapter on the Virtues of Imam Ali (as), vol 5 p 122
Sahih, al Tirmdhi, vol 5 p 328
Mustadrak, al Hakim, vol 3 p 148
He also said: The messenger of my God is about to come to me and I shall answer. I am leaving with you the two weighty things: The first is the Book of Allah, in which you find guidance and enlightenment, and the people of my household. I remind you, by Allah, of the people of my household... I remind you by Allah of the people of my household." [95] [95]
Sahi, Muslim, Chapter on the Virtues of Imam Ali (as), vol 5 p 122
Sahih, al Tirmdhi, vol 5 p 328
Mustadrak, al Hakim, vol 3 p 148
The Prophetic tradition: "He who wishes to live like me."
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "Who ever wishes to live and die like me, and to abide in the Garden of Eden after death should acknowledge Ali as his patron and follow Ahl al-Bayt after me, for they are my Ahl al-Bayt and they have been created out of the same knowledge and understanding as myself. Woe unto those followers of mine who will deny the Ahl al-Bayt their distinctions and who will disregard their relationship and affinity with me. May Allah never let them benefit from my intercession." [109] [109]
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "Who ever wishes to live and die like me, and to abide in the Garden of Eden after death should acknowledge Ali as his patron and follow Ahl al-Bayt after me, for they are my Ahl al-Bayt and they have been created out of the same knowledge and understanding as myself. Woe unto those followers of mine who will deny the Ahl al-Bayt their distinctions and who will disregard their relationship and affinity with me. May Allah never let them benefit from my intercession." [109] [109]
The Prophetic tradition of the Ship
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, Behold! My Ahl al-Bayt are like the Ark of Noah, whoever embarked in it was saved, and whoever turned away from it was drowned. [107] [107]
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, Behold! My Ahl al-Bayt are like the Ark of Noah, whoever embarked in it was saved, and whoever turned away from it was drowned. [107] [107]
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| YOUR DAILY CHECK LIST | for everyone |
Have you read any part of the Qur'an today?
Did you do all your five prayers?
Did you do all your five prayers?
After every prayer do you recite Dhikr or praise Allah?
Did you thank Allah today for all your blessings?
Did you remember the Last Day and its terrors?
Have you read anything from the Hadith of the Prophet (SAAS)?
Have you wept today for fear of Allaah (SWT)?
Have you asked Allaah (SWT) for forgiveness for your sins today?
Have you asked Allaah (SWT) to make your heart strong in faith?
Have you made the most of the hours during which especially Allaah (SWT) will answer your prayers?
Have you bought a new Islamic book from which you will learn more about your religion?
Have you praised Allaah (SWT) for the blessing of being chosen as a Muslim?
Have you praised Allaah for the blessing of hearing, sight, reason and all his blessings?
Have you given charity today to the poor and needy?
Have you refrained from getting angry for your own sake, and only got angry for the sake of Allaah (SWT)?
Have you avoided being proud and arrogant?
Have you prayed to Allaah (SWT) for your Parents, brothers, sisters and neighbours, and anyone else you are in touch with?
Have you treated your parents with love and kindness?
Did you thank Allah today for all your blessings?
Did you remember the Last Day and its terrors?
Have you read anything from the Hadith of the Prophet (SAAS)?
Have you wept today for fear of Allaah (SWT)?
Have you asked Allaah (SWT) for forgiveness for your sins today?
Have you asked Allaah (SWT) to make your heart strong in faith?
Have you made the most of the hours during which especially Allaah (SWT) will answer your prayers?
Have you bought a new Islamic book from which you will learn more about your religion?
Have you praised Allaah (SWT) for the blessing of being chosen as a Muslim?
Have you praised Allaah for the blessing of hearing, sight, reason and all his blessings?
Have you given charity today to the poor and needy?
Have you refrained from getting angry for your own sake, and only got angry for the sake of Allaah (SWT)?
Have you avoided being proud and arrogant?
Have you prayed to Allaah (SWT) for your Parents, brothers, sisters and neighbours, and anyone else you are in touch with?
Have you treated your parents with love and kindness?
( copy from fwd mail )
~Strive Always To Excel In Virtue And Truth ~
"People will forget what you said
People will forget what you did
But people will never forget how you made them feel"
"It's better to be defeated on Principles than to win on lies."
posted by ABBAS ALAM @ 09:01
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