Imam Zainul Aabedeen (a.s.) :A short summary

His Birth and blessings The 4th Imam after Imam Hussain(a.s.) was his son Imam Ali Zain-al-Abideen(a.s.). His mother was Bibi Shahar Bano who was a princess from Persia, the daughter of the Kind Yazd Gard II. She was brought as a prisoner of war during the caliphate period of mam Ali(a.s.) during 31 A.H. and Imam Ali(a.s.) got her freed and married her to Imam Hussain(a.s.). Imam Zain-al-Abideen was born from this wedlock. She, however, died within 10 days of the birth of Imam Sajjad(a.s.). His title Zain-al-Abideen was granted to him by the Holy Prophet(pbuh&hf) himself who mentioned that on the day of judgement a call for Zain-al-Abideen will be made and my son Ali bin al-Hussain(a.s.) will responde to the call saying "Labbaik"....

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Completion of islam - Ghadeer | 40 Ahadith

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17 DUA'S ON IMAM E ZAMANA (A.T.F.S.)

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Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) and the Month of Muharram

Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) and the Month of Muharram"My son! Convey my greetings to my followers and tell them that: my father passed away while he was lonely, so weep on him; and that he was martyred, so shed tears over him …”(Imam Hussain (PBUH) addressing his son Imam Sajjad (PBUH) on his last moments)(1)The Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) constantly encouraged their followers to weep and make others weep over Imam Hussain (PBUH), and they themselves were committed to do so. In Zyiarah of Nahiya, Imam Mahdi (PBUH) addresses his blessed forefather, Imam Hussain (PBUH), by saying; “I shall mourn you every morning and every evening, and I shall weep blood for you instead of tears.” (2)While emphasizing constant mourning for Imam Hussain (PBUH), the Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) made their...

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Heart rending eventThis event has been recorded by Ibn Saad in his voluminous Tabakat. As the caravan of prisoners was advancing its way to Yazid’s (L.A) court it passed by a mosque where an old man was reading the Holy Quran. Hearing noise and commotion this very old man with a hunched back emerged from the mosque and inquired about the identity of the prisoners. He was informed that the captives belonged to people who had rebelled against the ruling king. The old man approached the head of the prisoners; a man whose neck was bent down due to the heavy weight of iron chains. His hands and feet were clad in chains too. The old man said: “All praise to Allah who has disgraced you. You had rebelled against the king.” Our fourth Imam: Imam Zain ul aabedeen (A.S) on hearing these words raised...

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The Aims and Objectives of Imam Husain’s (a.s.) stand

Ya Husain (a.s.) The Aims and Objectives of Imam Husain’s (a.s.) stand What was the course of Imam Husain’s (a.s) revolution? What reasons prompted him to initiate such a great and unmatched upspring? Did he intended to overthrow the Yazid regime? Did he wish to end the Umayyad dynasty? These and such other questions keep cropping in the mind and everyone wants to know the satisfactory replies, specially the mourner of Imam Husain (a.s) are more eager in this regard. When Imam Husain (a.s) vas preparing to leave on his longest journey, he bid adieu to the grave of his grandfather, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). Then he wrote a legacy addressing his brother Mohammed Bin Hanafiyyah in which he explained the aims and objectives of his...

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The Prophecies of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a) regarding the event of KarbalaThe traditions of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) prophesizing the martyrdom of Imam Husain (a.s.) has been recorded in Shia and Sunni books alike. Here we shall confine our discussion to the traditions related from Sunni sources:(1) Ibn Sa’ad and Tabrani have related from Ayesha that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has said:“Jibraeel has informed me that after me my son Husain (a.s.) will be slain on the land of  Taff. He (Jibrael) brought the soil of that land to me and said that he will be buried underneath this soil.”Mulla Ali Qaari has recorded the tradition with more details and Khalili has narrated the same in Irshaad with these words:-“…….this soil belongs to that...

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The Martyrs from Bani Hashim

The Martyrs from Bani HashimThe Promise of extending protection to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and his  eligion Islam which was made by Hazrat Abu Taalib (a.s.) in the very beginning, its evidence can be seen in every period and era of history, whenever Islam was faced with heavy onslaught it was the sons of Abu  aalib (a.s.) who stood as an unflinchable shield and stoically bore the brunt of all  sorts of catastrophes and calamities including the deaths and exiles but did not budged from safeguarding Islam. Who would be unaware of the  acrifices of Hazrat Ali (a.s.) and Hazrat Jafar-e-Taiyyar  (a.s.) in the initial stages of Islam? They were always ahead in every field in every arena ever ready to sacrifice themselves...

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