Occultation (Ghaibat)

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Our Master, the Chief of the Believers, Imam Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) says: “The world is a prison for the believers and heaven for the disbelievers.” The Holy Infallibles (a.s.), in their traditions and narration, have often condemned love for this material world. They (a.s.) have warned the believers, time and again with words like “the heart which is filled with the love for this world can never attain the love for the hereafter.” The reason being that man is so fascinated by looking at the adornments of this world that he forgets his True Creator, his objective and purpose of life. Therefore Imam AliRead More →

Prayers

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Bismillahi ’r-rahmani ’r-rahim(In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful)Allahumma’rzuqna tawfiqa’t-ta‘ah wa bu‘da’l-ma‘siyah(O Lord! Give us firmness in obedience, aloofness from sins,)Wa sidqu’n-niyyah wa ‘irfan al-hurmah(sincere intention, and the knowledge of all that is held with respect to You.)Wa akrimna bi’l-huda wa’l-istiqamah wa saddid as-sinatana bi’s-sawab wa’l-hikmah(O Lord Bestow on us steadfastness, guidance and wisdom, and let our tongues speak the truth.)Wamla’ qulubana bi’l-‘ilm wa’l-ma‘rifah(Fill our hearts with knowledge and learning.)Wa tahhir butunana min al-haram(Keep us from filling our stomach with unlawful food.)Wash-shubhati wa’kfif aydiyana ‘ani’z-zulm wa’s-sariqah(Keep our hands from oppressing and stealing.)Waghdud basarana ‘ani’l-fujur wa’l-khiyanah(Blind our eyes from witnessing immorality and debauchery.)Wa’sdud asma‘anaRead More →

Hadiths

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1. “I am the Mahdi. I am the Qaem of the time” 12. “I am the one who will fill it (the earth with justice as it would be full of tyranny”. 23. “I am the reminder of Allah in His earth”. 34. “I am the avenger from His enemies”. 45. “I am the seal of successors”. 56. And through me shall Allah, the Mighty and Glorious, drive away the calamities from my progeny and my Shia’s”. 67. “Surely, I am indeed the (cause of) security for the inhabitant of the earth”. 78. “When Allah permits us to speak, truth will prevail and falsehood willRead More →

Occultation (Ghaibat)

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The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) said: “O Ali know that the most strangest of the people of Imaan and the greatest of them in certainty are those people who will be in Aakheruzzamaan (the last period of time). They will not meet the Prophet. And their Imam will be hidden from them. But they will believe (only) due to black upon white.” 1The “black upon white” means the writings on paper. It means that these people will believe in the Quran and the sunnat as recorded in the books, even though they may not see their Imam (A.S.).Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (A.S.) said: “Certainty, the master ofRead More →