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Majlis-e-Shahadat Imam Zain ul-Abideen (a.s.)
Saturday, December 8th 2012 6:45 PM
Salaam Alaykum,
Majlis-e-Aza Shahadat Imam Zain ul-Abideen (a.s.) will be held at the Az-Zahra Center on Saturday, December 8th at 6:45 PM.
Speaker: Maulana Nawab Hussain
The program is as follows:
| 6:45 pm | Preparation for the Program | |
| 7:00 pm | Recitation of the Holy Qur’an | |
| 7:15 pm | Marsiya | |
| 7:30 pm | Speech by Maulana Nawab Hussain | |
| 8:30 pm | Nauha / Latmiyyat | |
| 8:45 pm | Dinner (Pot Luck) |
Dinner is Pot-Luck
Brief Introduction about Imam Mahdi (a.s.)
(taken from a A Brief History of the 14 Infallibles; Ansariyan Publications Qum)
Name: Muhammad
Father’s Name: al-Hasan al-Askari (as)
Mother’s Name: Nargis
Birth: In Samarra [Iraq] on Friday 15th of Shaban 255 AH [after Hijra or the migration of the Prophet (saaw) to Medina)]
He is still living and will appear before the end of the world.
Minor Occultation: 8th Rabi’ul-awwal 260 AH
Major Occultation: 10th Shawwal 329 AH
The Awaited Saviour
The awaited Mahdi, Muhammad ibn Hasan (Peace be on him) was born during the lifetime of his father. He is in occultation, but is alive and will continue to live so long as the world lasts, for an infallible Imam must exist at all times. It is an agreed opinion of the Ummah that there could be no time when there would not be a master, either known and manifest or hidden and concealed. Moreover, Allah’s grace is obligatory at all times. The Imam is His grace and so his existence is also obligatory.
His long life is not a far-fetched idea, for during the past ages many other persons such as Prophet Shu’ayb, Noah, Luqman, Khizr and Isa (Jesus) (Peace be on them) and Iblis (the Devil) and Dajjal (the Imposter) lived three thousand years or more. Moreover long life is possible, and whatever is possible, is within the power of Allah.
Imam Mahdi (Peace be On him) is not expected to have concealed himself of his own accord, for he is infallible and he cannot refrain from doing what is obligatory. Nor can be ordered by Allah to conceal himself, for Allah being Just and Judicious would not order him to do a wrong thing. Obviously it is improper for an Imam to hide himself from the eyes and to deprive the people from being benefited by his instructions. Therefore his occultation is due to the abundance of the enemies and the infidels and the paucity of the supporters.
The Mahdi must reappear, for the Holy Prophet has said: “Even if only one hour of the world was left, Allah would lengthen that hour until a man of my progeny would appear. His name would be the same as my name and his patronymic (kunyah) would be the same as my partonymic. He would fill the earth with justice and fairplay as it would be filled with tyranny and oppression. It would be obligatory for everybody to follow him.
Certain benefits continue to accrue from the Imam even during his occultation in the same way as the sun is beneficial even when it is under the cloud or a lamp is beneficial even when it is behind a curtain.
Taken from the online book: Tenets of Islam by Sheikh Tusi found online at al-islam.org
Love
Hajj Massoud
We have heard many stories about the heart, which is called the temple of All-h, the place of emanation of His Love. There are many questions and yet so few or perhaps no conclusive answers regarding the mysteries of love. So many intricacies surround the concept of love that it shatters the might of human intellect. With the recurrence of days and nights, the world, similar to a cradle, invites its inhabitants to a mental slumber as the daily tasks spread the dust of weariness and discontent on the minds and souls of mankind. However, when a flow of heavenly love pours from the heart, it inexplicably removes all questions and bewilderment from the conscience; it suddenly illuminates the shadows of doubt and uncertainty with its infallible and all-encompassing light.
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