We read in Nahjul Balagha that Imam Ali (a) asserts that God Almighty throughout the history has meritorious servants to whom He talks through their mind and intellect. The words of Imam (a) are as follows: "وما برِح لله – عزت آلاؤه – في البرهة بعد ا ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
There is a renowned hadith that the experts call "hadith-i qurb-i nawafil" (the hadith of proximity in supererogation). Both Shi'a and Sunni scholars of hadith quoted, with a slight difference, the Holy Prophet (s) as saying: 1 "قال ال ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
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Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The reverend Shaykh was highly capable of influencing talented souls with his charismatic power in training and self-building them. One of the Shaykh's disciples said: 'Once I was accompanying the Shaykh and the late Ayatollah Muhammad Shahabadi ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
"Salvation" is in fact an epitome of all the human virtues and perfection and the way to attain it, from the Qur' anic viewpoint is through self-building and purification of the soul. Following numerous swearing, the Exalted Allah asserts: ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
Love is the elixir of self-building and enrichment. Love of God Almighty cures all moral vileness entirely and presents all good attributes as a whole to the lover. The elixir of love makes the lover so enamored of the beloved that every other association ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
One of the principal concerns of the Shaykh in training his disciples was emphasizing sincerity not only in belief and devotion but also in all actions. Most often he stressed that: "The true religion is what is being preached on the pulpits, albeit ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The reverend Shaykh had a basic guideline that on various occasions he would repeatedly emphasize it. Although this guideline is adopted from Islamic traditions, the significant point here is the Shaykh's personal experience in that respect. In princ ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
One of the most important instructions of the Shaykh was planning regular periods to spend in seclusion with God for supplications and whispered prayers which he referred to as "begging at the doorstep of God" and stressed: "Recite supplica ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
Rendering service to people is one of the most important Islamic educational issues that is highly emphasized in Islamic traditions. The Holy Prophet (s) said: "خير الناس من انتفع به الناس" "The best of people are those who are (most) benef ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
One of the eminent features of those trained at the school of the reverend Shaykh is their presence of heart in prayer. And this became possible only because the Shaykh did not accord any value to the spiritless ostentatious prayers, and tried to make his ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The reverend Shaykh could never financially afford to go on the obligatory Hajj pilgrimage. His guidelines to some Hajj pilgrims, however indicates that he had been quite familiar with the mysteries of the Hajj of God's friends. He believed that the ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
The first question, after discussing the issue of love of God that crosses one's mind in respect to the elixir of self-building is that if God is kind and affectionate and His love is the most influential element of evolution, so why is there so much ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
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Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
Finally on twenty second of Shahrivar of 1340 Solar Hijra / September 13, 1961, the blessed life of the reverend Shaykh came to an end and the bird of his soul departed this life after a life long spiritual self-building and enriching others. The story of ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
As mentioned at the outset of this part, I deemed it worthwhile to narrate the passing away accounts of two other friends of God because of their similarity to that of the Shaykh and their instructiveness. One of these two noblemen was Ayatollah Hujjat (r ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
Another of the friends of God whose story of death is interesting and instructive to read is the late Haj Akhund Turbati, the father of the famous preacher, the late Husayn Ali Rashed (ra). The latter, has described the event of his father's death in ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 08/20/2019 - 16:33
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Asad Raza - 11/06/2019 - 16:50
1 ۔ عطا ء بن یسار نے جناب ام سلمہ(ع) سے روایت کی ہے کہ آیت ” اِنّمَا یُرِید اللہ لیذھب عنکم الرجس اہل البیت و یطہرکم تطہیرا ۔ میرے گھر میں نازل ہوئی ہے، جب رسول اکرم نے علی (ع) فاطمہ (ع) ، حسن (ع) اور حسین (ع) کو طلب کرکے فرمایا کہ ”خدایا یہ میرے اہلبیت ( ...
Asad Raza - 11/06/2019 - 16:50
16 ۔ صفیہ بنت شیبہ عائشہ سے روایت کرتی ہیں کہ رسول اکرم ایک صبح گھر سے برآمد ہوئے جب آپ سیاہ بالوں والی چادر اوڑھے ہوئے تھے اور اتنے میں حسن (ع) آگئے تو آپ نے انہیں بھی داخل کرلیا، پھر حسین (ع) آگئے اور انہیں بھی لے لیا ، پھر فاطمہ (ع) آگئیں تو انہیں بھی ...
Asad Raza - 11/06/2019 - 16:50
