AlhamdoLillah this year, Imam Hussein (AS) invited me to visit his holy shrine during Arbaeen 2016. More than 20 Millions of Muslims from across the world have gathered in Iraq’s holy city of Karbala to commemorate Arba’een, the 40th day after Ashura (the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam).
These are some photos I've taken during walking towards Karbala.
Arbaeen 2016 - Ashura 40th - Start of the Road Najaf-Karbala
Arbaeen 2016 - Ashura 40th - Largest International Gathering
About 12 days left until Arbaeen 2016; but pilgrims just started their spiritual journey towards Imam Hussein (AS)... Lots of people from Iran, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Pakistan, India, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Bahrain and Western countries began their walking from around 10 days before. They want to experience the best travel of the world. A travel on foot towards the heart of the earth, Karbala; where the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) is.
Last year more than 26 million pilgrims walked towards Karbala to take part in the mourning rituals of Arba’een in Iraq (4 December 2015). (Ref: Arbaeen 2015 Gathering)
This year, hopefully I am one of the millions of Pilgrims of Imam Hussein (AS) InshaAllah.
Areal Photo from Karbala During Arbaeen 2015
What is Arbaeen
Arbaeen is the 40th day after Ashura
in which Imam Hussein (as) and his companions martyred. In Arbaein, due
to some historical documents, Imam Sajjad (AS), Seyeda Zeinab (the
sister of Imam Hussein), and some other relatives of the Imam, came back
to Karbala and mourned for Imam and other martyrs of the battle of Ashura.
After Saddam, walking to
Karbala was released. Since then, every year, millions of Shia Muslims
from all over the world travel to Karbala, the holy city of Iraq, to
commemorate the religious ceremony of Arbaeen.
The walk from Najaf to Karbala
is one of the most enlightening acts of worship a pilgrim can perform.
The suffering and hardship imposed on the family of Imam Hussain (as)
and the grandchildren of Prophet Muhammad (s) is felt in every step, and
thus the love and respect for this holy family increases in the heart
of the believer with every step that is taken towards the holy land of
Karbala.
100 Years old man walking lots of kilometers towards karbala - Arbaeen 2014
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings. (Imam Ali (AS))
Every Muslim like to get more familiar with the culture of the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) and his Ahle-Beyt (AS). However, our modern living doesn't allow every one to have regular religious readings. Today we are more accustomed to the digital world, and prefer to sit behind our PC or tablet and read the concise digital documents instead of large and heavy paper books.
Bayyenat is a wallpaper manager software, developed for the windows OS in order to expand the religious knowledge. In Bayyenat, every wallpaper is decorated with a Hadith (saying) from the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) or one of his successors (Caliphs).
You can set a path for wallpapers and another path for the narrations text file and Bayyenat will merge the two and produce an interesting wallpaper. You can set the program to change the wallpaper in specified intervals. Moreover you can change several attributes of the Hadith and its English translation, like: font, color, shadow, position in the desktop and its background. Finally you may select the Arabic text to be shown or not; to this end, set the Arabic font size to 0. The same can happened for English text.
The current release of the Bayyenat contains about 3200 narrations from the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA). These Hadiths are taken from the Nahj-ol-Fasaha book. In the near future, several verses from Qoran and various hadiths from other sources such as Nahj-ol-Balagha and other important books of Shia and Sunni like Osule-Kafi and Vasael-Alshia of Shia and Sahihe-Bukhari and Sahihe-Muslim of Sunni will be added.
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Every year, at the first Friday of Muharram, Shia Muslims commemorate the Global day of Ali Asghar (AS). Yesterday was the first Friday of Muharram and Iranian Shia as well as other Shia throughout the world, marked this international day.
Abdullah Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn or simply Ali Asghar (d. 10 Muharram 61 AH (10 October 680 CE)) was the youngest child of Imam Hussein ibn Ali (grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia Imam) and Rubab (daughter of the chief of the Kinda Imra al-Qays tribe). The six month old Ali Asghar was killed during the Battle of Karbala and is commemorated in Shia as the "personified quintessence of the innocent victim".
The following are some photos from the Global day of Ali Asghar in Iran during Muharram 2016.
I was searching web for the phrase "Shia Islam" and unexpectedly I found an image saying Shias are not Muslims!!
It was in a website from DAESH (ISIS) that are roots of terror in the world and destroyed the human face of Islam. DAESH people are Wahhabis, the followers of Bani Ummayyah who killed Imam Hussein (as), grand son of the Prophet Muhammad (sawa) and master of the youth of Heaven.
Now these wild and ugly-face people say that Shia are Kafir! So funny.
Shia believes in Allah and prophecy of Muhammad (sawa). They also believe in the day of Judgement. They pray towards Kaba and have the same Quran as other Muslims. So they are Muslims.
Why Shia Are TRUE Muslims?
Furthermore there are a lot of documents in Sunni books which say Shia are right. If you read historical books and some correspondence between scholars of Shia and Sunni, e.g. AlMurajiat or Nights of Pishavar you will simply find the truth. ValiAsr website has a lot of proof for Shia from Sunni sources.
Tabarani, a Sunni scholar says in his book Mujam AlOsat that prophet said: O Ali, you and your Shias are in the Heaven.
Previously in this blog, five simple proofs for Shia are provided (+) Also one of several Quranic reasons for Shia Islam is provided here: Shia Proof from Quran. Moreover hundreds of proofs can be found searching the web for the words Proof of Shia Islam or Why Shia is True...
Dear Muslims or Non Muslims who are trying to find the truth about Islam, PLEASE research before decision. READ Islamic books like Quran, Nahjulbalagha and Historical books directly not from unknown weblogs or unreliable sites. Moreover, note that Shia countries like Iran never started a war against other countries, and never conducted terrorist attacks against peaceful people. Note that all terrorist groups currently active in the world of Islam like DAESH, ALSHABA, ALQIDA, ALNUSRA, ... are Sunni extremist or Wahhabis not Shia. Open your eyes and be careful. Western media want to corrupt the face of Islam, so they create, grow and support terrorist groups within Muslims and they never say good news about Shia Muslims so that the axis of resistance against arrogance and Israel be weakened.
Dec-2-2015 is Arbaeen of Imam Hussein. I hope this year, western media send some reporters to see what is happening in Iraq during these days. Millions of Shia Muslims are traveling on foot towards Hussain from hundreds of kilometers away; but almost no TV channel or News site talks about it (they only see Self Flagellation!). Why? Because they think that this kind of Islam will change the world and if it is spread around the world and people know Who is Hussain, Capitalism will be diminished and Islam will be extended throughout the world...
Some records for Arbaeen of Imam Hussein (as):
The largest annual gathering in the world (about 20 million pilgrims)
The longest continuous dining table (about 500 km)
Largest number of people fed for free
Largest group of volunteers serving a single event
Longest travel on foot (from 80 km to 500km and more)
#Arbaeen2015
#Arba'in2015
#اربعین
See more photos about Arbaeen Here
The world of Islam is mourning for more than 5000 Muslims died in the #TragedyOfMina in Mecca. We hope for them to be guests of Imam Ali in the great Eid of Ghadir InshaAllah
After all tomorrow is the great Eid of Ghadir, and I want to deliver my deep congratulations to all Muslims specially followers of Imam Ali, Shia Muslims. Here there is great site in where you can pilgrimage holy shrine of #ImamAli in #Najaf remotely within your browser: http://www.imamali.net/vtour/
Google shows violent pictures from 7 years ago (2008) for the search term "Shia Muslim" within past week results!
What the free flow of information!
It must be said that this type of mourning (self flagellation, Qameh zani, Tatbir or zanjir zani) marked by x in the following figure, is forbidden in Shia and these people are a minority unaware Muslims which their actions are highlighted by western media.
The following sentences are part of a speech from Imam Khamenei given to scholars of Kohkiluyeh and Boyir Ahmad, Muharram:
Blood mourning (Qam'e Zani) is a part of the culture that was made up. It is an
issue that has no relation to religion and, without doubt, Allah is not
happy with it.
It is an incorrect action which some people perform – taking a blade
in one’s hand and hitting themselves on the head with it spilling their
blood. What do they do this for? How is this action considered
mourning? Of course, hitting one’s head with their hands is a form of
mourning. You have seen over and over again, a person who has had
something bad happen to them, hit themselves on their head and chest.
This is a normal sign of mourning. But,
have you ever seen a person who has had something bad happen to their
most loved (ones) hit themselves on the head with a sword until blood
flows down? How is this action considered mourning?
Tomorrow night, Ramadan 23, is the most probable night of Qadr according to Shia documents. In this night we should be awake during night and pray for ourselves and the others. There are several doings listed in Mafatih book which we should perform in this night. The best action is praying for Muslims, including ourselves, our parents, etc.
Pay attention to your own wishes, the wishes of your
country; the patients, the disabled veterans, the grieved, the worried
eyes, the need of the people around you, in your country, in the world
of Islam and on the planet earth. On the Night of Qadr, ask God to make
all these wishes, every single one of them, come true. (Imam Khamenei 2/17/2000)
During Ramadan month, everyday an #Iftar table is flattened at Haram Imam Reza (as) in #Mashhad, for 12000 People.
Shia Muslims break their fast at Imam Reza holly shrine in Iranian city
of Mashhad every day. Iftar refers to the evening meal when Muslims
break their fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan and is often done
right after Maghrib (sunset) time as a community, with Muslims gathering
to break their fast together.
Tawhid (توحید): Allah is the only God in the world. He is not born of anyone nor gave birth to any one, nor is any one like Him
Prophethood (نبوت): Muhammad (PBUH) is the last prophet of Allah. Shia Muslims believe in all the Prophets that God has appointed to guide mankind.
Imamat (امامت): After the prophet, there are 12 Imams, responsible for guidance and leadership of Muslims. They are appointed by Allah.
Fairness: Allah is Fair, he doesn’t oppress anyone God does not punish people who have obeyed and worshipped him, and does not reward people who have disobeyed Him
Resurrection: All mankind will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment To be judged for their actions and rewarded or punished, depending on each individual’s worldly conduct
In Arabic, the term “Shi'a” originally
means one, two or a group of followers. In the Glorious Qur’an, this
term is used several times in this sense. For example, God speaks of one
of the followers of Moses as one of his Shi'a in the verse (28:15).
Elsewhere, Abraham is introduced as a Shi'a of Noah (37:83).
In the
beginning of the history of Islam, the term “Shi'a” was used in its
original or literal sense for followers of different people. For
example, some hadiths speak of the Shi'a of Ali ibn Abi Talib and others
of the Shi'a of Mu‘awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan. However, gradually the term
acquired a secondary or technical meaning, i.e. the followers of Ali,
those who believed in his Imamat (divinely appointed leadership).
