Ziaarat Aale-Yassin
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Ziaarat Aale-Yassin
Ziaarat (visiting) is one of highly advised means of conversation with the Prophet (PBUH&HF) and Ahl al-Bait (PBUT). Several types of ziaarat have received to us through the Shia scholars. We have been asked to visit the holy shrine of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) and Ahl al-Bait (PBUH); however, if one cannot make travelling to the point, s/he can recite the ziaarat from distance.
Ziaarat Aale Yassin is one of those well-known ziaarats appointed to Imam Mahdi (may Allah advent his return). Its narrator (Abu Ja’far al-Humayri al-Qumi) is one of most famous narrators and is known for his trustworthiness. As he has lived during the final years of Imam Mahdi’s (PBUH) provisional (short) disappearance (before the long one commenced), he has been in frequent communication with Imam Mahdi (PBUH) through writing. Imam (PBUH) has given the Ziaarat Aale Yassin as a reply to one of Abu Ja’far’s letters.
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A New Category – Videos
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A New Category – Videos
Since LSS started off the website, two main categories of ‘News’ and ‘Pictures’ have been governing the posts uploaded on the website. During its experience of over one year, a need to dissemination of particular duas in order to introduce their profound, spiritual content has been deeply felt. However, the duas are all in Arabic and they have been advised to be recited in Arabic as well although dua can be read in any language that the worshipper believes can communicate to the Almighty Allah (SWT). Therefore, LSS has decided to provide its respectful subscribers and those interested in the website with particular duas recited in warm, pleasant Arabic voice with English subscripts. This will also help our non-Arab brothers and sisters to enjoy reciting the decent duas recommended by Ahl al-Bait (PBUT). Some of the videos may the transliteration further to the English translation. This will help the English speaking brothers and sisters to follow the recitation of the dua as it goes by.
LSS website will time to time upload selective videos and the subscribers will be automatically informed of what goes on the website. If any visitor has any suggestion with regard to a particular dua to go on the LSS website, LSS would be very grateful if you could share your idea. Also, if you have any comment about any of the videos, please kindly inform us by filling out the contact form on our website.
Please note that occasionally the translations would have some inconsistencies which is out of our control and refers back to the lack of unique reference in English-to-Arabic terminology. We all hope this problem will be resolved in a very near future.
LSS will, by the will of Allah, introduce new categories in near future as well.
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Birthday Anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF)
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Birthday Anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF)
LSS congratulates the birthday anniversary of the holy Prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF). Liverpool Towhid Centre will be celebrating this lovely event on Sunday, 20 February 2011. The programme will start at 7 pm and will last until 9 pm including the supper. Please note that the lecture will be in English.
To know more about the great birth of the Holy Prophet (PBUH&HF) please refer to: http://www.revertmuslims.com/islam/birth_of_muhammad.htm
A group of guys from Manchester have asked all the faithful to hold a fast on our beloved Prophet’s (PBUH&HF) birthday with the intention of the return of our Imam (may Allah advent his advent) and freedom for our oppressed brothers and sisters in Parachinar. It is sad to hear that our brothers and sisters in Parachinar, Pakistan, are confined by devils who claim are Muslims but have no idea what Islam is. Please pray for them.
Hope to see you all again.
Liverpool Shia Society
Thursday Meeting – 17 February 2011
In the Name of Allah the Compassionate the Merciful
Thursday Meeting – 17 February 2011
Below is the timetable of the meeting:
18.20 – 18.30: Meeting up
18.30 – 19.00: Dua Komayl
19.00 – 19.20: Lecture “Quran in the Establishment of Imamate”
The venue of the meeting is:
Prayer Room (Ground Floor)
James Parsons Building
Liverpool John Moores University
Byrom Street
Liverpool L3 3AF
Hope to see you all again.
Liverpool Shia Society
Eid-o-Zahra (PBUH)
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Eid-o-Zahra (PBUH)
LSS congratulates the anniversary of the imamate of our lovely imam, al-Mahdi (may Allah hasten his advent). On such a day, the unique duty of imamate was adopted by the son of Imam Hassan al-Askari (PBUT). Also, this day is reputed as the one on which companions of Imam Sajjad (PBUH) saw a little smile on his face after having suffered massively due to Karbala battle. And that means great for the genuine Muslims.
As an annual tradition, Mohebban al-Mahdi Group has planned an event to celebrate the 9th of Rabi’ ul-Awwal. The event will be on Sunday, 13 February 2011, starting from 7 pm at the latest. This is a very fun and joyful programme which should not be missed out. Bear in mind that the theme of the event is RED.
The venue of the meeting is:
Manchester Islamic Institute (MII)
5 Sidney Street
Off Oxford Road
Manchester M1 7HB
To know more about Eid-o-Zahra (PBUH) please refer to our previous post at http://www.liverpool-shia.com/celebrating-eid-o-zahra-pbuh/
Hope to see you all there.
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Some Characteristics of the Companions of Imam Hussain (PBUT)
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Some Characteristics of the Companions of Imam Hussain (PBUT)
“I have never known companions better than mine“, said Imam Hussain (PBUH).
Verse 29, Chapter ‘The Victory’ in the Holy Quran summarizes the characteristics of the companions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF) as follows:
“Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those with him are firm of heart against the unbelievers, compassionate among themselves; you will see them bowing down, prostrating themselves, seeking grace from Allah and pleasure. Their marks are in their faces because of the effect of prostration; that is their description in the Taurat [Torah] and their description in the Injeel [Bible]; like as seed-produce that puts forth its sprout, then strengthens it, so it becomes stout and stands firmly on its stem, delighting the sowers that He may enrage the unbelievers on account of them. Allah has promised those among them who believe and do good, forgiveness and a great reward.” (Translated by Shakir, 2005)
The companions of Imam Hussain (PBUT) had additional characteristics to those highlighted by this verse and those characteristics were not available to other companions of Ahl al-Bait (PBUT), even those of the Prophet (PBUH&HF). The most important ones of these are the following:
1. Islam was deeply-rooted in them since they had spent a longer period with Islam. Some of them were themselves companions of the Prophet (PBUH&HF); others were Muslims in birth. In addition, most of them were companions of more than one Imam, as they had seen and served Imam Ali, Imam Hassan and Imam Hussain (PBUT).
2. All of them had come out of an ordeal that had hit Islam on the hands of the neo-pagans, where only those who had good insight could find the right path in following the right party.
3. The most important of these characteristics was the fact that the companions of Imam Hussain did not have a choice between victory and martyrdom as the other companions and followers did, i.e. they had only one choice, which was martyrdom.
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Dr Hameed Hassoon Bjaiya Al-Mas’udi is assistant professor at the Department of English, University of Babylon. Being originally from Babylon, Iraq, he achieved his BA in English from Baghdad University, Iraq, in 1976. Afterwards, he completed his MA in ELT (English Language Teaching) at the University of Warwick, the UK, in 1989. Back to Iraq, he fulfilled his PhD in Translation and Linguistics at Al-Mustansiriya University, Iraq. He has obtained several degrees since 1994 and has gained valuable experiences in academia. Further to teaching and researching, he has several publications in conferences and journals.
The above article has been sent by Dr Hameed Al-Mas’udi to go online on the LSS website. Please note that the article has been reviewed before publication; however, if any comment deems worthwhile to be considered with regard to the article, LSS website team would be thankful if you could kindly share the comment.
SOME Characteristics of the Companions of Imam Hussain (PBUT)
“I have never known companions better than my companions“, said Imam Hussain (PBUH).
Verse 29, Chapter ‘The Victory’ in the Holy Quran summarizes the characteristics of the companions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF) as follows:
“Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those with him are firm of heart against the unbelievers, compassionate among themselves; you will see them bowing down, prostrating themselves, seeking grace from Allah and pleasure. Their marks are in their faces because of the effect of prostration; that is their description in the Taurat [Torah] and their description in the Injeel [Bible]; like as seed-produce that puts forth its sprout, then strengthens it, so it becomes stout and stands firmly on its stem, delighting the sowers that He may enrage the unbelievers on account of them. Allah has promised those among them who believe and do good, forgiveness and a great reward” (Translated by Shakir, 2005)
The companions of Imam Hussain (PBUT) had additional characteristics to those highlighted by this verse and those characteristics were not available to other companions of Ahl al-Bait (PBUT), even those of the Prophet (PBUH&HF). The most important ones of these are the following:
1. Islam was deeply-rooted in them since they had spent a longer period with Islam. Some of them were themselves companions of the Prophet (PBUH&HF); others were Muslims in birth. In addition, most of them were companions of more than one Imam, as they had seen and served Imam Ali, Imam Hassan and Imam Hussain (PBUT).
2. All of them had come out of an ordeal that had hit Islam on the hands of the neo-pagans, where only those who had good insight could find the right path in following the right party.
3. The most important of these characteristics was the fact that the companions of Imam Hussain did not have a choice between victory and martyrdom as the other companions and followers did, i.e. they had only one choice, which was martyrdom.
Dr Hameed Hassoon B. Al-Mas’udi
Dr Hameed Hassoon Bjaiya Al-Mas’udi is an assistant professor at the Department of English, University of Babylon. Being originally from Babylon, Iraq, he achieved his BA in English from Baghdad University, Iraq, in 1976. Afterwards, he completed his MA in ELT (English Language Teaching) at the University of Warwick, the UK, in 1989. Back to Iraq, he fulfilled his PhD in Translation and Linguistics at Al-Mustansiriya University, Iraq. He has obtained several degrees since 1994 and has gained valuable experiences in academia. Further to teaching and researching, he has several publications in conferences and journals.
The above article has been sent by Dr Hameed Al-Mas’udi to go online on LSS website. Please note that the article has been reviewed before publication; however, if any comment deems worthwhile to be considered in regard with the article, LSS website management team would be thankful if you could kindly share the comment.
End of Safar Events
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End of Safar Events
Liverpool Towhid Centre will be running mourning event for highlighting the anniversary of sad demise of the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH&HF) and martyrdom anniversary for Imam Hassan al-Mujtaba (PBUH), as they have been recorded for Safar 28th. Also, last day of Safar is the anniversary for Imam Ali al-Ridha martyrdom. Therefore, we will be commemorating these two days by attending their sessions, as the holy Quran states, “and whoever respects the signs of Allah, this surely is [the outcome of] the piety of hearts.” (Al-Hajj: 32)
The event will be on 2nd and 3rd of February 2011 and will start at 19.00 and last until 21.00. The location is Liverpool Towhid Centre whose address is seen on the poster. The sessions will include Quran recitation, lecture and dirge, and they will finish by serving supper to the guests of Ahl al-Bait.
We will not have Thursday Meeting for this week and invite all to attend the events at Liverpool Towhid Centre.
Hope to see you all again.
Liverpool Shia Society
