Celebration of the Birthday Anniversary of Imam Reza (PBUH)

Ahl al-Bait Community will be celebrating birthday anniversary of Imam Reza (PBUH) on Sunday, 24 October 2010. The programme will contain lecture in Arabic and English, and lunch will be served to the guests of Ahl a-Bait. Lecture will be given by Dr Wathiq al-Ya’qubi, and the session is to start at 12 pm and last until 4 pm.

The venue of the session is:

The Novas Group
CUC North West
41 – 51 Greenland Street
Liverpool        L1 0BS

Hope to see you all there.

Liverpool Shia Society

Update – Eid Fitr Mubarak (Prayers Announcement in Liverpool)

According to the Islamic Centre of England and UK Office of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, Eid Fitr will be on Saturday, September 11^th, and celebration and prayers will be performed on this day rather than Friday.

Prayers programme at Liverpool Towhid Centre will be unchanged, and the identical programme will run on Saturday instead of Friday.

Please inform the others as well.

Liverpool Shia Society

Eid Fitr Prayers

Eid Fitr Mubarak

We all thank the Almighty Allah for giving us another opportunity to worship for Him, fast for Him, and perceive the holy month of Ramadan. We all thank God for His great boons and rewards.

So far, all the evidences strengthen the Eid happening on Friday, September 9^th. Therefore, as of our brothers’ great efforts at Liverpool Towhid Centre, we will gratefully have Eid Fitr prayers run at Liverpool Towhid Centre. The prayers will start at 10 am, God willing, followed by lecture and lunch.

Below is the address for Liverpool Towhid Centre. Click here to see the map for the asset which enjoys a free parking lot.

Cochrane Street
Heyworth Street
Liverpool
L5 4LJ

You can use bus number 17 from Queen Square Bus Station or alternatively use Traveline Journey Planner or Call 0871 200 22 33 to get the best route from your place towards the Centre.

Please kindly inform the others, as apparently, people in Liverpool try every year make their way to Manchester for saying their prayers.

LSS, on behalf of its members, thank the brothers and sisters working hard at Liverpoo Towhid Centre to make this holy Ramadan as pleasant as possible for the faithfuls of Liverpool. We all pray God to treat them gratefully for their efforts.

Hope to see you all at prayers, and remember your faithful brothers and sister within your prayers.

Liverpool Shia Society

Birthday Anniversary of Imam Hussain, Hazrat Abbas Ibn Ali and Imam Sajjad (PBUT)

Congratulations for a unique birthday anniversary. History of human kind has not seen such consecutive birthdays. It gets special when it is for three extraordinary people, and gets further special when all relate to the greatest revolution in the world in Karbala which is referred by the Holy Quran as the “great scarification”.

We are to and going to celebrate this, as great as we can. Manchester Islamic Institute has set a party event to highlight these lovely days. The programme commences by 8 pm lasting until 10 pm on Thursday 15^th of July 2010. The programme will be more interesting when Hamed has just been back from Omra. The programme is going to be held in the place of MII with the following address:

5 Sidney St
Off Oxford Road
Manchester    M1 7HB

Please note that as this programme coincides with our ordinary Thursday meetings, we will all enshaaAllah gather there at the MII to respect the celebration and enjoy such party next to other Shia friends.

Hope to see you all again.

Liverpool Shia Society

Birthday Anniversary of the Commander of the Believers, Imam Ali (PBUH)

Days and days, we have been waiting since the last year on the birthday anniversary of Imam Ali (PBUH), where all prayed and requested to the Almighty Allah, who mysteriously opened His Ka’ba in the respect of the birth of the Commander of the Believers, to grant us another opportunity of celebrating such great man’s birthday anniversary. And here it is approaching us on 26^th of June.

Words cannot describe such pleasure; but the heart of Shia can feel that and fill it out of his love and passion on his attitudes. The pens are inkless when they are to scratch the papers on who such noble person is. So, wise would for now squeeze his words just to say: congratulations and celebrations on the glorious anniversary of Ali Ibn Abi-Talib’s birthday.

Liverpool Towhid Centre has planned for a celebration party to make this anniversary memorable for all for ever. The event is going to be held on Friday, 25 June 2010, from 20.30 until 22.30, and will cover different programmes of lecture, nasheed, quiz and finally, the guests will be served a dish of dinner. The event will be at the current address of Liverpool Towhid Centre as it follows:

Cochrane St
Heyworth St
Liverpool   L5 4LJ

For further information about the address, you may try the post of 10 Feb 2010 or simply visit the Contact Us page of the web site of Liverpool Towhid Centre. Parking is available on site, and those using bus should take bus No. 17 from Queen Square Bus Station.

Manchester Islamic Institute will be too holding a nice party, as of the previous years, to celebrate this unique birthday. The event will be on Saturday, 26 June 2010, starting at 7 pm lasting until 10 pm. After Holy Quran recitation, nasheed and quiz will be run, followed by lectures in Farsi, Arabic and English. At the end, dinner will be served. The address of MII is:

5 Sydney St
Off Oxford Road
Manchester   M1 7HB

Hope to see you all happy in Imam Ali’s (PBUH) birthday events.

Liverpool Shia Society

9^th of Rabi’ al-Awwal is the day, when pained Ahl al-Bait ended their mourning following the gruesome tragedy of Karbala and for the first time after the massacre of his father, Imam Hussain (PBUH) and his companions, the 4^th Imam, Zayn al-Abideen (PBUH) smiled.

Celebration Event in Manchester Islamic Institute

Manchester Islamic Institute is going to celebrate Eid-o-Zahra (PBUH) on Saturday, 27 February 2010, and has invited all Shia brothers and sisters to attend this ceremony to enjoy such nice and happy day. The event will start at 7 pm.

The venue of the meeting is:

Manchester Islamic Institute
5 Sidney Street
Off Oxford Road
Manchester     M1 7HB

The guest of the greatest woman of the whole universe, Sayyedah Zahra (PBUH), will be served by supper at the end of the event.

By the way, the theme of the party is ‘red’!

What is Eid-o-Zahra (PBUH)?

The extraordinary two-month period of mourning reaches its climax with the martyrdom anniversary of the 11^th Imam of Shia on the 8^th of Rabi’ al-Awwal. The day that follows, according to the traditions, is the greatest eid (celebration) for the lovers of the Ahl al-Bait. Known as Eid-o-Zahra (PBUH), this day honours the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF) as a day of great joy and happiness for the believers.

As we recall, this past 70 day period has seen the commemoration of the martyrdom of no less than six infallibles – Imams Hassan, Imam Hussain, Imam Sajjad, Imam Ridha, Imam Hassan Askari and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUT). In addition, we also have marked the martyrdom or demise of other personalities such as Hazrat Abbas, Bibi Masumah and the companions and friends of the Imam on the plains of Karbala. Finally, after such a period of sorrow, we remove the black from our centres and bodies, and go forth to implement the lessons learned during these last months.

In regards to the importance of this day, we are told that there was once a gathering in the city of Madinah. Present were the Prophet and the first three Imams. With a smile on his face, the Prophet said: “It is on this day that Allah will destroy your enemies and the enemies of your grandfather, and it is on this day when Allah will accept the actions of your Shia and those who love you. This is the day when the words of Allah came true where He said (in the Quran): ‘So those are the houses fallen down because they were unjust …’ (27:52). And this is the day when the Pharaoh (Firawn) of the time of the Ahl al-Bait was destroyed …” which actually denotes the death of the second usurper of the position of Imam Ali (PBUH).

One of the important things that we mark is the first official day of the leadership of our living Imam, al-Hujjat Ibn al-Hassan al-Askari (may Allah hasten his advent).  As narrated in our duas, ziyaraat and traditions, the return of our 12^th Imam will mark the revenge of the blood spilled in Karbala.

It is with this important event that we celebrate Eid-o-Zahra and sincerely ask Allah to hasten the return of His final proof. Through the justice that the Imam will show, this day will truly be marked as the day of Eid for Sayyedah Zahra (PBUH) and all her true followers.

Enjoy this day with your faithful brothers an sisters, and do not forget to pray for the advent of our 12^th Imam.

Liverpool Shia Society

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