Was That Just to Say, “Ali, I Love You”?
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Was That Just to Say, “Ali, I Love You”?
I have a story and would like to share it with you.
Last summer, it was extremely hot and I was hosting a great friend of mine and his family coming from Tehran to Mashad. They stayed with us for a few days to do what they had come for to Mashad. Afterwards, they packed up to return to Tehran. It was about midday, around 11 O’clock when they left. After an hour, I called him on his mobile asking, where they were. “We are about 50 km from Mashad on our way to Tehran. We’ll in-shaa-Allah arrive in Tehran tomorrow. Anything up?”, he replied.
- Can you please drive back to Mashad as quickly as you can? Something crucial has risen and I’ve got to talk to you about it.
* What do you mean by crucial?
- You just come back. I’ll tell you what.
* Come on! Please tell me over the phone. It’s really too hot to drive back to Mashad again. I should be in Tehran by tomorrow for an important job to do.
- No excuses! You should get back here right now.
* Couldn’t you tell me later?
- No way mate. I should talk to you today.
Poor friend; I insisted and he found no way but to return to Mashad in such hot weather while his car had no air-conditioner. While I found him so eager to hear the crucial matter, I told him, honestly from my deep heart, “I love you!” But I don’t understand why he got mad and why he looked at me so angrily. He shouted, “Was that all???” I just said, “Yes.”
* You had already told me you loved me, hadn’t you?
- Well, yes but this time it was more formal…
He was really angry with me when he understood I made him to get back this long distance just for telling I loved him. His family was all angry and about to kill me. But, believe me; I just tried telling him I loved him heartedly in front of others.
Whoever heard the story advised me what I did was absolutely wrong and foolish. What about you? What do you think?
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That’s right! No wise accepts that. I made them getting back in such miserably hot day only and only to tell him I liked him.
So how is it possible to agree with Sunnis claiming that the Holy Prophet stopped 120,000 people for 3 days in a hot desert under sharp sunshine just and just to say, “Ali, I love you”, “O people, Ali is my friend”? I cannot believe he would do so.
الحمد لله الذی جعلنا من المتمسکین بولایت امیر المؤمنین و الائمة المعصومین علیهم السلام
Sent by Ma'sumeh Khosravi
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Daily Ghadeer Text Messages
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Daily Ghadeer Text Messages
We are approaching the greatest religious festive, Eid Ghadeer anniversary. Against some sorts of beliefs presenting Ghadeer as a separation point among the nation of Islam, it is clearly a unity point. However, lack of information with people, or in other words, preventing some facts to be heard by all Muslims has caused creation of the idea that Ghadeer would be a separation. The best solution to remove such belief is to release information and propagate the truth to all at the best.
Vahid Nooraddini, a fellow from Iran, has developed some 18 short messages to be easily sent by mobile sets in the form of text messages. Each message ends to one Shiite reference and one Sunni reference. The messages try to show that Ghadeer does not only belong to Shiites but to all Muslims and that it does not perform as a separation point.
People seeing these messages are kindly requested to send these messages to their friends and families.
“Certainly, I just conveyed what I have been ordered to convey as an argument against everyone, be him present or absent, a direct witness or not, and already born or not yet born. Hence, everyone who is present should convey (this sermon) to those who are absent, every parent should convey it to his/her children, (and they should continue to do so) until the Day of Judgement.” – A part of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH&HF) last public sermon delivered in Ghadeer Khum.
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Did you know that both Shiites and Sunnis believe Verse 67 in Chapter Al-Ma’ida has been revealed on Ghadeer day and for the sake of Imam Ali’s (PBUH) guardianship (walaya)?
Shiite: Usul Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg 290
Sunni: Shavahed at-Tanzil, Vol. 1, Hadith 249
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Did you know that both Shiites and Sunnis believe Verse 55 in Chapter Al-Ma’ida regards Imam Ali’s (PBUH) ring donation during prayers (salaah) and obliges acceptance of his guardianship (walaya)?
Shiite: Noor al-Thaghalain (tafsir), verse interpretation
Sunni: Ibn Kathir’s Tafsir, verse interpretation
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Did you know that Verse 9 in Chapter An-Nisa urges everyone to obey Imam Ali (PBUH) and the other Imams (PBUT)?
Shiite: Kamal ad-Din, Vol. 1, Pg 222
Sunni: Shavahed Tanzil, Vol. 1, Hadith 202
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Did you know that, according to Verse 3 in Chapter Al-Ma’ida, one’s faith is completed by accepting Ghadeer and Imam Ali’s (PBUH) successorship?
Shiite: Usul Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg 290
Sunni: Shavahed at-Tanzil, Vol. 1, Hadith 211
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Did you know that both Shiites and Sunnis believe Verse 7 in Chapter al-Bayyina is about Imam Ali’s (PBUH) guardianship and that he is the best benefactor?
Shiite: Al-Burhan (tafsir), verse interpretation
Sunni: Dur al-Manthur, verse interpretation
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Did you know that both Shiites and Sunnis agree Verse 7 in Chapter Al-Ra’d introduces Imam Ali (PBUH) as the best guide and director for Muslims?
Shiite: Al-Burhan (tafsir), verse interpretation
Sunni: Musnad Ahmad, Chapter 2, Hadith 990
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Did you know that Verse 7 in Chapter Al-Anbiya suggests Imam Ali and other Imams (PBUT) the meaning of “those who reminisce (possess) the Message?”
Shiite: Tafsir Saafi, verse interpretation
Sunni: Shavahed at-Tanzil, verse interpretation
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Did you know that both Shiites and Sunnis believe Imam Ali (PBUH) possesses full insight of the Holy Quran according to Verse 43 in Chapter Al-Ra’d?
Shiite: Usul Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg 229
Sunni: Shavahed at-Tanzil, Vol. 1, Pg 400
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Did you know that “holding fast by the rope Allah (SWT) has stretched for you” in Verse 103 in Chapter Al-i-Imran means grasping on belief in Imam Ali’s and other Imams’s (PBUT) guardianship?
Shiite: Ghayba No’mani, Chapter 2, Hadith 2
Sunni: Shavahed at-Tanzil, Vol. 1, Pg 168
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Did you know that Holy Prophet (PBUH&HF) introduced Imam Ali (PBUH) as his successor in his party after the reveal of Verse 214 in Chapter Ash-Shu’ara?
Shiite: Al-Burhan (tafsir), verse interpretation
Sunni: Musnad Ahmad, Number 841
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Did you know that both Shiites and Sunnis have identically narrated the famous hadith “Whomever I am his master, this Ali is his master?”
Shiite: Usul Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg 293
Sunni: Musnad Ahmad Hanbal, Chapter 39, Pg 297, Hadith 18497
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Did you know that Holy Prophet (PBUH&HF) told Imam Ali (PBUH) that, “Your position to me is like Aaron’s to Moses?”
Shiite: Ershad Mofid, Vol. 1, Pg 8
Sunni: Sahih Bukhari, Chapter 13, Hadith 4064
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Did you know that Holy Prophet (PBUH&HF) has said, “Ali is of me and I am of him; and he is the guardian of the faithful?”
Shiite: Managheb Shahr-Ashoob, Vol. 3, Pg 51
Sunni: Sunan Tirmizi, Chapter 12, Number 3653
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Did you know that Holy Prophet (BUH&HF) mentioned, “My successors (imams) are only 12 ones?”
Shiite: Uyun Akhbar al-Reda, Vol. 1, Pg 64, Hadith 31
Sunni: Sahih Moslem, Vol. 9, Al-Amaarah, Hadith 3393
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Did you know that Holy Prophet (PBUH&HF) said, “One who passes away while does not know the Imam of his time dies as those in the Jahiliyya era?”
Shiite: Usul Kafi, Vol. 1, Chapter ‘Ma Yajibo Ala an-Nas (What people are obligated to do), Hadith 2
Sunni: Musnad Ahmad, Chapter 34, Hadith 16271
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Did you know that Holy Prophet (PBUH&HF) said, “I pass away while I leave two invaluable evocations: Quran and my family (Itra)?”
Shiite: Vasayel ush-Shia, Hadith 33144
Sunni: Sahih Moslem, Chapter 12, Number 4425
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Did you know that Holy Prophet (PBUH&HF) said, “I am the capital of insight and Ali is its portal?”
Shiite: Kamal ad-Din, Vol. 1, Chapter 22, Pg 241
Sunni: Mustadrak Hakim al-Nishaburi, Chapter 10, Number 4614
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Did you know that Holy Prophet (PBUH&HF) said, “Ali is with the truth and the truth is with Ali?”
Shiite: Khesal Sadugh, Chapter 2, Pg 496
Sunni: Tarikh Baghdad, Chapter 6, Section ‘al-Ya’, dekri man esmoho Yousef (the story of who whose name is Yousef), Pg 312
Liverpool Shia Society
Eid Ghadir Party 2010 at Liverpool Towhid Centre
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Eid Ghadir Party 2010 at Liverpool Towhid Centre
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Remainings of the Ghadir Khum Place
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Remainings of the Ghadir Khum Place
The image below is where Ghadir Khum event took place 1421 lunar years ago. It has been reported that there was a pond, around which the ground had a particular bowl-like shape. Therefore, the people standing around could clearly without obstruction see and hear every thing. This could help all the presents see and hear what the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) conveyed from the Almighty Allah for people and what he asked them to do further to witnessing, appreciating Imam Ali’s (PBUH) guardianship and pledging with him.
“Certainly, I just conveyed what I have been ordered to convey as an argument against everyone, be him present or absent, a direct witness or not, and already born or not yet born. Hence, everyone who is present should convey (this sermon) to those who are absent, every parent should convey it to his/her children, (and they should continue to do so) until the Day of Judgement.”
For more photos, please click here.
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Happy Eid Ghadir
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Happy Eid Ghadir
Seventy days before his demise, when Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF) was returning to Medina after his last pilgrimage to Mecca, he reached the pond of Khum (Ghadir Khum) near Juhfa. It was the 18th of the month of Dhul-Hijja of the year 10 AH (March 15, 632 AD). By this time, the Prophet (PBUH&HF) had conveyed all of the divine commandments to his nation except for the formal and explicit public announcement of his divinely appointed successors as the leaders, guardians, and guides for the believers for all days to come.
By the order of Allah, the Prophet (PBUH&HF) stopped at the pond of Khum, gathered the crowd of pilgrims, and delivered his last universal speech. In this sermon, he presented his last religious instruction which finalized the last divine religion and made Islam the perfect religion in the sight of Allah. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH), the fifth Imam and successor of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) said:
“The last obligatory duty that Allah sent down was al-Walaya (adherence to the guardian assigned by Allah). Then, He sent down the verse: ‘Today, I completed your religion…’ once the Messenger of Allah established it in Juhfa area.”
This message was the most unique in the entire mission of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) due to the revelation of Verse 67, Chapter 5 of the Holy Quran before his speech. In this revelation, Allah warned His Messenger that failing to deliver this last message would nullify his entire mission. This unprecedented warning proves that this last message contained the most important religious commandment of Allah for the Muslim nation.
The main issue that the Prophet (PBUH&HF) addressed in his speech in Ghadir Khum was that Allah appointed Ali Ibn Abi Talib (PBUH) as the guardian (Wali), the master (Mawla), the leader (Imam), and the commander (Amir) of all believing men and women, the deputy and the executor of his affairs (Wasi), and his successor (Khalifa). His sayings and commands should be preferred over the opinions of all others in every matter. Obeying him is obeying Allah, and disobeying him is disobeying Allah. Whoever follows him (and his sayings) is a believer under the guardianship of Allah, and whoever turns away from him (or his sayings) is a disbeliever under the guardianship of Satan.
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Text Ref.: Majd, V. (2005) The Sermon of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF) at Ghadir Khum. Naba Cultural Organisation.Eid Ghadir Events
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Eid Ghadir Events
Eid Ghadir is on its way, and the Shia are preparing to celebrate this as ‘the greatest eid of Allah (SWT)’ and the highest eid of the progeny of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) and is celebrated in the heaven as ‘promised covenant’. Shia have been highly advised to highlight the anniversary of this eid, as this was the eid of the stabilisation of faith.
Thanks to the Shia people in Liverpool and Manchester, Eid Ghadir will be appreciated in both cities accordingly. Liverpool Shia Society, in order to gather all Shia in one place as well, invites all to attend the programme of Liverpool Towhid Centre on Saturday, 27 November 2010. The event will be starting at 6 pm with recitation of the Noble Quran, and will be followed by recitation of Hadith Kisaa’, lecture, poems, firework, cake and supper to last up to 8 pm. Liverpool Towhid Centre has been located at the address below, and the map can be seen by clicking here or here to launch to the centre’s website.
Cochrane Street
Heyworth Street
Liverpool
L5 4LJ
You can use bus number 17 and 117 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. The centre offers free off-road car park.
Mohebban Ahl al-Bait Group in Manchester will be running a multi-cultural, multi-language event at Manchester Islamic Institute on Thursday, 25 November 2010. This programme starts at 7 pm, and similar to the past years, people from other groups and organisations are invited to attend the programme to feel the unity on the anniversary of the most important appointment, without which the mission of the Prophet would not be accomplished. The event will have different programme including maddahi in different languages. Manchester Islamic Institute (MII) has been located at the address below.
5 Sidney Street
Off Oxford Road
Manchester
M1 7HB
Due to being in city centre, there are some car park limitations which need to be considered if you travel by car. MII is quite close to Oxford Rd Train Station and Manchester Central Coach Station, and several bus route pass through Oxford Road.
In order to make the most of the events, LSS will not have its weekly Thursday meeting on 25 November 2010 and invites all to attend the event at Manchester Islamic Institute.
Hope to see you all in the events. Please let your family and friends know about the Eid Ghadir events in Liverpool and Manchester.
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Eid Ghadir 2009
In the name of Allah the compassionate the merciful
“Certainly, I just conveyed what I have been ordered to convey as an argument against everyone, be him present or absent, a direct witness or not, and already born or not yet born. Hence, everyone who is present should convey (this sermon) to those who are absent, every parent should convey it to his/her children, (and they should continue to do so) until the Day of Judgement”, has asked the Messenger of Allah at Ghadir event (PBUH&HF).
Thanks be to the Almighty Allah, the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) and Ahl al-Bait that we were successful to celebrate the event of Eid Ghadir next to our Shia brothers and sisters. By the aid of God and Ahl al-Bait, eid event was celebrated on December 6th, 2009, in the place of one of our Shia brothers. Excellence of the event was really outstanding. The house was really fully decorated, and food, drink, cake, sweet, and even firework were provided for the full enjoyment of the Shia people attending Eid Ghadir ceremony to make it as remarkable as nobody would forget such fine feeling for ever.
