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Salaam-un-Alykum Ramadan is the last of the three prestigious Islamic months, and is the most significant as it is the month of Allah (swt). This month, we should all strive to improve our spiritual selves. By doing so, our physical, mental, and emotional aspects will, in turn, also be enhanced. We should work together to better ourselves to gain the pleasure of Allah (swt) and the Imam of our time (atfs). It is never too late to start bettering ourselves in the name of Islam. At the surface level, Allah (swt) has prescribed for us thirty days of fasting, in which our body has time to cleanse during the day when we are not eating. Not only should we fast physically, but these fasts during this month should be a purification of our soul, where we should try to avoid diseas-es, such as anger and jealousy, that plague us all. May Allah (swt) give us the strength to overcome the whispers of our Nafs and to allow us to gain His pleasure. Ameen Ws’Salaam Shabbir Rizvi President

Al-Hujjat (atfs) Vol.3 - Issue No 9 - Ramadhan-1436 / June-July -2015

In t h i s i s sue :

Urdu Article about Ramdhan 2-3

Last will of Imam Ali (a) 4-6

Hazrat Khadija 7

Imam Hassan Ibn Ali (a) 8-10

Ramadhan Lecture Details 11

Blessed Month of Ramadhan 12-13

Advertisements 14

Prayer Timings 15

Ayat of the Month/Pics 16

Res i dent Aal i m

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U r d u A r t i c l e o n M o n t h o f R a m a d h a n U r d u A r t i c l e o n M o n t h o f R a m a d h a n U r d u A r t i c l e o n M o n t h o f R a m a d h a n C O N T I N U E DC O N T I N U E DC O N T I N U E D

After returning from the Battle of Siffin, Imam ‘Ali (a) gave certain pieces of advice to one of his sons. Some historians consider him to be Imam Hasan (a) while others are of the opinion that he was Muhammad al-Hanafiyya. He wrote the letter in the form of a will. They deal with almost every aspect of life which goes a long way to make a man successful in life - brave, humane, generous, virtuous and pious. These exhortations are from a father who realizes the morality of life, who is getting old, who has patiently borne reverses and calamities, who hates inordinate desires and has overcome them, and who is shortly going to pass out of this world, to his son who is young, who has the desire of leading the world to sober ways of thinking and better ways of life, a desire which is rather difficult to be achieved. A son, who is mortal and is bound by nature to follow the steps of all mortals, is subject to ailments, is surrounded by misfortunes and calamities, has to face oppressions and tyrannies, has often to confront with and sometimes to tolerate hypocrisy, deceit, guile, duplicity and treason and who is to end his life in death, is to bear sufferings, is the heir to a person who is dead and gone and who finally ended his life as a martyr to the animosity of his enemies. (What a prophecy!) This letter was written nearly 1400 year ago and is applicable and appropriate even nowadays. In the 40th year of Hijri, in the small hours of the morning of 19th Ramadan, Imam ‘Ali (as) was struck with a poisoned sword by the Kharijite Ibn Maljam while offering his prayers in the Masjid of Kufa. He died on the 21st day of Ramadan 40 A.H. and buried in Najaf ul-Ashraf. He was born in the House of Allah, the Kaaba, and martyred in the House of Allah, Masjid al-Kufa. The Lion of Allah, the most brave and gentle Muslim after the Prophet (S) himself, began his glorious life with devotion to Allah and His Messenger, and ended it in the service of Islam. “And do not speak of those who are slain in the Way of Allah as dead; nay, they are alive, but you perceive not.” Quran 2:154 ****** My Dear Son, Let it be known to you that decay of health, passing away of time and nearness of death, have made me realize that I should give more thought to my future (next world) and to my people; advise them more and spend more time in equipping them mentally to face this world. I felt that my own sons and my near ones have as much right to utilize my experiences and knowledge, all the ups and downs of life, all the realities and all the truths about life in this world and in the Hereafter, which are as much known to me as others. I decided, therefore, to spend more time over you and to prepare you more for your. This was neither selfishness nor self-esteem nor any mental luxury of giving away pieces of advice, but it was the sincere desire of making you see the world as I found it, look at the realities of lives as I looked at them, and do the right thing at the right time and right place as it should be done which made me write down these exhortations to you. You will not find in them anything but truth and realities. My dear son! You are part of my body and soul and whenever I look at you I feel as if I am looking at myself. If any calamities befalls you, I feel as if it has befallen me. Your death will make me feel as if it was my own death. Your affairs are to me like my own affairs. Therefore, I committed these pieces of advice to paper. I want you to take care of them, to pay attention to them and to guard them well. I may remain longer in your life or I may not, but I want these pieces of advice to remain with you always. My first and foremost advice to you, my son, is to fear Allah. Be His obedient servant. Keep His thought always fresh in your mind. Be attached to and carefully guard the principles (Islam) which connect you with Him. Can any other connection be stronger, more durable and more lasting than this to command greater respect and consideration or to replace it? Accept good exhortations and refresh your mind with them. Adopt piety and kill your inordinate desires with its help. Build your character with the help of true faith in religion and Allah. Subjugate your nature with the vision of death, make it see the mortality of life and of all that it holds dear, force it to realize the actuality of misfortunes and adversities, the changes of circumstances and times and compel it to study the lives of past people. Persuade it to see the ruined cities, the dilapidated palaces, decaying signs and relics of fallen empires of past nations. Then meditate over the activities of those people, what they have all done when they were alive and were in power, what they achieved, from where they started their careers; where, when and how they were brought to an end, where they are now; what have they actually gained out of life and what was their contributions to the human welfare. If you carefully ponder over these problems, you will find that each one of those people has parted company with the others and with all that he cherished and loved and he is now in a solitary abode, alone and unattended; and you also will be like him. Take care to provide well for your future abode. Do not barter away eternal blessing for pleasures of this mortal and fleeting world. Do not talk about things which you do not know. Do not speculate about and pass verdicts on subjects about which you are not in a position to form an opinion and are not called upon to do so. Give up the way where there is a possibility of your going astray. When there is danger on your wandering in the wilderness of ignorance, possibility of losing the sight of the goal which you want to attain and of reaching the end aimed at, then it is better to give up the quest than to advance facing uncertain dangers and unforeseen risks. Advise people to do good and to live virtuously because you are fit to give such advice. Let your words and deeds teach the world lessons of how to abstain from wickedness and vicious deeds. Try your best to keep away from those who indulge in vices and sins. Fight, whenever required, to defend the cause of Allah. When you think of defending the cause of Allah do not be afraid that people will laugh at you, censure your action or slander you. Fearlessly and boldly help truth and justice. Bear patiently the sufferings and face bravely the obstacles which come in your way when you follow truth and when you try to uphold it. Adhere to the cause of truth and justice wherever you find it. Try to be well versed with Islamic Jurisprudence and theology and acquire a thorough knowledge of the canons of this religion.

T h e L a s t W i l l o f A l i i b n A b i T a l i b T h e L a s t W i l l o f A l i i b n A b i T a l i b T h e L a s t W i l l o f A l i i b n A b i T a l i b ( a )( a )( a )

Develop the habit of patience against sufferings, calamities and adversities. This virtue of patience is one of the highest values of morality and nobility of character and it is the best habit which one can develop. Trust in Allah and let your mind seek His protection in every calamity and suffering because you will thus entrust yourself and your affairs to the Best Trustee and to the Mightiest Guardian. Do not seek help or protection from anybody but Allah. Reserve your prayers, your requests, your solicitations, your supplications, and your entreaties to Him and Him alone because to grant, to give, to confer and to bestow, as well as to withhold, to deprive, to refuse, and to debar, lies only in His Power. Ask as much of His Blessings and seek as much of His Guidance as you can. Try to understand my exhortation, ponder over them deeply; do not take them lightly and do not turn away from them because the best knowledge is that which benefits the listener. The knowledge which does not benefit anybody is useless, not valuable and not worth learning and remembering. My dear son! When I realized that I was getting old and when I felt that weakness and feebleness are gradually creeping into me then I hastened to advise you as to the best ways of leading a noble, virtuous and useful life. I hated the idea that death should overtake me before I tell you all that I wanted to tell or before my mental capacities like my bodily strength are weakened. I convey all this to you lest inordinate desires, temptations and inducement should start influencing you, or adverse changes of times and circumstances should drag your name in the mire or I should leave you like an untrained colt because a young and fresh mind is like a virgin soil which allows things sown in it to grow verdantly and to bear luxuriantly. Then, I have made use of early opportunities to educate you and train you before your mind loses its freshness, before it gets hardened or warped, before you start facing life unprepared for the encounter, and before you are forced to use your decisions and discretions without gaining advantages of cumulated traditions, collected knowledge and experiences of others. These words of advice and counsels that I give you, will save you from the worry of acquiring knowledge, gathering experiences and soliciting advice from others. Now you can easily make use of all the knowledge which men have to acquire with great care, trouble and patience. Things which were hidden from them and which only experiments, experiences and sufferings could bring to light are now made easily available to you through these exhortations. My dear son! Though the span of my life is not as that of some other people who have passed away before me yet I took great care to study their lives, assiduously I went through their activities, I contemplated over their deliberations and deeds, I studied their remains, relics and ruins, I pondered over their lives so deeply that I felt as if I have lived and worked with them from early ages of history down to our times and I know what did them good and what brought harm to them. Sifting the good from bad I am concentrating within these pages, and for your good, the knowledge that I so gathered. Through these pieces of advice I have tried to bring home to you the value of honest-living and high-thinking and the dangers of a vicious and sinful life, I have taken care to cover and guard every aspect of your life as it is the duty of a kind, considerate and loving father. From the very beginning, I took care to help you to develop a noble character and to fit you for the life which you will have to lead, to let you grow up to be a young man with a noble character, an open and honest mind and clear and precise knowledge of things around you. Originally my desire was only to teach you the Holy Book thoroughly, to make you understand its intricacies, to impart to you the complete knowledge of His commandments and interdictions and not to leave you at the mercy of the knowledge of other people. But after having succeeded in this task I felt nervous that I may leave you untrained and uneducated in the subjects which themselves are subject to so much confusion and so many contradictions. These are the subjects whose confusions have been made worse confounded by selfish desires, warped minds, wicked ways of life and sinful modes of thinking. Therefore, I have noted down, in these lines, the basic principles of nobility, piety, truth and justice. You may feel them to be over-bearing and harsh but my desire is to equip you with this knowledge instead of leaving you unarmed to face the world where there is every danger of loss and damnation. As you are a noble, virtuous and pious young man, I am sure you will receive Divine Guidance and Succour. I am sure He will help you to achieve your aim in life. I want you to promise to yourself to follow my advice carefully. Remember my son! The best out of these pieces of advice of mine are the those which tell you to fear Allah, to concentrate and to confine yourself to the performance of those duties which have been made incumbent upon you by Him and to follow in the footsteps of your ancestors [The Holy Prophet (S) & Imam ‘Ali (a)] and your pious and virtuous relationship. Verily, they always carefully measured their thoughts and deeds, as you must also try to do and they carefully thought over the subject before saying anything about it or before doing a deed. You should also follow the same. This kind of deliberation made them take from life what was really the best and forsake that which was not made incumbent upon them or which was not the best. If your mind refuses to accept my advice and you persist to try your own experiments like them then you are at liberty to arrive at your conclusions but only after thoroughly studying the subject and after acquiring the knowledge necessary for such decisions. You must not allow uncertainties and doubt poison your mind, scepticism or irrational likes and dislikes should not affect your views. But remember that before you start thinking and deliberating over a problem seek guidance of the Lord and beseech Him to give you a lead in the right direction. Avoid confusion in your ideas, and do not let disbelief take hold of your mind because the first will lead you to agnosticism and the others towards errors and sins. When you are thus prepared to solve any problem and you are sure that you possess a clear mind, a sincere and firm desire to reach the truth, to say the correct thing and to do the correct deed, then carefully go through the advice that I am leaving for you.

T h e L a s t W i l l o f A l i i b n A b i T a l i b T h e L a s t W i l l o f A l i i b n A b i T a l i b T h e L a s t W i l l o f A l i i b n A b i T a l i b ( a ) c o n t i n u e d( a ) c o n t i n u e d( a ) c o n t i n u e d

If your mind is not clear and it is not as free from doubts as you wish it to be, then you will be wandering in the wilderness of uncertainties and errors like a camel suffering from night-blindness. Under these circumstances it is best for you to give up the quest because with such limitations none can ever reach the truth. My dear son! carefully and very carefully remember these sayings of mine. The Lord who is the Master of death is also the Master of life. The Creator is the Annihilator. And the One who annihilates has the power to bring everything back again to existence. The One who sends calamities has also the power to protect you from them. Remember that this world is working under the laws ordained by Him, and it consists of assemblage and aggregation of actions and reactions, causes and effects, calamities and reverses, pains and pleasures and rewards and punishments, but this is not all which the picture depicts, there are things in it which are beyond our ken, things which we do not and cannot know and things which cannot be foreseen and foretold, for example the rewards and punishments on the Day of Judgement. Under these circumstances, if you do not understand a thing, do not reject it. Remember that your lack of understanding is due to insufficiency of your knowledge. Remember that when you came into this world your first appearance was that of an ignorant, uneducated and unlearned being. Then you gradually acquired knowledge, but there were several things which were beyond your knowledge, which perplexed and surprised you, and about which you did not understand. Gradually you acquired knowledge about some of those subjects and in future your knowledge and vision may further expand. Therefore, the best thing for you to do is to seek guidance of One who has created you, Who maintains and nourishes you, Who has given you a balanced mind and a normally working body. Your invocations should be reserved for Him only, your requests and solicitations should be alone to Him and you should only be afraid of Him. Be it known to you, my son, that nobody has given mankind such detailed information about Allah as our Holy Prophet (S). I advise you to have faith in his teachings, to make him your leader and to accept his guidance for your salvation. Thus advising you I have done the best that I can do as a sincere and loving adviser and I assure you that however you may try to find a better way for your good, you will not find any superior to the one advised by me. Remember, my son, had there been any other god, besides the One, he would have also sent his messengers and prophets and they would have pointed out to mankind the domain and glory of this second god, and you would have also seen them. But no such incident ever took place. He is One Allah whom we should all recognize and worship. He has explained Himself. Nobody is a partner to Him in His Domain, Might and Glory. He is Eternal, has always been and shall always be. He existed even before the Universe came into being but there is no beginning to His Existence. He shall remain when every other thing shall vanish, and there shall be no end to His Existence. His Glory and His Existence is so supreme, pre-eminent, transcendent, incomparable and excellent that it is beyond the grasp of intellects. No one can understand or visualize Him. When you have accepted these facts then your behaviour, so far as His commands are concerned, should be that of a person who realizes that his status, power and position is nothing when compared to that of His Lord; who wants to gain His Blessings through prayers and obedience, who fears His Wrath as well as His Punishments and who absolutely in need of His Help and Protection. Remember, my son, Allah has not ordered you to do anything but that which is good and which propagates goodness and He has not prohibited you from anything but that which is bad and will bring about bad effects. My dear son, through this message of mine, I have explained everything about this world, how fickle and fleeting is its attitude, how short-lived and evanescent is everything that it holds or offers about and how fast it changes its moods and favours. I have also explained about the life to come, the pleasures and blessings provided there, and the everlasting peace, comfort and happiness arranged for in Paradise. I have given enough examples of both aspects of life, before and after death so that you may know the reality and lead your life on the basis of that knowledge. As a matter of fact those people who have carefully studied the condition of life and the world, pass their days as if they know that they are travellers, who have to leave a place which is famine-stricken, unhealthy and uncongenial, and they have to proceed towards lands which are fertile, congenial, and where there is abundant provision of all comforts and pleasures. They have eagerly taken up the journey, happy in the hope of future blessings and peace. They have willingly accepted the sufferings, troubles and hazards of the way, parting of friends, scarcity of food and comfort during the pilgrimage so that they may reach the journey's end - a happy place. They do not refuse to bear any discomfort and do not grudge any expenditure by way of giving out alms and charities, and helping the poor and the needy.Every step which they put forward towards their goal, however tiring and exhausting it may be, is a happy event of their lives. On the contrary the condition of those people who are solely engrossed in this world and are sadly engulfed in its short-lived, quickly fading and vicious pleasures, is like that of travellers who are staying in fertile and happy regions and who have to undertake a journey, knowing fully well that the journey is going to end in a rough, arid and infertile land. Can anything be more loathsome and abhorring to them than this journey? How they would hate to leave the place where they are and to arrive at a place which they so much hate and which is so dismaying, dreadful and horrifying! My dear son, so far as your behaviour with other human beings is concerned, let your 'self' act as scales to judge its goodness or wickedness. Do unto others as you wish others to do unto you. Whatever you like for yourself, like for others, and whatever you dislike to happen to you, spare others from such happenings. Do not oppress and tyrannize anybody because you surely do not like to be oppressed and tyrannized. Be kind and sympathetic to others as you certainly desire others to treat you kindly and sympathetically. If you find objectionable and loathsome habits in others, abstain from developing those traits of character in yourself. (To Be Continued in Next Issue)

T h e L a s t W i l l o f A l i i b n A b i T a l i b T h e L a s t W i l l o f A l i i b n A b i T a l i b T h e L a s t W i l l o f A l i i b n A b i T a l i b ( a ) ( a ) ( a ) c o n t i n u e dc o n t i n u e dc o n t i n u e d

"Islam did not rise except through Ali's sword and Khadijah's wealth," a saying goes. Khadijah al-Kubra daughter of Khuwaylid ibn (son of) Asad ibn Abdul-Ùzza ibn Qusayy belonged to the clan of Banu Hashim of the tribe of Banu Asad. She was a distant cousin of her husband the Messenger of Allah, Muhammadibn Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy, Allah's peace and blessings with him and his progeny. Qusayy, then, is the ancestor of all clans belonging to Quraish. According to some historians, Quraish's real name was Fahr, and he was son of Malik son of Madar son of Kananah son of Khuzaimah son of Mudrikah son of Ilyas son of Mazar son of Nazar son of Maàd son of Adnan son of Ismaèel (Ishamel) son of Ibrahim (Abraham) son of Sam son of Noah, peace and blessings of Allah with the prophets from among his ancestors. According to a number of sources, Khadijah was born in 565 A.D. and died eleven years after the Hijra (migration of the Holy Prophet and his followers from Mecca to Medina) which took place in 623 A.D. She was at the time 58 years old, but some historians say that she lived to be 65. Khadijah's mother, who died around 575 A.D., was Fatima daughter of Za'ida ibn al-Asam of Banu Àmir ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghalib, also a distant relative of Prophet Muhammad .)ص(Khadijah's father, who died around 585 A.D., belonged to the Abd al-Ùzza clan of the tribe of Quraish. Like many other Quraishis, he was a merchant, a successful businessman whose vast wealth and business talents were inherited by Khadijah and whom the latter succeeded in faring with the family's vast wealth. It is said that when Quraish's trade caravans gathered to embark upon their lengthy and arduous journey either to Syria during the summer or to Yemen during the winter, Khadijah's caravan equaled the caravans of all other traders of Quraish put together.

Old and very rare photo showing Khadijah's 3-story house where the Prophet )ص(lived and Fatima )ع(born prior to its demolition in 1413 A.H./1992 A.D. by the Saudi government in order to expand the Sacred Haram housing the Ka’ba Although the society in which Khadijah was born was terribly male chauvinistic, Khadijah earned two titles: Ameerat Quraish, Princess of Quraish, and at-Tahira, the Pure One, due to her impeccable personality and virtuous character, not to mention her honorable descent. She used to feed and clothe the poor, assist her relatives financially, and even provide for the marriage of those of her kin who could not otherwise have had means to marry. By 585 A.D., Khadijah was left an orphan. First contact with Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) Because of her excellent Akhlaq the Arabs (who at that time used to look down upon women) called her Tahira - the pure one. She was also known as the 'Princess of Makkah' because of her wealth. A lot of Arab nobles and princess wanted to marry her but she refused all of them. In 595 AD, Hazrat Khadija was looking for someone to be in charge of her caravan to Syria. Hazrat Abu Talib (AS) suggested the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) to her. She had heard of his trustworthiness and agreed to employ him although he did not have much trading experience. To help him she sent her slave Maysara.

The trading caravan was a great success and when Hazrat Khadija (SA) heard of the Prophet's skills and excellent conduct, she became his admirer.Marriage with Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) Soon it was arranged for Hazrat Khadija (SA) to be married to the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh). At that time, Prophet Mohammad( pbuh) was aged 25 and Hazrat Khadija (SA) was 40 years of age. According to Shiite tradition, this was her first marriage and that she was not a widow as is narrated by non-Shiite sources. Hazrat Abu Talib (AS) read the Nikkah on behalf of the Prophet whilst Waqara bin Noufal read it for Hazrat Khadija. Hazrat Abu Talib (AS) paid the mahr for his nephew and fed the people of Makkah for 3 days in celebration. Hazrat Khadija too fed the people. The marriage was a very happy one and their first child was a son called Qasim. The second was Abdullah. Both died in infancy. Their third and last child was Hazrat Fatima Zahra (SA). Her services for Islam When the Prophet used to go to meditate in the cave of Hira on Jabel-e-Noor, it was Hazrat Khadija (SA) herself who would climb up there to give him his food and necessaries. She was the first person to accept Islam as taught by the Prophet (pbuh). In 616 AD, the Quraish isolated the Bani Hashim (the family of the Prophet) and they took refuge in a ravine called Shib-e-Abu Talib. Hazrat Khadija (SA) was there too and it was her wealth (which she donated for Islam) that sustained the Muslims at that time. The siege lasted for 3 years during which time they experienced hunger, thirst, and the cold and heat of the desert. Her Death Hazrat Khadija (SA) was married to the Holy Prophet (pbuh) for 25 years. Shed died in 619 AD on the 10th of Rmazan 3 years before the Hijra. When she died nothing was left of her wealth - all of it was served for the propagation of Islam. She was buried in Makkah in a cloak of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). Hazrat Abu Talib (AS) died in this year too. The Prophet (pbuh) called the year Aam-ul-Huzn (the year of grief). While Hazrat Khadija (SA) lived, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) did not marry another woman and in later years he always said that she was the best of his wives. He also said that she was one of the four perfect women who had ever lived. The other three are Hazrat Aasiya, the wife of Firaun, Hazrat Maryam, the mother of Prophet Isa (AS), and Hazrat Fatima Zahra (s.a.).

H a z r a t K h a d i j a H a z r a t K h a d i j a H a z r a t K h a d i j a ( S A )( S A )( S A )

The Imam after the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, was his son al-Hasan, the son of the mistress of the women of the worlds, Fatima, daughter of Muhammad, the Lord of messengers, may God bless him and his pure family. (Al-Hasan's) kunya was Abu Muhammad. He was born in Medina, on the night of the middle day of the month of Ramadan, three years after the hijra (624). His mother, Fatima, peace be on her, brought him to the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, on the seventh day in a silken shawl from Heaven, which Gabriel had brought down to the Prophet, may God bless him and his family. He named him Hasan and sacrificed a ram for him (in the ceremony of aqiqa). [It is reported by a group (of authorities), including Ahmad b. Salih. al-Tamimi on the authority of Abd Allah b. Isa, on the authority of Jafar al-Sadiq b. Muhammad, peace be on him;] Al-Hasan, peace be on him, was the most similar person to the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, in form, manner and nobility. [It is reported by a group (of authorities), including Ma'mar, on the authority of al-Zuhri, on the authority of Anas b. Malik, who said:] No one was more like the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, than al-Hasan b. Ali, peace be on them. [Ibrahim b. Ali al-Rafi'i reported on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandmother Zaynab, daughter of Abu Rafi' - and Shabib b. Abi Rafi' al-Rafi'i on the authority of those who told him - she said:] Fatima, peace be on her, brought her two sons, al-Hasan and al- Husayn, peace be on them, to the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, at the time when he was suffering from the sickness from which he died. “Apostle of God,” she said, “these are your two (grand) sons. Give them something as an inheritance.” “As for al-Hasan,” he replied, “he has my form and my nobility. As for al-Husayn, he has my generosity and my bravery.” Al-Hasan b. Ali, peace be on him, was the testamentary trustee (wasi) of the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, over his family, his children and his followers. He bequeathed him to look after his position and (the position of) his taxes (sadaqat) and he wrote him a covenant (of succession) which is well-known. His testamentary trusteeship is obvious in terms of the outlines of religion, the essential characteristic of wisdom and good-breeding. A great number of scholars have reported this trusteeship and many of the men of understanding have realised the truth of this through his (attitude to) the world. Al-Hasan's Succession to the Caliphate and his Abdication When the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, died, al- Hasan addressed the people. He reminded them of his right (to authority). The followers of his father pledged allegiance to him in terms of fighting those he fought and making peace with those with whom he made peace. [Abu Mikhnaf Lut b. Yahya al-Azdi reported: Ashath b. Suwar told me on the authority of Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i and others, who said;] Al-Hasan b. Ali, peace be on them, addressed the people towards dawn on the night in which the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, died. He praised and glorified God and blessed the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family. Then he said: There has died tonight a man who was the first among the early (Muslims) in (good) actions. Nor did any later (Muslims) attain his level in (good) actions. He used to fight alongside the Apostle of God, may Allah bless him and his family, and protect him with his own life. The Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, used to send him forward with his standard while Gabriel supported him on his right and Michael supported him on his left. He would not return until God brought victory through his hands. He, peace be on him, has died on this the night on which Jesus, son of Mary, was taken up (to Heaven), on which Joshua, son of Nuh, the testamentary trustee (wasi) of Moses, peace be on him, died. He has left behind him no gold and silver except seven hundred dirhams of his stipend (ata'), with which he was intending to buy a servant for his family. Then tears overcame him and he wept and the people wept with him. Then he continued: I am the (grand) son of the one who brought the good news. I am the (grand) son of the warner. I am the (grand) son of the man who, with God's permission, summoned (the people) to God. I am the (grand) son of the light which shone out (to the world) . I am of the House, from whom God has sent away abomination and whom God has purified thoroughly. I am of the House for whom God has required love in his Book, when God, the Most High, said: Say: I do not ask you for any reward except love for (my) kin. Whoever earns good, will increase good for himself [ XXXIII 33 ]. The good is love for us, the House. Then he sat down. Abd Allah b. al-Abbas, may God have mercy on him, arose in front of him and said: People, this is the son of your Prophet, the testamentary trustee (wasi) of your Imam. So pledge allegiance to him. The people answered him saying: No one is more loved by us nor has anyone more right to succession (khilafa). They rushed forward to pledge allegiance to him as successor. That was on Friday on the eleventh of the month of Ramadan in the year 40 A.H. (660). Then he assigned (the posts of) the tax collectors and he gave instructions to the governors (of the provinces). He sent Abd Allah b. al-Abbas to Basra. He took charge of all the matters.

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When Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan learnt of the death of the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, and the people's pledge of allegiance to his son, al-Hasan, peace be on him, he sent a man of secretly to Kufa and a man from Banu al-Qayn to Basra. They were to write reports to him to undermine affairs for al-Hasan, peace be on him. Al-Hasan, peace be on him, learned of that. He ordered the Himyari to be brought out from among (the tribe) of Lakhm in Kufa. He had him brought out and executed. (Al-Hasan) wrote to al-Basra, ordering the Qayni to be brought out from among the Banu Sulaym. He was brought out and executed. Then al-Hasan, peace be on him, wrote to Muawiya: You sent men to use deception and to carry out assassinations and you sent out spies as if you want to meet (in battle). That is something which will soon happen so wait for it, if God wills. I have learnt that you have become haughty in a way that no wise man would become haughty. In that you are just as al-Awwal described: Say to him who desires the contrary of the one who has died: Prepare for another like him, as if (from the same) root. I and the one among us who has died are like the one who goes in the evening so that (the other) may come in the morning. Muawiya replied to him with his letter, which there is no need to mention. There followed between him and al-Hasan, peace be on him, correspondences messages and disputes regarding the right of al- Hasan, peace be on him, to authority and the unlawful seizure of power of those who came before his father, peace be on him, and of Mu'awiya's attempt to strip the nephew of the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, from his authority and of their (the House's) right to it apart from them. (All these) matters would take too long to describe. Muawiya set off towards Iraq. When he reached the bridge of Manbij, al-Hasan, peace be on him, reacted. He sent Hujr b. Adi to order the leaders of Amman to set out and to call the people together for war. They were slow to (answer) him and then they came forward. (Al- Hasan) had a mixed band of men: some of them belonged to his Sh'ia and to his father's: some of them were members of the Muhakimma (i.e. Kharijites) who were influenced by (the desire of) fighting Muawiya with every means (possible); some of them were men who loved discords and were anxious for booty; some of them were doubters; others were tribal supporters who followed the leaders of their tribes without reference to religion. He set off until he came to Hammam Umar, then he went on to Dayr Kab. He stopped at Sabat, just before the bridge and spent the night there. In the morning, he, peace be on him, wanted to test his followers and make their situation clear with regard to obedience to him, so that in that way he might be able to distinguish his friends from his enemies and be in a clear mind (about his position) to meet Mu'awiya and the Syrians. He ordered the call to be made: The prayer is a general one (which all should attend) (al-salat jamia). They gathered and he went up on the pulpit and addressed them. He said: Praise belongs to God whenever a man praises Him. I testify that there is no god but God whenever a man testifies to Him. I testify that Muhammad is His servant and His apostle whom He sent with the truth and whom He entrusted with revelation, may God bless him and his family. By God, I hope that I shall always be with God's praise and kindness. I am the sincerest of God's creatures in giving advice to them. I have not become one who bears malice to any Muslims nor one who wishes evil or misfortune tor him. Indeed what you dislike about unity (jama'a) is better for you than what you like about division. I see what is better for you better than you see for yourselves. Therefore do not oppose my commands and do not reject my judgement. May God forgive both me and you and may He guide me and you to that in which there is love and satisfaction.[He reported:] The people began to look at one another and asked each other, “What do you think he intends by what he has just said? “We think that he intends to make peace with Muawiya and hand over the authority to him” they answered. “By Gods the man has become an unbelievers they declared and they rushed towards his tent. They plundered him to the extent that they even took his prayer mat from under him. Then Abd al- Rahman b. Abd Allah b. Ja'al al-Azdi set on him and stripped his silk cloak from his shoulder. He remained sitting, still girt with his sword but without his cloak. He called for his horse and mounted it. Groups of his close associates and his Shia surrounded him and kept those who wanted (to attack) him away from him. He said: Summon (the tribes of) Rabia and Hamdan to me. They were summoned to him and they surrounded him and defended him, peace be on him, from the people. A mixed group of others went with him (as well). When he was passing through the narrow pass of Sabat, a man of Banu Asad called al-Jarrah b. Sinan caught hold of the reins of his mule. He had an axe in his hand. He cried: God is greater (Allaku akbar)! You have become a polytheist, Hasan, just like your father became a polytheist before. Then he stabbed him in the thigh. It penetrated right through to the bone. He seized (al-Hasan) by the neck and they both fell to the ground. A man from al-Hasan's Shi'a called Abd Allah b. Khatal al- Tai; pulled the axe away from his hand and struck him with it in the stomach. Another man called Zubyan b. Umara attacked him, struck him upon the nose and killed him. Another man who had been with (al-Jarrah) was caught and killed. Al-Hasan, peace be on him, was carried on a stretcher to al- Mada'in where he was lodged with Sa'd b. Masud al-Thaqafi. The latter was the governor of (Ali), the commander of the faithful, peace be on him, there and al-Hasan had confirmed him in that position. Al-Hasan, peace be on him, was distracted by his own (discomfort) and with treating his wound. (In the meantime) a group of the tribal leaders wrote secretly to Mu'awiya offering to accept his authority (lit. to listen and obey). They urged him to come to them and they guaranteed to hand over al-Hasan, peace be on him, when they got to his camp, or to kill him treacherously. Al-Hasan, peace be on him, learnt of that when a letter came to him from Qays b. Sa'd, may God be pleased with him. He had sent Qays with Ubayd Allah b. Abbas (to go on ahead) when he had set out from Kufa to meet Muawiya and to drive him out of Iraq, and make himself a commander of a unified people (jama'a). He had said to Ubayd Allah:If you are struck down, then the commander will be Qays b. Sad. Qays b. Sad's letter arrived informing him that they had stopped Muawiya at a village called al-Habubiyya opposite Maskan. Then Muawiya had sent to Ubayd Allah b. Abbas, urging him to come to him and offering him a million dirhams, half of which he would give him immediately, and the other half on his entry into Kufa. Ubayd Allah had slipped away in the night with his close associates to (join) Muawiya's camp. In the morning the people found their leader missing. Qays b. Sa'd, may God be pleased with him, said the prayer with them and took charge of their affairs. Al-Hasan's awareness of the people's desertion of him increased, (as did his awareness) of the corrupt intention of the Muhakkima (the Kharijites) against him, which they made obvious by cursing him, accusing him of disbelief, and declaring that it was lawful to shed his blood and plunder his property. There remained no one to protect him from his unfortunate predicament except the close associates from his father's Shia and his own Shia, and they were a group which could not resist the Syrian soldiers.


Muawiya wrote to him about a truce and peace treaty. He also sent him the letters of his followers in which they had guaranteed to kill him treacherously or to hand him over. He offered him as many conditions as he wanted, to answer his (call) for peace and he gave his (sworn) covenant by whose fulfilment everybody's interests would be served. Al-Hasan, peace be on him, did not trust him. He was aware of his deception and his attempts at assassination.However he could find no escape from assenting to his demands to abandon the war and bring about a truce because of the weakness of his followers' understanding of his right, their corrupt attitude towards him and their opposition to him. (In addition, he was aware) of the view of many of them in declaring it lawful to shed his blood and to hand him over to his rival. (He also knew) of his cousin's desertion (of him) and his joining his enemy, as well as the inclination of the people towards the immediate present and their reluctance (to show concern) for the future. Therefore he, peace be on him, bound himself (in a treaty) with Muawiya as a result of the confirmation of the proof (of his situation) and with the excuses before God, the Most High, and all the Muslims, of what had taken place among them. He stipulated: That the cursing of the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, should be abandoned and the practice of using the personal prayer (qunut) in the formal prayer (salat) (as prayer) against him should be set aside; That his Shia, may God be pleased with them, should be given security and that none of them should be exposed to any evil; That each of them who had certain rights should attain those rights. Muawiya accepted all that and made a treaty with him to observe that. He swore to him that he would fulfil it. When the truce had been concluded, Muawiya went on until he reached al-Nukhayla. That was on a Friday; he prayed the mid-morning prayer (duha al nahar) with the people, and he addressed them. In his address, he Said By God, I have not fought against you to make you pray, nor to fast, nor to make the pilgrimage, nor to pay zakat. Indeed you do that (already). I fought so that I might have power over you and God has given that to me when you were reluctant to (obey) Him. Indeed I have been requested by al-Hasan, peace be on him, (to give him) things and I have given things to him. All of them are now under my foot. And from now on I will not fulfil anything. Then he went on until he entered Kufa. He resided there for several days. When the pledge of allegiance by its inhabitants had to be carried out, he went up on the pulpit and addressed the people. He mentioned the commander of the faithful, peace be on him, and that he had taken from him and from al-Hasan, peace be on him, what he had taken. Al-Hasan and al-Husayn, peace be on them, were present. Al- Husayn, peace be on him, rose to reply but al-Hasan, peace be on him, took him by the hand and made him sit down. Then he, himself, (al-Hasan) arose and spoke: O you who mention Ali, I am al-Hasan and Ali was my father. You are Muawiya and your father was Sakhr (Abu Sufyan). My mother was Fatima and your mother was Hind. My grand father was the Apostle of God and your grandfather was Harb. My grandmother was Khadija and your grandmother was Futayla. May God curse him who tries to reduce our reputation and to diminish our nobility, who does evil against our antiquity and yet who has been ahead of us in unbelief and hypocrisy. Groups of the people in the mosque shouted out: “Amen, Amen” When the peace between al-Hasan, peace be on him, and Muawiya was concluded in the way we have mentioned, al-Hasan, peace be on him, left for Medina. He resided there, restraining his anger, staying close to his house, and awaiting the command of his Lord, the Mighty and High, until Muawiya had completed ten years of his administration. (Then) the latter decided to have the pledge of allegiance given to his son, Yazid, (as his successor). He communicated secretly with Ju'da, daughter of al-Ash'ath b. Qays- she was the wife of al-Hasan, peace be on him - to urge her to poison him. He gave an undertaking to her that he would marry her to his son, Yazid, and he sent her a hundred thousand dirhams. Juda gave him the poison to drink but he lingered on sick for forty days. He passed along his (final) road in the month of Safar in the year 50 A. H. (670). At that time, he was forty-eight years of age. His succession (to the Imamate) had been for ten years. His brother and testamentary trustee (wasp), al-Husayn, peace be on him, undertook the washing and shrouding of his body, and buried him with his grand mother, Fatima, daughter of Asad b. Hashim b. Abd Manaf, may God be pleased with her, in (the cemetery) of al Baqi. Reports of the Cause of the Death of al-Hasan, Peace be on him, and of Mu'awiya Poisoning him, the Story of his Burial and the Actions and Statements Concerning that. [Isa b. Mihran reported: Ubayd Allah b. al-Sabb'ah told us: Jarir told us on the authority of Mughira, who said:] Muawiya sent to Juda daughter of al-Ashath b. Qays: I will arrange for you to marry my son, Yazid, on condition that you poison al-Hasan. He also, sent her a hundred thousand dirhams. She did that: she poisoned al-Hasan, peace be on him. (Mu'awiya) gave her the money but did not marry her to Yazid. Instead he gave her a man from the family of Talha as a substitute. The latter gave her children. Whenever any argument occurred between them and the clans of Quraysh, they would revile them saying: Sons of a woman who poisons her husbands. [Isa b. Mihran reported: 'Uthman b. Umar told me Ibn Awn told us on the authority ot 'Umar b. lshaq, who said.] I was with al-Hasan and al-Husayn, peace be on them, in the house. Al-Hasan, peace be on him, came in from outside and then went out again. He said: I have been given poison to drink several times but I have never been given poison like this. A bit of my liver has come out of my mouth and I began to turn it over with a stick I had. Who gave you the poison to drink, al-Husayn, peace be on him, asked him, and what do you want for him? Do you want him killed? If he may remain as he is, then God will be more terrible in His vengeance than you. It he may not remain as he is, then I should like to be free of any blame. [ Abd Allah b. Ibrahim reported on the authority of Ziyad al- Makhariqi, who said:] When death was close to al-Hasan, peace he on him, he summoned al-Husayn, peace be on him, and said. My brother, I am leaving you and joining my Lord. I have been given poison to drink and have spewed my liver into a basin. I am aware of the person who poisoned me and from where I have been made a subject to this deceitful action. I will oppose him before God, the Mighty and High. Therefore by the right I have with regard to you, say nothing about that and wait for what God, the Mighty and High, will decide concerning me.


We extend our warmest felicitations on the approach of the divine feast and the month of the blessings, forgiveness and mercy. For the sustainable yield from this divinely harvest and to make this opportunity a source of our evolution we have envisaged the following programs for the whole month. Each session will comprise of 3 parts. 1. As it is the month of the Noble Quran, we will do extra efforts to improve our correct recitation of the glorious book of Allah (swt). To achieve this task, in the beginning of each session we will dedicate 7 minutes to explain and practice together the important rules of Tajweed.

2. 35 min- Lecture. The main theme of the lectures will be discovering the biographies of the great Prophets (as) introduced by the Quran and extracting practical lessons for our own lives and time.

3. 3-5 min- Fiqh/ Masael/ Q&A

Topics for the Lectures by Moulana Syed Hadi Hasan Sahib during the month of Ramadhan will be as follows:

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1. Instructions for the effec-tive fasting as per Quran and Sunnah. 2. Hazrat Adam (as) and his children 3. Hazrat Idrees (as) 4. Hazrat Nooh (as) 5. Hazrat Hood (as) 6. Hazrat Saaleh (as) 7. Hazrat Ibrahim (as) 8. Hazrat Loot (as) 9. Hazrat Ismaeel and Ishaaq (as) 10. Hazrat Khadija (as) Wafat Majlis

11. Hazrat Yaqoob (as) 12 Hazrat Yousuf (as) 13. Hazrat Shuaib (as) 14. Hazrat Musa (as) 15. Imam Hasan Mubtaba Jashn e Wiladat 16. Hazrat Musa and Haroun (as) 17. Hazrat Zulkifl/ Hizqeel (as) 18. Maula Ali (as)( Shabe Zarbat ) 19. Maula Ali (as) 20. Maula Ali (as), Shabe Qadr

21. Maula Ali (as), Imam (as)’ s will 22. Hazrat Dawood (as), Shabe Qadr 23.Hazrat Sulayman (as) 24. Hazrat Younus (as) 25.Hazrat Zakariyyah (as) 26. Hazrat Yahya (as) 27. Hazrat Ilyas and Al-yasa’ (as) 28. Hazrat Uzair (as) 29. Hazrat Isa (as) 30. Khatamul Ambiya Hzrat Muhammad Mustafa (saww)

(The Prophet Muhammad (saww)'s Sermon on the blessed Month of Ramadhan) Shaikh Sadooq (ra) narrates from an authentic source that Imam Raza (A.S.) related from his ancestors, who related it from Ameerul Momineen Ali bin Abi Talib (A.S.) that latter said that one day, the Prophet of Allah delivered the following sermon to them: The most virtuous month 'O' People! The Month of Allah (Ramadhan ul Mubarak) has approached you with its mercy and blessing. This is the month that is the best of all the month in the estimation of Allah. Its days are best among the days; its nights are best among the nights. Its hours are best among the hours. This is a month in which you have been invited to the banquet of Allah. You have been, in this month, selected as the recipients of the honors from Allah, the Merciful. In this holy month, when you breathe, it has the Thawab (heavenly reward) of Tasbeeh, the glorification of Allah, and your sleep has the Thawab of worship. Your good deeds are accepted in this month. So are your invocations. Therefore, you must invoke your Lord with the sincere intentions and the pure hearts that Allah helps you to observe fast in this month and to recite the Holy Quran. Verily the person, who may not receive the mercy and benevolence of Allah in this month, is extremely unfortunate (having the bad end in the Hereafter). Philosophy of hunger and thirst While fasting, remember the hunger and the thirst of Qiyamat. Give alms (charity) to the poor and the needy, pay respects to your elders. Have pity and mercy on your children and be kind towards your relatives and kinsmen. Real Fasting Guard your tongues against unworthy words, and your eyes from such scenes that are forbidden to be seen and your ears from such sounds that should no heard by you. Be kind to orphans so that if (one day) your children become orphans they also be treated with kindness. The month of Dua Invoke that Allah may forgive your sins. Do raise your hands at the time of Namaz (Prayers) as it is the best time for asking His mercy. When people invoke Him at such times, they are answered by Him, when they call Him, He responds, and when they ask for anything it is accepted by Him. The month of forgiveness O' People! You have made your conscience the slave of your desires; make it free, by invoking Him for forgiveness. Your back is breaking under the heavy load of your sins, so prolong your prostrations before Him and make it lighter. Be sure that Allah has promised in the name of His Majesty and Honor that He will not chastise and will guard their bodies against the Fire of Hell on the Day of Judgement, such people who offer Salah regularly, and perform Sajda'. The virtue of giving Iftari O' People! If anybody amongst you arranges for the' Iftar' (food for ending of fast at Maghrib time) of any believer, then, Allah will give him/her the reward as if he has set free a slave. He will forgive his/her past sins. At this point, some of the companions of the Prophet (saww.) asked him:" But everybody amongst us does not have the means to do so." The Prophet told them: "Keep yourself away from the fire of Hell, by inviting for Iftar, though it may consist of only half a date or simply with water if you have nothing else. Reviewing our behavior O' People! Anybody who cultivates good manners in this month will cross easily the 'Sirat' (Bridge) in 'Qiyamat', on the day when feet will be stumbling. Anybody who provides ease for those under him in this month Allah will make easy his accounting on the Day of Judgment. Anybody who does not tease others in this month, Allah will keep him safe from His wrath in Qiyamat. Anybody who respects and treats an orphan with kindness in this month, Allah shall look at him with dignity in Qiyamat. Anybody who treats well his kinsmen, in this month, Allah will bestow His mercy on him in Qiyamat while anybody who maltreats his kinsmen, in this month. Allah will keep him away from His Mercy, in Qiyamat. Family ties Whoever establishes/maintains good relationship with his relatives, Allah will entwine him with His mercy on the day of His meeting. And whoever cuts/ does not maintain the relationship with his kinfolks in this month Allah will abandon His mercy from him on the day of His meeting. Amplified Thawab Whoever offers Sunnat (Recommended) prayers in this month Allah will give him a certificate of freedom from Hell. Whosoever, offers one 'Wajib Salah’ in this month, for him the Angels will write the rewards of 70 such prayers that were offered by him in any other month. Recitation of Quran and Salawat Whosoever recites frequent Salawat on me in this month, Allah will make the scale of his deeds heavy, when in Qiyamat the scales of others will be tending towards lightness. Whosoever recites, in this month, one verse of the Holy Quran, he

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will be rewarded in a manner as if he recited the full Quran in other months. Keys of Paradise and Hellfire O' People! The Gates of Paradise are opened in this month. Do invoke that the gates may not be closed on you. And the Gates of the Hell are closed; do invoke Allah that these gates may never be opened for you. And the Shayateen/ devils are shackled in this month, so pray to your Lord that He never allows them to overcome you. The best deed in this month The Commander of the Faithful ALl (A.S.) said that at this point he stood up and asked: "O, the Prophet of Allah (saww) what is the best deed in this month?" He (saww) replied, “O' Abul Hasan! Abstaining from all the things forbidden by Allah, the Majestic, the Glorified, is the best deed in this month”. Foretelling the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali (as) Then he (the Prophet) (saww) wept. Ali (A.S.) asked, "O' the Messenger of Allah! What makes you weep?" He (saww) replied, "O' Ali (A.S.) I weep for what they will do with you in this month. As if I am with you, and you are offering prayers to your Lord, when the most wicked person of the past and future nations, a brother of the person who slew the camel of Samood has come and strikes you with a blow of sword on your head, which drenched your beard with blood.” The Commander of the Faithful Ali (A.S.) asked, "O, the Prophet of Allah, will that be with the safety of my Faith?" He (saww) replied, "Yes, it will be with the safety of your Faith”. Virtues of Hazrat Ali (as) O' Ali (A.S.) whoever kills you has killed me; whoever bears enmity to you is my enemy; whoever abuses you has abused me; because, indeed you are to me like my own self; your soul is from my soul; your nature is from my nature; Indeed Allah the Holiest and the Greatest, created me and you (from the same light); then He chose me and you too; He selected me for the Prophethood and selected you for Imamate (divine leadership). Whoever denies your Imamate, has denied my Prophethood. O, Ali (A.S.) you are my successor, father of my children, my son-in-Iaw, and my Khalifa over my Ummat both during my life and after my death. Your order is my order, your 'No is my No.' I swear by Him who made me the Prophet and made me the best of the people, indeed you are the Proof of Allah for His creatures, The Trustee of His Secrets, and the guardian of His servants. Notes: The translation is taken from Duas.org. However, we have modified it in many places. We have also added the subheadings for the continence of the readers. The masculine pronounces used in this sermon or other Islamic texts include men and women equally. Needless to say the Thawab and blessings stated in this sermon, like in other Islamic texts, are only for those people who are able to preserve them by abiding by Islamic teachings and living righteous life. __________________________________________________________ 1.Ibne Muljam belonged to the same tribe which Qidar, the assassin of the she-camel of Hazrat Saaleh (as) belonged to.

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Planning for Extension of Hussainia

Launching New Website for Hussainia.

Install Alam-e-Abbas(a) at Cemetery .

R e s i d e n t A a l i m appointed !

Drywall & Repair Side entrance.

New pavement in Hussainia parking lot

Time difference between the Imsak and Fajr is just to exercise precaution , If one is sure of the time

of Fajr he may eat till Subah Sadiq (Fajr) in the

Month of Ramadhan

Sunday School Timings 10:30 am –3:00 pm

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Please send you children to Sunday School to learn

Quran/Deeniyat

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C u r r e n t P r o j e c t s C u r r e n t P r o j e c t s C u r r e n t P r o j e c t s

S u n d a y S c h o o l S u n d a y S c h o o l S u n d a y S c h o o l

a t H u s s a i n i a a t H u s s a i n i a a t H u s s a i n i a

r a m d h a n - 1 4 3 6 / J u n e - J u l y 2 0 1 5

Please Recite

Surah Fatiha

For All

Shuhada’s &

Marhoomeen.

June مضان

Fajr Sunrise Zuharain Maghrabain Programme Imsak

18 Thu 1 323 5:21 1:37 10:09 3:13

19 Fri 2 3:23 5:21 1:38 10:09 3:13

20 Sat 3 3:23 5:21 1:38 10:10 3:13

21 Sun 4 3:23 5:21 1:38 10:10 3:13

22 Mon 5 3:23 5:22 1:38 10:10 3:13

23 Tue 6 3:24 5:22 1:38 10:10 3:14

24 Wed 7 3:24 5:22 1:38 10:10 3:14

25 Thu 8 3:25 5:23 1:39 10:10 3:15

26 Fri 9 3:25 5:23 1:39 10:10 3:15

27 Sat 10 3:26 5:24 1:39 10:10 Wafat Bibi Khadija (S) 3:16

28 Sun 11 3:27 5:24 1:39 10:10 3:17

29 Mon 12 3:28 5:25 1:39 10:10 Bible was revealed 3:18

30 Tue 13 3:29 5:25 1:39 10:09 3:19

1 July 14 3:30 5:26 1:40 10:09 3:20

2 Thu 15 3:31 5:26 1:40 10:09 Wiladat Imam Hassan(a) 3:21

3 Fri 16 3:32 5:27 1:40 10:08 3:37

4 Sat 17 3:34 5:28 1:40 10:08 Battle of Bad’r was fought 3:38

5 Sun 18 3:35 5:29 1:40 10:07 Zabur was reveled 3:39

6 Mon 19 3:36 5:30 1:41 10:07 Shab-e-Zarbat 3:40

7 Tue 20 3:38 5:31 1:41 10:06 Ayam-e-Aza 3:41

8 Wed 21 3:40 5:31 1:41 10:06 Shahadat Imam Ali (a) 3:41

9 Thu 22 3:41 5:32 1:41 10:05 Shab-e-Qadr 3:42

10 Fri 23 3:43 5:33 1:41 10:04 3:43

11 Sat 24 3:45 5:34 1:41 10:04 3:44

12 Sun 25 3:47 5:35 1:41 10:03 3:45

13 Mon 26 3:48 5:37 1:42 10:02 3:47

14 Tue 27 3:50 5:38 1:42 10:01 3:48

15 Wed 28 3:52 5:39 1:42 10:00 3:49

16 Thu 29 3:54 5:40 1:42 9:59 3:50

17 Fri 30 3:56 5:41 1:42 9:58 3:51

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