ALI or QURAN k beech mey kya RISHTA hai?

:Quran milkyat hai
:ALI malik hai.
:Quran meras hai
:ALI waris hai.
:Quran kalam hai
:ALI imam hai.
:Quran nabi k dil pe utra
:ALI nabi ka dill hai.
:Quran aitbar hai
:ALI Hyder-e-karrar hai.
:Quran kainat hai
:ALI sardar-e-kainat hai.
:Quran me sura-e-momeen hai
:ALI amirul momineen hai.
:Quran mohtaj-e-jibrael hai
:ALI ustad-e-jibrael hai.
:Quran parhna tilawat hai
:ALI ALI karna ebadt hai.

Benefits of Ayat Kursi

1. Recite while leaving your House and 70,000 angels will protect you from all sides.

2. Recite on entering your home, and poverty won't enter your home.

3. Recite after Wudu, and it raises your rank 70 times in front of Allah.

4. Recite before sleeping and 1 angel will protect you the whole night.

5. Recite after Fard Namad and the only thing that is separating you from paradise is death.

If you pass this on Its Sadqa-e-Jaria.(Meaning you keep on getting rewarded for it, every time someone acts upon it even when you have died, up until the day of judgement)

Dua

Allah said to Musa (a.s):
"Aye moosa mujhse us zuban se dua maango jisse tuney gunah nahi kiye ho"
Musa (a.s) replied:"Aye ALLAH main wo zuban kahan se laun
Allah ne jawab diya "Tum apne liye dua dusro se karwao kyun ki unki zuban se tum ne koi gunah nhi kiya!

A position of great glory

By Mohammad Ehsan Rangiha

 

Tahajjud comes from the root word hujod which literally means ‘sleep’. However when it is constructed in a different form, tahajjud means to put away sleep and to stay up. Allah (swt) instructs the Holy Prophet (pbuh) to stay up part of the night to establish the night prayer (1).
Nafila has been taken from the word nafl which means extra, and this verse refers to the extra prayers that Allah (swt) asks the Prophet to establish during the night. Many commentators have explained this to mean that the night prayer was obligatory upon the Prophet (pbuh). Others believe the night prayer was initially obligatory upon the Prophet (pbuh) based on the verses in chapter 79 (Surat al-Muzzammil); the above verse (Quran 17:79) abrogated this by declaring the night prayer was recommended on the messenger and not incumbent.
At the end of the verse Allah (swt) says maybe your Lord will raise you to maqam mahmud as a result of the night prayer. Mahmud is extracted from the word hamd and means the station of glory and praise which is the highest position the servant can reach. Other traditions refer to it to mean the station of great intercession as the Holy Prophet is the greatest intercessor in the hereafter (2). This shows the greatness and the high position of the night prayer.  The prophet (pbuh) says:

“Two units of prayer in the middle of night is more beloved to me than the world and whatsoever it may contain”

“When the servant of Allah turns to his Lord in the middle of the dark night, and whispers to Him, Allah establishes His light in his heart . . . then He tells the angels: O my angels, look at my servant. He has turned to Me in the middle of the dark night while the false ones are playing, and the heedless ones are sleeping; bear witness that I have forgiven him. “

Many might think it is hard to wake up in the night to communicate and pray to Allah (swt) and search for a solution of how to overcome this difficulty. If we understand the greatness, kindness and absoluteness of Allah (swt) and comprehend the reality of worship which results in tasting the sweetness of communicating to our Master, the difficulty and challenges involved will be insignificant compared to the sweetness of worship and obedience. It has been narrated from the Imam (as):

“My God, who can have tasted the sweetness of Thy love, then wanted another in place of thee? Who can have become intimate with Thy nearness, then sought removal from thee?”

We spend long hours speaking to our friends, spouses and parents, but when it comes to the One who has gifted us with all these people and blessings many of us fall short and don’t even spend a portion of this time communicating and supplicating to Him (swt). We have to start knowing ourselves and discover the treasure which is hidden within us so it can be a means by which we can know Allah (swt), and to taste the sweetness of worshiping him by which we can reach perfection and fulfil the goal and purpose of our creation.
The night is the best time for this as everyone has gone to sleep and the true servant and lover of Allah (swt) makes the most of this golden opportunity to purify himself, discover his purpose of creation and communicate with Allah (swt). It would be a lie for us to say we love Allah (swt) and bear to sleep the whole night. What type of lover sleeps the whole night when he or she can be talking to their Beloved?
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References
(1) Tafseer Nemoone
(2) Tafseer al -Mizan

Practical Tips for Daily Life from Qur'an and Ahlul Bayt

  Imam Ali [a]: ‘If you were to acquire knowledge from its source, and drink water at its freshest, and amass good at its origin, and adopt a path at its clearest point, and adopt the path of truth at its most proper, the paths would open themselves to you indeed and the signs would become manifest to you.’ [al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 32, no. 5]

Sajdahs in Quran

Compulsary (wajib) sajdah:
Sura 32 - As Sajdah "The Adoration" - Ayat 15
Sura 41 - Ha Mim "Ha Mim" - Ayat 38
Sura 53 - An Najm "The Star" - Ayat 62
Sura 96 - Al Alaq "The Clot" - Ayat 19

Recommended (mustahab) sajdah:
Sura 7 - Al A'raf "The Elevated Places" - Ayat 206
Sura 13 - Ar  Ra'ad "The Thunder" - Ayat 15
Sura 16 - An Nahl "The Bee" - Ayat 50
Sura 17 - Bani Israil "The Children of Israil" - Ayat 109
Sura 19 - Marium "Mary" - Ayat 58
Sura 22 - Al Haj "The Pilgrimage" - Ayat 18
Sura 25 - Al Furqan "The Criterion" - Ayat 60
Sura 27 - An Naml "The Ant" - Ayat 26
Sura 38 - Saad "Saad" - Ayat 24
Sura 84 - Al Inshiqaq "The Bursting Asunder" - Ayat 21

I will never shout again..!

There was a woman once who developed a very serious throat condition. As a result, her doctor prescribed medication and no talking for six months! She thought this would be almost impossible with a husband and six children, but she obeyed the doctor's orders.

For the next six months, when she needed the attention of her children, she blew a whistle... Her instructions became written memos... Questions and answers were written down on pads of paper she had placed around the house.

After six months, the doctor finally allowed her to talk again. Interestingly enough, her first comments were very revealing. She said her children had become calmer and quieter, and as a result, she said, "I don't think I'll ever shout again like I used to."

When asked about the notes, she replied, "You'd be surprised how many hastily written notes I crumpled up and threw in the trash before I gave them to anyone to read. Seeing my own harsh words that I would have spoken had an effect on me that I don't think I'll ever forget."

Many things come out of our mouths before we realize it: gossip, praise, slander, lying, and so on.

Today, make a conscious effort to think about what you say. Determine to listen before speaking, to evaluate the words you use, and ensure your speech doesn't hurt others.

أَ لَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرْعُها فِي السَّماءِ

“Have you not noticed how Allah has Set forth a parable? A GOOD WORD is as A good tree whose root is fixed and Firmed in the earth and its branches Reach towards the heaven”. (Quran 14:24)

إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ وَ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ يَرْفَعُ

“To Him do ascend the GOOD WORDS; and the good deeds, lift them up” (Quran 35:10)

From A Grieving Heart!

As soon as the preacher went up to the pulpit, the Ummah started to lament and weep – There was a presence of tremendous grief and sorrow. They all knew what was coming and the tragic events of Kerbala that were going to be revealed in minute detail.. The plight of the beloved Imam, his loneliness, his being away from his home, his parting from his family, his having lost everything he had, his thirst and his hunger, his grief and his broken heart all was going to be revealed at this moment – The hearts sunk at the bewilderment at the state of endurance of  this one person on a mission – A mission to uphold the truth and fight against injustice and tyranny – A fight against power and authority –.

The preacher started to summarize firstly, all that happened on this day – Significantly he talked about Hur’s round turn and the great pardon followed by his martyrdom – All Hur needed was a process of thinking what he was doing and that was it – He died a hero.

Alas, how many a times we know we did a wrong thing and we fail to make that small turnabout and put matters back in order and become heroes ourselves by submitting to that small acceptance of fault.

The preacher then said that it had taken three days for Umr Ibn Saa’d to take up his stand against the beloved Imam and he did that because of an opportunity to get his hands upon a kingdom and governorship of a place called Ra’i. Alas how many times do we submit to the wrong just to gain a small importance and an opportunity to ‘be someone’ in the authority. By the way Umr ibn Saad never got what he thrived for in the end. How could he? Divine justice is supreme.

He talked about so many relevant and substantially relevant episodes to be reflected upon and we went on weeping and lamenting – and then we made a significant statement – Had I been there, Oh our beloved Imam, we would have been with you and we would have laid down our lives for you – All the while, inside us we knew even today we cannot really uphold justice and fairness. Even today we let go of simple, evident principles for small gains, we slander, we backbite and we deceive – and we gain temporary victories exactly the way it happened in Kerbala, on this day of Ashura.

The desert calm vibrated with the voices of the ‘wrong’ proclaiming Allaho Akber while the family of the prophet sat on the warm sands of the desert shelter less and lonely – The bodies of the ‘rights’ lying in appalling condition some without their heads on them – The ‘wrongs’ were buried, the ‘rights’ lay unshrouded and unburied – What kind of Allaho Akber chants were these ? And yet, they thought they were holy and had carried out a holy duty –

So what was it all ? Wasn’t that a fight of justice against injustice ? We lamented not knowing what it was, really. We lamented the episode – We did not lament the flouting of the principles by the army opposing justice. But we wept, nevertheless, and we wept so that we be counted amongst the followers and supporters of this great Imam –

For the first time, I lamented because even after 1400 years I had failed to ‘see’ – I was glad I was not born then, for I am not sure where I would have been – I have not been a HUR even today, and for most of the time I think like gaining something out of situations by deception, lying and manipulation of the weak. Yes, I wept – Perhaps the opportunity had come for me to make a HUR turnabout or be condemned to live with injustice. I knew I could only really lament the Imam’s plight if I were sincere in my daily life and uphold values and principles – failure to do that, I now know, would just dismiss this Ashura as any other that went by in my life so far..

And the preacher summed up – he said ‘ even if you did not belong to any religion, to uphold the principles of justice and fairness is built-in by the creator in you – and, if you follow the religion of Hussain then to flout these principles cannot simply ‘fit in’ – How would you do such a thing , and to make it worse keep on lamenting? What are you grieving about?

The Correct Wages

Suleiman, one of the friends of Imam Ali Ridha (A.S.) says, "I went along with the Imam (A.S.) to his house. The labors were busy at work. There was a stranger among them whom the Imam (A.S.) did not recognize.

He said, "Who is this man?"

They said: “We have brought him from outside, so that he may help us”.

He said, "Have you concluded an agreement with him and fixed his wages?"

They said, "No, he is a good man, whatever we pay him he accepts it and does not utter a word."

Imam (A.S.) was angry and annoyed and said, "I have always told you that when you employ someone for a job first of all fix his wages. Because, when his wages are fixed and you give more than that to him, he will become happy. But if you do not fix his wages and give him three times the amount, he thinks you have not given him the correct wages."

Sheikh Saduk narrates through the words of Ibrahim bin Abbas that, "I never saw Imam Ridha (A.S.) committing excess over anyone in talking and interrupting anybody's speech before its coming to the end. He did not stretch his legs in the presence of others. When the meal table was laid he invited the servants to it, and took his meals with them. After taking rest in the nights he got up and made himself busy with the prayers to God. Similar to his fore fathers he carried food to the houses of the afflicted ones at the mid of nights."

"Mohammad bin Abi Ebad" says about Imam (A.S.) "He used mats of palm date leaves, straws and marsh reed in the summer season, and woolen carpets in the winter. He led a simple life in his home, but when he went out he used to decorate himself and put on new and clean dress.

“He respected and honored the guests to the extent that one night a lamp of the house went out of order, the guest got to his feet to put it right. Imam (A.S.) made him sit and himself set the lamp right, and said, "We do not employ our guests (exploit) upon work."

Yasir, the servant of Imam (A.S.) says, Imam (A.S.) said to us, "Whenever you are busy taking your meal, if I call you, do not get up till you have finished up eating."

Another friend of Imam (A.S.) says, "One day a stranger came to Imam's (A.S.) house and said, I am one of your friends and am also not a poor man but my money has finished up and I do not have the expanses to return. You give me an amount and when I return to my city I will give it out as alms on you behalf."

Imam (A.S.) got up and went to another room, brought an amount of two hundred dirhams and gave it to him from upside the door and said, "Take this and go and it is not necessary to give it away as alms on my behalf."

They asked the Imam (A.S.), "Why did you do it this way that he may not see you."

He said, "So that he does not catch my sight and get ashamed (embarrassed)."

Value of drop of tear on Imam Hussain (as)

One day Sheikh Bahjat (ra) talked about the generosity of the Imams (as) saying: ‘In Iraq, there is a small town near the place where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet called al-Musayyab. A Shia man used to pass by this town from time to time whenever he went to perform the Ziyarat of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (as) in Najaf. A Sunni man, too, was residing in this same town.

 

The latter quite often used to make fun of the Shia man whenever he saw him going to visit the shrine of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (as), so much so that he dared once to speak ill of the Holy Imam (as).

The Shia was very angry and he complained about this matter to the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (as) during one of his visits. During that night, he saw the Imam (as) in his vision and once more complained to him about this matter.

 

Imam Ali (as) said, ‘He [the Sunni man] has done us a favour, and we cannot punish him in the life of this world no matter what sins he commits.’

 

The Shia asked, ‘What favour is it? Did he do you a favour when he dared to speak ill of you?’

 

The Imam (as) said, ‘No, but he was sitting one day at the meeting place of both rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, and he was looking at the Euphrates. He remembered the story of Karbala and the thirst of Imam al-Husain (as), so he said this to himself: ‘Omer ibn Sa’d was wrong when he killed Imam Hussein (as) and his followers as they were thirsty, and it was better for him to give them water before killing them.’

 

A tear trickled down his eyes out of grief for Abu Abdullah Al-Hussein (as); therefore, it became mandatory on us never to punish him in this life.’

 

The Shia says, I woke up from my sleep and returned to al-Musayyab and met the Sunni man on the road. He said to me in ridicule: ‘Did you visit your Imam, and did you convey our message to him?!’

I said, ‘Yes, I conveyed your message to him, and I carry his message to you.’

 

The man laughed and said. ‘What is this message which you carry to me?’

 

He narrated to him the incident from beginning to end. The Sunni man lowered his head to the ground and kept thinking: ‘O Lord! Nobody at that moment was near me, and I did not talk about this incident to anyone; so, how did Imam Ali (as) become familiar with it?’

 

Then he said, ‘I testify that there is no God save Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and that Ali, the Commander of the Faithful, is a friend of Allah and the Wasi of the Messenger of Allah.’

 

From the book: “ Uswat Al-Aarifeen A Look at the Life of Ayatullah Bahjat” under the chapter: Tales Narrated by Grand Ayatullah Sheikh Bahjat, title: Clemency and Generosity of the Imams (as)

Juma ka Ghusl

Imam Sadiq(as): "Yaum-e-Juma ka Gusl taharat hai aur aik Juma se dusre Juma ke darmiyan k gunahon ka kaffara hai"

Laa ilaaha illaal-laahul-malikul-Haqqul-mubeen

From Imam ar-Ridhaa (a) On the authority of his forefathers who said that the Prophet (saw) said: "He who says every day 100 times [the following] will attract richness through it and drive away poverty: 

Reward of praising Allah much while looking in the mirror

It is naratted from Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s) that the Holy Prophet (saw) said, "The Almighty Allah has decreed Paradise for those youths who look at the mirror and praise Allah much."

Reward of reciting Surah Qadr while cutting cloth for new dress

Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s) says, "A person should recited Surah Qadr thirty six times while cutting a new cloth. When he reaches 'Tanazzalul malaa-ikatu',

Reward of wearing shoes

Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s) says, "Wearing shoes improves eyesight."

Reward of wearing yellow shoes

Hannan bin Sudair says that he came to Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s) wearing black shoes. Imam said, "Why are you wearing black shoes? Do you know its bad consequences?"

Reward of wearing white shoes

Sudair Sairafee says he went to Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s) wearing white shoes. Imam enquired, "How about this shoes? Did you wear them purposely?"

Sajda-e-Shukr

"Sajda-e-Shukr is of the most necessary and obligatory recommended actions."

(Bihar ul Anwar, Vol.53, P.161)

Khake Shifa tasbeeh

I.SADIQ (a.s): Jo Khake shifa ki tasbi se Allah(s) ki hamdo sana krta hai

Agar Khuda nahi dega Husain dedenge

Nabi k laal shahe masraqain de denge

Mijaj jane masihat hy chain dedenge

Jab batayi pisarki to yeh rahib n kaha

Agar Khuda nahi dega Husain dedenge