THe 72 MartYr's

Names of Martyrs who sacrificed their lives at Karbala for the sake of the lofty principles of Islam as mentioned in "Ziyarah al-Nahiyyah"

1. Imam Husayn ibn Ali (Amir al Mu'mineen)

grandson of Prophet Muhammad (s.a)

(killed by Shimr Dhiljaushan)

2. Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn ibn Ali

(killed by Murrah bin Munqiz bin Noman al Abdi)

3. Abdullah (also known as Ali al-Asghar) ibn Husayn ibn Ali

(killed by Harmala ibn Kahil al Asadi)

4. Abdullah ibn Ali (Amir al Mu'mineen)

(killed by Hani bin Thubaet al Hadhrami)

5. Abul Fadhl al Abbas ibn Ali (Amir al Mu'mineen)

(killed by Yazeed bin Ruqaad al Heeti and Hakeem bin Tufail al Taai)

6. Ja'far ibn Ali (Amir al Mu'mineen)

(killed by Hani bin Thubaet al Hadhrami)

7. Uthman ibn Ali (Amir al Mu'mineen)

(killed by Khooli bin Yazeed al Adhbahi al Ayadi and Abaani al Daarimi)

8. Muhammad ibn Ali (Amir al Mu'mineen)

(killed by Abaani al Daarimi)

9. Abi Bakr ibn al Hassan ibn Ali

(killed by Abdullah bin Aqabah al Ghanavi)

10. Abdullah ibn al Hassan ibn Ali

(killed by Harmala bin Kahil al Asadi)

11. Qasim ibn al Hassan ibn Ali

(killed by Umar bin Sa'd bin Nufail al Azdi)

12. Aun ibn Abdullah ibn Ja'far al Tayyar

(killed by Abdullah bin Kutayya al Nabahani)

13. Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Ja'far al Tayyar

(killed by Aamir bin Nahshal al Tameemi)

14. Ja'far ibn Aqeel

(killed by Khalid bin Asad al Johani)

15. Abdullah ibn Muslim ibn Aqeel

(killed by Aamir bin Sa'sa'ah)

16. Abu Abdullah ibn Muslim ibn Aqeel

(killed by Amr bin Sudaih Saedavi)

17. Muhammad ibn Abu Saeed ibn Aqeel

(killed by Laqeet bin Naashir al Johani)

18. Sulaiman, slave of Imam Husayn

(killed by Sulaiman bin Auf Hadhrami)

19. Qaarib, slave of Imam Husayn

20. Munjeh, slave of Imam Husayn

21. Muslim ibn Ausajah al Asadi

(killed by Abdullah al Dhubabi and Abdullah Khashkara al Bajali)

22. Saeed ibn Abdullah al Hanafi

23. Bishr ibn Amr al Khadhrami

24. Yazeed ibn al Haseen

(reciter of Qur'an)

25. Imran ibn al Kalb al Ansari

26. Na'eem ibn al Ajlan al Ansari

27. Zuhair ibn al Qain al Bajali

28. Amr ibn Qurzah al Ansari

29. Habeeb ibn Madhahir al Asadi

30. Hurr ibn Yazeed al Reyahi

31. Abdullah ibn al Umair al Kalbi

32. Nafe ibn al Hilal al Jamali al-Muradi

33. Anas ibn Kahil ibn al Harth al Asadi

34. Qais ibn al Mussahar al Saedawi

35. Abdullah ibn Urwah ibn al Harraaq al Ghifaaree

36. Abdul Rahman ibn Urwah ibn al Harraaq al-Ghifaaree

37. Shabeeb ibn Abdullah Nahshali

38. Jaun, slave of Abu Dharr al-Ghifaree

39. Hujjaj ibn Zaid Sa'di

40. Qasit ibn Zuhair al-Tha'labee

41. Kursh (Muqsit) ibn Zuhair al-Thalabee

42. Kinaanah ibn Ateeq

43. Dhargham ibn Maalik

44. Jowain ibn Maalik al-Dhabaai

45. Zaid ibn Thubait al-Qaesi

46. Abdullah ibn Zaid ibn Thubait al-Qaesi

47. Ubaidullah ibn Zaid ibn Thubait al-Qaesi

48. Amir ibn Muslim

49. Qa'nab ibn Amr al-Namari

50. Salim, slave of Amir ibn Muslim

51. Saif ibn Malik

52. Zuhair ibn Bashi al-Khath'ami

53. Zaid ibn Me'qal al-Jo'afi

54. Hujjaj ibn Masrooq al-Jo'afi

55. Mas'ood ibn Hajjaj

56. Son (name not known) of Mas'ood ibn Hajjaj

57. Majma' ibn Abdullah al-Aezi

58. Ammar ibn Hassan ibn Shuraib al-Taai

59. Hayyan ibn Haarith al-Salmaani al-Azdi

60. Jundab ibn Hujair al-Khanlani

61. Umar ibn Khalid al-Saedaawi

62. Saeed, slave of Umar ibn Khalid

63. Yazid ibn Ziad ibn Mazahi al-Kindi

64. Zaahir, slave of Amir ibn Humuq al-Khuzaa'ee

65. Jabalah ibn Ali al-Shaybani

66. Saalim, slave of Bani Medinat al-Kalbi

67. Aslam ibn Khateer al-Azdi

68. Zuhair ibn Sulaim al-Azdi

69. Qasim ibn Habeeb al-Azdi

70. Umar ibn al-Ohdooth al-Hadhrami

71. Abu Thamaamah, Umar ibn Abdullah al-Saaedi

72. Hanzalah ibn As'ad al-Shaami

73. Abdul-Rahman ibn Abdullah al-Arhabi

74. Ammaar ibn Abu Salaamah al-Hamdaami

75. Aabis ibn Shabeeb al-Shaakiree

76. Shaozab, slave of Shaaki

77. Shabeeb ibn Haarith ibn Saree

78. Maalik ibn Abdullah ibn Saree

79. Sawwar ibn Abi Uman al-Nohami al-Hamdani*

80. Amar ibn Abdullah al-Junda'i**

* Wounded Martyr who was captured and died in prison

** Pierced together with Martyr No. 79

Hazrat Abbas (A.S) At Nehre Furat

 I have reached the river bank,
I think of when they last drank,
Now their pupils have all sank
Into the whites of their eyes,

I've never admitted this,
But my tongue burns in dryness,
Should I remain waterless?
Water in front of me lies,

In my two hands water flows,
And to my lips it comes close,
I remember their sorrows,
And from my hands water flies...

IMaM ALi (A.S) HaDiTH

Imam Ali(A.S) once said to his son Imam Hasan(A.S) , My son, learn four things from me and through them you will learn four more. If you keep them in mind your actions will not bring any harm to you: The greatest wealth is Wisdom; the greatest poverty is stupidity; the worst undo-ciableness is that of vanity and self-glorification; and the best nobility of descent exhibits itself in politeness and in refinement of manner. The next four things, my son, are: "Do not make friendship with a fool because when he will try to do you good he will do you harm; do not make a miser your friend because he will run away from you at the time of your dire need; do not be friendly with a vicious and wicked person because he will sell you and your friendship at the cheapest price and do not make friend of a liar because like a mirage he will make you visualize very near the things which lie at a great distance and will make you see at the great distance the things which are near to you". 

  Value of each man depends upon the art and skill which he has attained.

MuSLiM Bin AQeeL

 Husayn ibn Ali received thousands of letters from people of Kufa “We invite you to come to Kufa as we have no Imam to guide us. Through you Allah will unite us on the path of truth.” A few days later, the people of Kufa sent an emissary, a special messenger, to Husayn ibn Ali to persuade him to go to Kufa. There followed hundreds of other letters and many special emissaries from the people of Kufa to Husayn ibn Ali.

He wrote a letter to the people of kufa and gave it to Muslim ibn Aqeel. In this letter Husayn ibn Ali said, “I am sending my cousin and one of the most trusted ones from my family, Muslim ibn Aqeel, to report to me about your affairs. If his report agrees with what you have written I will soon be with you. You must be clear of the fact that the Imam is the only one who follows the book of Allah, and serves Allah in all matters and affairs with justice, honesty and truth.”
Husayn ibn Ali also said to Muslim ibn Aqeel: “Muslim, the whole world knows that you are one of the bravest warriors. It is just possible that seeing you in Kufa some people may think that our intention is to fight Yazid. Take your two sons Muhammad and Ibrahim with you. When they see you with such young children, they will know that our intentions are peaceful.”

I KnOw u r aLwaYs TheRe 4 Me.......:)

You have always been there for me
 I just need to open up my eyes and see 

You would never let me go astray
 It is me who allows the shaytaan to take me away 
You are the only one I need
 I have to stop and take heed 
You will run to me as I begin my walk to you
 How do I put aside my desires? I really have no clue 
I have began to drown myself in great sin
 Ya Allah you are the only one who can help me swim 
Help me be patient and give me the ability to stay strong
 Otherwise I will stay deep within and continue to commit wrong 
I know ya Allah you will not let me down.. You will always be there
 That's because your the most merciful and you surly do care 
I know I can always count on you to be my side
 You will never shut the door rather you will keep it open real wide.....

Ja`far as-Sadiq May Allah Bless Him and Give Him Peace

Name: Ja'far ibn Muhammed
Titles: As-Sadiq
Kuniya: Abu Abdullah
Birthdate: Monday, 17th Rabi-ul-Awwal, 83 A.H. in Madina
Father: Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir (peace be upon him), 5th Holy Imam
Mother: Umm-e-Farwah
Died: (Martyred)

Date: Monday, 15th Rajab, 148 A.H.
Place: Madina, Arabia
Age: 65 years
Cause: Poisoned by Mansur Dawaneeqi, the 'Abbaside caliph
Buried: Madina, Arabia in Jannatul-Baqi

*The person moving to help his Momin brothers is like the person who is walking between Safa and Marwa.
*He who treats people kindly will be accepted as arbiter.
*To trust everybody in times of injustice and cheating is disability.
*To recognize the actuality of your friend, you should enrage him. If he keeps up his friendship, he is true friend lest, he is false.
*Do not appreciate one's affection before you enrage him three times.
*Do not trust your friend perfectly, because the knockdown of the trustful is incurable.
*Islam is a definite rank. Faith is one rank higher than Islam. Conviction is one rank higher than faith. People have been given a rank lower than conviction.
*The desire for the worldly pleasures causes grief and sadness. Abstinence from the worldly pleasures brings about the rest of both heart and body.
*He who gains oppression is not gaining welfare. He who mistreats people should not complain when people mistreat him.
*In homelands, exchanging visits is the means of association. In travel, correspondence is the means of association.
*Shaking hands is the perfect greeting of the resident and embracement is the perfect greeting of the traveler.
*A Muslim always has three characteristics: knowledge about the religion, good management of life, and perseverance in the faces of calamities.
*An actual believer is that whose sexual appetite does not overcome him and whose stomach does not shame him.
*A twenty-year friendship is kinship.
*Favors should be done only to the highborn or the religious. Those who show gratitude are very few.
*Enjoining good and forbidding evil should be practiced with a faithful believer that he would learn a lesson, or an ignorant that he would earn. Enjoining good and forbidding evil become surely worthless when they are applied to the powerful tyrants.
*As some people showed ingratitude for Allah's graces, He changed the graces into crises. As other people showed steadfastness against the misfortunes that inflicted them, Allah changed the misfortunes into graces.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was asked about personality, he answered: Personality stands for that Allah should not see you in situations against which He warned, and miss you in situations of which He ordered.

Prophet's BeLongings

Powerful Dua Wird --Ya Lateef /Ya Latif - O Gentle / Subtle

Allah is gentle with His servants. he provides for whom He wills, and he is the Strong the Mighty.
Allahu Latifun bi 'ibadihi, yarzuqu man yasha'u, wa huwa l'-Qawiyyu l-'Aziz

From His beautiful and excellent Names is (Ya Lateef -O Gentle) Al-lateef: the meaning is the Ever-Discreetly Gentle, most affectionate, the knower of all sublities, The Subtle One, The Gracious, The One who is kind to His slaves and endows upon them, Most affectionate or knower of innermost secrets. He is the most delicate, fine, gentle, beautiful one. He is the one who knows the finest details of beauty. The finest of His beauties are hidden in the secrets of the beauties of the soul, wisdom, and divine light.

Subtle/Gentle: (1) so slight as to be difficult to detect or analyze, (2) operating in a hidden way [American Heritage Dictonary, 3rd Edition]. Latif: in the Arabic language: (1) the One who gives us our wants in a subtle way, (2) the One who does not wrong his servants even a little bit, (3) the One who shows grace to His creation by giving them their needs with gentleness and subtlety, (4) the One who knows the hidden delicacies of affairs [Fayruzabadi, The Encompassing Dictionary].

Whoever reads this Name Ya Lateef daily, Allah will grant abundance in his rizq (sustenance) and cause all his tasks to be accomplished without difficulties.

It is the noble attribute of Allah that saves one from poverty, misery, sickness, loneliness or any adversity, for Allah will surely grant him deliverance – Insha-Allah. ( For the one that has the ‘Ijaza-permission to recite Ya Lateef which is part of our daily Wird in our Tariqah )

( the hint is that the word lateef reminds you of lutf.. and basically ‘lutf in food’ ..like the pleasure in eating. So, rizq is easy to remember and others (poverty, misery & sickness) are non-lutf stuff)

He (Allah) is the One who is so discreet in His actions that He discerns the hidden and secret, and what the hearts are filled with. He also perceives what is in the lands, of enclosed grains and seeds.

He is Ever-Gentle with His devoted slaves and makes things easy for them and keeps them away from difficulties. He makes the path to His Pleasure and Generosity easy for them.

He protects them from every and means that may lead to His anger. This is through means that they may perceive as well as means that they do not perceive. He (Allah) also decrees matters for them that they dislike in order for them to be granted what they love.

He is Gentle with them with respect to their own souls as He guides them to His beautiful ways and His noble creations.

He is Gentle with them with respect to matters that are external to them with every goodness and righteousness.

The name Al-Lateef is close in its meaning to Al-Khabeer (the Well-Acquainted with all things), Al-Ra`oof (the Clement) and Al-Kareem (the Generous).

Foot note about the openings of Ya Lateef:
To be open the sirr-secrets of the noble name Ya-Lateef one needs to have ‘Ijaza-permission to recite Ya Lateef which is part of our daily Wird in our Tariqah, thus the only way to really benefit 1000% is to join the tariqah.

Fatimah (SWT) is a part of Me.......

When Our Lady Fatimah (SWT) was infromed of this question . Her Holiness replied that the best thing for a women is that her glance never falls on a male stranger and the glance of a male stranger does not fall on her

When this answer reached The Holy Prophet (SAWS), His Holiness was rejoiced and said:

“—-Fatimah (SWT) is a part of me (His Holiness The Prophet of Islam (SAWS)”.

Ibn Al-Maghazili mentions in his book Manaqib that (His Holiness) Ali ibn Al-Hussain ibn Ali (A.S) said:

“Once a blind man asked for permission to enter Fatima’s (Her Holiness) house

but she kept a veil between them. The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) noticed her

(Our Lady Fatimah (SWT)) actions and asked:

`Why did you (Her Holiness(SWT)) keep a veil between you (Her Holiness (SWT))

when he cannot see you?”

Her Holiness Fatimah (SWT) answered :` Messanger of Allah, it is true that

he cannot see me (Her Holiness (SWT)), but I (Her Holiness (SWT)) can see

him and he can smell my (Her Holiness (SWT)) fragrance.’

At this, the Prophet (SAWS) said : “I bear witness that you are part of me”.

(Book `Fatimah the Gracious’ Pg 187)

THe OPpreSsions on Imam HusSain (A.S)

Imam Mahdi (A) reflects upon the astonishing tribulations that Imam Hussain (A) was subjected to, thus: 

"Salutations upon the one, who was smeared with blood and dust.
Salutations upon the one, whose government was looted.
Salutations upon the torn shirts.
Salutations upon the parched lips.
Salutations upon the ones, who were victims of untold grief and anguish.
Salutations upon those souls, whose bodies were put to the sword through deception.
Salutations upon the unshrouded and unattended corpses.
Salutations upon the corpses whose colours were transformed by the scorching heat.
Salutations upon the pools of blood that were absorbed by the earth of Karbala.
Salutations upon the scattered, dismembered limbs.
Salutations upon the (severed) heads that were raised on lances.
Salutations upon the pure ladies, that were paraded without their veils.
Salutations upon the one, whose bloodthirsty enemies violated their covenants regarding his honour and the honour of his family.
Salutations upon the one, with the shedding of his blood, the sanctity of Islam was desecrated.
Salutations upon the one, who was inflicted with fatal wounds all over his body.
Salutations upon the one, whose acute thirst was quenched with the stabbing of sharp spears and lances.
Salutations upon the one, who was targeted for oppression and tyranny, and whose tents and clothes were plundered.
Salutations upon the one, who was, abandoned alone in the universe.
Salutations upon the one, who was left unclothed the likeness of which is not found.
Salutations upon the one, whose jugular vein was severed.
Salutations upon the supporter of religion, who waged a holy war without any assistance and support.
Salutations upon the holy beard that was dyed in blood.
Salutations upon the cheeks that was smeared with dust.
Salutations upon the plundered corpse.
Salutations upon the blessed teeth, that were jabbed at disrespectfully, with a cane.
Salutations upon the pure head, that was hoisted on a lance.
Salutations upon the purebred corpses, whose limbs were scattered across the desert.