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Medina Exhibition While in Medina, I went to this exhibition (see pic). Apparently one person went through Qur'an and Hadiths and categorised them and this AV exhibition is the result of his effort. The exhibition comprises lots of interactive screens and one of them enables the user to click on the Prophet's physical attributes and get the details for each one. As the guide (someone leads groups through the exhibition) said everything in it is backed by research. There is also a section on women's rights and the guide pointed out that 'our' religion is based 30% on material provided by a woman. So far so predictable. But there was one point where he said that the Prophet ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) had said that he would intercede on behalf of people (can't remember whether he meant all of them or a proportion) buried in Baqi. There was also a section on the foods the Prophet liked. He asked us to name some. I mentioned salt. The guide said no. I was pretty sure about the answer.  Googling now I find this Sunni source which seems to back up what he said: https://hadithnotes.org/an-analysis-of-the-hadith-whoever-begins-his-meals-with-salt-will-be-saved-from-seventy-diseases/   We have discussed it here and not come to a conclusion:   Though in this one Basim Ali provided some positive views:   And this al-islam.org entry is positive as well. https://www.al-islam.org/message-thaqalayn/vol-14-no-2-summer-2013/eating-and-drinking-conduct-prophet-muhammad-m-r-jabbari/eating Thoughts? Overall though I think the exhibition is very well put together technically. It's not complete, but when it is I think it will be interactive. The guide was very well spoken and he delivered the presentation very well. No pics of what it is like, because photography is not allowed. The session I attended was in English, but there are presentations in other languages as well. Some of it is presented along the lines of 'when someone asks you about'. The topic I previously mentioned (women's rights) is framed in terms of the rights of women as mothers, wives and daughters. I think that framing will obviously wind-up the people who have issues with perceived Islamic misogny. There is a gift shop at the end. I bought a fridge magnet (obviously). Glad I went, but there is also a movie at the end, but it was Thursday and I needed to do Dua Kumayl (by Baqi) and the next day would be a very long one.

Based on zionist propganda , Iran is doing all of it which naive people beleive  it

Salam this is typical dirty tactic of America for putting both of Iraq & Iran & people of two countries against each other through affecting their economy with palying with card of dollar which America accuses Iraq to money laundering for Iran & Syria so then causes economical problems in both countries which due to propaganda of America people of Iraq think that Iran stoles their properties & land which simultunously it spreads rumors in Iran which government of Iran wastes iranins resources in Iraq & Syria & Lebanon which in similar fashin similar America is using this dirty tactic in Lebanon by tightening Lebanon's dollar flow too to introduce Hizbullah & Iran as cause of all problems in Lebanon.

Rajab Duas-Aamal 1.Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (عليه السلام) has reported the Holy Prophet (saws) as saying: Rajab is the month of imploring for forgiveness for my people; so, you should implore forgiveness repeatedly as below in this month much more than you do in other months أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّه وَأَسْأَلُهُ التّوْبَة astaghfiru allaha wa as'aluhu alttawbata< I ask Allah for forgiveness and I pray to Him to accept my repentance. https://www.duas.org/rajab.htm

The Three Blessed Months The Month of Rajab The Month of Sha’ban The Month Of Ramadhan https://www.al-islam.org/role-ahl-al-bayt-building-virtuous-community-book-eight-system-devotional-acts-virtuous-community-7 http://hadith.net/en/post/50255/the-virtues-of-the-month-of-rajab-1/ Rituals of Sha’ban Month https://www.erfan.ir/english/60148.html

Salam Best of them is doing Istiqfar anyway there are some procedures for doing Istiqfar wich our records will be "zeroized/ reseted" The meaning of this narration and all such narrations is that simply praying alone without effort and action is of no use, as in the science of medicine and medico the faithful doctors say this: from us giving medicine , from you praying, and healing is from  Allah , therefore, prayer depends on the attention of the factors and causes, otherwise only prayer is not enough and the supplicant will not get a favorable result. which such dua accoding to   Imam Ali (as):  A person who prays without action is like a shooter without a bowstring. (3)«الدَّاعِی بِلَا عَمَلٍ کَالرَّامِی بِلَا وَتَر» https://article.tebyan.net/424186/دعایی-که-تمام-گناهان-را-پاک-می-کند The Messenger of Allah says: Every person  says once a day after Asr prayer:   "I ask Allah for forgiveness, there is no god but Him. He is eternally living, forgiver and merciful, the owner of majesty and chivalry , And I ask Him to accept my repentance like the repentance of a servant who has become humble and destitute, needy, helpless, lowly, and a refugee, and does not own any gain or loss, death, life, or resurrection. " *Allah orders his two angle servants  to tear up the letter of his ugly deed, whatever it is.* The Prophet's way of seeking forgiveness The plan of the Messenger of Allah was that they asked for forgiveness seventy times a day and repented to allaheventy times. The method of his ,majesty  was such that he offered seventy times (to Allah )::(اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ ، أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ … )  so then seventy times ( وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَی اللهَ ، وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَی اللهَ ) https://tabirak.ir/دعا-برای-بخشش-تمام-گناهان/   Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) says: Whoever says seventy times after Friday evening: ” أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَیْهِ ” Allah forgives his past sins. And will protect him for the rest of his life from sin. And if he has no sins, he forgives the sins of his parents.       https://www.duas.org/na_istegh.htm   https://tabirak.ir/دعا-برای-بخشش-تمام-گناهان/  

Salam Best of them is doing Istiqfar anyway there are some procedures for doing Istiqfar wich our records will be "zeroized/ reseted" Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) says: "Whoever commits a sin, he is given seven hours' respite. If he said three times: استغفرالله الذی لا اله الا هو الحی القیوم؛ I ask for forgiveness from Allah, the God who is  no god but Him. He is an eternal and everlasting living  and an incomparable guardianship." That sin is not written in the letter of his deed." (1)   https://www.duas.org/seekforg.htm   https://www.rajanews.com/news/218287 In similar fashion all months have General Amaal in order to zeroize/ reset our records for example Amaal for the month of Sha'aban   https://www.duas.org/mobile/shaaban-regular-amaal.html

Congratulations to the Imam of our time (عجّل الله تعالى فرجه الشريف) & all believers on the birth anniversary of the Commander of the Faithful, Amir al-Mumineen, Imam Ali (عليه السلام).    

This was taken while I was doing the additional walk back from Marwa to Safa. You can see the temporary barriers. You can also see that there is a fair bit of construction work going on and that's their reason for the barriers. I am not so sure everything everywhere needs to be blocked off for the construction reason.

Salam it has been mentioned by sister @mina