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(salam) (bismillah) This is the will of Ayatollah Marashi Najafi (ra) to his son, i considered it very beneficial, so i though i would share it ^_^ Last Will of Ayatollah Mar'ashi Najafi I advise my son: Always remain ready to serve the religion of Islam and strive in the defense of Truth. Today the religion of Islam is crying, Hal Min Nasirin Yansuruni, Hal Min Dhabbin Yadhubbu Anni? – "Is there a helper who will come to my aid? Is there a rescuer who will come to my rescue?" O my son, in this age there are very few who answer this plea from Islam, and may Allah reward the few that there are. Always ponder deeply over the verses of the Holy Qur'an and follow the advice and instructions contained therein. Visit the graves frequently and think, "where were these people yesterday, what were they, how were they, and where have they come today? Do not sit and indulge in vain and useless gatherings. There are few gatherings today where gossip, slander, and lies are not present; rather, they do not exist. Refrain from excessive attachment to this world. Maintain good relations with your close relatives, because by this act you will gain inspiration to do good deeds and earn blessings and an increase in your means and life-span. Always refrain from backbiting of the servants of Allah, and especially remain aloof from gossip about the scholars, because that is like eating poisoned dead meat. Remain engrossed in the learning of religious knowledge. Continue to progress in it every day, and remain busy in spreading it all the time. O my son, make a habit of reciting Sura Yaseen after morning prayers every day. After Dhuhr prayers, recite Sura Naba, after Asr prayers, recite Sura Asr, after Maghrib prayers, recite Sura Waqia, and after Isha prayers, recite Sura Mulk. In this practice are amazing gains. My teachers advised me to this, and I have seen its blessing more than once. In the Qunoot of obligatory prayers, always recite the following: Allahuma Inni Asaluka Bi Haqqi Fatimata Wa Abiha Wa Ba'liha Wa Baniha Wa Sirril Mustaudihi Fiha, An Tusalli Ala Muhammadin Wa Aali Muhammad, Wa An Taf'al Bi Ma Anta Ahlu, Wa La Taf'al Bi Ma Ana Ahlu. – "O Allah, I beseech you in the name of Fatima, her father, her husband, her sons, and the secret she is buried with: shower your blessings upon Muhammad and his Progeny, and do unto me that which is worthy of Your mercy, and not that which is worthy of my actions." This supplication was taught to me by both my father as well as my teacher Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Shirazi. He has narrated this authentic narration from Sayyid Murtadha Kashmiri by Ibn Taoos from the Holy Imams (peace be upon them). O my son, in the Ruku, especially of the last Rak'at, after Dhikr, recite Salawaat in this way: Allahumma Salli Ala Muhammadin Wa Aali Muhammad Wa Taraham Ala Aajizna Wa Aghizna Bihaqqihim. Always recite the Tasbih of our wronged grandmother Fatima Zahra. That Tasbih is not only for recitation after prayers; rather, it should be recited all the time. O son, there is a memorable speech by Lady Fatima which she gave in the Mosque of the Prophet in front of the Ummah. Even the scholars and proficient linguists have failed to understand it fully. Think deeply about her words and try to understand them. Study the famous sermon of the Chief of the Believers and the Leader of the Oppressed called Shiqshiqiyyah. I stress to you to never abandon the Night Prayer. Do Istighfaar in the early mornings. Be gentle and merciful to the poor and needy, and especially take care of the Sadaat and students of Islam. Avail yourself of the blessings of visiting the Holy Ahlul Bayt (peace be upon them). Reach the places where they are buried and after reciting salutations, repent and recite supplications – in these actions there are untold benefits. O my son, regard your life's time as precious, and do not waste it on useless talks. Allah is strongly displeased with a young man who wastes his time. I have gathered the earth from the graves of the Ahlul Bayt, the Holy Imams, their children, their companions, and the pious scholars in a small bag. Bury it in my grave with me so that I am blessed. Also place in my grave the black clothes I use to wear in the grief-ridden remembrance of the suffering of the children of the Holy Prophet during the months of Muharram and Safar. After shrouding me, place on my chest the handkerchief with which I used to wipe my tears in mourning my grandfather Hussain (peace be upon him). O my son, always remain in a state of purity. By that act, the soul of a person remains content and is free from grief. After my death, perform the Hajj and Ziyarat of the grave of the Holy Prophet on my behalf. All my life I longed to do this, but due to hardship, I could not go. Similarly, visit the sacred places in Iraq on my behalf. For both these good acts, I do not have anything except a few books. I hope my children will pay from their own wealth and do this kindness to me. My Lord is a witness that I do not have an inch of land nor any wealth of any sort. O my son, if possible, use some of your wealth as Radd al-Madhaalim on my behalf, in case I have any dues outstanding. O my son, every Thursday night, ask someone to come to the side of my grave and recite about the suffering of Imam Hussain. When my bier is carried, announce to the people that if I owe anything to anyone, he should forgive me before I am buried. Every Thursday night, my sons should come to my grave and recite the Holy Qur'an and listen to the remembrance of Imam Hussain. The rosary made from the earth of Kerbala with which I used to recite my Istighfaar should be buried with me. wasalam

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(salam) (bismillah) An authentic hadith from bundle of flowers (al-islam.org) The Holy Prophet said: "During the third part of every night and on the night before Friday from the beginning (until the break of dawn) Allah sends an angel unto the sky of the earth in order to call: 'Is there any needy who asks that I may bestow upon him his need? Is there any repentant one that I may return to him? Is there any seeker of forgiveness that I may forgive him?'" Note: Islamic traditions teach that sleeping on the night before Friday is called 'the regret sleep'; for, on the Reckoning Day, people will regret very much that they had been asleep on the nights before Fridays. theres this one dua which is short, but very good to read on shabe jumma (night of friday), tonight, its in arabic in one of my books, so ill just put transliteration below of the dua, 1. when theres a bold t that means its the ta in arabic which looks kinda like a lowercase b, and dha in bold will be used as the dha which looks like the ta just mentioned except has a dot on top. 2. and a bold h will be the ha in arabic used in the title Hashr, of surah hashr 3. bold a will be the ayn used in arabic word azeez, bold o will be the ayn that has a "o" accent on top, like in osraho 4. gh will be used for gh in word ghadir, and when i put a bold gh that means the letter ghayn which is used in the arabic word toghayarok,. 5. the letter Saad used in the the title of Surah Saad, will look like a sa that is bold, and the dhaad that looks much like saad will look like dhaa underlined. all other letters will be normal, why i put all these specifications for these letters is so you get the pronunciation right. Also one more thing, when i had 2 a's after some letter like khaa it means its like an a sound in the world ball, and its stretched more too. yaa salaamul mumin ul muhaymin ul azeez ul jabbar ul mutakkarab utaher ul mutahharo al ghaahir ul ghaadir ul mughtadir. Yaa man yonaadaa min kolla fajjan ameeghin bi-al-sinatin shattaa wa loghaatin mokhtalafitin wa hawaaija akhraa yaa man laa yashghaloho sha'non an sha'nin antal ladhee la toghayarokal azminato wa la toheeto bika alam kinato wa la ta'khodhoka nawmon wa la sinaton yassarlee min amree maa akhaafo osraho wa farraj lee min amree maa akhaafo karbaho wa sahhal lee min amree maa akhaafo hoznaho sobhaanaka laa ilaa ha ila ant innee kontom minadhaalemeena amilto soo an wa dhalamto nafsee faghfirlee innaho laa yaghfiro-dhonooba illa ant wal hamdolillahi rabbal alameen wa la hawla wa laa ghowwat illa billahil aleeyal adheem wa salallaho alaa nabeeyyat mohammadin wa aale wa sallam tasleemaa i stress to you to read this each night of friday, also something very imporant, ayatollah marashi najafi (biography on islamicinsights if you want to learn about him) has said in his will to his son that make a habit to recite the following surahs after each prayer, fajr - Surah yaseen. Dhuhr - Surah Naba. Asr- Surah Asr. Maghrib - Surah Waqiah. Isha - Surah Mulk, he said his teachers had advised him to do this and he said it has amazing gains and has seen blessings in it more than once, i have been doing this for about a week or more, and i have too already seen the blessings in it! You should really do it! also he stressed to his son never to abandon night prayer. wasalam

(salam) (bismillah) so sad :'(. Imagine Bibi Zainab (sa) she had to go through the pain of the death of her grandfather, her mother, her father, Imam Hassan (as), and witness all her other brothers and their companions be slaughtered brutally at karbala, and see their heads on spears, AND even more, yazids army stole the hijab (not niqab, hijab, i dont even know if bibi zainab wore niqab or not), and were paraded through the streets in this state with chains including the children, i have read that Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) said when he was burying his father he could still see marks on his neck from the chains in karbala :cry: I wonder if anyone has any information about bibi fizza (sa) in karbala, and what it was like for her when she was there. wasalam

(salam) (bismillah) Thanks! Very useful, by the way, if you want to see the benefits/merit of each surah search up the following (actually i dont think it has all surahs, just some, quite a few though) duas.org surah benefits by the way, ill try my best to remember you and your family in my prayers :) wasalam

(salam) (bismillah) backbiting is worse than i thought, and also, you might say something and not realize your backbiting, read this. By the way, imam in here is referring to Imam Khomeini (ra), Story 1 Imam’s wife narrates: One night after prayers, Agha (Imam Khomeini) was sitting and I was also with him. Our maid Fatema Khanom brought tea and placed it in front of us. Another maid was also busy gathering (things) in the corner. I said to Agha that Fatema Khanom is a very good maid. Imam said: “Don’t backbite.” I said: “Agha, but I didn’t backbite. I said that she is very good.” He said: “What you said is good (enough to be backbiting) because the other maid can hear and it seems that you want to say that she is not good, and this is backbiting" Story 2 (the sinfulness of backbiting) One time, Imam called his family and said: “I had the intention to tell you something at a time when you are altogether.” Then he said: “Do you know how much sin backbiting has?” We said: “Yes.” Then he said: “Do you know how much sin killing a person has?” We said: “Yes.” He said: “Backbiting has more (sin)!” He then said: “Do you know how much sin unlawful acts and acting against chastity (i.e. adultery) is?” We said: “Yes.” He said: “Backbiting has more (sin).” source: http://www.al-islam.org/completeman/ very good book ^ also should read this one http://www.al-islam....lama-tabatabai/ wasalam

I didnt mean if they have met him, i meant if they have contact with him, as in know of his whereabouts, are able to see him when they like, and those kind of things, not just incidents when someone meets with him and then later the person who met him realizes it was him. Contact just as the deputies of Imam Mahdi (as) in the smaller occultation had contact with him.

(salam) (bismillah) Is it true, that during the greater occultation, there are some people who are in contact with Imam Mahdi (as) besides the prophets who are currently alive? What i mean by in contact with him, is they get to see him pretty much whenever they wish too, or at certain times they meet, etc. wasalam

(salam) (bismillah) I highly doubt this, to the point i dont even believe in it, 3 reasons, 1. All of ahlul bayt (as) supplicated only in arabic, though they did know other languages 2. Arabic is the language of jannah (heaven) and is the best language to supplicate in. 3. All duas/munajat/ziyarat/quran are in arabic in the original form wasalam

(salam) (bismillah) There are no authentic hadiths about him being married or not, but its possible, wow i cant believe theres some shias who are in contact with him in the greater occultation! :o

Salaam, divorce is allowed but Allah like good relations in a family to be established, rather than having divorce as a solution, because thats not the soluting, unless the problem is absolutely unfixable, but even then, when you cant do anything and have tried your best, then you leave the rest to Allah (swt) wasalam

(bismillah) (salam) Anyone know where to find all volumes of bihar ul anwar in arabic online? Or if not arabic, any other language, and if you cant find all the volumes, then at least the ones you could find. (wasalam)

Salaam, what is the WHOLE process of finding whether a hadith is authentic or not? wasalam

Salaam, an important thing to point out, many people may think it wrong for aisha to get married to prophet muhammad (saw) at 9/10, IF that was the age (we dont know exactly her age when she got married to him). so lets say, she was 9 or 10 but remember, its not only age that matters, its the maturity (physically and mentally), i dont assume islam will let a girl who is 9 but not mature physically or mentally and still very childlike to get married, so most likely, if aisha was 9/10, she was probably matured physically and mentally, just like fatima zahra (sa) who got married at 9, but she was already matured in all aspects, people back then were different from nowadays! wasalam Salaam, each women become baligh at different ages, it can range from 8 (rarely 7) up to late teens, by the way, if you marry younger, that wouldnt bring that person up, and same for marrying older, even if khadija (sa) was 40, it wouldnt make any difference, by the way, how old was khadija when she passed away. wasalam

Salaam, I have finished this series a few days ago, ITS BETTER THAN ANY ISLAMIC MOVIE/SERIES I HAVE WATCHED! you seriously MUST watch it, no skipping. Salaam, shiasource.com

Salaam, make sure to do wudhu, i have read, once Ayatollah sheikh behjat (ra) was once staring at this person who came to his house, and was paying lots of attention to him , and lots of respect towards him, and someone asked why, and he said because this person would always have wudhu, and if he woke up several times in the night each time he would go to make wudhu again. Its in the book uswat al arifeen, you can buy it online, its a very good book, biography and advice and also karamat of ayatollah behjat (ra) wasalam

Salaam, no, but i read when he comes back he will marry wasalam

Salaam, Never miss midnight prayers! Because in fact, the one whos the real loser is he who misses (the advantage) of midnight prayer - Imam Jafar Sadiq (as) Im a loser :(. I try to get up, but i just always sleep, i get so mad at myself sometimes. wasalam

Salaam, From what i know it is valid, but i think, for example if your in the middle of the tahajjud, and its fajr time, you continue it till your done, but dont do the last 3 rakat which you havent started, so basically, if your in the middle of what you started, finish it, and then dont start something else, just say your fajr prayer. Heres more information http://www.duas.org/tahajjud.htm wasalam

Salaam, this is not right, prophet yusuf (as) was a prophet, it says in quran, if he wasnt, it wouldnt say so. wasalam