Shia_Debater

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Yes, I have heard that some of the Prophets (as) when sent, helped humans to progress. Nabi Nuh (as) was the first to build a ship, Nabi Dawud (as) the first to melt Iron, Nabi Idrees (as) the first to write (and read aswell I think), there are more examples. I have heard that before Imam (atfs) reappears, humanity will have reached progressed and reached its maximum potential of 8 out of 27 or 28, so around 8%-ish. When Imam al-Mahdi (atfs) reappears he will complete the progression of humanity and make it 100% by the permission and grace of Allah سبحانه وتعالى.
He will establish contact with other planets, bringing back people from the dead (with the permission of Allah (swt)) will be something normal etc. so yes technology and science and overall progression of humanity will be way higher than the maximum it is before his return.
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Part of Dua Iftitah
ÇáúÍóãúÏõ áöáøåö ãóÇáößö Çáúãõáúßö al-hamdu lillahi malikil-mulk
ãõÌúÑöí ÇáúÝõáúßö mujril-fulk
ãõÓóÎöøÑö ÇáÑöøíóÇÍö musakhkhirir-riyah
ÝóÇáöÞö ÇáÅÕúÈóÇÍö faliqil-isbah
ÏóíóøÇäö ÇáÏöøíäö dayyanid-deen
ÑóÈöø ÇáúÚóÇáóãöíäó rabbil-‘alameen
Praise be To Allah the owner of sovereignty, Who sets the course of the skies and the stars controls the winds, causes the daybreak, and administers authority, the Lord of the worlds.
The reason I like this part isn't really to do with what is being said, it's more the sound of it which I love

You can contribute bro!!! Listen to it in Arabic and read it in English, or read the transliteration and read the English too so you understand what is being said - This is easier with slower reciters I guess. Or just recite it in English if that is how you prefer :D

loooool

Dhul Qarnayn might not be a prophet some people say he is some say he isnt
(just letting u know)

on top of that I have heard that dhul qarnayn (ra) made a massive wall trapping the tribes of gog and magog and that every night the tribes start making a hole in the wall and they make a tiny hole then it becomes night time and they go 2 sleep and the next day when they return the hole has been rebuilt again and they do this every single day until Allah (swt) allows it to occur to their minds to say inshaAllah 2moro we will break out and upon waking up they will see the small hole has not been filled again and they will break out and at this time the people with imam mahdi (atfs) and prophet isa (as) will be going towards the mountain (i cant remember which mountain i think sinai) to get away from the tribes. Then the tribes will run loose and kill people and will say we have conquered the land not to conquer the heavens and they will shoot arrows into the sky which will come down with blood on them and then the people with imam mahdi (atfs) will all make dua that the tribes get killed so Allah (swt) will send maggots to eat their flesh and huge birds with camel like necks to take their bodies.
However the place I heard this was not really reliable and also it was a sunni source so I doubt its true but yh thats what Ive heard about them.

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Before hes lecture he says
bismillahir rahmaanir raheem
alhamdulillahir rabbil `alameen
wa salaat wa salaam ala sayyidina wa atheemina wa habibi quloobina, abul qasim mohammad wa shaf`ian afoosina
In the name of Allah (swt) the most beneficent the most merciful
All praise is due to Allah (swt) lord of All the worlds
Prayer and peace upon Mister [sayed is like a title kind of like mister, its used to show respect] [i dunno what atheemina means] and the love/beloved of our hearts and the medicine of our souls, abul qasim mohammad [saww]
wa ala ahli baytihi at-tayyibeen at-tahireen wa ashibil ghuril mayaameen
alhamdulillahil ladhee ja`alana minal mutasikina bi wilayat sayyidi wa mawlai ali ibn abi talib [as]
and [prayers and peace] upon the [dont know the word for it] and Pure ahlul bayt [as] and the companions who are [dunno what guril mayaameen means]
all praise is due to Allah (swt) [then I dunno up until wilayat] governship of sayed and master ali son of abu talib [as]
alhamdulillahil ladhee hadana lee hadha wa ma kunna linahtadia lawla an hadan Allah
ama badiqoon Allah fee kitabil kareem
bismillahir rahmaanir raheem
Then says a verse/verses
all praise is due to Allah (swt) [dunno the translation of the rest]
[dunno the beginning then it says] in the generous book [Qur'an]
In the Name of Allah (swt) the most beneficent the most merciful
then he says a verse/verses
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basically praising the Prophet (pbuh) the Ahlul Bayt (as) and the righteous companions (ra) before starting the lecture
I may have made some mistakes in my post since I hardly know any arabic, if so please forgive me.
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I had fish and chips :D
Fish was home made, chips were [i think] frozen chips cooked in the oven

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Although I am a brother, I was given this advice by a sister in regards to someone I know wanting to get married, the advice was for the brother to get more involved in the Community, in the Ahlul Bayt Societies (if you can) - I think the reason was because you will then be more known in the community, and therefore it would be more likely, also you would know more sisters and it would make it easier in that way too.
Another thing you could do is perhaps ask any friends that you have who have sister(s) or who are married, because they could ask around and see if they know anyone who is looking to get married.

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How much do we actually know about our 10th Imam [as]?
I don't know about anyone else, but personally I do not know much about him. Hardly about him.
The reason why I made this thread is, I want us to find facts about Imam al-Hadi [as] and post them here so that we may get to know him better and become closer to him. Maybe other people could make threads for the other Imams [as] too, or every few days I will make a new thread for a different Imam [as] so we go through a gradual learning process.
Please avoid large copy and pastes, I believe we will learn more if people post small things and we read each post one by one.
I will start off with his epithets.


His Epithets

His epithets expressed the high qualities he possessed. His epithets are as follows:
An-Nasih (loyal); he was called so because he was the sincerest advisor to the nation.
Al-Mutawakkil (reliant on Allah); he disliked this epithet and ordered his companions not to call him with it. I think he hated this epithet because it was the epithet of the Abbasid caliph Ja’far al-Mutawakkil who held a bitter grudge and enmity, and was spiteful, towards the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.).
At-Taqiy (pious, devout); he was called so because he feared Allah and turned to Him. Al-Mutawakkil, the tyrant Abbasid caliph, tried his best to attract Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) to the fields of amusement and debauchery but he failed.
Al-Murtadha (being pleased with Allah); it was his most famous epithet.
Al-Faqeeh (jurisprudent); he was the most informed person of his age in jurisprudence, and was the authority that jurisprudents and scholars turned to.
Al-Aalim (knowledgeable); he was the most knowledgeable one among the people of his time, not only in the Islamic laws, but all branches of knowledge and sciences.
Al-Ameen (trustee on religion and life)
At-Tayyib (generous, kind-hearted, good-natured…)
Al-Askari (military); he was called so because he resided in Surra Men Ra’a (Samarra’) which was called al-Askar.
Al-Muwadhih (explainer of the verdicts of the Holy Book and the Sunnah)
Ar-Rasheed (wise, prudent); he was called so because he was the wisest and most prudent of his time.
Ash-Shaheed (the martyr) because he was martyred at the hands of the enemies of Allah.
Al-Wafiy (loyal); he was the most loyal of his people, and loyalty was a key element of his personality.
Al-Khalis (pure from every defect and bad)
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How does one gain Yaqeen (100% certainty) in Allah (swt) and the right path?
Do we have verses in the Qur'an or narrations from the Ma`sumeen [as] that tell us how to achieve Yaqeen? Are there certain Du`aa' from the Ma`sumeen [as] that are recommened to recite to gain Yaqeen.. or anything else?

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I loved listening to this !
mashaAllah, may Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى grant you the tawfeeq to continue serving the Ahlul Bayt (as) and in particular Imam Hussain (as) and his family + companions on the 10 days of Muharram
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My condolences to Imam al-Mahdi (atfs) on this sad occassion, and my condolences to the muslim world. May Allah (swt) allow us to be amongst the visitors of Imam al-Kadhim (as), protect his visitors, make us amongst his Shi`a and raise us and grant us his intercession on the day of judgement.
Here is a link to his ziarat: http://www.ziaraat.org/kazim/kazim.php
Also please try and recite as many times as you can at least today the special salawat of Imam Musa (as) : http://www.ziaraat.org/kazim/salwat.php
Also please recite a Surah Fatiha and a 3x salawat for him
Allahuma la`an qatalata Imam Musa al-Kadhim (as) !!!!!!!!!!!
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Hameedah (sa) was the Wife of Imam Ja`far as-Sadiq (as) and Mother of Imam Musa al-Kadhim (as)
Imam as-Sajjad (as) was married to Bibi Fatima (sa), daughter of Imam Hassan (as)
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We all need each others duas and I have noticed that a lot of times in the chatroom people have said please make dua for me for this reason etc .. so I thought I would make a thread where we ask each other to make dua for us and what duas we want them to make for us
Everyone please make dua for me that I become able to do my prayers and wudhu with ease and without doubts inshaAllah
JazakAllah Khair
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taqabalAllah :D

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lool sounds familiar .. :mellow:
Again sounds very familiar ... :mellow:
Well for the time being prayer times are near the end of the morning, for example today prayer started at 6:22 am and ended at 8:05am, if your prayer doesnt take that long (although its recommended to pray closer to the time it starts) then you can get up at around 7:45ish to pray, I am sure you must get up this early to go to college/secondary school anyway?
As bro Endless stated, Allah (swt) has given us many blessings, [There is a narration that states that if all the creatures that Allah (swt) created were to come together and count the blessings that has been bestowed upon them by Allah (swt) up until the day of judgement they still would not be able to count the amount of blessings] Also prayer itself is a blessing, the amount of reward you get from praying fajr (morning prayer) is extremely high, even though you may not see the reward you are getting, be sure that Allah (swt) will reward you.
I also live in London, and it is hard to look away from people in the street, especially in summer time where just by walking and looking infront of you, you see tons of people dressed immodestly with body parts exposed, however there is wisdom behind things being haraam and halaal, whether we are used to it or not Allah (swt) has made it haraam because he knows that it will have effects on us, and for this reason you should abstain from it even though you may think that it does not effect you. In fact there is a narration that says on the day of judgement 3 types of people will have the worst ordeal
1) Those who drank Alcohol
2) Those who were bad to their parents (I think)
3) Those who kept glancing at na-mahrams
It's good that you have given up this act, it was most likely with the help of Allah (swt) that you were able to overcome it, as you said that you didn't think you could but somehow you did. As to your question about the reproductive system, I have no idea bro sorry :donno:
Hajj is compulsory, however there are certain conditions before it becomes compulsory, for example you must have the money to go for it, and that is after paying your expenses such as food, bills etc. I have never been however Endless said that Umra (which is kinda like a mini hajj) felt very good spiritually, I bet Hajj will feel even better :)
I would recommend you read through these
http://www.sistani.o...?p=251364&id=49
It will help you with the rules of things such as prayer, wudhu, fasting, etc. You will most likely come across certain stuff which you did not know were even part of the religion, which is what happened to me, and slowly you will learn and start to implement all of the teachings in your life
I am 17 years old :)
I hope I can be of more help, don't hesitate to ask as much questions as you want, also feel free to add my email if you wanna speak as the PM function is disabled until you get 50 posts, if you do wish to E-Mail me then tell a senior member
(one of these guys) http://www.shiachat....tats&do=leaders
Prefferably Admin: inshaAllah or Admin: Al-Mufeed as I speak to them regularly
as they will be able to see you E-Mail address and then pass it on to me, or if you want wait till you get 50 Posts and PM me, whatever you wish :)
Also I have heard that someone who is young who practices Islam, and becomes Pious, reaches a stage higher than Jibrael (as) mashaAllah for wanting to become a better Muslim :)

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We all need each others duas and I have noticed that a lot of times in the chatroom people have said please make dua for me for this reason etc .. so I thought I would make a thread where we ask each other to make dua for us and what duas we want them to make for us
Everyone please make dua for me that I become able to do my prayers and wudhu with ease and without doubts inshaAllah
JazakAllah Khair
(wasalam)

Just ate some lasagna and big profiteroles :D

(bismillah)
(salam)
We all need each others duas and I have noticed that a lot of times in the chatroom people have said please make dua for me for this reason etc .. so I thought I would make a thread where we ask each other to make dua for us and what duas we want them to make for us
Everyone please make dua for me that I become able to do my prayers and wudhu with ease and without doubts inshaAllah
JazakAllah Khair
(wasalam)

Well I dont know much about it to be honest
But this website may help you : http://www.duas.org/na_istegh.htm ^_^
P.S It says namaz e istighfar but it is the same as namaz e tawbah just has a different name
Edit : Here a few quotes
Im not sure if these hadiths are true, they could be (im saying that cos I dont wanna attribute a lie accidently and break my fast but they may be true)

This advice may be wrong, i'm not a scholar, nor have i studied islam, but i too have had ocd, i too have had random thoughts popping up, i too have doubted the existence of Allah ÓÈÍÇäå æÊÚÇáì. 
 
Make firm your faith in what you believe in through gaining knowledge on the topics, and proving through rational, that which can be proven through rational (Some things can be proven rationally such as the existence of God, some things cant be proven rationally such as why fajr is 2 rakats, but once you rationally come to the conclusion that Islam is right, then you would naturally accept fajr being 2 rakats, because you reached the naql (text/tradition) through the aql (intellect), and the naql tells you its 2 rakats for fajr salah)
 e.g. If you doubt the existence of God, go to the scholars who can teach you the proofs for the existence of God, such as Burhan an-Nidham amongst many other proofs. 
 I think it would be good to start with the principles and go through them in order i.e. Tawheed, Adala, Nubuwwa, Imamah, Ma'ad. Also avoid sinning, this is something which i believe can take someone down the road of doubts. I'm not saying anyone who has substantial doubts definitely falls into sin, but perhaps it is a possibility that its because of their sins.

As for the images popping up into your head, ignore, ignore ignore.
Also seek help from Allah ÓÈÍÇäå æÊÚÇáì.
 
Once again, im not a scholar, im a young person who has gone through those stages before, and this was my own way of overcoming these issues, and i believe alhamdulillah my faith became stronger after those doubts entered and answers were sought, but that doesnt mean it will definitely be the same for other people.

You wouldn't be trying to make people laugh on the death anniversary of your parents, and the Imams [as] have more authority over us than our parents.

I still view this as wrong... but if you guys are continue with it anyway whether its spoken against or not, then at least please dont do it tonight or 2moro as it is the shahdat night of rasoolAllah [saww] and I think Imam Hassan [as] too.

They ate all types of meat however Eating anything in excess – gluttony – is forbidden for zoroastrians because of the importance of being constantly alert against evil
Faithandfood Fact Files - Zoroastrianism
“The person who abstains from food, or takes insufficient food, has neither enough strength to practice active virtues, nor can he till the earth, nor beget children, nor is he able to withstand hardship and pain.”
Vendidad Chapter 3 Verse 33
(from zoroastrian book)