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In the Name of Allah, the Companionate, the Merciful What is the need for a “Mahdavi Resuscitation”? What we understand from studying the actions which are recommended to do on the eve of the 15th of Shaban is that this night is the successor and equivalent to the “Night of Power”, a blessed night, a perfect opportunity to approach God, to gain excellence and pardon, also the distribution of portion and the destinies are inscribed on this night. The most significant actions of this night include: ablution, staying up late (saying prayers, praying and repenting), conveying a salute to Imam Hussein (PBUH) even by saluting him from the roof of one’s house (this is the most preeminent of the actions on this night), Du'a Kumayl, some special Du’as (of which the most important and relevant one is اَللّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ لَیْلَتِنا [هذِهِ] وَ مَوْلُودِها –[Oh God, to this night and the one who was born in it]) and some prayers (which are long and detailed). By “Mahdavi Resuscitation” we mean to make the people aware of Imam Mahdi (PBUH) and to grab their attention to him and making this night special because of Imam Mahdi (PBUH). Based on what has been said so far, the following strategy can be considered for this night: First, we should repent (as it is recommended to do so on this night) and then we implore God what we want (this is highly recommended in different prayers). Of course, we should pay due attention to this fact that “as far as the form and type of organizing gatherings for such a night needs to be expedient and wise so that along with what lecturers say on this night the addressees are trained well, we need to have a special plan for this night.” In fact, a participant in such gatherings wants to find an answer to the following questions and we want to have the best possible answers: Why is such a night so dear to God? Why does it have so much widespread blessings? (God has sworn that no one is returned empty-handed.) What should we repent for? (What sins entangle prayers and bring about chastisement and hardship? What is the surest way to be pardoned? What should we ask God? (What are the best requests? Is there a request which incarnate all the good things?) Are the mentioned cases related to the person born on this eve? To answer the above questions we suggest the following scheme: Repentance B) Urgency C) Prayer Repentance As it was mentioned earlier, such a night is the night to repent for the sins and seek pardon and excellence: What better way do you know for repenting other than showing sympathy to Imam Hussein (PBUH) by crying? (On this night, the most preeminent of the actions is conveying a salute to Imam Hussein (PBUH) even if we just face toward Karbala and which prayer better than Du'a Kumayl of Amir al-Mumenin?) The aim of step A: Repenting for the sins which entangle prayers and for the sins which prevent or hamper the Reappearance of Imam Mahdi (PBUH). Urgency Our addressee should know that the best prayer is to implore God for the Reappearance of Imam Mahdi (PBUH), provided that he understands that what abundant grace and blessing he has missed because of Imam Mahdi’s (PBUH) Occultation. Therefore, it is suggested that the Du’a al-Faraj (supplication for relief) [O God! The disasters have increased) and special clauses from Nudba Du’a (Where is Imam Mahdi (PBUH)? Where is the avenger of the blood of Imam Hussein (PBUH)?) and the clause which refers to “Where is he?” and the one which implies the failure to gain blessing because of his absence be recited. The aim of step B: the addressee should realize that he lacks this huge treasure and finds himself as unfortunate and orphan and consequently feels distressed. Prayer Now we know what we should ask: “Oh God, to this night and the one who was born in it” as well as some lines from Nudba Du’a (اللهم انت کشاف الکرب و البلوی to the end) and other phrases in which God is addressed and anyone who stays up resuscitating has Inshallah reached the meaning of the Prayer for the relief and Reappearance. Now, that we have repented and become distressed and we implore God for the Reappearance we can ask everyone to recite together the Verse 62 of Al-Naml Surah: “أَمَّنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ الْأَرْضِ أَإِلَهٌ مَعَ اللَّهِ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ” Or, who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, and Who relieves its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Little it is that ye heed! Undoubtedly, this part is the most spiritual and interesting part of the gathering based on what we have experienced in three consecutive years and by making the programs into a network nationwide and even abroad as well as according to the survey done by asking our audience. It is quite obvious that a communal request and a general distress accompanied with tears and supplications are been emphasized in prayers and narrations. (Is there any succor?) Thus, it is recommended that conveying a salute to Imam Hussein (PBUH) or “Ziyarat Ashura” be the first program on the agenda. (It helps prepare a spiritual atmosphere for the gathering). By reciting some Verses of the Holy Quran (after “Ziyarat Ashura”) the gathering has already begun. Then the orator should give his oration. Next, some phrases from Du'a Kumayl (the end of the repenting section) should be read. A refreshing (if needed) The Du’a al-Faraj with the phrases of “Where”, Nudba Du’a (the end of the urgency section) The Du’a of اَللّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ لَیْلَتِنا [هذِهِ] وَ مَوْلُودِها as well as the phrases which address God (اللهم انت کشاف الکرب و البلوی to the end). In these lines we just request God his Imam. And at the end, a repetition (e.g. 100 times) of the Verse by everyone: “أَمَّنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ الْأَرْضِ أَإِلَهٌ مَعَ اللَّهِ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ” (It is recommended that the eulogists be aware that at the end of every ten repetition they can mention the urgency the Ahl al- Bayt had, for instance the distress Abbas ibn Ali (PBUH) had when his waterskin was torn, the distress Imam Hussein (PBUH) had when the arrow hit the neck of his six-year-old son, the distress of Imam Ali (PBUH) and even by mentioning the distress of the Shias all over the world including Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Lebanon and by referring to these, we implore God to precipitate the Reappearance of Imam Mahdi (PBUH). The organizers, lecturers and eulogists of the gatherings should pay attention that excluding their indisputable discussions (no need to mention them but e.g. the duties of the awaiting people) should refer to the following points due to the special conditions of these days: The great oppression that has been inflicted on humanity and Islam as well as Shias by the Satans of the humans and Jinn. The oppression is the cultural unawareness and lack of faith which is widespread all over the world and also the humans’ inability to manage the world. Referring to the importance of solidarity among Shias and avoiding division, and mentioning the bravery of the defenders in Syria, Iraq and etc. emphasizing the role of defending Islam and spreading hope to the awaiting people until the moment of the Reappearance of Imam Mahdi (PBUH). Having a complete awareness toward the fake and astray sects of Islam To sum it up, the person who is staying up praying repents from the sins (those which prevent the Reappearance) he becomes distressed because of not having the Imam and the oppression in the world and prays for the Reappearance of Imam Mahdi (PBUH) (in this pray all the blessings and good things are included). Based on what have been said so far: The motto: “Mahdavi Resuscitating, repenting, distress and prays” is recommended. Repenting from the sins which prevent the Reappearance --->Distress for the Occultation ---> The Al-Faraj Du'a and the separation ends. You can download this video for more clarification: http://dl.masaf.ir/film/Raefipour/Mahdavi Vigil 2016-Mr.ALi Akbar Raefipour-English360p.mp4 ========================================================================================= Here is the Arabic explanations: لماذا إحیاء المهدویة؟! ما نلاحظه من دراسة الأعمال المذکورة في لیلة النصف من شعبان هو أنها تسبق لیلة القدر و أنها لیلة مبارکة و هناک فرصة ممتازة للتقرب من الله و الحصول علی الفضل و المغفرة و تقسیم الأرزاق و کتابة الأجل. من أهم أعمال هذه اللیلة هي:الغسل ، إحیاء هذه اللیلة( بالصلاة،الدعاء،الإستغفار)،زیارة الإمام الحسین (علیه السلام) و لو بقول التحیة من سطح البیت (من أفضل أعمال هذه اللیلة)، دعاء الکمیل،بعض الأدعية الخاصة(من أهمها و أکثرها علاقة هو دعاء اَللّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ لَیلَتِنا وَ مَولُودِها) و بعض الصلوات (و هي طویلة و مفصلة). الهدف من إحیاء المهدویة في الواقع هو تنبیه المخاطبین إلی الإمام بصورة عامة و إلی صاحب الزمان بصورة خاصة.نظرا لما ذکر نستطیع نتخذ الإستراتیجیة التالیة للمراسم: في البدایة یجب الإستغفار(و کما اوصینا في هذه اللیلة) و طلب الحاجات من الله(و اوصینا کثیرا في الأدعية).و یجب الإنتباه إلی هذا الأمر«یجب أن یکون شکل و ظاهر الأداء متسماً بالحکمة و التعقل لیربي المخاطب إلی جانب ما یطرح من جانب الخطباء في مثل هذه اللیلة فیجب وضع برامج خاصة لها». الموضوع في الواقع هو أن المشارکین في هذه المراسم یجب أن یبحثوا عن الإجابة إلی الأسئلة التالیة و نحن نبحث عن أفضل الإجابات: 1- لماذا هذه اللیلة عظیمة عند الله إلی هذا الحد؟ 2- لماذا هي ذات برکات واسعة إلی هذا الحد؟ (لقد أقسم الله أن أحداً لا یرجع بیدین) 3- ممّ یجب الاستغفار؟ (ما هي الذنوب التي تحبس الدعاء و تنزل النقم؟) 4- ما هو أفضل أسلوب للغفران؟ 5- ماذا یجب أن نطلب من الله؟ (ما هي أفضل المطالب؟هل هناک مطلب یشتمل علی جمیع الخیرات؟ 6- هل المواضیع المذکورة لها علاقة بمولود هذه اللیلة؟ للإجابة عن الأسئلة الآنفة یقترح الشکل التالي: الف: الاستغفار ب: الاضطرار ج: الدعاء الف- الاستغفار: کما قیل اللیلة هي لیلة الاستغفار من الذنوب و طلب المغفرة و الفضل: ماذا تعرفون من طرق الاستغفار أفضل من البکاء علی أبي عبدالله الحسین(علیه السلام)؟(إن من أفضل الأعمال للإستغفار هو زیارة أمام الحسین(ع) و لو بکلمة التحیة إلی جهة الکربلاء) و أي دعاء أفضل من دعاء الکمیل لأمیر المؤمنین(ع)؟ الهدف من قسم الف: استغفار الذنوب التي تحبس الأدعیة و استغفار الذنوب التي تمنع الظهور ب- الاضطرار: یجب أن یعرف المخاطب أن من أفضل الأدعیة هو طلب الفرج و ظهور الإمام لکن بشرط أن یعرف أنه بغیاب الإمام حرم من أي خیر و فضل عظیم ! فیقترح قراءة دعاء الفرج (الهی عَظُمَ البَلاء) و جمل خاصة من دعاء الندبة (این بقیه الله، این الطالب بدم المقتول و...) التي تشیر ألی موضوع "أین أنت" و عدم الحصول علی النعمة المباشرة من الإمام . الهدف من قسم ب: یعني أن المخاطب یستطیع أن یفهم و یشعر بعدم امتلاکه لهذا الکنز العظیم و یری نفسه مسکینا و مستکینا و یتیما و نتیجته أن یصبح مضطرا. ج- الدعاء: نعلم الآن ماذا یجب أن نطلب : دعاء اَللهُمَّ بِحَقّ لَیلَتِنا وَ مَولُودِها + جمل من دعاء الندبة (اَللهُمَّ اَنتَ کَشّافُ الکُرَبِ وَ البَلوی إلی نهایة الدعاء) القسم الذي یکون الله هو المخاطب و العبد الذي یحیي الليلة توصل إلی فهم الدعاء للظهور و الفرج ، إن شاءالله. د- الآن و قد استغفرنا و أصبحنا مضطرین و نطلب ظهور و فرج المولی بدموعنا و نستطیع مشاهدة جمیعها في تکرار الآیة الشریفة 62 من سورة النمل و توحید أصوات الإمام و المأموم و هو: أَمَّن يجُيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَ يَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَ يَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ الْأَرْضِ لاشک أن تجربة إقامة مراسم الإحیاء لثلاث سنوات متتالیة و جعل البرامج بشکل قناة في أنحاء البلد و حتی خارج البلد و الإأستطلاعات التي أجریت من المخاطبین نجد من خلالها أن هذا القسم هو من أمتع أقسام المراسم و أکثرها معنویة. من الواضح أن الطلب الجماعي و الاضطرار العام مع الندبة و الدموع و التضرع أکّد علیها في الأدعية و الأحادیث (هَل مِن مُعین؟) فیقترح أن: تکون زیارة إمام الحسین (ع) أو زیارة العاشوراء أول برنامج لهذه المراسم. (لتحضیر الأجواء المعنوية للمراسم ) - یبدأ البرنامج عملیا بقراءة القرآن من قبل القارئ (بعد زیارة العاشوراء). - بعد ذلک کلمة خطیب الجلسة - بعد ذلک قراءة بعض الجمل من دعاء الکمیل (نهایة قسم الاستغفار). - إستراحة (عند الحاجة) - دعاء الفرج + جمل (أینَ) دعاء الندبة (نهاية قسم الاضطرار) - دعاء اللهم بحق لیلتنا و مولودها + جمل من الندبة التي یکون الله مخاطبها (اللهم انت الکشاف الکرب و البلوا إلی نهاية الدعاء) في هذه الجمل نطلب من الله الإمام فحسب . - و في النهاية تکرار (مثلا مئة مرة) الجمیع و بصوت واحد و بقلب واحد الآیة الشریفة اَمَّن یُجیب... [یقترح أن نفهّم رادود الجلسة من قبل بأن یتحدث حول اضطرار أهل البیت بعد کل عشر مرات من التکرار و یقسم الله بالأئمة و الظلم التي قاسوه – مثل اضطرار العباس(ع) عندما ثقبت قربته، اضطرار إمام الحسین(ع) عندما اصاب السهم حنجرة الطفل الرضیع ذي الستة أشهر و اضطرار الإمام علي (ع)... و حتی الإشارة إلی اضطرار الشیعة في أنحاء العالم بما فیها سوریا، العراق، نیجریا، لبنان و ... و یطلب قرب فرج امام الزمان. - علی مقیمي المراسم أن یتحدثوا مع الخطباء و الروادید الأعزاء حتی یشیروا إلی المواضیع التالیة إضافة إلی محکمات کلامهم (التي لا حاجة إلی ذکرها لشدة وضوحها مثل واجبات المنتظرین و ... ) بسبب الوجود في وضعیة زمانیة خاصة و لمنع الأضرار: - الظلم الذي حصل للإنسانیة ، الإسلام الأصیل و الشیعة من جانب شیاطین الجن و الإنس بما فیه الظلام الثقافي و العقائدي الذي عمّ العالم و أن البشر لا یستطیع أن یدیر نفسه و العالم. - الإشارة إلی أهمية وحدة الشیعة و الإبتعاد عن التفرقة و الإشارة إلی شجاعة و تضحیة جنود إمام الزمان(ارواحنا فداه) في سبیل الدفاع عن نطاق الإسلام في سوریا، العراق و غیرها؛و التأکید علی حمل الرایة و حفظ خندق وجود التشیع و الإسلام الأصیل و إعطاء الأمل للمنتظرين حتی ظهور الحجة إن شاءالله. - التنبه أمام الفرق الضالة موجز الکلام هو أن الذي یحیي هذه اللیلة یستغفر من الذنوب (التي تمنع الظهور بصورة حقیقیة)، و یصبح مضطرا من عدم وجود الإمام و الظلم و الظلام الجاري في العالم و یدعو لظهور الإمام ( و تکون جمیع الخیرات و البرکات مستترة في هذا الدعاء). نظرا لما قیل: یقترح شعار : " احیاء المهدوية، الاستغفار، الاضطرار و الدعاء". dl.masaf.ir/film/Raefipour/Mahdavi%20Vigil%202016-Mr.ALi%20Akbar%20Raefipour-English360p.mp4 =================================================================================== To read the original article in Persian/English/Arabic, I suggest you to use the link below: http://masaf.ir/View/Contents/38494/توضیحات-کامل-در-مورد-برگزاری-مراسم-احای-مهدوی-سال-1396-shia muslim

O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family, and hear my supplication when I supplicate to You, and hear my call when I call You, and turn to me when I whisper to You; because I had escaped to You and I stand before You, in need to You, imploring You, hoping the reward You have for me; and You know what is in my heart, and You are aware of my wish, and You know me; and my route and my destination, and what I want to start my speech with, and what I want to utter my requests, and what I hope for my destination, are not hidden to You. And O my master, Your decisions about what will be on me, till the end of my life, my hidden and my public, are applied to me. And my gain and my loss, and my advantage and my disadvantage are in Your hand, not in hand of anyone other than You. O my God, if You deprive me, then who will provide sustenance to me? And if You forsake me, then who will help me? O my God, I seek Your protection from Your anger and the arrival of Your wrath. O my God, if I was not befitting Your mercy, but You befit to endow me with Your vast munificence. O my God, it’s like I am standing before You, shaded by my complete reliance on You, then You said what is befitting You, and covered me with Your forgiveness. O my God, if You forgive, then who is better suited than You to that? And if my time is close and my deeds haven’t made me close to You, so I made the confession of sin my means toward You. O my God, I oppressed to my soul by my attention to it (that I let it do what it wants), so woe to it if You don’t forgive it. O my God, Your kindness to me never ceased in my lifetime, so don’t discontinue Your kindness in my death. O my God, how I despair of Your good care of me after my death, when You did not guard me but beautifully in my life. O my God, guard my affairs as befits You and turn to me with Your munificence, to a sinner that his ignorance had drowned him. O my God, You have concealed sins for me in the world and I am in more need for its conceal by You for me in the other world; when You don’t reveal them for anyone of Your righteous servants, so don’t disgrace me in the day of resurrection in the presence of the leaders of the witnesses. O my God, Your endowment extended my wishes, and Your forgiveness is better than my deeds. O my God, so delight me with Your encounter, in the day in which You will judge between Your servants. O my God, my excuse to You, is the excuse of the one who is not needless of the acceptance of his excuse, so accept my excuse, O the most munificent one whom the sinners excuse to. O my God, don’t reject my wish, and don’t disappoint my request, and don’t cut my hope and asking from Yourself. O my God, if You wanted my shame, You wouldn’t guide me, and if You wanted my disgrace You wouldn’t secure me. O my God, I don’t believe You will disappoint me in a request that I spent my life requesting it from You. O my God, so the praise is for You permanently, permanently, perpetually, eternally, growing and not diminishing, as You like and please. O my God, if You hold me because of my crimes, I hold to Your forgiveness; and if You hold me because of my sins, I hold to Your pardon, and if You enter me to the fire I will inform its inmates that I love You. O my God, if my deeds are little compared to Your true obedience, but my wish is great compared to the true hope for You. O my God, how I return disappointed from Your presence, deprived, while my good thought about Your endowment was that You will return me with salvation, forgiven. O my God, I spent my life in the greed of neglecting You, and decayed my youth in the drunkenness of divergence from You. Then, O my God, I don’t wake up in the days of my dare against You and my going in the way of Your anger. O my God, I am Your servant and the child of Your servant, standing in front of You, relying on Your munificence to You. O my God, I am a servant dissociating to You from what I have been confronting You because of my low shame from Your vision, and I request Your forgiveness because forgiveness is a description of Your munificence. O my God, I don’t have the strength to move from disobeying You, except when You woke me up to Your love, and I was as You wanted me to be, then I thanked You for entering me to Your munificence, and purifying my hearth from the filth of neglecting You. O my God, look upon me the looking upon whom You called him and he answered You, and appointed him with Your help and he obeyed You. O the near one who doesn’t avoid the daring against him, and O the generous who is not stingy with the one who hopes his reward. O my God, grant me a heart which its passion approaches it to You; and a tongue which truth is raised to You; and a vision which rightfulness brings it near You. O my God, the one who is known by You is not unknown, and the one who seeks Your shelter is not forsaken, and the one who You turn to, is not a slave. O my God, indeed the one who seeks way by You is enlightened, and indeed the one who holds fast to You is assisted. And I have took Your shelter, O my God, so don’t disappoint my hope from Your mercy and don’t ban me from Your kindness. O my God, place me, among Your loyal people, in the position of someone who hopes for the excess of Your love. And, O my God, inspire me the passion to Your remembrance with Your remembrance, and put my effort in the happiness of achieving Your attributes, and Your holy place. O my God, I invoke You by Yourself that You join me to the place of the people obedient to You, and to the nice abode of Your pleasure, because I can neither defend nor I can benefit myself. O my God, I am Your weak sinner servant, and Your penitently returning slave, so don’t make me one of whom You turned Your face against, and their oblivion banned them from Your forgiveness. O my God, grant me the perfect separation (from everything) towards You, and illuminate the eyes of our hearts with the light of their looking at You, till the eyes of the hearts rip the veils of light, and reach the core of magnificence, and our souls become suspended in the majesty of Your holiness; and O my God, make me one of whom You called and he answered You, and You noted him and he thunderstruck by Your majesty, then You whispered to them secretly and they worked for You openly. O my God, I have not dominated the disappointment of despairs over my good thought and my hope haven’t been cut from Your beautiful munificence. O my God, if the sins have lowered me before You, but forgive me for my nice reliance on You. O my God, if my faults have reduced me from the beauties of Your attention, but the certainty to the munificence of Your favor, have wakened me. O my God, if the negligence have made me oblivious of the preparation for Your encounter, but the knowledge about the munificence of Your bounties, have wakened me. O my God, if Your great punishment invites me to the fire, but Your sincere reward have invited me to the paradise. O my God, so I ask You, and pray to You, and turn to You, and I ask You to bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and that You make me one of who continues Your remembrance, and who do not break Your covenant, and who do not neglect Your thanking, and who do not belittle Your order. And, O my God, attach me to the most delight majesty of Yours, so I know You, and perverse from everything other than You, and I be fearful of You, and be attentive to You, O the owner of the majesty and munificence; and may Allah bless Muhammad, His Prophet and his pure family and greets them, a great greeting. More about the supplication

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Peace be upon you all, I cannot suppress my excitement any longer! Who's ready for Ramadan?! I can't believe it's approaching so fast, alhamdillah :) we should all post some goals we hope to achieve this approaching holy month, that we couldn't do last Ramadan. 1) Read supplications, nahjul balagha, and the life of the holy prophet everyday 2) Finish the whole Quran and read the translations 3) fast rajab, shaban, and Ramadan Please be friendly to each other and may Ramadan be in our hearts to lift our spirits up :)

"The Life Sentence" Play You are invited to attend Imam Mahdi's (atfs) birthday celebration: Imagine You have to spend your life in prison… Imagine The days that are so similar that you cannot tell them apart… Imagine Your desperateness for escaping the prison... Do you have an escape plan? The programme includes: Question and Answers on Mahdawiyah Competition & Quiz Nasheed by Children “The Life Sentence” Play Time: Saturday 7th June 2014 (2 available times 2pm & 6pm) Venue: al-Khoei Foundation Stone Hall, Chevening Road, London, NW6 6TN An Event For The Whole Family. Click Here To Register Your Place! Bring Your Children with you as well. Each year we celebrate our Imam's birthday with our children in a parallel programme to adult's event on the day. The programme is suitable for Children aged 7-12. Time: Saturday 7th June 2014 (2 available times 2pm & 6pm) Venue: al-Khoei Foundation Stone Hall, Chevening Road, London, NW6 6TN Come and join us in the celebration of our Imam's birthday on a day which promises to be memorable and fun for every member of your family. Hidden Sun Educational Foundation hsef-uk.org Attend Event

The Rites of Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadan By Badr Shahin http://books.google....nepage&q&f=true To download click here