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In the name of Allah(SWT)! Salam aleykum dear brothers and sister. Alhamdulillah I got the opportunity to do ziyarat of Imam Ridha(a.s.) in Mashhad and I will be here until the end of this week and I intend on being in his masjid as much as I can. I would like to take this opportunity to also pray/make duas for my brothers and sisters here on SC. If you have any dua that you would like me to read for the Imam(a.s.) then you are very welcomed to PM either brother @magma, sister @notme, or sister @starlight and they will remove your identity and just forward the dua to me so that you will stay anonymous to me. I will iA be sitting in front of the haram as I recite these duas. InshaAllah I hope I can be of use to my sisters and brothers and inshaAllah we can all make duas for each other. Fi amanillah.

Salam.

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh. In 183 AH, Imam Musa died due to the poison, his funeral was carried on in disgraceful way at the beginning then the uncle of Haroun Alrashid intervened. From 183 to 200 AH were 17 years full of turbulence and uprisings, many of these were by Shia or Alawis. Imam Ridha was summoned to Khurasan in 200 and declared as the second man in the empire. I am going to go through this history quickly : 187 AH :The uprising of Shia of Yemen lead by Alhaytham b Abdulmajid Alhamadani 191 AH : The uprising of Khawarij in Basrah: lead by Tharwan b Sayf, he killed the Abbasid governor over Basrah back then. 192 AH : The uprising of Khurameyah in Azerbaijan, they believed in the Imamh of Abu Muslim Alkhurasani and his return? and that he did not die, they were Persian political religious movement. 194 AH : The uprising in Homs: (Christians?) They were not happy with the Abbasids, they rose up against the Amin (brother of Ma'moun and son of Haroun Alrashid) 195 AH : The rising of Sufyani in Damascus, his name was Ali b Abdullah b Khalid b Yazid b Mo'aweyah, he called himself Khalifah 198 AH : The uprising in Egypt, lead by AlHasan Alharsh, he called for Alridha from Aal Mohamad. 199 AH : The uprising in Aleppo, lead by Nasr b Shabth. He rose up in protest against the Abbasid because they favoured Ajam over Arab. 199 AH: The uprising in Kufah, lead by Ibn Taba Taba, Muhamad b Ibrahim b Ismail b Ibrahim b Alhasan b Alhasan b Ali b Abi Talib. He called for Alridha from Aal Mohamad. Abu Al Saraya lead the uprising after the sudden death of ibn tabataba. 200 AH : The uprising in Yemen, lead by Ibrahim b Musa b Ja'far(as). He rose up after he heard the news of the Talibyyin uprising in Iraq (abu assaraya and ibn tabataba). He went out from Makkah to Yemen. 200 AH: The uprising in Makkah, lead by Muhamad b Ja'far Al'alawi. Aljaloudi defeated him, he forced him to stand on Minbar and announce his bay'ah to Al-Ma'moun. Alsoudoq narrated that the Jaloudi did not only fought those Bani Hashim who rose up with Muhamad b Ja'far but he went to those who followed the command of imam Ridha and stayed indoors, he beaheded the men and wanted to take the gold of their women, Imam Ridha gathered all the women in one house and asked Jaloudi to not enter the house , rather, Imam Ridha would bring the gold himself to Jaloudi and that what happened. 200 AH : The Uprising in Basrah, lead by Zayd Alnar, Zayd b Musa b Ja'far. Brother of imam Ridha ( A year after the mass killing of Bani Talib In Madinah, Al-Ma'moun summoned Imam Ridha to Khurasan) 201 AH : The uprising in Baghdad, lead by Ibrahim b Almahdi. Bghdadis were angry at the Ma'moun because he appointed Ali b Musa Alridha and ordering the people to wear green like the Talibyyin. Among them was Aljaloudi AlJaloudi was brought to AL-Ma'moun after he won over the uprising in Baghdad, Imam Ridha asked Al-Ma'moun not to kill Aljaloudi despite what he did in Madinah, when Aljaloudi saw that Imam Ridha is telling Al-Ma'moun something about him, he asked Al-Ma'moun not to accept anything from Imam Ridha, Ma'moun said "as you wish" and he was beheaded.

(bismillah) (salam) I thought this was truly immense so I wanted to share it with you all from the book - http://lib.ahlolbait...n-Musa-Al-Rida/ Al-M’m¡n sent Raj¡’ b. Ab¡ al-Dahh¡k to Medina in order to bring the Im¡m to Khuras¡n. The latter went and accompanied him on the road from Medina to Maru. He has reported the following about his acts of worship: “By Allah, I have never seen a man more (earnest) than him in seeking protection in Allah (the Great and Almighty), mentioning Him in all his times, and fearing Him. When he rose in the morning, he performed the morning prayer. When he finished his prayer and said the taslim, he sat in his place of prayer and (began) glorifying Allah, praising Him, saying: ‘Allah is Greater! There is no god but Allah! O Allah bless the Prophet and his family, may Allah bless him and his family.’ He continued these phrases until the sun rose. Then he prostrated himself in prayer for a long time. Then he went to the people to speak to them and to preach to them until it was forenoon. Then he renewed his ablution and returned to his place of prayer. When the sun came near to descending (from its midday zenith), he stood and prayed six rak‘as. In the first rak‘a he recited the sura al-Hamd and the sura qul y¡ ayyuh¡ al-k¡fir¡n. In the second rak‘a he recited the sura al-Hamd and the sura qul huwa Allah ahad. In every rak‘a of the four-rak‘a prayers he recited the sura al-Hamd lill¡h and the sura qul huwa Allah ahad, and then he recited the taslim. Then he recited his personal prayer in the second rak‘a before the kneeling and after the recitation. Then he said the adh¡n (the call to prayer). Then he prayed two rak‘as. Then he said the iq¡ma (the declaration of standing for prayer) and performed the noon prayer. When he recited the taslim, he glorified Allah, praised Him, and said: ‘Allah is Greater! There is no god but Allah!’ He continued these phrases for a long time. Then he performed Sal¡t al-Shukr (the prayer for giving thanks). In it he said: ‘Thanks be to Allah,’ for one hundred times. When he raised his head, he stood and prayed six rak‘as. In each rak‘a he recited the sura al-Hamd lill¡h and the sura qul huwa Allah ahad. After each two rak‘as he recited the taslim. Then he said his personal prayer in the second rak‘a before the kneeling and after the recitation. Then he said the adh¡n (the call to prayer). Then he prayed two rak‘as and said his personal prayer in the second rak‘a. When he recited the taslim, he stood and performed the afternoon prayer. When he recited the taslim, he sat in his place of prayer, glorified Allah, praised Him, and said: ‘Allah is Greater! There is no god but Allah!’ Then he prostrated himself in prayer and said one hundred times: ‘Thanks be to Allah.’ “When the sun set, he performed the ritual ablution, said the adh¡n and iq¡ma, and performed the three rak‘as of the evening prayer. Then he said his personal prayer in the second rak‘a before the kneeling and after the recitation. When he recited the taslim, he sat in his place of prayer, glorified Allah, praised Him, and said: ‘Allah is Greater! There is no god but Allah.’ He recited these phrases for a long time. Then he performed Sal¡t al-Shukr (the prayer for giving thanks). Then he raised his head and did not say anything until he stood and prayed four rak‘as, finishing each two rak‘as with the taslim. Then he said his personal prayer in the second rak‘a before kneeling and after the recitation. In the first rak‘a of these four rak‘as, he recited the sura al-hamd and the sura qul y¡ ayyuh¡ al-k¡fir¡n. In the second rak‘a he recited the sura al-hamd and the sura qul huwa Allah ahad. Then he recited the taslim. Then he sat and recited personal supplications until he entered into evening. Then he broke the fast. Then he stayed until about third of the night passed. Then he stood and performed the night prayer in four rak‘as. Then he said his personal prayer in the second rak‘a before kneeling and after the recitation. When he recited the taslim, he sat in his place of prayer mentioning Allah, the Great and Almighty, glorifying and praising Him, saying: ‘Allah is Greater! There is no god but Allah!’ He said these phrases for a long time. After saying his personal supplications, he performed Sal¡t al-Shukr, and then he went to bed. “At the last third of night he got up glorifying and praising (Allah), saying: ‘Allah is greater! There is no god but Allah!’ And he asked Him for forgiveness. Then he cleaned his teeth with the misw¡k (cleaning stick for teeth). Then he performed the ritual ablution. Then he stood and performed the late night payer. He said eight rak‘as. After each two rak‘as, he recited the taslim. In the first two rak‘as of them, he recited the sura al-hamd and the sura qul huwa Allah ahad thirty times. “Then he performed the prayer of Ja‘far b. Ab¡ T¡lib, which is four rak‘as. After each two rak‘as, he recited the taslim. After the second rak‘a of each two rak‘as, he said his personal prayer before kneeling. He regarded it as (part) of the late night prayer. Then he performed the other two rak‘as. In the first rak‘a he recited the sura al-hamd and the sura al-mulk. In the second rak‘a he recited the sura al-hamd and the sura hal at¡ ‘al¡ al-ins¡n. Then he stood and performed the two rak‘as of al-Shafa‘. In each rak‘a he recited the sura al-hamd one time and the sura qul huwa Allah ahad three times. He said his personal prayer after the second rak‘a. Then he stood and performed (the prayer of al-witr), which is one rak‘a. In it he recited the sura al-hamd, the sura qul huwa Allah ahad three times, the sura qul a‘¡dhu bi Rab al-falaq one time, and the sura qul a‘¡dhu bi Rab al-n¡s one time. Then he said his personal prayer before the kneeling and after the recitation. He would say (the following) in his personal prayer: “‘O Allah, bless Mohammed and the Household of Mohammed. O Allah, guide us through him whom You guided, make us well through him whom You made well, attend to us through him to whom You attend, bless us in that which You have given, protect us from the evil of what You decreed, for You decree and none decrees against You. Verily he whom You befriend is not lowly, and he toward whom You show enmity is not exalted, blessed are You and high exalted!’ “Then he said seventy times: ‘I ask Allah’s forgiveness and seek repentance from Him.’ When he recited the taslim, he sat and recited supplications for a long time. When the dawn approached, he stood and prayed the two rak‘as of the dawn. In the first rak‘a he recited the sura al-hamad and the sura qul y¡ ayyuh¡ al-k¡fir¡n. In the second rak‘a he recited the sura al-hamad and the sura qul huwa Allah ahad. When the dawn broke, he said the adh¡n and the iq¡ma and performed the prayer of the early morning in two rak‘as. When he recited the taslim, he sat and recited supplications until the sun rose. Then he performed Sal¡t al-Shukr (the prayer for giving thanks).” Just reading this left me in total awe.. I’ve purposefully paragraphed every time ‘then’ is mentioned to display how many acts of worship were actually carried out by our Holy Imam (as)..I think a serious reconsideration of our daily worship needs to take place; a serious reform within ourselves so we act with total obedience to offer servitude to our Lord. I mean look at our Imam (as) and this is purely out of love! Who are we to say ‘we’ve done enough’..

(bismillah) http://www.kanoontowhid.com/images/stories/audio/2011/15_10_11_ali_fadhil.mp3 :wub: