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What is Islam?
Posted June 13, 2008 by sheeza

Islam is peace Islam is ease,
Islam's not danger or disease

Islam is love and prosperity
Islam's not hatred or adversity

Islam is salvation through repentance
Islam has love for all in abundance

Islam means no harm or affliction
Islam implores you with affection

Islam is neither maze nor craze
Islam is giving Allah all praise

Islam is acing through the race
Islam will be on everyone's face

Islam is worshipping only the Creator
Islam's not mere numbers on a calculator

Islam gives you power when you surrender
Islam's not a terrorist or for a pretender

Islam is patience and perseverance
Islam eases your vengeance through tolerance.

Islam is life for all eternity
Islam gives you respect, moreover dignity

Islam is winning hearts through honesty
Islam is giving openly in charity

Islam makes you wholesome and trustworthy
Islam is in wealth as well as in poverty

Islam is your shield against all evil
Islam is for your soul's retrieval

Islam not fundamentalism or fanaticism
Islam's not nationalism or racism

Wake up, people, Islam is here
Islam is here, so have no fear

sheeza

“Hazrat Khadija (peace be upon her) declared her belief in me at a time when people were against me, she certified Prophethood at a time when people were not accepting it, and provided me monetary help when all others deprived me from it.”

These are the words uttered by Chief of Prophets, Prophet Muhammad (peace of Allah be upon him & his pure seed) in honour of Umm-ul-Mominin Khadija-tul-Kubra (peace be upon her), one of the four perfect women in the entire universe.

Khadija-tul-Kubra (peace be upon her) was Prophet Muhammad (peace of Allah be upon him & his pure seed)’s first wife, and they shared exemplary love, unity, mutual understanding and coherent views. He did not marry further in the presence of Khadija (peace be upon her). Purification and piousness have been termed the basis of the religion and Khadija (peace be upon her) has given new heights to purification and piousness as a result of which she was awarded with the title of ‘Tahira’ even before the Prophethood declaration.

Khadijah (peace be upon her) was his source of encouragement and comfort. She stood by the Prophet (peace of Allah be upon him & his pure seed) all the time; in moments of trial and difficulty the Prophet (peace of Allah be upon him & his pure seed) used to come to her and she consoled and comforted her husband and encouraged him. Khadija (peace be upon her)’s financial support had a great role in strengthening Islam. She was the ideal woman, the ideal wife for prophet (peace of Allah be upon him & his pure seed), and the ideal mother for her children.

She enjoyed that great status that the Angel Gabriel (peace be upon him) used to bring salaam for her from Almighty Allah. Muhammad ibn Ishaq, the biographer of the Prophet (peace of Allah be upon him & his pure seed), says that when there was resumption of Divine revelation, after its cessation following the first two visits of Gabriel (peace be upon him), Khadija (peace be upon her) received a tribute and a salutation of peace from Allah.

The 10th of Ramadan of the tenth year of the Proclamation of Islam, was that black day when Khadija (peace be upon her) passed away. Khadija was buried in Hujun above Mecca. Prophet (peace of Allah be upon him & his pure seed) himself descended into her grave to lie in it for a few moments. After the burial, he smoothed the earth on her grave. The Prophet (peace of Allah be upon him & his pure seed) termed the year of death of two personalities as Aam-ul-Huzn (the year of Grief) and Khadija-tul-Kubra (peace be upon her) is one of them.

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THE SHIA ARE PALE-FACED BECAUSE OF THE MENTION OF ALLAH

From Sulaiman ad-Dailami related from Abu Bassir from Abu Abdullah (a) that Amir ul-Mu'minin (a) said: "I am the shepherd-the shepherd of people. Is it acceptable that a shepherd does not identify his sheep?" Juwairiya stood up and asked: "O Amir ul-Mu'minin, who are your sheep?" He (a) answered: "My sheep are pale-faced and dry-lipped because of the mention of Allah." Refer to Bihar ul-Anwar; 68:176 H.32
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THE SHIA WILL ENTER INTO AQABA FOR THEIR LOYALTY
My father (r) narrated to me from Sa'd bin Abdullah from Ebbad bin Sulaiman from Mohammed bin Sulaiman from his father from Eban bin Taghlib that he asked Abu Abdullah (a): "May Allah make me your sacrifice. What it the meaning of 'Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba -obstacle-? (90:11)'" The Imam (a) answered: "Only he whom Allah grants favor through the loyalty to us will pass that Aqaba. We are that Aqaba. He who enters into that Aqaba will be saved." The Imam kept silent for a while, then said: May I tell you about another piece of knowledge that is better for you than the world along with all that which is in it? I said: "Yes, you may. Allah may make me your sacrifice." He said: "It is the setting free of a slave. (90:13)" All people are the slaves of this world except your acquaintances and you. Allah, Powerful and Majestic is He, will set you free from Hell because of your loyalty to us-the Prophet's household  Refer to al-Kafi; 1:430 H.88, Furat's Tafsir; 558, al-Manaqib; Ibn Shahrashoub 2:155, A'lam ud-Din; 278 (with an addition), Shawahid ut-Tanzil; 2:431, Taawil ul-Aayat; 773, Ghayat ul-Maram; 226 H.3, al-Burhan; 4:465 H.5
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THE RANK OF ALI'S ADORERS IN THE SIGHT OF ALLAH

My father (r) narrated from Sa'd bin Abdullah from Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Khalid from al-Qasim bin Yahya from his grandfather al-Hasan bin Rashid from Abu Bassir from Abu Abdullah (a) that the Prophet (s) said: O Ali, Allah has bestowed upon you with the love of the poor and the oppressed on this earth. You have accepted them as brothers and they have accepted you as their imam Blessed are they who loved and believed you. Woe to them who hated and belied you.
 O Ali, you are the most knowledgeable in this umma. He who loves you will win. Whoever hates you will perish.
 O Ali, I am the city (of knowledge) and you are its door. How can a city be entered from anything other than its door?
 O Ali, the people who love you are every repentant and keeper (of his promises) as well as every wearer of shabby clothes  whose supplications are utterly answered by Allah.
 O Ali, your brothers are the pure, chaste, and diligent ones who love and hate for your sake. They are humiliated in the sight of people, but they are high-ranking in the sight of Allah.
 O Ali, the people who love you will be the neighbors of Allah in the Abode of High Paradise. They do not feel sorry for what they had left in the world.
O Ali, I am the support of him whoever you support and the enemy of him whoever you antagonize.
 O Ali, he who loves you loves me and whoever hates you hates me.
 O Ali, your brothers are the dry-lipped ones. Reverence is identified in their faces.
 O Ali, your brothers will be happy in three situations: When they go out of their graves while you and I will be their witnesses, when they encounter the tomb interrogation, and when they encounter the Presentation and the Path when the other people will not find answers as they will be asked about their faith.
 O Ali, to fight you is to fight against me and to make peace with you is to make peace with me. To fight against me is to fight against Allah and to make peace with me is to make peace with Allah. He who makes peace with you is making peace with Allah.
O Ali, bear the good tidings to your brothers; Allah has been satisfied with them so long as He accepted you as their leader and they accepted you as their master.
 O Ali, you are the commander of the faithful believers and the leader of the white-forheaded honorables.
 O Ali, your Shia are the choice. Without you as well as your Shia, the religion of Allah would not have risen. If the earth is empty of you, the heavens will not cause its drops of rain to descend.
 O Ali, you will have a treasure in Paradise. You are the two-horned of this nation. Your Shia are known as Hezbollah (the Party of Allah).
 O Ali, your Shia and you are the administrators of justice and the best creatures of Allah.
 O Ali, I will be the first one who shakes off the dust from the head and you will be with me. Then the other creatures will do.
O Ali, your Shia and you will be the guardians of the Divine Pool. You will water whomever you like and prevent whomever you dislike. You are the saved on the Day of the Grand Horror. You will be under the shadow of the Divine Throne.
 People will panic, but you will not panic. People will be sad, but you will not be sad. You are the only intendeds in Allah's saying: "But those to whom We have already promised blessings will be far away from Hell. They will not even hear the slightest sound from it while enjoying the best that they can wish for in their everlasting life. They will not be affected by the great terror. The angels will come to them with this glad news: 'This is your day which was promised to you.' (21:101-3)"
 O Ali, your Shia and you will ask in the Situation (of the Judgment) and you will bask in the gardens (of Paradise). O Ali, the angels and the doorkeepers (of Paradise) long for meeting you. The bearers of the Divine Throne and the intimate angels pray for you exclusively, implore to Allah by their love for you and become happy for the coming of anyone of you to them the same way as family members become happy for the return of the absent after a long period of being away.
 O Ali, your Shia fear Allah secretly and advise people for His cause openly.
 O Ali, your Shia compete with each other for gaining the ranks, because they will meet Allah without being burdened with any sin.
 O Ali, the deeds of your Shia are presented before me every Friday. I become happy for their good deeds and implore to Allah to forgive their sins.
O Ali, in the Torah and the Gospel, your Shia and you are mentioned in a good reference before they were created. Ask the people of the Torah and the people of the Kitab to tell you about 'Eli'; yet, you are well versed in the Torah and the Gospel. The scripturalists honor Eli, but they do not know his Shia. They know him as much as that which is recorded in their books.
 O Ali, the good reference to your companions in the heavens is greater than it is on the earth. Thus, they should be happy for so and should be more diligent.
 O Ali, the spirits of your Shia ascend to the heavens during their sleep. There, the angels, out of their longing for them and the ranks that Allah has decided for them, look at the spirits of the Shia in the same way as people look at the crescent.
O Ali, ask your companions who acknowledge you to be too great for committing the acts that their enemies commit. No single day and no single night pass without having the mercy of Allah overshadowed over them. Hence, they should avoid impurity.
 O Ali, the wrath of Allah is intense on anyone who hates the Shia, disavows them and you, chooses anyone else other than them and you, inclines to your enemy, leaves your Shia and you, opts for deviation, wages war against your Shia and you, hates us-the Prophet's family, and hates him who follows, supports, chooses, and offers his soul and wealth for your sake.
 O Ali, send my greetings to them whom I will not see and they will not see me and tell them that they are my true brothers that I long for meeting. They should deliver my knowledge to the coming generations, hold fast and cling to the tie of Allah, and work diligently  We will not take them out of the right guidance and will not lead them to deviation. Tell them that Allah is pleased with them, takes pride in them before the angels, looks at them every Friday with mercy, and orders the angels to seek forgiveness to them.
 O Ali, do not turn away from supporting them who loved you because they had heard that I love you and took their love for you as a belief that takes them nearer to Allah, gave you their pure affection of their hearts, preferred you to their fathers, brothers, and sons, pursued your path, stood all the misfortunes for our sake, rejected everything for backing us, sacrificed their souls for us, and endured harm, insult, and bitterness for our sake. Therefore, be merciful to them and satisfy yourself with them, for Allah has chosen them for us out of His knowledge from among the creatures, created them from the same clay from which He created us, deposited with them our secret, bound their hearts to acknowledge our right, comforted their hearts, and made them cling to our tie. They never prefer the dissidents to us even if this takes the worldly pleasures away from them and causes the Shaitan to inflict them with misfortunes. As Allah supported and led them to the right way, they have held fast to Him while people are plunging in the floods of deviation and perplexed in the midst of passions. They could not see the right path and that which has come from Allah; therefore, they begin and end their day with the wrath of Allah. On the other side, your Shia are on the course of right and straightforwardness. They do not like the company of those who dissented them. The world is not their concern and they are not its concern.  Those are surely the lanterns of gloom. Those are surely the lanterns of gloom. Those are surely the lanterns of gloom.


. Refer to al-Amali; as-Saduq 451 (within) H.2, Furat's Tafsir; 95, Kifayat ul-Athar; 184, Bisharat ul-Mustafa; 221, Keshf ul-Ghumma; 1:1662, Missbah ul-Anwar 164 & 201, Shawahid ut-Tanzil; 1:459, Nahj ul-Haqq; 245, Keshf ul-Yaqin; 85, Taawil ul-Aayat; 1:331 H.18, Ithbat ul-Hudat; 3:442 H.346, Bihar ul-Anwar; 8:28 H.32 and 68:45 H.91.


 
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