Heartfelt condolences to you all on yet another day of tragedy. Today the last day of the month of Safar, is the tragic day when Imam Reza (AS), the 8th Infallible Heir of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) was made to leave the world, a martyr, through a fatal dose of poisoning. We have prepared an exclusive […]
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28 Safar death anniversary of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and martyrdom of Imam Hassan (‘A)
28 Safar marks the sad demise of Holy Prophet Muhammad and martyrdom of his elder grandson, Imam Hassan Mujtaba. On this occasion a short biographical overview of the two noble characters will be given here. Prophet Muhammad the last prophet and messenger of God The last prophet of God is Hadrat-i Muhammad – upon whom […]
Visual Reports of the 4th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Dervish Vahid Banani
According to Majzooban Noor Website, the 4th anniversary of the martyrdom of Vahid Banani with the presence of a number of Gonabadi Ni’matullāhī dervishes and his honorable family at the grave of this martyr in city Sarvestan were splendidly held, here this afternoon.Vahid Banani was martyred by the gunshot of the security forces in the […]
Every day is Ashura and every land is Kerbala
What is Ashura ? In the month of Muharram 61 AH (approx. 20 October 680 AD), an event took place in Iraq at a place known as Kerbala on the bank of the river Euphrates. It seemed in those days insignificant from the historical point of view. A large army which had been mobilised […]
Every day is Ashura and every land is Kerbala (2)
What is Ashura ? In the month of Muharram 61 AH (approx. 20 October 680 AD), an event took place in Iraq at a place known as Kerbala on the bank of the river Euphrates. It seemed in those days insignificant from the historical point of view. A large army which had been mobilised […]
Condolences on martyrdom anniversary of Imam Reza (‘A)
Imam Ridha-Reza (Ali ibn Musa) was the son of the seventh Imam and according to well-known accounts was born in 148/765 and died in 203/817.
Arbaeen Anniversary of Imam Hossein
Our 3rd Imam, Imam Hussein (a.s) fought with Yazid in 61 AH to save Islam. Imam Hussein (a.s) was forced to fight Yazid’s army because he would not give Bayat (oath of allegiance) to Yazid.
Translate of “Ziyarat of Arba’een”
20th Safar is the day of Arba’een, the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (a.s.), his friends and relatives in Karbala on 10th Muharram.
Commemorating Martyrdom of Imam Hossein (as)
For those not well acquainted with the life and death of Imam Husain(a.s.), the commemoration of his martyrdom is seen as an emotional occasion – a cry of the heart for what is lost. It is this, but it is also much more than this.
On Martyrdom
The word “shahid” (martyr) means “witness”, in the sense of one who is a witness to the Truth of God as manifested in the Qur’an, in history, in the world, and within one’s own self.