Mafatih al-Jinan: A Treasury of Islamic Piety (Translation & Transliteration): Volume One: Supplications and Periodic Observances: Volume 1

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For if considered authentic, it implied something which was not consistent with the correct doctrine. I was born in Hyderabad, where I went to school, first at Madraseh Aizza and later at Madraseh Aliya. O Allah, this soil is from the tomb of Ḥusayn, Your walī and son of Your walī, may peace be upon him.

Should you have any petition to make to God, lift up your hands while facing in the direction of qiblah and with the grave of the Apostle of Allah ( ṣ) at the back of your shoulder, make your petition, which will be granted, God willing. It is behooving that the serving staff should be good and honourable persons possessing piety, generosity and patience. They will regard what God has forbidden as lawful and permissible and so will be destined to languish in hell. To stop at the shrine gate and ask for leave of admittance, while trying to bring about in one’s heart a feeling of reverence, humility and tenderness by contemplating the greatness and majesty of the personage whose shrine is being visited, remembering that he/she sees one standing at the shrine door, hears one’s speech and responds to one’s greeting.

The Imam said to him, "At nightfall go to the cemetery at Baqī‘ without any of your subordinates and servants knowing about it. Abbās that the Apostle of Allah ( ṣ) said, those who visit the tomb of Imam al-Ḥasan ( ‘a) at Baqī‘, their feet will remain steady on the day when most feet shall tremble while passing over the Bridge over hell ( ṣirāṭ). I am no scholar or a religious nut but enjoyed reading the English translation as I can't read Arabic. All praise belongs to Allah and may peace be upon His chosen servants, Muḥammad and his pure Family! For the past two decades, I have been associated with the Tarjuman-e Wahy Cultural Institute as a translation consultant.

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Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age The developer provided this information and may update it over time. Shahīd Awwal considers [51] it a part of the etiquette of ziyārah to read the Qur’ān by the blessed tomb and to make a gift of its reward to the spirit of the visited saint.

The majority of our scholars hold that her ziyārah should be performed near the Prophet’s tomb and it is preferable to perform her ziyārah at all the three locations. To supplicate after the prayer, by reciting a text narrated in the sources, or anything that may occur to one’s mind for one’s well-being in mundane and religious matters. Enable us to hasten to their doors, busy until the Day of Retribution, and make our spirits hanker for the marks of their footsteps, and our souls yearn for the view of their gatherings and their courtyards, so that we may converse with them as if in the presence of their persons. Also, if the time for obligatory prayers sets in, one should postpone the ziyārah and start the prayer. Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣādiq ( ‘a) is reported [16] to have said that those who recite the Throne Verse every night during journey, they and those who are with them will remain safe from harm.I will highly recommend if you can't Arabic as both the translation and transliteration is on the same page next to each other. It is however permissible for them to perform the ziyārah alongside men, though it is undesirable ( makrūh). Shahīd Awwal says that when performing the ziyārah of the Apostle of Allah ( ṣ) the prayer should be offered within his holy shrine, and when it is in the shrine of one of the Imams ( ‘a) to offer it at the head of the tomb, and that it is permissible to offer the two rak‘ahs within the mosque adjoining the shrine. They should try to assist those who stand in need of their help and guide foreigners who have lost their way.

Pocket size version with duas including Kumayl, Jawshan al-Kabeer, Tawassul, Marakimul Akhlaq, Tawbah, Ziyarah Ashura Dua Alqamah and duas for everyday of the week.Al-Baqiyat al-salihat is a book Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi has written and published on the margins of Mafatih al-jinan. In other words, the twenty or so English translations put emphasis on interpreting a Quranic verse without precisely representing the original Arabic word.