Understanding Karbala

UNDERSTANDING KARBALA by SAYYID SAEED AKHTAR RIZVI TRANSLATOR'S FOREWORD 9 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 11 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 12 HOW IMAM HASAN AND IMAM HUSAIN (A.S) SAVED...

UNDERSTANDING KARBALA by SAYYID SAEED AKHTAR RIZ...

MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSAIN (A.S) AND THE MUSLIM AND JEWISH CALENDARS (Published in As-Serat Vol. VI No. 3 & 4, 1401) The 1400th year of the Hijri calendar is nearing...

MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSAIN (A.S) AND THE MUSLIM AND ...

THE ILLUSTRIOUS PERIOD OF THE IMAMATE OF IMAM ZAINUL AABIDIN (A.S) (Al-Serat, Vol. 5 (1979), Nos. 3 & 4 ) No Imam began his Imamat in a more tragic atmosphere....

THE ILLUSTRIOUS PERIOD OF THE IMAMATE OF IMAM ZAIN...

MARWAN IBN HAKAM His father Hakam had been exiled from Medina by the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and he was called a 'lizard, young one of a lizard' by the...

MARWAN IBN HAKAM His father Hakam had been exiled...

WHO WERE THE KILLERS OF IMAM HUSAIN(A.S)? Time and again objection is issued by the ignorant that killers of Imam Husain (a.s) were Shias. Though more than once those objections...

WHO WERE THE KILLERS OF IMAM HUSAIN(A.S)? Time an...

A 'REVOLUTIONARY' BOOK: CALIPHATE OF MUAWIYAH AND YAZID Mahmud Ahmad Abbasi, the writer of Caliphate of Muawiyah and Yazid has created a strange type of friction in the Shia, Sunni...

A 'REVOLUTIONARY' BOOK: CALIPHATE OF MUAWIYAH AND ...

YAZID'S CLAN After my article "Banu Umayyah in the View of Holy Quran" was published in al-Jawwad magazine last year, many brothers-in-faith from Pakistan requested me to write on all...

YAZID'S CLAN After my article "Banu Umayyah in th...

UQBAH BIN ABI MUIT He was in the forefront in harassing the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) before the migration (Hijrat). When the infidels forced Banu Hashim to be confined in...

UQBAH BIN ABI MUIT He was in the forefront in har...

AZADARI IS SUNNAH So far our discussion was based on the premise that Azadari is a 'new thing' and inspite of this we have proved its legitimacy and its rewardable...

AZADARI IS SUNNAH So far our discussion was based...

5. NAUHA AND MARSIYA (A) THE PROPHET'S SUNNAH IS PRACTICAL It is narrated from the Prophet's companion, Ibn Masud that when the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) arrived at the corpse...

5. NAUHA AND MARSIYA (A) THE PROPHET'S SUNNAH IS ...

(C) IT IS THE PRACTICE OF THE HOLY IMAMS Let us see how, before the martyrdom, His Eminence, Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s) wept for Imam Husain (a.s). (Biharul Anwar, Vol. 10,...

(C) IT IS THE PRACTICE OF THE HOLY IMAMS Let us s...

FIRST VERSE ...and We did not make the vision which We showed you but a trial for men and the cursed tree in the Quran as well; and We cause...

FIRST VERSE ...and We did not make the vision whi...

REFERENCES IN NEW TESTAMENT REGARDING THE MARTYRDOM OF HUSAIN (A.S) In the parlance of Christians, "New Testament" means "Injeel." However, it is not "Injeel" that was revealed to Prophet Jesus...

REFERENCES IN NEW TESTAMENT REGARDING THE MARTYRDO...

WHAT IF AZADARI IS AN INNOVATION? In fact, puppet Mullahs like you mislead the people only saying that Azadari is Bid'ah (innovation), Ta'ziyah is innovation, Majlis is innovation, weeping is...

WHAT IF AZADARI IS AN INNOVATION? In fact, puppet...

EFFECT OF HUSAIN'S MARTYRDOM ON THE PRINCIPLE OF CALIPHATE In the past nations the appointment of the prophet's caliph depended on divine will conveyed through divine text. At least this...

EFFECT OF HUSAIN'S MARTYRDOM ON THE PRINCIPLE OF C...

AZADARI RITUALS CONFORM TO DIVINE WILL How do we explain the rituals of Azadari? It could be briefly explained as: To establish the remembrance of the immortal tragedy of Karbala...

AZADARI RITUALS CONFORM TO DIVINE WILL How do we ...

COMMUNAL SACRIFICE Prior to Prophet Ibrahim (a.s) there was no concept of determination to bear difficulties with cooperation, to say farewell to comfort and luxury in a communal manner for...

COMMUNAL SACRIFICE Prior to Prophet Ibrahim (a.s)...

UNDERSTANDING KARBALA SAYYID SAEED AKHTAR RIZVI TRANSLATOR'S FOREWORD In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Praise is due to Allah Whose worth cannot be described by speakers, whose...

UNDERSTANDING KARBALA SAYYID SAEED AKHTAR RIZVI ...

THE GREAT SACRIFICE There are so many misunderstandings among the Muslims regarding the verse: "And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice," that no other verse of Quran is equal...

THE GREAT SACRIFICE There are so many misundersta...

THE RISE OF THE UMAYYAHS The most harmful feature for Islam was the resurgence of the Umayyahs and their return to a position of power. They were the same Umayyahs...

THE RISE OF THE UMAYYAHS The most harmful feature...

BELIEFS AND ACTS OF YAZID What was the character of this so-called caliph of the Prophet? He was such that he openly denied the messengership of the Messenger (s.a.w). He...

BELIEFS AND ACTS OF YAZID What was the character ...