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SAYYIDA ZAYNAB
(A.S)
On the
aupcious occasion of the meelad (birth) of Sayyida Zaynab (as),
we extend our felicitations to our 12th Imam, Imam Muhammad
al-Mahdi, Sahibul-Asr (aj) and to all the followers of Ahlul-bayt (as).
Birth :
Thursday 5th
Jamadil-Awwal 6 A.H. in Madinatul-Munawwarah
Father :
Imam Ali bin Abi
Talib (as)
Mother :
Sayyida Fatima az-Zahra
(as)
Death :
14th
Rajab 62 A.H. in Sham, Damascus at the age of 56 years
Zaynab means an
ornament or an adornment of her father. This name was given to her by
Allah (SWT) through His messenger who was alive at the time of her
birth. Her titles were:
Siddiqa meaning the
truthful one.
Sabirah meaning the
patient one.
Aqeelatu Bani Hashim
meaning the most intellegent of Bani Hashim.
Sayyida Zaynab (as)
possessed vast knowledge of Divinely laws.She was a Mufassir of the Holy
Qur’an and also a Muhadditha who related and explained the prophetic
narrations.She was considered to be the most authentic source of hadeeth
during her life.
AN INCIDENT OF HER
CHILDHOOD
During her childhood,
Sayyida Zaynab (as) once asked her father, “o’father, do you love me
?”
“ofcourse I do love
you”
replied her father.
The child put another
question immediately, “Do you also love Allah?”
“ofcourse”
came the father’s
reply.
The child promptly
asked, “o’father,how is it possible to harbour two loves in one
heart?”
Her father said,
“Dear child,I love you because it is Allah’s command to love one’s
children.In loving you, I love Allah”.
POSITIVE THINKING
A pilgrim at Najaf
went to see Sheikh Mohamed Hassan Najafi, the great learned aalim of the
time.When he reached there, he found the Sheikh’s house elegantly
designed and the Sheikh too had dressed up elegantly with pomp and
splendour.The pilgrim was very impressed.He then went to another great
aalim and learned mujtahid of the time, Sheikh Murtaza Ahmad but found
the sheikh’s house ordinary and the sheikh too had worn very simple
clothes.
At this the pilgrim
could not control his thoughts and asked Sheikh Murtaza,
“How is
that Sheikh Mohamed Hassan lives so pompously and you live in such a
humble manner?”
The great Mujtahid
replied,
“Sheikh Mohamed is
the glory of Shari’ah and I am the piety thereof”
Moral of the story is that we should always be positive about others and
never try to score points over others.
Released by:
Mulla Mujaheedali Sheriff
mulla@almahdi.org.uk |