Lowering our Gaze & the story of meeting Imam Mahdi A.S - Sheikh Shabbar Mehdi

It is the statement of an Imam (AS) that: "If a believer refrains from glancing at an unrelated female due to fear of God, and he casts down his glance, as much particles his glance covers, as much reward would be written for him."

O God, You are concealer of defects. Through the right of Imam e Zamana (ATFS), give us good sense (Tawfeeq) to purify our glances, so that we may be able to see the elegance of Imam e Zamana (ATFS). Ameen.
(Excerpt from Noor Diary App, Chapter: Refraining from glancing at unrelated person of opposite sex)

Original video: https://youtu.be/kcKgTFrNGb8
Sheikh Shabbar Mehdi - Eve 8th Ashra-e-Muharram 1441 – 07/09/2019 (KSIMC Stanmore)

Imam Mahdi (may Allah SWT hasten his noble reappearance) and the Seekers of Knowledge - Sheikh Shabbar Mehdi (with English Subtitles)

Sheikh Shabbar Mehdi highlights the importance of gaining knowledge and gives a beautiful anecdote of a great scholar, Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri (d.1937 - May Allah bless his soul) and the help of our 12th Imam (may Allah SWT hasten his noble reappearance).

Original video: Eve 5th Ashra-e-Muharram 1441 – 04/09/2019
https://youtu.be/V_qmBkmSrQE


اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا تَوْفِيقَ الطَّاعَةِ وَ بُعْدَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ ، وَ صِدْقَ النِّيَّةِ وَ عِرْفَانَ الْحُرْمَةِ ، وَ أَكْرِمْنَا بِاْلهُدَى وَ الاِسْتِقَامَةِ
O Allah, bestow upon us the success of obedience, the avoidance of disobedience, sincerity and knowledge of the forbidden; and confer upon us guidance and straightness. (Al-Misbah, by al-Kaf`amy P.281)

This is the Sermon given by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) on the last friday of Sha'ban on the reception of the month of Ramadhan - in Urdu with Arabic and English subtitles

Shaykh Sadooq (r) relates from an authentic source that Imam Raza (A.S.) related from his ancestors, who related it from Ameerul Momineen Ali bin Abi Talib (A.S.) that on the last friday of Shabaan, the Prophet of Allah delivered the sermon to them.

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Video of night time from: Nature Soundscapes
https://youtu.be/cAbJtTxU56E

The scene of Zarbat of Imam Ali (A.S):
https://youtu.be/GKKykjMpy9Q

Arabic: https://www.iqraonline.net/sermon-of-shaban/
English:
http://www.duas.org/Ramadhanreadings.htm#sermon

An eulogy recited by Sayed Mustafa al-Mousawi (with English subtitles)

What a close relationship there is between the existence of the Lady of Islam and the Night of Divine Decrees! The being of Hazrat Fatima (SA) is the source of luminosity of the guardianship and Imamat; divine knowledge and wisdom. The written Qur’an descended on the Night of Qadr, but Fatima is the one from whom 11 speaking Qur’ans (Qur’an-e-Natiq) have descended.

But what has happened to this holy Lady of Light?

‎“هل من ناصر ينصرنا”
“Isn’t there anyone to help me”?

The fire that burned the tents in Karbala started when the door of Ali and Zahra was burned.
And when the horses trampled over Aba Abdillah's body, the ribs from our beloved Sayyeda Fatima Zahra were broken again... Witnessing what has happened to Zainab's brother, she remembers her mother Fatima with deep sorrow...

I don’t know which is more hurtful,
the broken ribs of our mother Zahra,
the poisoned head of our father Ali,
or the headless, trampled and riddled with horses upon body of our Hussain…💔 wa Hussaina!

A Glimpse of Dua Arafah of Imam Hussain - Sheikh Nuru Mohammed [with English subtitles]

This excerpt of the lecture is a brief look at one of the prayers of Imam Hussain (AS), on the day of Arafah, and Sheikh Nuru beautifully explains some of the important lessons that Imam Hussain taught us through reciting this Dua.

Original video from Al Abbas Islamic Centre, KSIMC of Birmingham
https://youtu.be/AbjjYIPazNA

Hadith al-Qudsi, recited by brother Mahdi Sahwan
الحديث القدسي - الرادود الحسيني مهدي سهوان

Original video:
نعي مبكي | أبجي وحياتي ذنوب - مهدي سهوان
https://youtu.be/GvQqRR1fSB4

English translation by: MHFJ
Urdu translation by: Mohd Adil Khan

Please kindly remember the translators and their family in your prayers, especially in the blessed month of Ramadhan.

Stay away from sins!

Excerpt of the lecture delivered by Sheikh Miqdad Rajabali (of the 12th Night of Muharram 1444 AH at KSIMC of London - Stanmore

https://youtu.be/5GQTFmjjwnQ
(Starting at 31:05)

Ayatullah Bahjat (ra) saw abandoning and refraining from sins to be the first and most important step toward self-purification in the spiritual journey to God.

According him, acting upon whatever one already knows paves the way for practical spiritual development and receiving more knowledge from God. In a letter to all seekers of guidance, he wrote:

'I ask those who want to be taught, ‘Have you acted upon whatever you heard before?’ Do you know that if a person practices what he knows, God will teach him what he does not know? If man does not practice what he knows, can he expect his knowledge to increase? No Dhikr is superior to practical Dhikr, and no practical Dhikr is superior to abandoning sins in terms of beliefs and actions... '

Dua Ahad - recited by Murtada Qurish
دعاء العهد - القارئ مرتضى قريش

Original video/audio: channel of Murtada Qurish
https://youtu.be/lmVplsQPiTY

Information about the video/audio:
الهندسة الصوتية : سيد شرف المجاب
استيديو الترابي
مخطوطة : حسين مقيم
مونتاج : MK production
تصميم : مهدي ا لكسار

Imam as-Sadiq (A.S) narrates that: “one who recites this supplication for 40 mornings; he will be accounted amongst the helpers of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s). And if he happens to die before the reappearance of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s), Allah will raise him up from his rave so that he may assist the Holy Imam (a.t.f.s). For every word that he recites in this supplication, Allah will grant him 1000 good deeds and will erase from his scroll of deeds 1000 sins”.

As the title suggests, this supplication is of allegiance (ahad) to the Holy Imam (a.t.f.s). Its recitation every morning ensures the renewal of this covenant. The reciter finds himself under the leadership of Imam (a.t.f.s).
The supplicant beseeches Allah SWT to include him among the helpers and aides of Imam (a.t.f.s) and to grant him the opportunity to attain martyrdom in his presence. Also, he requests Allah SWT that should he die before the reappearance of Imam (a.t.f.s), Allah SWT should raise him up from his grave so that he may assist him (a.t.f.s) in his mission.

There is a fervent appeal to Allah SWT to grant him the honour of seeing Imam (a.t.f.s). In this supplication, there is also an acknowledgement that the difficulties of this nation can be solved only by the reappearance of Imam (a.t.f.s) and that believers see it as being close while others deem it to be distant. (source: duas.org)

‎‎إِلَهِي أَ تُحْرِقُ بِالنَّارِ عَيْنِي وَ كَانَتْ مِنْ خَوْفِكَ بَاكِيَةً
‎‏My Lord, will You burn my eyes in the fire, even though it was eyes that cried out of fear before You?

O my Lord... - excerpt of Whispered Prayer of Imam Sajjad (AS)
Recited by Sayed Ahmad al-Mousawi

with English translation

This beautiful heart-touching Whispered Prayer of Imam Zain al-Abideen (AS) is found in Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyya (full version - edited by Abtahi, Arabic only), page 480-481 (part 201).

& Bihar al-Anwar of Allamah Majlisi, volume 91, page 138.

Dua Tawassul recited by Murtadha Qurish with both Arabic and English text.
دعاء التوسل - مرتضى قريش

Shaykh Tusi says, in his book Misbah, that Imam Hassan bin Ali Al Askari (A.S) wrote this supplication for Abu Muhammad who requested him to teach him the proper way of reciting Salawat. Allama Majlisi has mentioned this Dua on the authority of Ibn Babawayh who confidently says that, there is no difficulty or problem that this Dua does not solve.

The Merciful Allah is beseeched in the name of and for the sake of the Holy Prophet and his Ahlul-Bayt (peace be upon them all) who are amongst the best human beings in status with Allah SWT. It is also known as "quick-fulfillment-of-all-legitimate-desires" supplication.

English translation from: duas.org
https://www.duas.org/tawassul.htm
(changed the words 'Thy' into 'Your' and 'Thee' into 'You' for the readers to understand easily)

Article about Tawassul
https://www.duas.org/tawassul/Tawassul.pdf

Original video: https://youtu.be/T4nxeFANEP4
مسجد الزهراء عليها السلام بتاروت
(Masjid e Zahra, Tarout, Saudi Arabia)