In this 3 mins short clip, Sheikh Nuru Mohammed explains the three types of Intidhaar (awaiting for the noble reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi AJTF). Although there are numerous ways on how we can await for the reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (AJTF), but Sheikh Nuru briefly outlines the three beneficial ways.

The Philosophy of Awaiting for Imam Mahdi (A.S) explained by Professor Muhammad Shojaee, with English Subtitles.

In the short excerpt of the lecture by Ustad (Professor) Muhammad Shojaee, he speaks about the importance of paying attention to the Hussain of our time and how we should be able to respond to his call - "Is there a helper who helps me?" Our Imam of the Time, is "lonely, rejected, displaced and abandoned" by his friends but we should adopt certain qualities and responsibilities to be the friend and the helper of our Imam (A.S).

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا عَيْنَ ٱللَّهِ فِي خَلْقِهِ
(This verse is from the Ziyarat of Imam Mahdi (ATFS) on Fridays) -

Come! Let us recognise our aim and objective, which is only helping the Imam; and dedicate our life for this aim, as he is the watcher over us from Almighty Allah SWT. He is the eye of God and when the Divine Proof includes us in his supplication, how important it is for us that we should prepare the background for his reappearance. In this lies the pleasure of Lady Zahra (S.A) and it is through this reappearance that the heart of Ameer al-Mo'mineen (A.S) will get relief, and it is during the rule of this patronage that divine justice would be established.
(paragraph source: Noor Diary, Article - "Ziyarat of Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and the following words")

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خطبة المتقين- مرتضى قريش

Sermon of Al-Muttaqeen by Imam Ali (AS) - in Najhul Balagha (Sermon 193)

recited by Murtada Qurish
(Original video: https://youtu.be/84J3UVNouh0)

in English/Urdu Translation

و من خطبه له عليه السلام يصف فيها المتقين
( جس میں صاحبان تقویٰ کی تعریف کی گئی ہے)


Al-Muttaqeen sermon is one of the most famous sermons of Imam Ali (AS) in which he describes pious Muslims. The sermon characterizes the pious so well in their personal and social life that at the end of the sermon, Hammam, the Imam's companion who had asked about the characteristics of the pious, loses consciousness and passes away.
(Also, it is called the sermon of Hammam, as he was the cause of the delivering of this sermon)

خطبہ متقین، امیر المؤمنین(ع) کے مشہور خطبوں میں سے ایک ہے جو آپ کے شیعوں میں سے ہمّام نامی شخص کی درخواست پر آپ نے بیان کیا ہے۔ یہ خطبہ نہج البلاغہ میں ذکر ہوا ہے اور اس میں امام علی (ع) متقی لوگوں کے اوصاف بیان فرماتے ہیں۔ اس خطبے میں متقی لوگوں کی فردی، اجتماعی اور عبادی کردار اور رفتار کو یوں بیان کیا ہے کہ کہا جاتا ہے ہمام ان کو سننے کے بعد بے ہوش ہوئے اور وفات پاگئے۔ (اسے خطبہ ہمام بھی کہا جاتا ہے۔)

Dropbox link to view the PDF slides of this sermon:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xubs....uz2h66hvvhz/Khutbah%

Ziyarah of Imam Mahdi (A.S) to be recited after every Fajr (dawn) Prayer

Recited by Haj Mansour Arzi (with English and Farsi translation)
زيارة‎ - امام زمان عج
با صدای حاج منصور ارضی

امر دوم زیارتی است که هر روز بعد از نماز صبح مولای ما صاحب الزمان (علیه السلام) به آن زیارت کرده می شود و آن زیارت این است.

امام مهدى عليه السلام:
أكثِروا الدُّعاءَ بِتَعجيلِ الفَرَجِ فَإنَّ ذلِكَ فَرَجُكُم؛

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In English and Urdu translation

The Whispered Prayers, is a collection of 15 intimate conversations with Allah SWT and the 15 Whispered Prayers are extracted from the book of Imam Zainul Abideen A.S - known as Sahifa Sajjadiya, also known famously as the Psalms of Islam.

Munajaat means "talking" or "having a conversation". In this case, it is the intimate conversations of our Imam with his Lord. Conversing with God regularly is true spirituality, and these conversations between Imam Sajjad (as) and God will really open our eyes. Again, there are conversations for different spiritual states, such as being fearful, hopeful and thankful. Conversing with Allah according to our current spiritual state will only serve to enhance our relationship with him. (al-islam.org)

The prayers start with 'repentance', as repentance is the first step towards a genuine communion with God.

Orginal video: https://youtu.be/_Z-2loECee4

In English and Urdu translation

The Whispered Prayers, is a collection of 15 intimate conversations with Allah SWT and the 15 Whispered Prayers are extracted from the book of Imam Zainul Abideen A.S - known as Sahifa Sajjadiya, also known famously as the Psalms of Islam.

Munajaat means "talking" or "having a conversation". In this case, it is the intimate conversations of our Imam with his Lord. Conversing with God regularly is true spirituality, and these conversations between Imam Sajjad (as) and God will really open our eyes. Again, there are conversations for different spiritual states, such as being fearful, hopeful and thankful. Conversing with Allah according to our current spiritual state will only serve to enhance our relationship with him. (al-islam.org)

The prayers start with 'repentance', as repentance is the first step towards a genuine communion with God.

Orginal video: https://youtu.be/1SPktxAAkCA​

Muawiyah (LA) and abusing Imam Ali (A.S) explained by Maulana Syed Muhammed Rizvi with English Subtitles.

Original Video: https://youtu.be/yhy8gug5c6U
Al Zahra Centre - Watford


(Extra information):
From the time the Caliphate fell into the hands of the Umayyad, they strove hard to distort the truth and turn everything head over heels. Thus, they elevated to the height of power and people who were, during the life of the Prophet (PBUH) were ordinary, with no special standing, while they ignored
others who were at the peak of honor and nobility during the lifetime of
the Prophet (PBUH).

Their sole criterion in for honor and dishonor, was their intense enmity and excessive hatred for Muhammad (PBUH) and the members of his household, Imam Ali, Lady Fatimah, Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Hussain, peace be upon them. The
Umayyad elevated the status, and fabricated false traditions, on the merits
of every person who opposed the Prophet (PBUH) and his Ahlul-Bayt whom
Allah has purified and from whom He removed all abomination in Qur'an. They
sought nearness to those who opposed the Prophet, accorded them high
positions and grants so that they enjoyed favors and respect among the
populace. They sought to denigrate, fabricate defects, falsify reports that
denied the superiority and merits of anyone who used to love the Prophet
(A.S) and would defend him.

Hence, Maulana Syed Muhammed Rizvi in his lecture mentions about a verse in the Qur'an. The verse states:

Surah Al-Hujraat, Verse 6:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَن تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَ

O you who believe! if an evil-doer comes to you with a report, look carefully into it, lest you harm a people in ignorance, then be sorry for what you have done.
(English - Shakir)


Henceforth, Umar Ibn al-Khattab, who used to dispute every command of the Prophet
of Allah (PBUH), even accusing the latter of hallucination in his last days, became the hero of Islam amongst the Muslims during the time of the
Umayyad dynasty.

On the other hand, Ali Ibn Abi Talib who was, to Prophet Muhammad, what Aaron was to
Moses, and who loved him, and who was loved by Allah and His Prophet, he
who was the guardian of every believer, was cursed from the pulpits for
eighty years. The effect of false propaganda reached to the point that when
the news of assassination of Imam Ali (AS) during the Fajr prayer in Mosque
reached to the people of Syria, they were surprised and asked if Ali used
to pray!


The Messenger of Allah (S) said: "If one while praying between the Rukn and Maqam (near Ka’bah) and fasting, dies but with the hate of the family of Muhammad, he will enter the Fire. And he who abuses my Ahlul-Bayt is verily an apostate and is driven out of Islam. And he who inflicts pain on my progeny upon him is the curse of Allah. And he who hurts me by hurting my progeny has verily hurt/angered Allah. Certainly Allah has made Paradise forbidden to he who does injustice to my Ahlul-Bayt, or kills them, or assists against them, or abuses them."
Sunni reference: al-Sawa’iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, p357 who said this tradition is authentic.

Also:
The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever curses (or verbally abuses) ‘Ali, he has, in fact, cursed me, and whoever has cursed me, he has cursed Allah, and whoever has cursed Allah, then Allah will throw him into the Hell-fire."
Sunni reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v6, p33

Thus Muawiyah and his associates were, in fact, cursing the Prophet (S), and by cursing the Prophet, they were cursing Allah (SWT), and by cursing Allah, they shall enter the hellfire! By Allah, they will be asked to account for what they’ve said! That is a promise by Allah (SWT) which He shall not break!

Profanity & the auctioning of Khaak e Shifa - Sheikh Afzal Merali

Original link: from KSIMC of London, Friday Juma Program - 13th of Ramadhan 1443 - 15/03/2022

https://youtu.be/cCqnBJ7Oe1c

Ziyarat Jamia Kabira - recited by brother Murtada Qurish

Al-Zīyārah al-Jāmiʿa al-Kabīra is among the most important and most perfect ziyarah texts for the Infallible Imams (AS). This ziyarah was issued by Imam Ali Naqi al-Hadi (AS) to one of his companion upon his request. The content of this ziyarah text includes Shi'a beliefs on imamate, the positions of the Imams (AS), and Shi'a's duties about them. Al-Ziyarah al-Jami'a al-Kabira can be regarded as a course on knowing Imams (AS) composed in the form of eloquent and beautiful phrases. (source: wikishia)


زیارت جامعۂ کبیرہ ائمہ معصومینؑ کی اہم ترین اور کامل ترین زیارت ہے جس کے ذریعے دور یا نزدیک سے تمام ائمہ کی زیارت کی جا سکتی ہے۔
یہ زیارت نامہ شیعیان اہل بیتؑ کی درخواست پر امام ہادیؑ کی طرف سے صادر ہوا ہے۔ اس زیارت نامہ کے مضامین درحقیقت ائمہؑ کے بارے میں شیعہ عقائد، ائمہؑ کی منزلت اور ان کی نسبت ان کے پیروکاروں کے فرائض پر مشتمل ہے۔ یہ زیارت نامہ فصیح ترین اور دلنشین ترین عبارات کے ضمن میں امام شناسی کا ایک اعلی درسی نصاب فراہم کرتا ہے۔
جو زیارت نامہ کسی خاص امام کے لئے مختص نہ ہو اسے زيارت جامعہ کہا جاتا ہے اور چونکہ اس کا متن زیادہ مفصل ہے اس بنا پر یہ زیارت جامعہ کبیرہ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا ہے۔
زیارت جامعۂ کبیرہ ایک ایسی زیارت ہے جسے آپ کسی بھی امام کی دور یا نزدیک سے زیارت کرنے کیلئے پڑھ سکتے ہیں۔


الزيارة الجامعة الكبيرة - بصوت الرادود مرتضى قريش
Original video from Mk Production:
https://youtu.be/Jh6An0PRcBQ

Please click on CC for Urdu subtitles

In this short clip, Ayatollah Khamenai explains the special role of a Hey'at and cites the narration of our 6th beloved Imam, Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (AS) about holding the gatherings that promote the remembrance of Ahlulbayt (AS) .

[with English and Urdu subtitles]