Fawa’id Nafi’ah 2

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Four: The Era of Hassan In the foregoing pages we briefly mentioned certain incidents which took place during the time of Sayyidina ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu. After the martyrdom of Sayyidina ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu in Ramadan 40 A.H., the Caliphate of Sayyidina Hassan radiya Llahu ‘anhu began. As we mentioned recently, the people of Kufah pledged allegiance to Sayyidina Hassan radiya […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Journey to the Afterlife   A dream After the reconciliation with Sayyidina Muawiyah radiya Llahu ‘anhu, Sayyidina Hassan radiya Llahu ‘anhu returned from Iraq and took up residence in Madinah Munawwarah. In the previous pages we had mentioned briefly some aspects relating to his life in Madinah Munawwarah; his ‘ibadah and services to Islam. Now we will briefly discuss his demise. Al […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Five: Hussain ibn ‘Ali al Murtada   Name and Lineage Hussain ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib ibn Hashim al Qurashi al Hashimi. His mother is Fatimah al Zahra bint Rasulillah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. His kunyah (agnomen) was Abu ‘Abdullah. His titles were Rayhanat al Nabi salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam (the sweet smelling flower of Rasulullah salla […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Battle of Karbala’ Yazid becomes Khalifah In the preceding pages we discussed the life of Sayyidina Hussain radiya Llahu ‘anhu when he was residing in Madinah Munawwarah. During the Caliphate of Sayyidina Muawiyah radiya Llahu ‘anhu, Sayyidina Hussain radiya Llahu ‘anhu mostly stayed in Madinah Munawwarah. Towards the end of Sayyidina Muawiyah’s radiya Llahu ‘anhu life, he was concerned about who will […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Mourning in Islam The command to adopt patience and the prohibition of wailing We have discussed this topic in detail in our book Sirat Sayyidina ‘Ali al Murtada [1]. Here we will just mention it briefly. The Islamic ruling is quite clear that at the time of difficulties a person should adopt patience and abstain from all types of complaints and despair. There […]