Monthly Archives: May 2011

Nahiya Muqaddasa Supplication

Nahiya Muqaddasa Among the several prescribed Ziyarat of Imam Husain (PBUH), one was recited by Imam al-Mahdi (PBUH) and reached us through one of his four special deputies. For that reason, it is known as the Ziyarat that was issued from the sacred side (Ziyarat al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa). One of the most important features of this supplication is that in different …

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The Orphans’ Eve

The Orphans’ Eve Under this very sun All those tragic scenes of Ashura took place; Under this very moon Children of the martyrs wept for the loss of the previous night;

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Ruyha

Ruyha (Hani ibn Urwa al-Muradi’s wife) Mahallati writes: Ruyha was the wife of Hani ibn Urwa, the martyr of Kufa. Her son, yahya ibn Hani ibn Urwa was also martyred in the land of Karbala.

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The Caravan, Part 1

In Step with the Revolution of Ashura Ashura is not a day similar to ordinary days and not an event crept on a corner of the memory of history; Ashura is alive and it makes alive. It is a spring that passes across all places and times and satiates the thirsty followers of virtue and truth by limpid and life-giving …

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