What to Do on the Greatest Eid of the Year The 27th of Rajab — Eid al-Mab’ath — is the day the Prophet Muhammad (s) received the first revelation in the Cave of Hira and was appointed as the Messenger of Allah. Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (as) described it as the greatest of the four Eids… Continue reading 27th Rajab Eid al-Mab’ath: A Complete Step-by-Step Amaal Guide
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13th Rajab Amaal: White Days & Imam Ali’s Birthday Worship Guide
The 13th: A Wiladat and the Beginning of Three Sacred Days The 13th of Rajab carries two distinct honours that together make it one of the most significant dates of the month. It is the Wiladat of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) — born inside the Ka’bah, the first Imam, the gate of the… Continue reading 13th Rajab Amaal: White Days & Imam Ali’s Birthday Worship Guide
10th Rajab Amaal: Night & Day Worship — Imam al-Jawad’s Birthday
The Night and Day of an Imam’s Birth The 10th of Rajab is the Wiladat of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (as) — the ninth Imam, born in Madinah in 195 AH, the youngest Imam to assume the Imamate, and the man whose title al-Jawad — the Generous — was earned through a lifetime of giving knowledge,… Continue reading 10th Rajab Amaal: Night & Day Worship — Imam al-Jawad’s Birthday
Amaal of the 25th Rajab: Fasting, Duas & Ziyarat on the Day of Imam al-Kazim’s Shahadat
Two Reasons to Mark This Day The 25th of Rajab carries a dual significance that makes it one of the most spiritually charged days of the month. It is the day of the Shahadat of Imam Musa al-Kazim (as) — the seventh Imam, martyred in Harun al-Rashid’s Baghdad prison — and it falls within Rajab… Continue reading Amaal of the 25th Rajab: Fasting, Duas & Ziyarat on the Day of Imam al-Kazim’s Shahadat
Rajab FAQ: Everything You Need to Know About This Sacred Month
About the Month of Rajab Why is Rajab called the “Month of Allah”? Rajab is one of the four sacred months that Allah distinguished in the Quran (Surah al-Tawbah, 9:36). Classical Islamic tradition, drawing on narrations from the Prophet (s) and the Ahlul Bayt (as), refers to it as Shahr Allah — the Month of… Continue reading Rajab FAQ: Everything You Need to Know About This Sacred Month
The Day Imam Hussain Left Madinah — and Why He Knew He Would Not Return
“A Person Like Me Will Never Give Bay’ah to a Person Like Yazid” The 28th of Rajab, 60 AH. The city of the Prophet (s) is still. Before dawn, a caravan begins to form — family members, companions, children, the women who will survive Karbala and carry its message to every city they are dragged… Continue reading The Day Imam Hussain Left Madinah — and Why He Knew He Would Not Return
Eid al-Mab’ath and Mi’raj: Descent, Ascent and the Two Movements of Divine Guidance
The Year the Prophet (s) Lost His Shield The 10th year of prophethood is known in Islamic history as Aam al-Huzn — the Year of Sorrows. Within its span, two of the people the Prophet Muhammad (s) had relied upon most completely left this world within weeks of each other: his wife Lady Khadijah al-Kubra… Continue reading Eid al-Mab’ath and Mi’raj: Descent, Ascent and the Two Movements of Divine Guidance
Hazrat Abu Talib (as): The Guardian of the Prophet
The Year the Prophet (s) Lost His Shield The 10th year of prophethood is known in Islamic history as Aam al-Huzn — the Year of Sorrows. Within its span, two of the people the Prophet Muhammad (s) had relied upon most completely left this world within weeks of each other: his wife Lady Khadijah al-Kubra… Continue reading Hazrat Abu Talib (as): The Guardian of the Prophet
Eid al-Mab’ath: The Day the Prophet Was Sent to Humanity
The Night That Changed Everything In the year 610 CE, in a cave on the mountain of Hira outside Makkah, a man who had been sitting alone in contemplation received a visitor he had not seen before. The visitor was Jibrail (as), the archangel of revelation, and his message was four words that would become… Continue reading Eid al-Mab’ath: The Day the Prophet Was Sent to Humanity
Imam Musa al-Kazim (as): Shahadat & Legacy
“I Thank Thee for the Opportunity to Worship” During the final years of his life, Imam Musa al-Kazim (as) spent his days in a series of Baghdad prisons on the orders of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid. The conditions were harsh and the isolation was deliberate. From within that confinement, the seventh Imam of the… Continue reading Imam Musa al-Kazim (as): Shahadat & Legacy