Explaining Past Events

The first ten days of Muharram (Ashara Mubaraka) commemorate the unparalleled sacrifice and commitment that Imam Husain SA, the grandson of the prophet Mohammad SA, and his family and close companions numbering 72, demonstrated on the plains of Karbala. They died fighting against the oppression, the injustice, the fear, and the persecution perpetrated by the rulers of the time.

The first ten days of Muharram (Ashara Mubaraka) commemorate the unparalleled sacrifice and commitment that Imam Husain AS, the grandson of the prophet Mohammad SA, and his family and close companions (numbering 72), demonstrated on the plains of Karbala, Iraq. They died fighting against the oppression, the injustice, the fear, and the persecution perpetrated by the rulers of the time.

This past week we celebrated the most auspicious Eid of Ghadeer-e-Khum, the day of Misaq (yawm al-‘ahd al-Ma’hud) and the day in which Rasulullah SA appointed Amirul-Mumineen SA as his wasiyy and successor with the timeless phrase, man kuntu maulahu fa haza ‘Aliyyun maulahu (Whomsoever I am the maula of, Ali is his Maula). The significance and application of this phrase is timeless.

In the beginning of the 10th century, the 27th Dai al-Mutlaq, Syedna Daud, traveled to the Mughal Court in Lahore, and later to Kashmir, to testify following the false claim of Sulayman to the Daiship

The 52nd issue of Sijill was released on the Milad of the 52nd Dai Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA. It is a most happy coincidence that the 53rd issue is released as we celebrate the Milad of the 53rd Dai, our beloved Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin TUS.

By the grace of Allah Ta’ala, the nazaraat of his Waliyy Imam-uz-zaman SA, and the doa Mubarak of Aqamola Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin TUS, today is the 52nd edition of Sijill. It is this weekly newsletter’s first one-year anniversary.

On 4th of Rabiul Aakhar 524H, the 21st Imam, Imam Tayyib Abul Qasim SA was born. The 20th Imam, Imam Aamir sent the good tidings (bishaarat/bushra) of the birth of his noble son to his Hujjat Maultuna Hurratul Malika in Yemen

On the 12th of Rabiul Awwal we celebrate the Milad of our Peghambar, the leader of all Anbiyaa’s and Prophets, Muhammad Rasulullah SA. In the span of 23 years, Rasulullah achieved the impossible task of establishing the norms and stipulations of Shari’at, while also establishing the Islamic polity

We always remember the calamity of Aashura. There is no grief like it. There is no sorrow like it. It was such a tragedy that Syedna Taher Saifuddin RA said, “toolaz zamaane bukaai” (I will grieve the tragedy of Imam Husain SA throughout my life).

On the solemn occasion of Imam Husain SA Chehlum, we present a paper on the Khutba (oration) delivered by Maulatuna Zainab AS in the court of the Umyyad caliph Yazeed