First Year - Num 0 - Rajab - Shaaban - Ramadan 2009 Lebanese Emigration Organization

I became greatly delighted upon reading the verses of Quraan and I rejoiced a lot till I became as if the eternal beam of truth has risen on me by his blessed light,

The English writer Becard

The qualities of ImamAL-Mahdi’s soldiers

Leading: Emigration, Why & How

His Heart is Enlightened by Islam

The texts stated from Ahlo-ALBeit(P.) assure on a collection of qualities that must be available in the personality of someone who deserves to be one of Imam AL-Mahdis’s fellows, and some of :these qualities are as follows First, Faith: which is the practical application of belief. The degree of faith is only obtained by being engaged to everything God has asked us to do, and.to avoid what He has forbiddened Imam AL-Reda(P.) says: Faith is what is trusted by the heart, uttered by the tongue, and practiced by the organs. So, feeling faithful by heart, or saying I’m faithful just by the tongue isn’t enough,.but they should be accompanied by work Faith, is always connected by belief and pure worship. Only for Gods sake, as Imam Ali(P.) declares : They’re men who sit up the night, their prayers sounds are like the bees, staying up the whole night,…finding no sleep Second, Knowledge and Education: there are countless sayings that include knowledge as a basic property of the leaders and their fellows. Imam Al Sadeq(P.) says “No benefit could be obtained of not”jurisprudent fellow On the other hand, education is a must for anyone who aims to be one of Imam Al Mahdi’s supporters, because he will not only reflect the true image of the true Muslim in his society, but the perfect image of.Imam Al-Mahdi (P.) as well In addition, he will have to announce Islam beside fighting enemies, and thus, this divinely granted knowledge demands persistence in worship, praying, and spiritual.values

Prophet Muhammad(P.) once said: ”Islam had started strange & it will return strange, blessed be the strangers.”The bond between man and his inner sense with remoteness is a firm one. He may be living at home and feels strange, and he may be living in foreign countries but still he feels confident & secure more than he does in his mother home…. still he feels inside himself with farness….Inspite of these confused feelings, the first emigrants carried the message of Islam with them, and the spiritual and moral values to the faraway countries all over the world. They transmitted them to the native citizens in a simple, fluid, easy, and attractive way.The Lebanese & muslims emigrants are living in the western and African societies, the same way as the western and African emigrants are living in other foreign countries, but the basic issue concerning both is that how does the emigrant by his essential values, adapt by himself, by his new society and by this environment, which he came to live in with his family?Islam has made us carry the responsibility of all humans, wether they’re muslims or not, and to make the responsibility as the aim of our presence. Islam has asked to work hard for their happiness and right guidance,”We’ve just sent you as mercy for humanity.”So, how should we preserve ourselves, our values, our spiritual education, and our generation at first?! Then, how should we emody the spiritual mercy for whole humanity without discrimination between religion, color, language, or race….?How should we emigrate….and how does our emigration become our message and a virtue? This is what should we embody in a true way, especial;;y in the holly month of Allah, the month of mercy and bless.

The commander of the faithful said:”learn Quraan for it has the best narration, gurisprud by it, it is the spring of the hearts, and treat by it’s enlightment, it is the cure of chests.”

Q 728: What is the ruling for those girls who have recently reached maturity and find it somewhat difficult to fast? Is nine years the age when girls become mature? A: The legal age of maturity for girls start at the completion of nine lunar years, hence it is obligatory for them to fast. It is not permissible to forsake fasting due to some excuse. However, if fasting becomes harmful for them or involves unbearable hardship, it is permissible to break the fast.

Q 740: I am addicted to smoking. No matter how much I try not to be irritable in the blessed month of Ramadan, I can not abstain from conduct that disrupts the peace of my family and puts me into a nervous state. What is my duty in this situation? A: It is obligatory for you to fast in the month of Ramadan and it is not permissible for you to smoke while fasting. Also, you should not treat others harshly without justification.

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Hadith of Enlightment

The Occasions of the season:

-Month of Rajab13-Rajab: The birth of the commander of the faithfuls (P)27-Rajab: The blessed prophetic delegation.-Month of Shaaban:3-Shaanam: The birth of Imam Hussein(P.)4-Shaaban: The birth of Abi Al-Fadel Al-Aabas.5-Shaaban: The birth of Imam Al-Sajjad(P.)15-Shaaban:The birth of Imam Mahdi(P.)-The Month of Ramadan15-Ramadan: The birth of Imam Hssan(P.)21-Ramadan: The martyrdom of the commander of faithfuls.23-Ramadan:The greatest night of Glory ”Laylat Al Qader”The last Friday of Ramadan:The global day of AL-Quds.

The Muslims in Madina comprised of the Ansár (original residents of Madina) and the Muhájirín (migrants from Makka). Once, the Ansár argued that they were superior to the Muhájirín. The Holy Prophet (S) heard their words and addressed them with disapproval of their pride. He reminded them that his presence amongst them was a great blessing for them. The Ansár were ashamed at their conduct, and said, ”O Prophet of Alláh, if you command us we will give you everything we own (in repayment).” At this time the following Áyah was revealed:Say (O Muhammad), ”I do not ask any recompense for it (my work as a messenger), except the love of my near relatives (Ahlul Bayt).”And whosoever earns good, We (Alláh) increase for him good therein.Verily, Alláh is Most Forgiving, Most Grateful. (ash-Shúrá, 42:23)When asked who his near relatives were, the Holy Prophet (S) replied that they were `Alí (A), Fátimah (A) and their two sons, Hasan (A) and Husein (A). Thus the love of the Ahlul Bayt (A) is the way a Muslim shows his gratitude to the Holy Prophet (S) for his teachings. To obey him is to obey Alláh as the Holy Qur’án says:Say (O Muhammad). ”If you love Alláh, then follow me, Alláh will love you and forgive you your sins.Verily, Alláh is Forgiving, Merciful. (Áli Imrán, 3:31)

Áyat ul Mawaddah

Once upon a time a king ordered his soldiers to bring any person from outside to eat with him, so they brought a good man. The king said: I invite you to my table.

The man said: I’m invited to a table which is better than yours, I’m fast.

The king asked him: Do you fast and it’s too hot? He answered: I fast for a day which is hotter than this, for the judgment day.

The king said: Fast tomorrowThe man said: Will you ensure that I will live till tomorrow?

First, The Fast Breaking: and it is desirable to delay it till after evening praying, unless if he is beaten by weakness or if some people are waiting for him.

Second: to Fast break on the legitmate food, free of suspicion,

especially date, then his praying reward will be multiplied four hundreds, and it’s recommended to breakfast with warm water.

Third, to pray on the fastbreak by saying the archedogical praying:

“In the name of Allah, God for your sake we fast, and on your sustenance we breakfast, so accept from us, you’re surely the listener and the full knowledgeable.”Fourth, to intone Surraht Al-Quader at the time of fastbreak.

Fifth: to pay alm at the fastbreak, and to feed fastbreak to the fasters,

even by a number of dates or a drink of water. The messenger of Allah said:” Any one feed fastbreak to any faster, he will get his reward without any decrease.” Sixth, to pray Allah with the inherited prayings from the messenger of Allah and his Ahlo Al Beit(P.).

Seventh: it is recommended to take a shower(Ghosol)in the odd nights of this holy month.

Decencies in dealing with Quraan

What’s recommended to be done in the Month of RamadanAStory and a moral

A Break with a Verse: “Ramadan is the month when Quraan was

descended.” In this and other verses, God joins Ramadan with the Holy Quraan, since in these virtuous days the miracle of God’s messenger (P.) descended to herald people with it’s verses and to guide them to the way of merits, That’s why the messengers companions take care a lot of the month of Ramadan, intone its verses, learn its rules, understand it, even the messenger

of Allah (P.) said:

“For everything there is a spring, and the spring of Quraan is the month of Ramadan.”

Thus, we should intensely work to get the most advantage of this blessed month, when the merits

are multiplied, as the honorable messenger(P.)

declared: “If one reads a verse of Quraan in this month, he will be rewarded as if he

has read all the Quraan in other month

Once a man said to Imam Al-Hassan(P.): ”If someone does charity for those who do not deserve it, it will be lose lessImam Al-Hassan(P.) said: ”Surely, it’s not like this, favor is like downpour, it reaches the devoted and the filthy.” If you follow the verses of Quraan, then you’ll find that at anytime God mentions faith he accompanies it with the mention of work, especially with the good ones. This is what Islam wants his sons to grow up on, on the faith that is not imprisoned in the hearts, but which springs to be done by organs, and determined by souls.Thus, the believers characterized by doing good, and he’s actually good, something which makes all his vision, tendency, what he hopes to be and aim, as good. This is the believer that narrations talked about his properties, since the messenger of God

says: ”The head of religion after thinking is showing affectation to people and doing charity to people, devoted or filthy ones.” Here we see that charity is limitless, it is as the sun that shines on all over the earth, as the rain that waters all the soils, and as the divine mercy that comprises all the people. And in another narration he says: ”Make charity to those who deserve or those who don’t, if it doesn’t reach who deserve it, then you do deserveit.” In fact, man does not only maintain or preserve in his earthly life and his after- life his good works of charity, so if one wants to increase his account that does not finish, he has to rash in doing Charity. Imam Ali(P.) says: ”Heaven has a door called favor, no one enters it unless he had made kindness in his earthly life” and this is called the great triumph.

Allah mentions in his book the prophet’s saying: ”And the messenger said O God, my people have deserted this Quraan.” This complain still persists till our day, because still a great troop of muslims deserted Quraan, and buried Quraan between the folds of forgetting, although this Quraan is the sign of life and means of safety. Quraan is the reason of victory, of motives, of elevation, and is full of programs for life. The Hadith says: ”Three do complain to the Holy Allah, one of them is the deserted Quraan.” We can be of those who didn’t desert Quraan through maintaining decencies in dealing with Quraan and they are: First, Reading Quraan & Listening to it’s Reading, Where the muslim’s vision is attached to it’s letters and it’s shining words as an entrance for the heavenly morals to enter his heart & mind. The reading of Quraan has it’s traces, beautiful ones in earthly life and other magnificent ones in the after life. The messenger of Allah said:

”Oh, Salman. You’ve to read Quraan, since it’s reading is a penance for sins, a veil from fire, and a secure from punishment”. If muslim couldn’t read Quraan, he must not avoid listening to it’s holy verses, since the messenger of Ahhal says:”If you miss Allah, listen to Allah’s words.” Second, Practice it’s Contents: The decencies of Quraan aren’t completely done according to what someone reads, understand, and ponder on, without practicing, so he applies it’s instructions, and avoids it’s prohibitions. In Imam Ali’s(P.) testament he says: Allah, Allah by Quraan, no one precedes you in applying it. Third: Understanding it’s meaning and to ponder on it verses. If we do not want our reading to be

just a repetition of words, but to combine between reading

and understanding the Quraan will be effective, an instructor, and a leader.

Imam Al Sadeq(P.) explains this verse:”They intone verses” by saying: They intone it and

understand it’s meanings.