Salamun alaykum
Ziyarate Arba’in : Making Imam Husayn our role model:
Bihamdillah, this week on 20th Safar we have now completed the observance of Arba’in- the forty days after occurrence of the tragic event of Ashura in Muharram.
During the period of mourning in the months of Muharram and Safar, a believer performs various deeds of Azadari of Chief of the martyrs Imam Husayn and his companions. We have sacrificed our time, efforts and resources to devotedly mourn over the martyrs of Karbala, for the sake of attaining nearness to Allah SWT.
One of the actions done on Arba’in is the recitation of Ziyarate Arba’in. The recitation of Ziyarate Arba’in is among the five signs of a mumin, as related by our eleventh Imam Hasan Al Askari.
In reciting this ziyarat, after re-iterating the lofty status of Imam Husayn, one re-asserts pledge of loyalty and obedience to holy Imam by stating:
“I bear witness that you are the Imam who is the upright, the pious, well pleased with Allah, the pure and the rightly guided.....I am a friend of whoever befriends him.....I am an enemy of whoever is his enemy ..…
I declare that I have full faith in you……. I am fully committed to the laws of my religion…… ”
The sincere recitation of the above words will set us into action to condition ourselves in leading our lives according to the laws of Islam. For Imam Husayn stated:”.... and for you, I shall be an examplar.”
Whilst Allah SWT is the Best Knower of our intentions, our Azadari is fruitful if it leads us to commit to upholding the values for which Imam Husayn and his noble companions achieved martyrdom.
May Allah SWT enable us to mould our living with Imam Husayn as our role Model.
A’dhamallahu ujurana wa ujurakum bi musaabina bil-Husayn alayhis salam (May Allah make great our reward and your reward, for our grief on Husayn a.s.)
Wa ma tawfiqi illa billah
Fazle Abbas Datoo
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