The Role of the Ahl al-Bayt in Building the Virtuous Community Volume ٧

The Role of the Ahl al-Bayt in Building the Virtuous Community Author: Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Al-Hakim
Translator: Badr Shahin
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
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Preface
Significance of Rituals
The Role of Acts of Worship
Distinctive Features of Worship in Islam
All-inclusiveness
Transcendentality
Physical Awareness
Social Aspect
The Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) and Public Rituals
Prophetic Tradition and Sectarian Rituals
Notes
Prelude
Notes
Chapter 1: Rituals of The Ahl Al-Bayt
Ceremonies of commemorating Imam al-Husayn’s Martyrdom
1. The First Ten Days of Muharram
2. The Months of Muharram and Safar
3. Weekly Sessions
4. Sessions in the Month of Ramadhan
5. Private Occasions
Commemorating The Anniversaries Of The Holy Infallibles
Commemorating the deaths and martyrdoms of the Holy Infallibles (‘a)
Celebrating the Birthdays and Glad Occasions of the Holy Infallibles (‘a)
Visiting The Tombs And Shrines Of The Holy Infallibles
Legitimacy of visiting the graves
The Cultural Content of Visiting the Tombs
Pilgrimage to the Tombs of the Holy Prophet (S) and the Holy Imams (‘a) Buried in al-Baqi’ Cemetery
Visiting Imam al-Husayn’s tomb
Visiting the Tomb of Imam ‘Ali (‘a)
General And Timed Visitations Of Imam ‘Ali’s Tomb
General Visits
Timed Visitations
Visiting the Holy Imams (‘a)
Epilogue
Visiting Saints and the Imams’ (‘a) Descendants
Common Times of Ziyarah
Comprehensive Formulas of Ziyarah
Notes
Chapter 2: The General Rituals Of Islam Rituals Of Specific Days And Nights
Rituals Of Specific Days And Nights
The Ahl al-Bayt’s Method Concerning the Rituals of Particular Days and Nights
The Night Of Qadr
The Date of the Night of Qadr
Devotional Acts on the Night of Qadr
Id Al- Fitr and Id al-Adha
Thursday Nights and Fridays
The Four Eves
The Night Before ‘Id al-Fitr
The Night Before ‘Id al-Adhha
The Eve of the 1st of Rajab
The Eve of the 15th of Sha’ban
The Four Blessed Days
The Day of Divine Mission
The Holy Prophet’s Birthday
The Day of Ghadir
The Day of Spreading the Earth
The Day Of ‘Ashura’
The Umayyads and ‘Ashura'
Other Specific Days
Day of Mubahalah: Invoking Allah’s Curse upon the Lying Party
The Twenty-Fifth of Dhu’l-Hijjah
The Day of ‘Arafat; the Ninth of Dhu’l-Hijjah
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 3: Mosques And Holy Places
The Ahl al-Bayt’s View about Holy Places
Rules of Mosques
Mosques and Holy Places
The Role of Mosque
The Ahl al-Bayt’s View about Holy Places
Laws Of Mosques
The Holy House, the Sacred Mosque and Makkah
Other Holy Sites in the Prophet’s Mosque
Other Mosques in al-Madinah
Al-Kufah And Its Mosques
The Great Mosque of Kufah
Imam ‘Ali’s Tomb and Wadi al-Salam
Sahlah Mosque
Imam Al-Husayn’s Sanctuary
Imam al-Husayn’s Soil
Response of Prayers under his Dome
Optionality of Performing the Prayers in Complete or Shortened Form
Other Mosques and Holy Places
Jerusalem and the Furthest Mosque
The Khif Mosque
Buratha Mosque
Imam al-Ridha’s Holy Shrine
Qum: the Tomb of Lady Fatimah the Daughter of Imam al-Kazim (‘a)
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