The Role of the Ahl al-Bayt in Building the Virtuous Community Volume ٨

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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Prelude
General Methodology
Note
Chapter 1: Timed Acts Of Worship
Prelude
Daily Devotional Acts
Daily Prayers, Supererogatory Prayers and Details
More Privileges
Post-Prayer Litanies
Recitation of the Holy Qur'an
The Best Times of Worship in a Day
Voluntary Prayers and Prayer of Inadvertence
Notes
Weekly Acts of Worship
Fridays and Thursday Nights
Supplications of the Days of the Week
Prayers of the Days of the Week
Notes
Monthly Acts of Worship
Prayer on the First Day of the Month
Three-Day Fasting Each Month
Notes
Yearly Acts of Worship
Special Days and Nights
Three Blessed Months
Hajj and the First Ten Days of Dhu’l-Hijjah
The Three Blessed Months
The Month of Rajab
Merits of Rajab
Rites of Rajab
Supplications
Formulas of Ziyarah
Litanies
Recitation of the Holy Qur'an
Multiform Prayers
Acts of the First Night and Day of Rajab
Salat al-Ragha'ib (Prayer of Desires)
Prayer on the Bright (Moonlit) Nights of Rajab, Sha’ban, and Ramadhan
Rites of the Night of Mid-Rajab
Rites of the Twenty-Seventh Night and Day of Rajab
The Month of Sha’ban
Merits of Sha’ban
Rites of Sha’ban
Fasting
Litanies
Almsgiving
Invocations of Blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household
Supplications and Whispered Prayers (Munajat)
First: The first night and day of Sha’ban
Second: Thursdays of Sha’ban
Third: The Third of Sha’ban
Fourth: The mid-Sha’ban Night
Fifth: The Last Days and the Last Night of Sha’ban
The Month Of Ramadhan
Merits of Ramadhan
Rites of Ramadhan
First Part: The Common Devotional Acts of Ramadhan
Devotional Acts Common to the Nights and Days
Supplications after each obligatory prayer or at all times
Recitation of the Holy Qur'an
Litanies
Prayers
Devotional Acts Common to the Nights of Ramadhan
Breaking the Fast
Almsgiving
Recitation of the Holy Qur'an
Supplications
Prayers
Devotional Acts Common to Early Dawn
Having the Early Dawn Meal (Suhur)
Supplications and Whispered Prayers
Devotional Acts Common to Daytime
Supplication
Litanies and Doxologies
Invocations of Blessings
Second Part: Devotional Acts Dedicated to Certain Nights and Days
The Devotional Acts on Certain Days of Ramadhan
Devotional Acts on the First Night and Day
Watching the New Moon
Ritual Bathing
Visiting Imam Husayn (‘a)
Supererogatory Prayers
Supplications
Devotional Acts on the Bright Nights of Ramadhan
Rites of the Nights of Qadr
Devotional Acts of the Last Ten Nights of Ramadhan
Particular Acts of Days and Nights
Hajj and the First Ten Days of Dhu’l-Hijjah
Categories of the Ritual Hajj
Distinctive Features of Hajj
Characteristics of the Ahl al-Bayt’s View of Hajj
Great Interest
Comprehensiveness of the Devotional Content of Hajj
Visiting the Holy Prophet (S), the Holy Imams (‘a), and Places of Worship
Notes
Identifying the General Political Attitude
Meeting the Imam and the Leadership of the Muslim Community
Hajj: Jihad of the Weak
The Course of the Devotional Acts During The Hajj Season
The Devotional Acts Attached to the Rites of Hajj
The Devotional Acts On The Day Of ‘Arafāt
Rites on the Night before the Day of ‘Arafat
Supplications
Litanies
Visiting Imam Husayn (‘a)
Rites on the Day of ‘Arafat
Ritual Bathing
Prayers
Fasting
Litanies
Supplications
Personal Supplications
The Devotional Acts On The First Ten Days Of Dhu’l-Hijjah
Fasting
Prayers
Supplications
Litanies
The Devotional Acts On The Tashriq Days
Offering an Animal in Sacrifice
Litany
Notes
Chapter Two: Untimed Acts Of Worship
Prelude
Prayer
The Untimed Recommended Prayers
Voluntary Prayers
Prayers of the Holy Infallibles (‘a)
The Holy Prophet’s Prayer (S)
Imam ‘Ali’s Prayer
Lady Fatimah al-Zahra'‘s Prayer
Ja’far al-Tayyar’s Prayer
Prayers for Granting of Needs
Other Prayers for Granting Specific Needs
Istikharah and Its Prayer
Dedicated Prayers
The Burial Night Prayer
Prayers for the Parents
Notes
Fasting
Obligatory Fasting
Forbidden Fasting
Recommended Fasting
Notes
Supplication
Motives for Responding to Supplications
More Motives
The Best Times for Supplicating
Places of Supplicating
Conditions of Supplicating
When Supplications are Rejected
Special Directions
Imprecation of Punishment on the Enemies
Invoking Allah’s Curse upon a Lying Party (Mubahalah)
Showing the Points of Error in Supplications
Spontaneous Supplications are the Best Supplications
Objectives of Supplicating
Reported Formulas of Supplications
Notes
Dhikr
Categories Of Dhikr
Dhikr in its private meaning
1. Basmalah
Basmalah: the Motto of the Virtuous Community
2. Isti’adhah
3. Tahlil
4. Tahmid
5. Tasbih
6. Takbir
7. Hawqalah
8. Mashi'ah
Istighfar
The Limit of Asking for Forgiveness
Hastening to Implore for Forgiveness
Invocations Of Blessings
Gains of Invocations of Blessings upon the Prophet and his Household
Circumstances of Invocations of Blessings
Conclusion
Times and Situations of Dhikr
Recommended situations for dhikr
Objectives Of Dhikr
Spiritual Effects
Material Effects
Notes
Jihad
Significance and Merit of Jihad
Categories of Jihad
Laws Appertaining to Jihad
Circumstances for Jihad
Ribat (Taking up Positions on the Borders)
Conclusion
Notes
Epilogue

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