Safinah al-nejat
Volume:4 Issue: 13, Winte 2019

The month of Rajab: A month for preparation, a full month of Blessings When Rajab comes to the Muslims, it notes that the most blessed months of Sha’ban and Ramadan are near. Rajab is one of those sacred times, which Allāh has chosen and given a special status. Rajab is the month of (or seeking forgiveness) for my nation. Therefore, plead for God’s forgiveness often during this month, for Allah is All-Forgiving and All-Merciful.” Allāh says in Surah Tawbah:“Indeed, the number of months with God is twelve [lunar] months in the register of God [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the correct religion, so do not wrong yourselves during them. And fight against the disbelievers collectively as they fight against you collectively. And know that God is with the righteous [who fear Him]” (Quran 9:36). It is well known within our sacred scriptures that God has ordained some months to be more sacred than others. The Islamic tradition is filled with sacred times and sacred places. For example, the house of God is one of the most sacred places in the world. There also exist sacred times like the hours on Friday, in which supplications are said to be answered without condition. Apart from the birth dates of the holy Imams, Imam Muhammad Baqir, Imam Jawad(Peace Be Upon Them),a previous reference has been made to this day, which is celebrated by the Shia as the Day of the Divine Mission. “He is Who has sent among the unlettered ones a messenger of their own, to recite unto them His revelations and to make them grow, and to teach them the Scripture and wisdom, though they were indeed in error manifest.” (Qur’an 62:2) About the rewards of the rites that are practiced on the twenty-seventh night of Rajab, Imam al-Jawad (‘a) is reported to have said: There is a night in Rajab, which carries for people goodness that is more beneficial to them than whatever is exposed to sunlight. It is the twenty-seventh night in the morning of which the Holy Prophet’s Divine Mission started. Verily, one who does acts of worship on this night will have the same reward as one who has worshipped Almighty Allah for sixty years. Beside the Mab’ath feast, there is the birthday of Imam Ali(PBUH), the head of the rightful, on 13th of Rajab. It is a blessing for us to review a few of the divine verses in reference to Imam Ali, who is the soul of the Qur’an:And among men is he who sells himself to seek the pleasure of Allah; and Allah is affectionate to the servants. (2:207)  But whoever disputes with you in this matter after what has come to you of knowledge, then say: Come let us call our sons and your sons and our women and your women and our near people and your near people, then let us be earnest in prayer, and pray for the curse of Allah on the liars. (3:61) This day have those who disbelieve despaired of your religion, so fear them not, and fear Me. This day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favors on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion; but whoever is compelled by hunger, not inclining wilfully to sin, then surely Allah is forgiving, merciful.    (5:3) Only Allah is your Guardian and His Messenger and those who believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while they bow. (5:55) O Messenger! Deliver what has been revealed to you from your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His message, and Allah will protect you from the people; surely Allah will not guide the unbelieving people. (5:67) And those who disbelieve say: You are not a messenger. Say: Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and you and whoever has knowledge of the Book. (13:43) Once Imam Sadiq (PBUH) was asked by a person for a supplication to God for this month, he answered: “Make this supplication every day during Rajab, morning and evening, after the daily and nightly prayers:“O You from whom I expect every good, and seek safety from Your displeasure in the face of every evil! “O You Who give abundantly for that which is trivial! “O You Who grant to whomever requests You. “O You Who, out of Your compassion and mercy, give also to those who neither ask You nor know You, “Grant me, for my petition to You, all the good of the world and all the good of the Hereafter! Save me, through my petition to You, from all the evils of the world and the Hereafter, for what You grant is never deficient, and enhance me out of You grace, O All-Munificent!’ ” I take this opportunity to congratulate all the respected readers on the blessed days of Rajab, the holy mid- Sha’ban, the birthday of Imam Mahdi (may Allah accelerate his Re-appearance),and the coming Ramadan, the month of fasting and supplication. Hamid Farnagh

In this final part, it is shown that some of the terms in the holy Quran may be misleading if one does not acquire its correct interpretation from Ahl al-Bait (PBUT). These examples make clear that limiting our search space to the divine explanations delivered through Allah’s messenger and his appointed deputies are vital in finding the orthodox ad intended views of all religious issues including the subject at hand, i.e., the will of Allah, His guidance and misguidance, and the written fate.

The holy Prophet in a time where it is named as ignorance time due to the spread of superstations and unreasonable behaviors, was appointed to guide people far from human morality and ethics. By appointment of Prophet and his continuous efforts, his holiness could lead people from ignorance and hopelessness to light in the light of holy verses of Quran and his words and politeness through applying various methods of educating. Revelations of God, words and religious teachings, his thoughts and behaviors in Muslims meetings and congregations, moved a huge wave of guided and interested people.  To manage society,   even though the main criterion and law of peoples’ life was holy Quran, the holy Prophet was teacher and explainer of Ahkam and divine teachings. His holiness was considered as the source of muslims in solving intellectual and cultural issues and interest in following and practicing his words and sunnah was customary among muslims. Muslims listened to him, and chose his behavior as their role model. What is important in this regard is “ Were the narrations of the holy Prophet only used by contemporary Sahabeh of his time or was it a plan to transfer narrations to next generations – especially on behalf of the holy Prophet. Historical evidences declare the plan of Prophet which who had two different methods to keep narrations and to transfer them to next generations; the methods were “saving narrations and passing them to the next generations” and “ compiling and writing down narrations in order to next generations’ usage”

The epistemological and non-epistemological intrinsic limitations of men cause his unavoidable need to the role of religion and divine teaching. In this regard, we can divide men’s essential need into two groups of individual and social. Religion regarding individual need can play a significant role in answering his basic questions, giving the real meaning of life, guarantee moral actions, and explaining details of life Hereafter.  Concerning social needs, it especially plays an important role in explaining criterion of justice-based life and just rulership. In this regard, shortcoming of men’s logic to infer and organize the general universal rules which is based on justice highlights the role of divine teaching that some elites consider it as the philosophy of prophets’ Bechr('39')stat. On the other hand, the effective role of religion can play its role if its teaching be original, authentic, unerring, rooted in a real divine source; these features merely are present in Quran. The present article, after explanation of different types of men, by stressing on essential individual and social need of men, deals with the role of religion and divine teaching in answering these needs and Quran’s capability. the result part of the study shows that the intrinsic limitations of men is an obstacle to play the role of God by men. Therefore, the best solution to answer basic needs, realizing tendency to immortality and providing him true happiness is to attach God and follow His commands, which are in the form of divine teaching.

Everything has its own ethics. No matter it is a religuos, social or ethical behavour. The more significant the issue, the more observations are needed. To recite all holy books we should regard these moral codes as we are in fact talking to the Creator and Originator of the whole Universe.

the present article is to introduce one of the great ladies of the history of Islam: Omme Salame, the daughter of Abu Umayyad bin Moghayra bin Abdullah bin ‘Umar bin Makhzom, who was the sixth wife of the Holy Prophet (s).

There are numerous traditions concerning forgiveness and encouraging this great attribute which declare the utmost importance and high value of it. The infallible imams are a perfect and actual model of forgiveness. The aim of the present article is to study the status of forgiveness in the Islamic lifestyle. The method of study was descriptive and analytical. To this end, by taking notes from  books, the articles in the journals, the researches and studied carried out on the subject mentioned, the hadiths, and the traditions of the Imams (AS) regarding forgiveness  have been extracted and analyzed. In this study the concepts such as forgiveness, lifestyle, the borders of forgiveness, forgiveness in different religions, types of forgiveness, the importance of it and its types, the obstacles in front of it, and finally the influences of it are dealt with.