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Alam Al Huda

Introduction: Why We Perform Ziyarat of the Ahle Bait (a.s.)

The blessed journeys undertaken to the holy lands which are adorned with the shrines and tombs of the purified Ahle Bait (a.s.) are indeed a Divine Grace from the side of Allah, the Almighty.

These blessed journeys are an opportunity to gain proximity to Allah, the Almighty, to gain proximity to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and his holy household (a.s.) and to the master of our times, Hazrat Hujjat ibn al-Hasan al-Askari (a.t.f.s.).

These blessed journeys are an opportunity for us to confess our love to the purified Ahle Bait (a.s.), to lament and cry over their sufferings, to offer our condolences to them (a.s.) and to get acquainted with their great merits and virtues, to adorn ourselves with their remembrance, to purify ourselves through salutations upon them, to elevate ourselves by mentioning their merits and submitting to them.

As much as these blessed journeys are desired and liked by Allah, His Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and the purified household of His Prophet (a.s.) it is disliked and abhorred by Shaitan, and he will try his level best to prevent the pilgrims from making best use of their time in these blessed journeys or to gain maximum spiritual benefit from the visitation.

We have compiled few traditions and teachings of the holy Ahle Bait (a.s.) in this booklet, to help us understand the significance and importance of these blessed visitations and the manner in which we can attract maximum benefit from these journeys for our Hereafter, to gain proximity to the Imam of Time (a.t.f.s.), to gain proximity to Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a) and his purified progeny (a.s.) and thereby gain proximity and nearness of Allah, the Almighty.

In the light of traditions of the holy Ahle Bait (a.s.), we have attempted in this book to cover certain topics that will help us in achieving our aim and using the Divine blessing of Visitation of the holy Ahle Bait (a.s.) in the best possible manner.

Topics Covered in the book are:

  • Imam-e-Zaman (a.t.f.s.) – The Focal Point in our Journeys of Visitation.

  • Significance of Visitation of Ahle Bait (a.s.)

  • Generosity of Ahle Bait (a.s.)

  • Objections Related to Visitation

  • Checklists to help us during our Visitation

  • Recommendations from Imame Zaman (a.t.f.s.)

Our masters, the purified and holy Ahle Bait (a.s.) are generous ones from the progeny of the most generous.

Generosity, nobility, forgiving, and bestowing is their habit. Countless individuals have benefited from their generosity in their lifetime and after their passing away from their blessed shrines and through their grace.

In the third part of this booklet, we have attempted to compile few instances of their generosity and nobility, so that when we are bestowed the Divine Grace of their visitation we beseech them in these holy shrines through these incidents, humble ourselves before them and request the generous ones to be generous and kind with us and to glance at us with a merciful glance.

We dedicate this book to Ummul Aimmah, Janabe Zahra (s.a.), and beseech her to cast her merciful glance on us in this world so that we are bestowed with the good fortune to serve her holy household (a.s.) and the master of our time, Imame Zaman (a.t.f.s.) in the best possible manner and to intercede for us in the Hereafter so that we become eligible for Divine Mercy.

We pray to Allah, the Almighty and His Last Proof, Hazrat Imame Zaman (a.t.f.s.) to grant us the good fortune of the blessed visitation of the generous household of the Prophet (a.s.) again and again in this world and to pardon us through their intercession in the Hereafter.