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26
Aug

Leader of all Martyrs Husain Ibne Ali (A.S.): Birth, Family and Titles

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Ali(A.S.), Fatimah Zehra(S.A.), General Knowledge, Hasan(A.S.), History, Husain(A.S), Martyrs Of Karbala(A.S.), Muhammad(S.A.W.W.), Religious, Zain-ul-Abideen(A.S.)

On the 3rd day of Sha’ban, the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.) came to his daughter Fatimah’s (S.A.) house. He was greeted with the news: “O Prophet of Allah! Greetings and salutation, you have another grandson!” Courtesy: Syed Awn Husain Rizvi Asma, the maidservant of Hazrat Fatimah Zehra (S.A.), covered the child in a white cloth and brought him to [...]
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18
Aug

Lady Zainab Binte Ali (S.A.) - A Very, Very Short Article

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Ali(A.S.), Captives of Karbala(A.S.), Enemies of the Ahle Bayt (A.S.), Fatimah Zehra(S.A.), General Knowledge, Hasan(A.S.), History, Husain(A.S), Martyrs Of Karbala(A.S.), Muhammad(S.A.W.W.), Religious, Women, Zain-ul-Abideen(A.S.)

The 1st of Sha’ban marks the date of birth of Lady Zainab (S.A.), elder daughter of Hazrat Ali (A.S.) and Lady Fatimah (S.A.), and eldest granddaughter of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.). She is the sister of Imam Hasan (A.S.) and Imam Husain (A.S.). Her younger sister is Lady Umm-e-Kulsoom (S.A.). Courtesy: Syed Awn [...]
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6
Aug

The Month in which Allah decorated Karbala: Sha’ban-ul-Muazzam!

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Ali(A.S.), Captives of Karbala(A.S.), Facts, Fatimah Zehra(S.A.), General Knowledge, Hasan(A.S.), History, Husain(A.S), Imam-e-Zamana(A.S.), Martyrs Of Karbala(A.S.), Muhammad(S.A.W.W.), Religious

The month of Rajab has passed us by and the month of Sha’ban is upon us. Most of us recognize the importance of this month as the one in which Imam Husain (A.S.) and Imam Mehdi (A.S.) were born. But that’s not all. The month of Sha’ban is associated with the births of other important personalities [...]
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6
Aug

Wordpress 2.6 Upgrade Blues…

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Computers/Technology, General Knowledge, Internet, Me, Web Development

I have been having spam attacks recently that corrupted my rss feeds and rendered them useless for feed aggregators. I tried to solve this problem by reuploading all admin and include files but the spam attacks continued (too lazy to play with .htaccess for so many files). It was then that I decided to upgrade [...]
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4
Aug

Leaving the Prophet’s (S.A.W.W.) Madinah

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Captives of Karbala(A.S.), Enemies of the Ahle Bayt (A.S.), Facts, General Knowledge, Hasan(A.S.), History, Husain(A.S), Martyrs Of Karbala(A.S.), Muhammad(S.A.W.W.), Political, Reflections, Religious, World, Zain-ul-Abideen(A.S.)

تیرے شہر سے جاتے ہیں، دے ہم کو دعا نانا آباد  کریں گے ہم ، ہائے اب  کرب و بلا  نانا The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.) was sitting with his young grandson, Husain (A.S.), and granddaughter, Zainab (S.A.), sitting in front of him. Suddenly, tears started streaming down his face. Husain (A.S.) asked him, “Grandfather, why are you [...]
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3
Aug

Why Imam Musa-e-Kazim (A.S.) was named “Musa”…

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Amazing, General Knowledge, History, Jafar-e-Sadiq(A.S.), Muhammad(S.A.W.W.), Musa Kazim(A.S.), Religious

During the time of Prophet Musa (A.S.) [Moses], the practice of Magic was at its peak. Everyone is familiar with the atrocities committed by the Pharaoh of that time on his people, specially the followers of Musa (A.S.). The Pharaoh called the greatest of magicians of that time to confront Musa (A.S.). Musa’s (A.S.) brother, Harun [...]
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30
Jul

Martyrdom of Imam Musa-e-Kazim (A.S.)

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Ali Raza(A.S.), Ali(A.S.), Fatimah Zehra(S.A.), General Knowledge, History, Husain(A.S), Jafar-e-Sadiq(A.S.), Muhammad Baqar(A.S.), Muhammad Taqi(A.S.), Muhammad(S.A.W.W.), Musa Kazim(A.S.), Religious, Zain-ul-Abideen(A.S.)

The 25th of Rajab marks the day of martyrdom of Imam Musa-e-Kazim (A.S.), the seventh Imam in the Progeny of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.). He was the son of Imam Ja’far-e-Sadiq (A.S.) and Lady Hameedah Khatoon (S.A.). He was born on the 7th of Safar, 128 AH in Abwa between Makkah and Madinah. Courtesy: [...]
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23
Jul

URGENT ALERT: Brasstacks Website Closed Down By US Govt!

   Posted by: SAWJ   in General Knowledge, Pakistan, Political, Reflections, World

Dear all, Assalam alaikum. Alhamdolillah and shukar in all tests and trials. I have just been informed by our webmaster that US government has forced the site hosting server to close down our site and now www.brasstacks.pk is no more available for the time being. We had taken some space on a third party server in US [...]
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20
Jul

Preaching Islam: Dinner for the Relatives

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Ali(A.S.), Ali(A.S.) - Life, General Knowledge, History, Muhammad(S.A.W.W.), Reflections, Religious

Ten years after the birth of Ali (A.S.), the Prophet (S.A.W.W.) was ordered to reveal his Prophethood. All sects of Islam are in agreement on the fact that Ali (A.S.) was the first to testify to the Prophethood, followed by Lady Khadijah (S.A.). For three years, the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W.) was preaching Islam under absolute secrecy, [...]
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19
Jul

The Arrival of Jibraeel, and Ali

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Ali(A.S.), Ali(A.S.) - Life, General Knowledge, History, Muhammad(S.A.W.W.), Religious

Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.) used to climb the mountain to the cave of Hira where he used to pray for days at a time. Ali (A.S.) was always there with him in the prayers. When the angel Jibraeel (A.S.) came to the Prophet (S.A.W.W.) and delivered Allah’s message to start the preaching of Islam, Ali (A.S.) was [...]
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