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15 - 04 -2010 C.E. / 26 - 01 -1389 Iranian / 01 - 05 - 1431 A.H. (Husainiyah)

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

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That which was said (about me) … However, I am not but faults and shortcomings.

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We haven't done anything,

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Nevertheless, you should either thank your fathers or your mothers,

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or you must have had a good past record to your credit that allowed you to attain this opportunity (an opportunity to service Hazrat Zahra (A.S.).

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In between the words (of the earlier speaker) it was said:

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"They (the present group) are the castellans and servants of Hazrat Zahra (A.S.)",

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these are awe-inspiring words.

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Qutb-ud-din Rawandi, a great scholar, jurist and one of the earliest narrators of Hadith,

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has narrated this following tradition:

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"After the martyrdom of Hazrat Zahra (A.S.), Um-e-Ayman swore

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to forsake Medina and went off to live in the wilderness".

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What was the (matter)? What happened? Who was (Hazrat Zahra)?

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She (Um-e-Ayman) knew (the answers to these questions). She said, "I swear" and pledged to forsake Medina.

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(She) went off into the desert. There, in the Arabian wilderness, she was struck by thirst, (to the point) that it threatened her life.

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She said just one sentence. She said:

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"O' Lord, I am the servant of Fatima (A.S.)".

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The moment she uttered this sentence: "I am dying of thirst!",

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a bucket full of nectar flowed down from the heavens, from which she drank her full.

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This is very important, the explanation of these words is long-drawn out.

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She drank such a nectar, that after drinking it her body no longer needed any food or drink for another seven years.

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What does this mean?

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She said but one word: "I am the servant of Fatima (A.S.)",

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service, when truly acknowledged, is such.

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Her words were answer by this rapturous delight.

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Where was that water from? No one knows.

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It changed the very constitution of her material body (and) It neutralized all natural prinicples.

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Service to her (Hazrat Zahra) is an elixir that transforms all base metals (into gold).

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A name is a sign given to the holder of that name.

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Our names are worldly ones.

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Some names are heavenly,

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however that which astonishes all minds is this:

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"For Fatima (A.S.) there are nine names",

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but these nine names are neither worldly, nor heavenly.

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A person whose name is such, (one wonders) what must she herself be?

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What are these names?

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There is no position imaginable, higher than the position of divine proximity.

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Proximity to the All-Exalted, All-Powerful One.

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There is no heaven above that.

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The celestial throne, the seat of divine power, the tablet and the pen of destiny, all pale in significance.

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(This is) the position of divine proximity.

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The tradition is this: "Fatima bears nine names (granted to her) from (the position) of God's proximity".

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If her names are from (the position of) God's proximity, then what must she herself be?

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Sheikh-ul-Mohaditheen Sadooq narrates that Jabir asked this question of the sixth imam:

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"Why was Fatima Zahra (A.S.) named Zahra?"

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Why was Fatima linked to the word Zahra?

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We have Hadeeth, and we have the Fiqh of Hadeeth. We have traditions, and we have the contextual study of these traditions.

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The tradition itself is one discussion, its contextual study is a completely different discussion.

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Hadith is one discussion, whereas the fiqh of hadeeth is a completely different discussion.

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The indications, subtleties and realities that exist within the words of the Ahl-e-Bait (A.S.) 

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are not understandable for everyone.

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It was asked: Why was she named Zahra? The answer lies within this tradition. 

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I will summarize this answer - a complete explanation would require a book -

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It is said: The secret behind the title "Zahra"…

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The Imam's statement with regards to the title "Zahra" is something to this effect

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(She) was created from the luminance of God's glory, … from the luminance of glory.

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The source of the said radiance is this:

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When God created her from the luminance of His glory,

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her radiance illuminated the heavens and the earth.

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(Her) inner self is such an inner self. (Her) soul and essence is from the luminance of glory.

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and then it radiates…

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The parameter of this radiance… - and this is truly strange -

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The parameter of the sun's radiance, with all its greatness, is no larger than the solar system.

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Each one of these suns has a defined parameter of radiance.

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But what a sun she was, 

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the parameter of her radiance showered down light upon all the heavens and the earths.

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Angels, about whom Amir-ul-Momineen (A.S.) says:

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"From amongst the angels, whom You granted residence within your heavens,

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and raised them up from Your earth,

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they are the most knowledgable of Your creations with regards to You",

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When the radiance (in question revealed itself), even such great angels fell down in prostration.

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They said: O' God, what is this radiance?

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The answer was astonishing.

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This radiance is such that "I created it from My Glory".

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This was the source of her creation.

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After this, He said, "I send forth this radiance" by way of a prophet from amongst my prophets. (A prophet) whom

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I have raised up, in excellence, above all other prophets.

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The source of her creation is the luminance of His glory,

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then (after being created) she attains the position of proximity to the All-Exalted and All-Powerful.

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After being sent down into the temporal world, the vessel that houses her existance is the body of the most excellent of God's prophet (P.B.U.H.).

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All these facets hold within themselves precise intricacies.

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The vessel of her existance must be the body of the most excellent of God's prophet (P.B.U.H.),

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any other thing would simply be impossible.

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(And) who, then, is her equal?

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(He) who, if it were not for him, Adam and the rest of humanity would have failed in providing her with a match.

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That which is important lies in this statement:

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"This is a radiance that I shall place within his (the Prophet's) body,

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and from it I shall create all of My vicegerents.

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Vicegerents who, after the end of My revelations,

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shall each be God's deputy within the realm of possibility.

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The Hasani forebearance, the Husayni bravery,

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the Sajadi worship, the Baqiri achievements,

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the Jafari grand-works, the Kazimi sciences,

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the Razavi irrefutable arguments, the Taqawi generosity,

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the Naqawi purity, the Askari awe,

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the divine occultation, these are all derivations of this radiance.

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This is the secret that has made Fatima into  Zahra.

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This jewel was such a jewel, it could not have been named otherwise.

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One word suffices the listener who comprehends. That word is this:

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Who was Amir-ul-Momineen (A.S.)? Who was Ali ibn Abitalib (A.S.)?

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(Ali ibn Abitalib) was he about whom Jibraeel cried out, in between the heavens and the earth, saying:

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"There is no young and energetic man except Ali"

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One strike by his hand…,

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One strike, about which there exists a consensus in amongst all knowledgable people,

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One strike by his sword is "greater than the worship of all of creation".

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This was the man who, during the night of migration, slept in the Prophet's bed and left the heavens in astonishment.

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"And among men is he who sells himself to seek the pleasure of Allah" (Al-Baqara:207)

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In the battle of Uhad, he acted in a manner that amazed all the divine prophets and messengers.

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He body had become littered with holes and wounds (during this battle).

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Whenever they tried to put heal one of his wounds, they would place a wick on one end,

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and it would slip out from the other.

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The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) wept profusely, but he smiled and said:

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"O' Prophet of God, have I pleased God?"

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Such a man stands next to her body and says: "May Ali have died (before witnessing this event)"

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My soul made to endure Zahra's separation, is imprisoned

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I wish my wailing would release it from its imprisonment.

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He understood what a jewel she was.

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How she lived? How she left this worldly abode?

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Truly, the mind is flabbergasted.

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This is the matter (in question)… ,

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pay great attention to it, (so that you) comprehend what a position you have been granted.

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Act in a way that your name is not crossed out (of this hallowed list).

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The great scholars have all narrated this matter:

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The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) entered (Fatima's house), and say the state of his daughter's life,

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the mantle she wore was made of camel's fur,

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with one hand she worked the hand mill,

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with at the same time she suckled (her infant son) Syed-us-Shohada (A.S.). 

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The moment the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) say this sight, "his eyes became inundated with tears".

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The Seal (of the prophets) is the very heart of the universe.

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When his emotional state changes (and he experiences sorrow), the heavens and the earth also change with him.

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What situation did he witness that his eyes became full of tears?

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When (Hazrat Fatima) say the tears in her father's eyes,

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she said a sentence that not only astonishes me and you, but even Jibraeel himself.

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Her reaction in front of the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) was this:

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"O' Prophet of God - All praise be to Allah for His bounties,

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and All thanks be to Allah for His blessings".

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Bounties on one side, blessings on the other. Praise for one, and thanks for the other.

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(Then) Jibraeel descended and said: "O' Prophet of God, God says:

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"And soon will your Lord give you so that you shall be well pleased" (Ad-Dhuhaa:05)

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This is when this verse was revealed.

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In summary, "we shall give you so much that you shall become well-pleased"

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What shall He give henceforth? Its beyond mention.

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When the start was this, what shall the end be?

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The end is this - just one sentence suffices -

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The first person to set foot open the realm of God's proximity is Fatima Zahra (A.S.)

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She is the first, preceeding even the Seal of the prophets (P.B.U.H.) in this matter.

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First she shall enter (into that realm), and only then shall her father enter therein.

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This matter astonishes the mind of every thinker.

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It is important that this matter is narrated not only by the shi'a but by all muslim scholars.

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"The first to enter paradise is Fatima (A.S.)"

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(and) what will happen then?

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(Everyone) who enters (paradise) so as to reside therein.

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"Adam and all the other prophets shall visit her as pilgrims".

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The first program with paradise is this: 124 thousand prophets shall come to visit her as pilgrims.

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Now, how did such a person spend the days of her life?

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How did she bade farewell to this world? What is our responsibility?

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Your reward is with her.

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How did God reward the servant of this woman (while she was dying of thrist) trapped in that desolate wilderness?

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Is it possible that your service be forgotten within His court?

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Act is a way so that tomorrow you are not struck by regret.

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If one lamentation group fails to come out onto the streets on the third (of Jamadi-uth-Thani),

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 the remorse they will face will be irreparable.

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(That remorse shall be this) that I could have

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helped in healing the wounds of Zainab-e-Kubra, by I failed to do so!

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By way of beating my chest and crying out "Ya Zahra", I could have given my condolences to the Master of the Age (A.S.) but I did not !

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Do not lose this opportunity !

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Be careful ! Not even one lamentation group within this country should be left behind.

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"And warn them of the day of intense regret, when the matter shall have been decided" (Maryam:39)

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We said this so that tomorrow no one complains.

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Do you know what effect these lamentation groups create? 

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Lamentation groups that come out onto the streets, beating their chests and heads, all this is not recorded in one register.

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It is recorded in God's own register,

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First in His book, in His protected tablet, because (all this effort) was for the sake of His blessed servant Fatima Zahra.

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Second, (it is recorded) in the register of the Seal of the prophets (P.B.U.H.),

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(this is) because all (your) lamentation becomes an ointment that heals the wounded heart of the Seal of the prophets (P.B.U.H.).

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"Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives" (Ash-Shura:23)

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(Then) it is recorded in the register of Amir-ul-Momineen (A.S.),

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(and) in the register of Hasan ibn Ali (A.S.),

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(and) in the register of Shaheed-us-Shuhada (A.S.), who ran bare-foot, that night, behind the funeral (of his mother).

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When you go to the tomb of the eighth Imam, he shall look upon you in a different manner,

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(he shall see) that you are the same as the one who toiled restlessly for the sake of his wounded mother.

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Act in a manner that (the mourning that takes place) this year be different from that of every other year, by the will of God.

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and this year, try to do so in every city.

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One martyrdom eve, apart from other groups, the group of the Saadat (the Prophet's descendents) should  come out especially. 

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And non-syeds should not enter into the lamentation group of these Saadat.

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The non-syeds should follow behind them.

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This group of Saadat should come out in all countries, cities and villages.

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For what? For the fact that this night is the night of her burial,

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In that night, her body was placed under the earth.

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On the side of her funeral, Amir-ul-Momineen (A.S.) found a letter.

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In that letter, it was written: "To my children …

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"Send my salutations to my children up until Judgement day".

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On that martyrdom eve, this salutation must be answered.

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O Allah, be, for Your representative, the Hujjat (proof), son of Al­Hasan, Your blessings be on him and his forefathers, in this hour and in every hour, a guardian, a protector, a leader, a helper, a proof, and an eye. until You make him live on the earth