Welcome Message
By: Laila Ali
Asalaam Alaykum wa Rahmatullah
followers of Ahlul Bayt (a.s) are to
(pbuh) and Zubayr (l.a) - and
wa Barakatu,
be attached with.
later, Zubayr (l.a) went against Ali
I pray you and your loved ones are
Be it relations or material things.
(a.s) when the Dunya glittered
well and in a Place Most Pleasing to
"If you understand Allah’s Majesty,
So if the true Shia of Ali (a.s) went
then you will not attach any
through hardships and trials and if
importance to the creatures." Imam
Allah swt, InshaAllah, Mola Ali
Waaris.
Welcome to "The Mahdi Times"
Issue # 15, September 2012.
There is a quote by Imam Ali (a.s)
that has been going around in my
mind lately...
Ali (a.s)
before his eyes.
we truly ask Allah (swt) to make us
the true Shia of Haider e Karar
(a.s), then expecting happiness,
Even though we know and learn
about the Dunya and how we must
contentment and pleasure in this
world seems a contradiction as
not get attached to it, it glitters in
the examples are clear before us.
Sohayl bin Hunayf Ansari was a
such a way as to lure us towards it
favourite companion of Imam Ali. At
I remember in Muharram, ZeE,
and the easiest way to do that is
the time of the return of Imam Ali
Aunslaught and I watched
through each other.
"Mukhtarnamah" together. We
The fallible fall at the hands of the
would watch and discuss as we
fallible.
went along.
sad and he said, “Even if a mountain
If we look at the lives of the true
And yes, there are some
loves me it will be crushed into
Shia, such as Meesam Tammar
inaccuracies in the series, one of the
bits”. (it means people are tested
with my love, and to prove it they
(pbuh), Salman Muhammadi (pbuh),
Miqdad (pbuh) Abu Dharr (pbuh)
biggest ones being that Muslim bin
Aqeel (a.s) did not come to Kufa
have to pass through loss and
and the other Blessed Shia of Ali
alone, but came with his two sons,
calamities).
(a.s) - were they tested? Of course!
Muhammad (a.s) and Ibrahim (a.s).
They were tested with some of the
Nevertheless I recommend to the
hardest tests a person could face.
Ansar Allah to watch this series,
Think back to when the Best of
because there are many lessons
May Allah (swt) Makes us of those
Creation, Prophet Muhammad
within it for the Ego Monster.
who are recognized as Lovers and
(s.a.w) was martyred and the
Slaves of Ali (a.s), InshaAllah, Mola
When we watched it, we were
majority of the Muslim Ummah
Ali Waaris.
baffled to see how much Mukhtar
went back on their Oaths of
Allegiance to Ali (a.s) and went
endured. From strangers, enemies
and even from within his own
against him. In that time only four
house. The first wife of Mukhtar,
that this Dunya and what it brings
came forward, Abu Dharr (pbuh),
Nariyeh, always stood against
with it is not something the
Salman Muhammadi (pbuh), Miqdad
Mukhtar and in the end sol