Dear believers
‡ ‡Alslamu Alaycom
‡ ‡Eid Mubahala Mubarak
‡ ‡All Praise is due to Allah, and may His peace and blessings be upon Prophet Muhammad (saws), his family, and all those who follow them until the Day of Judgment.
‡ ‡Sunday 11/20/11 correspondence to 24th of Thu-Aijjah is Eid Al-Mubahalah. Eid Mubahalah Mubarak to you and your dear Family. we invite you to join us at Alrasool Islamic Center to celebrate this Grate occasion on Sunday 11/20 after Sunday school program 2:30 PM. Please find below some historic facts and significant of this day in the history of Islam.
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‡ ‡ ‡ ‡2:30 PM Hadeeth Alkisa ‡3:30 PM Lunch (potluck, please bring some food with you)
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡Some of the significance of this event is as follows:
‡ ‡In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡O Allah! Send your blessings to the your Messengers and the Last of your Prophets Muhammad ( pbuh&f ), and his pure and cleansed progeny.
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡Glorious Quran Chapter 3 Verse 61:
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‡“And unto him who disputeth with thee therein after the knowledge hath come unto thee, Say ! ( O' Our Apostle Muhammad ! ) ( Unto them ) come ye, let us summon our sons, and ( ye summon ) your sons, and ( we summon ) our women and ( ye ) your women, and ( we summon ) ourselves and then let us invoke the curse of God on the liars !”
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This verse refers to the famous event of ' al-Mubahalah ' which took place in the year 10 A.H against the Christians of Najran. A deputation of 60 Christians of Najran headed by Abdul Masih their chief monkpriest came and discussed with the Holy Prophet ( pbuh&f ) the personality of Hazrat Eesa ( as ). The Holy Prophet ( pbuh&f ) told them not to deify Jesus for he was only a mortal created by God, and not God Himself. Then they asked who the father of Jesus was. By this, they thought that since he was born without a father the Holy Prophet ( pbuh&f ) would helplessly accept Jesus' father being God himself. In reply to this question was revealed the Verse
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡“Verily, similitude of Jesus with God is as the similitude of Adam; He created him out of dust then said He unto him BE, and he became.”
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡When the Christians did not agree to this line of reasoning, then this verse was revealed enjoining upon the Prophet ( pbuh&f ) to call the Christians to Mubahalah. To this the Christians agreed and they wanted to return to their place and would have the Mubahalah the next day.
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡Early next morning the Holy Prophet ( pbuh&f ) sent Salman al Farsi ( May Allah be well pleased with him ) to the open place, fixed outside the city for the historic event, to erect a small shelter for himself and those he intended to take along with him for the contest. On the opposite side appeared the Christian prists, while at the appointed hour the Christians witnessed the Holy Prophet ( pbuh&f ) entering the field with Imam Hussain ( as ) in his lap, Imam Hasan ( as ) holding his finger, and walking beside him, Lady Fatima ( as ) and followed by Imam Ali al Murtaza ( as ). The Prophet ( as ) on reaching the appointed spot stationed himself with his daughter, her two sons and her husband, raising his hands towards the heaven said :
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡Lord these are the People of my House
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡The Chief Monk on knowing that the baby in the lap of the Prophet ( pbuh&f ) was his young grandson, Imam Hussain ( as ), the child walking holding the Prophet's ( pbuh&f ) hand was his first grandson, Imam Hasan ( as ), the Lady behind him was daughter, his only surviving issue was Fatima ( as ) the mother of the two children and the one who followed the Lady was his son in law, the husband of Fatima ( as ), addressed the huge crowd of the people who had gathered on the spot, and addressed them saying
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡By God, I see the faces which, if they pray to God for mountains to move from their places, the mountains will immediately move !
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡O believers in the Jesus of Nazareth, I will tell you the truth that should ye fail to enter into some agreement with Muhammad and if these souls whom Muhammad has brought with him, curse you, ye will be wiped out of existence to the last day of the life of the earth !
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡The people readily agreed to the advice counseled by their Leader. They beseeched the Holy Prophet ( pbuh&f ) to give up the idea of the agreed Mubahalah and requested for themselves to be allowed to continue their faith, offering to pay ' Jizya '.
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡This historic event of a unique triumph of Islam is taken by the Shias as a religious thanksgiving festival of the triumph against falsehood.
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