1st Rajab 1432 A.H. - Wiladat of Imam Muhammad Baqar(a.s.)

[Ali Jafri]

Allah grant us the courage to change the things we can, the serenity to accept the ones we cannot and the wisdom to know the difference .. Ameen

 

Ali Mehdi

> AsSalam-o-alaikum,
>
> 1st of Rajab 1432 A.H. - birth anniversary of the 5th Holy Imam, Imam
> Mohammad Baqir(a.s.) in the year 57 A.H.
>
> On this occasion of happiness in the house of Prophet Mohammad(sawaw),
> I wish to extend my felicitations and greetings to Prophet
> Mohammad(sawaw), Imam-e-Zamana(a.s.), the Ahl-e-Bait(a.s.) and to all
> the Momineen and Mominaat.
 
> You may call it a coincidence or a special arrangement from Allah(swt)
> that Imam Muhammad Baqir(a.s.) is the fifth Holy Imam and the seventh
> Masoom (infallible) and his year of birth was 57 A.H. and his age was
> 57 years as well. Also he is the first Imam whose name was
> Muhammad(a.s.) - the same as that of his grand-father Prophet
> Muhammad(sawaw).
 
> Imam Mohammad Baqir(a.s.) gave some very informative answers to some
> of the most difficult questions to his disciples and others. Some of
> them are reproduced here:
>
> Question: Which was the Roza (fasting) in which eating and drinking
> was permitted?
> Answer: The Roza (fast) that Hazrat Mariam(a.s.) observed in which she
> abandoned talking only.
>
> Question: What decreases and never increases with time?
> Answer: Age
>
> Question: What increases and never decreases?
> Answer: Water of the ocean.
>
> Question: What was raised in the sky only once?
> Answer: The mountain of Toor which was raised above Bani-Israel only
> once and then put down.
>
> Question: Who are the people whose true testimony was declared a lie?
> Answer: These are the munafiqeen (hypocrites) whose testimony that
> “Prophet is the messenger of God” was not accepted and they were
> declared liers by Allah(swt).
>
> Question: When was one third of the mankind killed?
> Answer: Never – however one fourth of mankind was killed when Qabeel
> murdered Habeel. At that time, the whole mankind consisted of 4
> persons only.
>
> Question: You Muslims believe that the food and drinks of Jannah will
> not cause necessity to urinate and pass stool. Is there any example of
> this in this world?
> Answer: Yes there is. The child inside the womb of the mother gets fed
> without the necesity to urinate or pass stool.
>
> Question: Who are the two people who were born at the same time and
> died at the same time but one was 50 years and the other was 150 years
> old at the time of death?
> Answer: These were Prophet brothers Uzair(a.s.) and Aziz(a.s.).
> Allah(swt) gave temporary death to Hazrat Uzair(a.s.) for 100 years
> and when he got back life, he died again at the same time as did Aziz
> so the difference in their ages was 100 years.