Muharram By: Sazz | - Muharram (Arabic) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited. Since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, Muharram moves from year to year when compared with the Gregorian calendar.
Muharram is so called because it is unlawful to fight during this month; the word is derived from the word haram, meaning "forbidden". It is held to be the most sacred of all the months, excluding Ramadan. Some Muslims fast dur ... Tags:Muharram, martydom, Imam Hussain(A.S), Karbala
Qadi Noman By: Ibrahim | - "Qadi Noman was a renowned Ismaili jurist in the Fatimid court. He espoused Ismaili faith early in life at Kairwan. His association with the Fatimids however began with his entry into the services of Imam al-Mahdi since 313/925. During the period of Imam al-Qaim, he concentrated mainly in the study of history, philosophy and jurisprudence and composed numerous works. Prior to the death of Imam al-Qaim in 334/945, he was appointed as a qadi. His status was further promoted during the time of Imam ... Tags:mawla, quran ul hakim, ali, allah, saudi ara, Khamr, Journalism, microfinance, United Kingdom, Journalism in Pakistan, Journalism in Middle East, Jour
Panjtan-i Pak By: Ibrahim | - "Panjtan-i Pak (the Blessed Quincunx), Ashbah al-Khmsa (the five shadows) or Ashab al-Kisa (persons of the mantle) is a term coined for the five holy bodies, i.e., the Prophet, Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussain. They were created out of the substance of Illiyyun (Bihar al-Anwar, 25:10). The Koran (83:18) says, "Nay! Most surely the record of the righteous shall be in the highest places (illiyyun)." The word illiyyun is the plural of illiy or illiyyah. It is derived from the Hebrew elyou meaning the ... Tags:mawla, quran ul hakim, ali, allah, saudi ara, Khamr, Journalism, microfinance, United Kingdom, Journalism in Pakistan, Journalism in Middle East, Jour
Mujizah By: Ibrahim | - The word mujizah is derived from ijaz meaning inability, referring to the miracle. The Koran exhorts miracles in a threefold sense: the sacred history, in connection with the Prophet, and in relation to revelation. The threefold sense of the miracle corresponds to the three meanings of the word aya (pl. ayat), which indicates the verse of the Koran as well as the miracle of it and the sign, particularly those of creation. The term aya is often followed or replaced by its nominalized qualifier, b ... Tags:mawla, quran ul hakim, ali, allah, saudi ara, Khamr, Journalism, microfinance, United Kingdom, Journalism in Pakistan, Journalism in Middle East, Jour
Sayed Imam Shah (d. 1520) is said to have launched a brisk mission in Gujrat. He converted a certain Khoja Jiva in Khambat, Gujrat. Khoja Jiva was well rooted in Ismailism and he himself converted large number of Kanabi caste of the Hindus, notably Motilal, Daya Ram Nathu, etc. The descendant of Motilal migrated to Surat during the time of Imam Nizar II (1585-1628), who deputed Sayed Abdul Nabi in India, whose tomb is in Kankara Khadi, near Surat. He was followed ... Tags:bohras, bohri, dawoodi bohra, pir, mawla, quran ul hakim, ali, mizan, allah, saudi ara, Khamr, Journalism in United Kingdom, Journalism in Pakistan, J
Karim Kassim was the younger brother of Varas Bandali Kassim (1875-1956). He was born in 1878 in Karachi, where he acquired his formal education from Sind Madresa-tul-Islam School upto fourth class. He held a strong command in English, Gujrati and Sindhi languages. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan was his classmate.
Karim Kassim left Karachi most probably in 1908 and made Hyderabad as his next home. He built a beautiful bungalow at Princ ... Tags:bohras, bohri, dawoodi bohra, pir, mawla, quran ul hakim, ali, mizan, allah, saudi ara, Khamr, Journalism in United Kingdom, Journalism in Pakistan, J
Mirath (inheritance) Section Viii : Miscellaneous Provisions By: Ibrahim | - There were certain miscellaneous questions, which created doubts and difficulties in the minds of certain persons. The decisions reported here purport to resolve these issues:-
SPOUSE AS SOLE HEIR
"When a man dies leaving his widow as his sole surviving heir, she takes the whole of his property. Similarly when a married woman dies leaving her widower as her sole surviving heir, the whole of the property goes to him.
Conquest Of Mecca By: Ibrahim | - "The Treaty of Hudaibia had been nearly two years in force. Acting on the discretion allowed by the treaty, Banu Khazao and Banu Bakr, inhabiting Mecca and its neighborhood, the former had become the allies of the Prophet, the latter had entered into an alliance with Qoraish. These two rival tribes had been fighting among them for a long time. Aided by a party of Qoraish, Banu Bakr attacked by night an unsuspecting encampment of Banu Khazao, and slew several of them. The Khazao were forced to ta ... Tags:bohras, bohri, dawoodi bohra, pir, mawla, quran ul hakim, ali, allah, saudi ara, Khamr, Journalism in United Kingdom, Journalism in Pakistan, Journali
Musta'alins (bohras) By: Ibrahim | - "Badr al-Jamali, the Fatimid vizir expected the succession of Musta'li but he died in 487/1095, a month before the death of Imam al-Mustansir. The Imam appointed Lawun Amin ad-Dawla as a new vizir, but after few days, al-Afdal, the son of Badr al-Jamali managed to obtain office of vizirate when the Imam was on death-bed. After the death of Imam al-Mustansir, the year 487/1095 marks the triumph of vizirial prerogative over caliphal authority in the structure of the Fatimid empire. Al-Afdal howeve ... Tags:bohras, bohri, dawoodi bohra, pir, mawla, quran ul hakim, ali, allah, saudi ara, Khamr, Journalism in United Kingdom, Journalism in Pakistan, Journali
