Fatima Al-Zahra (pbuh)in Portugal
Fatima al-Zahra belongs to the noblest family ever
existing throughout the whole history of mankind.
Her distinguished father the Prophet Muhammad
was the very last messenger of Allah, a personality
that the Noble Qur'an introduces as "the Noblest
Paradigm".
Aya Sofya combines Christianity and Islam
Aya Sofya is one of the important monuments in the ancient city of Istanbul. It was built before the Prophet
Muhammad's prophethood by 40 years in 537 AD. The architecture used adds to its fantasy wonderful
design, with the magnitude of a very distinctive era, especially in that ancient time.
A German university professor converted to Islam at Karbala
At Imam Hussein sacred sanctuary
at Karbala , the envoy of university
of Hamburg , Germany, converted
to Islam upon visiting Karbala.
Fatima Al-Zahra (pbuh)in Portugal
Fatima al-Zahra belongs to the noblest family ever
existing throughout the whole history of mankind.Her distinguished father the Prophet Muhammad was the very last messenger of Allah, a personality that the Noble Qur'an introduces as "the Noblest Paradigm". Fatima al-Zahra's mother was a pure noble lady named Khadijah bt. Khuwaylid, a chaste lady of unparalleled virtues and merits, who dedicated all her life and wealth for the sake of Islam. Fatima al-Zahra was Imam Ali b. Abi Talib's first wife, and the mother of the Princes of the Youths of heaven (Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein). According to the Islamic calendar, Fatima al-Zahra was born at Mecca on 20 Jumadi II 5 years after her father's Prophethood in ca. 615 AD. The Prophet Muhammad demonstrated to the people the lofty status of women in Islam. One day when a person enquired of he showed such respect to his daughter, and he answered: "You do not know Fatima. She bears the fragrance of the paradise. Do you know that Allah is pleased when Fatima is pleased and He is displeased if she is upset?" Fatima al-Zahra was very intelligent, accomplished and cheerful. She had inherited the genius and wisdom, determination and willpower, the piety and sanctity, the generosity and benevolence, the devotion and worship of Allah as well as other praiseworthy qualities like self-sacrifice and hospitality, forbearance and patience, coupled with boundless knowledge and nobility of disposition from her illustrious father, the Prophet Muhammad both in words and deeds. Her generosity and compassion for the poor was such that no destitute or beggar ever returned from her door unattended. Fatima al-Zahra was virtue personified. In fact, she was considered the noblest lady that has ever graced the world. Whatever the Prophet Muhammad talked about her, he insisted on making people cognizant of her matchless status in that everybody was expected to emulate |
Aya Sofya combines Christianity and Islam
Aya Sofya is one of the important monuments in the ancient city of Istanbul. It was built before the Prophet
Muhammad's prophethood by 40 years in 537 AD.The architecture used adds to its fantasy wonderful design, with the magnitude of a very distinctive era, especially in that ancient time. It has become one of the peaks towering in the center of the city of Istanbul whose rich Islamic heritage, made it the capital of the Islamic state. Many Ottoman and sultans took care and considered it the center of the Islamic state which was opened up by Sultan Muhammad el-Fateh, the leader of Ottoman Empire. It made a center of radiation of the Islamic thought to Europe and East Asia; as such, it now contains more than 1,000 mosques around it. Sofia witnessed a change. There the Church was transformed into a large mosque. Yet, the monuments of Christianity were maintained and restored along with the Islamic architectural remains. This is what distinguishes this high-rising edifice, which has brought together the two monotheistic faiths. Today, it is a center of attention to all the world from various nationalities and peoples. Almost some four million visitors annually come to this mosque; in 1935 it was turned into a museum. Recently, a team of the staff of Imam al-Hussein’s Museum visited this important archeological site; they had a meeting with the arts director of the museum, with whom they discussed a range of important topics. |
A German university professor converted to Islam at Karbala
At Imam Hussein sacred sanctuary
at Karbala , the envoy of university
of Hamburg , Germany, converted
to Islam upon visiting Karbala.
During his second visit to Karbala
for signing a number of contrast
for exchanging experience in
scientific and academic fields,
professor Gerhard man gold
,62,felt a strange force was pushing
him foreword to pay visit to Imam
al-Hussein sacred sanctuary.
This occurred to him upon coming up with some conceptions of his last year's first visit to Karbala. Standing before the shrine of the prince f martyrs –Imam Al-Hussein, he declared his embracing Islam, renaming himself Hasan after Imam Al-Hasan Al-Mujtaba, the elder grandson of the prophet Muhammed. It was at 7:30 in the evening of Monday that he visited Imam Al-Hussein's sacred sanctuary rigorously and with full faith . resolutely, he uttered his heartfelt conviction in his new religion Islam – before a large crowd of audience who were mourning the martyrdom anniversary of imam Hussein. 
He vociferated thus:"
I bear witness that there is no
God but Allah; I bear witness that
Muhammed is the prophet of Allah
; and I bear witness that Al is the
legatee of Allah " he minted that the
purpose of his visiting Karbala was
to render services to this secret
city. Having fixed 13 scholarships
for the medical student of karbala,
professor Hassan mangold
expressed that he used to think
of imam of Al- Hussein's sacred
sanctuary simply as a mosque for
saying prayers. However, he felt
that there could be something of
more significance to encourage
him to enter the sacred sanctuary.
Meanwhile his colleague Mr. Ra'ad Al-adaree, an Iraqi specialist who live with prof. mangold in Germany, gave him some background information about imam Al- Hussein and his matchless sacrifice in favor of humanity and noble Islam. Coupled with this background information, he eye witnessed millions of pilgrims who have come to the sacred sanctuary for the religious observances and paying pilgrimage to it. At the same time , the general secretary of the holy shrine, sheikh Abd al-Mahdi Al-Karbalayi, welcomed the German delegation to karbala. He expressed his delight and expressed that academic cooperation between the province of Karbala and the university of Hamburg will open up an opportunity for karbala students to complete their studies at that university. He emphasized that he appreciates professor Hassan mangold's conversion into Islam. In response to the above remark, professor Hasan Goldman mentioned that within a year and half of his first visit to Karbala, he formed a lot of beautiful and memorable pictures of the city and sacred shrines of Imam Al-Hussein and his brother of Al-Abbas. " I used to have conversation with my friend R'ad about Islam and Muslim such that I resolved to come back to karbala. Therefore, Allah the almighty has By: Ali Al-jubori A German university professor converted to Islam at Karbala guided me, and I have had the honor of embracing." He added he contained that h was delighted to pay a visit to karbala just when millions of pilgrims came to perform pilgrimage to Imam Al- Hussein sacred sanctuary. He expressed his hope to re visit Karbala together with his family, maintaining that he felt that" Iraq is my country and Karbala is my city" At the end, he remarked that the ,millions of pilgrims who rush to karbala have left their positive impressions on him such that he will always remember all the people who reread the story of Ashura and pay a visit to Karbala. |
