By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer

We are in the blessed month of Sha’ban when the gates of paradise are flung open to the believers who adhere to the dynamic teachings of the Messenger of Mercy, Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), and the humanitarian values expounded by his Immaculate Ahl al-Bayt, while the flames of hell leap to drag into the fiery bowels the enemies of humanity, including the Godless hypocrites who pose as Muslims to wantonly shed innocent Muslim blood.
In a famous hadith, recorded by both Sunni and Shi’a Muslims, the Prophet of Peace said: “When the first day of Sha’ban arrives, Satan spreads out his troops throughout the corners of the earth and its horizons, telling them to try to attract some of God’s servants toward themselves. Indeed God Almighty and Glorious also scatters his angels throughout the earth’s quarters and horizons, telling them ‘Guide My servants and show them the right way, whereat all of them will attain felicity through you, except such of them who refuse and are arrogant and rebellious; these join the party of Satan and enter his hosts.”
Yesterday in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan, the hordes of Satan raised their ugly head to trigger bomb blasts at a mosque during the weekly Friday Prayer, martyring scores of worshippers.
The deadly terrorist attack also ended the miserable life of some of these Godless perpetrators who might have been blown through remote control – if we discount the reports that they staged a suicidal attack by assaulting two police guards to enter the mosque and detonate explosive belts.
Either way, these devils in human form who are the avowed enemies of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) and his Immaculate and masquerade as Muslims to kill and cause sedition amongst Muslims, chose to plunge into the eternal inferno, while the worshippers who lost their life in prayer in the Kucha-e Risaladar Mosque are definitely enjoying the bliss of paradise – leaving behind in the world grieving parents, widows, and orphans.
As we go to the press, over seventy innocent souls have so far lost their life and over two hundred others injured, but the questions persist: Why proper security measures are not taken by authorities and why does the government of Pakistan hesitate from arresting and exterminating these un-Islamic outfits who as is crystal clear, despite their use Muslim names have no connection to Islam?
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman urged the Pakistani government and security officials to adopt necessary strategies and take serious measures to prevent criminal activities of terrorists.
Saeed Khatibzadeh said the Peshawar terrorist attack was aimed at creating sectarian divisions and is definitely against the unity of the Ummah.
It is obvious from videos and photos circulating online with ambulances rushing through congested narrow streets and ferrying the wounded to hospitals, and the senior officials, right from the president and the prime minister of the country offering condolences to the bereaved family members, that the authorities are sparing no efforts in their duties to the victimized citizens.
Yet the questions arise: What is the solution to these recurring bouts of terrorism? Why Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are not applied to these terrorist outfits on the payroll of the CIA and the Zionists splinter Muslim ranks?
There is no denying of the fact that the organized killers of peaceful Muslims are not Muslims, and there are no second thoughts on meting out justice to such Godless elements who have no faith in any religion or school of thought.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, as part of its friendly and fraternal policy towards Pakistan, is willing to cooperate in efforts to track down these criminal hordes of Satan in order to protect Muslims from harm, sedition, and disunity.
Let us recall another passage from the famous hadith of the Prophet of Islam on doing good and abstaining from evil, that was mentioned above:
“On the advent of the first of Sha’ban, God, Almighty and Glorious, commands the gates of paradise to open and He commands the Tree of Tuba, whereat it spreads its branches all over the world. Thereat a herald of our Lord, Almighty and Glorious, calls out: “O servants of God! These are the branches of the Tree of Tuba! So catch hold of them so that they may lift you up toward paradise. And those are the branches of the Tree of Zaqqum! Beware of them! Let them not draw you toward hell!” The Prophet of Allah said, “By Him who sent me as a prophet with the truth! Whoever approaches one of the doors of goodness and piety on this day adheres to a branch of the Tree of Tuba, and is taken toward paradise. And whoever approaches one of the doors of evil on this day, is stuck to a branch of the Zaqqum Tree which draws him toward hell.”