Enjoying the Blessed Birthdays

Date: 04 February 2025 - 22:01

News ID: ۱۳۶۵۷۹

Salaam dear young friends. Heartiest congratulations to you on the auspicious blessed days of Sha’ban, the month especially associated with Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) and his Immaculate Ahl al-Bayt.
We are basking in the blessed birthdays that we celebrated over the past few days and are looking to celebrate the rest of these propitious birth anniversaries in the coming days.
As you know, the 3rd of Sha’ban was the day on which the Immortal Martyr of Karbala, the Prophet’s younger grandson and 3rd Infallible Heir, Imam Husain (AS), was born in Medina in 4 AH.
The 4th of this month (26 AH) was the birthday of Valiant Standard-Bearer of Karbala, Hazrat Abu’l-Faz al-Abbas (AS), whose shrine stands like a sentinel to the shrine of Imam Husain (AS), as though he is still guarding this sacred land on which blood triumphed over swords to ensure victory for faith over falsehood.
The 5th of Sha’ban that went by yesterday was the birth anniversary of the Survivor of the heartrending tragedy of Karbala, Imam Zain al-Abedin (AS), the son and successor of Imam Husain (AS). He graced Planet Earth in the year 38 AH, and waged a unique jihad through imprisonment and the medium of prayers and supplications to salvage Islam in those day of Omayyad and Zubayrid tyranny and deviation.
Tomorrow on the 7th of Sha’ban, we would be celebrating the birthday of Hazrat Qasim, the son of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (AS), who on entering teenage hastened towards martyrdom in Karbala with the words death in the way of God is “sweeter than honey”.
On the 11th of Sha’ban (Monday February 10 this year), we will be marking “Day of the Virtuous Youths” in honour of Imam Husain’s (AS) son, Hazrat Ali Akbar (AS), who despite bearing a striking resemblance to his great-grandfather Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), was cruelly martyred in the prime of youth in Karbala.
Well dear friends, as you all know, we are also celebrating the Ten-Day-Dawn, beginning with the day the beloved Leader Imam Khomeini (RA) arrived in Tehran to a grand welcome by 5 million people after 15 years of exile in 1979.
Ten days later, on 22nd of Bahman (which will be on Monday), the Iranian people threw into the dustbin of history the monarchic system thus paving the way for establishment of the Islamic Republic system of government.
As usual, celebrations are underway in the country and various programs have been organized by the authorities. This year too, millions of people across Iran will take to the streets on Monday to celebrate the victory of the Islamic Revolution.
Well, this was all for our weekly chat. Goodbye and God bless you all.