Miracle Ashur2005

Miracle of Chief of Martyrs,
Imam Husain (a.s.), on Day of Ashura 2005

In the name of
Allah, the Most High

{Verily, Hussain is torch of guidance and ark of salvation}

 Foreword

 The
world of nature is a world of cause and effect. Everything even in
the spiritual sphere comes into existence through its particular
cause. The Holy Quran says,

(And seek means of nearness to God).

 According to related traditions, God’s prophets especially the Holy
Prophet of Islam and the Infallible Imams, who are his true
successors, are the best means. They possess extraordinary
capacities and can do great favor, with God’s permission, to those
who invoke and resort to them. Such miraculous deeds of which one is
the story of Asef bin Barkhia have been related in the Quran as
well. Asef bin Barkhia, who was Hazrat Sulayman’s vizier, had little
knowledge of the Book but he made the throne of Saba princess
available in a wink of an eye whereas according to the Holy Quran
and authentic narratives, which have been repeatedly reported by
Shia and Sunni resources, all those divine ranks and knowledge are
possessed by the Infallible Imams (a.s.). Many miracles have been
shown by this family of revelation and dignity throughout the
history. What follows is a story of a miracle that appeared this
year on the tenth day of Muharram, 1426 (February 2005).

 A
MAN WITH AN INCURABLE DISEASE GETS CURED ON ASHURA IN ONE OF THE
PERSIAN GULF COUNTRIES

 The miracle has been witnessed by a number of mourners and related
by them as under:

The ailing man named Sayyid Abbas Najm, an Iraqi by origin but born
and lived as French, is a chemical engineer. Eight years back he
started to suffer from a strange disease that began with his right
toe. The disease then reaches up to his knee and pelvis and causes
his right leg become completely numb and paralyzed. He refers to
well-known specialists and modern hospitals in France, Canada, USA
and UK and spends huge sums of money but all in vain. The doctors
had many a time advised the patient’s family not to take any further
action and waste not their time because the disease he was suffering
from was incurable. Life becomes insufferably hard for Sayyid Najm’s
family when to their disappointment they come to learn that he would
not be cured. His wife and daughter had decided to take and submit
him to a special treatment center which even made him further
distressed.

 His wife, a biologist and follower of Christianity, said that
thousands of dollars had been spent for his husband’s treatment. She
stressed that according to today’s medical science her husband’s
disease was incurable.

 Sayyid
Abbas Najm Visits Mecca

 Sayyid
Abbas Najm traveled to Mecca to perform pilgrimage in the hope of
recovering from the ailment. But divine wisdom lied in manifesting
further the dignity and magnificence of Imam Husain (a.s.). He
performed pilgrimage rituals but did not succeed in achieving his
wish. God wanted him to be cured in a lamentation gathering of Imam
Husain (a.s.).

Having performed Hajj rituals he left Mecca for one of the Persian
gulf countries. Some of his acquaintances asked him to stay there
and take part in the ritual mourning programs that are held every
year for the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Husain (a.s.),
the Lord of Martyrs and his companions.

Sayyid Abbas Najm agreed to stay there. He began attending the
gathering from the seventh of Muharram. He then started imploring
Imam Husain (a.s.) and invoking his favor.

 The speaker of the Majlis Shaikh Habibullah Sadeqi, Grand Ayatollah
Fazel Lankarani’s representative for foreign countries was speaking
on the suffering of Imam Husain and his children and Sayyid Abbas
Najm was crying and imploring with sincerity. On the seventh day of
Muharram he fainted and on the eighth day he again lost
consciousness and this happened twice.

On the day of Ashura he cried and implored more vehemently. He asked
the speaker of the Majlis to teach him a zikr or dua and the speaker
advised him to recite,

ي

 (Ya
kashifa al-Karb-e ‘an wajhil husain ekshif karbi behaq-e akhikal
husain -alaihessalam)

for 133 times and eventually by the favor of Imam Husain (a.s.) he
gets completely cured on the eleventh night of Muharram.

Sayyid Abbas
Najm Himself Relates the Story of His Healing

These mourners who witnessed the incident quote this ailing man as
such:

After I recited the Zikr (Ya Kashifal karb…) for 133 times and got
into a strange condition as a result of intense weeping and feeling
I saw myself in a mourning gathering. Everyone was standing but for
me. When everyone was standing and the speaker of the Majlis was
reciting dirges to the audience while I was vehemently crying, then
in that very moment I saw an impressively glorious man enter the
gathering. “Get up!” He ordered me.

I replied: “I cannot move, I am paralyzed”.

Then he said: “Grab my shoulder and stand up.”
I did what he ordered me to do and all of a sudden I felt myself
able to move. Thanks God, my ailment was cured by virtue of mourning
for Imam Hussein, the Lord of Martyrs (a.s.).

The Influence
of this Miracle on His Wife

Sayyid Abbas Najm’s wife was utterly disappointed of her husband’s
recovery. Being a Christian she did not know much about the
truthfulness of Islam and real status of the Ahlalbayt (a.s.). After
her husband was cured, she was greatly impressed and influenced by
this miracle of Imam Husain (a.s.) and she converted to Islam with
an inexplicable and unexplainable enthusiasm in the presence Grand
Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani’s representative, Shaikh Habibullah Sadeqi.

Embracing
Islam Requires Eligibility

Undoubtedly, embracing Islam needs eligibility and merit which
becomes available by virtue of good conduct and healthy manner. This
lady who accepted Islam said that she had never had alcohol or any
illegal relation with a stranger (people outside ones’ own family)
in her entire life despite the fact that such practices are very
common in the West and even considered wrongly as civilized acts.
Without any doubt, Sayyid Abbas Najm’s healthy behavior paved the
way for her wife’s conversion to Islam.

Hojjatul Islam Habibullah Sadeqi says: I had talked to Sayyid Abbas
Najm and his wife before Najm’s recovery. When I first saw him in
the mourning gathering I just noticed that he was very distressed.
He told me that he would commit suicide, if he did not regain his
health. I consoled him and spoke to him about the pains and
sufferings that Hazrat Ayyub (Job) and the Imams had tolerated. I
also talked to him about Ayyub and Imams’ patience and forbearance
but he simply told me, ‘you do not know what is going on inside me.
I have reached the point where I cannot go any further’.

After I stepped out of the Majlis I met Sayyid Najm’s wife. I told
her not to worry and for the solace of her heart I said to her that
her husband would regain his health, if God wished so. Since her
husband’s disease seemed unbelievably incurable to her she said: I
am fully aware of the nature of my husband’s problem and I know that
according to today’s medical science this disease is not curable and
he is not going to regain his health because we do not have any
thing better than science.”

I told her: Science has its own laws but you should not deny the
effect of spiritual invocations. I asked her if she was not going to
a church. She said that she was.
I also asked her: ” If a Christian sees that all other doors are
closed to her, doesn’t she implore Jesus Christ?” She replied: “She
does.”

I asked: “What does he implore for?”
She said: “Because Jesus son of Mary has a supernatural power. We
resort to him as the last solution.”

I said: “We also believe that Imam Husain’s power is supernatural
and your husband’s invocation to Imam Husain (a.s.) is the last
solution for him.”

I talked to him about Abulfazl, the flag-bearer of Karbalah, and
about the Hindu man who was beating his chest in mourning for Imam
Husain (a.s.) and whose chest and right hand did not burn in the
cremation (funeral service) while the rest of his body burnt to
ashes. I also told her about Zoroastrians’ invocations to Abulfazl,
the “Gate of Wishes”.

Hojjatul Islam Sadeqi added: Sayyid Abbas Najm’s wife had a very
different mood after her husband’s ailment got cured. She looked
perturbed and restless. I reminded her of Imam Husain’s favor to her
husband by the grace of Allah. She said that she was then seeing
herself between perdition and salvation.”

Hojjatul Islam Sadeqi said: “Imam Husain (a.s.) does not belong to
Shia only. He is the leader of the entire humanity. I told the woman
the story of Zohair bin Qain who was traveling in the company of
Imam Husain and his companions; but he used to set up his tent at a
distance far from Imam Husain (a.s.). It so happened that one day
the tents were erected close to one another. Imam Husain (a.s.) sent
out for him. Zohair’s wife suggested her husband to accept Imam
Husian’s invitation. He did so and met the Imam and was guided
thereupon.

 
“I also talked to her about Wahab, his mother and wife who were
Christians but joined Imam Husain (a.s.) and his comrades and were
martyred in Karbala.

“I also told her the story of Horr who was a commander in the army
of Yazid but was bestowed with eternal prosperity at the last moment
of his life.

After a little conversation with this woman, she said to me that she
would do everything I obliged her.

Dream of his wife

 Meanwhile, she told me that the night after the night of her
husband’s recovery she saw a lady with divine lights on the Lady in
her dream. She said, “The lady stretched out her hand to me and I
asked her if she was Mary.”

She added, “I did not see myself worthy of shaking hand with the
lady and I asked her ‘are you Mary?'” The lady replied, “I am not
but my rank is higher than Mary’s.”
According to witnesses, this Husaini miracle created so deep an
unexplainable change in her morale and spirit that she asked the
speaker of the Majlis before embracing Islam if she was eligible to
accept Islam. Based on the Prophetic tradition which says, “Verily,
Husain is torch of guidance and ark of salvation.” This lady was
blessed with the light of guidance of Imam Husain (a.s.) and she
embraced Islam on Monday 12th of Muharram 1426 A.H. in the presence
of Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani’s representative who suggested
“Fatima” as a Muslim name for herself.

Grand
Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani’s Sayings about this Miracle

In regards to
this miracle the supreme religious authority, Grand Ayatollah Fazel
Lankarani said that holy Prophet (s.w.) said:

“No doubt Allah has specified my son Hussain with three: A’immah
from his progeny, healing in his earth, fulfillment of prayers under
his dome.”

The tradition that

(Du’as are answered under his dome) does not point to Imam’s dome in
Karbala only. Rather, every majlis-e-aza (mourning ceremony) is dome
of Imam Hussain (a.s.); wherever there is a mourning ceremony for
Imam (a.s.) with sincerity honoring Sha’a’er-Ullah and nearing Him
through his prophet (s.w.) and his holy progeny (a.s.) and it is
held to revive their zikr and their sufferings, the term ‘dome of
Hussain (a.s.)’ will apply on it regarding fulfillment of prayers.
So he who prays in these majalis through Hussain (a.s.) with pain
and sincerity, Allah will not disappoint him.

And there is no difference in this that if the aggrieved person who
is seeking his prayer through Chief of Martyrs (a.s.) is Shia or
Sunni or Christians or any denominations. Rather, whoever sincerely
invokes for the blessing of Imam Hussain (a.s.), his wish will be
fulfilled as we see in Christians and others in various countries.

Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani added: “This incident made weak
hearts strong and strong hearts stronger and our eyes and Momeneens’
bright.”

Note:
Since a number of news media and information centers have asked for
interview with the representative of Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani,
Shaikh Habibullah Sadeqi and also, religious centers and
organizations have been inviting him to talk on the said miracle we
are therefore informing those who are interested in knowing about
this miracle that in case they have questions they can call him at
the following numbers:

Tel: 00989121213965 & 00971506557572
They can also email him at:
fazel@lankarani.net

www.lankarani.com

We pray to Allah to grant us more knowledge of the Ahlalbayt and
strengthen our faith in Allah and save us and our children from the
temptations of Satan and give us the blessing of resurrection with
Imam Husain (a.s.) in the hereafter.

 
May Allah hasten the reappearance of the Imam of the Time – Insha
Allah and for this we request you to send benedictions upon Muhammad
(pbuh) and his progeny.

(A Group of Mourners Residing Abroad)