Mourning and hitting one self is the Sunnah of the Prophet (s) As evidence we shall cite the following works:
1. Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 92, Number 446 2. Sunan al Nasai, Volume 3 page 305 3. Adaab al Mufarad, page 426 4. Sahih Muslim Volume 1 page 291 5. Musnad Abu Aawna, Volume 2 page 292 We read in Sahih Bukhari: *Narrated 'Ali bin Abi Talib: That Allah's Apostle came to him and Fatima the daughter of Allah's Apostle at their house at night and said, "Won't you pray?" 'Ali replied, "O Allah's Apostle! Our souls are in the Hands of Allah and when he wants us to get up, He makes us get up." When 'Ali said that to him, Allah's Apostle left without saying anything to him. While the Prophet was leaving, 'Ali heard him striking his thigh (with his hand) and saying, "But man is quarrelsome more than anything else." (18.54) * Proof of head beating from the Qur'an In Surah adh-Dhaariyaat we read that Sara (as) struck her face when she was told that she would conceive a baby. *"Then came forward his wife in grief, she smote her face and said (what! I) An old barren woman?"* *Quran 51:29* "Faskath" does not just mean rub or touch, it means slap and this is evidenced from Saheeh Muslim Book 030, Number 5851, Bab Fadail Musa: *Abu Hurraira reported that the Angel of Death was sent to Moses (peace be upon him) to inform of his Lord's summons. When he came, he (Moses) boxed him [Sakka] and his eye was knocked out. He (the Angel of Death) came back to the Lord and said: You sent me to a servant who did not want to die. Allah restored his eye to its proper place (and revived his eyesight), and then said: Go back to him and tell him that if he wants life he must place his hand on the back of an ox, and he would be granted as many years of life as the number of hair covered by his hand. He (Moses) said: My Lord what would happen then He said: Then you must court death. He said: Let it be now. And he supplicated Allah to bring him close to the sacred land. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: If I were there, I would have shown you his grave beside the road at the red mound.* This has also been reported in Sahih Bukhari, Book 23 Volume 2, Book 23, Number 423, Book of Funerals. We read in the Sunni work Maqamath ai Hareery, "He beat his cheeks and tore his collar"On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Abbas <aashiqnoor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Salam Al hamdolillah, Sayed may Allah give you the reward for this it > is very importent to reply people like Alex, they want to stop us from > Azadari > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "shiagroup" group. To post to this group, send email to shiagroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to shiagroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/shiagroup?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
