The Miracles

of
Ziyaarat e
Aashoora
Our Shia Scholars have always
resorted to
Ziyaarat-e-Aashoora
in moments of need and
distress.
Their experiences have always
found this Ziyaarat to be a
reliable refuge in calamities
and tribulations.
 A Few Important
Points Highlighted by
Ziyaarat-e-Aashoora
 In the first line, we say,

Ya Aba Abdilllah

meaning

Father of the Slaves of

Allah
 sacrifice,
Islam would be destroyed.
There would be absolutely no slave
of Allah

Just like a father has rights on his

children, for he has been part of
their creation, Imam Husain A.S.
to a much greater extent, has this
right on the slaves of Allah
because of the greatness of his
sacrifice, without which there
would remain no slave of Allah
The Ziyaarat helps man to
discriminate between good and evil
and is a standard to gauge what is
right and what is corrupt.
 Here I would like to add that we recite the
100 curses and then the 100 salaams. We do it
in this order for a reason.

To place the love of Allah in one’s heart, one

should clear the heart from ones enemies
first.
Just like when you invite guest over, first you
clean the house and sweep away the dirt, then
invite them. The same with LA ILLAHA ILLAL
LAAH.
First you say, There is no God but Allah.
There is no God but Allah.
I make peace with those who make
peace with you; I go to war with
those who go to war with you
I, my father and mother are at
your disposal. Profound is my
sorrow for you.
Be abee anta wa ummee laqad
a’zoma mosaabee beka

This should be the extent of one’s

devotion to Imam Husain A.S. – to
be able to say with sincerity the
above statement – that
I will sacrifice all for you!
 Imam Jaffer Sadiq A.S. says,
“When Allah desires goodness for someone,
He instills in his heart the love of
Imam Husain A.S. and the love for his
Ziyaarat”, because it is as the Prophet S.A.W.
says,
“Ababallah man ahaba Husaina –
Allah loves those who love Husain.”
 Miracles
of
Ziyaarat e
Aashoora
Mohammed Ali Yazdi was a very pious and devout Muslim. He
followed a routine of visiting a cemetery at night , where he
would engage in supplication and worship.
 Mohammed Ali Yazdi had a close companion who was with him
since childhood. Even in their youth they studied together in the
same school. They were always together even in matters of
business and one rarely saw them separated.
Then unexpectedly, his friend expired and was buried at the
cemetery Mohammed Ali Yazdi used to visit.
This cemetery was also the resting place for many
God fearing and devout individuals.
Mohammed Ali Yazdi’s friend had not even been buried for a
month, when Mohammed Ali Yazdi saw him in a dream.
 When he saw his friend in a peaceful condition, he
inquired from him, ‘You seem very calm. Tell me which
act is responsible for this ease and comfort.
 He said, until yesterday I was engulfed in agonizing
punishment. But an incident occurred that transformed
my state to what it is right now.
He said, Ashraf Haddaad’s wife had expired. Her relatives
buried her here, about 100 feet away from my grave.
 After the burial of this lady, Imam Husayn(AS) visited
the grave and ordered discontinuation of chastisement
from her grave.
 Consequently on Imam’s intercession, her grave
received amnesty from chastisement and I too was
liberated. That is why you now find me so contented.
 Mohamed Ali Yazdi relates that,
When I woke up after seeing this strange dream, I
immediately left for the market in Haddaad.

I must go to the Market

in Haddaad and seek
Ashraf and find out
 I was not aware of its location and whereabouts.
However, after a long search, I managed to hunt down
that place.
 I reached Ashraf’s place and asked,

“Has a lady from

“Yes, we buried her
your family expired
only yesterday. in the recent past?”
 Then I asked,

“Did she have the

No! good fortune of
visiting Imam
Husayn(AS)’s shrine?
 Did she often discuss Imam
Husayn(AS)’s afflictions and
hardships or did she
No! organize majaalis where
the calamities of Imam
were narrated?
All these questions seemed very puzzling to Ashraf and
then he asked, I don’t understand.

What do you want to

prove by all these
questions?
Mohamed Ali Yazdi then related the entire dream.
Ashraf then said…

I think I know the

reason behind this
mystery.
 In the last days of her life, my wife had taken up the
regular recitation of Ziyaarat-e-Aashoora, and this is a
direct result of that recitation.

As salaamu alayka ya Aba

Abdillah
As salaamu alayka yabna
Rasullalah….
A learned scholar went to a bookshop to buy
the commentary of Ziyaarat-e-Aashoora.
 There, he met Shaykh Ali Akbar Saeedi who was the
Imam of Shah Tahmaasab Mosque. When the scholar
told him, the purpose of his visit, he related an incident.
A Lady converted to Islam. She then married
Abul Qasim who was a glass merchant.
They were married for about three years, but
did not have any children.
They decided, they would both recite
Ziyaarat-e-Aashoor for 40 days,
and ask their dua.
For 40 days they recited Ziyaarat-e-Aashoora with
100 curses and salaams, along with
Dua e Alqamah.
Allah accepted their Ziyaarat and soon the lady
gave birth to a son. The son is still alive today in
Yazd with his family and children.
A small extract
from
Ziyaarat-e-
Aashoora.
 I am at peace with those who
made peace with you, & I am at
war with those who went to war
with you.
I befriend those who befriended
you, & I am enemies with those
who were your enemies.
 I pray to Allah, who has honored me
with awareness of you, and awareness
of your friends
and has enabled me to withdraw from
your enemies.
 (I pray) that He may place me
with you
in this world and the Hereafter.
 And ( I pray) that He may
strengthen for me a truthful
stance in this world and the
Hereafter.
 And I pray that He may enable me to reach, your
honored station with Allah
and that He may grant me the opportunity to seek
victory, along with a rightly guided Imam
from amongst you, who will surely come and speak the
truth.
I ask Allah for your sake, and by the honored position
you have with Him, that He grants me grief at your
sorrows, more than the personal grief that troubles
anyone in tragedy. What great sorrows (you
experienced)!
 How great was your tragedy
for Islam, and all the Heavens
and the earth!
O Allah, make me, at this moment,
one who receives from You,
blessings, mercy and forgiveness.
O Allah make me live the life of
Muhammad and his family and
make me die the death of
Muhammad and his family.
I’d like to end with us all
reciting the
Salaam on the Martyrs of
Karbala.

Peace be on you O Abu

Abdillah
And on the souls that dies
with you.
Greetings of Peace of Allah be
on you,
from me, forever so long as I
live and so long
as the night and day remains.
May Allah not make it my
last
contact of Ziyaarat with
you.
 Peace be on Husayn,
And on Ali, the son of Husayn,
On the children of Husayn,
And on the companions of
Husayn.
 recite this Ziyaarat daily till the
last moment of out lives, so much
that our last statement should
be, ‘Peace be upon you, O Aba
Abdillah,’ and then as soon as the
Angel of death, Malakul Maut ,
takes out our souls from our
bodies, may Imam Husayn(AS)
reply,
‘Peace be upon you, O my Shia, my
lover and my visitor.