The Holy Prophet before departing from this world, had openly and repeatedly made the following guiding announcements, for the people to abide by them :-
" Of whomsoever I am the Lord, this Ali is the Lord." (hadith-e-Gadeer-e-Khum)
And Finally the Holy Prophet, before his departure, had declared:- " I leave behind me amidst you Two Weighty (very important) things, the Book of God (Holy Quran) and my Ahlul Bait (people of the house of the Prophet) Should ye be attached to these two, never, never shall ye get astray, and never shall these Two be separated from one another until they meet me at the Springs of "Kauthar" (Paradise)." (Tafsir-e-Kabir, Tafsir-e-Durre Manthur and Others). People neglected the Ahlul-Bait and began following their own ways and yet called their innovated Schools, as Islam, and themselves the deviaters from the prescribed course, as Muslims. Therefore those who faithfully followed the original teachings of the Holy Quran and remained faithfully attached to the course prescribed by the Holy Prophet, had necessarily to distinguish themselves from the others who had discarded the divinely set up guides, the Ahlul-Bait (People of the house of the Prophet).Thus those who followed Ali (a.s) in the place of the Holy prophet, called themselves Shia's and identified it as Shia'ism. Ali (a.s) was the truly chosen leader after the Holy Prophet, whom the Prophet himself had clearly stated at (Gadeer-e-khum). Others disobeyed the Holy Prophet and chose their own leaders.
In fact the Shia-Ithna-Asheri School is the Quranic Islam of the Holy Prophet and the rest are the newly started sects and sub-sects deviating from the Original course.
In Praise of the Lady Of Light Fatima Zahra (a.s)
"Maryam az ek nisbate Eesa Aziz
Az se nisbat Hazrate Zahra Aziz
How can people say that islamic women have no freedom, while the women of the "Modern era" have entered the beastly realm of immorality? Showing your naked self to the world is freedom?? Acting totally unethical and telling the world that this is a plea for individual liberty is freedom??
"Let every intelligent gentleman and respectable woman, judge if this could ever be the object of the creation of the chaste beauty and the glorious life of gentle womanhood, to be ruined in the public streets and to be torn and shattered in the slaughter houses of immorality labelled as clubs and hotels."Women have been created for the healthy communion of pure and chaste sexual love, with a moral purposeful sacred mingling for the fulfilment of the divine plan for the continuity of the human progeny and NEVER for any immoral traffic in any of the walks of human life on earth.
Freedom does not come from showing your bodies; nor does it come from drinking and smoking or using drugs. Freedom comes from faith, freedom comes from inside your heart, it comes from thinking and feeling pure and clean. In the name of freedom and liberty, women can show their bodies or act disgracefully, but they will never be free until they find the true meaning of freedom. Today, the media has distorted the true identity of women in Islam. It has led people to believe that women in Islam are treated like slaves and that they are forced to do housework and take care of the children. My friends, Islam gave women freedom 1400 years ago. Since then women were allowed to study and to gain knowledge, they were allowed to work.But there was a condition. That condition was that they could do anything provided it was inside the laws of Islam and one of the law states that all women are to wear HIJAB (a covering used to hide the female body from lustfull sights of men) This covering gave women respect, dignity and most of all a true image of chaste beauty. This has yet not been achieved my western women.
The following link will be of great interest to those in search of the real truth behind the equality of Women and Men
Women In Islam VS Judaeo-Christian Tradition: The Myth & Reality.
The second great historical note on women is when Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) married Khadija-bint-Khuwaylid. Even before her marridge, she was a very chaste person with a excellent character, and was blessed with great wealth. It must be noted, that Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) married 15 years before the Message of God was revealed. However the Prophet too was known as As-Sadiq (the Truthfull) and Al-Amin (The Honest). Lady Khadija married the Prophet of Islam because he was the only person at that time that was brought up in the realm of excellent morals, and characters.
Allah (s.w.a) revealed the message of Islam when the Prophet was 40 years of age. Thus in the early era of Islam, people used to mock at the Prophet when he attempted to preach Islam. However one of the greatest things was that his wife Lady Khadija-bint-Khuwaylid, was one of the first people to accept Islam and she was not only a wife to him, but a great adviser and guide. She spent her wealth in the way of Allah (s.w.a) in propagating islam. Her morals, faith, loyalty and excellence were known so much, that she became a model for everyone to follow.
Through the marridge of Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) and Lady Khadija, they were blessed with a daughter Fatima-bint-Zahra. Out of such excellence in every field came a daughter that was excellent too. She is known as the Lady of Light. And as seen above, the poem dedicated to the Lady Fatima tells of the greatness of this Lady. In everyway her character was a light for the people. Her morals were a guide to the women and are still a guide to all the women in the world. Her faith and loyalty to her Creator Allah (s.w.a) and her chastity signified that not only were Men capable of reaching great height Women were capable too.
My friends, this is not the end of the greatness of women, infact this is just the beginning. One must understand that even before the advent of Islam, other such great women were Mariam (Mary) mother of Prophet Isa (Jesus Christ)(peace be upon him) and Asiyah,the wife of the Pharoah who brought up Prophet Musa (Moses)(peace be upon him). These four women are Praised to such an extent that Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) said:
To be Continued...!!
