Imamah
Who are Imams appointed by and why?
Imams are appointed by Allah and they are Ma'sum which means that they donot commit any sins. Allah knows best!
What is Ilm al-ghayb?
Knowledge of what is hidden/ unseen
What is the name of the 5th Imam and his father's name?
Imam Mohammad Baqir (a.s)
father's name, Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s)
What is the name of the 6th Imam and what is his title?
Imam Jaffer-e-Sadiq
Title: As- Sadiq which means truthful
What is Anger in Arabic
Ghadhab
Why do we need to have Aimmah?
Any organization or system needs a leader to protect it and to make sure everything runs smoothly and that nothing changes in the system. We needs Aimmah to protect Islam and our religion.
How can it make sense for Allah to complete religion but not appoint a leader to guide and help us??
Who is a Ma'sum?
Ma'sum is protected, it is someone who does not sin.
What is the title of the 5th Imam?
What was he called and what does it mean?
Title - Al- Baqir
He was called Baqir al-ilm which means one who splits open the knowledge.
He was given this title because he spread the knowledge of Islam and other sciences at an incredible amount!
How did the 6th Imam die and where is he burried?
He was given poisoned grapes by Caliph Masur.
He is burries in Jannat al-Baqi, Madina.
What are the qualities of pious people?
They spend their money in the way of Allah.
They control their anger
They forgive the faults of other people people.
They are kind and do good to other people.
Recite Ayat-e-Tathir and explainwhat does it mean?
It means Purification which means to remove all kinds of evil and sins from the ahlul Bayt. This means the Imams donot commit any sins because they have this special purification from Allah.
Does Allah give the same ilm al-Ghaib to all Imams?
Share the story of Imam Ali's ilm al-ghayb.
Allah gives the aimmah ilm al-ghayb whenever and to whatever extent they need to have, to prove their claim and guide the people.
-Imam Ali gave an entire speech with words that din't have any letters with dots (Sermon without dots)!
One lesson we learnt from the 5th Imam?
Explain meaning
Contentment
To be happy, satisfied and thankfull to what we have been given and not complain about what we have and don't have.
Three important lessons learnt from the 6th Imam.
Forgiving others
Controlling Anger
Making peace between believers
How can we control our anger?
Do Wudhu
If you are standing, sit down. If you're sitting lie down
Shake hands as it remives grudges between people.
Stay silent. If we're angry, we should try to control it by not talking or sayong anything.
Play some sports
Remember to Forgive and Forget!
Which two Usul ad-din are mentioned in the Narration of the Golden Chain?
Tawhid and Imamah
What are the two different kinds of Ilm al-ghayb?
Give examples
Examples:
-Do you know how many children you will have? But will eventually know in future.
-Do you know how this world was created? You will never know as you were not present at the time of creation.
Another important lesson that we learnt from 5th Imam. Eplain meaning
Humility
To be humble and not to think and act like we are better than others.
The Arabic word for Humility is 'Tawadhu'
The 6th Imam became an Imam at what age?
What was his period of Imamat?
When he was 31 years old and his period of Imamt was 34 years.
What happens to our body when we get angry?
Why is anger harmful?
Anger releases chemicals in our brain and these chemicals cause changes in our body that we feel. Our heart beat becomes fast and our body prepares to fight then.
Our tongues, limbs and body go out of control. We can use them in a wrong way.
Anger can lead to jealousy, revenge and enmity.
An angry person's heart becomes hard and they have no mercy. Such person will always be unhappy and they are not very nice to be around.
In the verse of the sadiqeen what has Allah told us to do?
Allah has told us to be with those who are truthful and tell the truth. We should follow the actions and teachings of those who are truthful, Sadiqeen which is our Ahlul Bayt (a).
How did the 5th Imam die and where is he burried?
He was poisoned by the Umayyad ruler of his time and is burried in Janat al-Baqi in Madina.
Share different forms of Forgiveness of Allah
Allah forgives and hides our faults and shameful facts
Allah is so forgiving that he can hide our faults from the angels so we are not ashames on Day of judgement.
Allah completely erases the wrong things that we have done, even from everybody's memories
Yes!
In anger when our heart beats faster and our body prepares to fight, these changes make us stronger and alert so that we can protect ourselves from danger. We have enough energy to save ourselves in a dangerous situation.