Pilgrimage
to Mashhad (IRAN)
by
land route
(1345
HIJRI-1926 A.D.)
Ya
Imam Raza (a.s.)
Bismillah Hirrahmaan
Nirraheem.
Alhamdolillahe Rabbil
Aalameen Assalaato vassalaamo Ala Mohammedeen Va Aalehee Tayyebeen Attahereen.
Bombay
to Mashhad
Safar
Naamay
By
HAJI DAWOOD HAJI NASSER
(Formerly
President, Anjumane Faize Panjetani & Anjumane Himayatul Islam)
RUBAAEE
Ay Azeezan in Sukhan
Farmoodae Paigamberast,
Nooray Chashm Der
Khorasan Bekaso Beyaver Ast,
Yak Tawafay Merqaday
Sultan Ali Moosay Raza,
Haft Hazaaro Haft Sado
Haftaad Hajje Akber ast.
Hazrat
Rasoole Khuda (SAWA) has said that one Tawaaf of The Zareeh of My son Imam Ali
Moose Raza will bestow the sawaab of seven thousand seven hundred &
seventy-seven Hajje Akber to the Zawwar of Mashhad-e-Muqaddas.
Al
Moamino Farmaataa Hai woh Saiyede Abraar
Ek
Baar Ziyarat ko meri Karta Hai Zawwar
Mar
Jaata Hai jab voh to main Hotaa hoon azadar
Jaata
hoon Lahadme Shabe Awwalko main so Baar
Marte
Hai jo Zawwar Meri raahmein Aake
Detaa
hoon unhe ghusl o Kafan aap mein aake
Preface
By Printer & Publisher
With
Due respects to our respected brothers-in-faith this humble man Haji Gulam Ali
Ismail, (Printer & Publisher) submits that by the grace of Allah Almighty
and with the blessings of Hazrat Imam Raza (A.S.) Dawood Haji Nasser Haji Mavji
of Bombay was fortunate to get the great benefit to present himself in the Haram
Mubarak of Hazrat (A.S.) and to recite Ziyarat there. In order to commemorate
the great event he has written a detailed description of his pilgrimage and
named it BOMBAY TO MASHHAD. He
got 1500 copies printed at my Press and gifted the same to brothers-in-faith so
that it can serve as a guide for those who may intend to go for Ziyarat.
May
ALLAH ALMIGHTY bestow upon this brother the best rewards in both this world and
in the hereafter Ameen
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Reward
of Ziyarat of Imame Raza (A.S.)
This
Imam-e-gareebul guraba is our eighth Imam. Accordingly below published are eight
ahadis to encourage the faithful to undertake his Ziyarat. These Ahadis have
been taken from the farsi book Tohfatur Razviyyah:--
1.
Janaab Shaikh Tusi (A.M.) in Tehzeebul Ahkaam and Janaab Saduq in
Oyunul Akhbaare Raza (A.S.) have narrated that Imaame Moosiye Kaazim (A.S.)
said : Whoever will perform the Ziyarat of my son Ali will get the Sawaab of
Seventy Haj from Allah Taala! The narrator inquired : Seventy Haj? He said
Yes rather Seventy Thousand Haj. There are Haj Pilgrimages that are not
accepted by Allah but the Haj mentioned by me are those that are accepted.
Thereafter he said : Whomsoever performs the Ziyarat of my son and stays there
overnight will be like the one who makes the Ziyarat of Allah on arsh. Becoming
more astonished ,the narrator asked : Oh Hazrat : How is it possible to make a
Ziyarat of Allah on arsh? He replied On Qiyaamat Allah Taala will call four
great men from the former and four from the latter on his Arsh; The former Four
will be 1.Hazrat Nooh 2.Hazrat Ebrahim 3.Hazrat Moosa and 4.Hazrat Isa, whereas
the latter four will be 1.Hazrat Mohammed (SAWA) 2.Hazrat Ali (A.S.) 3.Hazrat
Hasan (A.S.) and 4.Hazrat Husain (A.S). May peace and mercy of Allah be upon all
of them. A dining cloth will be spread for their feast and eatables will be put
thereon. The aimma-e-Tahereen (rest of the Imams) as well as their Zawwars will
also be invited there (All of them will have a feast).This is the Ziyarat of
Allah. The highest in rank of all the Zawwars will be the Zawwars of Imam Raza (A.S)
and they will be deserving the best of rewards.
2.
It is proved by these traditions that the sawaab (reward) of Ziyarat of
Imam Raza (A.S.) is more than any other Ziyarat. Specially the sawaab of Imam
Huseins (A.S.) Ziyarat is very great. About it there is a separate book
NAJAATUL KHAFEKAYAN FI ZIYARATIL HUSAIN which contains about 300 ahaadees
regarding the sawaab of Ziyarat. The details regarding the time and date etc.
are also mentioned therein to such an extent that some ulemaas consider this
Ziyarat Waajib (compulsory).Yet I did not find any tradition that shows any
Ziyarat, Sawaab of which is like sawaab of Imam Raza (A.S.)s. Many wise
people wonder how much esteem Hazrat has before God that his zawaars
sins will be forgiven even if they are more than all men and
Jinns.(ALLAHUMMA SALLE ALAA MOHAMMED VA AALE MOHAMMED)
3.
Hazrat Rasool-e-Khuda has said : Shortly one of my limbs will be buried
in Khorasaans soil, so if any grief-stricken performs his Ziyarat Allah will
relieve his grief and also forgive all his sins.
4.
Hazrat Ameerul Moameneen said : one of my progeny will be martyred
through persecution and poisoning on the earth of the Khorasaan. He will have my
name. His fathers name will be the same as Imrans son Moosa. Be it known
that those who will go so far and perform his Ziyarat, Allah will forgive his
sins gone by and those to come be they as many in number as the stars and
raindrops and the tree leaves.