RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - September 3: Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi while expressing his deep grief on the tragedy happened to Zaireen in Iraq has announced to observe "Youm-e-Shuhada-e-Saneha-e-Karbala" (Day of Martyrs of Karbala Tragedy) on Monday September 4.

In a statement issued here, he expressed his sympathies with the bereaved families and said zaireen entrusted to the Khak-e-Shafa of Karbala are very lucky. He stressed that Istemariat and Zionism are afraid of Hussainiat. Zaireen of Imam Hussain (AS) include both Shia and Sunni even the non-Muslims. Ummayads and Abbasids tried their best to stop people from ziaraat, they were put in walls alive, choked, their dead bodies were trampled but this could not lessen the number of Hussaini zaireen. He said last year thousands of zaireen azadars were murdered on Ashura, but the whole world witnessed through media that thousands of matmi processions were mourning Imam (AS) despite heavy loss of life.

The TNFJ chief said more than three years are about to pass, Iblisi powers are spending all their energies, honour and dignity of Karbala Moalla, Najaf Ashraf and Baghdad was trampled, holy Askariyain shrine was leveled, Baghdad bridge tragedy on 25 Rajab marking the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Imam Moosa Kazim (AS) occurred last year but more than five million zaireen by bringing out mourning procession practically displayed unity and oneness.

Moosavi challenged the iblisi world that they could never create differences among Sunnis and Shias which are two strong arms of Islam and green branches of tree of Islam. We keep this stance from the day one that there is no maktabi, maslaki conflict in any part of the globe including Pakistan. Terming last day's tragedy as "sectarian conflict" is tantamount to strengthen heinous conspiracy of iblisi powers - new world order.

He hailed Iraqi government's spending of energies to protect zaireen and timely steps of Pakistan government regarding the last day tragedy, and said we are proud of martyrdoms because death of a martyr is life of nation. He said Hussain (AS) is that personality about whom a saying of Prophet (SAW) goes: Hussain is from me and I'm from Hussain". Therefore ziarat-e-Hussain (visit to Imam Husain) is in fact ziarat of Prophet (SAWW). By performing ziaraat, faith becomes strong to strongest. Owing to this merit, ziarat of graves and holy shrines has been considered rewarding.

Holy Prophet (SAWW) himself was use to visit graves. He said as ziarat of grave of holy Prophet (SAWW) is rewarding, similarly ziarat of graves of Ahle Bait-e-Atahar and holy Sahaba kibar is rewarding. A saying of holy Prophet (SAWW) goes: he who is honoured with hajj and visits my grave, is similar to that man who visited me in my life (Sunan Behqehi, volume 5, page 246).

Moosavi said traveling for Ziaraat is rewarding. Hazrat Abu Huraira narrates that when holy Prophet (SAWW) passed by martyrs of Ohad, he said i bear witness that they will present in the court of Allah on the Last Day, then ordered "go to them and do their ziarat, by God, he who will say salam to them till the Judgment Day they will answer him. (Mustadrek Hakim, volume 2 page 248).

Agha Moosavi said when these martyrs keep this status then what to say about the Chief of Martyrs Imam Hussain (AS) who sacrificed his near and dear ones in the scorching desert of Karbala for protection of din-o-shariat and success of humanity!!! And Allah awarded to this matchless sacrifice with the certificate of "Zibh-e-Azeem" in the holy Quran.

The first zair (visitor) of the grave of Imam Hussain (AS) is Sahabi-e-Rasul Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari whose honour and dignity is clear. He said those zaireen who were martyred last day near Karbala are near to Hazrat Jabir.

He appealed to all schools of thought to pray for height of ranks of martyrs and express full solidarity with the oppressed world by holding Quran Khwani and Majalis-e-azaon the occasion of "Youm-e-Shuhada-e-Saneha-e-Karbala" on Monday.

Meanwhile, a central committee of TNFJ has been formed to organize the prpgrams of the day. Syed Nazakat Hussain Shah Naqvi has been nominated its convener while Dr. S.Zaman will be the secretary.

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