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Ziyārah (Arabic: زيارة‎; the construct state form ziyārat is commonly used when the word is borrowed into other languages) is an Arabic term literally means "visit", used to refer to a pilgrimage to sites associated with Muhammad, his family members and descendants (including the Shī‘ī Imāms), his companions, or other venerated figures in Islam, such as the prophets, Sufi saints and Islamic scholars. Sites of pilgrimage include mosques, graves, battlefields, mountains, and caves.

Ziyārat can also refer to a form of supplication made by the Shia, in which they send salutations and greetings to Muhammad and his family.[1]

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[edit] Etymology and usage

"Ziyarat" comes from Arabic: زور‎ "to visit". Iranian and south-Asian Muslims use the word ziyarat for both the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca as well as for pilgrimages to other sites.

[edit] Pilgrimage sites

Different Muslim-majority countries, speaking many different languages, use different words for these sites.

  • Ziyaratgaah — Persian word meaning, "sites of Ziyarat"
  • Imamzadeh — in Iran, tombs of the "descendants of Shī‘ah Imāms"
  • Dargah (Persian: درگاہ;‎ Hindi: दरगाह; literally: "threshold, doorstep [of the interred holy person's spiritual sanctum];" the shrine is considered a "doorstep" to a spiritual realm) — in South Asia, and Central Asia tombs of Sufi saints
  • Ziyaratkhana — in South Asia (less common)
  • Darga or Ziyaret — in Turkey
  • Gonbei mdash; in Mandarin Chinese

Sufi places of worship and retreat may be built near the graves of famous Sufi saints; they are often called khanqahs or tekkes.

[edit] Sites by country

[edit] Afghanistan

The historic Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif

[edit] Algeria

[edit] Bangladesh

Tomb of Shah Jalal in Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • The dargah and mosque of the Sufi saint Shah Jalal, Sylhet
  • The dargah of Shah Paran, Sylhet
  • The dargah of Shah Amanat, Chittagong
  • The dargah of Bayazid Bastami, Chittagong
  • The dargah of Gausul Azam Maizbhandari Ahmed Ullah, Chittagong[2]
  • The dargah of Golamur Rahman (Baba Bhandari, Chittagong[3]
  • The dargah of Delwar Hossain Maizbhandari, Chittagong[4]
  • The dargah of Ziaul Huq Maizbhandari, Chittagong[5]
  • The dargah of Khan Jahan Ali, Bagerhat Sadar Upazila
  • The dargah of Mokhdum Ruposh, Rajshahi
  • The dargah of Shah Ali, Mirpur, Dhaka
  • The dargha of shah sultan komor uddin rumi (R.A), Modon, Netrokona.
  • Tha dargha of burhan uddin (R.A)(bura baba), Mymensingh.
  • Tha dargha of Abu kashem Chisti nejami Golrovi (Per Baba Bangali R.A), Chukaitola, Mymensingh.
  • The dargha of Miskin Shah (R.A), Mukhi,Goffargonj,Mymensingh.
  • The dargha of Shah Jamal (R.A), Jamalpur.
  • The dargha of Shah Kamal (R.A), Jamalpur.

[edit] China (People's Republic of)

[edit] Egypt

Aerial view of the dargah of Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili, Humaithara, Egypt

[edit] India

The Ziyarat sites in India are owned and maintained by the waqf Boards of the respective states in which they are located.

[edit] Tamil Nadu

[edit] Uttarpradesh

  • Dargah of Darbar-e Maula Ali Bhatni Aharif Khankah, Ward 10, allauddin nagar, post bhatni, dist-deoria, up-sajjada nashin-Amjad khan
  • dargah of Allauddin Shah Rahamtullah Aleh, GULAME ALI, Chisty kaadri, bhatni, dist-Deoria
  • Dargah of Auhaduddin Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Simnani,at Kichouccha Shareef, Ambedkarnagar
  • Dargah (shrine) of Ahmed Raza Khan, Bareilly
  • Dargah of Salim Chishti, at Fatehpur Sikri
  • Dargah of [Hazrat Saiyad Yaseen Shah] khukhundu selhrapur sharif, deoria distt, founder president Gaddinaseen [Saiyad Shakil Ahmad Shah],vill ramnagar lar salempur deoria Shakir Ali, Nasirabad Colony Khandari Agra
  • Dargah of [Hazrat Waris Ali shah] dewa sharif barabanki lucknow
  • Dargah of [hazrat Badiuddin shah madar], makanpur sharif kanpur

[edit] Bihar

[edit] Punjab

  • Dargahs (shrines) of 40 prophets
  • Imam Rabbani Mujaddid Alfussani, Sirhind
  • Muhammed Maasoom, Sirhind
  • Muhammed Saifudheen, Sirhind
  • Hazrat Imam Ali Nasir, Jalandhar
  • Syed Ghulam ur Rasool Shah,Paddi Matt,Jalandhar
  • Baba Pathaan Sherwani, Village Soeta,Usman Pur, Nawan Shehr
  • Dargah (Shrine) Great Sufi Poet Hazrat Maulvi Ghulam Rasool Alampuri, village Alampur, Tehsil Dasuya, Distt. Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. http://www.alampuri-academy.org

[edit] Andhra pradesh

  • Hazrath Syed Shah Adbul Lateef Laubali Quadri R.A, Kurnool
  • Hazrath Syed Baba Sharfuddin(Qutub E Deccan), Pahadi Shareef, Hydreabad.
  • Hazrath Peer Bade Baghdadi Syed Abdul Rahman Qadri Baghdadi Ar-Rifai, Roza-e-Rahmania, Dargah Khitte Saliheen, Nampally, Hyderabad.
  • Hazrath Peer Baghdadi Syed Mohammed Qadri Baghdadi Ar-Rifai, Jannatul Baqee, Madine Munnawara.
  • Hazrath Peer Baghdadi Syed Abdul Kareem Qadri Baghdadi Ar-Rifai, Roza-e-Rahmania, Dargah Khitte Saliheen, Nampally, Hyderabad.
  • Hazrat Syed Shah Ali Pehelwan, Alampur, (Mahebub Nagar Dist.,)
  • Hazrat Syed Khawaja Mahboob Allah Hussaini Quadri, [1], Shah Ali Banda, Hyderabad,
  • Hazrat Hafiz Syed Mahmood Ali Shah,MAKKI MIYAN,Hussaini Tekri,near Bahadurpura,Hyderabad.
  • Hazrat Mohammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri, Bahadurpura, Hyderabad
  • Hazrat Syed Meeran Hussaini Baghdadi) Langer Houz, Hyderabad,
  • Hazrat Khaja Nayaab-e-Rasool and Ammajaan, Rahmatabad, Nellore
  • Hazrat Syed Mohammed Yahya Pasha [2], Riyaz-e-Madina, Misrigunj Hyderabad
  • Hazrat Syed Ameen Badasha Qhadri Chisti Naqshabandi http://www.syedameenbadasha.com, Auto Nagar,Guntur.
  • Hazrat Syed Mustafa Sha Qadri Shaheed (Bada Gaun) Rahmatabad, Nellore.
  • Hazarat Syed Galib Shaheed Aulia, Dargah center Bhavanipuram Vijayawada.
  • Hazrat Syed Yousuf Sahab and Syed Shareef Sahab Nampally, Hyderabad,
  • Hazrat Syed Ahmed Badepa First lancer, Hyderabad,
  • Hazrat Syed Hussain Shah Wali, Dargah, Hyderabad,
  • Hazrat Baba Fakhruddin, Khajaguda, Hyderabad,
  • Hazrat Syed Kareemulla Shah Qadari,Kasmur, Nellore
  • Hazrat Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi, misrigunj, hyderabad
  • Hazrat Shaik Dawood Waliullah, veenadu,sulurpet,nellore,
  • Hazrat Shah Khamosh Shah sahab, NAMPALLY HYDERABAD,
  • Hazrat Pir Khaja Habib Ali Shah, Katalmandi,HYDERABAD http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazrat_Khwaja_Habib_Ali_Shah, & http://www.soofie.org.za/memorial/hazrat_sayed.html
  • Hazrat Jehangeer Peer and Burhan uddin auliya, hyderabad,
  • Hazrat Afzal Biyabani, warangal,
  • Hazrat Mashook a Rabbanni, Warangal,
  • Syed Sha Ali Quadri, vijayawada, nuzvid.
  • Hazrat Alam shahim Hussian shaid VIAKRABAD
  • Hazrat mohad shab vikarabad
  • Hazrat sofi moinduddin chisti ALAMPALLY
  • Hazrat Syed Shaik Imam Ahmed Quadri, Kurnool
  • Hazrat Maula Miskin Quadri R.A, kurnool
  • Hazrat Syed Sabith Ali Shah Quadri, Sabzimandi, Hyderabad
  • Hazrat Syed Gouhar Ali Shah Quadri, Zaheerabad, Medak
  • Hazrat Syed Abdullah Sha Hussaini Suttari Yammani Tadipatri http://www.syedabdullahshahussaini.blogspot.com

[edit] Delhi

  • Noor Muhammed Badhayooni, Delhi
  • Muhammed Baqi Billah, Delhi
  • Shah Valiyullah Dahlavi, Delhi
  • Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtyar Kaki’s shrine near Delhi
  • Nizamuddin Dargah|Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia, Delhi
  • Tomb of Amir Khusro, Delhi

[edit] Kashmir

[edit] Rajasthan

[edit] Madhya Pradesh

[edit] Haryana

  • Sheikh Jamaluddin Qutb’s shrine

[edit] Gujarat

  • Hazrat Saiyed Abdul Halim Shah Dataar Bhandari (R.A), Ankleshwar Near Inamdar House
  • Shrine of Hazrat Mansoor Muhammad Hussain Shah (commonly known as Chotumian or Chotubawa)-Hansot, Near Surat, Gujrat
  • Shrine of Ibrahim, Bhadreswar
  • Jamaludheen Jana
  • Hazrat Shah Noor Jamal,Hoshiarpur
  • Hazrat Mira Saiyad Ali Datar, Unava,Unjha district, Mahesana
  • Hazrat Rizkullah Shah Vali, Kodinar
  • Hazrat Pir Maheboob sha Motiyu wale Sarkar, Jamnagar
  • Hazrat Shah Aalam Dargah, Ahmedabad
  • Hazrat Kabil shaa Khambhat
  • Hazrat Pir Babu shah Khambhat
  • Hazrat Pir geban shah khambhat

[edit] Maharashtra

[edit] Karnataka

  • Dargah of Hazrath Syed Mohammad Khalandar Shah Peer Valiullah - [ Javagal Shareef, Arsikere Taluk ]
  • Dargah of Hz. Khwaja Bande Nawaz Gesudaraz - [ Gulbarga ]
  • Dargah of Hz. Mastan Shah Khadri - [ Gulbarga ]
  • Dargah of Hz. Ismail Shah Khadri - [ Gulbarga ]
  • Dargah of Hz. Shah Peer Bahauddin urf Langotbandh - [ Gulbarga ]
  • Dargah of Hz. Tajoodin Baba Shearwar - [ Omdabad - Gulbarga Dist. ]
  • Dargah of Hz. Manik Mastan Saharwardi - [(City Market ) -Bangalore]
  • Dargah of Hz. Tawakkal Mastan Saharwardi - [(Mejestic) - Bangalore]
  • Dargah of Hz. Tippu Mastan Saharwardi - [Bangalore Outskirts]
  • Dargah of Hz. Yakheen Shah Vali Saharwardi - [(Near Vidhan Soudha) - Bangalore]
  • Dargah of Hz. Kambalposh Khardi Saharwardi - [(Shivajinagar) - Bangalore]
  • Dargah of Hz. Syed Peer Hyder Shah Qadri(Shia Posh Bawaji)- [JC Road) - Bangalore].
  • Dargah of Hz. Syed Khutb e Alam Khutub e kolar Khutub e Karantaka Alah Hazrath Khutube ghori (Kolar Tower)
  • Dargah of Hz. Usman Ali Shah Khadri - [Kolar Hill Top] - [Kolar]
  • Dargah of Hz. Haidyar Ali Safdar Khalandari - [Mulbagal - Kolar Dist.]
  • Dargah of Hz. Ammajan-Bawajan - [Murughmalla - Chinthamani - Kolar Dist.]
  • Dargah of Hz. Ka-Ki-Sha-Maula - [Nimkanpalli- Chinthamani - Kolar Dist.]
  • Dargah of Hz. Mardana Ghaib + 2 Other Darghas - [ Shivsamudra - Mandya Dist. - Mysore]
  • Dargah of Hz. Tippu Sultan Sahhed(Tiger of Mysore) - [Srirangapatnam - Mysore]
  • Dargah of Hz. Sayed Hashimpeer Dastegir - [Bijapur]
  • Hazrath Dada Haiyat Khalandar(Ghaib) - [ Bababudangiri Hill - Chickmagalur Dist.]
  • Dargah of Hz. Sayed Muhammed Shariff Madani - [ Ullal- Mangalore ]
  • Dargah of (Sahabi) Hz. Malik-Bin-Deenar - [ Kasargood - Mangalore ]
  • Hazrat Tajuddin RajBaghSawar, Baswa Kalyan
  • Hazrat Syed Ahmed Shah Quadri, Baswa Kalyan
  • Hazrat Syed Qamaruddin Quadri, Baswa Kalyan
  • Hazrat Syed gousmoidina sha Quadri gondi ( anvatti karntakk )

[edit] Kerala

[edit] Laksha Dweep

[edit] Indonesia

Grave of President Sukarno, in Indonesia.
  • The tombs of the Wali Sanga
  • Tomb of Tuan Guru Syeikh Abdurrahman Siddiq, Riau - frequented by Malays from Indonesia and Malaysia

[edit] Iran

Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization lists several hundred "ziyarat-gah" or places of pilgrimage in which a sage, Sufi, Imamzadeh, or Imam were buried in Iran. Some of the more popular ones include:

[edit] Iraq

Six of twelve, Twelver Shī‘ah Imāms are buried in Iraq:

[edit] Israel and Palestinian territories

Masjid al-Aqsa

[edit] Kazakhstan

[edit] Libya

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Mali

[edit] Morocco

  • Complex of Sidi Bul Abbas, of one Marrakech's celebrated seven saints, Marrakech
  • Zawiya and Mosque of Moulay Idris II, Fes

[edit] Pakistan

  • Hazrat Syed Baba Lal Shah Badshah Qalander, Muree Hills, Punjab
  • Moula Kadham, Haiderabad.
  • Baba Mauj Deen, Lahore
  • Baba Bahauddin Auliya
  • Sultan Fuqra-Hazrat Sakhi Sultan BAHOO, Shourkot, District-Jhang
  • Mehboob-e Jilani-Sufi Ghulam Ahmad, Iqbal Nagar, Kassuwaal
  • Ghulam Husain (Baba Ghorriyaan wale Srkar) Baleekay, Safdarabad
  • Sain Roshan Din, Chhota Kotla, Sangla Hill
  • Baba Noor Shah Walli, Laari Adda, Faisalabad
  • Hazrat Abu Anees Muhammad Barkat Ali Ludhianivi,Daar-ul-Ehsaan, Faisalabad
  • Sufi Mubarak Ali, Awagat, Jaranwala, Faisalabad
  • Khan baba, Awagat, Jaranwala, Faisalabad
  • Hazrat Sadaq Sain Sarkar, 31-G.B. Satyana, Faisalabad.
  • Syed Ghulam-e Mustafa Shah, Paddi matt wale, Sain di Khoei, Faisalabad
  • Syed Ali Haider Shah, Sain di Khoei, Faisalabad
  • Baba Sher Shah (Zahira Peer), Sain di Khoei, Faisalabad
  • Baba Rehmay Shah, Sain di Khoei, Faisalabad
  • Baba Muhammad Husain Mast Qadiri, Sain di Khoei, Faisalabad
  • Baba Bashir (BAB), Sain di Khoei, Faisalabad
  • Baba Lasorri Shah, Jhang Bazar, Ginta Ghar, Faisalabad
  • Imam Jalwi, Dhudiwala, Faisalabad
  • Baba Faryaad Sain, Dhudiwala, Faisalabad
  • Nisar Ahmad Khan Qadiri, Chak#122-GB. Faisalabad
  • Baba Siraj (Kikar Sain), Adda Chak#123G.B. Jaranwala Road. Faisalabad
  • Mian Muhammad Bakhash, Karri Sharif, Mirpur, Azad Kasmir
  • Faqeer Noor Muhammad Kalachvi, Kalachi Shrif, Dera Ismail Khan
  • Mian Meer Saab, Lahore
  • Syed Waris Shah, Jindyala Sher Khan, Shaikhupura
  • Khwaja Ghulam Farid,Mithan Kot.
  • Syed Wazir Ali Shah (Sangal Shah), Chak#105-GB.Bangay, Faisalabad
  • Syed Wasal Shah, Hassan Abdal
  • Bulleh Shah (Baba, Kasur)
  • Shah Inayat Qadri,Lahore.
  • Madhoo Lal Husain (Shah Husain), Lahore
  • Hazrat Baba Chatri Saaien, Lari Adda, Lahore
  • Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Karachi
  • Hazrat Syed Abdul Wahab Shah Jilani, Hyderabad
  • Hazrat Syed Aalam Shah Bukhari, Karachi
  • Hazrat Syed Abdul Nabi Jilani (Mah wali sarkar), Badin, Sindh
  • Hazrat Syed Sabir Ali Jilani, Mewa Shah Kabrastan, Karachi
  • Baba Farid-ud-din Ganj-e-Shakar, Paak Pattan Sharif
  • Shrine of Khwaja Sheikh Pak, Derh Pindi, Lahore.
  • Shrine of Qalandar Baba Bukhari (Makhdoom Syed Safdar Ali Shah Bukhari (Kakyoon Waali Sarkar)),Dhudian,Pakistan
  • Shrine of AAla Hazrat Lillahi(Hazrat Hafiz Ghulam Nabi 18th Century) Lilla, Punjab Pakistan
  • Shrine of Hazrat Baba Hassan Shah walli Shahdara town Lahore
  • Shrine of Hazrat Baba INAYAT Shah Walli, Lahore
  • Shrine of Hazrat baba Sher shah walli Lahore
  • Shrine of Hazoor Zia-ul-ummah Justice Pir Mohammad Karam Shah Al-Azhari, Behra Sharif
  • Shrine of Professor Arif Sani Lamakani at Bahu Abad Tehsil Haroonabad District Bahawalnagar
  • Darbar Ghousia Shareef (Hadhrat Syedina Tahir Allauddin Al-Qadri Al-Gillani Radhi Allahu Anhu) in Baghdad Town of Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Darbar shreef (baba divey shah)(jalalpurjattan pind chaklala)gujrat
  • Darbar Shareef (baba miana yaseen sahib)(jalalpurjattan pind chaklala)gujrat
  • Darbar Shah Sauchyar Shah Zar Shah Munawar Bharakahu, Islamabad.
  • Darbar shareef (peer gul hussan shah sahib)pind mojoki dakkhana noshera khajgan dist gujrat
  • Darbar shareef (peer gul hussain shah sahib)pind marry warachawn dera joian wali sarkar dist gujrat
  • Darbar shareef (sakhi LAL badshah sarkar)sanda dupsarri lahore* *Darbar shareef (peer khaja abdul majeed qadri khizri shaib)dewal shreef rawalpindi
  • Darbar shareef(hazrat karmanwale sarkar)okara
  • Darbar shareef (hazrat khwaja shah HABIBULLAH Have jafri rehmani sabri chichti R.A)E/124/1 st no 5 miyan mir colony lahore.
  • Darbar Baba Ghazi imam noon Islamabad
  • Darbar sharif Syed Shahjhan badsha murree road Rawalpindi

[edit] Saudi Arabia

[edit] Singapore

  • Shrine of Syed Shahul Hamid
  • Tomb of Wali Habib Noh - frequented by Malays and Naqshabandis
  • Shrine of Hazrath Khwaja Habibullah Shah at Kubur Kassim on Siglap road near ChaiChee in Singapore.

[edit] South Africa

  • Tomb (kramat) of Sheikh Abdul Rahman, Cape Town - venerated by Cape Malays
  • Tomb of Sheikh Jaafar, Cape Town - venerated by Cape Malays
  • Tomb of Sheikh Mahmood, Cape Town - venerated by Cape Malays
  • Tomb of Shaikh Yusuf Faure, Cape Town - venerated by Cape Malays
  • Tomb of Sheikh Sayed Ahmed Badsha Peer [Durban]
  • Tomb of Hazrat Sufi Saheb [Durban]
  • Tomb of Hazrat Raja Bawa [Durban]
  • Tomb of Hazrat Fathe Bawa (Durban )
  • Tomb of Hazrat Bhaijaan Bawa Sufi (Durban )
  • Tomb of Hazrat Goolam Hoosein Fazle Elahi (Boksburg)

[edit] Sri Lanka

[edit] Syria

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Turkmenistan

  • Abu Ya`qub Yusuf ibn Ayyab ibn Yusuf ibn al-Husayn al-Hamadani, Merv

[edit] Uzbekistan

[edit] Views on Ziyarat

[edit] Wahhabi views

The majority of Wahhabis believe that visiting the graves of saints should be classified as shirk and bid'ah except the visiting of the tomb of Muhammad in Medina which may be done during Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage. However, it is not a required. They point out to the following sayings of Muhammad as an evidence for their belief.

Narrated By 'Aisha : Umm Salama told Allah's Apostle about a church which she had seen in Ethiopia and which was called Mariya. She told him about the pictures which she had seen in it. God's Apostle said, "If any righteous pious man dies among them, they would build a place of worship at his grave and make these pictures in it; they are the worst creatures in the sight of God."[6]

The most evil of mankind are those who will be alive when the Last Day arrives and those who take graves as places of worship.”[7]

It is also reported in the most authentic books of Sunni Islam that Aa’ishah (wife of Muhammad) reported:

Had it not been so, his (i.e. the Prophet’s) grave would have been in an open place, but it could not be due to the fear that it could be taken as a mosque.[8]

Sunni scholars declare that the purpose of visiting the graves and cemeteries is only to remind people of death and a curse be upon the Jews and Christians for taking the graves of their Prophets as places of worship.[9]

  • “...Beware that those before you took the graves of their Prophets as places of worship. Do not take graves as places of worship, for verily I forbid you to do so.”[6]
  • “The most evil of mankind are those who will be alive when the Last Day arrives and those who take graves as places of worship.”[7]

[edit] Sūnnī or sufi Views

The purpose of visiting a grave is to gain llim (divine knowledge), tafakkur and to pray for the person in the grave, but if the person in the grave is a Prophet or a Awliya (friend of God), fayd and spiritual benefits can be gained from their souls. The person who is visited, must be thought of as if he is alive and must be visited with the same good manners.

“ " The event of death is like moving from one house to another for the friends of Allah, the same good manners,respect and high regards must be shown to them, as when they were alive."AbdulHakim Arvasi, Rabita-i Serife, 23-24; Halidiyye Risalesi, 58-60 ”
“ " Neither kissing the grave or moving the hands over the face after touching the grave for blessing, is suitable to the good manners (adab)."Gazali, Ihya,IV,711. ”
“ " Hz.Rasulullah (s.a.w) has given the good tidings that the Angels say "AMIN" for the prayers which are performed for the brothers and the Awliya and Allahu Teala accepts them (at the exact moment)."Buhari, Edebu'l-Mufred, No:623; Ebu Davud, Vitr, 29. ”
“ " Visiting the grave is a duty which is performed for Allah's pleasure and visiting the grave of a father and mother on a Friday is appropriate ."Gazali, Ihya, IV, 711 ”


[edit] Shī‘ah Views

There are many reasons for which the Shī‘ah partake in the performance of Ziyarah, none of which include the worship of the people buried within the tombs - Ayatullah Borujerdi and Ayatullah Khomeini have both said

“ "It is haram (forbidden) to prostrate to anyone except Allah. If the act of prostration in front of the shrines of the Infallible Imams ('a.s.) is a form of thanksgiving to God, there is no objection, otherwise it is haram."[10] ”

The Shī‘ah do however perform Ziyarah, believing that the entombed figures bear great status in the eyes of God, and seek to have their prayers answered through these people (a form of Tawassul) - Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Musawi writes

“ "They (the holy figures) are being requested to supplicate to Allah, to deliver the person in need from his affliction, since the supplication of these saintly figures is accepted by Allah."[11] ”

In this regard, Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani also narrates a hadīth from the tenth Imām of the Twelver Shī‘as

“ "God has some areas where he likes to be supplicated in, and the prayer of the supplicator is accepted (in those areas); the sanctuary of Husayn (a.s.) is one of these."[12] ”

The Ziyarah of the Imāms is also done by the Shī‘ah, not only as a means of greeting and saluting their masters who lived long before they were born, but also as a means of seeking nearness to God and more of His blessings (barakah).

Carrying corpses to the Holy Shrines, Persia, 19th century.

The Shī‘ah do not consider the narrations in Bukhari to be authentic,[13] and argue that if things such as Ziyarah and Tawassul were innovations and shirk, Muhammad himself would have prohibited people as a precaution, from visiting graves, or seeking blessings through kissing the sacred black stone at the Ka‘bah.[14] Some Sunni scholars such as Ibn Taymiyyah,[15] have also rejected the notion that such things are innovations (bid'ah).

It is popular Shi'i belief that to be buried near the burial place of the Imams is beneficial. In Shi'i sacred texts it is stated that the time between death and resurrection (barzakh, purgatory) should be spent near the Imams.[16]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ List of Supplication Ziyarats
  2. ^ http://www.sufimaizbhandari.org/shah_sufi_moulana_syed_ahmed_ullah_maizbhandari.html
  3. ^ http://www.sufimaizbhandari.org/shah_sufi_moulana_syed_golamur_rahman_maizbhandari.html
  4. ^ http://www.sufimaizbhandari.org/shah_sufi_syed_delwar_hossain_maizbhandari.html
  5. ^ http://www.sufimaizbhandari.org/shahenshah_hazrat_shah_sufi_syed_ziaul_haq_maizbhandari.html
  6. ^ a b Sahih Bukhari, vol. 1, book 8, hadith 426
  7. ^ a b Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal (al-Fitan wal-Ashrat as-Sa’aat – the trials and signs of the Hour). See Ahkaamul-Janaa’iz, p.278
  8. ^ Sahih al-Bukhari (Eng. Trans.) vol.2, p.232, no.414, Sahih Muslim (Eng. Trans.) vol.1, p.268, no.1076 and Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal vol.6, no.156-198, vol.8, no.114.
  9. ^ Sahih Al-Bukhari (Eng. Trans.) vol.1, p.255, no.427 Sahih Muslim (Eng. Trans.) vol.1, p.269, no.1082, Sunan Abu Dawood (Eng. Trans.) vol.2, p.917, no.3221, Sunan an-Nass’ai vol.1, no.115 and others.
  10. ^ Ayatullah Borujerdi, Tawdih al-Masa'il, p.172 ; Imam Khumayni, Tahrir al-Wasilah, vol.1, p.150; Risalah-ye Novin, vol.1, p.148.
  11. ^ Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Musawi, Risalah dar Kitab wa Sunnat, Majmu'ah Maqalat, Kitab Nida'-e Wahdat, Tehran, Chehel-Sutun Publishers, p.259.
  12. ^ Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p.510.
  13. ^ Moojan Moman, Introduction to Shi'i Islam, Yale University Press, 1985, p.174 ; Ahmad Abdullah Salamah, Shia & Sunni Perspective on Islam, p.52.
  14. ^ Risalatan Bayn al-Shaykhayn, p.17.
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