Friday Journal : 23rd October 1998

Articles in this issue

Five Traits to be avoided by a businessman
Ask Allamah
Hadhrat Salman and the Prophets
Control your Anger
Why Prostration in Prayers must be done on Earth
Friday Dua
SATAN - The Master Hypnotist
Pilgrimage Sites - Madain / Salman Pak and Musayyab
Stories from Greater Sins : Fire did not Burn - Knife did not Cut


Pilgrimage Sites : Madain / Salman Pak and Musayyab

Madain / Salman Pak
1 Tomb of Salman Farsi, companion of the Holy Prophet [s]
2 Tomb of Hudhaifa al-Yamani, companion of the Holy Prophet [s]
3 Tomb of Jabir b. Abdullah al-Ansari, companion of the Holy Prophet [s]
4 Masjid Jnm'a - near the tomb of Salman Farsi

Note: On 26th March 1934, King Faisal 1 of Iraq supervised the transfer of the remains of Hudhaifa al-Yamani and Jabir b. Abdullah al-Ansari, the two trusted companions of the Holy Prophet [s] from their resting place in Madain which were endangered with water from River Tigris to a new site at Salman Pak near the resting place of Salman Farsi.

Historic site
Tak-e-Kisra, the palace of Nausherwan - pan of ancient Bnbylonian civilization. When the Holy Prophet [s] was born in Makkah, this huge edifice is said to have developed cracks on its walls.

Musayyab
This place is on the way to Kadhmayn while going from Karbala.

Pilgrimage site
Mausoleum of the two sons of Muslim ibn Aqil [a ]:-
- Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Aqil [a], and
- Ibrahim ibn Muslim ibn Aqil [a]
Thev are also know as Tiflan-e-Muslim