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the chup tazia – 202 viewsDate: 10/30/2005 Time: 04:36 AM Visits: 17
The Chup Tazia has an interesting background , the founder of this Tazia had taken a vow if he won a court case he would , take out a procession in commemoration of the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain, he won the case on the day of 8 Rabbilawwal, there was a banket ban on processions , so this was taken out quietly and clandestinely, this was told to me by the scion of the Nawab family the erstwhile Nawab Abdulah Mir Jaffar of Sheesh Mahal extension on my visit to Lucknow this Ashura.

You Shias from other states must once in your life time see the Chup Tazia , believe me you will come again and again, such is the power of this silent procession that starts from Shia College Nakhas and ends after many hours in the burial grounds of Kazmain Karbala.. leading the Tazia , are the Nohakars of Lucknow and one Noha .. that rents the air , has made me cry as I write this is Ghabrayegi Zainab, perhaps in the crowd of burkha clad women you might catch glimpse of a Shehzadi yes Janabe Zainab comes to participate , to bid farewell to the people of Lucknow .. lovers of her Brothers Imam Hussain and Hazrat Abbas.

Hazrat Abbas who came to Hindustan and never went back, fulfilling wishes of those who salute him at his Dargah before going to work…doing the work of his Akka Moulah Hussain.

Whatever my grouse with certain elements of Lucknow, I am indebted to this Dargah for all that I recieved.. even what I did not ask was given to me by Hazrat Abbas Alamdar.

My deleting Word Press after the diktats of the hardliners , hurt me the most, I did not know how to handle categories, all this on the new site has been done by developer son Asif Shakir.

I am not here on this site to promote my religion, my religion of the Ahle Bait needs no advertisement or promtion, it was ordained by God itself in the Holy Koran.

I always tell people stick to your religion and your beliefs ,sometimes the grass on the other side is only an illusion to test the Godliness of the Faith you are born with..

I respect all religion, but for me my own is the best , as it was crafed for the need of my restless soul, a restless soul that seeks global peace and a prayer to end the blood thist of Muslims killing Muslims..

We kill with our actions all that God and Islam stands for..

Yet the alleged rape of a Sunni woman and the backlash of killing the security guards is nothing but a venomous attitude of Arab honor killings, no debate , no dialogue , the Minartets of hate work overtime , there is no universal Iaslamic condemnation of such heinous acts by both communities , we do the evil deeds and than blame a foreign hand..

The guilty should be punished through a process of Law.

Vigilantism is another form of Yazidiyat that grows in both the gardens of a Islamic Brotherhood.

I am ashamed of the Silence of the Lambs,

The Mullahs are silent too.

Karbala Diyanutdaulah – 163 viewsDate: 10/30/2005 Time: 04:45 AM Visits: 40

This is another impressive monument that houses the Roza of Hazrat Imam Hussain, this is an awesome place, the Lucknow ruling nawabs of that era and the rich gentry spared nothing to give posterity undying symbolim of their love for the Ahle Bait..

For athvi this Karbala is decked up, miniature scenes of the battle of Karbala are depicted as seen in the foreground.

matam at kazmain – 161 viewsDate: 10/30/2005 Time: 04:52 AM Visits: 62
matam at kazmain
this is kazmain the replica of the shrine of imam hussain the grandson of the prophet who was martyred by the dastarly yazidi forces of muawiya..of the ummayad caliphate.
this is beating the head and the chant ya hussin, ya hussain,

update

athvi or 8 rabbilawwal is the last day , moharam comes to an end, the next day the shias celebrate navi or eid e zehra..

AAG KA MATAM IN LUCKNOW – 207 viewsDate: 10/09/2005 Time: 08:55 AM Visits: 231
AAG KA MATAM IN LUCKNOW,
THE TRADITION OF WALKING ON FIRE IN LUCNOW THE CITY OF THE NAWABS OF AVADH. CAME FROM BURMA... THS WAS TOLD ME BY THE NAWAB WHO IS FROM THE ERSTWHILE NAWAB FAMILY OF WAJID ALI SHAH,, THIS CITY IS A SHIA BASTION KNOWN FOR ITS CULTURE AND IMPECCABLE HOSPITALITY AND IS THE BIRTH PLACE OF PHOTOGRAPHER NO1. AND MRS PHOTOGRAPHERNO1.
THE FIRE WALK IS MORE COLORFUL AND OPULENT IN ITS DISPLAY...AND THE FERVOUR HERE IS UNIMAGINABLE...AND THE FOOD TUNDE KE KABAB. AS HISTORICAL AS THE CITY..HERE THE FIRE IS KEAPT BURNING FROM THE MORNING AND THE WALK STARTS PRETTY LATE... AND ONCE IT GETS OVER. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE...SIT BACK ENJOY... THE SUFIS NAAGAS, HAVE GONE TO SHOOT SEAGULLS IN BLACK AND WHITE...

THE SAJJADS – 216 viewsDate: 10/09/2005 Time: 09:02 AM Visits: 126
THE SAJJADS
THIS IS THE GROUP OF SAJJADS.. THAT CARRY SILVER TRAYS CALLED NAZAR.. MOVE IN A CIRCLE.. THIS PLACE IS A MINI REPLICA OF KARBALA.. AFTER THE MAJLIS BY MAULANA KALBE JAWAD… THE FIRE WALK BEGINS…

update

This event is organised by the strong willed youth,shias who take care of the Bada Imambada, they do such a beautiful job, everything here is precision perfect.. no accidents, no ruffled tempers, just Ya Hussain Ya Hussain a chant that descends and prevails much after the event gets over.

THE WALK – 173 viewsDate: 10/09/2005 Time: 09:19 AM Visits: 48
THE WALK
NO TALK
JUST WALK
A SPIRITUAL
SUPER SHOCK.
A WRITERS BLOCK
ONLY FRIAR CAN ‘
UNLOCK.
WONT OPEN
HIS BUZZ DOOR
EVERY TIME
I KNOCK.

UPDATE

Most of my earlier writings on my poat at Buzznet where directed to my friend, I made the picture seeing more palpatable, as quite a few ran way seeing the blood and gore, my cybernetic world was only for them, I was so naive that I did not realise that others would read this too..
Now after 15 months as a photo blogger I seem to have almost matured to the mysteries of the written and the unwritten word..The unwritten word can only be understood by your beloved..

THE WALK – 176 viewsDate: 10/09/2005 Time: 09:58 AM Visits: 132
THE WALK
THE WALK
THE FIRE WALKERS HERE DONT RUN AS THEY DO IN MUMBAI.. ALL A STATE OF MIND… A SPIRITUAL HIGH . A HIGH OF FAITH THAT IS A DRUG IN ITSELF.

MY PHOTO GURU CALLED ME TODAY I AM AN EXHIBITOR FOR PSA AND OTHER INTERNATTIONAL SALONS… SINCE LAST 2MONTHS I HAVE BEEN TEARING ALL THE ENTRY FORMS THAT COME TO ME
THIS PARTICULAR GURU MR BW JATKAR ,HE DOES NOT HAVE A COMP OR INTERNET AND HIS DAUGHTER IS IN THE US..SO HE LIVES AND EXHALES PHOTOGRAPHY…I EXPLAINED TO HIM INTERNATIONAL FORUMS LIKE PSA..CHARGES THE HIGHEST RATE FOR NEWSLETTERS,,,THAT END UP IN THE DUSTBIN,,, AND IIPC AND FIP AND THE KOLKATTA BRIGADE STILL SHOOTING SLIDES,HORIZON..
LUCKNOW CAMERA CLUB… ALL MUMIFIED,,, NOT WANTING TO CHANGE.THANK YOU JACK… NICHOLSON I FLEW THE CUCKOOS NEST…
I HAVE GONE INTERNATIONAL.. JUST HITTING THE POSTERIOR OF MY KEY BOARD WITH ONE FINGER.

THE WALK – 213 viewsDate: 10/09/2005 Time: 10:35 AM Visits: 53
THE WALK
I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE WRITTEN.. OR BITTEN MORE THAN I CAN CHEW.. TODAY I WALKED BAREFEET FROM HOME AS I HAVE A PROBLEM ON THE TOP OF MY FEET ,,I HAD WORN THE SADHU SLIPPERS CALLRD KHADAO.. AND THE STRAPS ARE MADE OUT OF TYRE RUBBER IT ATE INTO THE SKIN ,IN MY BODY MY FEET IS THE TEMPLE AS ANY HURT CAN BACK FIRE I AM DIABETIC..

MRS NO 1 JUST CALLED TO COME HOME WORRIED ABOUT MY FEET.. APPU SALUTES ME FROM FAR,,,
WHILE I WAS WALKING BARE FEET.. 4 MUSLIM GUYS MENDICANTS CARRYING A PALQUIN… IN WHICH THEY WERE COLLECTING ALMS…WHAT A SHOT AND NO CAMERA.. I APPROACHED THEM , TOLD THEM TO FOLLOW FROM BEHIND I WOULD PAY THEM TO SHOOT THEM,, IMMEDIATELY A MAN CAME AND PROSTRATED AT MY
FFET,, THIS IS THE INDIA OF LOVE ,HOPE AND HOSPITALITY.. THE FOURSOME WERE MORE IMPRESSED , I SHOT THEIR PICTURES
LUCKILY THE CAMERA WAS IN MY STUDIO…
I WILL POST IT TOMORROW…THERE ARE IMAGES THAT WANT AN EXTENSION ON THEIR LIFE.. THEY PLEAD TO BE SHOT..TO LIVE ONCE AGAIN AND BE SWOONED OVER,,, I DONT SHOOT PICTURES.. PICTURES SHOOT ME LIKE WANTONLY CONCUBINES.. BELLY SWIRLING DANCERS SEDUCE ME AND THE SENSUALITY LIES AT THE HEAD OF MY CAMERA LENS…I HAD A TEXAN FREIND WORKED OFFSHORE
USED TO GET PISSED OUT OF HIS PANTS USED TO CALL ME RAG HEAD,,, HIS EARLIER POSTING WAS SAUDI ARABIA,PLACE CALLED DAHRAN.

A PSEUDO CONCENTRATION CAMP .. NOT LIKE ABU GHARAIB,, THAT HURTS.. EVEN IF YOU DONT MENTION IT…
HE USED TO SMASH HOTEL ROOMS AT THE OBEROI SHERATON EARLY 70S…HE WONT FORGET ME FOR SURE… I WILL TELL YOU THIS STORY.. ONCE I FINISH MY WALK.

THE WALK AT KAZMAIN LUCKNOW – 121 viewsDate: 10/09/2005 Time: 10:50 AM Visits: 119
THE WALK AT KAZMAIN LUCKNOW
SAJJADA ARE THE FIRE WALKERS.
THE GREEN SAJJADS BELONG TO THE DIYANUTDAULAH KARBALA, THE RED SAJJADS ARE OF THE MAUSOLEUM, A REPLICA OF IMAM HUSSAINS TOMB IN KAZMAIN… IRAQ.

Update

The Ag Ka Matams at both , Kazmain and Diyanutdaulah, are exemplary, a night stretched into sadness, the crowds , the participants absolutely saturated with the events of Karbala.

The Fire Walk is totally disciplined, no pushing, no uncalled accidents, everything moves with spiritual precision, my criticism of the fiasco at the Bada Imambada should be taken in the right spirit by the event managers and the overseers.. I saw chaos, I felt hurt I wrote about it I do not need to sensationalize faults of my creed, the Mullahs are their for guidance of the community.

However this was my last trip to Lucknow as I have completely distanced myself from this ancestral city of my birth.

The Lion hearted Hazrat Abbas – 155 viewsDate: 02/04/2006 Time: 02:06 AM
The Lion Hearted Hazrat Abbas Alambardar

Hazrat Abbas birth:

Hazrat Abbas was born at Medina on 7th Rajab/4th Shabaan 26 A.H.(645 A.D.). When the news of his birth reached Hazrat Ali, he prostrated himself on the ground as a token of his humble thanks to God. Imam Hussain took the baby in his arms and recited the Azan and Eqamat (Calls for Prayers) in his right and left ears respectively. Then the new born baby opened his eyes to see the beloved face of Imam Hussain. On the seventh day of his birth the ceremony of Aqeeqa (which is one of the emphasised Sunnats) was performed and Hazrat Ali named the child 'Abbas'.

A similar incident took place at the time of the birth of Hazrat Ali. He only opened his eyes when the Holy Prophet took him in his arms.

Abbas up-bringing

It was the desire of Hazrat Ali that this son whom he named 'Abbas' (Meaning a Dauntless Lion) would accomplish the same deeds of valour and who would follow his teachings without fear of life and death. It was also his wish that Abbas would be a constant companion of Imam Hussain and be his Standard Bearer at Kerbala.

Hazrat Ali who himself was known as 'The Lion of God' and the 'Gateway of Knowledge' brought up Hazrat Abbas and ably guided him till he was fourteen years old. The next ten years were spent under the careful eye of Imam Hasan and the last ten years with Imam Hussain. Thus it was not surprising that Hazrat Abbas acquired near perfection in so many spheres of life. His gallantry, boldness, courageous outlook, and the art of combat and soldiery were inherited from Hazrat Ali, and this he proved very well in the battles of Jamal, Siffin and Nahrwan. Imam Hasan taught him patience and tolerance. His Lion-hearted loyalty and self-sacrificing nature were the result of his association with Imam Hussain and Janab-e-Zainab. Physically, mentally, morally and spiritually he was fully developed, besides, being an accomplished scholar.

He helped the poor and needy, and discharged his duties towards his fellow-beings according to the precepts of Islam. He was pure in his thoughts, words and deeds, lest any of these should displease God. He lived strictly in accordance with the teachings of the Holy Quran and the sayings of the Holy Prophet.

Just as Ali was taught and trained by the Holy Prophet, so was Abbas taught and trained by Hazrat Ali. Ali fully knew the mysteries of life and death, and Abbas had fully imbibed the true spirit of Islam. A man who was brought up, educated and trained by Hazrat Ali could on no account be attached to this worldly life nor fear death, and Abbas fully justified this by his actions.

Hazrat Abbas married Lubaba, daughter of Obaidullah Ibne Abbas Ibne Abdul Muttalib, and had two sons, Fazl and Muhammad. Some sources say that Lubaba was present at Kerbala and their son Muhammad was martyred there.

At the death bed of Hazrat Ali (AS)

When Hazrat Ali was mortally wounded and lying on his deathbed, he sent for his entire family. Save Hazrat Abbas, he entrusted all to the care of his eldest son Imam Hasan. Then he heard Hazrat Abbas, hardly 12 years old, sobbing. Hazrat Ali asked him to come near him and gave his hand to his second son, Imam Hussain, saying "Hussain, this child I am entrusting to you. He will represent me on the Day of your supreme sacrifice and will lay down his life in defending you and your dear ones".

And turning to Hazrat Abbas, he had said: "Abbas, my child, I know your unbounded love for Hussain. Though you are too young to be told about it, when that day dawns, consider no sacrifice too great for Hussain and his children".

This was in 657 A.D. The occasion for the supreme sacrifice came on the battlefield of Kerbala in 680 A.D. when Hussain was poised against Yezid's forces. It was a battle of good against evil and right against wrong. And in the history of Islam, the battle of Kerbala has become an important landmark of supreme sacrifice, great courage and dedication to a just cause.

In the battle of Kerbala, Hazrat Abbas was Imam Hussain's commander-in-chief. He fought the evil forces of Yezid gallantly, remembering his father's last words. The story of the sacrifice of his life in trying to procure water for Imam Hussain's children on the battlefield is the most touching and significant in Islamic history.

The Life of Hazrat Abbas is an example of unflinching loyalty and love for a brother. It is also the story of a warrior who sacrificed his life for the cause of Islam, which, according to Hazrat Abbas, was a just cause

http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/abbas1.asp

The Dargah of Hazrat Abbas In Lucknow...and is the most venerated place..and is in the old quarters called Kashmiri Mohalla..and the alam of Hazrat Abbas has a little water pouch that is called the Mashke Sakina.Bibi Sakina was the little daughter of Hazrat Imam Hussain and was very fond of her Uncle Abbas..
Buzzwords: hazrat abbas, lucknow, mashke sakina

Dargah Of Hazrat Abbas – 143 viewsDate: 02/03/2006 Time: 03:54 AM Visits: 27
Dargah Of Hazrat Abbas Lucknow

This is the Dargah of Hazrat Abbas the brother of Hazrat Imam Hussain , this is the Imambara displaying the silver Alams..some could be in gold too..the devotees offer shirmals a thin wafer thinbread and in return the caretaker blesses it and gives it back with the thread that is tied to your hand..like being mortgaged to the Imams brother for your future safety.
On one of the alams of Hazrat Abbas is the Mash Ke Sakina the water pouch of the Imams daughter Bibi Sakina who had asked her uncle Hazrat Abbas to get water ,that was blocked by the forces of Yazid on the banks of the Eupharates.. Hazrat Abbas went in single handedly fought and just could not satisy the thirst of little Sakina.
This is Islamic forces of the Ummayads waging a war of terrorism on the progeny of the Prophet.
I believe Terrorism in Islam started when they all ganged up against Hazrat Ali as he had slaughtered a lot of the members of each Arab tribe for the spread of Islamisation,..in those days and the further bloodshed at Karbala was to remove all trace and genealogy of Hazrat Ali.

I am not a religion baiter or hater I believe in live and let live.. todays Islam is no better than what it was during the times of the Ummayad..but the reality is there that Goodness the Power of Truth over Injustice shall prevail..a handful of disgruntlled Mujahideens cannot hijack the greater glory of Islam..that believes in Peace , Brotherhood and Universality of Man, his coexistence with Men of diverse religion or race..
These are my personal views.. these views are not because I am Shia but because I am Human and without Humanity there cant be Religion..

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