The Devotional Way of Imam Sajjad
«Imam Sajjad (AS) is a teacher of love and intimate prayer, whose radiant light has captivated the hearts of all creation. He is a flower in the firmament of devotion. To experience his deep sense of servanthood and discover the realm of Sajjad within ourselves rekindles the fervour of worship in our hearts.»
🌼Prostration takes pride in al-Sajjād🌼
🌸🔆🌿 The Imamate of Imam al-Sajjād, peace be upon him, emerging from the heart of history’s shell
🌼 Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903) 🌼
🌸The Imamate of Imam al-Sajjād, peace be upon him, is a secret hidden within the shell of creation’s mysteries.
🌸Imam al-Sajjād, peace be upon him, is a hidden pearl in the world of divine authority; a single glimmer from his sea of light has captivated the soul of the universe.
🌸Imam al-Sajjād, peace be upon him, is the flower of the heavens of worship, and the adornment of earth, time, and sky.
🌸Imam al-Sajjād, peace be upon him, teaches love and intimate prayer in the classroom of creation.
🌸Love and intimate prayer are but one art among the vast arts of al-Sajjād.
🌸Throughout his Imamate, Imam al-Sajjād, peace be upon him, was—and remains—more vital to the soul of the universe than oxygen, water, bread, or light.
🌸Let us revive within our souls our feeling for Imam al-Sajjād, peace be upon him. Let us experience what he felt.
🌸Let us discover within our souls the horizons of being and the geographical realm of Imam al-Sajjād, peace be upon him.
🌸Captivity beside al-Sajjād is sweeter than the gardens of Paradise.
🌸Let us discover the turning hours of divine authority within our souls.
🌸Imam al-Sajjād, peace be upon him, was renowned before his birth, celebrated during his Imamate, and a source of pride at the Resurrection.
🌸Let us uncover the stations of al-Sajjād in the world and within the soul. Let us become al-Sajjād-like in our very being.
🌸Let us become the limbs, faculties, and innermost being of His Eminence al-Sajjād, so that we may experience the fervor of worship.
🌸For a moment, let our souls unite with al-Sajjād; let us taste and feel that union, and discover the spirit and atmosphere of worship.
🌸Where within us lies the realm of al-Sajjād?
🌷🔅 يَا أُبَيُّ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً إِنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَمَكْتُوبٌ عَنْ يَمِينِ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِصْبَاحُ هُدًى وَ سَفِينَةُ نَجَاةٍ وَ إِمَامٌ غَيْرُ وَهْنٍ وَ عِزٌّ وَ فَخْرٌ وَ عِلْمٌ وَ ذُخْرٌ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ رَكَّبَ فِي صُلْبِهِ نُطْفَةً طَيِّبَةً مُبَارَكَةً زَكِيَّةً … قَالَ لَهُ أُبَيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا هَذِهِ النُّطْفَةُ الَّتِي فِي صُلْبِ حَبِيبِي الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ مَثَلُ هَذِهِ النُّطْفَةِ كَمَثَلِ الْقَمَرِ وَ هِيَ نُطْفَةُ تَبْيِينٍ وَ بَيَانٍ يَكُونُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ رَشِيداً وَ مَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْهُ هَوِيّاً قَالَ فَمَا اسْمُهُ وَ مَا دُعَاؤُهُ قَالَ اسْمُهُ عَلِيٌّ وَ دُعَاؤُهُ يَا دَائِمُ يَا دَيْمُومُ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ يَا كَاشِفَ الْغَمِّ وَ يَا فَارِجَ الْهَمِّ وَ يَا بَاعِثَ الرُّسُلِ وَ يَا صَادِقَ الْوَعْدِ مَنْ دَعَا بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ حَشَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ كَانَ قَائِدَهُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أُبَيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ خَلَفٍ وَ وَصِيٍّ قَالَ نَعَمْ لَهُ مَوَارِيثُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ قَالَ مَا مَعْنَى مَوَارِيثِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْقَضَاءُ بِالْحَقِّ وَ الْحُكْمُ بِالدِّيَانَةِ وَ تَأْوِيلُ الْأَحْكَامِ وَ بَيَانُ مَا يَكُونُ قَالَ فَمَا اسْمُهُ قَالَ اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَة[1]
🌼 Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903) 🌼
[1] عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام ؛ ج1 ؛ ص60 Ibn Bābawayh, Muhammad ibn Ali, 2 volumes, Jahan Publishing, Tehran, first edition, 1378 AH.