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A mumin<\/em> attending any deeni<\/em> majlis<\/em> witnesses a host of rusoomaat<\/em> that substantially and unfailingly reflect the elements of Thaqaafat<\/em> Fatimiyah<\/em>. Having talked about sharbat<\/em> and wadhawani<\/em> rasam<\/em>, the focus of this article is on najwa<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Najwa<\/em> is a word almost each mumin<\/em>, muminah<\/em> and their children are acquainted with. Mumineen go to great lengths and make special arrangements to procure exclusive envelopes for najwa<\/em> and decorating the najwa<\/em> trays. Young children excitedly prepare their najwa<\/em> envelopes and decorate their cards to be offered along with najwa<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Shehre Ramadan is the month when mumineen<\/em> world over cleanse their capital through waajebaat<\/em> which has najwa<\/em> as one of its components.<\/p>\n

Najwa<\/em> is a humble hadiyah<\/em> (gift) offered by a mumin<\/em> to zamaan<\/em> naa<\/em> sahib<\/em> as a sign of veneration and as a means of attaining proximity to him. This rasam (tradition)<\/em> is mentioned in clear words in the Holy Quran:<\/p>\n

\u064a\u0627\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0652\u0645\u0646\u0648\u0627 \u0627\u0630\u0627 \u0646\u0627\u062c\u064a\u062a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0641\u0642\u062f\u0645\u0648\u0627 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0646\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0643\u0645 \u0635\u062f\u0642\u0629 \u0630\u0644\u0643 \u062e\u064a\u0631 \u0644\u0643\u0645 \u0648\u0627\u0637\u0647\u0631<\/p>\n

O Mumineen! Whence you intend to have an audience with the Rasool, then offer najwa<\/em>. That will be better and purer for you.<\/p>\n

The above verse is in the form of a directive for mumineen<\/em> to offer najwa<\/em> whenever they come before their maula<\/em>, the Dai<\/em> and representative of al-Rasool<\/em>. Hence, offering najwa<\/em> has a Quranic injunction.<\/p>\n

Najwa<\/em> in Arabic means to talk with someone in private. The word munajaat<\/em>; meaning the conversation between Allah and His wali TUS<\/sup><\/em>, is derived from najwa<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It is narrated by Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali AS<\/sup> that when the aayah<\/em> of najwa<\/em> was revealed, he had one dinar<\/em> with him. Forthwith, he exchanged that dinar<\/em> for ten dirhams<\/em>. Then after, whenever he came to the presence of Rasulullah SA<\/sup> he would offer one dirham<\/em>. Subsequently, he used all the ten dirhams<\/em> for the purpose of najwa<\/em>. Till then, none of the muslimeen<\/em> had acted in accordance with the divine command of offering najwa<\/em> to Rasulullah SA<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Another narration was delivered by al-Dai al-Ajal Syedna Mohammed Burhnanuddin RA<\/sup> in one of his discourses. He said,<\/p>\n

When the najwa<\/em> aayah <\/em>was revealed, Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali AS<\/sup> was the first to abide by it. He had a vessel which he sold for forty dinars<\/em>. Then, he approached Rasulullah SA<\/sup> forty times with different queries and questions; each time offering one dinar. Then, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA<\/sup> added his words of Ilhaam<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u0627\u0645\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u0645\u0646\u064a\u0646 \u0646\u064a \u0634\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u064a\u0643\u06be\u0648! \u0627\u0645\u0631 \u0627\u0652\u064a\u0648 \u062a\u0648 \u0627\u0652\u067e \u0643\u062a\u0646\u0627 \u062c\u0644\u062f\u064a \u0633\u064a \u0627\u0645\u0631 \u0644\u0626\u064a \u0627\u0679\u06be\u06d2 \u0686\u06be\u06d2\u060c \u0628\u064a\u062c\u0627 \u0633\u06af\u0644\u0627 \u0627\u0679\u0643\u064a \u06af\u064a\u0627.<\/p>\n

Behold the virtue of Amirul Mumineen AS<\/sup>! He followed the divine command instantly; while others hesitated.<\/p>\n

Mumineen<\/em> offer najwa<\/em> to Dai al-Zaman Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin TUS<\/sup> on various occasions; like eid<\/em>, milad<\/em>, shehrullah<\/em>, while doing qadambosi<\/em>, etc. The fact is, mumineen<\/em> look forward to instances where upon they could offer najwa<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Najwa<\/em> is not limited to its materialistic interpretation but rather encompasses much loftier ideals. In one of his verses al-Dai al-Ajal Syedna Mohammed Burhnanuddin RA<\/sup> writes,<\/p>\n

\u062f\u064f\u0645\u064f\u0648\u0652\u0639\u064f\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u062d\u064f\u0633\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0646\u0650 \u063a\u064e\u062f\u064e\u062a\u0652\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u0646\u064e\u062c\u0652\u0648\u0670\u0649 \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0644\u0650\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0627\u062f\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0639\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0627\u062f<\/p>\n

Our tears on Imam Husain AS<\/sup> are our najwa<\/em>; the mainstay of our ma\u2019aad<\/em> (return [to the heavenly abode]).<\/p>\n

Najwa<\/em> is commonly known as \u201cNajwa al-Shukr\u201d<\/em>. The term itself conveys the purpose of najwa<\/em>. It is an expression of gratitude for the innumerable blessings bestowed upon us by Allah Ta\u00b4ala and His wali <\/em>TUS<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The blessings and benedictions of Allah Ta\u00b4ala and His wali <\/em>TUS<\/sup> on a mumin<\/em> are of such magnitude that all our acts of gratitude are ultimately insufficient. Najwa<\/em> is but an expression of our mohabbat<\/em> and walaayat<\/em>.<\/p>\n

May Allah grant Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin, the custodian of Thaqafat Fatimiyah<\/em>, a long life till the Day of Qiyaamat<\/em>. Amin<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Note: The correct term is \u201cNajwa al-Shukr\u201d, not \u201cNajwatu al-Shukr.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A mumin attending any deeni majlis witnesses a host of rusoomaat that substantially and unfailingly reflect the elements of Thaqaafat Fatimiyah. Having talked about sharbat and wadhawani rasam, the focus of this article is on najwa. Najwa is a word almost each mumin, muminah and their children are acquainted with. Mumineen go to great lengths …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3329,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328\/revisions\/3329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}