Shah ast Hussain (as)

The Famous Dariyawali Masjid or Mosque of Djinns

The Masjid is brilliantly lit , jam packed, women are here in great numbers, Maulana Kalbe Jawad s Majlis have a great effect on the Shia women folk, they come from far and wide , to hear him out.
Maulana Effendi is Shia Koranic scholar , he interprets the Koran , every point he makes to the public is on the strength of the Verses of the Koran.He is a an inrepid old man, but does not tire at all, he is absolutely unornamental in the metaphor of words he chooses, no melodrama , just pure plain facts , he has his followers too.
In between the Majlis are the reciters of the Noha who await their turn, reciting Marsiya..the Dariyawala Alam is Miracle Alam, even the Hindus seek blessings of Hazrat Abbas from a distance.
But here I will digress , the Hindus of Hyderabad , God bless them in abundance , may their tribes increase, they have a lot of faith, in Bibi Ka Alam, visit Moulah Ali Ka Pahad, I have seen them , at Hazrat Abbas Dargah , going in a trance , yes to be a believer of Ahle Bait you dont need to change your religion only your attitude..Shiasm is a spirituality with a whiff of Karbala a single shrieking chant that rises to a cresecendo ..Ya Hussain Ya Hussain..
I have a view the Shia hardliners can bite the dust for all I care , but Hussain is a property that belongs not only to the Shias but to the entire universe of human loving people.. Hussainiyat is not a dogma, Hussainiyat is Triumph of Truth over Atrocity , Hussainiyat is what keeps the apsidistra flying from homes that respect human values.
Hussainiyat is Tolerance..
Yazidiyat is the corruption of the human soul, emulating to play God, Yazidiyat is Satanic Verses..Yazidiyat is Misplaced Martyrdom, Jehadi Terrorism .Yazidiyat is falsifying Truth, Yazidiyat is home grown in evil hearts..Yazidiyat is the call of the Muezzin to kill, those that follow religions other than Islam..Yazidiyat is not necessarily Islamic it can be American, Israeli..any caste color or creed chameleon like , even certain heads of clergy can be its initiates.

Yazidiyat is
a serpent seed.
mocking Islam
on Truth it feeds
a Crescent
on a Banner of Peace
weaps tears
as it Bleeds
Muslim love killing Muslims
hate whispering reeds
political survival
pretetentious religiosity
is all it needs
greediness lust for power
a string of broken
prayer beads
needs no water
just grows as weeds
True Islam
it impedes
colloquial silence
trampling humanity
as it speeds
distorted dogmas
dimensional delusions
that
Yazidiyat shields
Karbala
the Land of Sorrow
Killing Fields

May 26th, 2007

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 May 2007
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On the 8th Of Moharam , all roads from every corner of Lucknow lead to a place on the banks of the River Gomti,this is a Masjid called Dariyawali Masjid, or more famous as the Masjid of Djjins.
It is a very eerie place in terms of spirtuality, Thursdays devotees come here to light candles burn incense , but on 8th Moharam , it is jam packed, this day being celebrated as the Martyrdom of Hazrat Abbas the standard bearer valiant brother of Hazrat Imam Hussain.
If there is one person whose named is invoked in calamaties after Hazrat Ali , it is certainly Hazrat Abbas.Hazrat Ali was the cousin of the Holy Prophet ,he married Bibi Fatima the only daughter of the Holy Prophet.They had two sons Hassan and Hussain , Hazrat Ali married again on the passing away of Bibi Fatima.
As narrated below..

Hazrat Abbas
“Hazrat Abbas was the son of Hazrat Ali ibne Abi Talib. His mother’s name was Fatima Binte Hazam bin Khalid Ibn-e-Rabi’e Ibn-e-Amer Kalbi. She was also known as ‘Ummul Baneen’. She belonged to the clan of Banu Kilah, which was one the noblest families amongst the Hashimites and famous for the bravery and valour of its warriors.”

Some years after the martyrdom of Fatema Zehra (S.A.), Imam Ali (A.S.) asked his brother Aqil to offer the marriage proposal to a woman from a brave progeny. Being so knowledgeable in this regard, Aqil wooed Fatima Binte Hazam (Ummul Baneen) for Imam and they got married.

Fatima Binte Hazam was an accomplished and cultured lady, and bore Hazrat Ali’s four sons, Abbas, Abdulla, Ja’far and Usman. The meaning of ‘Ummul Baneen’ is ‘Mother of Sons’. All of her sons were martyred along with Imam Hussain. After their martyrdom, she requested people not to call her ‘Ummul Baneen’ ever again.

The day she entered the household of Hazrat Ali, she made it very plain to Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain that she considered herself their slave, and she hoped and prayed that they would accept her as one. Her respect and affection for there was soon reciprocated by the two brothers, and even after her children were born, Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain occupied a foremost place in her heart.

Fatima Binte Hazam had such sincerity toward the Holy Prophet’s progeny that she loved Imam Hussain (A.S.) more than her own children. A feeling which was from the bottom of her heart. It was to the extent that when she received the news stating the martyrdom of her four children, she said: “Tell me about Hussain (A.S.)” and when she received the news of Imam Hussain (A.S.)’s martyrdom she said: “All of the arteries of my heart are torn. May all of my children and what ever that exists under this azure heaven be sacrificed for the sake of Imam Hussain (A.S.).

One of the bravest of the Holy Prophet’s followers Ja’far Tayyar, the brother of Hazrat Ali. In the battle of Muta, Ja’far Tayyar carried the Banner of Islam and in that battle he was out-numbered by the enemies and killed. When the news reached the Holy Prophet he cried and prayed for Ja’far’s soul and the angel Gabriel came down and consoled (the Prophet), saying “Ja’far was a brave and loyal soldier. God has given him everlasting life, and in place of two arms which were cut off in the battle, the Lord has given him a pair of wings”.

Hazrat Ali, who was sitting near the Holy Prophet at that time, said, “Please pray to God that I should die fighting for the cause of Islam and become a martyr.” But the Holy Prophet said, “0 Ali, your death has already been decreed. You shall die in the mosque during your prayers, but the Almighty will give you a son who will die in the battle on Ashoora day”. From that time Ali eagerly awaited the birth of that son.

(This prophecy was made in the year 8 A.H. when Imam Hasan was 5 years old and Imam Hussain was 4.)

Na Zarurat Thi Talwaar Ki Na Aur Kisi Hathiyar Ki
Sirf Ek Dua Thi Karbala Main Alamdaar Ki
Fakat Mil Jaye Ijazat Aqa Hussain Sai
To Yaad DilaDunga Jung Haider-e-Karrar Ki

So Dariawali Masjid I came , realising that in my hurry I had left the flash at home, a journalist took me back to Nakhas , armed with my flash shot these pictures.
Most of the pictures got underexposed..but I am posting the few good ones.
This Dariyawala Alam , moves out from the Masjid towards Gufr Map Imambada it takes several hours, I believe it reaches in the wee hours of the morning before Fajr Namaz.
I did not shoot the climax, I am bare feet this is chilly winter.I was tired , sleepy, in bad shape.
Before the Alam moves out there was a Majlis by an Alim Maulana Effendi, after that Maulana Kalbe Jawad took the mimber , once he ends his Majlis the procession men women and children, under the most strict police bandobast takes to the roads..
There is no scourging or kama zani as in Mumbai at Kaser Bagh, just hand matam , each Anjuman reciting their Nohas..I Mumbai the Moghul Masjid guys do the circular Busheri Matam.

Maulana Effendi

Maulana Kalbe Jawad

May 26th, 2007

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 May 2007
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