Bring the Fatimid atmosphere home / from blackening the house to cooking the votive food and praising the children

Life Group; Zeinab Nadali:The days of Fatimids and the mourning of Hazrat Zahra, peace be upon them, have arrived, and these days, in addition to providing us with a good opportunity for spiritual purification, a suitable platform has been provided to educate our children in the school of the Imams. Our idea to enjoy the spiritual effects and blessings of these days is to set up home shrines with the presence of family members. Home shrines do not have a specific history, however, it is mentioned in some parts of history, when Reza Shah ordered to ban mourning ceremonies in the mosque as well as reclining, people went to home shrines. Holding these home gatherings was so full of spirituality that it has not disappeared until now. Here are some solutions that affect the quality of your family ceremony.

Cover the house in black

One of the signs of the Shiites and the lovers of the Ahl al-Bayt is their sorrow and grief over the sorrow and misery of the Ahl al-Bayt, as Imam Sadiq (as) said: They are happy with our happiness and sad with our sadness.

From ancient times, wearing black clothes has been a sign of sorrow and grief, and wearing black has become a symbol for the mourning of the Ahl al-Bayt. You can cover your house in black with a few flags and inscriptions decorated with the names of the Imams, and share in the grief and sorrow of the Ahl al-Bayt in the grief of losing their mother, Sedigheh Kobra.

Read the hadith of someone

Spend some time in your family as well as reciting the hadith of Kesa. It is better for each member of the family to recite a section in public and this responsibility should not be the responsibility of one person only. Let the younger ones when it is their turn if they can not read the Persian translation of this hadith and tell the story of this hadith to the children in simple and fictional language.

Reading the hadith of someone in the home and family has many effects and blessings, but the most important of them is the look and attention of Hazrat Mahdi to the members of that family. Ayatollah Behjat believed that Imam Asr al-Ajj al-Farjah al-Sharif paid special attention to the hadith gatherings.

Also, at the end of this hadith, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) swore to the God who inspired him to be a prophet. They will be met and their needs will be met.

Let the children narrate the tragedy of Hazrat Zahra (PBUH)

The fact that we always narrate the narrations and calamities of the Imams for our children may be boring for the children. Buy simple and age-appropriate books for them and read them with the children. After reciting the hadith, take some time and let your child recite what he has read and he will be the narrator of the tragedy of Hazrat Zahra.

Tea is the water of life after fasting!

You are supposed to have a full-fledged delegation with all its ceremonies, but in smaller dimensions and at home. Undoubtedly, the pleasant part of any delegation is the hot tea that is given to the mourners with cardamom aroma in narrow waist cups. In your home board, entertain your guests several times with tea and dates or whatever you like.

Ask the children to praise you

Set a time of night when all the family members are at home and get together and ask your children to praise you. Try not to do anything else during that time and preferably leave your mobile phones aside. It is better to reduce the light in the house so that the children are not ashamed and give a more spiritual feeling to the space. Some children are very interested in playing drums and cymbals. Provide them if possible and let them use them for as long as they want. Ask the children to sing the memorized praises for you. You should accompany them as much as you can and try to be a good listener. Note that this will have a very positive effect on your child’s confidence.

Cook your food with the intention of offering

The taste and aroma of the votive food is always more pleasing to us. Intend these days and prepare your meals with the intention of the votive offering of Hazrat Fatima “Peace be upon her”. By doing this, you will benefit from the reward of giving a vow and your family will crave the vow food every day. You can cook every meal with the intention of one of the Imams, be sure that in addition to making cooking more enjoyable for you, sitting at the table of the Imams will make the food more enjoyable for you. Start ablution and start your cooking in the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Of course, this is not a good practice for the Fatimid era, and you can offer your family food as a votive offering throughout the year.

In the memoirs of the martyr who defended the shrine, Hamid Siahkali Moradi, it is stated that he had prepared a table of dhikr and names of the pure Imams and installed it on the refrigerator in the kitchen. Let him be prepared, so that he and his wife would eat the food vowed to the infallible Imams all year round.

Send blessings on Hazrat Fatemeh

Salawat has many spiritual effects on Hazrat Zahra and causes her to accompany Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH) as the Holy Prophet (PBUH) said: Paradise; O Fatima! “Whoever sends blessings on you, God will forgive him and join him wherever I am in heaven.”

The quality of Hazrat Zahra’s blessings is as follows:

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