English

AAMAL AFTER THE ZIYARAT OF H. SALMAN (R.A.)

OFFERING PRAYER AT TAQ KASRA

First: It is recommended to offer a two or more unit prayer at Taq Kisra (the remnants of the palace of the Sasanid king Khosrow I), because Imam ‘Ali Amir alMu’minin (‘a) offered a prayer there.

‘Ammar alSabati has reported that when Imam ‘Ali Amir alMu’minin (‘a) visited the city of alMada’in, accompanied by Dalaf ibn Bujayr, he wandered in the courtyard of Khosrow’s palace. Having offered a prayer, he stood up and asked Dalaf, who was accompanied by a group from the tribe of Sabat, to accompany him. The Imam (‘a) wandered around the chambers of Khosrow and in every place, he would tell Dalaf that suchandsuch was in that place. Dalaf would answer, “By Allah I swear, this is as exactly as you are telling.” When he wandered about all the locations in that palace, Dalaf said to him, “O master and chief, it is as if you have put these things in these places!”

It is also reported that when Imam ‘Ali Amir alMu’minin (‘a) visited the city of alMada’in and passed by the traces of the palace of Khosrow, a man expressed that state by saying the following poetic verse:

Winds flew on the traces of their homes

As if they had already arranged for a date!

The Imam said, “You should have said (the following verse of the Holy Qur’an):

كَمْ تَرَكُوْا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَ عُيُوْنٍ

وَ زُرُوْعٍ وَ مَقَامٍ كَرِيْمٍ

How many of the gardens and fountains have they left! And cornfields and noble places! And goodly things wherein they rejoiced. Thus (it was), and We gave them as a heritage to another people. So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they respited. (44:25-29)

وَ نِعْمَةٍ كَانُوْا فِيْهَا فَاكِهِيْنَ

The Imam then added:

كَذٰلِكَ وَ اَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا اٰخَرِيْنَ

These peoples were inheritors; but they became inherited. They had not appreciated the goodly things; therefore, they were deprived of their worldly lives while they were disobedient. Beware of ingratitude, lest chastisements will be poured upon you.

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاۤءُ وَ الْاَرْضُ وَ مَا كَانُوْا مُنْظَرِيْنَ۔

اِنَّ هٰؤُلاۤءِ كَانُوْا وَارِثِيْنَ فَاَصْبَحُوْا مَوْرُوْثِيْنَ لَمْ يَشْكُرُوْا النِّعْمَةَ فَسُلِبُوْا دُنْيَاهُمْ بِالْمَعْصِيَةِ اِيَّاكُمْ وَ كُفْرَ النِّعَمِ لَا تَحِلُّ بِكُمُ النِّقَمُ۔