21/01/2026
When you truly love someone, your own existence becomes meaningless and fades away. Your entire life revolves around your Beloved.
Their joy becomes your joy, their sorrow your sorrow. Your heart beats not for yourself, but for them; your moods rise and fall with theirs.
That is why tears flow from the hearts of the lovers of Ahlulbayt on certain days of the year especially during Muharram.
Why? Because their Beloved were in pain during Muharram.
On the contrary, in the blessed month of Shabaan, the hearts of lovers bloom with happiness. Why? Because the Prophet and his Pure Family smiled in this month. They were happy in this month.
This love is often called madness, kufr, or Bid'at by others. But how can lovers enter the valleys of love without madness?
As my beloved Imam Jafar al-Sadiq said:
"Religion is nothing but Love."
In this sacred month of Shabaan, Allah planted the eternal garden of Karbala. Zainab (s), Imam Hussain (a), Hazrat Abbas (a), Qasim (a), Ali Akbar (a), and Imam Mehdi (a) were sown in the soil of Madina/Sammara during Shabaan's spring.
Later, in the autumn of Karbala, when these flowers were plucked, their fragrance was imprinted upon the heart of the world for eternity.
