Holy Prophet Hazret Muhammad (S)’s sixth infallible descendant Hazret Imam Jafer Sadiq (AS) told one of his companions Moalla bin Khonays about Eid of Noroz:
“Certainly the day of Noroz is the day when holy Prophet Hazret Muhammad (S) in Ghadeer-e-Khomm took oath from people for wilayat (mastership) of Amir-ol Mo’mineen Hazret Ali ibne Abi Talib (AS) (saying Mann Kuntu Maulahu fa haa za Aliyunn Maulahu ‘whomsoever I am master Ali is his master’) … this is the day when Hazrat Ali Mortaza (AS) became victor over people of Neherwan … and it is the day when Qaim-e-Ahli Bayt (Hazret Imam Mehdi (AS)) will reappear.”
There is a tradition in Bihar-ul Anwaar:
Mansour, the second Abbassid caliph, had asked the seventh Imam Hazret Imam Mousa bin Jafar Al-Kazem (AS) to take seat so that people may present him Noroz greetings and gifts.
Seyed b. Taous, a great intellectual, wrote regarding Noroz that the start of universe was done on this day.
Ibne Fahd Hilli says:
“Noroz day is a valuable day, a day of grand status.”
In Tehzeeb Al-Ahkaam (Tusi), Mann la yah-zorhu al-faqih (Sheikh Saddoq), Al-Kafi (Sheikh Kolayni), there are a number of traditions which highlight importance and significance of Noroz.
Haj Sheikh Abbas Qommi writes in Mafateeh-ul Jinan Aamaal of Eid-e-Noroz which were taught to Moalla bin Khonays by Hazret Imam Jafar Saiq (AS).
Imam said the Aamaal are:
Take shower,
Wear clean outfit,
Perfume yourself,
Keep fast, and
A four-rak’at prayer.
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15 June 2009 - 19:30
News ID: 153587
Noroz, beginning of Persian year, is Eid Day, a day of great happiness and pleasure. It falls on March 21 and is celebrated throughout the Muslim world.
