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Subject: Lady Sayyidah Nafisah

kekasih 9.01.13 - 02:32am
With that du'a, the governor of Egypt corrected his wrong and unjust ways and lived as a righteous governor for the rest of his life. He wrote in his will that he should be buried in Bayt al-Maqdis, Jerusalem. When he died, that took place according to his orders. * +

kekasih 9.01.13 - 02:33am
Her Maqam - The first one to build a masjid by the grave of Sayyida Nafisa was the governor of Egypt, Ubaydullah bin Sirri bin al-Hakam. Then it was renovated by Badr al-Jamali, the commander in chief of the army of Egypt, in the year 482 H. It was renovated again by Muhammad bin al-Qalawun in 740H. * +

kekasih 9.01.13 - 02:34am
Then Prince Abdur Rahman Katakhada renovated it further in the year 773 H. Finally the Ministry of Religious Endowments renoveated it in 1314 H. to the structure it has today. The copper room which is entirely hand-carved over her grave was made in 1266 H. The door which is now there is ornately engraved, and was placed there by Ali Pasha, governor of Egypt in 1170. * +

kekasih 9.01.13 - 02:35am
Water was piped in for people to drink. Above the water-dispensing room is a room for memorizing Qur'an. All Abbasid caliphs were buried on the eastern side of the grave in the time of al-Zahir Baybars. From her death and until today, around the year and around the clock you will find people visiting Sayyida Nafisa's grave: from the highest Islamic scholars to common people. * +

kekasih 9.01.13 - 02:37am
Over her grave her lineage to the Prophet (s) is engraved. Under that is written ''Anyone experiencing difficulties in his life should visit the grave of Sayyida Nafisa, recite surat al-Fatiha (Qur'an, 1), surat al-'Ala (87), surat al-Ikhlas (112) and al-muwadhitayn (113, 114), gift that recitation to her and make du'a for Allah to solve that problem.'' * +

kekasih 9.01.13 - 02:38am
The method of greeting Sayyida Nafisa is also described, ''In a low voice say, 'Peace be upon you, as-salaamu 'alayki, O Sayyidina Nafisa, daughter of Hasan al-Anwar, son of as-Sayyid Zayd al-Ablaj, son of As-Sayyid Hasan, son of Sayyida Ali, and of Sayyida Fatima, daughter of the Prophet (s).'' * +

kekasih 9.01.13 - 02:39am
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