{"id":21661,"date":"2019-01-27T09:51:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T06:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=21661"},"modified":"2025-08-16T15:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:05:28","slug":"protection-of-the-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/protection-of-the-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting the Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21661\" class=\"elementor elementor-21661 elementor-1924\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60254368 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60254368\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35226a16\" data-id=\"35226a16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f0dff5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f0dff5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Protecting the geographic borders of Islam is as important as guarding the ideological boundaries. Therefore, Muslims should use all their strength to protect their geographic borders from any possible penetration of outsiders. First and foremost, they should equip the soldiers to the best of their abilities; and then pray for them and ask for Allah`s\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0assistance.<\/p><p>Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0has remarked the importance of protecting the Muslim`s borders in a supplication of\u00a0<em>Sahifah Sajjadiah<\/em>:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cO Allah, bless Muhammad\u00a0(PBUH&amp;HP)\u00a0and his household, fortify the frontiers of the Muslims through Your dignity, support their defenders through Your strength, and grant them with gifts through Your wealth!<\/p><p>Increase their number, hone their weapons, guard their territory, and protect their position.<\/p><p>Establish unity amongst them,\u00a0arrange their affair, send them supplies in a steady manner, and support them through your assistance.<\/p><p>O Allah, distract the idolaters, so they cannot get around the borders of the Muslims \u2026 Create division amongst them, so they will not be able to unite against Muslims\u2026<\/p><p>O Allah, cast ease to the warriors from the people of your religion or the strugglers from the followers of your faith who are facing wars against them (the Islam\u2019s enemies).<\/p><p>O Allah, reward the Muslims who attend the household of a warrior protecting the borders, in his absence, with the same reward of the warriors.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>(Selection taken from the book \u201cMafatih al-Hayat\u201d by\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Ayatullah<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Jawadi Amoli with minor changes)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mourning for Imam Hussein (PBUH) preserves Ashura\u2019s spirit and inspires resistance to tyranny. Imam Sajjad (PBUH) and Lady Zeinab (PBUH) first held gatherings in Damascus, spreading Karbala\u2019s tragedy. Their perseverance ensured mourning continued in Medina and beyond, becoming a global practice that strengthens faith, honors the martyrs, and protects Imam Hussein\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":31615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imam-sajjad-pbuh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Protecting the Borders - Roshd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/protection-of-the-borders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protecting the Borders - Roshd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mourning for Imam Hussein (PBUH) preserves Ashura\u2019s spirit and inspires resistance to tyranny. 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