Land of the Lion and the Sun Personal Experiences
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speci m en It o d lo g l i t to g iv vi l o h pt A i carry a d e ad body e ven f or a s h ort s ance and t h e b e arers at Mosl e m neral ar e con equently cont i e li e v e d by oth e r who wish to obta i n the bene fits which th e p e rformanc e th i s r e ligiou duty i s b e li e v e d to conf e r th e m osque the f i r t part of the burial s e rvic e is r e ad by th e priest follows ll h pardo Thou our liv i ng and our de d thos e of us looking on and thos e of a b s e nt our ittle on e s our adults our m e n and our wo m en Caus e Thou t s departed one to poss e s Thy m er and Thy grace O if or sh e has been a work e r of good wor k s th e n do Thou unto h im good wor k s and if h e b ee n an e l do e r do Thou p a i t over may security and glad tidings surr und his with honor and privil e g e fr ee Thou him fro the to ment of the grav e and of h e causing h i m to dw ll in ab od e of P r s e with relat i ves llah m k e Thou tomb gard e n of th e garden o f h e av e n and l e t not h is gr v e b e a pit of th e pits o f er t i on for Thy m e rcy s sak e Thou most compassionate of th e m e cifu O God unto who m oev e r Thou gra te t lif e cause Thou to live r e sign e d to Thy w i l i a M osl e m who m soever T hou call e st l e t in th e f ith of Isl m th e a ival of th e proc e ssion at th e c e m e tery the co in is plac e d by th e sid e of th e e xcavat on the r e mov e d and th e body if ed by person and owe d into the earth Wh e n t h e re m a i nder o f the p ayer f or t h e d ha v e b n r c i ted the g a v e fi ed up th e mourn e rs r e tu n hom e Th e p i e st e mai s short tim e long e to p ompt th e d e c e s e d in r e pli e s to th e quest on Two angels and accor ng to the M os e m s b e lief ent e r the gra v e with th e d e ad d e int e r og t e th e m co c e ning th e i faith If th e d e ad on e has b ee n a d e vout M osle r e ply w My is llah my proph e t Mohamm e d and my re igion Islam and my ibla th e Ka b a Kibla i s the direct i on in which M o lems turn wh e n p e rfor ng th e ir devotions If how e ver he had b e en b ut an in ferent follow e r of the proph e t h e wil not b e able to re m ember creed In the for e r cas e th e ng e ls gi v e the dead a t s e o f k i nds of delight and in the lat er th e y a lict h im w i th various torments T H E S H A H R AN D THE TH E A S O F ER SIA P e rs i an law is divided into two parts th e Sha the Th e fo m e r is ad nistered by the m ollahs or pri e st and is ba e d upon th e Kor n Th e latter t h e oral ad st e r e d by secular judges who decide ca es according common s e nse and trad i t i on of pre ce en s ora y h ded do a r e th e Urf tak e s co g z a ce of cr imi nal cases and th e Shahr of ci il cas e s Th e cri m in l is tr i ed fore th e gov e rnor a town v i lag e in t h e award of pe alt i es how e v e r h e follows the rules prescri b ed b y the S h a h r f ar as they ha v e not pa ed i nto de et de So m eti m es a cr imi nal case is appe d the g o v ern r or to the Shah h m sel f Th e e xpou ders and ad n strators of th e Shah ar e call e d molla s and The high e st m shta h e d of all the pres e nt c e f justic e dw e lls at the tom b of In ord i nary cases a d e cision by th e inf e rior mollahs with their seals attach e d is su ffi cient but cas e s of i m porta c e must b e r e fe r e d to the chi e f cod e of P e rs i a con ists of four parts w i th nu s bdivis i ons or chapt e rs Th e first tr e ats of re g i ons rit e s and duties th e s e cond o f contracts and obli th e t rd of matt e rs r e lating to the per n th e fourth par of laws r e lating to th e class m e ats drin k s l e gal procedure and the sp e ci f cations of p e nalti s b oth fro m a r e ious and a ci v il point o f vi ew T here fiv e hun ed and forty nine law respect ing re i g ious wor p Th e re u atio concer ng f sting and pil g ri ages nu m b e r no l e ss than one t h ou sand and tw e l v e Good works and r les concer ng th e poor also take up a large part of the fi st div sion o f Sha Th e law of sal e s includes h ndr e d tw e nty fi v e titles in th e econd vi s i on In the p st pr e scribi g r e li g ious ord i nances we read t h at is forbidden any to say h i s prayers pr e se ce of any woman who eith e r at s i de or before is also praying wh e ther praying togeth e r with or alon e and w i thout regard to the character of the wo m an whether she b e f e or wit h in for b idden de g re o f k i h i p or r ger m u t b e far f r m him at l e ast tw e lve feet or b e h ind a curta i n as not to b e se e n On e sho d avoid pra ing b e f ore an open fir e or th e st bl e of hors e s ass e s or m es but is is per in H e who du b must wag tongu e w h i e men t lly r e p e ating pray e rs Who e v e r has off e r e d pray e r without positively that h e fulfill e d e very r e g ation oblig e d to r e p e t th e praye s H e who c nnot prop e rly pronounce t h e vowel sh ll not l e ad the pr y e s th e second div i sion of th e Urf the law o f a es ch i clud e s six hundr e d and twenty ive we read It is not p e m iss i ble to s e ll a p i e ce o f cloth or o f l nd by a g e n e r l e x bit i on o f th e m to the purcha er ithout obliging him to mak e a nut e in p e ct i on Nev it is m r e prud e nt to e xam i n e t uch the obj e ct sold b e us e of th e v riou us e s to w ch it m ay b e put of th e dif icu ty of obta i n i ng an e xa t no tion of th e obj e ct thout to ch i ng m e s i ng or sp e t i ng i t Th e e ci fi cations o f a t i ng sold h o d b e m de in m n e r to l e av e no doubt in o f ti e it sho d f urth e r b e state i n usual te m order th t cas it b e cont e st e d th e pu e can s e t le by r e f e rence to the It is not p r tt e d s ll ru i t on the tree b e f re they are shap e d that is b efore the k ernel i s f or m ed b ut wh n th e y hav e r e ached that stat e they m ay b e sold T he pu chas e r of slav e may chang e his nam at any tim e but sho d avoid counti g the price o f one th e pr e s e nce of another sl v e It is forbidd e n on e not sou d in nd to b e a judg e or go e rno at any court Shah is th e bsolute mo arch H e appoint go v for e ch stat e and th e governors appo i nt i nor gov e nors th e citi e s Th e Shah giv e each gove nor a k f e ll g i ve hi m th e ow e r to us e it for m an slaught e The mod e s of p shm e nt us by th e se poi t e d gov e nors b barous in th e e xtrem e T he convicts are put to d e ath e ith e r by b e i g b e h e aded i n a public square or by b eing nail e d a wall or i n ther ways On e of th e se gov e rnors was onc e alled to roo m h C i ty as a r e r H e s id I am surpri e d v ry man has two h nds and f ee t I wond e r what k i n o f a r e b ee n in t s ity that p e ople have not b een pu s h e d T e y howev e r think that h r st i a ar e not d ee e d s f ciently worthy o f such pr i eg thes e pu s ents are con i d red to b e ground b longs to t h e lor and cou s t h y iv e it to th e f r m e rs to till hal f of e v e r h ng b e i g t rn e d to th e owners Hard labor and taxe are for n tiv e s th e pro fi ts are ive to th e ch i fs T h e nat i ve have to pay ta x es for ach m mb e r o f their f a mi y wh e ther at home or abroad as long as he d ad parent m u x e Native are largely employed in agriculture and car p e t making Ox e n and cows us e d for ploughing th e fi e lds and thr e shing and all th e far work is carri e d on by such animals even all th e ir grain is c rried by donk e ys and cam e ls In th e larg e towns p e opl e liv e mor e peac e f ly th e r e is not singl e polic e m n in the st ee ts du ng the till nin e o clock at night Th e e aft e r no one is llow e d to b e out If it is n e c e ssa y to b e out th e pa ty must hav e lant e rn i n hand and soldi e r a g d e Th e p rty must also know th e nam e of the n ght as a nam e g v e n for e ach night and f o m th e public b e ing known o y to th e olic e gov e rn m e nt If anyon e is out do e s not know th e na m e of th e n ght will cast hom into p ison til h e prov e d to b e a law bi g citiz e n th e Mosl e ms in duty bound to mak e a grimag e at least to on e of th e fou n tion l mosqu e s If on e fails to p e rform it du ing lif e his bon e s must b e carr i e d Karbala aft e r his death D e ad one ar e transport e d e very y e ar to Ka b l and buri e d n e ar th e grave of th e proph e t to b e sav e d th e bones m u t b e car e f ully p c ke d in b ox e s and ti e d on ho s e s Crowd o f men e v e ry y r tak e dry b on e s of th e ir rel t i v e s m arch towards that pl c e If any one is unable to f ul fi ll the will of par e nts by sending th e ir b nes to th e holy place h e ll g th e r the bon e s t h at h e can carry on his back and w k the way to t h at plac e Somet im e s all th e bones are crus h ed but th e y do not m ind that if o y th e y can bury rest and sav e th e ir f i e nds f om pu shm e nt to ev e l sting lif e Wh e n f th e r Pilg im e turns wom e n and c l e loo n iously to s ee wh t h e b e rs in b e k If it h pp e ns to b e bit of glass it is sigh th t th e y e ar wi l b e fr ee f om pl gu e f m n e that e very ll b e h ppy if th t it will b e a year of si k e ss if of co n th t c e e als i b e bun d t If th e sto k iv e s ith his b e k r is e d to th e sky it is a sign th e f th e pilg im is ssatisfied ith will not d e ign to look th e m if on th e ontr y his b e k is poi t e d e rthw rd and towa d th e to n h e murmurs P e c e b e with you and the pious Mosl e s r e ply On th ee b e p e ac e W e lcom e f th e r Pilgrim w e lcom e and th e y will w i sh to se e wh t h e Oft e I m e t g oups of m e n going toward tho e pl e s of visit Th e y w e e ti e d w e ary but joyous smil e s w e e on th e ir f c e s Th e ir g e t e st h ppin e to e nd th e lo g jou e y kn ee l th e gr v s o f th e Im ms and to p ss e s imag e of cl y or wooden comb to b e u e d th e i wo hip Ev e ry Moh mm e d n mu t e ith e h v e of th e s im g e s or both po k e t to pr y orship B e fo e pr y e r e v e ry on e of th e m mu t sh his hands f ce and e and h e d Th e im g e is th e n laid b efor e hi m on a ol e d pi e e of ilk Th e wo ship e r n ee ls and ri es t im e s dur ng each pr y e r lifting his hands towar wi h an axe on their should e rs s g ng a low v o i c to make it known that th e y are co m ing Onc a k ed on e of th e m What do e s t s m ean H e aid We hav e r e nou c e d th e wo ld and are living as Joh the Baptist in ord e r to poss e ss h e av e n Compare this with that of our bl e ss e d Saviour J e sus C h r i st th e God man who g v e His lif e all nations ev e n His e n e e s f ithf l b e li e v e rs ar e piritually as the sun shining in f lln e ss whil e the unb e liever are th e darkn e ss of midn ght Oh that the day ght soon b e hand wh e n the bl e ss e d Gospel o f Jesus C h rist is b e ing procla m ed in all P e rs i a TH E O R or th e holy book of th e Mohammedans is volu m e Download 24 Kb. 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