‘Ayatollah’ Ali Sistani

Fasting is Mustahab on every day of the year except those on which it is haram or makruh to observe a fast. Some of them which have been strongly recommended, are mentioned here:

(i) The first and last Thursday of every month  […]. (ii) 13th, 14th, and 15th day of every month. (iii) On all days of Rajab and Shaban […] (iv) The day of eid Nawroz […]

Reference: https://www.al-islam.org/islamic-laws-ayatullah-ali-al-husayni-al-sistani/fasting-part-ii-ii#1757

Notice how the zindiq Sistani literally referred to Nowruz as an eid!

‘Ayatollah’ Abul-Qasim Khoie (chain-smoker and Sistani’s student)

Translation:

Question: In regards to what has been narrated about the day of Nowruz, its virtues, and its rituals… Is it possible to rely on it?

Answer: There is no harm in performing the aforementioned rituals, and God knows best.

‘Ayatollah’ Sadiq Shirazi

‘Ayatollah’ Ruhollah Khomeini

Khomeini wrote in his ‘Tahrir al-Wasilah’ under the chapter of mustahab (recommended) fastings:

…
12. The eid of Nowruz.
13. The first and third of Muharram.

Reference: Tahrir al-Wasilah by R. Khomeini, p.276 (Arabic)

The following picture is widely circulated on several pro-Iranian regime websites and social media platforms, portraying Khomeini next to the Nowruz ‘Haft Sin’ decoration. The portrayal is accompanied by a poem by Khomeini in praise of Nowruz.

‘Ayatollah’ Ali Khamenei

Shia cleric (and ‘professor’ at the Hawzah of Qom) Ali Akbar Mahdipour

Mahdipoour claims that:

  • Ghadir Khumm was on “the great day of Nowruz”!
  • Reliable Shia hadiths state that Ali’s divine authority (‘Wilayah’) was declared on Nowruz!
  • The Shia Mahdi will emerge on the “holy day” (!) of Nowruz and hang the Dajjal in the city of Kufa
  • The Ahl al-Bayt said they look forward (!) to every Nowruz for the emergence of the Mahdi!
  • The Ahlul-Bayt said that the Arabs have neglected the Eid (!) of Nowruz while the Persians have safeguarded it!
  • Nowruz is not just a cultural and national holiday but rather an actual religious eid to the Shia!

Above is a screenshot from the famous ‘Al-Mustadrak’ by Mirza Hussein Tabarsi. The zindiq filled an entire chapter (!) related to issues of Fiqh (!) with regards to Nowruz. The underlined part in red translates as:

‘Chapter: The mustahabb (recommended) prayer (!) of Nowruz, ghusl, fasting, putting on the best of clothes […]’

‘Ayatollah’ Fazel Hosseini Milani cites Hurr Amili’s (a contemporary of Majlisi) Wasa’il al-Shia, in which he filled an entire chapter with narrations in support of Nowruz as a day of Eid and worship. The marked part in red translates as:

‘Chapter: The mustahabb (recommended) prayer (!) of Nowruz, ghusl, fasting, putting on the best of clothes […]’

This list could go on and on with numerous other top Shia scholars who have sanctified and approved Nowruz as a holy day in Islam that should be venerated. In fact, the first people to accept the recommended deeds on the day of Nowruz were the representatives of the Hawzah in Najaf, among them highly revered Twelver Shia personalities such as Tusi, Feiz Kashani, and others.

A statue of Feyz Kashani (1599-1679) in Iran, among other Ayatollah statues.

All religious Shia websites and institutes in Iran actively propagate Nowruz under the banner of Islam and the school of Ahlul-Bayt. The following is a screenshot from the Shiite Fars News Agency (FNA), affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Article titled:
“Nowruz in Shia culture”
Red marked section:
[…] “The interesting point is that during the Safavid era, a lot of works have been dedicated to Nowruz. Shaykh Agha Bozorg in his ‘Madkhal Nowruziyyah’ mentions over 15 treatises that were written on the topic of Nowruz during the Safavid era.”[…]

 

Shia cleric Mahdi Daneshmand (known for his anti-Sunni tirades) wrote on his personal Instagram account: “Tablecloth of Haft Sin between the two Harams (shrines in Karbala) and preparing for the new year (Nowruz).”
No comment.

Despite all the damning evidence, you will still encounter Shias who are either totally oblivious to how sacred Majoosi Nowruz is in their sect or who know it and conceal it out of embarrassment.

May Allah guide the bamboozled Shia to the truth.