Golden chain hadith

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Golden chain hadith

• Narrated by Imam Ali ar-Ridha (as)

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Golden chain hadith

• Once when our 8th Imam, Imam Ali ar-Ridha (as)
  was travelling through a town called Nishapur,
  the people of the town asked Imam (as) to tell
  them a hadith from the Prophet (as).
• Imam Ali ar-Ridha (A) told them the following
  hadith "My father (Imam) Musa al-Kadhim (as)
  told me, from his father Ja'far as-Sadiq (as),
  from his father Muhammad al-Baqir (as), from his
  father Ali Zainul Abideen (as), from his father
  the martyr of Kerbala (Husain) (as), from his
  father Ali ibn Abu Talib (as), from the Holy
  Prophet (as). from Jibrail, from Allah "The
  Kalima of La ilaha illallah is My fort, and
  whosoever says it will enter My fort, and
  whosoever enters My fort is safe from My
  punishment."

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Golden chain hadith contd.

• The people of Nishapur began reciting the Kalima.
  
• Imam Ali ar-Ridha (as) continued
• There is one condition to the safety of this
  fort and that is to obey and follow the Imams
  (as).
• This hadith is known as the golden chain hadith.
  This is because each member of the chain was a
  Ma'sum .
• Moral Just to say something will be of no use.
  Only when you understand what you are saying and
  believe in it enough to follow it then will it be
  of use to you.

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Living Beings in other worlds

• Imam Jafar Sadiq (as)
• Reference The Great Muslim Scientist and
  Philosopher,
• Jafar As-Sadiq

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Theory of Aliens

• Another interesting theory of Imam Sadiq is that
  there are living beings in other worlds.
• These beings by their advanced knowledge may be
  trying to contact us.
• However, we do not know them and do not
  understand their language and we do not realise
  that they want to get in touch with us and talk
  to us.

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Jinn

• Imam said that the Quran has mentioned the names
  of Jinns, whom we cannot see.
• It is also prophesied in the Quran that a day
  will come when humans and the unknown beings
  (whom we cannot see) will meet and live together.
• No one before Imam Sadiq had said anything about
  the possibility of the presence of living beings
  in other worlds, who may be trying to contact us.

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Efforts made (and being made) to prove this theory

• It was only in late 19th century that Camille
  Flammarion of France raised this issue and
  presented his theory about the possibility of
  establishing contacts with unknown beings of
  other worlds.
• However, he was unable to test this theory
  because science and technology had not advanced
  sufficiently.
• In the year 1920, Marconi of Italy (who invented
  the radio) summoned a meeting of the officers of
  Italian Navy that in the wireless station of his
  ship, he received radio waves, which without a
  shadow of doubt were being sent to the people of
  the Earth by some intelligent and technologically
  advanced beings.
• However, at that time telescopes were very weak
  and Marconi was unable to extend the horizon of
  his experiments.
• Even today after the construction of strong
  telescopes we have not been able, so far, to
  establish any contact with unknown beings of
  other worlds, even though efforts are being made
  in this regard.
• This is one of the theories of Imam Sadiq (as)
  which after 1400 years has still not been proved.