Free Distribution of Drinks and Nadhr in the Name of Hazrat Husayn ﵁

Question

If someone, invoking the sacred name of the Imam of lofty station, Imam Husayn, says: “This is the free distribution of drinks of the nadhr of Husayn ﵁” and “This is the langar (a free communal meal for all) of the nadhr of Husayn” — may all Muslims, rich and poor alike, partake of this food and this drink, which have been attributed to the sacred name of the Imam of lofty station, with the thought of tabarruk (blessing)?

Answer

If a gathering is held for the remembrance of Hazrat Husayn ﵁ and the exposition of his merits, then first the merits of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs should be set forth, and then the lofty perfections of Hazrat Sayyiduna Husayn ﵁ from sound narrations, so that others too may be moved to desire his truthfulness and love of the truth, and courage may arise in them; so it is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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