SONANONABY
THE HABITUAL PRACTICE OF ORDERLINESS AND REGULARITY IN THE LIFE OF PROPHET MOHAMMAD
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The Story Continues……
The doctor gave me his address and I returned to Tehran. That night I was very excited and felt good about this situation. I had a dream that night. I saw in my dream; a large group of Islamic scholars and ayatollahs. Among them were Hajj Seyed Ali Shushtari, Molla Hossein Gholi Hamadani, Seyed Ahmad Karbalai, Mirza Javad Maleki Tabrizi, Hajj Seyed Ali Ghazzi Tabrizi, and Allama Tabatabai and many others. They were all in my house. Allama pointed me to Hajj Seyed Ali Ghazzi while giving me a compliment. Then, Hajj Seyed Ali Ghazzi gave me a pinkish object measuring about 14 cm x 20 cm. It looked like a book, but also appeared to be some food item. Hajj Seyed Ali Ghazzi told me that was my food.
I was amazed for some time; how could an object be a book and at the same time a food item? When I arrived at the doctor’s house he greeted me warmly and gave me the Allama’s book. I kissed the book and when I noticed the size and the color of it; I thought to myself that was the same object that Ayatollah Seyed Ali Ghazzi gave me in my dream. This was the meaning of my dream. It became clear to me that “Sonanonaby” was the real spiritual food for me and for any other interested individual. (Interesting that a scholar friend of mine told me that Allama was directed by Ayatollah Ghazzi to gather the narrations in Sonanonaby). I left the doctor’s house at about 10 a.m., the last day of Sha’bon of 1349 (shamsi) and began my research for the next three years after that. The translation to Persian and the research was completed in 1353 (shamsi). The book was published in 1354 (shamsi) by Islamiya publishers in Tehran.
Another Dream…
Before I get to another dream about “Sonanonaby”, it is perhaps rather appropriate to briefly talk about the Allama’s opinion regarding dreams. From his “Al-Meezon”, V.11, P. 268:
Various groups of people have and continue to have special attention to their dreams. The Quran also has paid attention to this:
1. Verse Soffot: 105 where Ibrahim (a.s) says to his son Ismaeil (a.s): “ I saw in my dream that I was sacrificing you. What do you think about that?”
2. Verse Yousof: 4 where Yousof (a.s) told his father Yaghube (a.s): “ I saw in my dream that eleven starts, the sun, and the moon kneeled for me.”
3. Verse Yousof: 36 where one of his jail mates told Yousof (a.s): “ I saw in my dream that I was serving drinks to the king.” And another told him: “ I saw in my dream that I was carrying bread on my head and birds were eating them.”
4. Verse Yousof: 43 where the king says he saw in his dream that seven fat cows ate seven skinny ones; and seven stems of green wheat ate seven stems of dry ones.”
5. Verse Taha: 38 where Moses’ (a.s) mother was told in her dream: “ Put your child in the Nile.”
6. Verse Anfall: 43 where God Almighty tells Prophet Mohammad (s.a): “ We made your enemy appear little to you in your dream.”
7. Verse Fath: 27 where the Quran says that Prophet Mohammad (s.a) entered Masjid-ul-Harom in his dream.
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About the Book
A Message From Allama-Tabatabai: IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MERCIFUL, THE COMPASSIONATE The book you are about to read is a collection of narrations regarding the practical methods of Prophet Mohammads.a) which his honor practiced in his life and that he had special attention to them. I put together some of the better known of these narrations in a booklet I called Sonanonaby around 1350 A.H. Recently, the honorable scholar Sheikh Mohammad-Hadi Feghhi (may God bless him) has put together, with great effort, the remainder of these narrations that were scattered in various sources. He has then combined them all in one book and translated it into Persian; keeping the original Arabic version as part of the book in order to make it accessible to and useable by everyone. May God reward him well
About the Author
The Honorable Allama does not need to be introduced, as he is well known and respected not only in the scientific and Islamic society of Iran, but also in the scientific community of the world. However, since through reading of this book, it may be the first time some people are introduced to his work we decided to touch on the highlights of his life for information purposes.
The honorable Allama, the great philosopher, Hojj Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabai was born in a greatly respected family in Tabriz on 29 Zelhajja in 1321 A.H. (Islamic calendar), corresponding to 1282 H.Sh. (Persian calendar). After completing the elementary studies in his birthplace he moved to Iraq in 1344 A.H. to continue his studies in the holy city of Najaf.
In Najaf, where his forefather, Imam Ali’s shrine is, he was taught Fegh’h (religious jurisprudence), Osule (principles of jurisprudence), Tafseer (interpretation of the Quran), Philosophy, Mathematics, and Ethics by masters such as Seyyed Abul-Hassan Esfahani, Naiini, Komponi, Seyyed Hassan Bawd-Koobei, Seyyed Abul-Ghassem Khonsawri, and Hojj Mirza Ali Ghawzzi (peace be upon all of them). The Allama returned to Tabriz in 1354 A.H. While residing in Tabriz he taught several subjects and authored numerous books such as “Rasael Sab’eh = Seven Thesis” and “Resaleh Veloyat = Thesis of Guardianship”. He also finished writing a major portion of his famous Tafseer Al-Meezon (interpretation of the Quran) during this time.
About ten years later, in 1365 A.H., due to the political events of World War II he decided to move to Qom and began teaching some of the Islamic subjects there.