In the last year 2007 AD, 7th of July 2007 fell on Saturday, the 7th day of the week. This was an uncommon coincidence which flashed on News channels. It's not new that such occurrences give a golden opportunity for soothsayers, astrologers and numerologists to come out with their interpretations and opinions. These so called advices and views have vast relations right from the political stability to the personal life of the people of various sun signs; from the marriages to the date of deliveries and the future of the new born babies. These spiced up drinks of views and analysis are served in various glasses of news channels and at the receiving end, audiences and innocent people are the sufferers of its side effects.

By the grace of Allaah, we are not deprived of the purest of knowledge of Ahl ul-Bayt (AS). We cannot be overwhelmed or influenced by the evil or ill rooted knowledge because we belong to the group of people who are guided by Allaah Himself. A'immat it-Taahereen (AS) has endowed us with the glory and blessing of the pious and pure knowledge with the help of which we can sail through any storms of confusion and difficulties. It is an attempt to make mumineen aware about the importance of number “7” in our aqeedah and shari'at.

“7” is closely related to our aqeedah. It is a very auspicious number for us because it encompasses many facts of our principles.

• There are 7 Ambiyaa Notaqaa. There are 6 naatiq (lit. – speaker; the one who brings shari'at) from Maulaana Aadam (AS) till Rasoolullaah (SAWS) and the last 7th naatiq is Maulaana Qaa'im ul-Qayaamah who will be the leader on the day of Qayaamat.
• 7 days of the week starting from Sunday till Saturday.
• 7 Da'aaim ul-Islaam i.e. pillars of Islaam. Walaayat, Tahaarat, Namaaz, Zakaat, Saum, Hajj and Jehaad.
• The period of pregnancy is 9 months and the stages of development of the foetus are 7 as mentioned in the Qur'an. The first stage is of wet mud till the completion ( khalqan aakhar ).
• There are 7 orifices on the face. 2 eyes, 2 nostrils, 2 ears and 1 mouth.
• The succession of A'immat it-Taahereen (AS) is divided into factions of 7 Imaam and the 7th Imaam of each faction is called as Motimm. Imaam Mohammad bin Ismaa'il (AS) is the motimm of 1 st faction, Imaam Mo'iz (AS) of 2 nd and Imaam Taiyab (AS) of 3 rd faction. Till the day of qayaamat, the succession of A'immat it-Taahereen (AS) will run into 14 factions – the 98 th Imaam being the last of them.
• One tawaaf (circum-ambulation) around Ka'atullaah consists of 7 times encircling the Ka'bah.
• It is mandated upon us to hit the stones to the pillars of Shaitaan in 7 sets during the days of Hajj.
• There are 7 manaazil (pl – manzil; sections) of the Qur'an.
• The time of Zohr and ‘Asr is due after 7 hours from the sunrise.
• There are 7 Aflaak (pl – falak; skies, celestial spheres). There is 7 stars – one in each of them; Zohl (Saturn) , Mushtari (Jupiter), Mirreekh (Mars), Shams (Sun), Zohraa (Venus), ‘Otaarid (Mercury) and Qamar (Moon).
• There are 7 continents and 7 seas.
• There are basic 7 minerals present in the earth's crust namely: Silicon, magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, sodium, aluminium.
• Allah has created 7 Jahannam (hell) for the cursed.
• 7 parts of the body touch the ground while doing sajadah; face (forehead and tip of nose), palms of the hands, both the knees and great toes.