Jamat Khana is a House of Reward and Peace

God says: “And when We made the House a place of reward and peace for mankind (saying): Take as the place of prayer where Ibrahim stood.” (2:125). The taw’il is that, just as the Ka’bah is the central House of God, similarly, Jama’at-khanah is the local House of God. Or in other words, just as the Ka’bah is the House of God at the level of shariat, the Jama’at-khanah is the House of God at the level of haqiqat. Therefore, the virtues which are mentioned in the Qur’anic verse about the Ka’bah, the central House of God, are also true about this local house of God, which is called Jama’at-khanah. Thus according to the Qur’anic wisdom and Ismaili faith, Jama’at-khanah is the place of reward and peace.


This means that the entire reward of all religious commands and prohibitions is centered on Jama’at-khanah and this is true for spiritual peace and satisfaction. Because this religious house of the Jamaat has double virtues. On the one hand, it is the representative of the Ka’bah and on the other hand, it is the symbol of the true (holy) Imam, because the (holy) Imam, in accordance to the Divine Will, has given the Jama’at-khanah to his followers to represent his own personality and physical and spiritual closeness. Thus at the first stage, this is the station or place of (Hazrat) Ibrahim (a.s.) for the Jamaat.” (Source: Fruit of Paradise, pages 119-120)