To Work is Better than Consuming Charity
Reading Time: 2 minutes Once the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) was informed that a person from Madinah had become afflicted with abject poverty. […]
Charity (sadaqah)
The Endowment Letter
Reading Time: 2 minutes During his caliphate Amirul Mu’mineen (peace be upon him) once said: All throughout Iraq my subjects are in ease and comfort – they drink sweet water […]
The Neighbour of Sayyid Jawaad
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sayyid Jawaad A’amloi, a jurist and the author of the book Miftaah al-Karaamah, narrates: One night as I was having my meals, someone knocked at the […]
The Benefits of Assisting a Poor
Reading Time: < 1 minute One year, Abdullah Ibn Mubarak resolved to go to Makkah for Hajj. One day, as he was passing through a lane, he suddenly witnessed a […]
The Widely Respected Shia Government Minister
Reading Time: 3 minutes Perhaps, the only Shiite minister to have been widely popular amongst the people of all classes was Sahib Ibn Ubbad (326 ah to 385 ah). […]
The Mother of the Satans
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sayyid Ne’matullah Jazairi narrates in his book: “One year, a famine struck. During that period a preacher, from atop the pulpit in the mosque, preached: […]
In the Darkness of the Night
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mu’alla Ibn Khunais narrates: “One rainy night Imam Sadiq (a.s) started out from his house with the intention of proceeding towards the tent of the […]
Auspicious and Inauspicious Times
Reading Time: < 1 minute Once, Imam Sadiq (a.s) related: “There was a piece of land that I owned in partnership with an astrologer and it was mutually decided that […]
Three Hundred Gold Coins
Reading Time: 3 minutes bn Abbas narrates: “Once, three hundred gold coins were gifted to the Noble Prophet (s.a.w) which he in turn gifted to the Commander of the […]
Charity Increases Sustenance
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Sadiq (a.s) had many sons, one of whom was named Muhammad. Occasionally it would so happen that his income would exceed his expenses. Once, […]