Shaitaan Misguides Barseesa
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shaykh Tabarsi and other commentators have narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that there was a worshipper named Barseesa among The Israelites who worshipped his deity so […]
Evilness
One who digs a hole for his brother; Allah (S.w.T.) throws him headlong into it
Reading Time: < 1 minute Muhaddith Jazaeri writes in his book Zahra Rabi an interesting anecdote. There was a man in Isfahan who used to beat his wife but unfortunately […]
Disbelief and Polytheism
Reading Time: 2 minutes After the death of Hisham Ibn Abdul Malik – the Umayyad Caliph, Walid Ibn Yazid took over the reins of the Caliphate in the year […]
Prophet Yahya’s Murderer was an Illegitimate Child
Reading Time: 1 minute During the time of Prophet Yahya (a.s), there lived a king by the name of Hirodis, who was fond of him (a.s) and considered the […]
They Should Witness the Wisdom!
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prophet Musa (a.s) came across a poor person who, due to his abject poverty, lay bare-bodied on the desert sand. When he (a.s) came nearer, […]
Religion-Selling by Samurah
Reading Time: 2 minutes Samurah Ibn Jundab was of the inhabitants of Basrah. After his father’s death, he accompanied his mother to Madinah, where she married Mary Ibn Shaiban […]
The Kingdom of Rey or Killing the Imam
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yazid instructed his governor, ‘Ubaidullah Ibn Ziyad, that if Husain (as) refused to pledge allegiance, he should fight the Imam (as). Prior to the incident […]
Justifying Evil Acts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Sadiq (a.s.) had heard that an old man had become famous for his piety. One day, he saw him surrounded by a large crowd. […]
Cruelty of Hajjaj ibn Yusuf Thaqafi
Reading Time: < 1 minute It is not just evil deeds which merit chastisement but evil intentions too tend to have an impact. In fact it is due to their […]
Deceit by A’mr Ibn A’as
Reading Time: 3 minutes After the incident of arbitration, in which A’mr Ibn A’as tricked Abu Musa Asha’ri and deposed Ali (a.s.) from the caliphate, the Imam (a.s.) used to curse him, Mua’wiyah […]