The Practicing A’alim
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sheikh Ahmad Ardabili, popularly known as Muqaddas Ardabili (d. 993 AH) was an abstentious and practicing scholar, and lived contemporaneous to scholars such as Sheikh […]
Humbleness
Al-Hajj Sheikh Abbas Qummi
Reading Time: < 1 minute The late Sheikh Abbas Qummi, the author of Mafatih al-Jinan narrates: “When I had compiled and published the book Manazil al-Akhirah, it reached the hands of […]
The Congregational Prayers
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the distinguished scholars, who had journeyed the path of spiritual cleansing and possessed sublime ethics, was Mulla Abdullah Shushtari. He was the tutor […]
Hazrat Isa (as) and the Washing of his Disciples’ Feet
Reading Time: < 1 minute ‘Isa Ibn Maryam (as) once told his disciples that he sought a favour from them. “What do you want us to do?” they asked. ‘Isa […]
The Humbleness of the Noble Prophet
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abu Dharr narrates: “Once, I observed Salman and Bilal arriving in the presence of the Noble Prophet (S). Salman, out of respect, fell down at […]
Muhammad Ibn Muslim
Reading Time: < 1 minute Muhammad Ibn Muslim was a wealthy individual from the nobles of Kufah and a companion of Imam Baqir (as) and Imam Sadiq (as). Once, Imam […]
Bilal the Abyssinian
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bilal was one of those Muslims who had made great progress spiritually to the extent that he became the muezzin of the Noble Prophet (S). […]
The Humbleness of Salman Farsi
Reading Time: < 1 minute Salman had been the governor of one of the cities of Syria for some time. His conduct during the period of his rule remained unchanged […]
Bring forth One Worse than Yourself!]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Allah revealed to Prophet Musa (as): “The next time you come to converse with Me, bring along someone who is inferior to you.” Musa (as) […]
Maalik e Ashtar
Reading Time: < 1 minute Once, Maalik Ashtar was passing through the market of Kufah looking very indigent. He was dressed in coarse canvas apparel and had placed canvas on […]