The Rich near the Poor
Reading Time: < 1 minute A rich person dressed in clean and elegant clothes arrived in the presence of the Noble Prophet (S) and sat down before him. A short […]
Month: December 2013
Walid Ibn Mughairah
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three years after having been appointed as a prophet and with only a handful of people having accepted Islam, it was revealed to the Noble […]
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) […]
The Consequence of Holding Someone in Contempt
Reading Time: < 1 minute There lived amongst Bani Isra`il, a person who was so sinful and immoral that they eventually had him expelled from their midst. Once, while wandering […]
Mufaďďhal Ibn ‘Umar and The Pigeon Fanciers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Once, a letter signed by some of the Shiite elders, was brought to Imam Sadiq (as) by a few of the signatories themselves. The letter […]
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 […]
Contemplation before Action
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the companions of the Noble Prophet (S) said to him: “I always tend to suffer losses in my business transactions. The guile and […]
Submission before a Ruling
Reading Time: < 1 minute The date-plantation of Zubair Ibn ‘Awwam (a cousin of the Noble Prophet (S)) lay adjacent to that of one of the Ansar (the Helpers). Once, there […]