Month: December 2013
The Modesty of the Eyes
Reading Time: 2 minutes It has been related in the commentary Ruhul Bayan that in a city there lived three brothers. The eldest brother had been the muezzin of […]
Hazrat Musa (as) and the Daughters of Hazrat Shu’aib (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Musa (as) killed the person from Qabt, the followers of Fir’awn schemed to have him murdered, and so he fled from Egypt. After travelling for […]
Imam Hasan (as) and the Syrian
Reading Time: 2 minutes One day, Imam Hasan (as) was sitting in his place when he was confronted by a man who had come from Syria. As soon as […]
Tolerance Towards the Commander’s Deeds
Reading Time: < 1 minute While Hisham Ibn Isma`il (the maternal uncle of ‘Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan) was the governor of Madinah, having been appointed by Yazid, he used to […]
The Caliph’s Food
Reading Time: < 1 minute Once, in a gathering of Harun Rashid (the fifth ‘Abbasid Caliph), which included a number of aristocrats, the conversation drifted towards Buhul and his insanity. […]
The Satan’s Snare
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the students of Ayatullah Sheikh Murtaďa Ansari recounts: “One night, while we were in Najaf engaged in studies under the tutelage of the […]
By Unlawful Means
Reading Time: < 1 minute During the period when Imam Baqir (as) was in the captivity of Mansur Dawaniqi (the second ‘Abbasid Caliph), he used to eat very little food. […]
The Jews and the Unlawful Food
Reading Time: < 1 minute When the Noble Prophet (S) was seven years of age, the Jews (having perceived signs of Prophethood in him and therefore deciding to test him) […]