The Gratitude of Abu Dharr
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Abu Dharr received the news that a Prophet had manifested himself in Makkah, he instructed his brother Anis to go and acquire some information about […]
Month: December 2013
The Right of a Deceased Muslim
Reading Time: 2 minutes Zurarah relates: I was in the company of Imam Baqir (as) in the funeral procession of a person from Quraish. ‘Ata, the jurist of Makkah, […]
Abdullah Ibn Ubayy
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the people of Madinah were accepting the Noble Prophet (S) in increasing numbers, ‘Abdullah Ibn Ubayy, one of the Jewish elders, became even more […]
The Friend of Hazrat Isa (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Sadiq (as) said: “Stay away from jealousy and do not harbour envy with respect to one another.” Having said this, the Imam (as) continued: […]
Ash’ab Ibn Jubair Madani (d. 154 ah)
Reading Time: 2 minutes He was a person who was squint-eyed, bald on two sides of his head and unable to pronounce the letters ر (ra) and ل (lam). […]
Dhul Qarnain
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dhul Qarnain8, during the course of his journey, reached Dhulumat, where he came across a palace in which he noticed a youth standing there dressed […]
Hazrat Isa (as) and the Greedy Persons
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prophet ‘Isa (as) had been travelling in the company of another person when, after having journeyed for a period, they were overcome by hunger. They […]
Greedy for Pleasure
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yazid Ibn ‘Abdul Malik (the tenth Umayyad caliph) became caliph after ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz. Contrary to his predecessor, he used to engage himself, day […]
Qais Ibn ‘Asim
Reading Time: 2 minutes Qais Ibn ‘Asim was a tribal leader during the Age of Ignorance but he later accepted Islam. Once, during his old age, in order to […]
The Caliph’s Ignorant Son
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mahdi ‘Abbasi, the third ‘Abbasid Caliph, had a son by the name of Ibrahim, who was a misguided individual. He showed intense enmity and malice […]