Generosity Of Imam Husayn (a.s) – 4
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbdur Rahman Aslami was a teacher of one of the sons of Imam Husayn (a.s). He had taught the child Surah al-Hamd (the first chapter of Quran) by heart. When […]
Month: January 2014
Generosity Of Imam Husayn (a.s) – 3
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Arab came to Medina and asked, “Who is the most generous person in the town?” People directed him to Imam Husayn (a.s). He came to the Imam and recited […]
Generosity Of Imam Husayn (a.s) – 2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMarwan the Governor of Medina was once very angry at the poet Farazdaq and ordered that he may be exiled therefrom. Being highly disconcerted he came to the Imam Husayn […]
Generosity Of Imam Husayn (a.s)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe generosity of Imam Husayn (a.s) is well known. Once Usamah bin Zaid was seriously ill. He went to visit him and when he reached near him, he heard him […]
Generosity Of Imam Hasan (a.s)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce a person requested the Imam (a.s) for an amount of 50,000 dirhams. The Imam told him to bring a porter to carry away the money. When the porter was […]
Generosity Of Imam Ali (a.s) – 3
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAllamah Kafawi has written in Tabaqat that once Ali (a.s) was in a duel with an infidel. The infidel said, “I like this sword of yours, let me see it.” At once […]
Generosity Of Imam Ali (a.s) – 2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe enemies of Ali (a.s) also confessed to his generosity. It is mentioned in Matalibus So’ool that when Mahqan Ibn Abi Mahtan told Muawiyah that he had come to him from the […]
Generosity Of Imam Ali (a.s)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWahidi in his Tafsir has related from Ibn Abbas that Ali (a.s) had four dirhams and nothing beyond that. He gave in charity a dirham at night and a dirham during the […]
Piety Of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam Hasan Askari (a.s) also lived a simplistic and abstemious existence. By way of testing, one day, the ruler caliph sent him lots of delicious foods and luxurious clothes. He […]
Piety Of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce someone lied to Mutawakkil that Imam Ali Naqi (a.s) lived a life of luxury. And that he has collected a lot of wealth and weapons in his house, and […]