Month: January 2014
Extinguishing the Lamp
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHaarith says: One night I was engaged in conversation with Amirul Mu’mineen (peace be upon him). As we talked, I said to him (peace be […]
Breaking the Circumambulation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAabaan Ibn Taghlib narrates: I was engaged in the circumambulation of the Ka’bah in the company of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) when one […]
Nine Thousand Years
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMaimoon Ibn Mahraan narrated: I was sitting beside Imam Hasan (peace be upon him) when a man came up to him and said: O’ Son of […]
The Respectable Destitute
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce Amirul Mu’mineen (peace be upon him) sent nine hundred kilograms of dates from his own farm situated in Yanba’ (in the outskirts of Medinah) for one […]
The Limits of the Impoverished Ones
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu Baseer states: I informed Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): One of your Shiites, a pious person by the name of U’mar, due to his […]
Imam Sadiq (as) and the Beggar
Reading Time: 2 minutesMasma’ Ibn A’bd al-Malik relates: We were in the company of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) at Mina (where the Pilgrims halt during Hajj) […]
Putting the Soul to Labour
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFadhl Ibn Abi Qarrah relates: Once when we approached Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), we found him hard at work in his field. Observing […]
To Work is Better than Consuming Charity
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) was informed that a person from Madinah had become afflicted with abject poverty. […]
U’mar Ibn Muslim
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) inquired about one of his companions by the name of U’mar Ibn Muslim, whereupon a person informed […]