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 upon him): I am in need […]
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 of my friends asked me […]
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 Holy Prophet (peace be […]
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 person. This person was of […]
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 destitution, approached Isa Ibn Aa’yan […]
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) and engaged in eating grapes […]
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 this, we said to him […]
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. He (peace be upon him […]
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 him: He has confined himself to […]