The Ignorant Debtor
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn the night of his ascension, one of the scenes that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) witnessed was of a person, who was attempting […]
Month: January 2014
The Fruits of Granting Respite to the Debtor
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam Sadiq (peace be upon him) has stated: One who desires that God shelters him on the Day when there shall be no shelter save His, should either grant respite to […]
He Repaid the Loan of the One in Debt
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day, Imam Zainul A’abideen (peace be upon him) visited Muhammad Ibn Usaamah, who was sick. The Imam (peace be upon him) observed that he was weeping and so asked: How […]
Abu Dahdaah
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the verse, مَّن ذَا الَّذِى يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَة “Who is it that will lend unto Allah a goodly loan, so that He may give […]
The Jew and the Imam in the Presence of the Judge
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam Ali (peace be upon him) had been sitting in the mosque of Kufah when Abdullah Ibn Qufl, a Jew belonging to the tribe of Tameem, passed by him (peace […]
The ‘Hereafterly’ Judgment
Reading Time: 2 minutesProphet Dawood (peace be upon him) once prayed to God to make manifest for him one of His judgments that He would issue on the Day of Judgment. God revealed […]
The Inclination of the Judge and his Punishment
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam Baqir (peace be upon him) has been reported to have related: In the tribe of Bani Israel there lived a scholar, who used to adjudicate amongst the people. When […]
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) and the Jinn Judge
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam Ali (peace be upon him) once was busy delivering a sermon from atop the pulpit in the city of Kufah when a python suddenly appeared from the side of […]
The Neighbour of Sayyid Jawaad
Reading Time: 2 minutesSayyid Jawaad A’amloi, a jurist and the author of the book Miftaah al-Karaamah, narrates: One night as I was having my meals, someone knocked at the door. Opening the door, I […]
The Benefits of Assisting a Poor
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne year, Abdullah Ibn Mubarak resolved to go to Makkah for Hajj. One day, as he was passing through a lane, he suddenly witnessed a woman, who bent down, picked […]