Bahlool Criticizes Haroun
Reading Time: < 1 minute One day Bahlool was near Haroun. He said, “O Bahlool! Criticize me.” Bahlool said, “O Haroun! If there is no water in the desert, you […]
Month: February 2014
Bahlool and a Businessman
Reading Time: < 1 minute One day a Baghdadi businessman met Bahlool and said, “Sir Shaykh Bahlool! Give me advice as to what I should buy that would benefit me […]
Bahlool Sits on Haroun Rashid’s Throne
Reading Time: < 1 minute One day Bahlool arrived at Haroun’s palace and saw that the throne was empty. There was no one to stop him, so he unhesitatingly and […]
Unless Allah wills, none on this earth can harm me
Reading Time: < 1 minute It is narrated from Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq (as) that Amir’ul-Mu’mineen ‘Ali (as) had lot of affection for his slave Qanbar (r.a.). When Amir’ul-Mu’mineen ‘Ali (as) […]
Reliance in Allah
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Prophet of Allah (S) has said,’ On the Night of Meraj, while I was passing through the Sidrat al Muntahaand looked at its branches and […]
‘Have faith in Allah!’
Reading Time: < 1 minute It is narrated by an authentic source from Imam Ar-Ridha’ (as) that Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq (as) inquired about a companion who was not present at […]
Qaseem al-Naar wa Jannat
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abu Dharr Ghiffari narrates that Ja’far bin Abi Talib(r.a.) bought a slave-girl from Abyssinia for four hundred Dirhams and presented to Amir’ul-Mu’mineen (as). But Amir’ul-Mu’mineen […]
Four Traits
Reading Time: 2 minutes Authentic sources narrate from Imam Ar-Ridha’ (as) that, “Allah sent a revelation to one of His Prophets (as) that’ when you stir out tomorrow morning, […]
The Rights Of The Rulers
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is narrated from Ja’far As-Sadiq (as) that when Nimrod pushed Prophet Ibrahim (as) into the fire, and he emerged safe and sound, he was […]
Respecting a Believer
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is narrated from Imam Ar-Ridha’ (as) that there were four pious persons (Mu’mins) during the period of the bani Israel. Three of them were […]