Two angels
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir (as) says that Allah sent two angels to the earth. They met each other halfway to the destination. One asked the other […]
Month: February 2014
Earning Livelihood
Reading Time: < 1 minute A reliable source narrates that Asbat bin Salim went to the presence of Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq (as). The Imam (as) inquired about Omer bin Muslim. […]
“If you had practiced contentment, my piece of cloth wouldn’t have been mortgaged!”
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Muhammad Taqi (as) narrates that one day Salman Farsi invited Abu Dharr Ghiffari over a meal. He put dried bread dipped in water before […]
The Worship of a Hundred Years
Reading Time: 3 minutes One day Prophet Musa (as) was passing through a barren hill. He noticed a pious person busy in prayer sitting in a cave of the […]
Hazrat Ali (as) Speaks with The Spirits Of The Mu’mins -The Pious
Reading Time: < 1 minute One night, Hibba Arabi, went with Amir’ul-Mu’mineen ‘Ali (as) to the graveyard of Wadi as Salam near Al Najaf.Amir’ul-Mu’mineen ‘Ali (as) stood there as if in conversation with someone. […]
Prophet Huzqeel (as) and Prophet Dawood (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq (as) narrates that when prophet Dawood (as) committed the Tark al-Aula (the first misdemeanor), he remained in prostration for forty days. During this time, […]
Eating dry bread and salt is definitely better than the life of sin
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq (as) narrates that prophet ‘Isa (as) passed through a hamlet once. All the people, animals and birds in that place were lying […]
“What does your nafs say about becoming a Muslim?”
Reading Time: 2 minutes One very well known astrologer came to the presence of Amir’ul-Mu’mineen ‘Ali (as) and said, “I am a sooth sayer! I have heard that you […]