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A thousand sheep and a thousand Dinars

January 25, 2014 hesham102001 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu’l-Hasan Mada’ini reports: Hasan, Husayn and `Abdullah ibn Ja`far—may Allah be pleased with them all—were on pilgrimage to Mecca. Leaving their camel load in a place, they went to an […]

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Tafseer of the Letter Alif

January 25, 2014 hesham102001 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIbn `Abbas is reported as saying: One night, `Ali said to me, “After you accomplish your night prayer, come to me to give you a gift.” It was a night […]

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The Jew

January 25, 2014 hesham102001 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu-Bakr al-Naqqash has reported Imam `Ali as saying: One day, a Jew came to me saying, “In your book, there is a verse the meaning of which is difficult to […]

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Special Treatment

January 24, 2014 hesham102001 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe rules of life instituted by Islam were gradually being erased by the continuous rule of the Umayyad and Abbasid kings who loved splendour and glory, and expected undue respect […]