Ibn Muljim and the Chastisement in the Purgatory
Reading Time: 2 minutesIbn Raqa narrates: “I was near Masjid al-Haram in Mecca when I noticed that a group of people had gathered near the Station of Ibrahim […]
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The Chastisement of the People of ‘Ad
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Prophet Hud (a.s) was forty years of his age, Allah revealed to him: “Go to your nation and invite your people towards monotheism and […]
Equality in the Spoils of War
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen the battle of Hunain concluded and the spoils of war were about to be distributed, some of the Bedouins, who had participated in the […]
The Covenant of Fudhul
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwenty years before the Noble Prophet’s (s.a.w) proclamation of Prophethood and at a time when he (s.a.w) was exactly twenty years of age, an incident […]
The Noble Prophet and Abu Haitham
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Noble Prophet (s.a.w) had promised one of his companions, Abu Haitham Ibn Tayyahan, that he (s.a.w) would present him with a slave. Incidentally it […]
Imam Sajjad
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe reason for Imam Sajjad (a.s) being given the title of Zainul ‘abidin was that one night, as he stood for prayers in his place […]
The Worship of Iblis (shaitan)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Commander of the Faithfuls (a.s) said: “Take lesson from Allah’s action with respect to Iblis, for He annulled all his acts of worship (because […]
The Long Worshipper
Reading Time: 2 minutesOwais Qarani was of those individuals, who had become completely enraptured with worship such that, at times, he would pass the entire night in the […]
The Outcome of ‘Dry’ Worship
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Kharijites were individuals who as a result of their fanaticism and extremism, had gone greatly astray. Their leader was a person by the name […]
The Incident of Harrah
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter the incident of ‘ashura and two and a half months before his death, Yazid initiated yet another horrendous act on the twenty eighth of […]