Muhammad Ibn Abi U’mair Served Three Imams
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMuhammad Ibn Abi U’mair had the opportunity of serving Imam Kadhim, Imam Ridha and Imam Jawad (a.s.) and both, the Sunnites and the Shiites, have […]
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An Enemy Ordained for a Mu’min
Reading Time: < 1 minuteProphet Hud (a.s.) used to farm. Once, a group of people came to his house to meet him. His wife came to the door and […]
Ali A’abid in Prison
Reading Time: 2 minutesAli A’bid (Ali Ibn Hasan Al-Muthallath) was one of the children of Imam Hasan (a.s.) who had been imprisoned by Mansur Dawaaniqi and had died […]
In the Company of Angels
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the patient Muslims, uncomplaining in the face of misfortunes, was a person by the name of I’mraan. He had come to suffer from […]
Justifying Evil Acts
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam Sadiq (a.s.) had heard that an old man had become famous for his piety. One day, he saw him surrounded by a large crowd. […]
Cruelty of Hajjaj ibn Yusuf Thaqafi
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is not just evil deeds which merit chastisement but evil intentions too tend to have an impact. In fact it is due to their […]
Deceit by A’mr Ibn A’as
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter the incident of arbitration, in which A’mr Ibn A’as tricked Abu Musa Asha’ri and deposed Ali (a.s.) from the caliphate, the Imam (a.s.) used to curse him, Mua’wiyah […]
Misfortune of Jaludi
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter the martyrdom of Imam Kadhim (a.s.), Haroon Al-Rashid, the Abbasid Caliph dispatched one of his commanders, a person by the name of Jaludi, to Madinah […]
Zakaat from Tha’labah Ansaari not Accepted
Reading Time: 3 minutesOnce, Tha’labah Ibn Haatib Ansaari approached the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) and beseeched: “O’ Prophet of God! Pray to God that He grants me wealth and riches.” “Little […]
The Miser’s Sin
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) was engaged in circling the Ka’bah seven times when he witnessed a man holding the curtain of the Ka’bah and […]