What is Pride
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUmar bin Yazid says, I asked Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.): “I eat well and wear a good perfume and ride the best horse. I am […]
Muhaqqiq Ardebeli
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRawzātul Jannat contains an incident regarding Muhaqqiq Ardebeli that during the times of famine he used to give away to the poor whatever he had. […]
The Guest of Hazrat Ali (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA report from a Sunni narrator Asim bin Kalīb is mentioned in Tafsīr Minhaj us-Sādiqīn. He reports that a beggar came to the Holy Prophet […]
The Piece of Bread Freed the Slave
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHazrat Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) saw some half-eaten fruits that had been thrown out of a house. He said, “What have you done? If your […]
Abu Zar repels greed
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUthman gave two hundred gold coins to his servants and told them to take them to Abu Zar and say, “Uthman has sent you his […]
Eat and Drink and be not Extravagant
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Holy Qur’an says, “…and eat and drink and be not extravagant; surely He does not love the extravagant.” (Surah al-Ar’āf 7:31) The above ayat suffices […]
Mulla Mohsin Faiz
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the book Qasasul Ulama there is an anecdote of the period of Abbas the Safawid. A Christian king sent a messenger to Abbas with […]
‘Ali bin Huraira the Governor of the Abbasid Caliph.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn interesting incident is mentioned in al-Kāfi as well as the eleventh volume of Bihār. During the time of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.), ‘Ali bin […]
The Magicial protion
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmir ul-Mu’minīn ‘Ali (a.s.) says that a woman came to the Holy Prophet (S) and said, “My husband is very severe and misbehaves with me, […]
His own needs are fulfilled
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe esteemed scholar, Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Khalid Al Barqi who was present in the life time of Imam Hasan al-Askari (a.s.) and also during […]