Ahlalbayt The Celestial Beings On The Earth
Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
Reading Time: 2 minutesHasan ibn Muhammad of Qum has reported: The great persons of Qum told me that Husayn ibn Hasan ibn Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn Isma`il ibn Ja`far al-Sadiq openly drank wine […]
Generosity
Reading Time: 2 minutesMuhammad ibn Talhah has reported: One day, Imam al-Hadi left Samarra’ for a village for an important case which had come about. An Arab came to meet him. So, the […]
Healing a Leper
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu Hashim Ja`fari has reported: A man from Samarra’ was afflicted with leprosy hence life had become hard for him. One day, he was complaining to Abu-`Ali Fahri of his […]
Special Favor
Reading Time: 2 minutesA group of people from Isfahan including Abu’l-`Abbas Ahmad ibn Nazar and Abu-Ja`far Muhammad ibn Alawiah report: In Isfahan, there was a man of Shi`ite faith named `Abd al-Rahman. He […]
Morality of Imam al-Hadi
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu-Hashim Ja`fari has reported: I was afflicted with a bad poverty; so, I went to Abu’l-Hasan `Ali ibn Muhammad. When I sat in his presence, he asked, “Abu-Hashim! Which of […]
Ma’mun’s Trickery
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMa’mun played every trick to make Imam al-Jawad as worldly and sensual as himself but he failed in his plot until he gave her daughter in marriage to the Imam. […]
Protecting the Oppressed
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAli ibn Jarir has reported: I was in the presence of Imam al-Jawad when a sheep of the house was missing. At this time, one of the neighbors was brought […]
A Blessed Letter
Reading Time: 2 minutesA man of the tribe of Banu-Hanifah from the region of Bost and Sistan has reported: I came to know Imam al-Jawad when I was on my Hajj to Mecca […]
Giving Away His Shirts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRayyan ibn Salt has reported: I was at the door of Imam al-Rida’s house in Khorasan. I said to Mu`ammar, “Do you dare to ask my master to give me […]