Bishr Al Hafi
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bishir al-Hafi, who drank wine, spent his nights and days in impudence and prostitution. The Imam passed by Bishir’s house in Baghdad. He heard the singers singing and the flutes […]
Enjoining The Good and Forbidding The Evil ( Amr bil Ma’ruf wa Nahy Anil Munkar)
Ali (as) writes to people of Kufa
Reading Time: 11 minutesAbul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Hubaysh al-Katib reported to me from al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Za’farani, who reported from Aby Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi, who reported from Abdullah ibn […]
What ‘Ali (as) said to Kumail
Reading Time: 3 minutesKumail ibn Ziyad al-Nakh’ee said: Once I was with Amirul Mu’mineen in the mosque of Kufa, and when we completed our late evening prayers (i.e. Isha), he took me by […]
Abu Dharr’s admonition
Reading Time: 2 minutes Abul Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Walid, may Allah bless him with mercy, reported to me from his father, who reported from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar, who reported […]
Ali (as) and the traders of Kufa
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAli ibn Mahzyar, from al-Hasan ibn Mahboob, from Amru ibn Abi al-Miqdam (from Jabir), from: Abu Ja’far, Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon them both, who said: ‘Ali ibn […]
Ali (as) admonishes Hasan al-Basri
Reading Time: 2 minutesHasan ibn Abu al-Hasan al-Basri who said: When Amirul Mu’mineen ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, entered Basra, he passed by me while I was doing Wudhoo. He […]
Haroun Asks Bahlool for Advice
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day Haroun was passing by on his way somewhere when he saw Bahlool riding a stick (as if it were a horse) and running with children. He called Bahlool […]
OBEDIENCE AND GOD-FEARING
Reading Time: 2 minutesAl-Hasan ibn Musa al-Wesha (of Baghdad) narrated: In Khurasan, I, once, was with Ali ibn Musa ar-Ridha (a) while he was delivering a sermon in a session. Zaid ibn Musa —his […]
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 […]
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 […]