An Enemy Ordained for a Mu’min
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prophet 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 […]
Anecdotes for Reflection – Part 1
Ali A’abid in Prison
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ali 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 minute One 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 minutes Imam 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 minute It 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 minutes After 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 minutes After 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 minutes Once, 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 minutes Once, 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 […]
Imam Ali (as), the Brother of the Holy Prophet(sawa)
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the extremely significant steps undertaken by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w), five or eight months after his migration to Madinah, was to establish the […]