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 asked: “Who is it?” They […]
Anecdotes for Reflection – Part 1
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 while still in prison. Ali […]
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 dropsy3 and no amount of treatment […]
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. A little later, the man […]
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 evil intentions that the disbelievers […]
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 and Abu Musa after the […]
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 and instructed him: “Attack the […]
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 wealth for which you are […]
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 imploring: O’ God! By the sanctity […]
Imam Ali (as), the Brother of the Holy Prophet(sawa)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne 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 bond of brotherhood between the […]