Prophet Musa (a.s.) and The Bird
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prophet Musa (a.s.) once requested to God: “O’ Lord! It is my wish to see that creature of Yours who has purified himself for your […]
Anecdotes for Reflection – Part 1
The Secret of a Sincere Slave of Imam Sajjad (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sa’eed Ibn Musayyab narrates: “One year, there was a severe famine and so the people gathered together to pray for the rains. I looked around […]
Hazrat Ali (a.s) on the Chest of A’mr
Reading Time: 2 minutes A’mr Ibn A’bd Wudd was a warrior who, in battle, was a match for a thousand soldiers. In the battle of Ahzaab, he challenged the […]
Three Persons in a Cave
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) has related: “Three persons from the tribe of Bani Israel got together and started out on a journey. On the way, […]
Hazrat Yusuf (a.s.) and his Brothers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Years after the incident when the brothers of Yusuf (a.s.) had deceptively taken him outside the city, beaten him and flung him into the well […]
Recompense for the Poems
Reading Time: 2 minutes One Nawroz day, Mansur Dawaaniqi, the Abbasid Caliph who took over the caliphate after his brother Abu al-A’bbas Saffaah, ordered Imam Musa Kadhim (a.s.) to […]
Abu Ayyub Ansaari
Reading Time: 2 minutes Abu Ayyub Ansaari was one of the distinguished companions of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.). When the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) migrated from Makkah to Madinah, all […]
Imam Husain (a.s.) Kindness to the Camel-Driver
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Sadiq (a.s.) said: “A man was trailing a woman when she was busy circling the Ka’bah. The woman was raising her hands in prayer […]
Maalik e Ashtar
Reading Time: < 1 minute Once, Maalik Ashtar was passing through the market of Kufah looking very indigent. He was dressed in coarse canvas apparel and had placed canvas on […]
Hazrat Ali (a.s.) and The Discourteous Trader
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Ali (a.s.), during his Caliphate, would often undertake tours to survey the markets and advise and guide the traders there. One day, while passing […]