Behlool and the Thief
Reading Time: 2 minutes Whenever Buhul happened to have money in excess of his expenses, he used to save it by concealing it in one corner of a ruined […]
Anecdotes for Reflection – Part 2
The Bedouin’s Camel
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sheikh Tawoos al-Haramain narrates: “I had been standing near Masjid al-Haram in Makkah when I witnessed a Bedouin advancing on his camel. When he reached […]
The Imam and the Thief’s Confession
Reading Time: < 1 minute A person approached Imam ‘Ali (as) and confessed that he had committed a theft. “Are you able to recite something from the Noble Qur’an?” Imam […]
Zainab the Great Liar
Reading Time: 2 minutes During the caliphate of Mutawakkil ‘Abbasi, a woman claimed that she was Zainab, the daughter of Fatimah Al-Zahra (as). “Years have passed since the time […]
Hunger and Lies
Reading Time: < 1 minute Asma Bint ‘Umais, reported: “On the night of ‘Aishah’s marriage with the Noble Prophet (S), a few ladies and I were with her, dressing her […]
Walid Ibn ‘Uqbah
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abi Mu’eet Walid Ibn ‘Uqbah was a Muslim who initially appeared to be such a righteous individual that the Noble Prophet (S) even assigned him […]
Talhah And Zubair’s Love for the World
Reading Time: 2 minutes Talhah and Zubair had been of the elders during the initial phase of Islam and had extended fitting contributions in the battles. After the death […]
Hadhrat Sulaiman (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sulaiman Ibn Dawud (as) was one of those very few Prophets to whom Allah had granted sovereignty over the east and the west of the […]
Imam ‘Ali and the Public Treasury
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shu’bi narrates: “Accompanying the other youths, I too entered the vast open ground of Kufah where I saw Amirul Mo’minin (as) holding a small whip […]
The Indian and the Sixth Imam
Reading Time: 4 minutes Imam Kadhim (as) narrates: “One day, I was with my father in the house when a friend entered and told my father that some people […]