Hazrat Yahya (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Prophet Yahya (as) observed the clerics of Baytul Maqdas wearing veils made of haircloth and headgears of cotton, he requested his mother to make a similar dress for him. […]
Anecdotes for Reflection – Part 2
The Fearful Ones
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the verse: “And surely Hell is the promised place of them all. It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a separate party of them”8 was revealed to […]
Punishment by Fire
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce, Amirul Mo’minin (as) was in the company of his companions when a person approached him and said: “O’ Amirul Mo’minin (as)! Purify me for I have committed sodomy with […]
The Mute Language of the Stone
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt has been reported that once in the course of his journey, one of the Prophets came across a small stone and observed that a large quantity of water flowed […]
The Fearful Youth
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSalman Farsi was passing through the blacksmiths’ market of Kufah when he observed that a crowd had gathered around a youth who lay on the ground, senseless. When the people […]
The Modesty of Amirul Mo’minin
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe marriage formula between Imam ‘Ali (as) and Hadhrat Zahra (as) had been recited in the year 2 ah, but the wedding ceremony took place only later (after one month […]
The Modesty of the Eyes
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt has been related in the commentary Ruhul Bayan that in a city there lived three brothers. The eldest brother had been the muezzin of the mosque in the city […]
Hazrat Musa (as) and the Daughters of Hazrat Shu’aib (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Musa (as) killed the person from Qabt, the followers of Fir’awn schemed to have him murdered, and so he fled from Egypt. After travelling for between three and eight days […]
Imam Hasan (as) and the Syrian
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne day, Imam Hasan (as) was sitting in his place when he was confronted by a man who had come from Syria. As soon as the man set his eyes […]