Ash’ab Ibn Jubair Madani (d. 154 ah)
Reading Time: 2 minutes He was a person who was squint-eyed, bald on two sides of his head and unable to pronounce the letters ر (ra) and ل (lam). […]
Anecdotes for Reflection – Part 2
Dhul Qarnain
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dhul Qarnain8, during the course of his journey, reached Dhulumat, where he came across a palace in which he noticed a youth standing there dressed […]
Greedy for Pleasure
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yazid Ibn ‘Abdul Malik (the tenth Umayyad caliph) became caliph after ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz. Contrary to his predecessor, he used to engage himself, day […]
Qais Ibn ‘Asim
Reading Time: 2 minutes Qais Ibn ‘Asim was a tribal leader during the Age of Ignorance but he later accepted Islam. Once, during his old age, in order to […]
The Caliph’s Ignorant Son
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mahdi ‘Abbasi, the third ‘Abbasid Caliph, had a son by the name of Ibrahim, who was a misguided individual. He showed intense enmity and malice […]
Abu Lubabah
Reading Time: 3 minutes Abu Lubabah was one of the distinguished companions of the Noble Prophet (S) and had participated in the battle of Uhud and the conquest of […]
Return before Death
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mua’wiyah Ibn Wahab narrates: “When we set out for Makkah, there was an old man with us who used to engage himself in acts of […]
The Employee of Bani Umayyah
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Ali Ibn Hamzah relates: “I had a young friend who worked as a scribe within the Bani Umayyah administration. Once, he asked me to arrange […]
The Inventor of a Religion and Repentance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Sadiq (as) related: “In ancient times there lived a man who sought to earn his livelihood and procure great wealth by lawful means but […]
Hazrat Isa (as) and the Washing of his Disciples’ Feet
Reading Time: < 1 minute ‘Isa Ibn Maryam (as) once told his disciples that he sought a favour from them. “What do you want us to do?” they asked. ‘Isa […]