Equality in the Spoils of War
Reading Time: < 1 minute When the battle of Hunain concluded and the spoils of war were about to be distributed, some of the Bedouins, who had participated in the […]
Anecdotes for Reflection – Part 3
The Covenant of Fudhul
Reading Time: < 1 minute Twenty years before the Noble Prophet’s (s.a.w) proclamation of Prophethood and at a time when he (s.a.w) was exactly twenty years of age, an incident […]
The Noble Prophet and Abu Haitham
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Noble Prophet (s.a.w) had promised one of his companions, Abu Haitham Ibn Tayyahan, that he (s.a.w) would present him with a slave. Incidentally it […]
Imam Sajjad
Reading Time: < 1 minute The reason for Imam Sajjad (a.s) being given the title of Zainul ‘abidin was that one night, as he stood for prayers in his place […]
The Worship of Iblis (shaitan)
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Commander of the Faithfuls (a.s) said: “Take lesson from Allah’s action with respect to Iblis, for He annulled all his acts of worship (because […]
The Long Worshipper
Reading Time: 2 minutes Owais Qarani was of those individuals, who had become completely enraptured with worship such that, at times, he would pass the entire night in the […]
The Outcome of ‘Dry’ Worship
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kharijites were individuals who as a result of their fanaticism and extremism, had gone greatly astray. Their leader was a person by the name […]
The Incident of Harrah
Reading Time: 2 minutes After the incident of ‘ashura and two and a half months before his death, Yazid initiated yet another horrendous act on the twenty eighth of […]
Working for the Oppressors
Reading Time: < 1 minute A person, by the name of Muhajir, narrates as follows: “I had gone to Imam Sadiq (a.s) and said to him: “Such and such persons […]
The Oppression of Dadhanah
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Syria. there lived a king by the name of Dadhanah, who was an idol worshipper. Allah sent Prophet Jorjis (a.s) to Dadhanah to advise […]