To Work is Better than Consuming Charity
Reading Time: 2 minutes Once the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) was informed that a person from Madinah had become afflicted with abject poverty. […]
Anecdotes for Reflection Part 4
U’mar Ibn Muslim
Reading Time: < 1 minute One day Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) inquired about one of his companions by the name of U’mar Ibn Muslim, whereupon a person informed […]
The Endowment Letter
Reading Time: 2 minutes During his caliphate Amirul Mu’mineen (peace be upon him) once said: All throughout Iraq my subjects are in ease and comfort – they drink sweet water […]
Imam al-Mujtaba (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minute When Imam Hasan (peace be upon him) was about to die, those around him observed that he (peace be upon him) was weeping and so […]
Fear of the Day of Judgment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Whenever the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) would leave for a battle, he would make it a point to establish […]
The Most Wicked of the People on the Day of Judgment
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abdullah Ibn Ubayy Salool (one of the most obstinate hypocrites of early Islam and a staunch enemy of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him […]
By Means of Contentment the Soul Becomes Submissive
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the signs of a contented person is abstemiousness and satisfying himself with that which restrains and subjugates the soul. Aswad and A’lqamah narrate: […]
Hazrat Salman (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abu Waail narrates: I, in the company of a friend, visited Salman’s house. He said to us: Had the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and […]
The Conduct of Imam Sadiq (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Contentment is a trait, admired and praised at all times, and God loves a person who is contented. This attribute becomes more noteworthy at a […]
The Hoopoe
Reading Time: < 1 minute One day, the army of Prophet Sulaiman (peace be upon him) which also included the birds, convened a regal gathering in front of him (peace […]