I’zraaeel and the Companion of Prophet Sulaiman (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minute One day I’zraaeel entered the assembly of Prophet Sulaiman (peace be upon him). In that gathering, he persistently stared at one of the associates of […]
Anecdotes for Reflection Part 4
The Debtor and the Prayer for the Deceased
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mua’wiyah Ibn Wahab narrates: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): We have heard that once, a person from amongst the Ansaar died while […]
The Ignorant Debtor
Reading Time: < 1 minute On the night of his ascension, one of the scenes that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) witnessed was of […]
The Fruits of Granting Respite to the Debtor
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) has stated: One who desires that God shelters him on the Day when there shall be no shelter save His, […]
He Repaid the Loan of the One in Debt
Reading Time: < 1 minute One day, Imam Zainul A’abideen (peace be upon him) visited Muhammad Ibn Usaamah, who was sick. The Imam (peace be upon him) observed that he […]
Abu Dahdaah
Reading Time: 2 minutes When the verse, مَّن ذَا الَّذِى يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَة “Who is it that will lend unto Allah a goodly loan, […]
The Jew and the Imam in the Presence of the Judge
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Ali (peace be upon him) had been sitting in the mosque of Kufah when Abdullah Ibn Qufl, a Jew belonging to the tribe of […]
The ‘Hereafterly’ Judgment
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prophet Dawood (peace be upon him) once prayed to God to make manifest for him one of His judgments that He would issue on the […]
The Inclination of the Judge and his Punishment
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) has been reported to have related: In the tribe of Bani Israel there lived a scholar, who used to […]
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) and the Jinn Judge
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Ali (peace be upon him) once was busy delivering a sermon from atop the pulpit in the city of Kufah when a python suddenly […]