The Conduct of Mua’wiyah and Abu al-Aswad Du’ali
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mua’wiyah, in order to attract people towards himself, would usually send them money, honey or other similar gifts. Impoverished people who could not even afford […]
Anecdotes for Reflection Part 4
(Good) Deeds Cause a Jew to Become a Muslim
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) once owed a few dinars to a Jew. One day, the Jew sought his […]
The Working Youth
Reading Time: < 1 minute Once, when the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) was seated with a group of his companions, he observed a strong […]
The Practicing Ones and Paradise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) once related: Once, when my father was seated in the company of his companions, addressing them, he (peace be […]
The Lawful Work
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hasan Ibn Husain Anbari narrates: Over a period of fourteen years I kept writing letters to Imam Ridha (peace be upon him), seeking permission from […]
The Practicing A’alim
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sheikh Ahmad Ardabili, popularly known as Muqaddas Ardabili (d. 993 AH) was an abstentious and practicing scholar, and lived contemporaneous to scholars such as Sheikh […]
The Tutor of Jibraeel
Reading Time: < 1 minute Once, Jibraeel was engaged in a conversation with the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) when Imam Ali (peace be upon […]
Al-Hajj Sheikh Abbas Qummi
Reading Time: < 1 minute The late Sheikh Abbas Qummi, the author of Mafatih al-Jinan narrates: “When I had compiled and published the book Manazil al-Akhirah, it reached the hands of […]