The Black Market
Reading Time: 2 minutes The dependants of Imam Ja’afer Sadiq (a.s.) had increased in number; so had his expenses. The Imam decided to invest some money in trade to […]
Anecdotes of Pious Men
The Right of Companionship
Reading Time: 2 minutes In those days, Kufa was the Capital and Centre of the Islamic Government. All eyes of the vast and wide Muslim nation (with the exception […]
The Prayer That Was Granted
Reading Time: 3 minutes “O God, Do not let me return to my family’.” These were the words that Hind, the wife of Amr bin Jamuh, heard, from her […]
What Did Happen To Thy Sons?
Reading Time: 3 minutes After the martyrdom of Ali and absolute domination of Moawiya over the Caliphate, willy-nilly contacts were taking place between him and the sincere followers of […]
The First Slogan
Reading Time: 4 minutes News leaking now and then from Mecca to the tribe of Bani Ghefar had attracted the mind of Abi Zar, a man of an inquisitive […]
Aqeel as a Guest of Ali
Reading Time: 3 minutes Aqeel arrived as a guest at the Government House in the days of the Caliphate of his brother, Ali. Ali made a sign to his […]
Ibne Sayyaba
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ibne Sayyaba, a resident of Kufa, was a young man whose father had died. The tragedy of the death of his father, coupled with poverty […]
The Son of Hatim
Reading Time: 5 minutes Before the advent of Islam, there were in Arabia autonomous tribal chiefs. The people were used to the rule of their chiefs and obeyed them; […]
Complaint Against Husband
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ali during the days of his Khilafat used to personally listen to the grievances and complaints of the people. Once, the days were hot and […]