Recitation of the Holy Quran Desired by the Holy Prophet (s)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIbn e Masood was one of the scribes of the revealed Verses of the Holy Quran. He wrote down a verse as soon as it was revealed. One day, the […]
Ayatullah Murtadha Mutahhari
Two Practices
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day the Holy Prophet (s) entered the mosque and saw two groups of people busy in two different activities. One group was praying and praising Almighty Allah, while the other was […]
The Black Market
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 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 meet the increased expenses of […]
The Right of Companionship
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn those days, Kufa was the Capital and Centre of the Islamic Government. All eyes of the vast and wide Muslim nation (with the exception of Syria) were fixed at […]
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 husband when he left the […]
What Did Happen To Thy Sons?
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter 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 Ali. He tried hard to […]
The First Slogan
Reading Time: 4 minutesNews leaking now and then from Mecca to the tribe of Bani Ghefar had attracted the mind of Abi Zar, a man of an inquisitive nature. He want to reach […]
Aqeel as a Guest of Ali
Reading Time: 3 minutesAqeel arrived as a guest at the Government House in the days of the Caliphate of his brother, Ali. Ali made a sign to his elder son Hassan to offer […]
Ibne Sayyaba
Reading Time: 2 minutesIbne Sayyaba, a resident of Kufa, was a young man whose father had died. The tragedy of the death of his father, coupled with poverty and unemployment, was destroying the […]
The Son of Hatim
Reading Time: 5 minutesBefore the advent of Islam, there were in Arabia autonomous tribal chiefs. The people were used to the rule of their chiefs and obeyed them; and often paid them tributes […]