Rancour Transforms into Friendship
Reading Time: 2 minutesShaibah’s father was called U’thman, who, along with the other disbelievers, was killed in the battle of Uhud. Since the Holy Prophet (peace be upon […]
Behar al-Anwar
Imam Sadiq (as) and the Beggar
Reading Time: 2 minutesMasma’ Ibn A’bd al-Malik relates: We were in the company of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) at Mina (where the Pilgrims halt during Hajj) […]
To Work is Better than Consuming Charity
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) was informed that a person from Madinah had become afflicted with abject poverty. […]
The Jew and the Imam in the Presence of the Judge
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam Ali (peace be upon him) had been sitting in the mosque of Kufah when Abdullah Ibn Qufl, a Jew belonging to the tribe of […]
Imam ‘Ali (as) and the Astrologer
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are some who are heedless with respect to reflection, reasoning and tawakkul, and instead, turn to soothsayers and astrologers, who have cleverly started their […]
Ibn Muljim and the Chastisement in the Purgatory
Reading Time: 2 minutesIbn Raqa narrates: “I was near Masjid al-Haram in Mecca when I noticed that a group of people had gathered near the Station of Ibrahim […]
Informing People of Worship
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the tribe of Bani Isra`il, there lived a worshipper who after years of worship, requested Allah to manifest to him his rank and status, […]
The Two Apparels
Reading Time: 2 minutesSufiyan Thauri happened to pass by Masjid al-Haram and there he witnessed Imam Sadiq (a.s) wearing costly and expensive clothes. He said to himself: “By […]
Ammar in the Battle of Siffin
Reading Time: 2 minutesAmmar Yasir was one of the special companions of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w) possessed such a high degree of faith that the Noble Prophet (s.a.w) […]
One of the Inmates of Paradise
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam Sadiq (a.s) relates: “Once, Allah revealed to Hadhrat Dawud (a.s) to give glad tidings to Khalladah, the daughter of Aus, that she was of […]