Bahlool’s Discussion with a Faqih
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is said that a famous Faqih of Khorasan came to Baghdad. When Haroun heard of this, he invited the Faqih to his court. He […]
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Bahlool Criticizes Haroun
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day Bahlool was near Haroun. He said, “O Bahlool! Criticize me.” Bahlool said, “O Haroun! If there is no water in the desert, you […]
Bahlool and a Businessman
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day a Baghdadi businessman met Bahlool and said, “Sir Shaykh Bahlool! Give me advice as to what I should buy that would benefit me […]
Bahlool Sits on Haroun Rashid’s Throne
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day Bahlool arrived at Haroun’s palace and saw that the throne was empty. There was no one to stop him, so he unhesitatingly and […]
“If you had practiced contentment, my piece of cloth wouldn’t have been mortgaged!”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam Muhammad Taqi (as) narrates that one day Salman Farsi invited Abu Dharr Ghiffari over a meal. He put dried bread dipped in water before […]
Jabir bin Yazid Jaufi
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNoman bin Bashir narrates that after a visit to Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir (as) in Medina he was on his way back to Kufa along with […]
“O Harith! Do you hold me as a friend?”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHarith Hamadani says that once he went to the presence of Amir’ul-Mu’mineen ‘Ali (as) who asked him, “O Harith! What is the purpose of your […]
Debate of Hesham with Amr ibn Ubaid
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is narrated that a group of people went to Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq (as). At that moment the Imam (as) asked his student Hisham, to […]
Abu Dharr, The Oppressed
Reading Time: 4 minutesReliable histories are witness that during the Second Caliphate Abu Dharr was banished to Syria. There, Abu Dharr started publicly criticizing Emir of Syria for […]
Salman Accepts Islam
Reading Time: 3 minutesImam Muhammad Al-Baqir (as) says that some companions visited the grave of the Prophet (S) one day and were busy conversing with each other. Amir’ul-Mu’mineen […]