The Namaz on the Day of Ashura
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is reported that on the day of Aash-Shūrā at the time of Zawāl, Abu Thamama Saidawi came to the Chief of Martyrs, Imam Husain […]
Companions
Abu Zar repels greed
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUthman gave two hundred gold coins to his servants and told them to take them to Abu Zar and say, “Uthman has sent you his […]
Imam Musa al-Kadhim (a.s.) and ‘Ali Ibn Yaqtīn
Reading Time: 2 minutesIbrahīm Jamāl wanted to meet ‘Ali Ibn Yaqtīn, the Prime Minister of Harūn the Caliph, but he was not granted an audience. The same year […]
Imam Musa al-Kadhim (a.s.) commands Safwan Jamāl
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSafwan bin Mahram Kufi was a very pious companion of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) and Imam Musa al-Kadhim (a.s.). He used to earn his livelihood […]
It is Compulsory to repay a Debt
Reading Time: < 1 minute It is narrated that a famous companion of Imam Musa al-Kadhim (a.s.) and Imam Riďa (a.s.), by the name of Muhammad bin Abi Umair traded […]
An exemplary confidant
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Hazrat Imam Husain (a.s.) reached a spot called, ‘Hājiz’ he wrote a letter to Muslim Ibn Aqīl and the Shias of Kufa. He wrote: […]
Do not divulge Secrets
Reading Time: 2 minutesRevealing a secret is a kind of Khayanat and all types of people consider it to be evil. It is mentioned in the book Uqudul […]
Dawūd Raqqi the Companion of the Sixth Imam (a.s.)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDawūd Raqqi says: “I was sitting in the company of Imam (a.s.) when Imam (a.s.) himself started speaking and said: “Dawūd, on Thursday the report […]
Shia and Mohib
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn one occasion Muhammad bin Muslim along with Abu Karibatul Azdi went to see Qazi Sharīk. Sharīk glared at him in anger and said, “These […]
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 […]