Imam Kazim (as) – Martydom
Reading Time: 1 minuteWhen the Imām was in a critical condition and was about to meet the decreed end, he summoned al-Musayyab b. Zahra and said to him: “I have told you about […]
Death
Ignoring the fact of death
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam al-Hadi (a.s.) was asked, ‘Why do these Muslims hate death?’ He said, ‘Because they ignore it, and therefore, they hate it. If they knew it and were from the […]
Lamentation by ‘Ali at Fatimah’s graveside
Reading Time: 3 minutesAbu Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn reported to me from his father who reported from Ahmad ibn Idrees, who reported from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad […]
Ali (as) writes to people of Kufa
Reading Time: 11 minutesAbul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Hubaysh al-Katib reported to me from al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Za’farani, who reported from Aby Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi, who reported from Abdullah ibn […]
Al-Sadiq (as) explains Mu’min’s experience after death
Reading Time: 2 minutes Abul Qasim Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Qawlawayh – may Allah bless him with mercy, who reported from his father, from Sa’d ibn Abdillah, from Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from […]
The Assasination of Malik al-Ashtar
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen news of the assassination of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, reached Amirul Mu’mineen, peace be upon him, he wrote to Malik ibn al-Harith al-Ashtar, […]
Charity postpones Death
Reading Time: 2 minutesHe (Imam) said in another reliable tradition that one day ‘Isa passed by a group of people who were rejoicing noisily. He asked them why were they so joyful? He […]
“O Prophet! Do you want me to make them alive?”
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam says Allah the Glorified said, “Have you not considered those who went forth from their homes, for fear of death, and they were thousands, then Allah said to them, […]
The Death of Hazrat Musa (as)
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is mentioned in some reliable and authentic hadiths that Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq said that when the end of Musa’s life approached and the angel of death came and said, […]
“I am studying these skulls for 20 years but still cannot make out the difference,
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDhu’l-Qarnayn was going around the cities when he came across an old man. He had collected human skulls and was turning them around in two hands and inspecting them closely. […]