“‘Peace be on you, Apostle of Allah! Peace be on you, father!”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe narrators have said: “One of the reasons which moved Hārūn to imprison the Imām Kazim (as) is that he (Hārūn) ¾surrounded by the nobles, […]
Debates
Imam Jawad (as) answers the Philosophers
Reading Time: 3 minutesSome philosophers and theologians came to Imam al-Jawad (a.s) and the following question was put forth: “Tell me about the Exalted Lord, He has names […]
The questions of Yahya bin Aktham
Reading Time: 6 minutesYahya bin Aktham offered some questions, which he had prepared and written down before, to Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) in order to try him. Here are […]
Al-Mutawakkil invites ibn as-Sikkit to try the Imam Ali Naqi (as)
Reading Time: 4 minutesAl-Mutawakkil asked the prominent scholar Ya’qub bin Isaaq known as ibn as-Sikkit to ask Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) about a complicated, ambiguous question that he (the […]
Impossibility of describing Allah
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam Abul Hasan al-Hadi (a.s.), in his talk with al-Fat~h bin Yazeed al-Jirjani, declared the impossibility of describing the Wise Creator with any attribute that […]
‘Tell me about that which is not of Allah, that which Allah does not have, and that which Allah does not know!’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam al-Hadi (a.s.) said, “Once, a Jew came to Ameerul Mo’minin (a.s.) and said to him, ‘Tell me about that which is not of Allah, […]
And my Lord causes the sun to rise from the east, you bring it out from the west.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is narrated from ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim that when Nimrod has Ibrahim thrown into the fire, and the fire became cool and peace for him […]
Hazrat Ali (as) debates the Holy Prophets (sawa) Excellence with the Jew
Reading Time: 25 minutesIt is narrated from Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) through authentic chains of narrators that a Jew came to Medina, who was well acquainted with the […]
Hazrat Ali (as) Debates the Jew
Reading Time: 14 minutesAccording to another narration, Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said that Imam Husain (a.s.) said that after the demise of the Holy Prophet (S), once companions […]
A SESSION OF AL-REZA (S)’S DEBATE WITH THE PROMINENT THEOLOGIANS FROM AMONG THE RHETORICIANS AND THE VARIOUS RELIGIONS
Reading Time: 33 minutesWhen Ali ibn Musa Al-Reza (s) went to see Al-Ma’mun, Al-Ma’mun ordered Al-Fadhl ibn Sahl to summon the prominent theologians from among the rhetoricians and […]