Mamoon’s Marriage
Reading Time: 2 minutesAl-Ma’mūn gave his wife one million dinars as a dower. It is worth mentioning that the value of a dinar was equal to a camel. Al-Hasan b. Sahl, the father […]
Extravagance (Israaf)
Israaf – Mutawakkil 2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt was narrated that one day al-Mutawakkil was drunken in his palace called al-Barkwar. He said to his drinking companions where it was not the season of flowers, ‘What do […]
Israaf of Mutawakkil
Reading Time: 2 minutesMutawakkil spent the wealth of Muslims on his lusts and pleasures over the limit. The treasury was as his own property and he spent from it as he liked. Al-Mas’oudi […]
The Piece of Bread Freed the Slave
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHazrat Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) saw some half-eaten fruits that had been thrown out of a house. He said, “What have you done? If your bellies are full there are […]
Eat and Drink and be not Extravagant
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Holy Qur’an says, “…and eat and drink and be not extravagant; surely He does not love the extravagant.” (Surah al-Ar’āf 7:31) The above ayat suffices to show the dislike of […]