Who is a Rafizi ?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Someone told Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) that one day Ammar Dahni came to the court of Abu Laila the Qazi of Kufa to give testimony. […]
Fear of Allah
Fear of Hell (Jahannam)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sayyed Ibn Tawus relates from the book Zuhdan Nabi of Abu Ja’far Ahmad al-Qummi that, “When the two verses of the Qur’an were revealed: ‘And verily […]
Three Bani Israeilis in a Cave
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) has related: “Three persons from the tribe of Bani Israel got together and started out on a journey. On the way, clouds […]
What will Allah ask us on the Day of Judgment?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sheikh Abdul Karim Al Hairi was a great scholar and founder of the great Islamic College or Hauza in the city of Qum. One of […]
Mutawakkil and Imam Ali Naqi (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Imam Ali Naqi (as) was brought to al-Mutawakkil while he drunk at the table of wine. When he saw Imam al-Hadi (a.s.), he offered him […]
The child said, ‘For knowledge and worship
Reading Time: < 1 minutes One day some man passed by Imam Abu Muhammad (a.s.) and saw him cry while he was with his fellow children. The man thought that […]
Ali (as) writes to people of Kufa
Reading Time: 11 minutes Abul 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, […]
Abu Dharr . . . the fearless
Reading Time: 4 minutes He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Bilal al-Mahlabi reported to me from ‘Ali ibn Abdullah al-Ishfahani, who reported from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi, who reported […]
Ali (as) admonishes Hasan al-Basri
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hasan ibn Abu al-Hasan al-Basri who said: When Amirul Mu’mineen ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, entered Basra, he passed by me while […]
Hazrat Ysuf (as) and Zulekha
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq when Zulaykha decided to have sexual relations with Yusuf, there was an idol in the room. When she put a curtain on […]