Death, the Leveller
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was the reign of the Abbasid ruler, Mutawakkil. He was notorious for his tyrannical behavior and vicious habits. One night, he was enjoying the […]
Fear of Allah
Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik
Reading Time: < 1 minute Maalik ibn e Anas, the famous scholar of Medina, once accompanied Imam Jafar al- Sadiq (‘a) on the Hajj. On reaching Meeqat, they all dismounted, donned the Ahram, […]
Fear of Allah
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hubba ‘Arni and Nauf Bukali were lying in the courtyard of Dar ul Ammara at midnight, almost asleep. Suddenly, they saw Imam Ali (‘a) coming towards the […]
Allah and His Prophets
Reading Time: < 1 minute It was after midnight. Umm Salama turned in bed to find the Holy Prophet (s) not there. She got up to find out and saw him (s) standing in […]
Worship Of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Like his forefathers, Imam Ali Naqi (a.s) was also a lover of the remembrance of Allah. When Mutawakkil summoned him from Medina to his capital […]
Worship Of Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s)
Reading Time: < 1 minute At the time of worship, such a fear used to overcome Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s) that the color of his face used to become yellow […]
Controlling ones carnal desires causes salvation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sayyidul Ulamah Mir Damad’s grandson Fakhrul Muhaqqaqīn quotes Shahīd al-Thani in his book, Fazail-us-Sadāt that a man arrived in Egypt. There he saw a blacksmith […]
The Prophet’s (S) Conversation With Umm Salama
Reading Time: < 1 minute Janabe Umm Salama says that she saw the Holy Prophet of Allah in a middle of the night standing in a corner of the house […]
Abu Darda Praises Hazrat Ali (as)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ibne Babawayh relates from Umru’ bin Zubayr that one day the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) was seated with his companions. They started discussing about the worship […]
Haresa bin Malik
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Ja’far-as-Sadiq (a.s.) narrates, that one day after finishing the morning Prayers, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) suddenly looked at Haresa bin Malik whose head was […]