THE WORSHIPPER BURNED ALL OF HIS FINGERSBY DAWN
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis story is mentioned in Allamah Majllisi’s ‘Rayaat ul Qulooh’ etc. Inthe past there lived a worshipper who remained mostly busy in his prayers in […]
Greater Sins ( Gunah e Kabeera)
FEAR OF ALLAH TURNS A THIEF INTO A MANBETTER THAN WORSHIPER
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is narrated in ‘Usool e Kaafee’ from Imam Zainul Aabideen (AS)that… (summary). In olden days a merchant took his merchandise andbegan his sea voyage. […]
Protect oneself from gheebat (back biting)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTraditions inform us that a respected person complained to Hazrat Ilyas (a.s.) and Hazrat Khizr (a.s.) that people were doing too much back biting and […]
The Oppressions of Harun Rashid upon the Ahlulbayt (as)
Reading Time: 3 minutesHarun’s tyrannical soul had neither mercy nor compassion toward the ‘Alawids, for he committed the most horrible crime history has recorded against them. He ordered […]
Yazid Bin ‘Abd al-Malik – the Umayyad Oppressor
Reading Time: 2 minutesYazid b. ‘Abd al-Malik devoted himself to wine and songstresses; he was called the dissolute of the Umayyads; he fell in love with two of […]
Bishr Al Hafi
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bishir al-Hafi, who drank wine, spent his nights and days in impudence and prostitution. The Imam passed by Bishir’s house in Baghdad. He heard the […]
By Allah! If you had been a true god you would not have been lying in a well tied to a dead dog.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ansar had thirst for Islam and its sublime and invigorative programme, and in order to purify Madina of all traces of polytheism and idol-worship […]
Wine Stops Him from Islam
Reading Time: 2 minutes A’asha was one of the great poets of the Age of Ignorance and his verses were quoted in the assemblies of Quraysh. He heard about […]
Buring the Daughters Alive – Qays bin Asim
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe first people who resorted to the practice of burying their daughters were the tribe named Bani Tamim. No’man bin Munzir, the ruler of Iraq, […]
The Greater Sins ( Gunahane Kabeera)
Reading Time: 3 minutesMusa bin Ja’far said, ‘Once, Amr bin Ubayd came to Abu Abdullah (as-Sadiq) (a.s). When he offered greeting and took a seat, he recited this […]