Behlool and the Thief
Reading Time: 2 minutes Whenever Buhul happened to have money in excess of his expenses, he used to save it by concealing it in one corner of a ruined […]
Greater Sins ( Gunah e Kabeera)
The Bedouin’s Camel
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sheikh Tawoos al-Haramain narrates: “I had been standing near Masjid al-Haram in Makkah when I witnessed a Bedouin advancing on his camel. When he reached […]
The Imam and the Thief’s Confession
Reading Time: < 1 minute A person approached Imam ‘Ali (as) and confessed that he had committed a theft. “Are you able to recite something from the Noble Qur’an?” Imam […]
Zainab the Great Liar
Reading Time: 2 minutes During the caliphate of Mutawakkil ‘Abbasi, a woman claimed that she was Zainab, the daughter of Fatimah Al-Zahra (as). “Years have passed since the time […]
Hunger and Lies
Reading Time: < 1 minute Asma Bint ‘Umais, reported: “On the night of ‘Aishah’s marriage with the Noble Prophet (S), a few ladies and I were with her, dressing her […]
Walid Ibn ‘Uqbah
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abi Mu’eet Walid Ibn ‘Uqbah was a Muslim who initially appeared to be such a righteous individual that the Noble Prophet (S) even assigned him […]
The Indian and the Sixth Imam
Reading Time: 4 minutes Imam Kadhim (as) narrates: “One day, I was with my father in the house when a friend entered and told my father that some people […]
The Caliph’s Food
Reading Time: < 1 minute Once, in a gathering of Harun Rashid (the fifth ‘Abbasid Caliph), which included a number of aristocrats, the conversation drifted towards Buhul and his insanity. […]
The Satan’s Snare
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the students of Ayatullah Sheikh Murtaďa Ansari recounts: “One night, while we were in Najaf engaged in studies under the tutelage of the […]
By Unlawful Means
Reading Time: < 1 minute During the period when Imam Baqir (as) was in the captivity of Mansur Dawaniqi (the second ‘Abbasid Caliph), he used to eat very little food. […]