The Expensive Diamond
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is an incident in Muntahiul Āmāl that Mansur Dawaniqi was in Mecca when an expensive diamond was brought to him. It was for sale. When Mansur saw the diamond […]
Greater Sins – Vol 2
Imam Musa al-Kadhim (a.s.) commands Safwan Jamāl
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSafwan bin Mahram Kufi was a very pious companion of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) and Imam Musa al-Kadhim (a.s.). He used to earn his livelihood by hiring out camels. He […]
The Scribe of Bani Umayyah
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Ali bin Abi Hamza says, “One of my friends was a scribe in the employ of Bani Umayya. One day he requested me to take him to Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq […]
Employment Under Tyrants
Reading Time: 2 minutesIbn Abi Yāfur says that I was in the company of Imam Sadiq (a.s.) when one of the Shias came and spoke to Imam (a.s.). He said, “May our lives […]
Helping the Shias
Reading Time: 2 minutesZiyad ibn Abi Salma says that he went to meet Imam Musa al-Kadhim (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) asked him if he was employed with the government? “Yes,” he replied. Imam (a.s.) […]
One Who Accepts Employment of an Oppressor will Oppress.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is mentioned in the Sahih of Dawūd bin Zarbi that one of the followers of Imam Sajjad (a.s.) had requested Imam Sajjad (a.s.) to recommend him to the ruler […]
Oppression
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the last portion of the book Dārus Salām there is an incident concerning Sayyid Muhammad ‘Ali Iraqi. He was one of those who had the honour of seeing Imam […]
Propagating Wilāyat in areas of Kuffar
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSamād says that he told Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.), that he was travelling to an area populated by polytheists and that he would have to stay there for some time. […]
Junda bin Zumra
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is narrated from Akrama that many of the Meccans who had embraced Islam were not capable of migrating to Madinah, but when the Qur’anic verse deploring such people was […]
Sayyid Hasan bin Sayyid ‘Ali Isfahani
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is mentioned in Bihār al-Anwār that Sayyid Hasan bin Sayyid ‘Ali Isfahani said: “At the time of my father’s demise I was studying in Najaf al-Ashraf. The responsibilities of […]