In the Prophet’s House
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jibreel came down holding Allah’s Order: And warn your nearest relations, and be kind to him who follows you of the believers. Allah’s Messenger ordered Ali aged ten to invite […]
Helping a Believer
The Stranger
Reading Time: 2 minutesTired and exhausted with the water-skin on her back, she wasgasping and going towards her house where innocentchildren, their eyes fixed at the door, were eagerly waiting forthe arrival of […]
Imam Musa (as) helps Ali Ibn Yaqteen
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAli b. Yaqteen performed the Wudu’ of the Sunnis. He asked the Imam to guide him to the wudu’ he performed, but he ordered him to continue performing his wudu’ […]
Imam Musa (as) guides Ali Ibn Yaqteen
Reading Time: 3 minutesImam Musa, peace be on him, took great care of ‘Ali b. Yaqteen; he had fear for him of the authority of Harun al-Rashid, for the affair of his becoming […]
My master, are you pleased with that?
Reading Time: 2 minutesAmong those whom the Imam, peace be on him, helped was a Persian person against whom were enormous funds for the government of al-Ray (Persia) and he was unable to […]
Isa Bin Muhammed
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIsa b. Muhammed al-Qurtubi has said: “I planted melons, cucumbers, and gourd in a place in al-Jawaniya (village) by a well called Um ‘Izam. When the blessing approached and the […]
Muhammed al-Bakri
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome people in Yethrib (Medina) were in debt to Muhammed al-Bakri, so he went to them to ask them to repay the debts; he asked them for the repayment of […]
‘Your help to your Muslim brother is more loveable to me than your circumambulating the Kaaba for one week
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSaffwan al-Jammal has narrated, saying: “I was with Abu ‘Abd Allah (al-Sadiq) when a Mecca man called Maymun visited him and complained to him of (his inability) to rent (a […]
“To Musa b. Ja’far,” she replied, “for my son has been imprisoned.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMost Muslims believe that Allah removes affliction and harm through resorting to the shrine of the Imam, peace be on him. Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi reported a story on the authority of […]
Help the debtors!
Reading Time: 2 minutesSayyid Nematullahi Al Jazairi says that I looked for a teacher who would teach me and I heard about Allamah Muhammad Baqer Al Majlisi who is the author of the […]