What will Allah ask us on the Day of Judgment?
Reading Time: 2 minutesSheikh Abdul Karim Al Hairi was a great scholar and founder of the great Islamic College or Hauza in the city of Qum. One of his assistants called Sheikh Ali […]
Helping the Oppressed
He bought stale vegetables!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSayyid Ali Al Qadhi (died in the year 1355 A.H.) is one of the great scholars of Islam who used to teach lessons of ethics in the city of Najaf. […]
He was called al-Jawad (the generous) because of his excessive generosity
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam Abu Ja’far (a.s) was one of the most generous and open-handed people. He was called al-Jawad (the generous) because of his excessive generosity, open-handedness, charitableness and kindness to people. […]
‘I have no doubt that you have asked him (the imam) to pray for you.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAl-Mansur narrated that his father’s uncle said, “Once, I went to Imam Ali al-Hadi and said to him, ‘O my master, this man (he meant al-Mutawakkil, the Abbasid caliph) has […]
Helping the Needy
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ibne Abbas reports: I was in the company of Imam Hassan in the sacred Mosque in Mecca. The Imam was in seclusion for Allah’s worship and performed circumambulation round Ka-ba. At this […]
Healing a Leper
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu Hashim Ja`fari has reported: A man from Samarra’ was afflicted with leprosy hence life had become hard for him. One day, he was complaining to Abu-`Ali Fahri of his […]
Protecting the Oppressed
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAli ibn Jarir has reported: I was in the presence of Imam al-Jawad when a sheep of the house was missing. At this time, one of the neighbors was brought […]
Generosity
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam al-Sadiq (a.s) has reported: A man passed by `Uthman ibn `Affan who was sitting in the mosque asking for money. `Uthman ordered five Dirhams to be given to him. […]
Helping a Mother!
Reading Time: < 1 minute It is reported that certain slaves from Bahrain came to the Holy Prophet making a line before him. Among them, there was a woman who was crying. The Holy Prophet […]
Money Well Spent
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Holy Prophet (s) gave Imam Ali (‘a) 12 dirhams to purchase a long shirt for him. Imam Ali (‘a) bought a shirt and gave it to him (s). The Holy Prophet (s) asked, ‘How much did it cost?’ […]