Freedom of the Slave-Girl
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day, some people had come to the house of Imam Sajjad (a.s) as guests. Preparing the meals, one of Imam’s (a.s) servants hastily pulled […]
Holy Infallibles (as)
Beating The Servant
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce, a companion of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w) began hitting his slave. The slave kept pleading: “By Allah! Do not beat me. For Allah’s sake […]
Chastisement of those who Conceal the Truth
Reading Time: 2 minutesJabir Ibn ‘Abdullah Ansari relates: “Imam ‘Ali (a.s) had been delivering a sermon for us and after he had praised and glorified Allah, (a.s) said: […]
Ibn Muljim and the Chastisement in the Purgatory
Reading Time: 2 minutesIbn Raqa narrates: “I was near Masjid al-Haram in Mecca when I noticed that a group of people had gathered near the Station of Ibrahim […]
Equality in the Spoils of War
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen the battle of Hunain concluded and the spoils of war were about to be distributed, some of the Bedouins, who had participated in the […]
The Covenant of Fudhul
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwenty years before the Noble Prophet’s (s.a.w) proclamation of Prophethood and at a time when he (s.a.w) was exactly twenty years of age, an incident […]
The Noble Prophet and Abu Haitham
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Noble Prophet (s.a.w) had promised one of his companions, Abu Haitham Ibn Tayyahan, that he (s.a.w) would present him with a slave. Incidentally it […]
Imam Sajjad
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe reason for Imam Sajjad (a.s) being given the title of Zainul ‘abidin was that one night, as he stood for prayers in his place […]
The Outcome of ‘Dry’ Worship
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Kharijites were individuals who as a result of their fanaticism and extremism, had gone greatly astray. Their leader was a person by the name […]
Working for the Oppressors
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA person, by the name of Muhajir, narrates as follows: “I had gone to Imam Sadiq (a.s) and said to him: “Such and such persons […]