Hazrat Fatemah (sa) – The Doyenne of the Women in Paradise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Addressing Lady Fatimah, the Holy Prophet said, “I give you the good news that you are the doyenne of the women in Paradise.” Fatimah said, […]
Imamat and Wilayat ( Mastership)
Valour Of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s)
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a field opposite his palace, Mutawakkil had kept in captivity many man-eating wild animals like lions, tigers, leopards and bears etc. A very high […]
Knowledge of Imam Hasan Askari (as) – 2
Reading Time: 2 minutes Once someone asked: Whom does the verse: Nay! These are clear communications in the breasts of those who are granted knowledge (Surah Ankabut 29:49) denotes? […]
Debate With A Sunni Scholar
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is mentioned in the History of Tabari that one day some people gathered in a special gathering of Mamun in order to debate with the Imam […]
Intellectual Accomplishments Of Imam Husayn (a.s)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Once when Muawiyah had come to Medina he requested Imam Husayn (a.s) to go on the pulpit and give some admonitions. He thought the Imam […]
‘Ali bin Huraira the Governor of the Abbasid Caliph.
Reading Time: 2 minutes An interesting incident is mentioned in al-Kāfi as well as the eleventh volume of Bihār. During the time of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.), ‘Ali bin […]
Imam Musa al-Kadhim (a.s.) and ‘Ali Ibn Yaqtīn
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ibrahīm Jamāl wanted to meet ‘Ali Ibn Yaqtīn, the Prime Minister of Harūn the Caliph, but he was not granted an audience. The same year […]
Letter of Imam as-Sadiq (a.s.) to the ruler of Ahwaz
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Najjashi assumed the rulership of Ahwaz there was a person in his service who requested Imam (a.s.) that, “I owe a certain amount to […]
Propagating Wilāyat in areas of Kuffar
Reading Time: < 1 minute Samād 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 […]
Love of ‘Ali (a.s.)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Yafai writes in his book, ‘Rawzatul Rehayīn’ the explanation of Diwan al-Mubīdi and says, “A certain king gave a pearl to his jeweller. The […]