Ibraheem al-Karkhi
Reading Time: 2 minutesIbraheem al-Karkhi visited Imam Ja’far b. Muhammed (al-Sadiq), peace be on him. While he was sitting with the Imam, Abu al-Hasan Musa came. Ibraheem rose […]
Imamat and Wilayat ( Mastership)
Yazid Bin Sulayt
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYazid Bin Sulayt[3] was trustworthy and trusted. He was among the men of piety and knowledge. He and a group of his companions made the […]
The Rod Testifies the Imamat of Imam Reza (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAl-Husayn Bin ‘Umar He said: [I did my best with Yahyā b. Akthem (the judge of Sāmrrā’); I debated with him, conversed with him, communicated […]
Ali Bin ‘Ubayd Allah
Reading Time: 2 minutesAl-Kashi narrated, saying: [In the book of Mohammed b. al-Husayn b. Bandār, in his own handwriting, I have read:] “Mohammed b. Yahyā al-‘Attār related to […]
Mamun’s Discussion with Ishaq
Reading Time: 2 minutesIbn Abd Rabbih quotes an interesting incident in ‘Aqdul Farid’ which may be summarized as under: Mamun arranged a debating assembly and the famous scholar […]
The Imām Reza (as) Debate Concerning the Prophet’s Family
Reading Time: 15 minutesYet this is another debate in which the Imām has provided evidence of that Allah chose the pure family (of the Prophet). The debate took […]
Imam Reza (as) – Imamat
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMohammed b. Sinān has narrated: [I (i.e. Mohammed b. Sinān) visited Abū al-Hasan (Mūsā) the year before he went to Iraq. ‘Ali, his son, was […]
Qassim bin Abdurrahman
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAl-Qassim bin Abdurrahman, who was a Zaydite, said, ‘One day, I went to Baghdad. I saw people look forward and stop in crowds. I asked […]
Imamat of Imam Mohammed Taqi (as)
Reading Time: 4 minutesA significant number of scholars and jurisprudents, who had been selected by the Shiite milieus in Baghdad and other countries, came to Yathrib following the […]
Imam ar-Redha (a.s) said, ‘To my son Abu Ja’far.’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMuhammad al-Mahmoori narrated from his father as having said, “Once, I was standing near Imam ar-Redha (a.s) in Tooss when one of his companions asked him, […]