Bahlool and a Businessman
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day a Baghdadi businessman met Bahlool and said, “Sir Shaykh Bahlool! Give me advice as to what I should buy that would benefit me most.” Bahlool replied, “Iron and […]
Insulting a Believer
Neighbours
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day the companions told the Messenger of Allah (S) that such and such woman fasts during the day and prays during the night, gives alms but hurts her neighbour […]
He is not a believer whose neighbour is unsafe from his mischief
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Ansar (emigrant) came to the Holy Prophet (S) and said that he has recently purchased a house in a particular area and that his nearest person was such that […]
Why do you insult me?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu Harūn says that I was sitting in the assembly of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) when Imam (a.s.) asked the people sitting there, “Why do you insult me?” A man from Khorasan […]
The Abuser
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSama says that he came to Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq who began the conversation, “O Sama!” what is it that I have heard between you and your camel driver? See that you […]
Thabit bin Qays
Reading Time: < 1 minute“O you who believe! Let not (one) people laugh at (another) people perchance they may be better than they, nor let women (laugh) at (other) women, perchance they may be […]
Making Fun
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAllah (S.w.T.) says in Surah at-Tawba, “They who taunt those of the faithful who give their alms freely, and those who give to the extent of their earnings and scoff […]
Harassing Amirul Mu’mineen is akin to Harassing the Holy Prophet
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA’mr Ibn Shaas Aslami, one of the companions present during the treaty of Hudaibiyah, narrates: Once, Ali (a.s.) and I had embarked upon a journey towards Yemen. During the journey, I happened […]
It is Forbidden to Hurt a Mu’min
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHusain Ibn Abi al-A’laa narrates: I started out for Makkah in the company of twenty other persons. At every resting place, I would slaughter a goat, in order to provide the […]