“O lions, seize them!”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSayyid Hashim Bahrani, author of Tafseer Burhan narrates thatMansur Dawaniqi summoned seventy natives of Kabul and toldthem: “You are experts in magic and Ja’far bin Muhammad is also[God forbid] a […]
Miracles
Zarafa, companion of Mutawakkil
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man named Zarafa, companion of Mutawakkil, the Abbasidehas narrated that there was an Indian conjurer in the employ ofMutawakkil. He was an extraordinary magician having no peer.Mutawakkil told him: […]
“O Wali of the Lord, we are waiting for your command”
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn opponent of the Imam Reza (as), named Hamid bin Mehrancommitted a number of audacities and uttered statements ofinfidelity in the presence of Mamun.Among them he said to Mamun: “Has […]
“God has sent these clouds for you”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteit is mentioned in a detailed tradition that HisEminence Reza (a.s.) prayed to Almighty Allah for rain in Khorasanand winds and clouds accompanied with lightning thunder appeared.When the people wanted […]
“O lion seize this enemy of Allah.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAli bin Yaqtin, minister of Harun Rashid, narrates that thecaliph summoned a magician, who performed spells, so that HisEminence, Musa bin Ja’far (a.s.) may be disgraced; that his respectdecreases and […]
Allah is the king.” “The kingdom is Allah’s the One, the forceful”
Reading Time: 2 minutesSayyid Ibne Tawus has narrated from Qasim bin Alaa fromSaafi, servant of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.) that he (Qasim) said: “I soughtpermission of His Eminence to perform the Ziyarat of […]
They are most obedient to us
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSaffar in Basair, has quoted from Ibrahim bin Wahab in thetradition of the poisonous snake (which this author has alsomentioned in his Safeena Mustadrak under the term of ‘Tau’), thathe […]
Mutawakkil Abbasi and Imam Hadi (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMutawakkil Abbasi constructed a fort and put windows in it sothat the sun may enter it from the four sides. He also placednumerous birds around, so that whenever he sat […]
“Who am I, lizard?”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe incident of the lizard of that Bedouin, which he hadconcealed in his sleeve when he came to meet the Messenger ofAllah (s.a.w.a.) and said: I will not accept faith […]
“By God, after that I was able to hear even the slightest sound.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu Salma also says: “I was suffering from complete deafness.Imam Jawad (a.s.) passed his hands over my ears and head and said:Hear and remember!”Abu Salma says: “By God, after that […]