Three brothers of Banu Ghannam
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA group of people went to ask the three brothers of Banu Ghannam for a solution for their complicated question. As they met the first one, who was old man, and asked him […]
Misc
The Household Of Mohammed (saws)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBaba Hasan was prayer leader of our spiritual guide (Sheikh), Abu-Sa`id. Under the Sheikh, Sufis followed his leadership. One day when he was performing the Morning Prayer, he came to qunut(Communion) […]
The Bounties of Allah (S.w.T.) cannot be computed
Reading Time: 2 minutesFazil Naraqi writes in Merājus Sadāt that a wanton lady named Shauna lived in Basra. She did not miss a single sinful gathering in the town. One day she was passing through […]
Leaving Sins and respecting the Sayyids cause Salvation
Reading Time: 2 minutesTShahīd al-Thani in his book, Fazail-us-Sadāt that Ishaq bin Yaqūb Tahiri had a dream in which he saw the Messenger of Allah (S) saying to him, “Release the killer!” He awoke […]
Controlling ones carnal desires causes salvation
Reading Time: 2 minutesSayyidul Ulamah Mir Damad’s grandson Fakhrul Muhaqqaqīn quotes Shahīd al-Thani in his book, Fazail-us-Sadāt that a man arrived in Egypt. There he saw a blacksmith extracting red-hot iron from the […]
One who digs a hole for his brother; Allah (S.w.T.) throws him headlong into it
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMuhaddith Jazaeri writes in his book Zahra Rabi an interesting anecdote. There was a man in Isfahan who used to beat his wife but unfortunately she succumbed to his beating […]
The Speaking Tree
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is an interesting incident in Tafsīr Minhajus Sadiqīn to illustrate a person who tries to be a blatant cheat. Two friends had collected some money. They decided to hide […]
Untold Bloodshed Due to Tale Telling
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man was selling a slave and saying that he had no defects except that he is a tale-teller. The buyer agreed to purchase him and took him home. The […]
Continuing Charity
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Late Haji Nūri (r.a.) has written in Darus Salām an incident related by the great religious scholar, Shaykh Abdul Husain Teherani. He says that Mirza Nabi Khan a confidant of Muhammad […]