The Consequence of Foolishness
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the biography of Hajjaj Ibn Yusuf Thaqafi – the bloodthirsty Umayyad, it has been reported that his mother, Fari’ah, had initially been the wife […]
Misc
Ibn Muljim and the Chastisement in the Purgatory
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ibn Raqa narrates: “I was near Masjid al-Haram in Mecca when I noticed that a group of people had gathered near the Station of Ibrahim […]
The Incident of Harrah
Reading Time: 2 minutes After the incident of ‘ashura and two and a half months before his death, Yazid initiated yet another horrendous act on the twenty eighth of […]
The Widely Respected Shia Government Minister
Reading Time: 3 minutes Perhaps, the only Shiite minister to have been widely popular amongst the people of all classes was Sahib Ibn Ubbad (326 ah to 385 ah). […]
The Mother of the Satans
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sayyid Ne’matullah Jazairi narrates in his book: “One year, a famine struck. During that period a preacher, from atop the pulpit in the mosque, preached: […]
Disbelief and Polytheism
Reading Time: 2 minutes After the death of Hisham Ibn Abdul Malik – the Umayyad Caliph, Walid Ibn Yazid took over the reins of the Caliphate in the year […]
Interpretation of the Dream
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ibn Sirin was an extremely good-looking and elegant youth, and a cloth-merchant by profession. Once it so happened that a woman became enchanted with his […]
The Dissembled Worship
Reading Time: < 1 minute There once lived a worshipper who could never get himself to perform any of his deeds sincerely, and free from showing off. Once, attempting to […]
Informing People of Worship
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the tribe of Bani Isra`il, there lived a worshipper who after years of worship, requested Allah to manifest to him his rank and status, […]
The Proud Monk
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ibrahim Adham narrated: “I acquired wisdom and enlightenment from a monk by the name of Samaan. One day I entered his monastery and asked him: […]