The Limits of the Impoverished Ones
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu Baseer states: I informed Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): One of your Shiites, a pious person by the name of U’mar, due to his destitution, approached Isa Ibn Aa’yan […]
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Imam al-Mujtaba (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen Imam Hasan (peace be upon him) was about to die, those around him observed that he (peace be upon him) was weeping and so they asked: O’ Son of the […]
The Punishment for Backbiting, on the Day of Judgment
Reading Time: 2 minutesSheikh Bahaai (may the mercy (of God) be upon him) says: Once it so happened that in a prominent gathering, in my absence, I became the topic of conversation. I […]
The Dissembled Worship
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere once lived a worshipper who could never get himself to perform any of his deeds sincerely, and free from showing off. Once, attempting to redress his problem, he said […]
Informing People of Worship
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 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, and prayed: ‘O’ Lord! If […]
Complete Contentment with Allah
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJabir Ibn Abdullah Ansari, who had been of the companions of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w), had remained alive till the time of Imam Baqir (a.s) but had become old and […]
The Indian and the Sixth Imam
Reading Time: 4 minutesImam Kadhim (as) narrates: “One day, I was with my father in the house when a friend entered and told my father that some people were standing outside, waiting to […]
Hazrat Isa (as) and the Greedy Persons
Reading Time: 2 minutesProphet ‘Isa (as) had been travelling in the company of another person when, after having journeyed for a period, they were overcome by hunger. They reached a village where ‘Isa […]
The Inventor of a Religion and Repentance
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam Sadiq (as) related: “In ancient times there lived a man who sought to earn his livelihood and procure great wealth by lawful means but was unsuccessful. He then strived […]
The Companion of Prophet Musa in Paradise
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce, while conversing with God, Prophet Musa (a.s.) requested: “O’ Lord! I desire to meet the person, who is to be my companion in Paradise.” Jibraeel descended and informed him […]