Fear of Hell (Jahannam)
Reading Time: 3 minutesSayyed Ibn Tawus relates from the book Zuhdan Nabi of Abu Ja’far Ahmad al-Qummi that, “When the two verses of the Qur’an were revealed: ‘And verily hell is certainly the promised […]
Piety (Taqwa)
Imam Kazim (as) – Piety
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam Musa was on top of those who renounced the world and turned away from its ease and vanities. He headed for Allah and desired the comfort and dignity He […]
The Eid Prayer
Reading Time: 2 minutesAl-Ma’mūn asked Imām al-Ridā, peace be on him, to say the ‘Īd prayer before the people and to deliver a sermon after the prayer, that the hearts of the populace […]
Shaikh abbas e Qummi (ar)
Reading Time: 2 minutesShaykh Abbas-e Qummi is the author of the indispensable book of du’as, called Mafatih-al-Jinan, (Keys to the Heavens). He was an expert in hadith, and for this reason, he is famously known asMuhaddith-e […]
Ayatullah Burujerdi
Reading Time: 2 minutesAyatullah Burujerdi was a marja whose credentials as a supreme authority have been endorsed by Amir al-Mu’mineen (A.S.) himself. Allamah Nahawandi relates the following incident: “When the late Ayatullah Burujerdi came […]
The Expensive Cloak!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the followers of Sheikh Murtaza Ansaari gifted him an expensive winter cloak whose color quality and material was indeed extra ordinary. The Sheikh wore the cloak on the […]
I will not consume the Kababs!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSheikh Fadhil Al Muwahhidi, relates that he had the opportunity of accompanying the great Marja of Islam, called Sayyid Al Burujardi who died in the year 1370 A.H., to the […]
Imam Kazim (as) – worship 1
Reading Time: 2 minutesAbd Allah al-Qazwini has narrated: “I (i.e. ‘Abd Allah al-Qazwini) visited al-Fadl b. al-Rabi‘. While he was sitting on the top of his house, he said to me: ‘Come nearer […]
Abdul Adheem al-Hasani
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis noble master belonged to the pure progeny of Imam al-Hasan (a.s.) the grandson of the messenger of Allah (a.s.). He was the son of Abdullah bin Ali bin al-Hasan […]
The child said, ‘For knowledge and worship
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day some man passed by Imam Abu Muhammad (a.s.) and saw him cry while he was with his fellow children. The man thought that this child cried for the […]