Conversation of ‘Ali (a.s.) With Some Shias
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn a certain evening ‘Ali (a.s.) was departing from the mosque. The surroundings were bright due to the moonlight. He saw behind him a group of people walking towards him. […]
Piety (Taqwa)
Shia and Mohib
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn one occasion Muhammad bin Muslim along with Abu Karibatul Azdi went to see Qazi Sharīk. Sharīk glared at him in anger and said, “These two are Ja’fari and Fatimi!” […]
Abu Darda Praises Hazrat Ali (as)
Reading Time: 3 minutesIbne Babawayh relates from Umru’ bin Zubayr that one day the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) was seated with his companions. They started discussing about the worship and virtues of the Martyrs […]
Prophet Yahya (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutesProphet Yahya (peace be upon him) once came to Bayt al-Maqdas and witnessed some clerics and priests wearing coarse garments and woolen caps. He requested his mother to arrange for him a similar […]
By Means of Contentment the Soul Becomes Submissive
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the signs of a contented person is abstemiousness and satisfying himself with that which restrains and subjugates the soul. Aswad and A’lqamah narrate: One day when we approached […]
Interpretation of the Dream
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIbn 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 looks; she expressed her desire […]
The Woman who Remembered Allah
Reading Time: 2 minutesSayyidah Nafisah, the daughter of Hasan Ibn Zaid Ibn Hasan al-Mujtaba (a.s)) married Ishaq Mutamin, the pious and virtuous son of Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s). She was of the rare […]
The Religiousness of Abu Ja’far Husaini
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu Ja’far Muhammad Husaini6 – whose lineage reached Imam Husain (a.s) through four generations – was a jurist and a pious and ascetic person, who had revolted against Mutasam – the […]
The Religiousness of the Learned One from Dizful
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt the time of his death, Sheikh Murtadha Ansari – having become the highest-ranking religious authority, with notable popularity and profundity in the Methodology and Science of Islamic Jurisprudence – […]
The Objection of ‘Aqil
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce, after becoming the caliph, Imam ‘Ali (as) ascended the pulpit, praised Allah and said to the assembly: “By Allah, as long as I have in my possession (even) one […]