Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad – The Reformed Ascetic
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the book Safīna al-Bihār the story of Fuḍayl ibn ‘Iyāḍ is mentioned which shows how one verse of the Qur’ān completely changed his entire […]
Repentance (Taubah)
REMARKABLE STORY OF AYATULLAH JAHANGIR KHAN QASHQA’I
Reading Time: 2 minutesWithin Shi’ite history, we have amazing anecdotes of how some of the greatest ulama in this school had reached their high stations by returning to […]
Zuhair bin Qayn
Reading Time: 4 minutesZuhair bin Qayn is considered among the repentants. However, his repentancewas different. He was an Uthmani, a partisan of Uthman bin Affan. Hewas among those […]
I would forgive whoever seeks repentance from Me except the killers of Husain
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAllamah Majlisi (a.r.) has narrated a tradition in Biharul Anwar, Vol. 44, Pg. 308, that a person from Bani Israel saw Prophet Musa (a.s.) going […]
“Can my repentance be accepted?”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is narrated that Hurr had overturned his shield in order to signal that hewas not coming to fight but to take refuge. The first […]
Defence against Shaytan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteProphet Adam (pbuh) raised his hands in dua saying, “O Allah!Shaytan was able to deceive me, what defence does myprogeny have?”Prophet Adam (pbuh) was praying […]
“Have You Found Your Camel?”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA companion of the Prophet (pbuh) was once standing inbetween a group of women talking to them. The Prophet(pbuh) passed by, saw him and remarked […]
Big and Small Sins
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo men came to Imam Ja’fer As-Sadiq (pbuh) and said thatthey would like to do Tawba (ask for forgiveness and put right)for their sins.The first […]
Brotherhood of Aws and Khazraj
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day some men of Bani Aws and Bani Khazraj were sitting together. The unity and brotherhood of the members of this group, who had […]
“Keep my cheek on the ground…” the last words of Umar
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUthman ibn Affan said: I was the last to see Umar ibn al-Khattaibn I called upon him and saw his head on the lap of […]