Repentance (Taubah)
“May Allah accept your hajj.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes it is narrated from Imam as-Sadiq that Adam was in Sajdah for 40 days on Mt. Safa and was lamenting the separation from Divine Mercy and heaven. Archangel Gabriel came […]
Hazrat Yunus (as) and Qarun
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMohammad Ibne Khaled has reported in his book on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW): “When prophet Jonah (Yunus) reached the sea where Korah (Qarun) was, Korah said to […]
Repentance
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam Ja’far As-Sadiq (as) says that one day Amir’ul-Mu’mineen ‘Ali (as) was sitting with his companions when a person came and said, “O Amir’ul-Mu’mineen (as)! I have committed a foul […]
The Worship of a Hundred Years
Reading Time: 3 minutesOne day Prophet Musa (as) was passing through a barren hill. He noticed a pious person busy in prayer sitting in a cave of the hill. Prophet Musa (as) felt […]
The Bounties of Allah (S.w.T.) cannot be computed
Reading Time: 2 minutesFazil Naraqi writes in Merājus Sadāt that a wanton lady named Shauna lived in Basra. She did not miss a single sinful gathering in the town. One day she was passing through […]
Leaving Sins and respecting the Sayyids cause Salvation
Reading Time: 2 minutesTShahīd al-Thani in his book, Fazail-us-Sadāt that Ishaq bin Yaqūb Tahiri had a dream in which he saw the Messenger of Allah (S) saying to him, “Release the killer!” He awoke […]
Controlling ones carnal desires causes salvation
Reading Time: 2 minutesSayyidul Ulamah Mir Damad’s grandson Fakhrul Muhaqqaqīn quotes Shahīd al-Thani in his book, Fazail-us-Sadāt that a man arrived in Egypt. There he saw a blacksmith extracting red-hot iron from the […]
One should remain between Hope and fear till the end of one’s life
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is mentioned in Safinatul Behar (Vol. 1, page 127) that the Holy Prophet (S) besieged the fort of Banu Qurayza. Banu Qurayza was a Jewish tribe who lived near Madinah and […]
Refraining from sin brings forgiveness
Reading Time: 3 minutesImam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) says in Rawdatul Kāfi that there was a hermit in Bani Israel. He was absolutely free from sins. Upon seeing this the head Satan called his […]