Muqaddas Ardebeli (a.r.) and Shaykh Bahai (a.r.)
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is reported from Shaykh Bahā’ī: I was blessed with the opportunity to visit the city of Najaf and I had hoped to see the great scholar (Ardabīlī) before he […]
Respect
Reciting salawaat is better than 20,000 years of worship
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is narrated in books that when the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) travelled to the skies in the night of Meraj, on the fourth heaven he met an angle who had […]
An angel was restored to his previous glory and position
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day Hazrat Jibrael came to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and said, O Holy Prophet! Today I have witnessed a strange sight. While passing by the mountain of Qaff, I […]
I cannot utter the name of your mother, except with fairness.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the time of Asr came, Imam commanded his companions to ready themselves to leave and they conceded. Then he commended his muezzin to say the Azan and Iqamah, which […]
The virtuous ruler and upright commander
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSalman al-Farsi followed the path of his master Imam Ali in virtue and simplicity. He would say, “I do not like to eat unless it is with my own earnings.” […]
Salman is one of us – the Ahlul Bayt
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA group wanted Ali ibn Abi Talib to talk about the companions of the Prophet and introduce them. As they continued with their questions about the Prophet’s companions, they asked […]
The Position of Sad’at (Sayed from theprogeny of Hazrat Fatemah s.a.)
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Dream of Ibn ‘Unayn – A Seventh Century Poet An astonishing event has been quoted in the book Umdatul Talib regarding Bani Dawud b. Musa al-Hasani who is renowned […]
I save the honour of my Prophet (pbuh)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Jew lost his invaluable ring and accidentally a poor Muslim fellow found it. When this Muslim came to know that it belongs to that Jew he went to return […]
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 […]
O my master, how can I sit while you are standing?’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMuhammad bin al-Hasan bin Imara said, “Once, I was with Ali bin Ja’far in Medina, where I stayed with him for two years to write down what he had heard […]