This is called sacrifice
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAperson narrates: “I was passing by injured ones in one of the battles. I sawan injured person lying on the ground taking his final breaths. […]
Sacrifice (Esaar)
Imam Sajjad a.s. and Hazrat Abbas a.s.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam Zayn ul-Abidin is one of the founders of true piety and virtue of Islam . Historians have reported that he used to seek Allah’s […]
The Sacrifice of Hazrat Ismail (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Musa Ibn Ja‘far says that when Ibrahim was leaving Hajar and Isma‘il at Makkah, they began to lament. “Why do you weep?” asked Ibrahim, […]
The Guest of Hazrat Ali (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA report from a Sunni narrator Asim bin Kalīb is mentioned in Tafsīr Minhaj us-Sādiqīn. He reports that a beggar came to the Holy Prophet […]
The Prayer That Was Granted
Reading Time: 3 minutes“O God, Do not let me return to my family’.” These were the words that Hind, the wife of Amr bin Jamuh, heard, from her […]
Mufaďďhal Ibn ‘Umar and The Pigeon Fanciers
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce, a letter signed by some of the Shiite elders, was brought to Imam Sadiq (as) by a few of the signatories themselves. The letter […]
Imam Ali (as) in Place of the Holy Prophet (sawa)
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the leaders of Quraish realised that the inhabitants of Madinah had pledged their loyalty to the Prophet, their hatred towards him intensified. Consequently, their […]
The Battle of Yarmuk (Tabuk)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the battle of Yarmuk, a group of Muslim soldiers would go out for battle everyday. After a few hours of confrontation, the unhurt and […]
The Incident of the Mosque of Merv
Reading Time: 2 minutesAbu Muhammad Azdi narrates: When the mosque of Merv caught fire, the Muslims assumed that it was the work of the Christians and retaliated by […]
The Altruistic Slave
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA’bdullah Ibn Ja’far, the husband of Hadhrat Zainab (a.s.) was a person whose generosity was unparalleled. Once, as he happened to pass by a palm-plantation, […]