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. I knew thatexcessive blood loss […]
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 mercy for his uncle , […]
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, “I am leaving you at […]
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 (S) and requested him for […]
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 husband when he left the […]
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 complained of the friendship of […]
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 leaders decided that on the […]
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 those who had minor injuries […]
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 setting their houses ablaze. When […]
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, he noticed a slave working […]