Scholars
Anyone who intends to search for knowledge, there is only one rank between him and the Prophets
Reading Time: 2 minutesAyatullah Muhsin al-Araki was a scholar who would not teach tafsir of the Holy Qur’an unless he was thoroughly prepared for the lesson. He would often teach by referring to the commentary, Majma’ […]
Syed Mujaddid Shirazi al-Kabir
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Thursday night, 3rd Rajab 1414 AH, Shaykh Muhsin Qara’ati narrated a story in his weekly lecture on Iranian TV regarding one of the seminary students of Samarra in the […]
Allamah, is it possible in the period of the long occultation, to see the Master of the Age or not?
Reading Time: 2 minutesAllamah al-Hilli narrates: ‘One Thursday night, I went alone for the visitation of Imam Husayn (A). I was riding on my donkey and had my whip in my hand. On […]
My Master! You did not even wait until sunrise to reply to my request
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAyatullah Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim al-Qazwini narrates: ‘One of the maraji’ [plural of marja’] of Karbala gave me permission to pay shahriyah11 to the students of the hawzah. The first pay day was a Friday […]
Ayatullah Sayyid Shahab al-Din Mar’ashi Najafi meeting with Imam Mahdi atfs
Reading Time: 5 minutesAyatullah Sayyid Shahab al-Din Mar’ashi Najafi narrated to one of his students: ‘During my studying days in Najaf al-Ashraf, I greatly yearned to see the beauty of our 12th Imam […]
I had the honour of becoming a janitor for Imam Husayn (A)
Reading Time: 3 minutesSayyid Hossein al-Qazwini narrates about his father, Ayatullah Sayyid Murtadha al-Qazwini:14 ‘My father had the honour of reciting the Muharram majalis (lectures) of Imam Husayn (A) every year; sometimes it would be […]
Just a glance from Imam Husayn (A) towards us is enough
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSayyid Salih al-Modarressi narrates: ‘During the period of Saddam’s rule in Iraq, Ayatullah Sayyid Taqi al- Modarressi had published a book under a pseudonym because printing it under his own […]
God gave us Muhammad Kadhim twice
Reading Time: 2 minutesSayyid Mustafa al-Modarressi narrates: ‘My brothers, Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim and Sayyid Mahdi, were in Australia and walking together. My brother, Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim, had recently suffered from ill health and […]
A person tends not to see his own mistakes
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAyatullah Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khoei was once sitting with his students when he mentioned, ‘Indeed it is so easy for a man to see the action of another which he […]