Pride with Respect to one’s Wealth and Children
Reading Time: 2 minutesAas Ibn Wail was an irreligious person, who used to ridicule the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny). He was the […]
Sins (Gunaah)
The Inner Pride
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome of the companions of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) were seen to be constantly praising a particular person […]
One Morsel and Selling One’s Faith
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFadhl Ibn Rabi’ relates: Once, Sharik Ibn Abdullah Nakhai’ arrived before Mahdi Abbasi, the third Abbasid Caliph, who said to him: You must accept to perform one of […]
The Conduct of Mua’wiyah and Abu al-Aswad Du’ali
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMua’wiyah, in order to attract people towards himself, would usually send them money, honey or other similar gifts. Impoverished people who could not even afford […]
The Consequence of Foolishness
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the biography of Hajjaj Ibn Yusuf Thaqafi – the bloodthirsty Umayyad, it has been reported that his mother, Fari’ah, had initially been the wife […]
The Cause for the Descent of Chastisement
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe first person to devise a balance for measurement for the people was Prophet Shuaib (a.s). However, as time passed by, his people began to […]
The Chastisement of the People of ‘Ad
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Prophet Hud (a.s) was forty years of his age, Allah revealed to him: “Go to your nation and invite your people towards monotheism and […]
The Worship of Iblis (shaitan)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Commander of the Faithfuls (a.s) said: “Take lesson from Allah’s action with respect to Iblis, for He annulled all his acts of worship (because […]
The Incident of Harrah
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter the incident of ‘ashura and two and a half months before his death, Yazid initiated yet another horrendous act on the twenty eighth of […]
Working for the Oppressors
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA person, by the name of Muhajir, narrates as follows: “I had gone to Imam Sadiq (a.s) and said to him: “Such and such persons […]