The Jews and the Unlawful Food
Reading Time: < 1 minute When the Noble Prophet (S) was seven years of age, the Jews (having perceived signs of Prophethood in him and therefore deciding to test him) […]
Sins (Gunaah)
Ash’ab Ibn Jubair Madani (d. 154 ah)
Reading Time: 2 minutes He was a person who was squint-eyed, bald on two sides of his head and unable to pronounce the letters ر (ra) and ل (lam). […]
Dhul Qarnain
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dhul Qarnain8, during the course of his journey, reached Dhulumat, where he came across a palace in which he noticed a youth standing there dressed […]
Hazrat Isa (as) and the Greedy Persons
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prophet ‘Isa (as) had been travelling in the company of another person when, after having journeyed for a period, they were overcome by hunger. They […]
Greedy for Pleasure
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yazid Ibn ‘Abdul Malik (the tenth Umayyad caliph) became caliph after ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz. Contrary to his predecessor, he used to engage himself, day […]
Qais Ibn ‘Asim
Reading Time: 2 minutes Qais Ibn ‘Asim was a tribal leader during the Age of Ignorance but he later accepted Islam. Once, during his old age, in order to […]
The Inventor of a Religion and Repentance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Sadiq (as) related: “In ancient times there lived a man who sought to earn his livelihood and procure great wealth by lawful means but […]
Khusrow Parvez
Reading Time: < 1 minute Of the kings to whom the Noble Prophet (S) had sent letters inviting them to Islam, one was Khusrow Parvez, the emperor of Iran. The […]
The Rich near the Poor
Reading Time: < 1 minute A rich person dressed in clean and elegant clothes arrived in the presence of the Noble Prophet (S) and sat down before him. A short […]
Walid Ibn Mughairah
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three years after having been appointed as a prophet and with only a handful of people having accepted Islam, it was revealed to the Noble […]