Healing a Leper
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abu Hashim Ja`fari has reported: A man from Samarra’ was afflicted with leprosy hence life had become hard for him. One day, he was complaining […]
Supplication (Dua)
Special Favor
Reading Time: 2 minutes A group of people from Isfahan including Abu’l-`Abbas Ahmad ibn Nazar and Abu-Ja`far Muhammad ibn Alawiah report: In Isfahan, there was a man of Shi`ite […]
Some More Virtues of Imam Baqir (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Charity Hasan ibn Kuthayr reports: I was complaining about indigence and unkindness of brothers-in-faith to Imam al-Baqir (a.s) who said, “A brother who is fond […]
Praying for others
Reading Time: < 1 minute It was Thursday night. The mother was facing the Kaaba, praying to her Lord, while her little son sat beside her, listening carefully. In spite […]
Work – Not Just Pray
Reading Time: < 1 minute An extremely anxious and perplexed man visited Hazrat Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (‘a), and begged him to pray that Allah would increase his sustenance and relieve him of […]
Delay in the Acceptance of Prayers Causes Nearness to Allah (TWT)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Allama Majlisi (r.a.) writes in the book ‘Hayatul Qulub’ that Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) says in a reliable tradition, “Hazrat Ibrahīm (a.s.) used to visit […]
Prophet Isa and Praying for the Rains
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prophet Isa (peace be upon him) and his companions came out of the city and into the deserts to pray for the rains. There he […]
Rancour Transforms into Friendship
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shaibah’s father was called U’thman, who, along with the other disbelievers, was killed in the battle of Uhud. Since the Holy Prophet (peace be upon […]
Remembering the Beloved while in Comfort
Reading Time: 2 minutes Allah had granted immense bounties to Prophet Ayyub (a.s) such that it has been reported that he possessed five hundred pairs of bulls for ploughing […]
The Poor Ones Question the Noble Prophet
Reading Time: < 1 minute Some of the poor persons of Madinah approached the Noble Prophet (s.a.w) and said to him: “The affluent ones perform acts of goodness like freeing […]