Neighbours
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam as-Sadiq (a) narrated: When he lost his second son, Benjamin, Prophet Jacob supplicated to the Lord: “O Lord, is it not time to have Your mercy upon […]
The AhlulBayt Ethical Role Models
They are not Shia
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abu Ismaeel narrated that he told Imam al-Baqir (a) that numbers of the Shia were great. The Imam (a) said: “Do the rich ones among […]
Brotherhood
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam al-Kadhim (a), once, asked one of his close companions: “How do you behave concerning your mutual association and relief?” The man answered: “We are […]
The mother of Wahab ibn Abdullah ibn Khabbab al-Kelbi
Reading Time: < 1 minute On the day of Ashura, the mother of Wahab ibn Abdullah ibn Khabbab al-Kelbi said to her son: “Son, stand up to support the son […]
Az-Zarqaa bint Edi
Reading Time: 2 minutes Az-Zarqaa bint Edi was a strong lady from Kufa who stopped, during the battle of Siffeen, among the rows of Imam Ali’s army calling loudly […]
Daramiyya al-Hujoun – the Brave Woman
Reading Time: 2 minutes During his reign, Muawiya –the Umayyad caliph- performed the hajj and, during his stay in Mecca, he asked about a black, fat lady from the […]
Three brothers of Banu Ghannam
Reading Time: < 1 minute A group of people went to ask the three brothers of Banu Ghannam for a solution for their complicated question. As they met the first one, who […]
Rights of Husband – 2
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam as-Sadiq (a) narrated that a woman, whose husband had ordered her not to leave her house until he would be back from his journey, […]
Rights of Husband
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam al-Baqir narrated that the Prophet (s) answered the woman who asked him about the husbands’ rights against their wives by saying: “Women should obey and avoid […]
Sons Good Deeds
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Imam as-Sadiq (a) related:) The Prophet (s) said: Jesus (a), once, passed by a grave whose occupant was tortured. A year later, he passed by […]