Ignoring the fact of death
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam al-Hadi (a.s.) was asked, ‘Why do these Muslims hate death?’ He said, ‘Because they ignore it, and therefore, they hate it. If they knew it and were from the […]
The Life of ImamALI bin Muhammad AL-HADI
Do not give days a role in the judgment of Allah!’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAl-Hasan bin Mas’oud said, “One day, I went to Abul Hasan Ali bin Muhammad (a.s.) after my finger was scratched, and a rider knocked against my shoulder, and I went into […]
Martydom of Qanbar (ar)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam al-Hadi (a.s.) talked to his companions about some important Islamic events that happened at the first Islamic age. One of them was the killing of the martyr Qanbar, Imam […]
‘O Ameerul Mo’minin, with what you have known your Lord?’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is narrated from Ameerul Mo’minin (a.s.) that one day Najda came to him asking about how to know Allah. He asked, ‘O Ameerul Mo’minin, with what you have known […]
‘You asked about ability. Do you have it without Allah or with Allah?’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmeerul Mo’minin (a.s.) told Abayah bin Rub’iy al-Asadi when he asked him about the ability by which man could stand up, sit down, and act. Ameerul Mo’minin (a.s.) said to […]
Impossibility of describing Allah
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam Abul Hasan al-Hadi (a.s.), in his talk with al-Fat~h bin Yazeed al-Jirjani, declared the impossibility of describing the Wise Creator with any attribute that might cover his essence and […]
Imam Ali Naqi (as) – Judgements
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJa’far bin Rizqillah said, ‘Some Christian man, who committed adultery with a Muslim woman, was brought to al-Mutawakkil, the Abbasid caliph, in order to punish him. When the caliph wanted […]
Tell us about our marching to fight the people of Sham! Is it by the fate of Allah?’
Reading Time: 1 minuteImam al-Hadi (a.s.) narrated from his fathers that a man from Iraq asked Imam Ali (a.s.) when he was marching (with his army) for the battle of Siffeen, ‘Tell us […]
‘Tell me about that which is not of Allah, that which Allah does not have, and that which Allah does not know!’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam al-Hadi (a.s.) said, “Once, a Jew came to Ameerul Mo’minin (a.s.) and said to him, ‘Tell me about that which is not of Allah, that which Allah does not […]
How Abdur Rahman became a Shia
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere was a man in Isfahan (in Iran) called Abdurrahman who had embraced Shiism and believed in the imamate of Imam al-Hadi (a.s.). Abdurrahman was asked about the reason behind […]