If that’s the case, then I forgive you
Reading Time: 2 minutes A renowned scholar relates: ‘When I was a young man studying as a student, some students were tested; they were backbiting about Ayatullah Sayyid Hujjati […]
The Ways of the Righteous
Envy will erase faith just as the fire consumes fuel
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sayyid Adil al-Alawi narrates: ‘Ayatullah Mar’ashi Najafi was speaking to us about ethics and spirituality. One day, he spoke about envy. He said envy in […]
It would not be correct for you to perform your bath with that money
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shaykh Muhammad Sharif Radhi narrates: ‘I knew a policeman who resigned in the era of the Shah. I asked him what convinced him to resign […]
Anyone who intends to search for knowledge, there is only one rank between him and the Prophets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ayatullah Muhsin al-Araki was a scholar who would not teach tafsir of the Holy Qur’an unless he was thoroughly prepared for the lesson. He would often teach […]
Syed Mujaddid Shirazi al-Kabir
Reading Time: < 1 minute On Thursday night, 3rd Rajab 1414 AH, Shaykh Muhsin Qara’ati narrated a story in his weekly lecture on Iranian TV regarding one of the seminary […]
Allamah, is it possible in the period of the long occultation, to see the Master of the Age or not?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Allamah al-Hilli narrates: ‘One Thursday night, I went alone for the visitation of Imam Husayn (A). I was riding on my donkey and had my […]
My Master! You did not even wait until sunrise to reply to my request
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim al-Qazwini narrates: ‘One of the maraji’ [plural of marja’] of Karbala gave me permission to pay shahriyah11 to the students of the hawzah. The first […]
Ayatullah Sayyid Shahab al-Din Mar’ashi Najafi meeting with Imam Mahdi atfs
Reading Time: 5 minutes Ayatullah Sayyid Shahab al-Din Mar’ashi Najafi narrated to one of his students: ‘During my studying days in Najaf al-Ashraf, I greatly yearned to see the […]
I had the honour of becoming a janitor for Imam Husayn (A)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sayyid Hossein al-Qazwini narrates about his father, Ayatullah Sayyid Murtadha al-Qazwini:14 ‘My father had the honour of reciting the Muharram majalis (lectures) of Imam Husayn (A) every […]