*Does Shaikh Ja’far Want to Reduce My Mourning?!*
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe esteemed Sayyed, Shaikh Morteza Moqtadaei – one of the current scholars of the holy city of Qom – stated in his Dars Kharij jurisprudence (fiqh) class: In the year […]
Weeping (Crying and Wailing)
O ladies! Do not call me Ummul Banin
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen Ummul Banin (s.a.) got the news that all her four sons weremartyred in Kerbala with Imam Husain (a.s.), she began to mourn forthem. She used to go to Jannatul […]
Imam Sadiq (a.s.) mourns for Husain (a.s.)
Reading Time: 2 minutesMuhaddith Qummi writes that Abu Haroon Makfuf who was almostblind and hence given the title of ‘Makfuf’ was an extempore poet andhe recited elegies of Imam Husain (a.s.). He used […]
‘Which is that calamity for which you weep blood instead of tears?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMarhoom Haaj Shaikh Akbar Ali Nihaavandi has mentioned in his invaluable book that the revered Shaikh Haaj Mulla Sultan Ali Rozakhwan Tabrizi (who was among the worshipers and penitents) narrates […]
Martyrdom of Abdullah and Abdul Rahman Ghifari
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the companions of Imam Husayn (a.s.) perceived their loss and realized that they themselves were incapable of defending the Imam and his relatives, they hastened to lay their lives […]
“O Allah, I complain to you about all those sufferings which my progeny will have to bear after my death.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesIbn Abbas who says that one day I was seated in the presence of the Holy Prophet (S) when Imam Hasan (a.s.) came. When the Prophet’s sight fell on him, […]
“O Allah! Send your curse upon her and her progeny.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesone day Hind (the wife of Abu Sufyan) called up Ayesha to ask the Prophet (S) regarding the interpretation of a dream. The Prophet (S) told her to relate as […]
“O father! Will the places of our martyrdom be far from one another”?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteShaikh Abul Qasim Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Qawlawayh (May Allah scent his grave), who relates through his chain of authorities from Imam Muhammad al Baqir (a.s.) that: Whenever Imam Husayn […]
Hazrat Ali a.s. weeps for Imam Hussain a.s.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIbn Abbas that he says, I was along with the Commander of the faithful Imam Ali (a.s.) when we were going towards Siffīn. When we passed by Naynawah, on the […]
Jibraeel Weeps for Imam Hussain a.s.
Reading Time: 2 minuteson the day of Eid, Imam Hasan (a.s.) and Imam Husayn (a.s.) entered the house of their Grandfather the Prophet of Allah Muhammad (S) and said, “O Grandfather! Today is […]