How He Weighed An Iron Gate
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce a dispute arose between some persons who had ordered for an iron gate and the blacksmith who had made it about the weight of the iron used therein. The […]
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The Weight of a Fetter
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo men saw a slave walking through a street with a fetter on one of his feet. One of the men said : “The weight of the fetter on the […]
Medical Examination of an Eye
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man’s head was hit by some body also whereafter the man who was hit claimed that his eye sight had become weak thereby. Hazrat Ali (A) examined his eye […]
Compensation Judgment in Case of the Loss of an Eye
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce a slave of Hazrat Othman (RA) hit the eye of a bedouin resulting in the loss of his eye. The bedouine took the matter to Hazrat Othman, (AR) who […]
The Problem of Eight Breads
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo persons while travelling on a road sat under the shade of a tree for lunch. One of them took out of his big five breads and the other took […]
The Equal Division of Seventeen Camels Without Friction
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree persons had a dispute about the division of seventeen camels. The ratio of their share was 1/2, 1/3 & 1/9 and they could not divide the figure of seventeen […]
Wealth of the Hereafter
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sovaid Ibne Ghofleh says: When people pledged allegiance with Imam Ali to become a caliph, I went to the Imam who was sitting on a small mat while there was […]
Behlool’s Decisive and Silencing Reply
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is said that an Indian businessman was bringing wealth and goods from India and selling in Baghdad. His caravan stayed at the inn one night and he asked for […]
Haroun Questions Bahlool About Wine
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is said that one day Bahlool went to Haroun, who was busy drinking wine. He wanted to prove that he was safe from forbidden eating and drinking, so he […]
Bahlool and a Judge
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is said that a certain man decided to do Hajj. Since he had little children, he went to the judge and, in front of the court officials, gave 1,000 […]