One day passed on Mecca city people, hadn’t seen as it before that day which eternal stayed in the peoples consciences and their minds. Its events materialize in the mind of every one of them along the years… at that day… Mecca inhabitants ascertained that a marvel is happened, so every one of them tried to find an interpretation for his astonishment and surprise at the other? For further reading please click HERE.
The Brilliant Flowers
As if she was felling by what had happened for her mother from Macca women’s breaking away for her… even her familiars became didn’t ask about her or search to her conditions… that she stayed alone in her house… with out any intimate or friend through the prophet’s (s) absence… Yes she was feeling by what happened for her mother since she married with the messenger (s.) although she was still in her bowels darkness… there fore she found that is of her duty to amuse her by talking to her… so a happiness smile is brighten on Khadeejeh’s face her heart is filled with a felicity that she hadn’t felt with within her loneness Khadeejeh…! with whom are you talking…? The prophet asked, while he was surprised after he had seen khadeejeh was mumbling and happy as she was talking with a person infront of her. For further reading please click HERE.
A Command of God
He was sitting among forty of the tribe’s men… They were listening to the prophet’s (S) speech after the holy verse descended on him “And admonish thy nearest kinsmen”. While He was saying to them: I would call you for two light words on your tongue…, heavy in the measure…, by them you will dominate Arab and non-Arab…, The nations will follow you…, by them you will enter the paradise…, by them you will save your selves from the hell… these are: There is no God but God and I am the messenger of God. So who will comply with me for this matter… And fortify me to carry it out, He will be my brother. May caretaker. My supporter. My inheritor. And my Khalif “regent” after me…. For further reading please click HERE.
A Calling for Jihad
I don’t know what I say for you, And by what I describe? So the human is not with his face an his body… But with his substance which Allah (s.w.) wanted as he gave him what gave him until He made him in a high rank which is proper with the honor and the worth …
So he is the master of Allah’s creatures on his earth by a condition that he “a human” must think well by what Allah (S) had given to him… And that is the reason which Allah (s.w) had ordered him while He created him to come so he came and to turn away he turned… You know very well what did He say to him after that…?
He said: by my glory and my loftiness I will penalize with you and also I will repay with you … . .. For further reading please click HERE.
The Story of Karbala
The Prophet (SAW) said: “Indeed, Hussein is the light of guidance and the saviour ship.”
Having come to know of Yazid’s scheme to assasinate him while performing the rite of Hajj, Imam Hussein (A.S) decided to leave Mecca before finishing the rites, performing only the Umra.
Prior to his departure, he delivered the following sermon (khutba): “All praise is due to Allah! Allah’s Will be done, and there in neither power or nor might, except in Allah, and the blessings of Allah unto His messenger (SAW).” “Death surrounds Adam’s offspring as a necklace surrounds a girl’s neck. …For further reading please click HERE.
Imam Zainul Abideen (AS): The Secret Helper of the Poor and Needy
The view common people have towards one who isolates himself from society and devotes his life solely to performing his religious rituals, such as ablution (Wudu), praying, supplicating, pilgrimage (Hajj), etc, is a stranger to the society. Such a person cares nothing about his materialistic and social life, and spends his life in worship. The life of Imam Zainul Abideen (as) however, contradicts this view.
Despite his long unique prayers and supplications, our 4th Imam, Imam Zainul Abideen (as) was never ignorant of his society, its needs, and the realities of the time. In fact, in regards to interactions with society, he was a role model in the social and moral duties. ..For further reading please click HERE.
Imam Baqir (pbuh): Earning livelihood is a worship
The town of Medina was burning under the exhalation of the heat of the sun of Hejaz (Hijaz) and was thawing like the benumbed sleepers under the fire of the sky.
The branches of the palms were not oscillating under any breeze and the trees were as weary men sleep-strucken while standing. The camels were sheltering themselves under some shade of the palm branches, exceeding the wall of gardens and were ruminating silently and motionlessly. In the town every being was crawling under a shade and nobody was seen in the palm gardens of the round about, except a rather nice man having a slightly corpulent body which was leaning on the shoulders of a young man, (perhaps his son), who was visiting his farm. He was perspiring from the heat. For further reading please click HERE.
Imam Jaffar as Sadiq (AS) Advice to Ibne Sayyaba
Ibne Sayyaba, a resident of Kufa in Iraq, was a young man whose father had died. The tragedy of the death of his father, coupled with poverty and unemployment, was destroying the soul of the sensitive man. One day while sitting in his house, he heard a knock at the door. He was a friend of his father. After offering his condolences, he said: “Did your father leave anything for you?”
“No”
“Then take this thousand Dirham; try to turn it into a capital, and meet your expense from its profit”. For further reading please click HERE.
Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (as) and Knowledge of unseen (Ilm-e-Ghaib)
One day Haroon Rasheed sent some robes to Ali bin Yaqtin to honour him. Among their number was a black woolen cloak adorned with gold like the robes of kings. Ali bin Yaqtin dispatched those robes to Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (as). Among their number he (also) sent that cloak adorned with gold. Ali bin Yaqtin added some money which he had already prepared specifically for him as the fifth of his money (Khums – tax for the Imams) which he was going to pay him.
When that reached Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (as), he accepted the money and the robes but returned the cloak by the hand of the messenger to Ali bin Yaqtin. Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (as), wrote to him: “Keep it and do not let it leave your hands. For an event will occur to you because of it when you will have the need of it with him (Haroon Rasheed).” For further reading please click HERE.
IMAM Raza (AS): IMAM-E-ZAAMIN (Guarantor)
There is a hadith of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) that when you travel, you should give charity (Sadaqah). So is it not better to give the money of Imam-e-Zaamin before you go on your journey rather than when you get back, so that it may reach the poor quicker.
It is said that the Sura Tawheed (Sura Ikhlas), if written and cut into two halves, one given to the traveler and the other left at his home, will always come together again and so ensure the safe journey of the traveler. For further reading please click HERE.
Imam Taqi (as): You should not fear anyone other than Allah (SWT)
The story of Mamun al-Rashid’s first meeting with the young son of Imam Ali Raza (as) is interesting. Once when our 9th Imam, Imam Taqi (as) was only nine years old, he was walking down a street of Baghdad, when Mamun al-Rashid and his soldiers came by. All the other children on the street ran away but Imam Taqi (as) did not.
Noting this, Mamun al-Rashid stopped his carriage and asked, “Young man, why did you not run away like the other children?”
Imam Taqi (as) replied calmly, “Neither had I committed a crime, nor was I blocking the way. Why should I have run away or be afraid? And I also know that you will not cause any unnecessary trouble when your way is not blocked.” For further reading please click HERE.
Imam Hadi (as) Hafiz and Aalim of Noble Qur’an in Childhood
Imam Hadi (as) assumed the official role of Imamate at a very young age of 7 or 8 years. At that tender age, he (as) had become a point of reference for the Muslims. People would refer to him and seek his guidance in almost everything pertaining to their lives. When the enemies of Ahlul Bayt (as) saw this, they were displeased with the situation. So, in conjunction with the Caliphate of the time, which was in opposition of Ahlul Bayt (as), they began looking for a person who was the most knowledgeable of the time yet a sworn enemy of Ahlul Bayt (as) so that Imam Hadi (as) is put under his care for training and the Muslims, particularly the Shias do not get any access to him. Also anything that Imam Hadi (as) said or did in his life would be according to the teachings that he had received from his teacher. For further reading please click HERE.
Imam Hassan Askari (as) and fear of Allah (SWT) in His childhood
The Ahlul Bayt (as) who carries the most wisdom and knowledge of the seen and unseen are they who most fear Allah (SWT) and pass their every second in life reflecting and pondering about the most important subjects.
It is written by the scholars that once our 11th Imam, Imam Hassan Askari (as) who was still a child was standing between some other children who were playing and having fun. Suddenly a lover of the Ahlul Bayt (as) was passing by. But he was trapped with this scene that all the children were playing but a beautiful child was standing alone crying. He decided to approach this child to ask what was wrong, maybe he could help him. He said: “My dear, are you crying because you don’t have the toys other children have. If you like I can bring some toys to you.” Imam Hassan Askari (as) replied: “Do you think I’m crying for the toys. We are not created to play with toys and have fun but to worship Allah (SWT) and seek for knowledge. This lover of the Ahlul Bayt (as) asked him that how he was sure about that and the young Imam Hassan Askari (as) answered: Have you not read the verse of the Noble Qur’an which guides us saying:
“What! Did you then think that We had created you in vain and that you shall not be returned to Us?” (Noble Qur’an 23:115).
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Imam al-Mahdi (atfs); How He Guide us
There was a pious man called Syed Muhammad Jabal Amili who was traveling through the desert with a caravan of people, when he got lost. Syed Muhammad Jabal Amili searched and searched for the caravan but could not find them. It became dark as night set in. He was all alone in the hot desert, tired, hungry and frightened.
He was about to give up and prepare himself for death when he suddenly saw some water. He went to the water, drank some and then did wudhu (ablution) and offered his Salaat (prayer). After his Salaat he did not have any more strength and lay there waiting for death. For further reading please click HERE.
