Piety And Good Deeds

Abel and Cain offered sacrifices to God but He accepted Abel’s sacrifice while He rejected the other. In this relation, God says: “Allah only accepts from those who guard (against evil).” [1] 18) Piety And Nearness To God About the honor people have with God, He says: “O you men! Surely We have created you of a male and female , and made you tribes and families that you may know each other; surely the most honorable of you with ...

( 2022-04-13 10:07:38 )

Welcoming the month of Shaban

Imam Ali (A.S) once saw some Muslims arguing among themselves on the topic of fate and destiny, on the first day of Shaban. He discouraged them from their preoccupation and instead drew their attention to the merits of this month.He said that the Lord had called it Shaban because His favors and bounties were scattered (shaban) all over during it. Allah presents His great bounties in this month which are easy to achieve, and inexpensive, said ...

( 2022-04-13 06:00:58 )

THE ACTIVITIES FOR MONTH OF SHABAN

Imam mentions two important activities of Prophet in the month of Shaban; fasting and engaging in worships. About fasting in this month, there are many Ahadith that encourage the wakeful heart. About the fast in the Shaban Imam Reza has said, عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام و الخصال بسندهِ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ...

( 2022-04-13 04:00:06 )

Wealth in the Empty Hands

As an example an incident is quoted from the book "Faraz Baadashshuda": A rich businessman says, 'I was travelling for Hajj and had 3000 dinars and gold and silver ornaments with me. I had tied them up in a bag attached to my cummerbund. But I dropped this bag when I went to answer the call of nature. I had proceeded many miles further, when I realized my bag was missing. I had a lot of wealth so I did not find it imperative to go back and look ...

( 2022-04-13 02:59:35 )

Tawakkul means entrusting all the matters to their Master

...Muhammad ibn Ya'qub (al-Kulayni): from a group of our teachers, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid, from more than one transmitter, from 'Ali ibn Asbat, from Ahmad ibn 'Umar al-Hallal, from 'Ali ibn Suwayd, from Abu al-Hasan al-'Awwal (A). 'Ali ibn Suwayd says: "I asked him concerning the utterance of God Almighty, 'And whoever puts his trust in God, then God suffices him' (65:3). The Imam (A) said: 'There are various degrees of trust in ...

( 2022-04-12 11:48:59 )

Rights of the Relatives and the Ease in Reckoning

The Creator of the Universe, Almighty Allah remarks in the Holy Quran: "Certainly Allah orders equity, kindness (to people) and the giving (of what they need) to the relatives." (Surah Nahl 16:90) In Surah Raad is the following verse: "And those who join that which Allah has bidden to be joined and have awe of their Lord and fear the evil reckoning." (Surah Raad 13:21) The expression 'reckoning' in this Ayat denotes the accounting of ...

( 2022-04-12 08:46:26 )

Good (ones) and do not devourtheir property (as an addition)

The eighth among the Greater Sins is to usurp the property of an orphan who has not attained maturity. This is categorized as a Greater sin by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.), Imam Ali (a.s.), Imam Reza (a.s.), Imam Kazim (a.s.) and Imam Taqi (a.s.). It is a sin, the punishment of which is fixed by Allah to be the fire of Hell. The Quran says, "(As for) those who swallow the property of the orphans unjustly, surely they only swallow fire into ...

( 2022-04-12 07:45:41 )

The Desirable and the Forbidden Contemplation on the Divine Essence

It should be known that what we said about the possibility of contemplation on the Essence, the Names and the Attributes may lead the ignorant to imagine that it is forbidden in accordance with certain riwayat, knowing not that that which is forbidden is to attempt to fathom the quality and depths of the Essence, as is clear from the traditions.' [5] Sometimes those who are not capable of such (otherwise desirable) contemplation are also ...

( 2022-04-12 06:45:28 )

The Doyen of the Martyrs

The Doyen of the Martyrs Imam Husain (A.S), the Doyen of the Martyrs,the second child of Imam Ali(A.S.) and Hadrat Fatimah(A.S.), was born in the year 4 AH, and after the martyrdom of his elder brother, Imam Hasan(A.S.), became his successor.Imam Husain(A.S.) was Imam for 10 years which was mostly during the reign of Muawiyah, except the last 6 month which coincided with the reign of Yazid.Imam Husain(A.S.) lived under the most difficult ...

( 2022-04-11 09:35:20 )

Strives to fulfill the needs of a believing brother

His own needs are fulfilled It must be known that one who strives to fulfill the needs of a believing brother or wards off oppression from an oppressed soul, apart from the rewards of the Hereafter he is also bestowed honour in this world and his own needs are fulfilled. We have many traditions to prove this, however we shall mention only one such incident. The esteemed scholar, Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Khalid Al Barqi who was present in the ...

( 2022-04-11 02:31:49 )

A Meeting with Imam Khumayni

Robin Woodsworth Carlsen met Imam Khumayni during his third visit to Iran since the Islamic Revolution. Earlier he had written two books on Iran, the first, Crisis in Iran: A Microcosm of the Cosmic Play, after his visit following the capture of the US spy-den in Tehran by the Muslim students, and Seventeen Days in Tehran: Revolution, Evolution and Ignorance (1980) after his second visit. His third book about revolutionary Iran, The Imam ...

( 2022-04-11 01:30:46 )

Husayni Revolution

It is a historically foregone conclusion that Imam Hussein (a.s.) was fully aware of the fact that his opposition to the Ummayyad policy and the strong stance he took against it would only lead to his martyrdom in the way of Allah, whether he remained in the city of Medina, Mecca or any other city. But he wanted his martyrdom to have an impact on the life of the ummah as wide and great as the personal reward, comfort and eternal pleasure of ...

( 2022-04-10 20:28:11 )

Repentance of the people of Younus (A.S)

Sa’eed bin Jubayr and a group of interpreters say when mentioning the story of the people of Prophet Younus (Jonah) (s), ‘The people of Prophet Younus (s) lived in a land called Nineveh in Mosul (in Iraq). They abstained from believing in Prophet Younus (s) who had invited them to believe in Allah and monotheism and to refrain from committing sins. He invited them for thirty-three years but no one believed in him except two persons; one was ...

( 2022-04-10 19:25:39 )

Human Rights group condemns Nigerian army’s detention of 'Sheikh Zakzaky', Buhari must not lend its weight to lawless acts of ab

- A human rights group, Access to Justice, has accused the Nigerian army of undermining the Constitution by its continued detention of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Shaikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, his wife Malama Zeenatudden and tens of of his followers.In a statement issued Sunday, the group said more than one month after the Army's brutal attack on peaceful and un-armed Islamic Movement's members in Kaduna‎, the army are still ...

( 2022-04-10 18:25:09 )

Dua of the13th day of Ramadan

O Allah, on this day,
purify me from uncleanliness and dirt,
make me patient over events that are decreed,
grant me the ability to be pious,
and keep company with the good,
by Your help, O the beloved of the destitute

( 2022-04-10 04:16:47 )

Consequences of Unlawful Money in One’s Life

Lavishness 2. The Difficulty of HappinessOne, whose prayers are not heard, because of his lavish lifestyle, cannot easily gain happiness. 3. Consequences for Next GenerationsPeople, who accept unlawful money, make their lives and raise their children with it, cannot raise good children either. Such children are born and raised with unlawful money and food, and there is no place for them but the Hell. 4. Inability to Reach to a High ...

( 2022-04-10 00:15:01 )

The Love of Ahl-ul-Bayt (A.S.)

The correctness of prayer depends on the Faith in the Twelve Imams (as). Any prayer without this belief is futile. In fact any amount of prayer without the love for the Ahl-ul-Bayt of the Prophet has negative effects. Bin Babawiyah narrates from Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq (as) that when a person goes for accounting of his deeds on the Day of Judgement, he will first have to attest his Faith in the Wilayeth of the Imams (as) before he accounts for ...

( 2022-04-09 15:09:58 )

Should not impose unbearable commands

Just as it is Wajib for the children to respect, honour and fulfill the rights of their parents, it is incumbent upon the mother and the father to fulfill the rights, which the children have upon them. If the parents do not fulfill these rights, it would amount to Qate Rahmi (cutting off the relationships). Since children are the closest to parents it is a must to refrain from Qate Rahmi with them, and Qate Rahmi is a great sin, as would ...

( 2022-04-09 10:07:57 )

The Significance of Prayer

Know that freedom from other preoccupations for the sake of absorption in worship (`ibadah) is obtainable through possessing unoccupied time and an unoccupied heart. And this is one of the most important points regarding worship, without which the presence of heart cannot be realized, and a worship performed without an attentive heart is devoid of value. That which brings about attentiveness of the heart consists of two matters. The first of ...

( 2022-04-09 08:05:36 )

Fourth Argument: Revelation of Verse on Stoning to Death and Equal Retaliation

Some Sunni scholars say the reason behind the revelation of the Verse of Proclamation is: God commanded His Messenger to announce whatever sent upon him on stoning to death and equal retaliation. Since the Jews wanted to be exempted from the rules on stoning to death and equal retaliation mentioned in the Old Testament, they sent someone to the Prophet (PBUH) to ask his opinion about these two rules. Gabriel appeared to the Prophet (PBUH) and ...

( 2022-04-07 23:44:05 )