The Prophet as the founder of Islam and the messenger of God's revelation to mankind is the interpreter par excellence of the Book of God; and his Hadith and Sunnah, his sayings and actions, are after the Quran, the most important sources of the Islamic tradition. In order to understand the sig- nificance of the Prophet it is not sufficient to study, from the outside historical texts pertaining to his life. One must view him also from within the ...
Name: FatimahFather: Imam Musa al Kazim (AS)Mother: Najma MaghrbiyyahBrother: Imam Ridha (AS)Title: Ma'soomahDate of Birth: 1st Zilqadah 173 A.H.Date of Death: 10th Rabiul-thani 201 A.H.From the children of the seventh Imam Hazrat Fatimah Ma'soomah bint Musa ibn Jafar (AS) has a special position after Imam Ridha (AS).Due to her faith, virtuousness and training under the guardianship of Imamate she reached such a position that the Ma’soom ...
Husain’s Eighteen Year old Soldier Most Revered Ali Akbar (‘a) ("Daulat koi dunya mein pisar se nahin behtar") No greater wealth than your children in this world No greater peace than their peace in this world just as no better flavor than a freshly picked fruit Or the fragrance of a rose with dew in its swirls Soothing your troubled heart, they make you whole They are your comfort, they calm your troubled soul Ask a master of the loss of a ...
Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said: soon a lady by the name Fatimah from my family will be buried in Qum. Heaven becomes obligatory on one who visits her.
Imam Radha (A.S.) said: One who visits her will be granted Heaven.
Imam Jawad (A.S.) said: that one who visits my Aunt in Qum will be granted ...
Forty Traditions from Imam Mahdi (A.S.)
1. "I am the Mahdi. I am the Qaem of the time" (Bihar V.52 p.2)
2. "I am the one who will fill it (the earth with justice as it would be full of tyranny". (Bihar, V.52, P.2).
3. "I am the reminder of Allah in His earth". (Bihar, V.52, p 24)
4. "I am the avenger from His enemies". (Bihar, v.52, p.24)
5. "I am the seal of successors". (Bihar, V.52, p.30)
6. And through me shall Allah, the Mighty and ...
Martyr Ayatullah Murtuda MutahhariWhat is the reason for the friendship and love for 'Ali in people's hearts? Nobody has yet discovered the secret of this love, that is, no-one has been able to formulate it, and say that if it were like this then that would follow, or if it were like that then this would happen. However it does of course have a secret. There is something in the love which dazzles the one who loves and draws him towards it. This ...
Imam (A.S.) was a child when his father passed away but he never happened to commit the child like acts and even one day one of his friends purchased the game items in the age (period) of his father and took it to his house.
Imam (A.S.) was extremely annoyed with him and said, "What do I have to do with these? We are a family of Knowledge and Virtue."
One year after the martyrdom of Imam Reza (A.S.) Mamoon was proceeding for hunting along ...
"Ahlulbayt" literally means "People of the House" ('Ahl' means "people", while 'bayt' means "house"). Its meaning in context of Islamic vernacular is "members of the household of the Prophet". The Ahlulbayt are one of the two most important sources of Islamic guidance after the demise of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP). The holy Qur'an, when referring to them, states:
" . . . . Verily Allah intends to keep off from you every kind of ...
Mr. Sheikh Ali Vaeli is a famous orator, great historian eminent Shi'ite scholar from Iraq who had lived in exile since last twenty years due to the oppression Saddam.In the year 1997, he was inflicted with the cancer in his neck, so he went to London for treatment. The time of his treatment coincided with the month just before Muharram-al-Haram, just before the time when he was always lecturing and preaching in the Masajids and Hussainiyahs in ...
There was a great Shia’h Scholar in the days of our tenth holy Imam al-Hadi (as). Once a Nasibi (a person who curses the Ahlul-Bayt) had a debate with this scholar and the scholar defeated him through Quranic verses and Prophetic traditions.One day this scholar came into a gathering, which consisted mostly of Sayyids and people of Banu Hashim; and Imam al-Hadi (A.S.) was also present. In the centre of that gathering, Imam (A.S.) was seated and ...
On 10th of the Islamic month of Rabi as-Sani in 201 AH, Hazrat Fatema al-Ma’soumah (peace upon her), the venerable daughter of Imam Musa Kazem (AS) – the 7th Infallible Successor of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) – succumbed to the wounds she suffered 17 days earlier when her caravan was attacked near Saveh, and attained martyrdom in the city of Qom, at the young age of 28 years. She was on her way from her hometown Medina to Merv in Khorasan to ...
The distinguished book entitled "al-Ghadir" has raised a huge wave in the world of Islam. Islamic thinkers shed light on the book in different perspectives; in literature, history, theology, tradition, tafsir, and sociology. From the social perspective we can deal with the Islamic unity. In this review the Islamic unity has been dealt with from a social point of view.
Contemporary Muslim thinkers and reformists are of the view that unity ...
On the first of Dhi al-Qa’dah in 173 AH, the city of Medina was enlightened by the birth of Hadrat Fatimah Ma’soomah (A.S.)(1). She was born to Imam Moosa ibn Ja’far (A.S.) and her mother, Najmah.Hadrat Fatimah Masumah (A.S.) was the second and last child of Najmah, after her older brother, Imam Ali ibn Moosa al-Reza (A.S.). In fact, after Imam Reza (A.S.), she has the highest status and position amongst the children of Imam Moosa ...
Following the course of his forefathers, Imam Mu-sa- al-Ka-dhim paid great attention to the question of recording the religious knowledge and safeguarding such recordations in general and the Book of Imam `Ali- in particular. However, the recording of the Hadi-th during the age of the Imam took another form. The Imam, from behind the bars of al-Rashi-d’s jail, had to use the form of the secret correspondence that he sent to his disciples ...
Imam Reza(A.S.) was given a group of noble nicknames. Each nickname represented one of his noble qualities. The following are some of them:
1. Al-RezaThe historians and narrators have differed over the person who gave this exalted nickname to the Holy Imam(A.S.),to the extent that it has prevailed him and become a name through which he is recognized. The following are some of the statements:Some narrators believe that it was Ima`m Musa ...
Imam Muhammad Taqi al-Jawad (A.S.) the Ninth Infallible Imam of the Shiite Muslims and the Greatest Miracle of his age who enriched and expanded the Islamic thought and Shari'a during the period of his Imamat which lasted for seventeen years.Imam al-Jawad (A.S.) was exiled to Baghdad from Madinah by the ruling Abbasid caliph and stayed in Baghdad until in the year 220 A.H. when he was martyred in Baghdad by poisoning on 29th Zee al-Qa'dah 220 ...
Peace Unto to the Impeccable Lady Hadrat Zainab (SA),
By: Seyyed Ali ShahbazPeace be upon you, O' (Grand) Daughter of the Chief of Prophets,Peace be upon you, O' Daughter of the Leader of the Pious.Peace be upon you, O' Daughter of the Commander of the faithful,Peace be upon you, O' (Grand)Daughter of Muhammad (SAWA), the Chosen (al-Mustafa),Peace be upon you, O' Daughter of Ali (AS), the Content (with the decree of Allah, i.e. ...
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Imam Hussein went to Mecca and stayed there for four months. He visited different groups and wrote a lot of letters to Kufa, Basra, and to individuals. He went on a pilgrimage to Kaba and he visited the tombs of diseased predecessors; he went to the Abou Talib Cemetery and visited the graves of his great grandfather, Abou Talib (A.S.), and his great grandmother, Khadijeh (S.A.). He said his prayers right there.When he ...
By:Ayatullah Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi LariThe Rank of Imam Ali (A.S.) as Indicated in the Sayings of The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) It was not only at Ghadir Khumm that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, proclaimed 'Ali, peace be upon him, to be the leader of the Muslims and his successor, officially and in the presence of the people. In the third year of his mission, when he was commanded to proclaim his prophethood ...
Two types of permission from Imam al-Husayn (as)
With recourse to history, we come to know that Imam al-Husayn (as) gave two types of permission to his companions.
A. General permission
Imam al-Husayn (as) addressed his companions in a general way,
«أمّا بعد؛ فانّي لا اعلم اصحاباً اوفی ولا خيراً من اصحابي، ولا اهل بيت ابرّ واوصل من اهل بيتي، فجزاکم الله ...
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