The Immaculate Imams of the Ahl ul-Bayt (a) preceded everyone else in the fields of virtue and perfection and won the loftiest honor of lineage and ranks. They were brought up in the houses of the Prophet's successor, grew up under the shadow of the divine mission, and received the facts and principles of Islam from their great grandfather, and, hence, became the heirs of his knowledge, keepers of his wisdom, protectors of his code, and his ...
After the death of Ima`m Mu`sa` al-Ka`zim, peace be on him, Imam Reza(A.S.) traveled to Basrah in order to produce evidence in support of his Ima`mate and in order to disprove the vague errors of those who deviated from the truth. He stopped at the house of al-Hasan b. Mohammed al-'Alawi and held in it a session for a group of the Muslims among whom was 'Amru` b. Hadda`b, who deviated from the members of the House (ahl al-Bayt ), peace be on ...
The topic of discussion was the issue of Imam al-Reza’s heir-apparency. We said in the previous session that there are a series of historical facts and a series of doubtful ones. Even historians like Jurji Zaydan have clearly stated that the policies of Bani al-‘Abbas were confidential and they rarely let their political secrets be exposed and, therefore, their true intentions remain unknown in history.What is definite and unquestionable is, ...
This Great Lady was the only daughter of the Holy Prophet (saww) and Hazrat Khadijah. She was born in Makkah on Friday, 20th Jamdi-ul-Akhar in the 5th year after the declaration of Prophethood (615 AD).She was married to the great personality, the First Imam, Imam Ali (as). The marriage ceremony took place on Friday, 1st Zilhajj 2 AH.As a daughter, she loved her parents very much. As a wife, she was very devoted. As a mother, she cared for and ...
Imam Ali ibn Husayn Zainul Abedin(A.S.), the fourth Shia Holy Imam and the eldest son of Imam Hussain (A.S.) was born in the holy city of Madinah on the 5th day of the month of Shaban in the year 38 Hijrah. On the Auspicious and Solemn occasions of the Birthday Anniversary of the "Great Saviors of Islam" We extend our Joyous and Happy Greetings and Felicitations to all the followers and lovers of Holy Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) in the world.
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Biography
Name : Al-HasanTitle : Al-AskariAgnomen : Abu Muhammad.Father's name : Ali al-Hadi ( An Naqi )Mother's name : Hadithah ( or Susan )Birth : In Madina, on Friday, 8th Rabi'uth Thani 232 AH (846 A.D).Death : Died at the age of 28, in Samarah, on Friday the eighth Rabi-ul-Awwal 260 A.H. ( 873 A.D.) buried in Samarah
The Holy Imam Hasan al-Askari spent twenty two years of his life under the patronage of his father, Imam Ali al-Hadi (an ...
To throw light upon the odorous memories and to work perseveringly for obtaining the items of such memories; these two things cast on souls good manners, virtues, and acquaintance with the conducts of the past personalities who were characterized by high merits, piety, righteousness, and ...
The great peacemaker, Imam of the Time, Hazrat Mahdi (AJ), Al-Qaim of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Household, describes his uncle, Abbas (A.S) as follows:"Peace be unto Abulfazl, Abbas Ibn Amir Al-Mo'menan, the great sympathizer of his brother who sacrificed his life for him in the way of Allah; who selected tomorrow's spiritual gains from the day before; who was a devotee to his brother and protected him; the great man whose hands were cut off when ...
Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj said: Abu'1 Hasan Musa al-Kazim(A.S.) sent me the testament of Imam Ali(A.S.). It is as follows:
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful This is what Ali ibn Abi Talib (A.S.) recommends. He professes that there is no deity except Allah, the one and companionless; and that Muhammad (S.A.W.) is His servant and His Messenger. He sent him with clear guidance and rightful religion so that he would overcome ...
Once Imam Ali (s) heard someone saying, “I ask Allah to forgive me”. He said to him, ‘Woe unto you! Do you know what “asking for forgiveness” is? Asking for forgiveness is the position of “illiyeen”.[1] It includes six meanings; the first is to feel contrition for what one has committed before; the second is to determine not to commit it again forever; the third is to give people their rights until meeting Allah with no ...
Ali Ibn Musa ar-Rida (Peace be Upon him) Name: Ali Title: ar-Rida Agnomen: Abu 'l-Hasan Father's name: Musa al-Kazim Mother's name: Ummu 'l-Banin Najmah Birth: In Medina, on Thursday,11th Dhu 'I-qi'dah 148 AH Death: Died at the age of 55, in Mashhad (Khurasan), on Tuesday, 17th .Safar 203 AH; poisoned by al-Ma'mun, the 'Abbasid caliph; buried in Mashhad, Iran Imam Ali ar-Rida was brought up under the holy guidance of his father for ...
1- Piety, concealment of the good actions, steadfastness against disasters, and suppression of the misfortunes are within the treasures of Paradise.
2- The best friend is good mannerism. It is the title of the believers' record books.
3-The true abstinent in this world is he whose tolerance is not overcome by the ill-gotten matters and whose gratitude is not engaged by the legal gotten matters.
4- Imam Ali(A.S.) wrote to Abdullah ibn Abbas: ...
On the 18th of Thul-Hijja, during the Pilgrimage of Farewell that the Prophet (p) performed, along with his best companion, Imam Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (p) received a revelation from Gabriel: “O Messenger! Deliver what has been revealed to you from your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His message, and Allah will protect you from the people; surely Allah will not guide the unbelieving people” (5:67), at Ghadir ...
Short wonderful maxims were reported on the authority of Ima`m Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), peace be on him. They are full of noble morals and are useful. The following maxims are some of them.1. He, peace be on him, said: "If you can deal with anyone and do him a favor, do that."2. He, peace be on him, said: "Flatter the hypocrite with your tongue. Make your love sincere to the believer. When a Jew associates with you, associate well with him.
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Abu Sa'id Mansur bin Hussein Abi (422 A.H.) writes thus in his book entitled Nathrud Durar that Ahnaf bin Qays says: "One day I went to see Muawiyah. He had on a wonderful dinner carpet. He brought all sorts of hot, cold, sweet, and sour foods for me. I was wonderstruck. Later, as ordered by him, another dish of a different kind of food was brought in.I tried my best to find out what it was but did not succeed. I, therefore, enquired about it ...
Youth season Abbas was with Amiralmomenin, Imam Hassan and Imam Hossein since his birth, and had enjoyed the spring of their knowledge and virtue. Abbas lived with Ali (a.s.) for fourteen years, when Ali (a.s.) was struggling with the enemies. Abbas participated in some of the battles. At 12 years old, he was brave, fearless and hero, and at the same age, he could cope with the champions and warriors. Ali (a.s.) did not let him, as well as Imam ...
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) recommended Imam Ali (p.b.u.h) with maxims and decencies to be not specially for Imam Ali (p.b.u.h), but to be a guide and method for all Muslims...here, we choose only some passages from those recommendations and not all of their texts.1. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said to Imam Ali (p.b.u.h),
"O Ali, from certainty is that you should not please anyone by displeasing Allah, or praise anyone for what Allah has given to you, or ...
Fatimah (peace be upon her) is a bright student in the school of Islam. She takes lesson from her father as the best teacher: the lesson of humanity, morality, devotion, generosity, purity, benevolence, restraining her anger, serving people, etc. And her father, who found her ready tried to construct her character. He would try to teach her as much as possible, each of them separately is the lesson of life for her and the women community.He ...
According to prominent rights campaigner Ebtisam Al-Saegh, Ali was briefly treated by a medical professional and given medication to prevent a further deterioration of her ...
In memory of the demise of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) and his -grand child -Imam Hassan's (peace be upon him) on 28th day of Safar... Historians mentioned that the generous prophet (peace be upon him) called one of his followers in the last days of Safar and asked him to join him to Al Baqeea. He told him: I have been ordered to ask for absolution for people of al Baqeea, so come with me tonight. At night they walked out together and ...
