The first celebrative Islamic occasion of the glorious month of Shabaan is the birth-anniversary of our 3rd Infallible Imam and the 3rd descendant of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) The second star of Hazrat Ali (A.S) and Janabe Fatema Zehra (S.A) enlightened Madina-e-Munawwara a year after the birth of Hazrat Hasan (A.S). Imam Husain (A.S) the Imam through 9 more descendants of his holy grandfather was about to be followed, was born already after 6 ...
Imamat:The Tenth Holy Imam(A.S.) like his father , was also elevated to the rank of Imam in his childhood . He was six years old when his father Imam Muhammad al-Jawad was martyred.Imam Tortured by Abbasid Caliphs:After the death of al - Ma'mun , al - Mu`tasim succeeded him , and was later followed by the caliph al - Wathiq . In the first five years of the reign of al - Wathiq , Imam Ali al - Hadi ( an - Naqi ) lived peacefully . After al - ...
byMartyr Ayatullah Murtuda MutahhariWhat we have said so far has shed light on the value and influence of love, and it has incidentally become clear that love for the pure ones is a means for the reform and refinement of the soul, not that it is an end in itself. Now we must see whether Islam and the Qur' an have chosen someone we should love or not. When the Qur' an relates what the previous prophets have said, it points out that they have all ...
The Ziyarah Of Al-WarithIbn Qawlawayh, in his book titled ‘al-Mazar’ records the following on the authority of Safwan: عن كتاب المزار لابن قولويه قال: I asked Imam as-Sadiq, peace be upon him, to permit me to visit (the holy tomb of) my master Imam al-Husayn, peace be upon him, and also asked him to guide me what to do. The Imam said to me: استأذنت الإمام الصادق، عليه ...
The Shias are criticized for saying that the Prophet Muhammad (s) had recommended that the Imamate and the caliphate were for Ali and his sons (a), and that the Prophet's Companions had opposed his testament.
THE ANSWER Among both Shias and Sunnis it has been established that the Prophet (s) had appointed Ali to be the Caliph and Imam after him. At the Well of Khum (Ghadir Khum), he proclaimed Ali to be his successor in the presence of groups ...
21:16 Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between! 30:8 Do they not reflect in their own minds? Not but for just ends and for term appointed, did God create the heavens and the earth, and all them: yet are there truly many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at the Resurrection)! 38:27 Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and all between! That were the thought of Unbelievers! But ...
Imam Sadiq (a.s.): It is your duty to adorn yourselves with the favours of morality as the Glorious God likes it and to keep away from immorality as the Almighty Allah is against it.Man is a being that has the best ability to reach the peak of perfection. It is an entity that has begun its upward journey from nothing or point of zero or nothingness and which moves ahead toward the point of endlessness and never will its journey toward perfection ...
O you, brave young men! You, who represent the powerful arms of Islam! You, who have assisted and rescued It devotedly! Why do I see this indifference and this carelessness of yours, in front of my rightful claim?!What is this negligence [nonchalance] from your part, in front of the unjust ice [wrong.] that is being done against my person?!Was it not in fact my father, the prophet who had said: “To respect the child, is to respect the ...
Imam Hasan al-Askari(A.S.) the eleventh holy Imam of the Shi'ites in the world was martyred by poisoning by the Abbasid caliph on 8th Rabi al-Awwal 260 A.H. and was buried beside his holy father Imam Ali un-Naqi al-Hadi(A.S.) in the city of Samarrah(Iraq).On the sad and grievous occasion of the Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Hasan Askari(A.S.) we extend our Heartfelt Grief and Condolences to all the lovers of the Holy Ahlul Bayt(A.S.) and all the ...
The Meaning of ImamImam or leader is the title given to a person who takes the lead in a community in a particular social movement or political ideology or scientific or religious form of thought. Naturally, because of his relation to the people he leads, he must conform his actions to their capabilities in both important and secondary matters.As is clear from the preceding chapters, the sacred religion of Islam takes into consideration and ...
The Farewell PilgrimageTen years after the migration (hijrah), the Messenger of Allah [peace and blessings be upon him and his Progeny] ordered to his close followers to call all the people in different places to join him in his last pilgrimage. On this pilgrimage he taught them how to perform the pilgrimage in a correct and unified form.This was first time that the Muslims with this magnitude gathered in one place in the presence of their ...
By: ABNA’s Reporter Zaynab Shah Ali
Q- According to your opinion, what kind of main characteristics of Hazarat Ali’s personality made him popular?
A- Bismillah ir-Rahman, ir-Rahim,I admire Imam Ali (peace be upon him) for his great works, his righteousness, his courage and his patience.
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) has given us so many revelations, speeches and books with information about all aspects in daily ...
After the battle of Jamal was over, Imam Ali (A.S.) returned from Basra to Kufa in Rajab of 36 A.H. He decided to transfer the capital of his government to Kufa from Madina because it was more centrally placed in the Muslim Empire, and he could halt Muawiya's progress into Iraq. Before marching towards Muawiya, Imam Ali (A.S.) tried to settle matters peacefully by sending Jarir, chief of Bani Bajila and the governor of Hamdan, to Syria as an ...
According to several traditions, the Qur’an and the Household of the Holy Prophet too will intercede on the Day of Judgment. The Holy Prophet said: “I intercede on the Day of Judgment and my intercession is accepted and Ali will intercede and his intercession is accepted, my Household will interceded and their intercession is accepted as well.”He also said: there are five intercessors: “The Qur’an, your ...
Prophets and MiraclesDivine Prophets have always been sent with clear signs, so that men might be convinced that they had come from God. For this reason those who have souls like polished mirrors and like clear transparent springs, glistening and pure so that they can recognize these signs commit themselves and have faith; like the magicians of Pharaoh's time who, when they saw the amazing miracle of Musa (A.S.), how the staff became a poisonous ...
The whole town of Medina was humming with activity. People from all parts of the town were looking into the street of the Hashimites where a caravan was getting ready for a journey. The elders of the town were talking to each other in hushed tones, recalling the words of the Prophet, that a day will dawn when his beloved grandson Husain (as) would leave Medina with his sons, brothers, nephews and kinsmen never to return. There was sadness on the ...
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Lutfullah as-Safi al-GulpayganiQUESTION: As everyone knows, one of the titles of the Mahdi (may Allah hasten his return) is "Al-Qa'im" (The Riser). A tradition has been related regarding the reason for his being given this title that requires contemplation, since it apparently indicates that this title was given because that personage will reappear after death. Yet we have over approximately one thousand traditions ...
God Almighty was a hidden gem. His Providence had decided to create a human creature on Earth, who would be His rightful heir. So, to show His Might and Power, and to create the most noble creature who would be Histrustful servant, and the trustee of His Knowledge, He created the five" Holy Ones ". Among these five Holy creatures on the Heavenly plane, Hazratê Fâtemeyeh Zahra was the most beautiful creation among all the other ...
Today, in the thirty-sixth episode of our series, we focus on the events which happened in the days immediately after the tragic events of Ashura, that is, the 10th of Moharram in the year 61 AH. In particular, we look at the role in spreading the message of Imam Husain (AS) by his sister Hazrat Zainab’s (SA). Despite the fact that the granddaughter of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) was taken captive by Omayyads, along with children and ...
The fourth month of the Islamic calendar coincides with one of the reported dates of birth of the eleventh Shi'i Imam, Imam Hasan al-Askari (a). Ambiguities concerning the life of the Imam extend not only to relatively meagre issues like historical dates, but unfortunately, much of his life - just as with his noble father, Imam Ali al-Hadi (as) and Grandfather, Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (as) -has been lost to history, and veiled from his lovers and ...
