HUMAN history may be seen as a record of the eternal struggle between right and wrong, virtue and vice, good and evil, and righteousness and wickedness. This struggle was decreed by God when Adam, an earthly creature, was sent to earth to engage in this eternal battle. It is through this struggle that human beings can earn their eternal bliss in the Gardens of Paradise, or their eternal punishment in the Fire. In the history of nations this ...
With my continuous chain of transmission reaching up to the Thiqat al- Islam Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, may God's good pleasure be with him, from a group of our companions, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid, from his father, from Harun ibn al-Jahm, from al-Mufaddal, from Sa'd, from Abu Ja'far, may peace be upon him, that he said: "Verily, the hearts are [of] four (kinds) the heart that has [both] faith and hypocrisy in it, the heart that ...
The following is one piece of advice offered to his sons, Imam Hasan (pbuh) and Imam Hussain (pbuh), as well as to his people, the nation and coming generations:
"I advise you to fear Allah, and not to run after (the pleasure of) the world, even if it may run after you. Do not be sorry for anything from it which you have been denied. Say the truth and act for (Allah"s) reward. Be an enemy of the oppressor, and be a helper of the oppressed."
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Eid Al-Fitr (Ramadan Eid) Prayer:
"O" Allah! Bless us in the day of our Eid and our fast breaking and let it be the best day that has passed over us. Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (PBUH) - Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyya
"O" the High and the Great [God]! "O" the Forgiving and the Merciful [God]! You are the Great Lord like whom there is nothing. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. This is the month that You have exalted, honoured, glorified, and preferred ...
The life of this world: Our passage from this world to the Hereafter is called “life”. The life in this world means the period , the length or portion of time between birth and death. Time is here never resting. There are many amusements in this world. Life of this world is a business bargain, an inevitable battle, a long series of tests, a part of Pilgrimage, an opportunity of service.
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The Almighty Allah has invited all the creatures to pay obeisance to Him in order that His Majesty may become manifest. The people can obtain numerous blessings and unlimited mercy and achieve such a position which even imagination cannot visualise. \"So no soul knows what is hidden for them of that which will refresh the eyes; a reward for what they did.\" (Surah Sajdah 32:17)
The Lord of the Worlds and the Lowly Man
The human being is a ...
Our discourse with regard to the study of the event of Karbala is now nearing its end, and its last part which cannot be dispensed with, is the sermon which the fourth Imam delivered in the precincts of Madina and in which he informed the people of Madina of what he saw during the course of this sacred rising.Imam Sajjad praised Allah and thanked Him for the extreme sufferings which he had to bear and then summarized the event of Karbala in a ...
It should be known that God, the Blessed and the Exalted, has bestowed upon us all our outward and inward faculties and bodily members and organs. He has spread out the table of bounties and beneficence throughout the inner and outer realms of our being, subjecting all of them to our power. He delivered them to us as trusts in a form wherein all of them were pure, immaculate, and free from formal and spiritual impurities. Everything that He sent ...
للٌّهُمَّ أَغْنِ كُلَّ فَقِيْرٍ
O Allāh, Enrich Every Indigent (Poor One)
The Supplicant’s All-Embracing Spirit
[Allāhumma aghni kulla…]:
One preposition employed in nearly every verse of this supplication is “kull” which means “every”. The supplicant always tries to seek the betterment of every human being. He assumes a Divine spirit throughout the invocation. Egoism no more exists. He frees himself ...
To know the conditions prevailing in Arabia before the advent of Islam we can avail ourselves of the following sources:
The Old Testament (notwithstanding all the alterations that have been made in it),
Writings of the Greeks and the Romans during the Middle Ages.
Islamic history as recorded by Muslim scholars, and
Ancient relics, which have been obtained through excavations conducted by the orientalists, which reveal facts to some ...
Conditions of Du`¡’
If the supplicant wants his du`¡’ to be accepted, s/he should meet certain conditions, which are numerated by Ahl al-Bayt (a.s) in valid books such as “Usol Al-K¡f¢”, “Mahajjat al-Bayza’ “, “Wasa’il al-Shi’a”, “Jami’ al-Ahadith al-Shi’a”, etc.
Here’s a list of such conditions without further ado:
Islamic purity like wudo (ablution), ghusl (ritual washing) and tayammum (ablution with ...
● حَدَّثَنِىْ جِبْرِيْلُ قالَ؛ يَقُوْلُ اللَّهُ تَعَالى: »لا إلهَ إلاّ اللَّهُ حِصْنِي، فَمَنْ دَخلَهُ أمِنَ مِنْ عَذابِي.
Gabriel addressed me, saying: "The Exalted God says, `There is no god but Allah is My fort. Whoever enters it, will be safe against My punishment."
● أتَاني جِبْرَئِيْلُ فَقَالَ: ...
The first of the Greater Sins is to associate anyone or anything with Allah. That is to attribute partners to Allah. Regarding Shirk we have received clear traditions from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) as well as Hazrat Ali (a.s.), Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.), Imam al-Kazim (a.s.), Imam Reza (a.s.) and Imam Jawad (a.s.).
Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) says: "The greatest of the Greater Sins is to attribute partners to Allah." (Wasaaelush Shia) ...
Different phenomena vary as to their realities. Similarly, every uprising or revolt is unique as to the truth/s underlying its eruption [and eventual success or otherwise].In order to understand a particular matter, or a state of affairs, you should know the deeper reasons underling its existing form and the characteristics that gave it that specific appearance. You should also be conscious of the material causes of that matter, or issue, i.e. ...
According to history and the Ahadith narrated from the Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT), all the Shia Imams' (PBUT) lives ended in martyrdom (1). Based on this, and considering the fact that the Holy Quran states that the martyrs are alive and prohibits Muslims from reckoning them as dead, it is concluded that our Imams (PBUT) are always alive, and even after their martyrdom, their attention towards this world is not reduced.
That is why Prophet Muhammad ...
The scene of fire! The blazing fire flames! Was still trembling in the eyes of Hasan (A.S.) Husain (A.S.) The burning door of house, the rising flames of fire Smoke engulfing the house of great ones (A.S.)A stroke hard stoke of enemy on the door The door in flames falling on Zahra (A.S.) Breaking her ribs and wounding her body The blood Alas! Flowing from wounds of her bodyA stroke with the handle of sword on her side Gave deep, deep wound! And ...
Imam Al-Mahdi (as) and opponents: The dialectic of complementarity and contradiction
Ali. H. Al-Hakim, Institute of Islamic Studies - London
Since ancient times, two forces have been struggling to gain control over the globe; the forces of good and evil. The struggle between these two poles will continue until the Day of Judgment. However, this point may appear controversial and should, therefore, be fully discussed and concretely established ...
A fat man wanted to be slim, his friend advised him to buy an electronic treadmill, so he bought it. Everyday he touches it with care, looks with wonder, cleans it, but never exercise.
After a month, his friend asked him about the weight reduction, "How much weight did you loose in one month?"
He replied, "I didn't loose any weight at all."
His friend wondered, "How could it happen?"
He replied, "I didn't exercise at all."
His friend ...
1. --Our Knowledge-- Wasted by not taking action with it. 2. --Our Actions-- Wasted by committing them with out sincerity. 3. --Our Wealth-- Wasted by using on things that will not bring us ajr. We waste our money, our status, our authority, on things which have no benefit in this life or in akhirah. 4. --Our Hearts-- Wasted because they are empty from the love of Allah, and the feeling of longing to go to Him, and a feeling ...
