The promised Mahdi, who is usually mentioned by his title of Imam-i 'Asr (the Imam of the "Period") and Sahib al-Zaman (the Lord of the Age), is the son of the eleventh Imam. His name is the same as that of the Holy Prophet. He was born in Samarrah in 256/868 and until 260/872 when his father was martyred, lived under his father’s care and tutelage. He was hidden from public view and only a few of the elite among the Shi'ah were able to ...
For the Sunni brothers, there are six major collections of traditions based on the Sunni standards for verifying the authenticity of a tradition. These six books are: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sahih al-Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud, and Sahih al-Nisa'i.
I just quote few traditions from these six books to prove that a knowledgeable Sunni brother/sister can NOT deny that: al-Mahdi (AS) will come in the last days to make a ...
Shaikh Mufeed has narrated through his chain of transmitters, that Imam Ja'far as Sadiq (a.s.) said, that when Imam Husain (a.s.) left Madina, a group of Angels, having distinct marks, met him on the way.(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - They carried swords in their hands and had mounted the horses of Paradise. They came to Imam, saluted him and said, "O Allah's Proof (Hujjah) upon the creatures after your Grandfather, Father and ...
mam Ali's (AS) last will to his sons Imam Hasan (AS) and Imam Hussain (AS) after the attempt on his life by a stab from Ibn Muljam:
(Bayt Agency) - My advice to you is to be conscious of Allah and steadfast in your religion. Do not yearn for the world, and do not be seduced by it. Do not resent anything you have missed in it. Proclaim the truth; work for the next world. Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.
I advise you, and all ...
Imam Ali's (AS) last will to his sons Imam Hasan (AS) and Imam Hussain (AS) after the attempt on his life by a stab from Ibn Muljam:
My advice to you is to be conscious of Allah and steadfast in your religion. Do not yearn for the world, and do not be seduced by it. Do not resent anything you have missed in it. Proclaim the truth; work for the next world. Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.
I advise you, and all my children, my ...
In the name of God the Compassionate the Merciful
It is more than three hundred years that the Islamic world is dealing with the colonizing wolves who plunder their overflowing mines and kill thousands of men, women and children in cold blood and unfortunately instead of evicting the colonizers and paying attention to their own, the governments of the Islamic regions are slaves and agents of the colonialism helping the process of plundering of ...
Supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini appear to be in control of the Iranian capital, Tehran, tonight.
Only 10 days since Khomeini's triumphant return to Iran from exile in Paris, the army has returned to barracks and given up the fight to defend the old regime.
Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar, brought in by the Shah only last month in an effort to win back popular support, has resigned and disappeared.
Iran radio is reporting rumours he has ...
Ima`m Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), peace be on him, had carried out his immortal message: he had spread knowledge and Islamic manners among people. Then Allah chose him to be His neighbor. He wanted him to enjoy the shade of His mercy and His gardens. He wanted him to be happy through meeting his grandfathers, whopassed the methods of justice and fairness in the earth.
The Imam announced his own Death.The Ima`m felt the approach of his certain ...
Since the Holy Quran is Allah's words and the Prophet of Islam's (P.B.U.H) miracle, Muslims show the special respect to it even at the advent of Islam. According to the verses of Quran, recommendations and narrations of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H), Muslims have been observing some special rules and terms in regards to recite the heavenly book that there hasn't had any previous record like that yet. This kind of reciting the Holy Quran, has become ...
The Imam after the commander of the faithful, Hazrat-e Ali, Peace be upon him, was his son, Al-Hassan, the son of Fatima, Daughter of Mohammad, the Lord of Messengers, May God bless him and his pure family.His epithet was Abu Mohammad and he was born in Medina in the month of Ramadhan three years after Hijra (624 A.H.). At the age of 7, the infallible Imam (AS) lost his honorable grandfather, Hazrat-e Mohammad (p.b.u.h) and his holy mother, ...
Martyrdom of Imam Zayn al-Abidin(A.S.)
Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn, the Fourth Shia Holy Imam famous as Zayn al-Abidin and Sayyid-i Sajjad was martyred by poisoning on 25th Moharram in the year 95 A.H. at Madinah city and is buried at Baqi cemetery near his uncle Imam Hasan (A.S.). On this tragic and sad occasion we extend our Heartfelt Condolences to the millions strong Islamic Ummah and all the lovers of Holy Ahlul Bayt(A.S.) in the world.
Imam ...
The Secretariat General of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine established an expansion plan to collect the ancient heritage of Kerbala and Najaf through collaborating with prominent libraries and scholarly personal in Iran.
For this reason, a delegate from the Intellectual and Ideological Division headed to Iran to coordinate and negotiate with leading scholarly researchers such as Sayyed Mohammed Ridha El-Gilali, Sayyed Ali El-Milani, and Sayyed ...
Tower Hamlets councilor Rabina Khan, recently nominated "Hero of the Year" in the European Diversity Awards, has slammed anti-Muslim attacks against the borough and defended its diversity and integration.
Khan said that distorted media coverage and damaging comments from powerful politicians help build a negative image of the Muslim community in Tower Hamlets, an image that she has been struggling to change.She said: "If you watch Theresa ...
Our Holy Qur'an is a universal book that covers all sorts of themes and subjects. While some of its verses are anecdotal, relating the stories of Prophets; others are allegorical, endowed with two levels of meanings; literal and metaphorical. Other verses illuminate the excellence and reverence of our Creator.
Among the 6346 verses of the Holy Qur'an, one is described as "the most virtuous" as itwas revealed from a treasure beneath the ...
1758. It is Mustahab for the following persons that even if they may not be fasting, they should refrain from those acts in the month of Ramadhan which invalidate a fast:
(i) A traveller who has committed an act during his journey which makes a fast void and reaches his hometown before Zuhr, or the place where he intends to stay for ten days.
(ii) A traveller who reaches home after Zuhr or at a place where he intends to stay for ten days. The ...
1734. Fasting is not obligatory on a person who cannot fast because of old age, or for whom fasting causes extreme hardship. But in latter case, he should give one mudd food to a poor person for every fast.
1735. If a person who did not fast during the month of Ramadhan owing to old age, becomes capable of fasting later, he should, on the basis of recommended precaution, give the qadha.
1736. * Fasting is not obligatory on a person who suffers ...
Announcement of the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) World Assembly on the condemnation of threatening Shaykh Isa Qasim and scholars of Bahrain by Al-Khalifah regime
The Condemnation of Threatening Ayatollah Isa Qasim by Bahrain Regime
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Such as deliver the messages of Allah and fear him, and fear no one except Allah and Allah suffices as reckoner.
Each one of the oppressed people of Bahrain like other ...
Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.), whose heart and soul brimmed with Divine Revelation, had, since the initial days, a very close and dear companion, who was a source of peace and serenity to his ethereal spirit.History, in spite of its narrow and biased in recording truths and realities and its distortion of facts, was unable to ignore the name and qualities of that sincere companion of the Almighty's Last Prophet or to undermine his unparalleled ...
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Lutfullah as-Safi al-GulpayganiQUESTION: According to the content of existing traditions, the occultation of the Imam of the Age (may Allah hasten his return) has occurred in two forms. During the first occultation, communication with him was possible through his representatives and agents, but with the ending of this period and the beginning of the second occultation, which is the complete occultation, the period of the ...
