The Aftermath of KarbalaAfter the supreme sacrifice had been accepted and our Holy Imam Husain (A) had been martyred, a gloomy silence hung over the battlefield of Karbala.Every now and then the silence would be broken by the sound of drum-beating to celebrate victory. Not content with spilling the innocent blood of Imam Husain (A) and his companions, Amr ibne Sa'ad, the commander of Yazid's army, ordered the horses to be shod afresh and then ...
NAHJUL BALAAGHAH SPEAKS ABOUT AHLUL BAYT
Nahjul Balaaghah is a highly valued book consisting of the 254 sermons, 48 letters, and 212 sayings of Imam Ali (a.s.) as compiled by Syed al-Radhee.
Nahjul Balaaghah is unique to Imam Ali and its sermons and sayings were highly valued in the Islamic world. None of the Sahaaba was ever able to produce anything the like of Nahjul Balaaghah, neither in substance nor in literary ...
121. Imam Ali was following a funeral and as it was passing along a road, somebody laughed loudly ( a sign of discourtesy and lack of manner ). Hearing this laugh, Imam Ali remarked, " Some of us feel that death is meant for everybody except themselves or it is destined to others and not to themselves or those whom we see dying around us are only travelers going on a journey and will come back to us. It is a sad sight to see that in one moment ...
“Praise be to Allah Who sayers cannot come at His praise, and praise be to Allah Who counters cannot count His bounties, and praise be to Allah Who strivers cannot perform what He deserves.
There is no god but Allah, the First and the Last, and there is no god but Allah the Apparent and the Hidden, and there is no god but Allah the Giver of life and the Maker of death.
Allah is Most Great of Might, and Allah is Most Great of ...
I bear witness that there is no God save Allah, the One; and there is no partner to share with Him.
I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger, verily, he is the lord of the ancients and the moderns, verily, he is the head of the Prophets and the Messengers.
O Allah send blessing on Muhammad, Thy servant, Thy Messenger and Thy Prophet, the chief of all that has been created by Thee, blessings which no one is able to ...
By: Allamah Sayyid Saeed Akhtar RizviAs the Holy Prophet of Islam was to bring a universal religion for the whole mankind, and as that religion was to continue up to the end of the world, all Prophets in all religions of the world had informed their followers of his advent, and told them to accept his religion without any 'ifs' and 'buts'. In many instances, they also gave the details of his personal and family life so that the people might ...
In order to interpret the Qur’anic concept of intercession, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) of Islam and his true successors in their remarks referred to it as an Islamic principle. There are thousands of traditions on intercession and its requirements in the Sunni and Shia sources. Some of these traditions are mentioned below.1. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) of Islam said: The Almighty God has blessed me with five privileges, one of which is ...
After propounding the Qur'an and traditional arguments there remains no doubt amongst the Muslims, irrespective of his religion either Sunni, Shiite, Wahabi or non-Wahabi, regarding the belief in imam al-Mahdi (a.s.) and it is proved beyond doubt that it is a genuine Islamic belief, but since the Wahabi sect is having a very narrow-minded belief about some of the concepts of Islam hence from its very inception, it has been a butt of rebuke from ...
BROTHERHOOD-THE GREATEST GLEAM OF FAITH
The centralization of Muslims in Madina opened a new chapter is the life of the Prophet. Before his arrival there he had been engaged in attracting the hearts and in propagating his religion, but from that day onwards it was necessary that he should protect his own existence as well as that of his followers like an experienced statesman and should not permit' the internal and external enemies to penetrate ...
The Glorious Quran Chapter 2 Verse 207
And among men there is who sells himself (soul ) seeking the pleasure of God; and verily, God is affectionate unto His (faithful) servants.
It is held unanimous by the Scholars of the two Islamic schools, that this verse was revealed for Imam Ali ( as ), when he readily slept in the bed of the Prophet ( pbuh&f ) , when the latter to thewill of God had to migrate from Mecca to Medina. The ...
Martyr 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 ...
`Ali’s food habits too were very moderate and frugal. Generally, he took bread made out of unsieved barley flour and a sweet beverage prepared from parched barley meal. The accompaniment for the bread generally was a little salt; sometimes he took a little vinegar, and sometimes, green vegetables and at times milk. He ate very little meat. Ibn Abil-Hadid says:
“If he used anything with the bread, it used to be the salt or vinegar. Sometimes ...
Abu Basir says: After the martyrdom of Imam Sadiq (AS) I went to his house to offer my condolences. When I entered into the house Ummeh Hameedeh saw me and started to cry, I also cried and then she said: if you would see Imam while he was leaving this world, you would get surprised, he in his last moments opened eyes and said call to all relatives, I did so, and then he stated: whoever ignore prayer will not get our intersession.[1]
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إِنَّ الله وَمَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
Verily Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet.
O you who believe! send blessings on him [Muhammad] and greet him with the fitting ...
THE SACRED FAMILY TREE (Shajarahe Tayyebah) Adam(Monotheist) Noah (Monotheist) Abraham (Monotheist) Ismaiel (Monotheist) Isaaq (Monotheist) Jacob (Monotheist) Joseph (Monotheist) Moses (Monotheist) Mary (Monotheist) Jesus (Monotheist) Hashim (Monotheist) Abdul Mottaleb (Monotheist) Abu Talib (Monotheist) Abdullah (Monotheist) 1. Mohammad (S.A) 2. Imam Ali (A.S) married 3. Fatimah Zahra (S.A) ALL DIVINE GUIDES WERE MONOTHEISTS AND JUST FAMILY ...
1. IntroductionWe have gathered [1] here tonight in memory of the person who has given us our identity as "Shi'a Muslims". We take pride in calling ourselves "Shi'as of 'Ali" - the Partisans or Followers of 'Ali bin Abi Talib (a.s.).Tonight I am going to talk on the caliphate of Imam 'Ali bin Abi Talib because of questions asked by many people about the recent controversy on "the explicit appointment" of the Imam to the position of caliphate ...
Ali (peace be upon him) was borne by a rare style on Friday, the thirteenth of the blessed Rajab month, before the prophetic mission by twelve years.
It was mentioned in Kashfil-Ghummah book about his birth accident, as follows:
Yazeed bin Qu’anub sad: When I was sitting accom
panied with Al’Abbas bin ‘Abdil-Muttalib (may Allah be satisfied with him)…near the Sacred House of Allah (the Sublime), an accidentally Fatima the ...
RIGHTS OF THE PROPHET
Our great Prophet Mohammed (s) was the ideal in all aspects of perfection. God selected him among the creatures and conferred upon him with the loftiest traits that He gave to the prophets. All glories and dignities are gathered in the personality of Prophet Mohammed (s); therefore, he became the head and the seal of the prophets.
In less than twenty-five years, he, out of his giant efforts and eternal principles, could ...
When we say ‘the Ahlul Bayt’, we mean the twelve imams of the immaculate progeny of the Prophet (a.s.) whom we have studied in full in the previous books. The Shia and the Sunni have agreed that the messenger of Allah (a.s.) said:
The imams after me are twelve; all of them are from (the tribe of) Quraysh.
The tradition mentioned in the Sahih of al-Bukhari reads:
This matter (caliphate) shall remain in Quraysh even if (only) two people ...
The sixth year of migration was terminating with all its bitter and sweet events when suddenly the Prophet dreamt a pleasant dream that the Muslims were performing ceremonies of Haj in Masjidul Haram. He related this dream to his companions and took it to be a good omen for the Muslims as they would achieve their heart's desire soon.[1] The Prophet ordered the Muslims to get ready to perform the journey for Haj and also invited the neighbouring ...
