Ahl al-Bayt, the Best Creatures
Since human value lies in the balance of justice, faith, knowledge and piety, based on the Qur’¡nic verses and narrations, faith, knowledge and piety of Ahl al-Bayt are more than the creatures having intellect such as angels, Jinn and human beings and their faith is at its zenith and their knowledge of past and future about esoteric and exoteric facts is perfect and their piety is at the highest level, they ...
After going to His Holiness (Imam Ali (A.S)) house. Our Lady Fatimah (SWT) established such a system that is a model for all the women of the world to follow. Her Holiness (SWT) did all the household work alone. The work included cooking food, weaving, grinding the flour by the use of a handmill, sweeping and Trainning the two young Holy Imams Hassan (A.S) and Imam Hussain (A.S) and the two princesses Her Holiness Lady Zenab (SWT) and Her ...
HAZRAT ALI AKBER
SURA-E-FATEHA
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Tonight is the night of 9th Moharram.
It is the second night without water.
It is very hot in Kerbala. Children cannot sleep.
How can they? They are very thirsty and hungry.
The sound of "AL-ATASH! AL-ATASH! AL-ATASH!" breaks Husayn's heart.
What can Husayn do? He is patient.
For the sake of Allah, he is bearing it all.
More is to come. Husayn's patience and ...
One day Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s), then aged nine, was standing with some boys in a lane of Baghdad. Seeing the entourage of Mamun all the others ran away, but as was his habit, Imam (a.s) continued to stand at his place. Mamun came forward and asked him, "Boy! Why did you not run away?" He replied, "O Chief! The passage was not narrow. There was no expectation that you would punish an innocent person. Then why should I run away?" Mamun liked ...
The name of “Zaynab ” is like a “sun” shining in the Islamic history. What we know about her life and her character is not enough and there is still more to know. Her auspicious birth was on 5th of Jamadi-Ul-Aval, in 5 or 6 A.H. She was the daughter of Imam Ali (A.S) and the Islamic honourable Lady Fatemeh Zahra (S.A). The Prophet [pbuh&hp] named her "Zaynab" explaining that this name was the combination of two words “Zayn” and ...
He was the only son of Imam Ali Reza (a.s.) The Prophet (S.A.W.) had said:"My father be sacrificed on the mother of the 9th Imam who will be a pure and pious Nubian."Imam Musa Kadhim (A.S.) had told one of his companions that his daughter-in-law (Sabika) would be one of the most pious of women and to give her his salaams. She came from the same tribe as the Prophet's wife - Mary Copt who bore the Prophet his son Ibrahim (who died in ...
The Victory of Makka brought many non believers into the fold of Islam. Broadly speaking there were three types who embraced Islam. Fear, greed and the true understanding of Islam and its principles. Some of the Makkans became muslims for fear of their lives, they were afraid that the Prophet would kill them, others were simply frightened that the Holy Prophet with the help of Angel Gabriel would bring the wrath of God on them. Then there was ...
Abi Abdullah Jaafar bin Mohammad (A.S) said:One day my father (Imam Mohammad bin Ali Al-Baqir (A.S)) said to Jabir bin Abdullah, "I need to see you privately."So when my father was alone with Jabir he said. "Tell me about the tablet that my mother, Fatima (S.A), had."Jabir said:Allah is my witness that I went to Fatima (S.A), daughter of the Messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H&H.P) to congratulate her on the birth of Hussain (A.S). I saw a green ...
One day 7th Imam, Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) was passing by the tent of a Nomad who was a black man. Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) went up to him and said “Salam Alaikum”, in a warm and friendly manner.
7th Imam, Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) replied, “This is one of Allah’s creatures. Allah has created all men equal. Besides, as a Muslim, he is our brother in faith. After all, life does not remain the same forever. One who ...
When we hear the words of the grief stricken story of Karbala, many names come to mind, names of those who laid their lives for the preservation of Islam. There are the more prominent martyrs, such as Hazrat Qasim (A.S) Hazrat Abbas (A.S) and Hazrat Ali Akbar (A.S).Prominent because there were the men from the family of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) and it were not entirely surprising that they gave their lives for Islam. Then there were those ...
There is something in the love which dazzles the one who loves and draws him towards it. This attraction and love are the highest degrees of love; Ali is the one whom people's hearts adore, whom humanity loves. Why? In what does Ali's extraordinariness lie, that it incites love and draws hearts towards itself, that it plays the tune of eternal life and lives for ever? Why do all hearts find out about themselves through him, and do not feel him ...
The Battle of Badr was the most important among the Islamic Battles of Destiny. For the first time the followers of the new faith were put into a serious test. Had victory been the lot of the pagan army while the Islamic forces were still at the beginning of their developments the faith of Islam could have come to an end.
No one was as aware of the importance of the outcome of the Battle as the Holy Prophet. We might read the depth of his ...
Imam Ali (A.S.) and the Caliphate
The Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) passed away with his head on the lap of Imam Ali (A.S.). He departed to his Lord, the Most High, while still worried about the future of the Mission and nation In the last hour of his life he asked for an inkpot and a sheet of paper to write on to the nation about that which would protect them from going astray after him. He continuously used to stress the necessity of adherence ...
From early life, Lady Zaynab was marvelous in her intellect and wisdom. She had learnt the holy Quran by heart as well as the Prophet’s sayings regarding Islamic laws, rules of education, and principles of ethics. She had also memorized the famous, confounding speech of her mother - Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (a), which she delivered in the Prophet’s Masjid protesting against Abu Bakr’s usurpation of the Islamic ummah’s leadership, which was ...
IntroductionThe caravan of al-Imam al-Husayn ('alayhi salam) was travelling toward the city of Kufa in Iraq, during the month of Zhul Hijjah 60AH when a messenger came from the direction of Kufa and said :"I only left Kufa after Muslim b. 'Aqil and Hani' b. 'Urwa had been killed. I saw them being dragged by their legs into the market-place." – Bakr al Asadi of Kufa."We belong to God and to Him we shall return; may God have mercy on them ...
Name: al-Husayn.Title: Sayyidu'sh-Shuhada'.Agnomen: Abu 'Abdillah.Father' s name: 'Ali Amir al-Mu'minin.Mother's name:Fatimah (Daughter of the Holy Prophet).Birth: In Medina on Thursday, 3rd Sha'ban 4 AH.Death: Martyred in Karbala' (Iraq) at the age of 57, on Friday, 10th Muharram 61 AH and buried there.In the House of the Holy Prophet, which presented the best image of both the worlds - the heaven and the earth- a child who benefited humanity ...
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.A) was the son of Abdullah and Amina. His father, Abdullah, passed away a few days before his birth. He was born in the city of Mecca in Arabia. His forefathers were the chiefs of the tribe of Quraysh.It was customary among the noble families of Quraysh that they entrusted their new-born to country-women so that they might be brought up in the open and healthy environments. According to this custom, therefore, ...
Beyond doubt, Imam `Ali’s good temper was superior to all people in a way that his enemies and his friends recognized his humor which was motivated by his good temper.
One night, Imam `Ali came across a poor widow whose small children were weeping. This scene greatly impressed Imam `Ali’s kind heart, for the woman, to keep her hungry children calm, had put a pot of water on the fire. Being informed of this, Amir al-Mu’minin went along ...
Ali ibn al-Husayn was born in Medina, according to most sources in the year 38/658-9. He may have been too small to have remembered his grandfather 'Ali, who was killed in 40/661, but he was brought up in the presence of his uncle Hasan and his father Husayn, the Prophet's beloved grandchildren. Many Shi'ite sources state that his mother was Shahrbanu, the daughter of Yazdigird, the last Sasanian king of Persia. Thus he was said to be `Ibn ...
THE SAHIFA AND ISLAMIC SPIRITUALITY
In spite of studies that have rejected the idea, many people in the West still believe that `true Islam' lies in simplicity, austerity, legalism, formalism, and a God perceived as Just and Transcendent. Hence those elements of Islamic civilization which demonstrate complexity, subtlety, warmth, love, inwardness, spirituality, and a God of mercy, compassion, and immanence are seen as largely extraneous to or ...
