Abu Sufiyan was the leader of the enemies of the Holy Prophet (S) and Islam. One day, he came with a group of men to Abu Talib and said, "Your nephew denounces our gods and finds fault with our religion. He regards our thoughts to be foolish and says our fathers and forefathers were unguided and lost. Either stop him from saying these things or step aside and let us deal with him ourselves."4
Abu Sufiyan was also the mastermind behind a plot to ...
Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.) has narrated from his father that, said: "When the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) concluded his trade with Syria and gave as charity all of what Allah bestowed upon him from that trade, he used to leave every morning, climbing (the mount of) Hiraa, and from its summit looking at the signs of Allah's mercy, His wonders and His wisdom... He always learnt lessons from those signs, was reminded by them, and worshipped Allah ...
During the eighth century the Caliph Mamun, son and successor to Harun ar Rashid, was favorably disposed toward the descendants of Ali and their followers. He invited the Eighth Imam, Reza (A.D. 765-816), to come from Medina (in the Arabian Peninsula) to his court at Marv (Mary in the present-day Soviet Union). While Reza was residing at Marv, Mamun designated him as his successor in an apparent effort to avoid conflict among Muslims. Reza's ...
History of Islamic Philosophy
The interest of Western scholars in the development of Islamic philosophical thought has been comparatively small. There appear to be two reasons for this neglect: the nature of the subject matter and the character of Western scholarship itself. The main body of Islamic thought, in so far as it has any relevance outside the scope of Islam, belongs to a remote past. In fact, as this book will show, Islamic ...
The Shia Idrisid State in Maghrib
Idris bin Abdullah bin al-Hasan al-Muthanna bin al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib escaped from the massacre of Fakh and reached Al-Maghrib, the details of which are given in his life-account. He stayed in the town of Walaila with its chief Ishaq bin Muhammad bin Abdul Hamid al-Urbi. This happened on the first of Rabi-ul-Awwal 172 A.H. It was the beginning of the Idrisid Shi'ite State of Maghrib.During the reign of ...
The building of Kaaba This building’s height is 14.58 meters and thelength of Kaaba side is 11.58 meters, and the lengthof Hijre Ismael side is 10.22 meters. The buildingof Kaaba is made of black and hard stones thatwould be revealed fully after pushing aside its cover.Its pillars are made of melted lead, So this is avery strong and firm building. The internal bed ofthe House of Kaaba is located 1.5 meters above theground. Before the ...
Mankind without religion is a pretty sorry lot. It has never been able to survive without faith. Yet, surprisingly agreement is never reached on a such vital subject. Thus, they have their own zealots who attack the religions of others, the result of which is intolerance and contention.
Inter-group relations, especially when religion is also involved, are full of conflict and suffering. Martyrology feeds the myths, and prejudice adds bitterness ...
Ka'b Interfered In The Islamic AffairsKa'b took advantage of 'Umar's good heartedness and used all of his shrewdness to make 'Umar keep Imam Ali away from the caliphate. Ka'b was motivated by his resentment towards Islam and his hatred of Imam Ali. After all, it was Imam Ali who brought the Jewish influence in Hijaz to an end at the battle of Khaybar.It is amazing that the Caliph had so much confidence in Ka'b. He even sought his advice about ...
Who Started The Battle Of Basra?The circulators of false accusations against the followers of the members of the House of the Prophet say that the followers of Ibn Saba started the battle of Basra at night just before the negotiations between Imam Ali and his three opponents ('A'ishah, Talhah, and Zubayr) were about to succeed.They started the battle at night by attacking the two armies simultaneously in order to make them plunge into battle. ...
When Ubaydullah received the letter of Yazeed, he selected five hundred people from Basra, which included Abdullah bin Hurayth bin Nawfal, Shareek bin A'awar, both of whom were Shi'ah, and accompanied by them and Muslim bin Amr Bahili and his retinue and family, left for Kufa.
(Irshad) When he reached Kufa, Ubaydullah had worn a black turban and had covered his face. People there had received news that Imam Husain (a.s) was due to arrive to ...
Al-Hasan devoted himself to thinking., He remained calm in the confusion of the misfortunes that threatened his attitude. He was indifferent to those calamities though some of them were tragedy; some of them were humiliation; some of them were death unlike the death of the great ones.
Confusion was not important for al-Hasan. However, it filled his heart with an intense sorrow. It moved his feelings and pricked him as the burning thorns ...
There are 10 minutes left until dinner time:
Some brothers had brought a film about the events of the Revolution to France, and suggested that we ask Imam to watch this film after dinner. I went and asked Imam: “Dinner is ready, shall I bring it?” Imam looked at his watch and said: “There are 10 minutes left until dinner time.”
The hours of Imam’s day and night had been divided in such a way that without seeing him, we could ...
Imam Hasan'The Myth of his Divorces'S. Saeed Akhtar RizviAl-Serat, Vol 4 (1978), No 3
Imam Hasan has been the victim of a most malicious propaganda for the last 1,250 years. He is portrayed as "fond of ease and quiet" by his admirers (Ameer Ali in "Spirit of Islam") and "the great divorcer" by his detractors (Willi Frischaurer in "The Aga Khans").
Before looking at individual reports, it is important to find out when this allegation was put ...
Imam Ali's (AS) generals, who stopped the battle to negotiate with Mu'awiya, did not pick the right person for the negotiation. They unyieldingly refused to accept Imam Ali's choice, instead they picked Kufa's Governor, Abu-Musa Ash'ari, an incompetent Governor who had been previously dismissed from office by Imam Ali. Mu'awiya appointed Amr Ibnil Aas, a shrewd and cunning man, to be his representative in the negotiation. Negotiation between the ...
Similar to that is the story of (the document of renunciation (bara'a) which the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, gave to Abu Bakr so that he could abrogate the alliance with the polytheists through it. When he had travelled far away, Gabriel, peace be on him, descended to the Prophet, may God bless him and his family. He told him: "God recites His greeting to you and says to you that the act of renunciation should not be performed for ...
In Safar 4 A.H. one chief of Abul-Bara’ came from Najd to al-Madinah. The Prophet (a.s) invited him to embrace Islam. He said that he would have no objection to embracing the Faith, but he would prefer if the Prophet (a.s) sent with him a delegation of Muslims to Najd to extend the invitation to the people there. The Prophet (a.s) expressed his doubt that some persons in Najd might harm the delegates. Abul-Bara’ said that the men would go in ...
It was the usual practice with the Prophet that whenever he conquered a region, he personally looked after its political problems and the religious matters of its inhabitants, so long as he stayed there, and as and when he left that place he appointed there suitable persons on different posts. Its reason was that the people of these regions, who were acquainted with the old and wound-up systems, did not possess information about the system which ...
In this dilemma several of the principal men of Medina approached Ali and desired him to accede to their request. In reply he assured them that he had no wish for temporal power and would willingly accept the authority of any other person elected by them. They, however, insisted that there was no one so well qualified as he. Not withstanding their persistence, Ali was resolute in his refusal and said that he would rather like to serve as an ...
