The Islam’s situation toward education and literacy is clear and it does not concern men away from women. As an example, the Prophet (a.s.) ordered ash-Shifa’ the mother of Sulayman bin Abi Hatmah to teach Hafsah the Ant[7] Spell as she had taught her writing.[8]
As for the tradition “Do not teach them (women) writing, do not make them live in rooms, and teach them the Sura of an-Noor” is a fabricated tradition.[9]
Lady Fatima, ...
Under the pretext of Islam, Bani Umayyah possessed and controlled the caliphate for nearly a century. During this period, they utilized massive power, deceit and diplomacy for the destruction of Islam. They tried to obliterate the religion by distancing the people from the legacy of the Holy Prophet (S).
Mu‘awiyah ibn Abu Sufiyan, the forerunner of this corrupt dynasty, aspired to destroy every manifestation of Islam, and he followed his ...
Other fragments of the `Uthmaniyya version of events survive in the Ansab al‑Ashraf of al‑Baladhuri. In the first, Wahb b. Jarir describes briefly the coming of Ibn Ziyad to Kufa and his demanding Hani b. `Urwa to hand over Muslim. When he refuses, he has him executed and then seizes Muslim. He takes Muslim out on the balcony and demands that Muslim say: `I am Muslim b. `Aqil, the leader of rebels.' Muslim says it and then Ibn Ziyad executes ...
After the conquest of Mecca that took place in Rama¤¡n,[1] the Holy Prophet stayed in this city for two weeks[2] arranging its affairs. He ordered people to break their idols that they kept at their houses.[3] He dispatched some agents to destroy the idol-houses around Mecca.[4] During this time, he was informed that Haw¡zin, supported by the tribes of Thaq¢f, Na¥r, Jusham, and Sa`d ibn Bakr together with a group of Ban£-Hil¡l under the ...
(Irshad) Imam Husain (a.s) gathered his companions at night. Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (a.s) says that: I went closer to them so as to hear what they said, and at that time I was unwell. I heard Imam telling his companions that,
"I glorify Allah with the best glorification, and praise him in times of prosperity as well as misfortunes. O Allah! I praise You that You have likened Prophethood to be bestowed in our family, You taught us the ...
The Holy Qur'an consists of a 114 chapters with a common theme at the beginning of each chapter. Each chapter begins with the words "In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful". One would expect that all chapters begin with the aforementioned phrase, but interestingly enough, that is not the case.
The only chapter in the Holy Qur'an not to begin with Bismillah is Sura Al-Tawbah (Repentance), also known as Sura Bara'at (Dissociation). To ...
After `Uthman had been killed, people went in drones to Imam `Ali (a.s.) seeking to swear the oath of allegiance to him (as the caliph). They said to him, "This man [`Uthman] has been killed, and people have to have an Imam. Nowadays, we find none worthy of such an undertaking besides you." The swearing of allegiance was compleed.
Imam `Ali (a.s.) wanted to implement justice among the people, establishing equity between those who were weak and ...
On release from the virtual incarceration at Shi`b Abū-Talib, of Banū-Hashim, the enthusiasm of the Quraysh in pestering them cooled down. Although, in their hearts, they had the same hatred for the Prophet (a.s), his family and companions, as erstwhile. They had some consideration and awe of the personality of Abū-Talib that kept them in a degree of check. Abū-Talib had now grown old and the troubles of exile had not done any good to his ...
Islam and Iran
Islam and Iran
Two currents in the history of Iran have caused a misunderstanding among some people who, knowingly or unknowingly, project them as the expressions of the Iranians' resistance and reaction to Islam, or at least to Arabs. These are: the revival of Persian language and the Shi'i faith. It is, therefore, necessary for us to deal at some length with these two phenomena - one of which is concerned with our ...
Tribal Wars
If a murder occurred among the Arabs, the murderer’s closest relative would be responsible; and since the murderer's family used to support him, a bloody war would be inevitable. These wars would start over minor things and usually lasted for years. An example was the Bas£s War between the two tribes of Ban£-Bakr and Ban£-Taghlib both of whom belonged to Rab¢`ah. This war lasted for forty years. The source of the conflict was ...
Ghadir Khumm is located betweenMecca and Medina in the vicinity ofal-Juhfah. It was the place where pilgrims (hajis) from different provinces would part company and take different routes for their respective homes.location of ghadir khummThe nature of the land along the coastal line of theRed Sea--------------------------------------------------------------------------------location of ghadir khummA sketch of the path taken the Prophet (PBUH) in ...
Negative Attitude Towards the Tragedy of Karbala
Imam Husayn rose for the sake of a sublime object. It was not his object that Yazid should cease to wield authority and instead of him he himself should come at the helm of affairs. In other words he had no personal grudge against Yazid. He supported truth in whatever shape it made its appearance and opposed falsehood whether it was headed by Yazid or someone else. These seventy two ...
The Prophet (a.s.) depended on some of his companions to record the Qur'an that was revealed to him and to write, by his dictation, the letters he sent to the kings and rulers, besides the documents of treaties and truces and other concerns. The following were the Prophet’s clerks:
1. Imam Ali (a.s.): he recorded most of the revelation[29] and he wrote for the Prophet (a.s.) his agreements, truces, and other affairs.[30]
2. Ubay ...
Heart-felt condolences to Chief of Prophets Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (peace of Allah be on him & his pure progeny) and his holy family including the Last Proof of Allah on Earth Hazrat Imam Al-Hujjah bin Al-Askari (may Allah hastens his reappearance) on the darkest day of human history – Shawal 8 – the day when in 1926 Saudi rulers Aal-e-Saud bulldozed the holy shrines of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (peace be on him & his pure ...
Many people think that the Hashimite pride, which always resulted from honorable attitudes, was more appropriate for the attitude of al Husayn, peace be on him, than the attitude of al-Hasan, peace be on him.
This is a primary viewpoint that suffers from the paucity of an innermost analysis and accuracy.
Al-Hasan was a Hashimite with high glory during all his attitudes. He was similar to his father and his brother in glory. Thus they were ...
"And I am to the Messenger of God like a tree to another tree coming from one trunk and I am to him like a lower arm to the upper arm. By God if all the Arabs combine their efforts in combating me I would not turn my back to them . . . And I shall endeavor to purify the earth from this inverted person until the soil is separated from the grain."( 1 )
"By God if I confront them while they are filling the land I would not be concerned; nor ...
The glowing and fervent faces of the Ansar and the hearty welcome which the people of Aws and Khazraj had accorded to the Prophet prompted him to construct, before doing anything else, a public centre for the Muslims with the name of 'masjid', so that matters relating to instruction, development, politics and justice might be accomplished there. And as invitation to the worship of the One Lord and Nourisher was the first item in his ...
The two Parties (i.e., al-Hasan and Mu'awiya) had adopted the idea of peacemaking. Thus it was natural for them to appoint a certain place to declare the Peace Treaty. In other words the two sides wanted to hold their meeting at one place to be a practical way of the peacemaking which history witnessed, and to admit before the people the conditions which they had to fulfill. So they had chosen Kufa and went there. Large groups of people went ...
Now, we are discussing a matter. We do not know exactly to what extent the matter was affected by the previous conditions. Still it is enough for us to present some of the social conditions which the Muslims knew for the first time after the death of the Prophet. That is because the Prophet had a strong effect on the selves, a strong power in forming society, and a powerful hand in building the elements of the activity of beliefs.
We are ...
