Reading Time: 2 minutes A believer always strives to achieve proximity to Allah the Almighty through the medium of sincere and heartily inclination to each of the holy infallibles (peace be upon them) and provide the means through the visitations of the holy infallibles (peace be upon them) to achieve quick fulfilment of his supplications and desires. The best…

Reading Time: 6 minutes The hatred, malice, and enmity towards the Ahlul Bait (peace be upon them) is such an incurable illness, due to which a person loses his intellect in this world and Paradise in the Hereafter and the only reason for this is ‘jealousy’. But those who are jealous completely ignore the fact that the position and…

Reading Time: 5 minutes The epochal incident of the Red Sea parting at the instance of Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) paled in comparison when the impregnable walls of Holy Kaaba split to make way for Lady Fatema bint Asad (peace be upon her) so that she can deliver her child who was named Zaid by his father…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ibn Abbas narrates that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) informed us about his daughter Fatima Zahra (s.a.) in a lengthy tradition: “My daughter Fatima, is the chief of the women of the worlds, from the first till the last ones. She is a part of me, the light of my eyes and the coolness of…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Ali Ibn Moosa al-Reza (a.s.) exclaimed: “Muharram was a month in which the bloodshed was considered unlawful by the pre-Islamic pagan Arabs but our blood was shed in this month, our sanctity was violated, our children and women-folk were taken as captives, our tents were set ablaze and whatever was found therein was looted…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The night of 19th Maah e Ramadan is one of the most heart-wrenching nights for the lovers of Ahle Bait (a.s.). It was this dreadful night in the year 40 A.H. when the accursed Abd al-Rahmaan Ibn Muljim al-Muraadi struck the fatal blow on the blessed head of Ameerul Momineen Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Disregarding the intensity of the heat, overcoming the fatigue of the Hajj, maneuvering the queue of more than 125,000 pilgrims, a voice spontaneously echoed in the hot desert, “Congratulations, congratulations, O son of Abu Talib, today you have become my master and the master of every Muslim.” It was not long before the Holy Prophet…

Reading Time: 6 minutes The hatred, malice, and enmity towards the Ahlul Bait (peace be upon them) is such an incurable illness, due to which a person loses his intellect in this world and Paradise in the Hereafter and the only reason for this is ‘jealousy’. But those who are jealous completely ignore the fact that the position and…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ahle Tasannun scholar, Ibn Khaldoon writes in his book Muqaddamah, vol. 1, p. 514 that – “It is famously known among the Muslims of all times that in the last era, a man from the progeny of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) will reappear, who will be the helper of religion, spread justice and equity,…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Allah, Mighty and Majestic be He, says in Surah Noor (24): Verse 55 of the Holy Quran Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made rulers those before them, and that He will most certainly establish for…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Hearty Congratulations on the greatest Eid– Eide Ghadeer.  “Of Whomever I am Master, this Ali is his Master,” thus declared the Holy Prophet (saw)  The 18th Zilhajj in the 10th year of Hijri has marked the epoch in Islamic history. On this bright sunny day, the Holy Prophet (saw)  by the command of Almighty Allah,…

Reading Time: 8 minutes An inflammatory article published on 20-May-2021 in a Mumbai-based Urdu daily Sahafat demonstrates the bigoted and biased attitude of the pretentious researcher, Maulvi Abdul Hafeez Islami. The half-baked and slanted article not only exposes Abdul Hafeez’s rancour towards the infallible family of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) but also to the lowest levels of partisanship that…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Until a few years or decades back, within the Shia community across the world, we did not hear people raising doubts over basic Shia beliefs. However, in the recent past, some so-called reformist Shias have emerged who seem to object to almost each and every fundamental Shia belief, be it the infallibility (Ismah) of the…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Previous | Index | Next رَوَى اَبُو الْجَارُودِ عَنْ اَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ اَنَّهُ قَالَ‏ اِذَا قَامَ الْقَائِمُ ع سَارَ اِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ آلاف [اَلْفَ‏] اَنْفُسٍ يُدْعَوْنَ الْبُتْرِيَّةَ عَلَيْهِمُ السِّلَاحُ فَيَقُولُونَ لَهُ ارْجِعْ مِنْ حَيْثُ جِئْتَ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِي بَنِي فَاطِمَةَ فَيَضَعُ فِيهِمُ السَّيْفَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ عَلَى آخِرِهِمْ ثُمَّ…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Previous | Index | Next ‏ عَنْ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى اَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ مَعِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ كُهَيْلٍ وَ اَبُو الْمِقْدَامِ ثَابِتٌ الْحَدَّادُ وَ سَالِمُ بْنُ اَبِي حَفْصَةَ وَ كَثِيرٌ النَّوَّاءُ وَ جَمَاعَةٌ مَعَهُمْ وَ عِنْدَ اَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَخُوهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالُوا لِاَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع نَتَوَلَّى عَلِيًّا وَ حَسَنًا وَ حُسَيْنًا وَ نَتَبَرَّأُ…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Until a few years or decades back, within the Shia community across the world, we did not hear people raising doubts over basic Shia beliefs. However, in the recent past, some so-called reformist Shias have emerged who seem to object to almost each and every fundamental Shia belief, be it the infallibility (Ismah) of the…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Previous | Index | Next رَوَى اَبُو الْجَارُودِ عَنْ اَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ اَنَّهُ قَالَ‏ اِذَا قَامَ الْقَائِمُ ع سَارَ اِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ آلاف [اَلْفَ‏] اَنْفُسٍ يُدْعَوْنَ الْبُتْرِيَّةَ عَلَيْهِمُ السِّلَاحُ فَيَقُولُونَ لَهُ ارْجِعْ مِنْ حَيْثُ جِئْتَ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِي بَنِي فَاطِمَةَ فَيَضَعُ فِيهِمُ السَّيْفَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ عَلَى آخِرِهِمْ ثُمَّ…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Previous | Index | Next ‏ عَنْ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى اَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ مَعِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ كُهَيْلٍ وَ اَبُو الْمِقْدَامِ ثَابِتٌ الْحَدَّادُ وَ سَالِمُ بْنُ اَبِي حَفْصَةَ وَ كَثِيرٌ النَّوَّاءُ وَ جَمَاعَةٌ مَعَهُمْ وَ عِنْدَ اَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَخُوهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالُوا لِاَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع نَتَوَلَّى عَلِيًّا وَ حَسَنًا وَ حُسَيْنًا وَ نَتَبَرَّأُ…

Reading Time: 2 minutes There are many traditions narrated by the Ahlul Bait (peace be upon them) concerning supplicating at the time of breaking the fast (Iftaar) in the blessed month of Ramadan. His Eminence Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (peace be upon him) says: أَنَّ لِكُلِّ الصَّائِمِ عِنْدَ فُطُورِهِ‏ دَعْوَةً مُسْتَجَابَةً “For every fasting person there is an accepted (guaranteed)…

Reading Time: < 1 minute His Eminence Abu Abdillah Imam Ja’far Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: الْقُرْآنُ عَهْدُ اللهِ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ فَقَدْ يَنْبَغِي لِلْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ فِي عَهْدِهِ وَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ مِنْهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسِينَ آيَة “The Holy Quran is Allah’s covenant unto His creation. So, it is appropriate for a Muslim man to look at his…

Reading Time: < 1 minute His Eminence Imam Muhammad Baqir (peace be upon him) narrates that Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: “I shall be the first to arrive on the Day of Judgement in front of the Majestic and Powerful (Lord) and after me His Book and my progeny. Then my nation (Ummah) shall…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Yunus Ibn Ammar narrates that Abu Abdillah Imam Jafar Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: “On the Day of Judgment, there will be three books of records: the book of the record of the bounties, the book of the record of the good deeds and the book of the record of the evil deeds. The…

Reading Time: 2 minutes There are many traditions narrated by the Ahlul Bait (peace be upon them) concerning supplicating at the time of breaking the fast (Iftaar) in the blessed month of Ramadan. His Eminence Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (peace be upon him) says: أَنَّ لِكُلِّ الصَّائِمِ عِنْدَ فُطُورِهِ‏ دَعْوَةً مُسْتَجَابَةً “For every fasting person there is an accepted (guaranteed)…

Reading Time: < 1 minute His Eminence Abu Abdillah Imam Ja’far Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: الْقُرْآنُ عَهْدُ اللهِ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ فَقَدْ يَنْبَغِي لِلْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ فِي عَهْدِهِ وَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ مِنْهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسِينَ آيَة “The Holy Quran is Allah’s covenant unto His creation. So, it is appropriate for a Muslim man to look at his…

Reading Time: < 1 minute His Eminence Imam Muhammad Baqir (peace be upon him) narrates that Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: “I shall be the first to arrive on the Day of Judgement in front of the Majestic and Powerful (Lord) and after me His Book and my progeny. Then my nation (Ummah) shall…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Yunus Ibn Ammar narrates that Abu Abdillah Imam Jafar Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: “On the Day of Judgment, there will be three books of records: the book of the record of the bounties, the book of the record of the good deeds and the book of the record of the evil deeds. The…

Reading Time: < 1 minute إِنَّ أَشْرَفَ أَعْمَالِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي مَرَاتِبِهِمُ الَّتِي قَدْ رُتِّبُوا فِيهَا مِنَ الثَّرَى إِلَى الْعَرْشِ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ اسْتِدْعَاءُ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ وَ رِضْوَانِهِ لِشِيعَتِهِمُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ اللَّعْنُ لِلْمُتَابِعِينَ لِأَعْدَائِهِمُ الْمُجَاهِرِينَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ His Eminence Imam al-Hasan al-Askari (peace be upon him) said: The most noble of the actions of believers…

Reading Time: 4 minutes A’amash relates from Atiyyah al-Kufi, who was a slave of Jabir Ibn Abdullah Ansaari (r.a.), that he says, “I accompanied Jabir Ibn Abdullah Ansaari for the pilgrimage to the grave of Imam Husain Ibn Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s). When we entered Karbala, Jabir went towards the river Euphrates, performed the ritual bath (Ghusl), wrapped…