The Infallible Imams (peace be upon them) are the inheritors of the Holy Quran

دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ: سَاَلْتُ اَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ‏ ثُمَّ اَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتابَ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَيْنا مِنْ عِبادِنا فَمِنْهُمْ ظالِمٌ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ مِنْهُمْ مُقْتَصِدٌ وَ مِنْهُمْ سابِقٌ بِالْخَيْراتِ بِاِذْنِ اللهِ‏ فَقَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الظَّالِمُ لِنَفْسِهِ الَّذِي لَا يُقِرُّ بِالْاِمَامِ قَالَ فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنِي وَ جَعَلْتُ أُفَكِّرُ فِي نَفْسِي فِي عِظَمِ مَا أُعْطِيَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ…

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The Knowledge of the Holy Quran is only with the Ahle Bait (peace be upon them)

قَالَ اَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ ع‏ يَا اَبَا الصَّبَّاحِ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ فَرَضَ اللهُ طَاعَتَنَا لَنَا الْاَنْفَالُ وَ لَنَا صَفْوُ الْمَالِ وَ نَحْنُ الرَّاسِخُونَ‏ فِي‏ الْعِلْمِ‏ وَ نَحْنُ‏ الْمَحْسُودُونَ‏ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللهُ‏ اَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلى‏ ما آتاهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ‏ Imam Abu Abdillah (al-Sadeq) (peace be upon him) said, “O Aba al-Sabaah! We are the people…

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Is guidance possible except from those in whose houses the Revelation has descended

سَمِعْتُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ع يَقُولُ‏ وَ عِنْدَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ عَجَبًا لِلنَّاسِ اِنَّهُمْ اَخَذُوا عِلْمَهُمْ كُلَّهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ص فَعَمِلُوا بِهِ وَ اهْتَدَوْا وَ يَرَوْا فانا [اَنَّا] اَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ وَ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ لَمْ نَأْخُذْ عِلْمَهُ وَ نَحْنُ اَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ وَ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ فِي مَنَازِلِنَا نَزَلَ‏ الْوَحْيُ‏ وَ مِنْ‏ عِنْدِنَا خَرَجَ‏ الْعِلْمُ اِلَيْهِمْ اَ فَيَرَوْنَ…

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True knowledge can be obtained only from the Ahle Bait (peace be upon them)

قَالَ اَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع لِسَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ وَ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ شَرِّقَا وَ غَرِّبَا فَلَا تَجِدَانِ عِلْمًا صَحِيحًا اِلَّا شَيْئًا خَرَجَ‏ مِنْ‏ عِنْدِنَا اَهْلَ‏ الْبَيْتِ‏. Imam Abu Ja’far (al-Baqer) (peace be upon him) said to Salamah Ibn Kuhail and al-Hakam Ibn Otaibah (two well-known Batris), “Both of you go East or West, you will not…

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The importance of learning traditions of the Ahle Bait (peace be upon them)

عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الْهَرَوِيِّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ اَبَا الْحَسَنِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُوسَى الرِّضَا ع يَقُولُ رَحِمَ اللهُ عَبْدًا اَحْيَا اَمْرَنَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَ كَيْفَ يُحْيِي اَمْرَكُمْ قَالَ يَتَعَلَّمُ‏ عُلُومَنَا وَ يُعَلِّمُهَا النَّاسَ‏ فَاِنَّ النَّاسَ لَوْ عَلِمُوا مَحَاسِنَ كَلَامِنَا لَاتَّبَعُونَا Abd al-Salaam Ibn Saaleh al-Harawiyy said: I heard Imam Reza (peace be upon him) say,…

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City of Miracles – Chapter 1 – Miracle 1 – Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْخُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الطُّوسِيُّ (رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَبِيبَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ…

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The miracle of his (peace be upon him) birth – part 5

(continued) Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib narrates that when Sayyedah Fatemah binte Asad ibn Hashim (peace be upon her), the respected mother of Ameerul Momineen (peace be upon him) came out of the Holy Kaabah after three days with Imam Ali (peace be upon him) on her hands, she addressed the people. Then when he (Ameerul…

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The miracle of his (peace be upon him) birth – part 4

(continued) Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib narrates that when Sayyedah Fatemah binte Asad ibn Hashim (peace be upon her), the respected mother of Ameerul Momineen (peace be upon him) came out of the Holy Kaabah after three days with Imam Ali (peace be upon him) on her hands, she said: فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ وَ وَلَدِي…

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The miracle of his (peace be upon him) birth – part 3

(continued) Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib narrates that he saw Sayyedah Fatemah binte Asad ibn Hashim (peace be upon her), the respected mother of Ameerul Momineen (peace be upon him) enter the Holy Kaabah after the Lord of the Holy Kaabah had accepted her prayer to make the birth of Ameerul Momineen (peace be upon him)…

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The miracle of his (peace be upon him) birth – part 2

(continued) Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib narrates that he saw Sayyedah Fatemah binte Asad ibn Hashim (peace be upon her), the respected mother of Ameerul Momineen (peace be upon him) come to the Holy Kaabah while she was nine months pregnant and ask Allah the Most High through the right of her son Ameerul Momineen (peace…

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The Mastership of Ameerul Momineen – Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him)

THE STRONG ROPE

The Mastership of Ameerul Momineen – Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him)

THE STRONG ROPE