Virtue Number 1Hasan bin Ahmad bin Sokhtaweyh narrated in Kufa in the year three hundred and seventy-four from Abu Bakr Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Isa bin Mihran, from Yahya bin Abdul Hamid, from Qays bin Rabee’, from Aamash, from Abaya, from Habba Al-‘Arani, from the Commander of the Believers, Ali bin Abi Taleb , who said:The Messenger of Allah said:I am the master of the first and the last, and you, O Ali, are the master of the ...
In quest for finding answers to these questions, we come across the holy book of Islam. The Holy Quran is the only book that clearly and firmly claims to be a living miracle for all humans of any race, in any place, and with any ethnicity they hold.
How the Quran views itself a Miracle?
Similarly, to prove that it surely is a miracle from Allah, the Holy Quran challenges the people that doubt the divinity of this book to bring a book similar to ...
Loving Allah’s Enemies
Befriending Allah’s enemies is caused by an ill heart. Human should love goodness and Allah’s friends, and hate wickedness and the wrongdoers. If someone acts vice versa then, he is ill hearted. He should cure his illness with the Qur’¡nic verses; otherwise he should expect its consequences in this world and the Last World.
The holy Qur’¡n, the Prophet (s.a), and his disciples were hard to the disbelievers ...
Namaz-e-Shab has more importance than others desirable prayers. It has more importance than supererogatory prayers of five times. It has 11 Rakats and its timing is from midnight to dawn. There are many Ayats about to get up early before the sun rising and perform this prayer and beg pardon of Allah. The explanation is this that one who has reached to the spiritual stage, is due to get up early in the morning.
(Allah has been granted whatever ...
Quran is a book which guides human beings in several dimensions of life and nobody can deny it an its several special charactenstics and everybody may use it according to his capacity, here we want to talk about different viewpoints of non-Moslem scholars about Quran which show that the divine trainings of this book will soon spread through the world. Of course it should be mentioned that every scholar has looked at Quran from his own point of ...
Now we have reached the fourth question which is: Supposing that the hypothesis of the Expected Leader and all that it comprehends of prolonged life, early leadership and a silent absence, is possible...
2) Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman ibn Said al-’Amri;
4) Abul-Hasan ‘All ibn Muhammad as-Samuri. These four individuals assumed the role of representative of the Imam (al- Mahdi) according to the above classification. So ...
The writer of Asol Osul, who is among the well – known Gnostics and great philosophers of Islam, says at the end of his precious book:
“It is compulsory for every believer to research for the knowledge of the nunknown.
This kind of knowledge is used to equip the inner life with virtues and purify it against evils. The requirements for this movement, of course are being familiar with the fundamentals and the practical laws of Islam and the ...
It is unanimously believed that `Ali was the wisest among the people of his time. All people resorted to him learning from his rational and transmitted science. There are proofs testifying to what we have said:
First: `Ali ibn Abi-Talib was extremely clever and intelligent, having a hunger for knowledge. He was a constant company of the Holy Prophet, from childhood to the day the Messenger of Allah departed from this world, benefiting from the ...
By: Murtaza MutahhariThe third section on the subject of Caliphate which has been reflected in Nahj al-Balaghah is the matter of silence and moderateness of ‘Ali (A.S.) and its philosophy.By silence is meant the abandonment of a revolt and abstention from carrying the sword in hand. Otherwise, just as we had previously mentioned ‘Ali (A.S.) did not desist from setting forth his claim and complaining at opportune situations the ...
WE BELIEVE that although the manifestations of His Essence is found everywhere and in everything; His substance is not known to any one! That is; no one can ever know the innermost depths of His substance. This is because whatever HIS SUBSTANCE might be, is an infinite being in all aspects and without limits of any kind; just as we are limited in contrast to HIM. On
this basis, no one can ever know what HIS substance really is!
“Behold! it ...
God says: “And if the followers of the Book had believed and guarded (against evil), We would certainly have covered their evil deeds and We would certainly have made them enter gardens of bliss.” [1]
On the same topic, God says: “O you who believe! If you are careful of (your duty to) Allah, He will grant you a distinction and do away with your evils and forgive you; and Allah is the Lord of infinite grace.” [2]
About those who, ...
Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar"We believe that the Imamate, like the prophethood, must be an appointment from Allah, through His Messenger, or an appointed Imam. From this point of view, the Imamate is the same as the Prophethood.It is wrong for People to dispute against him whom Allah has sent as a guide and leader for all people, for they cannot elect him. One who is able to bear the ...
The information in front of you are the words of Mawlana Mueen al-Din Abu al-Fadl, the head of the cultural division of the Taliban in Kuwait. He made statements about the verdicts of some Wahabi scholars regarding the destruction of Islamic shrines and holy places. He said: "I will say that the identity of these kinds of groups are expressed by a line of poetry by Iqbal Lahouri which states that they screamed no churches, no trinity, no God." ...
The Prophet had invited leaders from across the globe, towards the religion of Islam, with one of his invitations reaching the Christians residing in Najran. On receiving this invitation, in order to determine whether the claim of Prophethood was one of truth or if it was engulfed in falsehood, sixty representatives of Najran, arrived in Madina. In the presence of the Prophet, they were informed of three messages by the Seal of the ...
Salutations to the People of QumImam Jafar Sadiq (AS) has said:"Salutations to the people of Qum, Allah (SWT) will shower their cities with the required rainfall and will bless them and turn their calamities into safety and goodness. The people of Qum are devout performers of Salat (Namaz). They are jurisprudents, scholars and explore the realities and perform good worship."(Bihaar al-Anwar, vol. 60, p. 217)[The Holy City of Qum in Ahadith]Qum, ...
In history there were numerous occasions when the Holy Prophet designated ‘Ali as his Deputy and successor after him. From the moment of Zulasheera to the time of the conquest of Khyber and the occasion of the battle of Tabuke the Holy Prophet made it abundantly clear that no one deserved more than ‘Ali to be his Deputy and successor. But at the time of Ghadeer this was clearly ordered by Allah through a clear verse revealed on the ...
• Imam al-Reza(A.S.) said, “Cleanliness is a character of the Holy Prophets.”
• Imam al-Reza(A.S.) said, “When Allāh wants to do something, He will take people’s intellect away from them; and when he does what He wants to do and carries out what He wills, He will then return the intellect of every intellectual; they will say: How did it happen and where from did it come?”• Imam al-Reza(A.S.) said, “Silence brings about ...
Hadrat Abdul Azim Hasani(A.S.) was born in 173(A.H.) in the sacred city of Madinah and 79 years of his fruitful life was simultaneous with the periods of four infallible Holy Imams(A.S.) i.e Imam Musa al-Kazim(A.S.),Imam Reza(A.S.),Imam Muhammad Taqi al-Jawad(A.S) and Imam Ali un-Naqi al-Hadi(A.S.).He enjoyed the holy presence of these Imams and narrated numerous hadiths(traditions) from them. He was the great grandson of Imam Hasan ...
Sayyed Ibne Tawoos relates that a maid came out of the tents of Imam Husain (a.s) and a man told her, "O maid of Allah! Your master has been killed". She says, I hastened to my lady and started lamenting, seeing this all the ladies arose and started wailing. It is said that then the army jointly proceeded further to plunder the tents of the Progeny of the Prophet (s.a.w.s) and the light of Zahra (a.s)'s eyes, besides looting the veils off the ...
Q:The days of Imam Sadiq the leadership split into two - that of terrestrial and the other of spiritual.Is it true or not?A: Each one separated from the other. Shias have never thought nor did they ever consider that the Imams should not possess a worldly leadership and that they are fit only for a spiritual leadership. They did and do consider that they hold both offices, that is, the leadership of worldly affairs and the spiritual leadership. ...
