The Miraculously Healed Person: Parastoo MuhammadiFather's Name: Hooshang MuhammadiDate of Birth: 1369 A.H.Father's Job: BakerInhabitant of Gorgan,Golestan Province.Type of Illness: Severe Infection in ears and throat.Date of Being Miraculously Healed: 16.8.1369Fatima, the stricken mother, was whispering with her only daughter, who was everything for her and was shaking her child on her legs, so that she might go to sleep even for a moment, and ...
Title: Masumah
Father's name: Imam Musa al-Kazim(A.S.)
Died: at the age 28, in Qum on 10th Rabi al-Thani, 201 A.H.
The name of this divine lady was Fatima and her nickname was Masoumah. Her father was Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS), the seventh Imam of the Shi'ites and her mother was named Najma Khatun who was also the mother of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shi'ite ...
A Creator Who cannot be circumscribed by place for Whose Essence no limit is conceivable of Whose being not a single part of the heavens and earth is empty-such a Creator is naturally aware of all things; there is nothing throughout the whole scheme of being on which the bright rays of His knowledge do not shine.
The events that occur in the most distant part of the universe happenings that occurred billions of years ago or will occur billions ...
The Qur'an is not directed towards any one particular nation, such as the Arabs, or to a particular sect of Muslims, but to non-Islamic societies as well as the Muslim nation as a whole. There are numerous references to non-believers and idol- worshippers, to the People of the Book (namely, the Jews, or the Tribe of Israel, and the Christians), exhorting each one to strive towards a true understanding of the Qur'an and of Islam. The Qur'an calls ...
When I went to school that morning, everyone was talking about the accident. One of the boys in the class, Abmad, had suffocated.
One of the boys asked the teacher: 'Why did Ahmad's hands and face turn blue, and what is meant by suffocation?" The teacher thought for a moment and then said:
"Since you all want to know the answers to these questions, we would better begin with our lesson on blood circulation and respiration. I suggest we begin ...
Birth and Imamate Imam Muhammad Baqir(a.s) was born in the 57th year of the Hijra, on Friday the first day of the month of Rajab, in the city of Madina. His honoured father is Imam Sajjad(a.s.) and his revered mother, Fatema, daughter of Imam Hasan(a.s.). He was the only Imam who was Alawiite from both the side of the Mother and the Father. Imam Sajjad(a.s.), according to the command of Allah(swt) and the decree of the Prophet(pbuh&hf), ...
Imam Ali (AS):“For everything that you own there is Zakat, and Zakat of your body is fasting.” . (Nahjul- Balagha, Saying 135)The Holy Month of Ramadan is received with great religious fervor in the Islamic world. Religious and social traditions during Ramadan have remained unchanged, linking Muslims of today with their ancestors.The date of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Hejira, vary due to the lunar calendar, falling approximately ...
Name: al-Husayn. Title: Sayyidu'sh-Shuhada'. Agnomen: Abu 'Abdillah. Father' s name: 'Ali Amir al-Mu'minin. Mother's name:Fatimah (Daughter of the Holy Prophet). Birth: In Medina on Thursday, 3rd Sha'ban 4 AH. Death: Martyred in Karbala' (Iraq) at the age of 57, on Friday, 10th Muharram 61 AH and buried there. In the House of the Holy Prophet, which presented the best image of both the worlds - the heaven and the earth- a child who benefited ...
By: Shaykh Nasir Makarim Shirazi1. The End of the Night of DarknessWhen we look at our present situation, and we see the increase in crimes, massacres, wars, bloodshed, conflicts, international differences and the daily increase in corruption, we ask ourselves if the situation will continue in the same way and the extent of the crimes and corruption will so grow that all of society will be included in a continuous war and destroyed?Or the ...
O Allah, on this day, guide me towards righteous actions, fulfil my needs and hopes, O One who does not need explanations nor questions, O One who knows what is in the chests of the (people of the) world. Bless Muhammad and his family, the ...
Hujjat al-Islam Syed Zaki BaqueriWhat is raining? Blood.Who? The eyes.How? Day and night.Why? From grief.Grief for whom? Grief for the king of Karbala .-QaaniThis poem, in its marvelous style of question and answer, conveys much of the dramatic events and the feelings a pious Muslim experiences when thinking of the martyrdom of the Prophet's beloved grandson at the hands of the Umayyad troops."For this is the day the Lord God hosts a day of ...
On the third day of the blessed month of Sha'ban, the fourth year after Hijrah and a year after the birth of Imam Hasan (A.S.), the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) was given the news of the birth of Imam Husain (A.S.). He hurried to the house of Imam Ali and Fatima al-Zahra '. "O Asma '. " he ordered Asma ', the daughter of Umays , "bring me my son."She took the newborn to him. The infant was wrapped in a piece of cloth. The face of the Messenger of ...
According to the corpus of traditions false testimony is a Greater sin. It is also mentioned in the narration of Abdul Azeem quoted from Imam Muhammad al-Taqi (a.s.). Similarly the tradition of Fazl Ibne Shazaan includes it in the list of Greater sins as mentioned by Imam Reza (a.s.). That it is a Greater sin is also proved by the hadith of Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) as quoted by Amash. We have already mentioned in the chapter on "lying" that ...
Tradition 16
Through my connecting chain of transmitters reaching Shaikh Sadooq, who relates from Talqani, from Ahmed Hamadani, from Ali bin Hasan bin Fazzal who relates from his father that Imam Ali ar Reza (a.s) said,
"Whoever avoids attending to his worldly affairs on the tenth of Moharram, Allah will fulfill all the wishes and desires of this world as well as the hereafter. Whoever considers this day to be a day of mourning, sorrow and ...
Numerous traditions have reached us in this connection. Shaykh Ansari has also recorded the following tradition from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) in his book Waraam: "If one knowingly goes to help an oppressor, he has apostasized from Islam." (Majmua Waraam)
Naturally an act that makes a person bereft of the Islamic faith must be a sin that results in his destruction.
Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) says: "When Qiyamat occurs an announcer will ...
According to Hadith, Laylatul Qadr is either on the 19th, 21st or 23rd night of Ramadhan. More emphasis is laid on the 21st and the 23rd, particularly the 23rd.The A`maal for this night are: 1. The common A`maal for the three nights of Qadr, including:a) Ghusl.b) Namaz Two rak`aat namaz; in each rak`ah after Sura al¬Hamd recite Suraal-Ikhlas 7 times.c) Ziyarat of Imam Husseind) Say 100 times:'Astaghfirullaaha Rabbee Wa-atoobu ...
that the seller avenge himself on buyer by slapping him on the face. Although the buyer was forgiven by the seller but Imam Ali (s) slapped the buyer on the face and said: “This is the right of the government too.”[1]
Imam Ali wrote in his will for his son Imam Hasan: “O my son, make yourself the judge between you and the others. Like for the others what you like for yourself and dislike for them what you dislike for yourself. Do not ...
Section 2
Yusuf suffers the treatment of his brothers
Brothers of - Joseph plot Joseph drown into a dry well - Joseph picked up by a caravan and sold as a slave for a paltry price.
(7) لَقَدْ كانَ في يُوسُفَ وَ إِخْوَتِهِ آياتٌ لِلسَّائِلينَ
7. " Certainly there are signs(of Allah's sovereignty)in(the story of)Yusuf and his brothers for the inquirers. "
Commentary :
There are numerous ...
QuestionDid Imam Al-Hussein have a daughter named “Ruqayyah” or “Sukainah” who passed away in Damascus while she was around 3-4 years old? As far as I know, it is not cited clearly anywhere in acceptable first-hand references (e.g. al-Irshad). Even the first narrator of the story, Imaduddin al-Tabari, the author of “Kamel Baha’i”, left it ambiguous by not mentioning the little girl’s name [assuming ...
