The month of Ramadan is a great month, a month of worship, prayer and fasting, a month of selflessness, compassion and self-sacrifice. The pre-dawn period (sahar) of each day of the month of Ramadan is very special. Muslims rise up for "sahar" during the month of Ramadan and perform prayers, supplications and litanies.
Perhaps you have seen your parents rising from their beds at sahar time in the month of Ramadan, perform wudu pray, recite the ...
Name: Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.)Mother: Fatimah az-Zahra (a.s.), the daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.).Kunniyat (Patronymic): Abu MuhammadLaqab (Title): Al-Sibt al-Kabir (the elder grandson), Al-Mujtaba.Birth: He was born in Madina in the middle of the month of Ramadhan in 3 A.H.Martyrdom: He died on the 28th of Safar in the year 50 A.H. He was buried in the graveyard of Baqi in Madina. A Brief History of Imam ...
It is evident to everyone that Imam `Ali was the most pious of his time. He has left behind a heritage of night prayers and supplications. He was so devoted in his prayer that he did not pay attention to anything but Allah. He was detached from the world and so absorbed in Allah that he did not feel the pains. Once he was hit
دُنْيَا غُرِّي غَيْرِي! أَبِي تَعَرَّضْتِ أَمْ إلَيَّ ...
Allah (God) wisely and fairly willed to create pairs of everything in the firmly-founded and extensive order of Creation. In the expansive scene of Creation the pairing of everything is an absolute truth with no exception. Even before man came to know this fact through his knowledge and perform scientific research on it, the Glorious Quran had made this truth known in numerous verses, including verse 49 of the Blessed Surah (Chapter) entitled ...
Quran is a book which guides human beings in several dimensions of life and nobody can deny its several special characteristics and everybody may use it according to his capacity, here we want to talk about different viewpoints of non-Muslim 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 view ...
By: Shaykh Nasir Makarim ShiraziThe Prophet Muhammad (S) has said, “O' ‘Ali! There are three things which this nation shall not be able to bear: equality with their brother in regards to their wealth; giving people their rights; and remembering Allah (SwT) in any state - and this does not mean saying “Glory be to Allah and all Praise belongs to Allah and there is no creature worthy of worship except for Allah.” Rather, ...
Allah the Almighty says in Surah Nahl, verse 105:
"Only they forge the lie who do not believe in Allah's communications, and these are the liars."
And in Surah Zumar it is mentioned: "Surely Allah does not guide him aright who is a liar, ungrateful." (Surah Zumar 39:3)
It can be understood from the verses of the Quran that a liar calls for divine curse and invites the anger of Allah.
For example: "... and pray for the curse of Allah on the ...
It is reported in Kashshaf-e-Haqiqat that Ja’far bin Muhammad as-Sadiq (‘a) said: The Almighty Lord has remembered my grandfather, the Messenger of God, by several names. First ‘Muhammad’ in the verse:Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Apostle of Allah and the Last of the prophets (33:40)Second: ‘Ahmad’ as He has said:And when Isa son of Marium said: O children of Israel! Surely I am the apostle of Allah to ...
One day, Imam Reza (‘a) went with his friend Suleman ibn e Jafar for some work out of town. They returned at sunset and the Imam invited Suleman to stop over for the night. He accepted. As soon as they entered the exterior of the house, the Imam (‘a) saw all his serving men busy in the garden, planting, weeding, mowing and watering the flower- beds. The Imam (‘a) noticed a stranger working besides them. He called one of his workers and ...
To discuss the relationship between the Muslims and Jews, it is necessary to divide Islamic history into three distinct eras and review each separately. The three divisions are:1. Islam during the time of the Prophet.2. Islam during the time of the first three caliphs.3. Islam during the present era.The Muslims and Jews during the Days of the Prophet Muhammad There were many battles between the Messenger of God and the Jews of Al-Hijaz. ...
The Governor of Medina got the Imam poisoned. The Imam left this world on 25th Muharram 95 A.H. At that time his age, he was 57 years. He was buried in the graveyard of Baqi in Medina next to his uncle Imam Hasan (A.S).
It is reported from Imam Jaffer Sadiq (A.S) that at the time of his death Imam Zainul Abidin (A.S) had left special instructions concerning his camel which the Imam (A.S) used to take with him on his journey to Hajj. The Imam ...
I am Muhammad Nabavi Nik, the caretaker of sports Complex of Nur al-Kazmain. My illness occurred in Esfand 1362 during the Holy Month of Fasting.It was in the afternoon when a group of our relatives had come to visit me. Having chatted, I decided to get out for a moment. I was just going to get up while sitting on my knees, but suddenly, I fell down on the floor feeling that I was not able to talk and even unable to swallow my saliva.Immediately ...
In the face of verses that the skeptic cited to negate the dominance and authority of the Messenger of God and the lack of necessity of obeying him are verses that are contradictory with the first group of verses on account of the skeptic’s wrong understanding of it. Let us cite some of these verses: “And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided and affair (for them), that they should ...
Khuzaima ibn Thabit Dhu'sh-Shahadatain al-Ansari (Arabic: خزيمة بن ثابت ذو الشهادتين الأنصاري; Martyred July 657 CE in the Battle of Siffin on the side of Imam Ali a.s) was one of the companions of Muhammad.Biography610–632: Muhammad (P.B.U.H)'s eraHe was an Ansar.[1]He is among those on whose authority the Hadith of the pond of Khumm was reported.[2]632–634: Abu Bakr's eraHe was among those who ...
There is divergence of opinions about the birth date of Sayyeda Zainab (s.a.). Some say it was in Medina 5th of Jamadi Al-Awwal, and others say it was 1st in the month of Shabaan, in the 6th Hijra year.
It was five years after the Muslims had accompanied the Prophet (SAW) and his family in the migration (Hijrah) to Medina, when the Holy Prophet"s daughter, Sayyeda Fatima (s.a.), gave birth to a little girl.
When her father, Imam Ali (AS), saw ...
Professor Ansarian:
The night of power or the Night of Measures (Shabe- Ghadr) is the most mysterious night throughout history that pens are broken in describing it, tongues fall short of description and the intellect remains stunned and puzzled in understanding it, it is a night which is considered the heart of Ramadan according to Sadiq (AS)
The night of power (Shabe- Ghadr) is the best night of the year because Allah Almighty considered this ...
Why are four witnesses required to prove a sexual crime? Doesn’t this strictness cause increase in such crimes?
Also when a sane person confesses that which is detrimental to himself, that admission with be efficacious that law that kind does not exist here. And if a person himself confesses to have committed adultery then for three times his confession is not accepted and is accepted only after he confesses the fourth time?
Answer: In ...
Introduction
Iraq’s senior Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and the scope of his effectiveness is a mystery, especially for those who look at his character with the criteria of top politicians. This man, who does not speak to the media, favors a solitary life, and a few pictures and videos of him are released, is considered the most influential character and a senior Shia cleric in Iraq. Excerpts of his life are as follow:
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On the tenth of Muharram (Ashura), the Imam said the last Dhuhr (noon) prayer before he was martyred. Most of his comrades in arms were martyred earlier that day, in the exchanges of volleys of arrows between the combatants. Thus, he was left with the immediate members of his family and a small band of his companions. The fighting force of the Imam totaled some seventy-two warriors. And yet, despite their small number, they were enjoying high ...
The Farewell PilgrimageTen years after the migration (hijrah), the Messenger of Allah [peace and blessings be upon him and his Progeny] ordered to his close followers to call all the people in different places to join him in his last pilgrimage. On this pilgrimage he taught them how to perform the pilgrimage in a correct and unified form.This was first time that the Muslims with this magnitude gathered in one place in the presence of their ...
