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Demise of Hazrat Abdolazim (AS)

Demise of Hazrat Abdolazim (AS)
That in what date abdolazim died there is no written document. In the book Rooh wa reihan, it is written: abdolazim died around the year 250 hegira but the book does not give any document for this.   Some writers say: by the narrtion from emam Ali Naghi about the virtues of abdolazim, it can be gathered that the abdolazim died during the imamate of ali Naghi and imam Naghi was martyred in 254. Emadzadeh, in the second volume of the life of ...

Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Ali ibn abi Talib, Amir al-Mu'menin (Peace be Upon him) Name: Ali Title: al-Murtada Agnomen: Abu ' l-Hasan Father's name: Abu Talib ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib Mother's name: Fatimah bint Asad Birth: In the Holy Ka'bah in Mecca on Friday, 13th Rajab 23 BH Death: Died at the age of 63, in Kufah (Iraq) on Monday, 21st Ramadan 40 AH; murdered by an assassin who mortally wounded him with a poisoned sword in the mosque of Kufah during the morning prayer on ...

Faith (in God) requires the following five attributes

Faith (in God) requires the following five attributes
●   خَمْسٌ مِنَ الإيْمَانِ: مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيْهِ شَيْ‏ءُ مِنْهُنَّ فَلا اِيْمَانَ لَهُ: التَّسْلِيْمُ لأمْرِ اللَّهِ، وَالرِّضَا بِقَضَاءِ اللَّهِ، وَالتَّفْوِيْضُ إلَى اللَّهِ، وَالتَّوَكُّلُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَالصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ ...

The cause of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (A.S)

The cause of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (A.S)
Let us reflect upon the cause of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (A.S)From the day he left Medina on the 28th Rajab in 60 Hijrah, at every stage, our Imam made his mission clear. He left no doubt as to his intentions. It was not to fight Yazid to get the throne of the empire over which the khalifah ruled. Imam mission was to reawaken the spirit of Islam and rekindle the Islamic conscience which was nearing extinction by the conduct of Muawiyah and ...

Rabb al-‘ālamīn” [Lord of all the worlds]

Rabb al-‘ālamīn” [Lord of all the worlds]
“Al-ḥamdulillāh” [All praise belongs to Allah] The words, “madaḥ,” “shukr,” and “ḥamd” have identical meanings, but each of them also has its own particular meaning. For instance, the word “madaḥ” means “to praise” regardless of whether the praise is worthy, based on flattery or something unworthy, or whether on account of one’s excellences, fear, covetousness, beguiling, or ingratiation. The word “shukr” ...

Journey of Endless Tears Begins, IMAM HUSSAIN (AS) LEAVES MADINA

Journey of Endless Tears Begins, IMAM HUSSAIN (AS) LEAVES MADINA
The Story of Karbala is a tale of five journeys of tears. The first journey started on 28th Rajab, From Madina to Mecca. Each journey had its hero and heroine. The hero of this first journey was Imam Hussain(AS) and the heroine was the memory of Fatima Sughra (SA), his beloved daughter whom he had left behind.When all the men who had accompanied Imam Hussain (AS) to the Governor's palace got back, the ladies came to know about the journey.Hazrat ...

Terms of Respect to Imams

Terms of Respect to Imams
To hold the Imams in the highest esteem is a duty enjoined on us by God. He has associated the devotion to them with the devotion to Himself and the devotion to the Prophet. He has laid emphasis on our devotion to them and has further ordered us to refer our disputes to them. In view of the fact that our devotion to the Prophet is just the same as our devotion to God, it is incumbent on us all to revere the Imam of our time to the same extent ...

Enlightening Quotes About The Holy Month of Ramadhan

Enlightening Quotes About The Holy Month of Ramadhan
Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) said:"Whoever backbites his Muslim brothers, his fasting will be invalid and his ablution null. Should he die in such a state, he will die like the one who decreed lawful what Allah has forbidden." Imam Ali, Ameer al Mu'mineen (a.s.) quotes the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) for saying: "Whoever fasts during the month of Ramadhan out of faith and seeking Allah's pleasure and guards his ears, eyes and tongue from harming ...

Fornicator in the Barzakh

Fornicator in the Barzakh
The fifth Imam (a.s.) has also said, "Whoever commits Fornication with a Muslim, Jew, Christian or Magian woman, whether she is a slave or a free woman; and dies without repenting of his sin, then the Almighty Allah opens three hundred doors of punishment in his grave. From each door many snakes, scorpions and pythons emerge from the fire and burn and torment him till the Day of Qiyamat." Fornicator on the Day of Judgement Imam Muhammad Baqir ...

Every day is Ashura and every land is Karbala

Every day is Ashura and every land is Karbala
What is Ashura ? It appeared at that time that like hundreds of similar events, this battle would be recorded in history and forgotten in time. However, the events that occurred on the 10th day of Muharram in Kerbala were to become a beacon and an inspiration for future generations. In this article, we shall examine briefly the principal adversaries. The leader of the small band of men who were martyred in Kerbala was none other than Husain (A), ...

The Justice of Imam Ali (s)

The Justice of Imam Ali (s)
Imam Ali's life and justice are closely bound up with the history of Islam. This appeared especially during his caliphate. Whenever his name is mentioned the word of justice comes to mind. At the beginning of his life he fought against injustice and oppression of Koreish to spread justice of Islam. In the last days of his life he confronted terrible difficulties in order to realize justice among people and at last he was martyred for it. He ...

Hadith Al-Kisa / The Event of the Cloak

Hadith Al-Kisa / The Event of the Cloak
This narration has been narrated by many people, including Umme Salma, Jabir ibn Abdullah Ansari, Ayesha, and Ibne Abbas.There are also various modifications and differences between the narrations of the different people. The most authentic version of Hadith Al-Kisa, according to the Shia, is that version which has been narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah Ansari, all other versions have either been edited or are incomplete. Fatimatuz-Zahra, the ...

Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice

Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice
The tenth Greater sin is adultery (zina) according to the traditions of Masoomen (a.s.). Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.), Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.), Imam Ali Reza (a.s.) and Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.) have all described it as a Greater Sin. In the following ayat the Almighty says: "And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay the soul which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice, and (who) do not commit ...

Virtues of Imam Ali (A.S.) in Sunni Sources

Virtues of Imam Ali (A.S.) in Sunni Sources
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 ...

The Holy Quran, the Eternal Miracle

The Holy Quran, the Eternal Miracle
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 ...

The explanation of the obscene qualities arising from tongue

The explanation of the obscene qualities arising from tongue
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 ...

Excellence of Namaz-e-Shab

Excellence of Namaz-e-Shab
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 in sayings of Non-Muslim Scholars

Quran in sayings of Non-Muslim Scholars
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 ...

How can we believe in the existence of Al-Mehdi

How can we believe in the existence of Al-Mehdi
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 ...

Equip the inner life with virtues and purify it against evils

Equip the inner life with virtues and purify it against evils
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 ...