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Allamah Majlisi says in Haqqul Yaqeen: Muslims have a unanimously agreed belief that the squeezing of grave and both reward and punishment therein are real facts. According to reliable traditions, the grave will press the same body, which was been bu...

Allamah Majlisi says in Haqqul Yaqeen: Muslims hav...

We should also know about the things involved in questioning in the grave. It will be about beliefs and actions or deeds. It will be asked, "Who is your God? Who is your Prophet? Which religion were you following?" These questions will be asked to ev...

We should also know about the things involved in q...

It is mentioned in many traditions that the Holy Prophet and Ali bin Abi Talib and, according to some narrations, even the Holy five (Panjetan), and also all the fourteen Infallibles (a.s.) arrive at the head of the dying person. (More about their ra...

It is mentioned in many traditions that the Holy P...

A sunni brother mentioned: Imam Hussein (A.S) was truthful in his determination to change the munkar, but he was adviced by the likes of Ibn Abbas and Ibn Umar that he was overoptimistic with the people of Iraq and their help. Hussein, being a human ...

A sunni brother mentioned: Imam Hussein (A.S) was ...

Imam Hussein was always looking for a chance to fight against the Umayyad (Bani Umayyah’s) cruel rule to put an end to their oppression. This opportunity was not found in times of Imam Hassan, and not even until many years after his martyrdom. But th...

Imam Hussein was always looking for a chance to fi...

Let us examine which of the following two matters came first and consequently had precedence over the other. Did the Imam’s rejection of the Umayyad’s call to him to endorse Yazid as Caliph come first, i.e. prior to the Kufans’ invitation to him to c...

Let us examine which of the following two matters ...

In Surat Saafaat: 101-109, Allah says: We gave him (Hazrat Ibraheem A.S) the tidings of a son possessing forbearance (hilm). And when the son (Hazrat Ismail A.S) was old enough to walk about with him (some mufassireen have translated sa'ya as to work...

In Surat Saafaat: 101-109, Allah says: We gave him...

Among the mistakes the author of the book, “Ash-Shaheedul Khalid – The Immortal Martyr”? did was that he over-exaggerated the factor of the “Kufans’ invitation”?, so much so that he has given the impression that it was the overriding stimulant for Im...

Among the mistakes the author of the book, “Ash-Sh...

There are many people who might claim the upholding of this religious obligation. Imam Hussein (A.S) demonstrated this on the ground, “I seek to enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil and follow the traditions of my grandfather and my father.” T...

There are many people who might claim the upholdin...

As we have already mentioned the invitation of the Kufans to Imam Hussein (A.S) to come to Kufa and set up an Islamic government there represented the third side [of the triangle] of causes of his revolt. The request of the Umayyad’s from the Imam th...

As we have already mentioned the invitation of the...

By: Martyr Murtadha Mutahhari Among the differences that exist between matters of the physical world and the social one is that in the material world minerals always demonstrate a single essence. For instance, you cannot find, as a raw material, gold...

By: Martyr Murtadha Mutahhari Among the difference...

By: Martyr Murtadha Mutahhari Looking at Imam Hussein’s revolt from another perspective, i.e. the way he was treating his followers, one can only come out with one conclusion. He was determined not to let the feelings of his companions run high, in a...

By: Martyr Murtadha Mutahhari Looking at Imam Huss...

By: Martyr Murtadha Mutahhari Different phenomena vary as to their realities. Similarly, every uprising or revolt is unique as to the truth/s underlying its eruption [and eventual success or otherwise]. In order to understand a particular matter, or ...

By: Martyr Murtadha Mutahhari Different phenomena ...

Unlawfulness of breach of allegiance, namely fulfilling a pledge is heavily underlined in Islam. Since breaking a pledge or an allegiance is prohibited seriously, it stands to reason how much the role of which in political affairs can be positive. Bu...

Unlawfulness of breach of allegiance, namely fulfi...

The Islamic community in the year the event of Karbala- took place had greatly differed from that in the last year of Prophet’s life. The trend of deviation had been however gradual, according to many of researchers, the basis thereof was established...

The Islamic community in the year the event of Kar...

Imam Hussein went to Mecca and stayed there for four months. He visited different groups and wrote a lot of letters to Kufa, Basra, and to individuals. He went on a pilgrimage to Kaba and he visited the tombs of diseased predecessors; he went to the ...

Imam Hussein went to Mecca and stayed there for fo...

The history of thirst began with the story of Prophet Abraham and his son Ismail. The next instance throughout the history was the story of Imam Hussein. Prophet Abraham was going from Palestine to Mecca, while Imam Hussein was leaving Mecca to anoth...

The history of thirst began with the story of Prop...

Thinking about Karbala, one would inevitably remember the thirst of the fighters of Karbala. Such thirst has a history which starts from Hazrat Ibrahim’s (Prophet Abraham’s) story with Hajar and Ismail. Sareh, Prophet Abraham’s wife, told him, “As I...

Thinking about Karbala, one would inevitably remem...

The world revolves around a center of love. This center is Hussein (AS) in Karbala, where everything is based on love. Satan now is having his final battle with the army of love and today, in Karbala, the blood of the lovers beats the sword of Satan....

The world revolves around a center of love. This c...

The weight of clouds can reach quite astonishing proportions. For example, a cumulonimbus cloud, commonly known as the thunder cloud, can contain up to 300,000 tons of water. The fact that a mass of 300,000 tons of water can remain aloft is truly am...

The weight of clouds can reach quite astonishing p...

Praise belongs to Allah Who created the heavens and the earth and appointed darkness and light... (Quran, 6:1) We all know that without light a person cannot see his surroundings with the naked eye. However, the light that we can see is only a very ...

Praise belongs to Allah Who created the heavens an...