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The Holy Prophet (pbuh) has said: “Rajab is a great month of Allah, unmatched by any other month in the respect and significance (accorded to it); war with the infidels during this month is prohibited; Verily, Rajab is Allah’s month, Sha’aban my mon...

The Holy Prophet (pbuh) has said: “Rajab is a gre...

English Translation: The following Dua is recommended after the daily obligatory prayers in the month of Rajab. The Dua, according to shaykh `Abbas Qummi in MafateeHul Jinaan has been taught by Imam Ja`far as-Sadiq (a). In the name of Allah, the Ben...

English Translation: The following Dua is recomme...

Dua asaluka sabr al shakreen In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful O` Allah! I ask from You forbearance of the grateful and (practice of) actions of the fearful of You and Conviction of the devotees to Your worship. O` Allah! Lofty and Gra...

Dua asaluka sabr al shakreen In the name of Allah ...

The Shia think that the knowledge of the prophets is covert and that God has revealed it to him by inspiration and then they vest it in their successors at the last gasp. Imam Ali (s) said: “The Prophet, in his deathbed, whispered to me and taught me...

The Shia think that the knowledge of the prophets ...

Umar ibn Abd-al-Aziz, the Umayyad caliph, had said: “No one at all throughout the world will be like Imam Ali in piety and devotedness.” All of the Islamic researchers confirmed Imam Ali’s asceticism in food and dress. One of his companions said: “On...

Umar ibn Abd-al-Aziz, the Umayyad caliph, had said...

Qoreish was the strongest tribe throughout Arabia and it was divided into some branches, of which the Hashemites and the Umayyads were. These two families were well-known of having courage, generosity, bravery and eloquence. But the Hashemites were p...

Qoreish was the strongest tribe throughout Arabia ...

Notes: 42. Qur'an 6:57. 43. Nowadays the same condition is prevailing allover the world. The racial discrimination has caused many vagrancies and miseries among the peoples o the world. All these aroused from the unprincipled conducts that became far...

Notes: 42. Qur'an 6:57. 43. Nowadays the same cond...

Mu’awiyah made preparations for the war and set off towards Imam Ali's area with forty thousand soldiers. They got at a place called Siffeen between Syria and Iraq. Mu’awiyah arrived there earlier than Imam Ali (s) and occupied the bank of the river....

Mu’awiyah made preparations for the war and set of...

Neglecting the other troubles, the ruling of Mu’awiyah in Syria was the most complicated matter that Imam Ali (s) confronted at the beginning of his caliphate. When Syria was conquered by the Muslims, Yazid, the elder brother of Mu’awiyah, was appoin...

Neglecting the other troubles, the ruling of Mu’aw...

Notes: 33. Refer to Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah by ibn Abi'l-Hadeed, vol.2 p.p.77, Akhbar az-Zaman by al-Mas'oodi, Khawass al-Umma by Sibt ibn aj-Jawzi and many other Sunni historians. 34. A place near Basra. 35. Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah by ibn Abul Hadeed....

Notes: 33. Refer to Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah by ibn ...

It was concluded according to the Islamic history that Uthman was a man of feeble will and credulous. His counselor Marwan, who was disrespectable and mean among the Muslims, used his undue influence upon the caliph. Time and again he promised the pe...

It was concluded according to the Islamic history ...

Imam Ali (s) wrote in his will to Imam Hasan: “O my son, know that ... (if you do not like to follow your ancestors and virtuous people), first you have to search the truth by the way of understanding and perceiving so that you do not fall into doubt...

Imam Ali (s) wrote in his will to Imam Hasan: “O m...

All the politicians and the cruel powerful men usually created an atmosphere of distress among people to frighten them in order to submit. For this purpose, they built many houses of detention and prisons to put the opponents in them and if someone m...

All the politicians and the cruel powerful men usu...

Imam Ali (s) wanted to revive all the human values that were granted to people by the Prophet of Islam and they were declined during the reign of the third caliph Uthman. Once, Imam Ali set out to Syria. The people of Anbar (a place between Syria and...

Imam Ali (s) wanted to revive all the human values...

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 ...

Imam Ali's life and justice are closely bound up w...

At the time of the Prophet, the Muslims were inspired with feelings of liberty and freedom by canceling partisanship and racial feelings. The Holy Qur’an addressed the Prophet by saying: (Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that yo...

At the time of the Prophet, the Muslims were inspi...

Umar, according to the will of Abu-Bakr, dressed himself with the caliphate. He was a severe man. He would put the religious punishments into practice carefully and he had, personally, a careful control over the state affairs. No one of his officers ...

Umar, according to the will of Abu-Bakr, dressed h...

Abu-Bakr was one of the Prophet’s great companions. He was the prophet’s pal in the cave at the night of emigration. He controlled all the affairs of the state as it was mentioned before. Some of the great companions, who were about nine persons, rem...

Abu-Bakr was one of the Prophet’s great companions...

It was said beforehand that many great men of Mecca, especially those who had grudge against Muhammad (s) obstinately, were killed in the battle of Badr by the sword of Imam Ali and that there were a few houses that did not lose a relative by Ali’s s...

It was said beforehand that many great men of Mecc...

When Islam appeared there were two great powers on this side of the earth; the Romans and the Persians. The Roman soldiers were well experienced in the wars and at the same time, they had won the war against Iran. Syria and the eastern parts of the M...

When Islam appeared there were two great powers on...

Now the most tribes of Arabia had turned Muslims except two tribes; Thaqeef and Hawazin. They were strong enough and had resided about Ta’if, a country place in the east and north east of Mecca. When they knew that the Muslims had conquered Mecca, th...

Now the most tribes of Arabia had turned Muslims e...