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Dining at a restaurant can be daunting. Pictures of food are plastered all over the menu and other patrons are enjoying their meals as well. How do you know what to choose when you are eating out? Here are some things to look for when ordering a meal...

Dining at a restaurant can be daunting. Pictures o...

While exercise is the most effective way to burn calories, we burn calories doing everything: from breathing, to digesting to simply growing. Every little bit counts, so small decisions throughout your day can have big results. Here are a few sneaky ...

While exercise is the most effective way to burn c...

If nuts aren't already a part of your healthy eating repertoire, perhaps the results of a new study may entice you to add them to your diet. According to a new study, a one-ounce serving (28 grams) of almonds was found to have only 129 calories, whic...

If nuts aren't already a part of your healthy eati...

Including snacks in your diet provides a plethora of pluses. Snacking helps ward off hunger in between meals, keeps your blood sugar levels steady throughout the day, provides energy to fuel your daily activities and workouts, and may help you take i...

Including snacks in your diet provides a plethora ...

Various low carbohydrates diets have been popular since the 1970s, yet medical facilities like the Mayo Clinic state that certain carbohydrates are essential to a healthy diet. After years where carbohydrates have been given a bad reputation, you may...

Various low carbohydrates diets have been popular ...

Carbohydrates account for more than 50 percent of the calories in the average American diet, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Most dietary carbohydrates come from plants. Sugars and starches are nutritive carbohydrates, meaning they a...

Carbohydrates account for more than 50 percent of ...

Imam Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), peace be on him, had all the noble qualities that made him appropriate for undertaking the spiritual and the temporal leadership of this community. Each of his qualities raised him to the top which no one reaches except ...

Imam Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), peace be on him, had...

The Birth of Imam Muhammad Baqir(A.S.) The members of the House (ahl al-Bayt), peace be on them, received the baby with much rejoicing and pleasure. They were very happy with him, for he was in whom the elements of the two grandsons (of the Prophet),...

The Birth of Imam Muhammad Baqir(A.S.) The members...

On the first day of the Iunar month of Rajab, 57A.H. the pure prophetic house was swept with waves of joy and delight at the birth of Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn (A.S.). Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (A.S.) lived more than three years under the care of Imam...

On the first day of the Iunar month of Rajab, 57A....

by: Muhammadi Rayshahri Yazid ibn Abd Allah quoting a tradition: Imam al-Baqir (A.S.) wrote to Sa'd al-Khayr: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful I instruct you to practice piety, because piety makes one immune from corruption; and ...

by: Muhammadi Rayshahri Yazid ibn Abd Allah quotin...

By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz "O Jabir, you will live until you meet one of my descendants through (my grandson) Hussayn, called Muhammad, who will cleave knowledge; when you meet him convey to him my greetings." (Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) as quoted by the fa...

By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz "O Jabir, you will live unt...

by: Sayyid Taqi Varedi Imam Sadiq (A.S.) narrates from his father, Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (A.S.): One day, I came to Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari and greeted him. He replied my salutations and because he was blind, he asked me to tell him who I was. ...

by: Sayyid Taqi Varedi Imam Sadiq (A.S.) narrates ...

Abu Basir says: “In the presence of Imam Mohammad Baqer (A.S.) I entered a meeting, so many people were coming and going. Imam told me: Ask people do they see me? From every one I asked “Did you see Imam Baqer(A.S.)?”, He said, “No while he stood bes...

Abu Basir says: “In the presence of Imam Mohammad ...

Allah (SWT) would never appoint a person as an Imam and make him His decisive proof upon people unless the person has earned the position and has reached perfection in his virtues, sayings, and deeds. Such a person would say nothing but truth, and do...

Allah (SWT) would never appoint a person as an Ima...

Like his respected father, Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s) was also fond of worship. Most of his nights passed in wakefulness and in remembrance of Allah. The better part of the day was also spent in worship. Similar was the case of his fasts. Most of the ...

Like his respected father, Imam Muhammad Baqir (a....

Compiled By: Syed Ali Shahbaz The 3rd of the month of Safar, which although the birthday of an Infallible Imam, we do not mark it with celebrations out of respect for the tragedy of Karbala and its equally tragic aftermath, which we commemorate in th...

Compiled By: Syed Ali Shahbaz The 3rd of the month...

The first and second copies of the Qur'an were written in Kufic script at the time of the Prophet. The very basic nature of the script, without diacritical marks, was suitable for the reciters, relators and scholars who had learned the Qur'an by hear...

The first and second copies of the Qur'an were wri...

The first group of reciters were those companions who were engaged in learning and teaching the Qur'an during the time of the Prophet. Among them was a group which mastered the whole Qur'an; one of this group was a woman by the name of Umm Waraqah bi...

The first group of reciters were those companions ...

As we have pointed out above, the verses and chapters of the Qur'an were in oral use amongst Muslims at the time of its first and second compilation into one volume. They were extremely careful in preserving what they had learnt by heart. Moreover, a...

As we have pointed out above, the verses and chapt...

Many of the verses are connected with events and circumstances which took place as the Prophet called the people to Islam, for example "The Cow". Other chapters, like "The Tribe", refer to the exile of the Banu al-Nadir and the chapter "The Coursers"...

Many of the verses are connected with events and c...

The Order in which the Verses of the Qur'an were RevealedThat the chapters and verses were not revealed in one place but rather in stages over a period of twenty-three years during the Prophet's mission is authenticated not only by historical evidenc...

The Order in which the Verses of the Qur'an were R...