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The "Sahifa" as we know it today is a collection of 54 Supplications, I 4 other supplications and 15 Munajat. These "Duas" can be put into two groups: The Duas that can be read on any occasion (E.g. Supplication for ones Parents, Supplication in aski...

The "Sahifa" as we know it today is a collection o...

Whenever he got a chance, the Imam would advise his followers on how they were to lead their lives. These advises or sayings are in plenty. Over and above that, the Imam gave a lengthy advice on human rights. These today appear in a book form and is ...

Whenever he got a chance, the Imam would advise hi...

Supplications ("Duas") are a kind of prayers to Allah. A person who reads a "Dua" is actually addressing Allah. In the Qur'an itself Allah tells us of the "Duas" of several Prophets such as Nabi Nuh, Nabi Ibrahim and Nabi Musa. The Prophet taught his...

Supplications ("Duas") are a kind of prayers to Al...

The only chance that the Imam had to give an open sermon was in the court of Yezid. It was very important for him to do so because all along, the people of Syria were being told lies about the Prophet (S.A.W W) and his family, especially about Imam A...

The only chance that the Imam had to give an open ...

Several miracles were shown by the Imam (A.S) but we shall look at only two of them. MIRACLE 1 After the martyrdom of Imam Husain (A.S), the army of Yezid cut-off the heads of all the martyrs of Kerbala and removed them from their bodies. Then they l...

Several miracles were shown by the Imam (A.S) but ...

His acts of piety did not end with only spending his time communicating with Allah. He spent a lot of his time 34 serving human beings also. He regularly visited the poor and the sick and provided for their necessities of life without their knowledge...

His acts of piety did not end with only spending h...

Imam Zainul Abidin (A.S) was similar to his uncle Imam Hassan (A.S) and his grandson Imam Musa Kazim (A.S) (Our 7th Imam) by showing a lot of pat, ience to their enemies. You will remember that after the events of Kerbala, he went through very bad ti...

Imam Zainul Abidin (A.S) was similar to his uncle ...

He had great love and fear of Allah. These could be seen the way the carried out his daily 'Wajib' prayers and other recommended prayers. Three things can be said about his prayers to Allah: 1) Once he set up his mind to pray to Allah, he forgot abou...

He had great love and fear of Allah. These could b...

The beliefthat our Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W W), his daughter, Hazrat Fatima (A.S), Imam Ali (A.S) and other eleven Imams (whose biographies we are going to study in this course) are all sinless and make no mistakes, is a very important part of our fai...

The beliefthat our Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W W), his...

The greatest result of the Imam's decision to lead a quiet life was: the government became sure that he was not going to be dangerous to them. They, therefore, left him alone. For example, when Muslim bin Aqaba attacked Medina in A.H. 63, he did no h...

The greatest result of the Imam's decision to lead...

When martyrdom was necessary to keep Islam alive, Imam Husain (A.S) publicly opposed Yezid and gave. his life. When silence became necessary to keep Islam alive, Imam Zainul Abidin (A.S) retired in his house to serve Islam in the best way possible. F...

When martyrdom was necessary to keep Islam alive, ...

It will be recalled that Yezid had given the Imam his freedom to return to his home in Medina not out of love but out of fear. The Imam, therefore, was still not out of danger. The Imam, therefore, had to find out a way to preach the true message of ...

It will be recalled that Yezid had given the Imam ...

Although the army of Yezid did not kill him because he was sick, they treated him very badly by putting him in heavy chains. As a prisoner, he was made to travel on the open back of a camel in burning sunshine from Kerbala to Kufa and then from Kufa ...

Although the army of Yezid did not kill him becaus...

When his father, Imam Husain (A.S) left Medina for Iraq in A.H. 60, Imam Zainul Abidin went together with him. Because the world cannot survive even .for one atom of a second without the presence a "Masoom" Imam, Imam Zainul Abidin (A.S) could note j...

When his father, Imam Husain (A.S) left Medina for...

Having spent not less than one year in the prison of Yezid in Damascus, Imam Zainul Abidin returned to Medina. On reaching Medina, he camped outside the town and let the people of Medina know that he was back. When people came to meet him, without fe...

Having spent not less than one year in the prison ...

Following the instructions of his master, Yezid, Ibne Ziyad sent Imam and the ladies and children of the house of the Prophet (S.A.WW) as prisoners to Damascus. To show his power and to frighten others, Yezid treated these prisoners very badly. They ...

Following the instructions of his master, Yezid, I...

Yezid's governor ofKufa, Ibne Ziyad, was known for his cruelty and his enmity towards Imam Ali (A.S) and his family. In order to show the people ofKufa how powverful he was, Ibne Ziyad asked how come Ali Bin Husain was not killed by Allah. Any one el...

Yezid's governor ofKufa, Ibne Ziyad, was known for...

All the Twelve Imams who were the true successors of the Prophet were born Imams, they did not become Imams. They did not attend any school or centre of learning. Their knowledge was directly from Allah. However, there was certain training and inform...

All the Twelve Imams who were the true successors ...

When he was born, Imam Ali (A. S) was still alive and he remained in company of his grandfather for another two years. It is said that time and again Imam Ali (A.S) would hug him and say, "My son you are Zainul Abidin." One day when Imam Ali (A.S) wa...

When he was born, Imam Ali (A. S) was still alive ...

He was born on 5th Shaban (or on 15th Jamadi-ul-Awaal) 38 A.H. (658 A.D) in Medina (some historians say he was born in Kufa). His father was Hazrat Imam Husain (A.S) and his mother was Hazrat Sheherbanu. She was a princess from Iran. She was the daug...

He was born on 5th Shaban (or on 15th Jamadi-ul-Aw...

Elsewhere, we have explained that Imam Hussein's (a.s.) uprising aimed, first and foremost, at creating an environment suitable for the making of an anti-Ummayyad wave which would finally wash the Ummayyad entity away and put the ummah back on the tr...

Elsewhere, we have explained that Imam Hussein's (...