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Name : Muhammad Title : Al-Baqir Kunyat : Abu Jafar Born : Tuesday 1st of Rajab 57 A.H. , at Medina Father's Name : Ali ibn Husain Mother's Name : Fatima binte Hassan Died : At the age of 59 years, at Medina, on Monday, 7th Zilhajj 116 AH. Poisoned b...

Name : Muhammad Title : Al-Baqir Kunyat : Abu Jafa...

A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the s...

A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sh...

1. Try as much as you can to learn the rules of Hajj in order that you pilgrimage does not become invalid or be incomplete, or that you don’t get the complete reward without you knowing. Donot be shy to ask, and especially ask people of knowledge, as...

1. Try as much as you can to learn the rules of Ha...

O people take lesson from the counsel God gave to His friends when He rebuked the Rabbis by saying: "Why do not the Rabbis and the doctors of Law (scholars) forbid them from their (habit of) uttering sinful words and eating things forbidden? Evil ind...

O people take lesson from the counsel God gave to ...

- Fast on the first 9 days (not on the 10th as it is the day of Eid) - In the night of the first 10 days, between Maghrib and Eisha salaa recite a 2 rakaat salaa as under : In every rakaat, after Suratul Fatiha recite Suratul Ikhlas and the following...

- Fast on the first 9 days (not on the 10th as it ...

Many of us have probably placed ourselves and even others in difficult conditions and unnecessary expenses only to pass through the regular routines of life. Interestingly enough if we think clearly, many of these hardships we put ourselves through a...

Many of us have probably placed ourselves and even...

In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the...

In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a...

By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Shaykh Nasir Makarim Shirazi & Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Question: Why should one perform Prayers of ayaat at during lunar and solar eclipse, earthquake, storms or thunder? Answer: Performing Prayers of ayaat during lunar and sol...

By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Shaykh Nasir Makarim Shirazi...

23rd of Zilqa'dah is the narrative of Martyrdom of Imam Reza (a.s.) and his Pilgramage Day. Al-Ma'mu`n feared that the people came to know that the Imam Reza, peace be on him, was virtuous and spiritual, that he would be able to establish political a...

23rd of Zilqa'dah is the narrative of Martyrdom of...

Ayyub Alaihis salam got so many diseases that the people of Jabia began to express their dislike for him. They started to tell: Ayyub Alaihis salam is a sinner so that he is afflicted in such a worst condition. He was expelled from the city of Jabia...

Ayyub Alaihis salam got so many diseases that the ...

by: Dr. Hyder Reza Zabeth Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Reza (A.S.), the eighth Shi'ite Holy Imam was born on 11th Zee al-Qa'adah 148 A.H. in the holy city of Madinah. He was divinely entitled 'Al-Reza"(meaning that Allah Almighty and His Holy Messenger (S.A....

by: Dr. Hyder Reza Zabeth Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rez...

The 8th Shi'ite Imam, Imam Ali ibne Musa ar-Reza (A.S.) is also called as Imam-e-Zaamin(A.S.).When Muslims go on journeys they take with them something called Imam-e-Zaamin (another name for Imam Reza (A.S.)) which is some money tied in a cloth. This...

The 8th Shi'ite Imam, Imam Ali ibne Musa ar-Reza (...

Translated by: Sareh Yadegari The annual presence of more than 200,000 foreign pilgrims of Imam Reza’s (AS) purified tomb is provided us with the opportunity to have a conversation with some of them and ask them their viewpoints and opinions about th...

Translated by: Sareh Yadegari The annual presence ...

Knowing the manners and decorum of performing the ziyarah is very essential for the pilgrims so that they can attain the blessings of ziyarah of the holy personalities. Here some of the conventions and manners of performing the ziyarah in its best wa...

Knowing the manners and decorum of performing the ...

The most important pilgrimage centre of the city of Shiraz is the Mausoleum of Mir Sayyed Ahmad, the son of the seventh Emam known as Shah-e-Cheragh (the Shrine of the lord of the light), which is situated near the Masjed-e-No. Mir Sayyed Ahmad came ...

The most important pilgrimage centre of the city o...

By : Jane Collingwood Get Active Nothing can beat regular exercise as a stress-busting technique. The result of the 'fight or fight' reaction is that our bodies go into a state of high arousal but there is often nowhere for that energy to go, so our ...

By : Jane Collingwood Get Active Nothing can beat ...

By : Marie Suszynski Americans have a reputation for big waistlines. About 66 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, and there’s no question that environment plays a huge role in weight gain and our growing rate of obesity. “Essentially, a lot...

By : Marie Suszynski Americans have a reputation f...

The Prophet of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) has narrated that Jibra`il once came to him after Salat al-Zuhr accompanied by 70,000 Angels and said, 'O Muhammad, your Lord conveys greetings to you and has granted you two gifts ...

The Prophet of Allah (blessings of Allah be upon h...

In the south of Spain, there was a small village whose people were very joyful and lucky. The children played under the shade of trees in the gardens of their home. A shepherd boy whose name was Nasir, stayed near the village with his father, mother ...

In the south of Spain, there was a small village w...

Abu Basir narrates: After the martyrdom of Imam Sadiq (A.S.) I went to his house to pay my condolences to his wife Hamidah. Upon seeing me, she began to weep and I wept as well. Then she said Abu Basir! If you were here on the last moments of Imam Sa...

Abu Basir narrates: After the martyrdom of Imam Sa...

The sun of the existence of Imam Sadiq (A.S.) arose from the lap of his mother Ome-Farwah on the 17th of Rabiul Awal, 83rd year Hijrah, in the city of Madina. His father Imam Mohammad Baqir (A.S.) was much happy and pleased by the birth of his son. H...

The sun of the existence of Imam Sadiq (A.S.) aros...