11 شعبان 1434 - Thursday, June 20, 2013

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- Criteria of Rightful and Unlawful Leadership (Part 4)
- Regarding the relationship between the leader and his followers, Imam Ali (A.S) addressing some of his executives saying: “I have heard something about you. If it is correct and ...
- Criteria of Rightful and Unlawful Leadership (Part 3)
- The core of rightful imamate and righteous leadership is to serve people and fulfill religious obligations, whereas the materialistic and despotic rulers tend to gain hegemony and their ultimate goal is materialism. “Do you expect me to ...
- Criteria of Rightful and Unlawful Leadership (Part 2)
- According to Imam Ali (A.S): “Know this for sure that the most merited person in view of God is the just Imam and leader who himself has been guided and who guides others. He is ...
- Criteria of Rightful and Unlawful Leadership
- According to Imam Ali (A.S) the legitimate Imam or the righteous leader is the enforcer of Allah’s order and he has ...
- Poetry on the blessed birth of Imam Ali (A.S)
- Heavenly purity bends to earth, To bless in the Kaba the blisful birth, Mourn the idols their fatal day; In this birth Islam ...
- What the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) Said About Imam Ali (A.S): Part 2
- The Prophet (PBUH) said, No one can give account of me but Ali (A.S). Ibn Al-Maghazeli, 119, 242; Al-Riyadh Al-Nudhra, 2/177; Yanabi Al-Mawda, 112, 419; Al-Khawarizmi, 253. 22) The Prophet (PBUH) said, The most miserable person from ...
- What the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) Said About Imam Ali (A.S): Part 1
- 1) The Prophet (PBUH) said, The title of the believer’s book is ...
- Ali’s Genealogy (Part 2)
- Imam Ali’s dignified mother was Fatimah bint Asad ibn Hashim ibn `Abd-Manaf, a lady who undertook to rear the Messenger of Allah in his childhood, fondling him on her lap. She was among the first women who ...
- Ali’s Genealogy (Part 1)
- Beyond doubt, kinship with the Messenger of Allah is both a unique privilege and superiority over others. Hence, God considers the honor of kinship with the Holy Prophet (PBUH) as part of the honor of nearest relations when we read in the Holy Qur’an: ...
- Ali’s Virtues at Creation and Birth
- Ali (A.S) was born on 13th of Rajab, thirty years after the year of the Elephant in Kaba. This virtue belongs only to him, for no one was ever born in Kaba except him neither in the past nor in the future. The author of ...
- Ali’s Virtues before His Birth
- God almighty said to Abraham (A.S): As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation! Beyond doubt, ...
- The Caliphate of Imam Ali (A.S) and His Method of Rule (Part 2)
- The first war in the caliphate of Ali, which is called the Battle of the Camel, was caused by the unfortunate class differences created during the period of rule of the second caliph as a result of ...
- The Caliphate of Imam Ali (A.S) and His Method of Rule (Part 1)
- The caliphate of Ali began toward the end of the year 35/656 and lasted about four years and nine months. During his period as caliph Ali followed the ways of the Holy Prophet [1] and brought conditions back to their original state. He forced the ...
- Examples of Imam Ali’s (A.S) Moral Virtues: part 6
- In the eighth year after Hijrah, Mecca was conquered by Allah’s Messenger. The House of Allah was ...
- Examples of Imam Ali’s (A.S) Moral Virtues: An Extraordinary Example of Altruism (part 3)
- Siffin was a region by the river Euphrates. When the army of Ali reached it, he was told to ...
- Examples of Imam Ali’s (A.S) Moral Virtues: An Extraordinary Example of Altruism (part 2)
- In the battle field, Ali hugged al-Zubayr, saying, “Why have you rebelled against me?” Al-Zubayr said, “I have come to take ...
- Examples of Imam Ali’s (A.S) Moral Virtues: part 5
- Suwayd ibn Ghaflah reports: I went to see Imam Ali while he was in governor’s seat. Before the ...
- Examples of Imam Ali’s (A.S) Moral Virtues: An Extraordinary Example of Altruism (part 1)
- Imam Ali (A.S) made his utmost effort not to enter battle so that no one would be killed. When he was informed in Medina that the leaders of the Camel Army have ...
- Examples of Imam Ali’s (A.S) Moral Virtues: part 4
- Imam Ali (A.S) was once passing by date sellers when he saw a slave-girl crying. He asked the reason, and she said, “My master sent me ...
- Examples of Imam Ali’s (A.S) Moral Virtues: part 3
- Imam al-Sadiq has reported: Amir al-Mu’minin, once, was riding when his companions started following him on ...
- Examples of Imam Ali’s (A.S) Moral Virtues: part 2
- After the Battle of the Camel, Musa ibn Talhah was brought to Imam Ali who ...
- Examples of Imam Ali’s (A.S) Moral Virtues: part 1
- Imam Ali (A.S) was once passing by date sellers when he saw a slave-girl crying. He asked the ...
- Freedom in Precept of Imam Ali (A.S)
- Although Imam Ali (A.S) was the caliph and had the authority to adopt any policy he wished, he did not imprison Kharijites, did not whip them, and even did not cut their share of the public treasury, treating them like others. Such behaviour is not ...
- Tolerance of Opponents by Imam Ali (A.S)
- Imam Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, during his rule as the Caliph and Imam granted full freedom to ...
- Maxims of Imam Hussein (A.S)-part 5
- O God! , you know my revolt against the
- Some Traditions on the Virtues of Imam Ali (A.S)-Part 2
- It is an undisputed fact that Imam Ali was ...
- Some Traditions on the Virtues of Imam Ali (A.S)-Part 1
- The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: He who ...
- The Value of Man from viewpoint of Imam Ali (A.S)
- Imam Ali (A.S) said: “The worth of a man is as much as his courage. His valor is due to his self-respect ...”,Imam Ali (A.S) wanted to revive all the human values that were granted to people by ...
- Imam Ali (A.S): The Manifestation of Real Justice (Part 2)
- Imam Ali (A.S) used to keep the Muslims away from clinging to party-spirit and vanity. He says in his sermon al-Qasi’ah: “Praise be to Allah, Who puts on the dress of exaltedness and ...
- Imam Ali (A.S): The Manifestation of Real Justice (Part 1)
- When Imam Ali was asked about Faith in Religion, he replied that the structure of faith is supported by four pillars endurance, conviction, justice and jihad.Imam Ali’s life and justice are closely bound up with the history of Islam. This appeared ...
- The Vastness of Imam Ali’s Knowledge
- 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 ...
- Abstinence and Piety of Imam Ali (A.S)
- 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: “Once ..
- Ali’s Antagonisation
- We will confine our discussion to four years and a few months of Ali’s Caliphate. Ali has always been a personality with two faculties. Ali has always had attraction as well as repulsion. Especially from the beginning of Islamic era we have been ...
- Ali’s Attraction: Secrets and Causes (Part 2)
- Sauda Hamdani is a lady fond of Ali. She in presence of Mo’awiyah paid salutation to Ali and described his merits: Blessed is the soul who has been hurried and with him justice has been buried. He was so ...
- Ali’s Attraction: Secrets and Causes (Part 1)
- What is the cause of Ali’s love and affection in hearts of men? The secret of love has not till today been discovered by anyone. It is not possible to evolve a formula saying that had it happened so this would have been the result and ...
- Points of wisdom from Bab Madina-tul Ilm
- Seal of Messengers Prophet Muhammad b. Abdollah (s)’s seventh infallible ...
- The Verses of the Glorious Quran in the Praise of Imam Ali (A.S.): Part 2
- And unto him who dispute with thee therein after the knowledge hath come unto ...
- The Verses of the Glorious Quran In the Praise of Imam Ali (A.S.): Part 1
- And among men there is who sells himself (soul ) seeking the pleasure of God; and ...
- Martyrdom of the Leader of the Pious
- In the darkness of dawn as the holy Imam was leaving for Fajr prayers, the pet ducks made a lot of noise. They cackled loudly and ...
- Imam Ali (A.S) Sunshine of Civilized Islam
- So long as three great problems of the world; the degradation of man ...
- Imam Ali’s Internal Policy (Part 2)
- What were the mainsprings of Ali’s actions and policies? It appears that every detail of his life was governed by taqwa (the fear of doing something that would displease God). He entertained only that thought, he uttered only that word, and ...
- Imam Ali’s Internal Policy (Part 1)
- ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AIMS OF ISLAM was to restrain the strong from oppressing the weak, and to put an end to exploitation in all its forms. When Ali took charge of the caliphate, he ...
- The Great Virtues of Imam Ali (Part 3)
- Kumail b. Ziyad al-Nakh’ee said: Once I was with Imam Ali (a.s) in the mosque of Kufa, and when we completed our late evening prayers (i.e. Isha), he took me by his hands and
- The Great Virtues of Imam Ali (Part 2)
- And with the first claim of narration from Ali b. Mahzyar, from al-Hassan b. Mahboob, from Amru b. Abi al-Maqdam, from Jabir, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, who said: When Imam Ali, peace be upon him, was at Kufa, he would announce ...
- The Great Virtues of Imam Ali (Part 1)
- The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, told Ali, peace be upon him: O Ali, you are ...
- The Sufferings of Imam Ali after the Prophets demise: Martyrdom of Imam Ali
- Imam Ali looked at the face of the Jewish man and said: “I talked about the fourteen instances, and now there remains just another event that ...
- The Sufferings of Imam Ali after the Prophets demise: The battle of Nahravan
- The Prophet in his period of twenty three years of his Prophetic Mission had always told me that a day shall come when some of ...
- The Sufferings of Imam Ali after the Prophets demise: The battle of Seffeyn (2)
- During that battle, we had the banner of the Prophet with which God had always demolished the dark forces with it, and Moaviye had the banner which ...
- The Sufferings of Imam Ali after the Prophets demise: The battle of Seffeyn (1)
- The sixth stage was the battle with Moaviye the son of Hind, the eater of the liver, and finally accepting the vote of the “Hakameyn”. A battle with the one who ...
- The Sufferings of Imam Ali after the Prophets demise: Battle of the Camel
- Those who had swore their allegiance to me with their free will (Talhe and Zobayr) when they didn’t achieve their goals which was ...