• Words on Imam Musa Kadhim (A.S)
    • Imam Musa Kadhim (A.S) told Hesham ibn Hakam that he who lacks the following three qualities but sits at the seat of honor is an idiot: ...
    • Son of Apostle of God
    • travel with two hundred to three hundred dinars to give away. The purses of Musa, peace be on him, were ...
    • Morality of Imam Musa Kadhim (A.S)
    • Imam Musa ibn Jafar al-Kadhim was the most pious, the most versed in jurisprudence and the most generous of the people of his time. It has been ...
    • Faith
    • Imam Baqir (A.S): Faith is love ...
    • Reward of Mourning over Imam Hussein’s Martyrdom
    • A narration mentioned in the authentic book, Kamil ul Ziyarat, quoting Imam Sadiq (A.S), through his companion Mosama’ states: “O, Mosama’, you are from Iraq. Have you visited the shrine of Hussein? I said: ...
    • Islam and Medicine (Part 4)
    • Death occurs if the temperature of the body exceeds 106 degrees irrespective of the cause. Medically speaking the first line of treatment is to lower the temperature by cold water, ice sponging or even immersing the patient in cold water. On this ...
    • Islam and Medicine (Part 3)
    • Ingested blood on reaching the intestine is acted upon by various bacteria normally present there resulting in poisonous products like ammonia which is toxic to the liver. Therefore, God has ...
    • Islam and Medicine (Part 2)
    • This vital organ of the body has to be always healthy and efficient as it is responsible for the circulation of blood. Diseased heart results in deterioration of the healthy body. This knowledge we ...
    • Karbala, the Pleasure of Allah
    • In Surat Saafaat: 101-109, Allah says: We gave him (Hazrat Ibraheem A.S) the tidings of a son possessing forbearance (hilm). And when the son (Hazrat Ismail A.S) was ...
    • Imam Hussein’s revolt, the causes (Part 4)
    • Among the mistakes the author of the book, “Ash-Shaheedul Khalid – The Immortal Martyr” did was that he over-exaggerated the factor of the “Kufans’ invitation”, so much so that he has given the impression that it was ...
    • Imam Hussein’s revolt, the causes (Part 3)
    • Let us examine which of the following two matters came first and consequently had precedence over the other. Did the Imam’s rejection of the Umayyad’s call to him to endorse Yazid as Caliph come first, i.e. prior to the ...
    • Imam Hussein’s revolt, the causes (Part 1)
    • As we have already mentioned the invitation of the Kufans to Imam Hussein (A.S) to come to Kufa and set up an Islamic government there represented the third side [of the triangle] of causes of his revolt. The request of the ...
    • The Truth about Imam Hussein’s Revolution (Part 1)
    • Different phenomena vary as to their realities. Similarly, every uprising or revolt is unique as to the truth/s underlying its eruption [and eventual success or otherwise]. In order to understand a particular matter, or a state of affairs, you should ...
    • Imam Hussein (A.S): The Universalist
    • It is in the very nature of great reformers that they belong to everybody, everywhere. Hussein’s noble deed is so relevant to the entire human race that I am sure there is a far bigger audience waiting for him somewhere than ...
    • Islam and Medicine (Part 1)
    • lslam is the religion of all times and places. It is a perfect system of temporal values. By practicing its laws Muslims all over the world not only attain spirituality but the pinnacle of all other glories and gain the wealth of health. There is ...
    • Create Great Memories
    • When you look back in life, only great memories are left for you. So it’s very crucial to create wonderful and happy memories in life. There are most often times when we take everything for granted, don’t care or consider all the ...
    • Moderation in Consumption
    • Moderation in consumption: One should make use of the God-given blessings in a moderate manner. By moderation one means to consume in such a way so as to refrain from both strictness and wastefulness. Of course such a limit differs ...
    • Observing the Limits of Consumption
    • A Muslim consumer seeks to follow the holy Qur’an which is a divine revelation as well as the tradition of the infallible Imams as a model for finding the logical path in life that guarantees his happiness and prosperity in this world and afterlife and ..
    • Negative Motive
    • From the Qur’anic point of view, it is censurable to merely think about worldly enjoyments and obtaining one’s materialistic needs. This is due to the fact that human status is ...
    • Positive Motive
    • One of the positive motives for using commodities and services is to meet one’s material needs that are necessary for continuation of human life. On this basis, God in order to remind people of His blessings states that ...
    • Al-Ghadir in the Qur’an (Part 3)
    • The same reasoning applies to the verse of purification (Tatheer) which has been frequently acknowledged and confirmed by both Shi and Sunni scholars; although this verse is related to Five Purified Ones of Allah, it is mentioned among ...
    • Al-Ghadir in the Qur’an (Part 1)
    • The Holy Qur’an states: “This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion” (Surat Al-Ma’idah, Verse 3). One of the controversial interpretations about this verse is ...
    • The Universal Wilayat
    • It seems necessary to explain the fourth dimension of the wilayat in more detail for the benefit of the readers. The fourth dimension is the universal authority that the Prophet and the import have been vested with by the Almighty Allah. It is ...
    • Dimensions of Willayat
    • All Muslims unanimously accept the first dimension of wilayat of Ahl-ul-Bayt. Loving the Ahl-ul-Bayt is one of the dharuriyyat ad-din, the essential parts of the Islamic faith. The inclusion of ...