January 2012
110 posts
December 2011
110 posts
“Woe upon you O people of Kufa. Do you realise which piece of Muhammad’s heart...”
– Lady Zainab (s.a.)
“When distress befalls man, he supplicates his Lord, turning to Him penitently....”
– (Holy Quran 39:8)
“Imam Hasan said, “My father Amirul Momineen said that the Holy Prophet has said,...”
– Kashful Ghummah
God Sees You Everywhere
A teacher had many good students in his class but had particular regard and high respect for one of them. Some of the students one day asked the teacher the reason for this. In reply he said, “I shall tell you tomorrow.”
The next day, he handed to each of those students one live chicken. He asked them to take the chickens to a place where they would not be seen by anyone and then...
“Why is it that our hearts are dying?…Allah (swt) tells us in the Quran...”
– Sheikh Salim Yusufali, (Lecture 1, “Awakening of the Hearts Series”) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Jj30eaXI0
“Allah Almighty made the Prophets distinguished for their moral virtues. Whoever...”
– Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq (a.s.), Ethos of the the Prophets, pg. 8
Duaa Hamza al-Thumali
… And unite me with Mustafa (Muhammad: the chosen messenger) and his family, the dearest of Your creatures and the last of the prophets, Muhammad, Peace from Allah upon him and his family, And transfer me to the level of repentance to You, And help me to cry for myself for I have wasted my life away with procrastination and false hopes, And now I have come to You hopeless of my goodness, Who...
“You deserve Paradise, don’t sell yourself for anything less. Whoever is content...”
– Imam Hussein (as), Balagatol Hussein, p. 308
“I never revolted in vain , as a rebel or as a tyrant , but I rose seeking ...”
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Imam Hussein (as), Biharul Anwar Vol. 44 p. 329
“And the frequency of giving increases Him not but in generosity and kindness.”
– Dua Iftitah, http://www.duas.org/iftitah.htm
The prophets are, then, the true revolutionaries of history. Shinning forth in the darkness, they have come forth to struggle against the sources of corrupt belief and misguidance, and to guide the most sacred and beautiful manifestation of the human spirit in its true and proper course. - Sayid MousaviLari, The Seal of the Prophets, pg.12
Be With God
Sheikh Saduq, on of the greatest Muslim scholars, has given a very good parable to throw light on this facet of our life.
A man slipped down from the brink of a deep well. Fortunately, a plant had grown in the wall of the well, and while falling down his hands clutched a branch of that plant. After the initial shock, he began looking up and down. What he saw, was enough to make him scared. A huge...
“If Allah assists you, then there is none that can overcome you. (Holy...”
“Look at the people of the Prophet’s family. Adhere to their direction. Follow...”
– Imam Ali (a.s.), Nahjul-Balagha, Sermon 96
“O Allah! It is You in Whom I trust amid all grief. You are my hope amid all...”
– Dua of Imam Hussein (as)
The instructive lessons of Surah al-Fatihah
By reciting Surah al-Fatihah, man cuts his hope from other than God by saying, “Bismillah” {In the Name of Allah}.
2. By saying “Rabbi’l-‘alamin” {Lord of all the worlds} and “Maliki yawmi’d-din” {Master of the Day of Retribution}, he feels that he is the servant {marbub} and the one who is ruled {mamluk}.
3. By reciting the phrase, “Rabbi’l-‘alamin,” he establishes a connection between himself...
The Event of Kufa after the Captives
After Shimr murdered Imam Husain (as) on the desert sands of Karbalaa, he took the severed holy head of the Imam and speared it at the top of a lance. The forces of Yazid held this lance and paraded it through the alleys of Kufa.
It has been narrated from Zayd b. Arqam: “That the holy head mounted upon a lance passed through me, I was sitting at my own location, when it reached near me, I...
“Even if you do not commit any sins, I fear that you may fall into something...”
– Prophet Muhammad (saws)
“Allah (swt) has said, “I was a hidden treasure; then I wished to become...”
– Hadith Qudsi, http://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/adab_al_suluk/
“When God loves one of His servants, He blesses him with the trait of...”
– Prophet Muhammad (saws)
