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Adopted from the book : "Fatima; the Gracious" by : "Abu-Muhammad Ordoni" Barakah means: multiplication, felicity and abundance; as Taj Al-'Arous clarifies, Also, Ragheb said: Because divine goodness springs from an ever- continuous source in an unli...

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Adopted from the book : "Fatima; the Gracious" by : "Abu-Muhammad Ordoni" Naming newborn children is considered a principle divine rule. Allah Almighty named Adam and Eve the first day He created them; He also taught Adam all names. Man, too, has fol...

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Adopted from the book : "Fatima; the Gracious" by : "Abu-Muhammad Ordoni" We have already mentioned that one of Fatima's names was Siddiqah. This word means a woman with scrupulous honesty or sincerity. Siddiqah differs from the word Sadooq, in that ...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Mus'ab ordered his soldiers to arrest Mukhtar 's wife. Her name was Umra. Her father's name was al-Numan bin Bashher al-Ansary. She was a believing woman. Mus'ab asked her to disown ...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Mukhtar made peace with Abdullah bin al-Zubair to unite efforts against the Umayyads, the enemy of Islam. Still Abdullah bin al-Zubair was ambitious. He was afraid of Mukhtar 's incr...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Ibraheem al-Ashtar's Army reached al-Khazar River. There he met Ubaidullah bin Ziyad's Army. Violent fights took place between the two sides. The Kufian Army fought bravely. Some com...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Abdullah bin Umar bin al Khattab interceded for Mukhtar again. He was released. Having left prison, Mukhtar began calling up the people to punish the persons who committed the Karbal...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Sulaiman bin Sird was a good companion. He and the Kufians felt pain because they did not support Imam Husayn at the Battle of Karbala. For this reason, he asked them to turn to Alla...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Mujrim bin Akkaba headed the Shamian Army. On the way to Makkah, a scorpion stung him. He died. So, al Husayn bin Numair, who took part in the Karbala massacre, headed the army. The ...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Al-Husain bin Numair withdrew his forces. He headed for Damascus. So, the siege was over. After four years' stay in Madina, Mukhtar decided to come back to Kufa. After Yazeed's death...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Maytham al-Tammar was a good man. He was one of Imam Ali's companions. From the Imam's knowledge, he learnt a lot. Maytham al-Tammar was in the same prison with Mukhtar . One-day Muk...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Safyyah was Mukhtar 's sister. She was the wife of Abdullah bin Umar bin al-Khattab. Abdullah bin Umar bin al-Khattab had good relations with Yazeed bin Mu'awiyah. So, he asked him t...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Imam Husayn left al-Madina al-Munawwara. He went to Makkah to perform the Haj. Yazeed bin Mu'awiyah knew about al-Husayn's travel. He sent some spies to kill him. So, Imam Husayn dec...

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Adopted from the book : "Maytham al-Tammar" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" The people in Makkah lived in ignorance and darkness. The strong persecuted the weak and deprived them of their rights. No one supported the weak.The Quraishi leaders were traders. Ea...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" In the month of Rajab, 60 A.H., Mu'awiyah died. He had ruled the Muslim countries for twenty years. He killed many companions of our Master Muhammad [s]. Hajar bin Ady al-Kindy, Amr ...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" The spies found Muslim bin Aqeel in a house that belonged to a good old woman called Taua. Ubaidullah bin Ziyad sent the police to arrest Muslim bin Aqeel. When the police asked him ...

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Adopted from the book : "Maytham al-Tammar" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Uthman banished Abu Dhar to al-Rabatha Desert which is uninhabited because of its bad climate.Besides Uthman prevented the Muslims from seeing off Abu Dhar. Any how, some Companions o...

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Adopted from the book : "Maytham al-Tammar" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Ammar was sixty years old. However, he was more eager than the young men to strive for Allah. Ammar deeply believed in Allah. He loved the Apostle of humanity, our Master Muhammad [s]...

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Adopted from the book : "Maytham al-Tammar" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Ammar belonged to Yemen's tribes, but how did he come to Makkah?Yasir, Ammar's father, and his two brothers al-Harith and Malik looked for their missing brother everywhere. But they d...

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Adopted from the book : "Maytham al-Tammar" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Our Master Muhammad [s] met the believers secretly in al-Arqam's house. He wanted to keep his religion a secret so that Abu Jahal, Abu Sufyan and other polytheists would not hurt the ...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" "Al-Qur'an an-natiq" means the "speaking Qur'an." This is a famous title given to the Shi'a Imams to describe their proximity to the Qur'an; they are the custidians o...

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