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Shia Muslims around the world are preparing to start processions marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH) and 72 of his companions. The mourners have begun heading to the Iraqi city of Karbala, where the shrine of the grandson of Prop...

Shia Muslims around the world are preparing to sta...

Hurr was the name of one of the high-ranking commanders of the army of Omar-e-Sad who faced the grandson of the Prophet of Islam, Hussein-ibn-Ali, with orders from Yazeed-ibn-Muawiah to either get Hussein’s allegiance for his corrupt Khalifat, or kil...

Hurr was the name of one of the high-ranking comma...

The Martyrdom of Ahl ul-Bayt (As) - The Posterity of the Prophet (pbah) Since none of the companions who fought with Hussain was spared, members of his immediate family got ready to make the ultimate sacrifice in a manner that was characteristic of t...

The Martyrdom of Ahl ul-Bayt (As) - The Posterity ...

By: Rasul Jafariyan Translated by: Zahra' Shuja Khani As a sacred religious movement and as a revolutionary political step the epic of Karbala is the most crucial religio- political uprising in the political culture of the Shi ah. This movement aimed...

By: Rasul Jafariyan Translated by: Zahra' Shuja Kh...

by : Dr. Ibrahim Ayati Truly speaking if we wish to find out the causes of the rising of the Imam we shall have to make a search for its preliminaries during a period of at least thirty years preceding that time, because about thirty years after the ...

by : Dr. Ibrahim Ayati Truly speaking if we wish t...

A. THE MESSAGE Over one thousand three hundred and fifty years ago, on the 10th of Muharram, just before 'asr, a man stood on a sand-dune at Kerbala. He was bleeding from several wounds on his body. He had lost everything. Since early morning he had ...

A. THE MESSAGE Over one thousand three hundred and...

by : Shaykh Radi Al-Yasin Martyrdom Al-Hasan, peace be on Him, was given poison several times. We will detail this matter when we discuss the fulfillment of the conditions of the Peace Treaty. When Al-Hasan, peace be on Him, felt the danger in the la...

by : Shaykh Radi Al-Yasin Martyrdom Al-Hasan, peac...

From all the references to the Mahdi and his appearance in the sources it is obvious that people were awaiting the coming of the Mahdi from the early days of Islam and were actually counting the days for that to happen. They regarded the establishmen...

From all the references to the Mahdi and his appea...

Muslims consider every aspect in the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) to be very significant. For not only the Prophet's statements are away from any carnal desires and is related to the origin of Revelation according to the holy Quran2, but also, ...

Muslims consider every aspect in the life of Proph...

Compiled by R. Rezazadeh The Tenth Holy Imam, Ali Al-Hadi (AS) was the first son of Imam Muhammad Al-Jawad (AS) and Sayyidah Samana (SA). His father named him after his grandfather, Imam Reza (AS) and his great ancestor Imam Ali (AS). The child was b...

Compiled by R. Rezazadeh The Tenth Holy Imam, Ali ...

Imam Ali un-Naqi (A.S.) known as Hazrat Hadi was born in the mid of ZilHajj, 212 Hijrah in the vicinity of Madina, at a place known as Surya. His father is Imam Javad (A.S.) his mother Samana was a maid with excellence, virtue and piety. Imam (A.S.) ...

Imam Ali un-Naqi (A.S.) known as Hazrat Hadi was b...

The day of Arafah is one of the most sacred days of the Islamic Calendar. On this day Allah invites his servants towards his worship and obedience, and spreads his bounties and blessings. Imam Zaynul Abidin (as) says about this great day: "O God, thi...

The day of Arafah is one of the most sacred days o...

Praise belongs to God whose decree none may avert, and whose gift none may prevent. No fashioner's fashioning is like His fashioning, and He is the Generous, the All-embracing. He brought forth the varieties of unprecedented creatures and perfected t...

Praise belongs to God whose decree none may avert,...

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...

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...

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...

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...