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Habeeb bin Mazaher (by Ansariyan Foundation) The desert was very vast. The sky was full of stars. An old man aged seventy-five left his tent. The old man jumped on his horse and rode away. The old man heard a wolf howling. He was afraid of nothing. H...

Habeeb bin Mazaher (by Ansariyan Foundation) The d...

Ja'far al-Tayyar (by Ansariyan Foundation) The Beginning Abu Talib, Shaikh al-Bat-ha, missed his nephew our Master Muhammad [s]. So, he went to look for him. He was not alone. His son Ja'far aged twenty was with him. Shaikh al-Bat-ha and his son went...

Ja'far al-Tayyar (by Ansariyan Foundation) The Beg...

Ammar bin Yasir (by Ansariyan Foundation) 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. Each year, they had two tr...

Ammar bin Yasir (by Ansariyan Foundation) The peop...

Al-Mikdad (by Ansariyan Foundation) In Ramadan, 2 A.H., 313 Muslim fighters went outside Madina to attack a Quraishi trade caravan coming from Shaam. The caravan was very big. It had one thousand camels. Abu Sufyan, the enemy of Islam, led it. When t...

Al-Mikdad (by Ansariyan Foundation) In Ramadan, 2 ...

Maitham al-Tammar (by Ansariyan Foundation) It was dawn. As usual, Maitham went to the date-palm trunk. He splashed it with water. The good ground sent out a sweat smell. Maitham said two Rikaas. Then he put his back against the date palm trunk. Mait...

Maitham al-Tammar (by Ansariyan Foundation) It was...

Abu Dhar al-Ghaffari Between the disciples of our prophet Mohammad, Abu Dhar al Ghaffary was a more truthful, strong and pious. From the outset of his conversion to Islam till the last moment of his life, he didn't stray from the Path of Truth. He fo...

Abu Dhar al-Ghaffari Between the disciples of our ...

Hurr ibn Yazid al-Riyahi Hurr ibn Yazid Al-Riyahi was the commander of Yazid I’s regiment, who had obstructed Hussain ibn Ali’s way near Kufa, was also present in the enemy’s forces in Karbala. He spent all his time in repenting and feeling very guil...

Hurr ibn Yazid al-Riyahi Hurr ibn Yazid Al-Riyahi ...

Salman Farsi According to the investigations and researches of the Arab historians, Salman was born in or around the year 568 A.D., in a small town in Persia called Jiyye. The modern city of Isfahan stands on the site of Jiyye. Incidentally, Salman w...

Salman Farsi According to the investigations and r...

Self Sacrificing Ladies in the Army of Imam Husain (A.S.) (Dr. Ibrahim Ayati - Imam Reza Network) One should not, however, be oblivious of the fact that during the course of this everlasting and important event which took place in 61 A.H. some great ...

Self Sacrificing Ladies in the Army of Imam Husain...

Bilal Al-Habashi The other day, when he came back from the desert, the signs of tiredness were seen in his face. The black man put his knapsack down and wiped the beads of perspiration from his forehead. The air was filled with dust churned up by the...

Bilal Al-Habashi The other day, when he came back ...

Hazrat Hamzah There have been a number of brave and self-sacrificing officers and strong and powerful champions in the army of Islam but the bravery of Hamzah bin Abdul Muttalib is recorded in the pages of history and in fact constitutes the golden l...

Hazrat Hamzah There have been a number of brave an...

Saeed bin Jubayr The Beginning The people in the palace slept. The guards and the soldiers stayed up. They were walking through the porches. They were carrying torches, swords and spears. Two guards stood at the door of a big hall. Al-Hajjaj bin Yous...

Saeed bin Jubayr The Beginning The people in the p...

The Reality of Miracle According to the Holy Qur'an By : Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i The Qur'àn reasserts the occurrence of miracle an unusual preternatural phenomenon, which shows the authority of metaphysical forces over the physical ...

The Reality of Miracle According to the Holy Qur'a...

Hadhrat Abu Talib b. Abdul Muttalib By: Kamal al-Syyed The Year of the Elephant In 570 AD, the Abyssinian armies under the leadership of Abraha attacked Makkah to demolish the Ka'aba. Abdul Muttalib, our Master Muhammad's [s] grandfather, the Master ...

Hadhrat Abu Talib b. Abdul Muttalib By: Kamal al-S...

Sequence of Revelation Adopted by : al-shia Network Another miracle of the Quran that has been described in detail in various books is the sequence of revelation. The Quran was revealed to our Beloved Prophet (PBUH) over a 23 year period from 610 CE ...

Sequence of Revelation Adopted by : al-shia Networ...

Hamza b. Abdul Muttalib Al-Hamza set off for the hills overlooking Makkah. His strong horse was going up the sand hills. It was galloping along the valleys. Al-Hamza was looking carefully at the lovely scenery. The sky was blue and clear. The hills w...

Hamza b. Abdul Muttalib Al-Hamza set off for the h...

Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah was the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (the first Shi’ah Imam and the fourth Sunni Caliph) but he was called Ibn Hanafiyyah after his mother who was named Khawlah bint Ja`far. She was known as Hanafiyya...

Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiy...

How to be benefited by the Holy Qur'an By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Imam Khomeini (R.A.) Now that you have got acquainted with the subjects and the objectives of the Divine Book [the Qur'an], you will have to take into consideration an important point, as b...

How to be benefited by the Holy Qur'an By: Ayatull...

Musab al-Khair Mus'ab wore his best clothes, combed his hair, put perfume on his body, and went out. The perfume spread through the lane. Some women whispered about that rich young man. They hoped that Mus'ab would marry one of their daughters. Mus'a...

Musab al-Khair Mus'ab wore his best clothes, combe...

Sheikh Abbas Qummi : The Great Historian and Researcher The seal of traditionalists (Khaatamul Mohaddeseen) the great historian and researcher Sheikh Abbas Ibne Muhammad Reza Abul Qasim Qummi (r.a.) was born in the city of Qum after 1290 AH. After fi...

Sheikh Abbas Qummi : The Great Historian and Resea...

The Four Special Deputies of Imam Mahdi (A.S.) After the martyrdom of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) the mantle of Imamate fell on the young shoulders of Imam Mahdi (a.s.). Due to the severe restrictions imposed by the reigning Caliph, Imam Mahdi (a.s.) wa...

The Four Special Deputies of Imam Mahdi (A.S.) Aft...