Seerah

(From Tarikh-al-Khulafa of Jalaluddin-as-Suyuti- as translated from the orignal Arabic by Major H. S. Jarret, Culcutta edition, 1881) 1. The Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal says : There hath not come down to us regarding the merits of any one of the Companions ...

(From Tarikh-al-Khulafa of Jalaluddin-as-Suyuti- a...

The food that Hazrat Ali ate and the dress he wore were such as even the poorest could afford. It was not because he was poor but it was his desire to lead the life of the poorest person and spend all that could thus be spared for the poor. Below are...

The food that Hazrat Ali ate and the dress he wore...

Qais Bin Hazim records : "I was wandering in the streets of the bazar in Median, when I saw men clustering around one who rode a cow and stood cursing Ali. In the meantime Saad Abi Waqaas happened to pass that way and asked him what made him curse Al...

Qais Bin Hazim records : "I was wandering in the s...

Ali was the possessor of unique virtues and was the first and foremost person in a number of things. He had no match in the following attributes, to mention only a few : 1. He was of noblest birth for both his father and mother were Hashimites. 2. He...

Ali was the possessor of unique virtues and was th...

The most amazing instances of the exaltation of Ali are to be found in the descriptions of the Meraj or Ascension of the Prophet to Heaven, in accordance with the Verse of the Quran (xvii. I) : "Glory to him who carried His servant by night from the ...

The most amazing instances of the exaltation of Al...

The fame of Ali's impartiality as Chief justice spread far and wide. Had circumstances allowed him to reign peacefully the world would have witnessed a unique combination of divine and secular justice. In the cases which were brought to his court, Al...

The fame of Ali's impartiality as Chief justice sp...

Ali was humble and hated pomp and arrogance. Even as Caliph he used to sweep the floor of his own house, chop wood for fuel, carry water on his shoulders, mend his own shoes, wash his own clothes and milk his goat, Ali's wife Fatima did similar domes...

Ali was humble and hated pomp and arrogance. Even ...

Ali was always extremely poor, yet he was as renowned for his charity as he was for his piety. Because he never owned any money or goods of his own, he had to be exempted from the Zakat, the obligatory alms tax levied on every male and female Muslim ...

Ali was always extremely poor, yet he was as renow...

There is ample evidence to show that. Ali was well acquainted with both the Old and New Testaments, which he applied frequently when deciding judicial cases involving Jews and Christians respectively. He was similarly well-versed in the Quran, (the f...

There is ample evidence to show that. Ali was well...

When Ali offered his prayers he was frequently observed to be in a strange physical condition. When asked to account for the pallor of his face and the way in which his body trembled he replied, "I present myself to the Almighty to render an account ...

When Ali offered his prayers he was frequently obs...

Ibn-e-Hajar Makki in Sawaiq-e-Muhariqa reports that Abubakr once said : "It would be difficult indeed for any one to pass over the bridge of 'Sire, on the Day of Judgment without getting a permit from Ali, because this is what I have heard from the H...

Ibn-e-Hajar Makki in Sawaiq-e-Muhariqa reports tha...

"Ali deserves a distinguished place in literary history," Devenport remarks, "in as much as he had cultivated his mind with an ease and assiduity unusual in his age and country. He left many collections of sentences, proverbs and poetical pieces. Gob...

"Ali deserves a distinguished place in literary hi...

Hazrat Ali's administration was such that it could serve as a model even to modern governments, not excepting those of the most advanced countries. It was a rare coincidence, with few parallels in History, that a country, so steeped in superstition a...

Hazrat Ali's administration was such that it could...

During the second year of Hijrat, Hazrat Ali's marriage with Fatima, the only daughter of the Holy Prophet, took place. Muhammad had received many offers for her hand from very rich families in Medina, as also from the chiefs of mighty clans in Arabi...

During the second year of Hijrat, Hazrat Ali's mar...

Ali was a man of medium height with very big black and piercing eyes; one look at him was sufficient to know his radiant qualities of heart and head. He was muscular, had broad shoulders, powerful arms, broad chest, strong and roughened hands, a long...

Ali was a man of medium height with very big black...

Hazrat Ali (A.S.) was born in the Holy Kaaba at Mecca on Friday, the 13th day of Rajab, 600 A.D. Both the Holy Prophet and Hazrat Ali belonged to the same clan. They were Hashimites, the clan of Bani Hashim. Muhammad's father was Abdulla, and that of...

Hazrat Ali (A.S.) was born in the Holy Kaaba at Me...

Imam Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), peace be on him, had all the noble qualities that made him appropriate for undertaking the spiritual and the temporal leadership of this community. Each of his qualities raised him to the top which no one reaches except ...

Imam Abu` Ja'far (al-Ba`qir), peace be on him, had...

The Birth of Imam Muhammad Baqir(A.S.) The members of the House (ahl al-Bayt), peace be on them, received the baby with much rejoicing and pleasure. They were very happy with him, for he was in whom the elements of the two grandsons (of the Prophet),...

The Birth of Imam Muhammad Baqir(A.S.) The members...

On the first day of the Iunar month of Rajab, 57A.H. the pure prophetic house was swept with waves of joy and delight at the birth of Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn (A.S.). Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (A.S.) lived more than three years under the care of Imam...

On the first day of the Iunar month of Rajab, 57A....

by: Muhammadi Rayshahri Yazid ibn Abd Allah quoting a tradition: Imam al-Baqir (A.S.) wrote to Sa'd al-Khayr: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful I instruct you to practice piety, because piety makes one immune from corruption; and ...

by: Muhammadi Rayshahri Yazid ibn Abd Allah quotin...

By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz "O Jabir, you will live until you meet one of my descendants through (my grandson) Hussayn, called Muhammad, who will cleave knowledge; when you meet him convey to him my greetings." (Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) as quoted by the fa...

By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz "O Jabir, you will live unt...