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By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani From the day the Prophet migrated to Madina and made that city the centre of Islam, he was always watchful of the conditions of the enemies and their enthusiasm and conspiracies, and attached great importance to the colle...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani From the day the Prop...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The seventh year of migration came to an end and the Muslims were able, according to the terms of the Peace Pact of Hudaybiyah, to perform collectively the pilgrimage of the Ka'bah and to observe lovely and moving rites f...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The seventh year of m...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani A developed and fertile territory which was situated near Khayber and at a distance of 140 kilometres from Madina and was considered to be the stronghold of the Jews of the Hijaz, after the forts of Khayber, was called th...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani A developed and ferti...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Notwithstanding these highly kind sentiments, the Jews did not give up their obstinacy and treachery. They sat in ambush for the Prophet and his companions and made plots against them. Here we quote two examples of their ...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Notwithstanding these...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani We bring the topic to an end here after mentioning three virtues of the Conqueror of Khayber. One day Mu'awiyah criticized Sa'd Waqqas for not cursing Ali. He said in reply: "Whenever I am reminded of three virtues of Ali...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani We bring the topic to...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The historians and biographers of Islam have written in detail, on the conquest of Khayber and one learns a number of facts by studying these writings. We mention here what has been written by the biographers of the Proph...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The historians and bi...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The last envoy of the Prophet proceeded to Yamamah, a territory situated between Najd and Bahrain, and delivered his letter to the ruler of that place named Hawzah bin Ali Hanafi. The text of the Prophet's letter is as fo...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The last envoy of the...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Ghassanians were a family of the Qahtani tribe named Azd who had been living in Yemen for a long time, and their lands were irrigated by means of Ma'rib Dam. When the dam was destroyed they were compelled to leave that pl...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Ghassanians were a fa...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani It is possible that the extension of universal invitation by the Prophet of Islam to the various rulers might have appeared to some of the politicians of that age to be something beyond moderateness. However, the passage ...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani It is possible that t...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Kaiser, the Roman King, had vowed to God that if he was victorious in the war against Iran he would, as a mark of thanksgiving for this great victory, go from his capital (Constantinople) to Jerusalem on foot to perform p...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Kaiser, the Roman Kin...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani When the Ambassador of the Prophet left for the Iranian court the ruler of that vast territory was Khusro Perviz. He was the second ruler after Anushirwan who ascended the throne thirty two years before the migration of t...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani When the Ambassador o...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Egypt was the origin of old civilization, the centre of the Kingdom of the Pharaohs and the seat of Government of the Copts. Since the advent of Islam in the Hijaz, Egypt lost its power and independence. The Maqauqis had ...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Egypt was the origin ...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Ethiopia is situated at the far end of Eastern Africa. Its area is 18,000 sq. kilometres and its present capital is the city of Addis Ababa. The orientals were acquainted with this country for more than a century before I...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Ethiopia is situated ...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The hypocrites and the Jews of Madina were very happy on account of the defeat of the Muslims and the annihilation of their missionary force. They were awaiting an opportunity to create disturbances in Madina and to make ...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The hypocrites and th...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani It is proposed to explain here the secrets of a chain of warlike demonstrations which continued from the eighth month of the first year of migration till the month of Ramadan of the second year and were in fact the first ...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani It is proposed to exp...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The most sensitive period of the life of a person begins when he (or she) comes of age. It is so because at this time the sexual instincts attain perfection, the sensual self inspires passions in one's head every moment, ...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The most sensitive pe...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The Divine guides are charged with a very important and great responsibility. It is a responsibility linked with embarrassment and deprivation, torture and calamities, murder and death; etc. in short with all sorts of har...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani The Divine guides are...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani It was customary for the Quraysh who were engaged in trade to visit Syria once every year. Abu Talib had determined to participate in the annual journey of Quraysh. As regards his nephew, whom he did not usually leave alo...

By: Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani It was customary for ...

By: Allamah Muhammad Baqir Al-Majlisi Shaykh Tusi has narrated that when people wanted to construct the building containing the tomb of the Prophet, at the head side of the holy grave of the Prophet and at the feet side the fragrance of Musk emanated...

By: Allamah Muhammad Baqir Al-Majlisi Shaykh Tusi ...

By: Allamah Muhammad Baqir Al-Majlisi Shaykh Mufeed, Shaykh Tusi, Shaykh Tabarsi and all tradition scholars of Shia and Sunni say that when the Messenger of Allah (S) passed away from the world, the leaders of Muhajireen and Ansar, like Abu Bakr, Uma...

By: Allamah Muhammad Baqir Al-Majlisi Shaykh Mufee...

By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz “Muhammad is but a Prophet; (other) prophets have passed before him. If he dies or is slain, will you turn back on your heels? Anyone who turns back on his heels will not harm Allah in any way, and Allah will reward the gratefu...

By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz “Muhammad is but a Prophet;...