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Imam al-Husayn (a) wanted to reside in a place near a spring or a shelter, but al-Hurr pervented him and recited 'Ubaydullah's message. as the situation attained its climax, Zuhayr ibn al-Qayn, one of the sincere companions of the Imam, suggested tha...

Imam al-Husayn (a) wanted to reside in a place nea...

Notes: 42. Qur'an 6:57. 43. Nowadays the same condition is prevailing allover the world. The racial discrimination has caused many vagrancies and miseries among the peoples o the world. All these aroused from the unprincipled conducts that became far...

Notes: 42. Qur'an 6:57. 43. Nowadays the same cond...

Neglecting the other troubles, the ruling of Mu’awiyah in Syria was the most complicated matter that Imam Ali (s) confronted at the beginning of his caliphate. When Syria was conquered by the Muslims, Yazid, the elder brother of Mu’awiyah, was appoin...

Neglecting the other troubles, the ruling of Mu’aw...

Mu’awiyah made preparations for the war and set off towards Imam Ali's area with forty thousand soldiers. They got at a place called Siffeen between Syria and Iraq. Mu’awiyah arrived there earlier than Imam Ali (s) and occupied the bank of the river....

Mu’awiyah made preparations for the war and set of...

Notes: 33. Refer to Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah by ibn Abi'l-Hadeed, vol.2 p.p.77, Akhbar az-Zaman by al-Mas'oodi, Khawass al-Umma by Sibt ibn aj-Jawzi and many other Sunni historians. 34. A place near Basra. 35. Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah by ibn Abul Hadeed....

Notes: 33. Refer to Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah by ibn ...

It was concluded according to the Islamic history that Uthman was a man of feeble will and credulous. His counselor Marwan, who was disrespectable and mean among the Muslims, used his undue influence upon the caliph. Time and again he promised the pe...

It was concluded according to the Islamic history ...

Imam Ali (s) wrote in his will to Imam Hasan: “O my son, know that ... (if you do not like to follow your ancestors and virtuous people), first you have to search the truth by the way of understanding and perceiving so that you do not fall into doubt...

Imam Ali (s) wrote in his will to Imam Hasan: “O m...

At the time of the Prophet, the Muslims were inspired with feelings of liberty and freedom by canceling partisanship and racial feelings. The Holy Qur’an addressed the Prophet by saying: (Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that yo...

At the time of the Prophet, the Muslims were inspi...

Umar, according to the will of Abu-Bakr, dressed himself with the caliphate. He was a severe man. He would put the religious punishments into practice carefully and he had, personally, a careful control over the state affairs. No one of his officers ...

Umar, according to the will of Abu-Bakr, dressed h...

Abu-Bakr was one of the Prophet’s great companions. He was the prophet’s pal in the cave at the night of emigration. He controlled all the affairs of the state as it was mentioned before. Some of the great companions, who were about nine persons, rem...

Abu-Bakr was one of the Prophet’s great companions...

It was said beforehand that many great men of Mecca, especially those who had grudge against Muhammad (s) obstinately, were killed in the battle of Badr by the sword of Imam Ali and that there were a few houses that did not lose a relative by Ali’s s...

It was said beforehand that many great men of Mecc...

When Islam appeared there were two great powers on this side of the earth; the Romans and the Persians. The Roman soldiers were well experienced in the wars and at the same time, they had won the war against Iran. Syria and the eastern parts of the M...

When Islam appeared there were two great powers on...

Now the most tribes of Arabia had turned Muslims except two tribes; Thaqeef and Hawazin. They were strong enough and had resided about Ta’if, a country place in the east and north east of Mecca. When they knew that the Muslims had conquered Mecca, th...

Now the most tribes of Arabia had turned Muslims e...

Saqeefah was a big shed where the Ansar (the local citizens of Medina) would gather to discuss the public affairs and occasionally they would appoint chieftains of local families. After the Prophet's death, the Ansar formed a meeting to discuss the s...

Saqeefah was a big shed where the Ansar (the local...

After the battle of Tabouk, the Prophet always felt that there was a danger coming from the Roman Empire and that he was about to fight them; therefore he got ready for the war and ordered the Muslims; Muhajirun and Ansar, 17 to encamp out of Medina ...

After the battle of Tabouk, the Prophet always fel...

There was a flourishing country between Arabia and Yemen named Najran where the Christians were living at that time. The Prophet of Islam sent a letter to them for preaching purposes like the letters that had been sent to the rulers of the adjoining ...

There was a flourishing country between Arabia and...

Hajj is a collective ritual that is fulfilled by the Muslims with the intent of achieving unity and accord among them. This Islamic congress is effective on strengthening the relations among the Muslims to solve the difficulties by cooperation and he...

Hajj is a collective ritual that is fulfilled by t...

At the end of the ninth year of Hijrah, Gabriel came down from the Heaven with some verses of the Holy Qur’an and hereby the Prophet was ordered to send some one to Mecca in order to inform the people of the purport of the verses, which had four orde...

At the end of the ninth year of Hijrah, Gabriel ca...

A great crowd of the people of Mecca and the new comers had been gathered in the mosque when the Prophet (s) determined on giving a lecture to show the people a glimpse of Islam. At that time one of the greatest and rooted bigotry of the Arab society...

A great crowd of the people of Mecca and the new c...

In the same year the Prophet conquered Mecca by his good management without killing or bloodshed. Mecca was the place where Mohammad and his companions were badly harmed by the idolaters of Koreish since the beginning of the Prophethood and it was a ...

In the same year the Prophet conquered Mecca by hi...

There was somewhat a peaceful time all over Arabia at the beginning of the eighth year of Hijrah. Neither the Jews in the north nor the idolaters of Mecca caused any threat to the Muslims. At the same time something happened that made the Prophet (s)...

There was somewhat a peaceful time all over Arabia...