History Books

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba And its People" by : "S.M.R. Shabbar" On the 10th of Ramazan 8th year of Hijra the Holy Prophet left Madina for Makka with a large number of his companions. On arrival at Makka the Prophet met no resi...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba ...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba And its People" by : "S.M.R. Shabbar" After the battles of Badr, Ohud and Khandaq the infidels of Makka avoided any further military ventures. The Prophet decided to perform Umra in the 6th year of Hi...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba ...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba And its People" by : "S.M.R. Shabbar" In the 3rd year of Hijra, ‘The Battle of Ohud’ took place. The Makkans did not like their defeat in Badr and began their preparations in earnest. They came with 3...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba ...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba And its People" by : "S.M.R. Shabbar" In the 2nd year of Hijra, 624 AD, 'The Battle of Badr' took place. The Makkans marched towards Madina with 1000 soldiers. Muhammad (SA) with his army of 313 men c...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba ...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba And its People" by : "S.M.R. Shabbar" The Battle of Khandaq: 4th year of Hijra, 626 AD: At the end of the battle of Ohud when Abu Sofian was unable to hurt the Holy Prophet, he returned to Makka after...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba ...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba And its People" by : "S.M.R. Shabbar" One of the leading trading families in those days was the family of Khadija a widow who was looking for an honest young man to look after her business affairs. Mu...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba ...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba And its People" by : "S.M.R. Shabbar" In the province of Hejaz in the western part of Arabia, not far from the Red Sea, there lies the town of Makka. In the centre of this town there is a small square...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba ...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba And its People" by : "S.M.R. Shabbar" Qur’an in Sura Baqra Verses 121 to 127 described it clearly that Allah had ordained his servant Ibrahim to build the Shrine there for worship of One God. During K...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba ...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba And its People" by : "S.M.R. Shabbar" In 1980 we celebrated the 1400 anniversary of the Hijri Calendar and published a short biography of the 14 Masoomeen (infallibles). As this was just a one page bi...

Adopted from the book : "Story of the Holy Ka’aba ...

Adopted from the Book : "Malik al-Ashtar" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Mu'awiyah was worried about Malik's going to Egypt, for he knew that Malik would save it. So, Mu'awiyah thought about a way to kill him. Mu'awiyah used to mix honey with poison to kill ...

Adopted from the Book : "Malik al-Ashtar" by : "Ka...

Adopted from the Book : "Malik al-Ashtar" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Mu'awiyah thought about a new trick to cheat the Imam's Army. So, he asked the advice of Amru bin al-Aas. Amru bin al-Aas said: I'm sure we can cheat them with the Qur'an. Mu'awiyah rej...

Adopted from the Book : "Malik al-Ashtar" by : "Ka...

Adopted from the book : "Fatima; the Gracious" by : Abu Muhammad Ordoni" The early injustice done by Abu Bakr against Lady Fatima Zahra (AS), paved the way for his offspring to do the same against the Prophet's. Sayyid Safdar Hussain, in his valuable...

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Adopted from the book :"Fatima; the Gracious" by : Abu Muhammad Ordoni" One year and one month after the battle of Badr, the battle of Uhud took place. In this battle, seventy of the prophet's most prominent companions were martyred among them being ...

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Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Mus'ab ordered his soldiers to arrest Mukhtar 's wife. Her name was Umra. Her father's name was al-Numan bin Bashher al-Ansary. She was a believing woman. Mus'ab asked her to disown ...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : ...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Mukhtar made peace with Abdullah bin al-Zubair to unite efforts against the Umayyads, the enemy of Islam. Still Abdullah bin al-Zubair was ambitious. He was afraid of Mukhtar 's incr...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : ...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Ibraheem al-Ashtar's Army reached al-Khazar River. There he met Ubaidullah bin Ziyad's Army. Violent fights took place between the two sides. The Kufian Army fought bravely. Some com...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : ...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Abdullah bin Umar bin al Khattab interceded for Mukhtar again. He was released. Having left prison, Mukhtar began calling up the people to punish the persons who committed the Karbal...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : ...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Mujrim bin Akkaba headed the Shamian Army. On the way to Makkah, a scorpion stung him. He died. So, al Husayn bin Numair, who took part in the Karbala massacre, headed the army. The ...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : ...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Al-Husain bin Numair withdrew his forces. He headed for Damascus. So, the siege was over. After four years' stay in Madina, Mukhtar decided to come back to Kufa. After Yazeed's death...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : ...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Maytham al-Tammar was a good man. He was one of Imam Ali's companions. From the Imam's knowledge, he learnt a lot. Maytham al-Tammar was in the same prison with Mukhtar . One-day Muk...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : ...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed" Safyyah was Mukhtar 's sister. She was the wife of Abdullah bin Umar bin al-Khattab. Abdullah bin Umar bin al-Khattab had good relations with Yazeed bin Mu'awiyah. So, he asked him t...

Adopted from the book : "Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" by : ...