“A Serious Accusation”
The second caliph was in his death bed, and he had not appointed a successor for himself. People around him were concerned and eager for the caliph to appoint a leader for the Muslim nation during his final hours, and
The second caliph was in his death bed, and he had not appointed a successor for himself. People around him were concerned and eager for the caliph to appoint a leader for the Muslim nation during his final hours, and
Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH) used to make a speech after the prayer of the al-Adha festival; he would remember Allah (SWT), praise and thank Him. He would send salutations to the Prophet of Allah (PBUH&HP) and say: “The one who obeys
On a day of Eid al-Fitr, after saying the Eid’s prayer, Amir al-Muminin (PBUH) addressed people: “O! You Allah’s servants, I advise you to fear Allah (SWT), (whose) blessings never ends and His mercy never finishes, People can’t be independent
“And peace on me on the day I was born, and on the day I die, and on the day I am raised to life” (1). Imam Reza (PBUH) said,” There are three critical stages for every human being: The
Taking a moment to think about the shortness of life and human destiny after death can awaken a person so involved and infatuated with life’s glamor and shine to ponder and meditate. One day someone asked Imam Hassan Askari (PBUH)
“The one who dies, not knowing the Imam of his time, will have died the ignorance death.”(1) The most elementary form of knowing an Imam is basic identification; knowing who, from what line of descent, and with what characteristics is
The world we live in is a place to flourish and everyone grows flourish as if the world is a desirable agricultural setting which will thrive any planted seed. Not only the nice people evolve in this world, but also,
Life passes and death comes; the life of his world ends. Soul is the measure of man’s character and it will depart to hereafter and a new life in the hereafter begins. Death is one of the signs of Allah
Keeping death and the afterlife (the Day of Judgment and the world between death and the Day of Judgment(1) ) in mind is one of the best exhortations and most constructive pieces of advice. The saying of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP)
Fear is an emotional response to a threat or a danger. The reason why, as a child, we used to be scared of darkness or insects was this feeling of danger. Even though this fear was unreasonable, we experienced it.
Himran Ibn ‘Ayun narrates: I came to visit Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH) and asked him to advise me! And he said: “I advise you to be pious and fear Allah (SWT)…”1 Piety results in a clean life from any aspect.
It might have happened for all of us that things get terrible to an extent and the life becomes miserable and unwanted. In such cases many people hope for death. Is death something desirable, and is it counted as success?
Ibn Abi al-Hadid1, one of the Sunni scholars, describes Imam Hossein (PBUH) as such: “the master and leader of the people who have not accepted indignity, the one who taught people magnanimity and choosing death under the shadows of the
From: A father who is getting old To: A son who is subject to passage of time … O My son! Subjugate your nature with the vision of death; make it see the mortality of life and of all that