• Favors of Imam Mahdi (PBUH)
    • UH) Many people have been graced with the opportunity to meet Imam Mahdi (PBUH) in person. However, in this article we present only those anecdotes where this special favor of Imam (PBUH) has been conferred on the rel...
    • The Awaited Savior
    • ior by Ayatullah Baqir al-Sadr and Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari Prologue http://al-islam.org/awaited/1.htm Chapter 1: Who and What of the Mahdi http://al-islam.org/awaited/2.htm Chapter 2: Some Objections ...
    • Transfer of Imamate from Imam Hussein to Imam Sajjad
    • The transfer of the Imamate to the next Holy Imam has to occur at the death of the previous Holy Imam and the transfer of the Imamate of Imam Hussein to Imam Sajjad was under particularly distressing circumstances...
    • Mission of Imam Sajjad (PBUH)
    • UH) Imam Sajjad (PBUH) despite facing worst conditions and severe sufferings after the martyrdom of Imam Hosein, not only humiliated and defamed Yazid by displaying courage, bravery, and firmness and defendingmonoth...
    • Imam Sajjad’s Written Works
    • Imam Sajjad is famous for his unique written texts. He taught and wrote “ Al-Sahifat Al-Kamilat Al-Sajjadiyya, Psalms Of Islam ”The Hajj “Risalat Al-Huquq, Treatise On Rights”, and...
    • The Love of the Prophet (PBUH) for Imam Hosein
    • osein The Prophet (PBUH) loved Imam Hossein (PBUH) very much. His companion Salman Farsi describes, "I saw that the Prophet (PBUH) had picked up Imam Hossein (PBUH) upon his knee and was kissing him saying, "O...
    • THE SAVIOR OF ISLAM
    • LAM Sweet melodies blew the heavenly hornA joyous tiding; Hosein was born The sun rejoiced; the moon was gay Each in its orbit, each did away. The waters rippled; the wind was all play Never were they, so happy and gay ...
    • What Non-Muslims Say About …
    • Imam Hussein ,THE THIRD SUCCESSOR OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (Peace and Blessings be Upon Them Both) Think not of those who are slain in Gods way as dead. Nay, they are living, finding their sustenance in the presence of their...
    • Imam Hosein (PBUH)
    • UH) 3rd Shiite Imam (7 January 626 -20 October 679) In the house of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), a child who benefited humanity as if he was Divine Impression reflecting the earth was born on the 3rd night of the mon...
    • Thoughts of Imam Ali (PBUH): Islamic unity
    • ity  The Imams call People to Islamic Unity it is well known that the Household of the Prophet tried hard to preserve the rites of Islam, to call Muslims to restore its glory, to unify their beliefs, and that...
    • Imam Muhammad Al-Taqi (PBUH)
    • H) His Parents & Birth The Prophet (PBUH) had said: "My father be sacrificed on the mother of the 9th Imam who will be a pure and pious Nubian." Imam Musa Kazim (PBUH) had told one of his compa...
    • History of the Shrine of
    • of Imam Ali Al-Naqi & Imam Hasan Al-Askari (PBUT) The modern city of Samara is situated on the bank of the river Tigris some sixty miles from the city of Baghdad. The city is of outstanding importance because o...
    • The Tenth Imam Ali bin Muhammad Al-Hadi (PBUH)
    • UH) Born inMedina 5th Rajab 214 Hijri (8.9.829 AD) Died inSamara, Iraq 3rd Rajab 254 Hijri (1.7.868) aged 40 years Period of Imamate 34 years The period of Imamate of our 10th Imam coincided with the decline of th...
    • Hazrat Fatimah(pbuh) in the verse of Counsel (42:23)
    • Say: `No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin. And if anyone earns any good, We shall give him an increase of good in respect there of for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service). (42: 23)...
    • The Prophet and Prophetic Tradition -
    • n - The Last Prophet and Universal Man (1) Professor Syed Hossein Nasr The Prophet as the founder of Islam and the messenger of God's revelation to mankind is the interpreter par excellence of the Book of God; and...
    • The history of Holy Shrine of Imam Reza
    • eza Almighty God had said in Qur'an: "in Houses which Allah had permitted I be exalted and that His name may be remembered in them…" (Nour/ the light: 36) The Shrine of Infallible Imams' are epitomes of su...
    • Imam Hasan, his Imamate and peace treaty
    • On the 21st night of the Ramadan of 40th Hijra Imam Ali (PBUH) passed away making all the people sorrowful and grieved. Imam Hasan (PBUH) who was 27 years of age came along with the people to the mo...
    • Characteristics of Imam Hasan
    • san http://www.tebyan.net/english/Events/2003/07/Html/imam-askari.htm http://www.tebyan.net/english/IslamicInformations/etr/etr4/etr4_right.htm The Peace Treaty between Imam Hasan and Mu'awiya Some criticize the ...
    • The Illustrious Period of the
    • the Imamate of Imam Zayn al-'Abidin Seyyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi Al-Serat, Vol. 5 (1979), Nos. 3 & 4 No Imam began his Imamat in a more tragic atmosphere. The first day of his Imamat saw him seriously ill and a c...
    • Elegy (Marthiya) on Hossein: Arabic and Persian
    • ian Lynda Clarke, University of Toronto FromAl-Serat, Vol XII (1986) I propose to give here an account neither of the development, nor of the themes, of the elegy on Hossein, in Arabic or Persian, nor of the outstanding...
    • The Night of Ashura (1)
    • Imam Hossein (PBUH) gathered his companions at night. Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (PBUH) says that: I went closer to them so as to hear what they said, and at that time...
    • Imam Hasan (as), a brief look into his Life
    • fe (This is) an account of the Imam after the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, the date of his birth, the evidence for his Imamat (the period of his succession), the time of his death, and the place of his gra...
    • Imam Musa Ibn Jafar al-Kadhim (as)
    • Imam Musa al-Kazim is the Seventh Apostolic Imam. His epithet was Abu 'I-Hasan and his famous title was al-Kazim. His matchless devotion and worship of God has also earned him the....
    • Ali al-Hadi
    • di (September 8, 828 - July 1, 868) Imam Ali al-Hadi was the tenth Shi'a Imam. He was born in Medina to Muhammad Taqi and a Moroccan slave named Samana. He was only six when his father died, and when he had to t...
    • Imam Ali (PBUH)
    • Ali was born some thirty years after the birth of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). He belonged the most respectable family of Quraish, the Banu Hashim. His father Abu Talib...
    • Sermon of Imam Hussein to the Army of Yazid
    • zid "O people of Iraq! Listen to me and do not make haste to kill me so that I may tell you what I must, and apprise you of the reason for my coming to Iraq. If you accept my excuse, believe in what I say, and behave t...
    • Merits of Imam Husayn
    • ayn We should now like to quote some traditions relating to Imam Husayn from Ibn Athir's book entitled Usd ul Ghabah. A man asked Abdullah bin Umar: "What will be the position if the blood of a mosquito touches the d...
    • Imam Husseins Sermon on the Night of Ashura
    • hura "I thank Allah to the best of my ability and praise Him during the time of weal and woe. a Lord! I thank You because You have honored us by means of Prophethood taught us the Qur'an, made us comprehend the re...
    • Causes of the rise of Imam Husayn
    • ayn Truly speaking if we wish to find out the causes of the rising of the Imam we shall have to make a search for its preliminaries during a period of at least thirty years preceding that time, because about thirty yea...
    • Imam Sadiq(AS) in others Views
    • Abu Hanifah the leader of the Hanafi school of thought, said:I did not find anybody more knowledgeable in jurisprudence than Jafar-ibn-Muhammad...
    • The Last Will of Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS)
    • Imam Alis (AS) last will to his sons Imam Hasan (AS) and Imam Hussain (AS) after the attempt on his life by a stab from Ibn Muljam: My advice to you is to be conscious of Allah and steadfast in your religion. Do ...
    • Martyrdom of Imam Ali
    • Imam Ali was assassinated in Kufa by the most evil of Allahs creation; Abdurrahman bin Muljim, a Khariji, on the twenty first of Ramadan year 40 A.H.; of an age of 63 year...
    • Imam Ali in the eyes of Non-Muslims
    • Ali was so popular even among the non-Muslims that when he died, all the Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians of Kufa, particularly their women and children who were personally looked after by Ali, l...
    • Ali(a.s.): The Voice of Human Justice
    • ice Out of the persons who have narrated the attributes of Imam Ali son of Abu Talib the author of Zakhair al-Uqba writes thus His stature was moderate and slightly short. His skin was ofwheaten colour and his beard w...
    • Condolence on the Sad demise of Fatima
    • The Holy Prophet said: "Who ever injures (bodily or sentimentally) Fatimah, injures me; and whoever injures me injures Allah; and whoever injures Allah practices unbelief....
    • Historian views about Arabia and Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H)
    • Arabia is a land of unparalleled charm, with its trackless deserts of sand dunes and mirages in the dazzling rays of a tropical sun. Its starry sky has excited the imagination of poets, travelers and mystics. It was in this land, that Prophet was born ...
    • Ali ibn al-Husayn Zaynul-Abidin
    • idin (Peace be upon him) It is someone whose footsteps are known by every place And it is he who is known to the Bayt in Mecca the most frequented sanctuary; It is he who is the son of the best of all men of God and it i...
    • IMAM REZA( RIDHA)
    • DHA)  Imam Reza (A.S) – the eighth Imam of Shi'it, Muslims-was born on 11th Zee-al Qa`dah, 148A.H, in the city ofMedina. His first name was Ali, and Abu al-Hasan was his nickname. Reza was the holy title of ...
    • Karbala and the Imam Husayn in Persian
    • Husayn in Persian and Indo-Muslim literature Annemarie Schimmel I still remember the deep impression which the first Persian poem I ever read in connection with the tragic events ofKarbala' left on me. It was Qa'a...
    • Imam Muhammad At-Taqi (AS)
    • (AS) Name: Muhammad Title: At-Taqi and Al-Jawad Nickname: Abu Ja'far Born: Friday 10th of Rajab 195 A.H., at Medina Father's Name: Ali ibn Musa Mother's Name: Khaizaran Died: At the age of 25 years, at Kazim...
    • Imam Hassan’s Character
    • The researcher who examines the life of the Holy Prophet's grandson, Imam Hasan and his brother, Imam Hussein (a.s.), can't help drawing the conclusion that they enjoyed a high level of education and spiritu...