• Connected Chain of Transmission
    • on (اتصال السند): A chain of transmission which is connected without interruption in such a manner that it is logically acceptable that the succeeding narrator received the hadith from the preceding one. Therefore, there sho...
    • 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)...
    • Hadith terms
    • rms Connected Chain of Transmission (اتصال السند): A chain of transmission which is connected without interruption in such a manner that it is logically acceptable that the succeeding narrator received the hadith from th...
    • FATIMA IN QUR'AN
    • FATIMA IN THE VERSE OF RELATIONSHIP The verse of relationship, from the Quran, says: "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...
    • I
    • I Ibn Abi al-Hadid , Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, ed.M. Abu al-Fadhl Ibrahim, 20 vols.; Cairo, 1959-1964. Ibn Abi Shayba , 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad (b. 775 or 776, d. 235/849), Al-Kitab al-musannaf fi l-ahadith wa-l-athar, 15...
    • Classes of Narrators ‏(طبقات الرواة):
    • ) : This term is applied to narrators of similar status such as nearness in age, even approximately and in terms of meeting with elder narrators. Note: Tabaqat , pl. of tabaqa, "everything which is related to another...
    • A Selective Bibliography of Hadith Studies
    • ies (4) Fadel , Mohammad, "Ibn Hajar's Hady al-Sari: A Medieval Interpretation of the Structure of al-Bukhari's al-Jami' al-Sahih: Introduction and Translation," Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 54, no. 3...
    • A Selective Bibliography of Hadith Studies
    • ies (3) Al-Daraqutni , 'Ali b. 'Umar (d. 385/955),al-Sunan, 4 volumes, Cairo.Also: Ed. Shams al-Haqq 'Azimabadi,Delhi, n.d.---,Kitab al-Tatabbu' Argues for the weakness of 78 hadiths inBukhari, 100 inMuslim, and 32 in bo...
    • Components of Hadith
    • ith A hadith is composed of three parts: 1-Matn (text): It is the original words which the chain of transmitters meant to convey, whether narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him) or from anyone else. 2-Isnad: ...
    • A Selective Bibliography of Hadith Studies
    • ies (2) Barforush , Mohammad Bagher Najaf Zadeh,Daneshe Hadith, Publisher: Mo'asseseyeh Jahade Daneshgahi, Tehran, 493 pages, (Persian) This is a useful general introduction. It covers classical hadith terminology and met...
    • 'Ilm-al-hadith:
    • h: Transmitting the Prophetic Tradition (علم الحديث رواية) : This term refers to the scientific approach to transmitting, verifying and scrutinizing the Prophet's sayings and practices. The Study of Hadith Terminology ...
    • 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 ...
    • A Selective Bibliography of Hadith Studies
    • ies (Part 1) A Abbott , Nabia,Studies in Arabic literary papyri,Volume I, Historical Texts, Chicago, U. Chicago Press, 1957. ---,Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri , Volume II, Qur'anic Commentary and Tradition,Chicago, ...
    • 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)
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    • Vasco da Gama
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    • The Insurance Day
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    • Sir George Cayley
    • ley Science of Flight ( 27 December 1773 - 15 December 1857 ) Sir George Cayley, born in 1773, is sometimes called the 'Father of Aviation'. A pioneer in his field, he is credited with the first major breakthroug...
    • Samuel Beckett
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    • Recognition of Constitutional Law
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    • 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...
    • Hazrat Zainabs Life (1)
    • It was five years after the Muslims had accompanied the Prophet (PBUH&HF) and his family in the migration to Medina, when ...
    • Hazrat Fatimah Masoomeh (a.s)
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    • 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)
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    • 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....
    • Salman Farsi
    • arsi This is a story of a seeker of Truth, the story of Salman the Persian, gleaned, to begin with, from his own words: I grew up in the town of Isfahan in Persia in the village of Jeyy. My father was the Dihqan o...
    • 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 ...
    • Abu Dharr Al-Ghifari
    • ari In the Waddan valley which connects Mecca with the outside world, lived the tribe of Ghifar. The Ghifar existed on the meagre offerings of the trade caravans of the Quraysh which plied between Syria and Mecca. It is like...
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