Ahl al-Bayt

  It was Friday 13th of Rajab 30 Amulfeel. Hazrat Fatima binte Asad, the wife of Hazrat Abu Talib entered the precincts of the Kaaba and prayed to Allah saying ‘O my protector ease my pain.’ All of a sudden the wall of the Kaaba opened up and she, as if …

A senior Kashmiri politician said that sacrifices of Karbala martyrs have a universal message of patience, determination, fortitude, and devotion which is a must to achieve salvation in this world and hereafter. Molvi Imran Raza Ansari was speaking at a day-long remembrance function held to pay tributes to Imam Hussein …

 Tehran’s streets on Wednesday the 20th September were remarkably different than the other days of the year. Since the early noon hours, the city started getting ready to embrace the new Islamic Hijri year which starts with the commemoration of what some historians acknowledge as the tragedy of all human …

A Spanish tourist said, “Wonders and beauties of Razavi Holy Shrine are unknown to European tourists”. According to Astan News, Jose Galindes, from Spain’s Bilbao and Basque state, stated, “This is my first visit to Iran and I attained lots of valuable memories and experiences in this trip”. He was …

The following is a description of the historic event of Ghadir Khumm.  Click on the book icons below to see the detailed references backing up each key element of this event.  The separation into contexts enables one to see how well each component of the event is attested in the sources.   …

  In the name of Allah (Who’s) the Compassionate Merciful O, the Commander of the faithful! Upon you be peace; O the Remainder of Allah, on His earth, Upon You be peace! O Mahdi! How could we suppress our despair in your extended non-attendance? Where should we look for to …

the rise of Wahabism in Hejaz, which is inspired by Ibn Taymiyyah’s beliefs which considers pilgrimage of the graves disagreeable with monotheism, caused any building of the sort in Hejaz to be destroyed by their hands. They attempted to destroy Al-Baqi’s monuments twice, once in 1220 and once in 1344, …

Imam Hadi was martyred of poisoning on third day of Rajab by the Abbasid caliph Mu’taz in 254 A.H. at Samarrah in Iraq and is buried there. The Holy Imam (A.S.) was 42 years old at the time of his martyrdom.

Imam Ali (A.S.) was surprised to find that his dear wife had left her bed and had started doing the housework; he asked her about it and she replied: “This is the last day of my life. I want to wash my children’s hair and clothes, because they will soon …

On the sideline of his visitation from the Razavi Shrine, a Mexican pilgrim said, “If life style and graces of the household of the Apostle of God (S.A.W.) and particularly Hazrat Reza (A.S.) are paid attention to by the world people, a new door will be opened to more conversions”. …