Earlier, we have seen that when Ubyadullah bin Ziyād intended to go to Kufā from Basrā, Shareek bin A’awar was along with him. Shareek had a very strong inclination towards Shi’aism. He was along with Ammār bin Yasir (A) in the battle of Siffīn and his debate with...

Shaikh Mufeed and some others say, that Abdullāh bin Khazin says, that I was appointed by Muslim bin Aqeel (A) as a spy in the palace so as to inform him of the treatment being meted out to Hāni. When I saw that they had beaten Hāni and later imprisoned him, I mounted...

As regards Muslim bin Aqeel, Muhammad bin Ash’as took him to the palace of Ubaydullāh bin Ziyād. Muhammad entered therein alone and told him that he had arrested Muslim but had given him the promise of protection too. Ubaydullāh replied, “You do not have the right to...

Mas’oodi says that Bukayr bin Humrān Ahmari severed the head of Muslim and threw it down followed by his body. Then Ubaydullāh ordered that Hāni be taken to the market-place and beheaded with hands fastened together. Hāni was calling out to the people of Murād, whose...

During the period of the martyrdom of Muslim bin Aqeel (a.s.), the other significant events, which occurred, are the martyrdom of Meesam at Tammār and Rushayd al Hajari. Besides it is appropriate that we quote here the mar­tyrdom of Hujr bin Adi and Umro bin Humaq....

The Qur'an, the Holy Book of God, provides the complete code for the Muslims to live a good, chaste, abundant and rewarding life in obedience to the commandments of Allah, in this life and to gain salvation in the next. It is the "chart of life" for every Muslim, and...

The Qur'an is not directed towards any one particular nation, such as the Arabs, or to a particular sect of Muslims, but to non-Islamic societies as well as the Muslim nation as a whole.     There are numerous references to non-believers and idol...

Wisdom (‘aql in arabic) is a hidden power of thinking and logic. It discovers unknown realities from the known ones. Wisdom makes logical rules using plausible reasoning by induction and deduction. Wisdom then reaches useful conclusions and results based on these...

Jafar as-Sadiq (A. S.) was one of the most patient and tolerant teachers of his time. He used to give lectures on Islamic theology every day. After his lectures, he would listen and reply to the objections of his students and critics. He had asked his students and...

Nahjul Balagha - Commandment 31 From the father who is (shortly) to die, who acknowledges the hardships of times, who has turned away from life, who has submitted himself to the (calamities of) time, who realizes the evils of the world, who is living in the abodes of...