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Qur’an & Ahl al-Bayt » Infallibles » Imam al-Sajjad (Zayn al-‘Abidin) (as)

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Sermon of Imam Sajjad (A.S.) in the court of Yazeed

am the son of the one who defended the Muslims, killed the oath breakers of allegiance and the unjust and the renegades, struggled against his tiring enemies, the most excellent one of those who walked (to war) from among Quraysh, the first to respo...

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Qur’an & Ahl al-Bayt » Infallibles » Lady Faṭima al-Zahra (a)

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Different Names and Titles of Lady Fatima (as) and Their Meanings

To give names to their newborn children is of a special importance to advocates of Allah's religion, for a human being is called by his name; hence, a good or, bad name leaves its effect on the holder. Upon studying the life of Lady Fatima al-Zahra...

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Qur’an & Ahl al-Bayt » Infallibles » Lady Faṭima al-Zahra (a)

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Then, Fatima Was Born!

Growing in the house of revelation, gave her the chance to achieve the highest degree of perfection and excellence. The Prophet (S) taught her divine knowledge, and endowed her with special intelligence, so that she realized the true meaning of faith...

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Qur’an & Ahl al-Bayt » Infallibles » Imam al-Mahdi (as)

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A Brief Biography of Imam al-Mahdi

Since the reports about the anticipated birth of Mahdi, the Messiah who will put an end to injustice and tyranny was widespread, the ‘Abbāsids were closely watching the family of the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.). The situation was not unlike the days prior to t...

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Qur’an & Ahl al-Bayt » Infallibles » Imam Hasan al-‘Askari (as)

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A Brief Biography of the Eleventh Imam; Hassan Ibn Ali al-Askari (as)

...Imam al-‘Askari pointed at one of the monks and ordered the soldiers to take whatever they found in his hand. They discovered that the monk was holding a piece of human bone in his hand. The Imam placed that bone in a piece of cloth and covered it...

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Qur’an & Ahl al-Bayt » Infallibles » Imam al-Hadi (as)

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A Brief Biography of the Tenth Imam; Ali Ibn Muhammad al-Hadi (as)

...Mutawakkil, on the one hand, started promoting the Shāfi‘i madhhab in order to distract the masses away from the Ahlul Bayt. And, on the other hand, he intensified harassment of the Shi‘as. He had such hatred for the Ahlul Bayt that in 236 A.H. he...

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Qur’an & Ahl al-Bayt » Infallibles » Imam al-Jawad (as)

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A Brief Biography of the ninth Imam; Muhammad Ibn Ali al-Jawad (as)

Imam Muhammad at-Taqi was born in 195/809 in Medina. The news of his birth caused extraordinary joy among the Shi‘as of that time. Imam ar-Ridha was childless till the age of forty, and some Shi‘as were concerned about the continuation of imamate: wh...

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Qur’an & Ahl al-Bayt » Infallibles » Imam al-Reḍa (as)

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A Brief Biography of the Eighth Imam; Ali Ibn Musa (as)

...Then the Imam added that this salvation is guaranteed “with its conditions; and I am one of its conditions.” That is, together with tawhid, one must also believe in other fundamentals of Islam like nubuwwa and imamat in order to gain salvation in ...

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Qur’an & Ahl al-Bayt » Infallibles » Imam al-Kaẓim (as)

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A Brief Biography of the Seventh Imam; Musa al--Kazim (as)

Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) became the Imam at the age of twenty through Divine Command and the decree of his forefathers. His imamate, however, began under a very difficult political atmosphere...

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Qur’an & Ahl al-Bayt » Infallibles » Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣadiq (as)

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A Brief Biography of the Sixth Imam; Ja'far al-Sadiq (as)

During the 34 years of imamate of as-Sādiq (a.s.) greater possibilities and a more favorable climate existed for him to propagate religious teachings. This came about as a result of revolts in Islamic lands, especially the uprising of the Muswaddah t...