“The entire 50-plus-year life of Husayn ibn Ali (A) is a lesson. His childhood is a lesson, his youth is a lesson, his behavior during his imamate is a lesson and his behavior after the martyrdom of Imam Hasan (A) is a lesson. It was not the case that Imam Husayn’s (A) responsibility was confined…
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The Holy Prophet (S) asked…
The Holy Prophet (S) asked, “What things are better than any other for women?” No one answered. Imam Hasan (A), still a child, went home and asked what the answer was. Lady Fatima (A), said, “That she sees no man and no man sees her.” This shows that for a woman, looking at a man…
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There is the famous letter of Imam Ali (A) to…
There is the famous letter of Imam Ali (A) to Imam Hasan (A) which is a letter of advice, “To the extent possible, keep your wife or wives away from mixing with others. Nothing protects a woman better than the home.” The tradition contains the word Ihtijab. It means, to be hidden by a curtain;…
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During the time of al-‘Imam al-Hasan al-‘Askari (A)…
During the time of al-‘Imam al-Hasan al-‘Askari (A), the institution of the khilafah had decided to kill the successor of the Imam (A) by all the ways and means possible in an effort to put an end to the subject of Imamah and consequently to Shia faith. In addition to other aspects, al-Imam al-Hasan al-‘Askari…
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Al-‘Imam Muhammad Al-Taqi (A), Al-‘Imam ‘Ali Al-Naqi (A)…
Al-‘Imam Muhammad Al-Taqi (A), Al-‘Imam ‘Ali Al-Naqi (A), and Al-‘Imam Al-Hasan Al-‘Askari (A) were martyred when they were twenty-five, forty, and twenty-seven years, respectively. All these points serve as a clear evidence that the control, surveillance, and sabotage of the antagonists was very strict during their period and that these great Imams (A) were unable…
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