The speeches delivered by al-‘Imam al-Ridha’ (A) on the principles of Islamic knowledge and sciences are equal in number to those delivered by the Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (A), and they exceed the number of speeches delivered by all the other Imams (A) in these fields. One of the blessings of al-‘Imam al-Ridha’ (A) was that…
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According to traditions, both from the Shia…
According to traditions, both from the Shia and the Sunni sources, it is established that love protects one from being a slave of one’s desires and Shaitan. This is because the love of an exalted personality entails that we also love his friends and hate his enemies. The friendship of Shaitan and the following of…
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In the reports and traditions, fate and destiny…
In the reports and traditions, fate and destiny have been described as revocable and irrevocable. There are hints in the Qur’an also to that effect. It appears that there are two kinds of fate and destiny, one inevitable and unalterable and the other non-inevitable and alterable. SOURCE: MAN AND HIS DESTINY | AYATOLLAH MURTADA MUTAHHARI…
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According to traditions…
According to traditions, the main characteristic of the Ummah of the last Prophet is ‘self-sacrifice’. In an Islamic society, if we promote standing up for our individual rights instead of calling people to self-sacrifice, then we might uproot the virtues of the Muslim Community. It is desirable for a human being to stand up for…
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