Islamic Books

BELIEFS AND ACTS OF YAZID What was the character of this so-called caliph of the Prophet? He was such that he openly denied the messengership of the Messenger (s.a.w). He made his beliefs clear in the following couplets: Banu Hashim (the Prophet...

BELIEFS AND ACTS OF YAZID What was the character ...

THE RISE OF THE UMAYYAHS The most harmful feature for Islam was the resurgence of the Umayyahs and their return to a position of power. They were the same Umayyahs who were sworn enemies of Islam. This also materialized under the patronage of the ...

THE RISE OF THE UMAYYAHS The most harmful feature...

UNDERSTANDING KARBALA SAYYID SAEED AKHTAR RIZVI TRANSLATOR'S FOREWORD In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Praise is due to Allah Whose worth cannot be described by speakers, whose bounties cannot be counted by calculators and whos...

UNDERSTANDING KARBALA SAYYID SAEED AKHTAR RIZVI ...

Husain The Saviour of Islam By S.V. Mir Ahmcd Ali CONTENTS: INTRODUCTIONa HUSAIN THE KING OF MARTYRS1 The Importance of the Context1 The Whole Human Race-One Family2 How the Human Family Got Divided3 Man-Made gods and Deities4 The Guidance...

Husain The Saviour of Islam By S.V. Mir Ahmcd A...

The Decree of the Holy Imam THE ABOVE DECREE of the the Masoom (i.e., the Sixth Holy Imam) in this respect which is about 'Ijtehad,' is not the only tradition but there are many undisputed traditions also of the other Imams establishing the institut...

The Decree of the Holy Imam THE ABOVE DECREE of t...

Prayer Before Any Object IN SHIA'ISM, NAMAZ (or prayer or worship) is due to none but to God, and God alone. If any one prays before any object of His worship, it is not objected by Islam. One can offer his prayers before anything even a grave, if t...

Prayer Before Any Object IN SHIA'ISM, NAMAZ (or p...

The Last Day of the Final Judgment (Qiamat) IT IS NOW for any intelligent one to say that if the above fundamentals of the faith are those prescribed by the Holy Qur'an or not, or if they contain anything more or less than what the Holy Prophet prea...

The Last Day of the Final Judgment (Qiamat) IT IS...

Husain the International Hero TODAY WHEN THE leaders of every religion are revered only by their respective followers, the Holy Imam Husain is the International Hero who occupies a special position of love, honour, reverence and holiness in the hear...

Husain the International Hero TODAY WHEN THE lead...

BRIEF NOTES ON SOME OF THOSE MARTYRED IN KUFA AND KARBALA 1. Abu-Bakr ibne Ali ibne Abi Taleb : He was called 'Muhammad-e-Azghar' or Abdullah from Laila daughter of Mas'ud son of Hanzala son of Manath son of Tameem 2. Abi Bakr son of the Second Im...

BRIEF NOTES ON SOME OF THOSE MARTYRED IN KUFA AND ...

The Captives in Damascus EVEN DURING THE most miserable journey, the severed head of the Holy Imam manifested several miracles which guided several good-hearted Christians and Jews to embrace Islam, most of whom after embracing the Truth attacked th...

The Captives in Damascus EVEN DURING THE most mis...

The Messenger from Madina IT IS REPORTED that when the Holy Imam was busy digging a tiny grave for the martyred baby, in the burning desert with his sword, a camel rider arrived into the field and wished him. The Holy Imam raised his wounded head an...

The Messenger from Madina IT IS REPORTED that whe...

The Night in the Yazidian Camp WHILE THE HUNGRY and thirsty devotees of God in the Holy Imam's camp spent the night in prayers and the devotional supplicative services to God, the soldiers in the Yazidian ranks in the opposite camp spent the whole n...

The Night in the Yazidian Camp WHILE THE HUNGRY a...

Husain Purchases the Site for the Graves of the Martyrs THE HOLY IMAM gathered the people of the surrounding places, the owners of the plain of Karbala, and purchasing the land from them gifted the same to the people. Addressing the males among them...

Husain Purchases the Site for the Graves of the Ma...

Muslim Arrested and Martyred HAVING DESPATCHED HIS sons, Muslim, discarded by one and all in Kufa and hunted by the men of Ibne Ziad, wandered in Kufa, as a homeless destitute without any shelter or shade to lay his head or ( 156 ) even to rest aw...

Muslim Arrested and Martyred HAVING DESPATCHED HI...

Husain decides to leave Madina HUSAIN DECIDED TO leave Madina. Learning about the decision of the Holy Imam, people in groups approached him asking the reason for his decision to leave the holy city. Husain said that his refusal to pay 'Bait' to Yaz...

Husain decides to leave Madina HUSAIN DECIDED TO ...

Husain takes charge of the Imamat BEFORE BREATHING HIS last, Hasan handed the charge of the Imamat to his brother Husain. Husain was now the Third Imam, the Vicegerent of God on earth, in the place of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The world was now wi...

Husain takes charge of the Imamat BEFORE BREATHIN...

The Truth underlying The Sex difference in the Creation THE NATIVE ENDOWMENT of the sex urge in the animated species of the creation, is itself, eloquently evident that the object of the ( 128 ) Alwise Creator of the universe, is to maintain the w...

The Truth underlying The Sex difference in the Cre...

Husain intercedes for Shimar IT IS REPORTED that once, in Kufa, Shimar was convicted and imprisoned during the rule of Ali. Through the window of the prison, Shimar saw Husain passing by, and cried aloud:- "0 Son of the Apostle of God; I intercede ...

Husain intercedes for Shimar IT IS REPORTED that ...

Ali weds Lady Ummol-Baneen THE WORLD AROUND the Holy Prophet witnessed and history has vouched the fact that the gap in the domestic life and the happiness ( 112 ) of the Prophet, created by the demise of Lady Khadija doubtlessly proved as irrepar...

Ali weds Lady Ummol-Baneen THE WORLD AROUND the H...

Every Individual Responsible for His Own Choice HAVING SHOWN MAN the right course and giving him additional guiding notes directing him to the right path, man has been left to be gratefully guided aright or ungratefully get astray, rejecting all the...

Every Individual Responsible for His Own Choice H...

The Biggest Miracles of the Holy Prophets THE EXPLANATION REGARDING the meaning of a miracle, and its significance given above, does not mean that the Holy Prophet or the Imams of His Holy House did not show any miracles to their people. The miracl...

The Biggest Miracles of the Holy Prophets THE EXP...