• The Splitter of Knowledge
    • Once during his childhood, Imam al-Husayn (as) was sitting on the lap of his grandfather, the Messenger of Allah (saw) when Jabir bin Abdillah al-Ansari came by. The Holy Prophet (saw) looked at Jabir and then said...
    • What is Ashoura?
    • In the month of Muharram (approx. 20 October 680 AD), an event took place in Iraq at a place known as Karbala on the bank of the river Euphrates It seemed in those days insignificant from the historical point ...
    • The Love of the Prophet (PBUH) for Imam Hosein
    • osein The Prophet (PBUH) loved Imam Hossein (PBUH) very much. His companion Salman Farsi describes, "I saw that the Prophet (PBUH) had picked up Imam Hossein (PBUH) upon his knee and was kissing him saying, "O...
    • THE SAVIOR OF ISLAM
    • LAM Sweet melodies blew the heavenly hornA joyous tiding; Hosein was born The sun rejoiced; the moon was gay Each in its orbit, each did away. The waters rippled; the wind was all play Never were they, so happy and gay ...
    • What Non-Muslims Say About …
    • Imam Hussein ,THE THIRD SUCCESSOR OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (Peace and Blessings be Upon Them Both) Think not of those who are slain in Gods way as dead. Nay, they are living, finding their sustenance in the presence of their...
    • Imam Hosein (PBUH)
    • UH) 3rd Shiite Imam (7 January 626 -20 October 679) In the house of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), a child who benefited humanity as if he was Divine Impression reflecting the earth was born on the 3rd night of the mon...
    • Elegy (Marthiya) on Hossein: Arabic and Persian
    • ian Lynda Clarke, University of Toronto FromAl-Serat, Vol XII (1986) I propose to give here an account neither of the development, nor of the themes, of the elegy on Hossein, in Arabic or Persian, nor of the outstanding...
    • The Night of Ashura (1)
    • Imam Hossein (PBUH) gathered his companions at night. Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (PBUH) says that: I went closer to them so as to hear what they said, and at that time...
    • Sermon of Imam Hussein to the Army of Yazid
    • zid "O people of Iraq! Listen to me and do not make haste to kill me so that I may tell you what I must, and apprise you of the reason for my coming to Iraq. If you accept my excuse, believe in what I say, and behave t...
    • Merits of Imam Husayn
    • ayn We should now like to quote some traditions relating to Imam Husayn from Ibn Athir's book entitled Usd ul Ghabah. A man asked Abdullah bin Umar: "What will be the position if the blood of a mosquito touches the d...
    • Imam Husseins Sermon on the Night of Ashura
    • hura "I thank Allah to the best of my ability and praise Him during the time of weal and woe. a Lord! I thank You because You have honored us by means of Prophethood taught us the Qur'an, made us comprehend the re...
    • Causes of the rise of Imam Husayn
    • ayn Truly speaking if we wish to find out the causes of the rising of the Imam we shall have to make a search for its preliminaries during a period of at least thirty years preceding that time, because about thirty yea...
    • Karbala and the Imam Husayn in Persian
    • Husayn in Persian and Indo-Muslim literature Annemarie Schimmel I still remember the deep impression which the first Persian poem I ever read in connection with the tragic events ofKarbala' left on me. It was Qa'a...