Mahatma Gandhi:
“I learned from Husain how to achieve victory while being oppressed.”
“My faith is that the progress of Islam does not depend on the use of sword by its believers, but is the result of the supreme sacrifice of Husain, the great saint.”
Thomas Carlyle (Scottish Historian and Essayist):
“The best lesson which we get from the [...]
Archive for the ‘Enemies of the Ahle Bayt (A.S.)’ Category
One day a man was traveling on his camel with his possessions and his slave. He stopped at a mosque and went inside to pray, leaving the slave to take care of the goods.
When he was gone, the slave climbed on the camel’s back. When the master returned, the slave declared himself as the master [...]
Whenever the Prophet’s (S.A.W.W.) sorrow was hard on him, he would take Husain in his lap and bring him along to the mosque, to the gathering of Sahaba while crying. His tears falling, he would display to them the infant Husain with the sand of Karbala in his hand and say:
“My nation (Ummah) will kill [...]
The 1st of Sha’ban marks the date of birth of Lady Zainab (S.A.), elder daughter of Hazrat Ali (A.S.) and Lady Fatimah (S.A.), and eldest granddaughter of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.). She is the sister of Imam Hasan (A.S.) and Imam Husain (A.S.). Her younger sister is Lady Umm-e-Kulsoom (S.A.).
Courtesy: Syed Awn [...]
تیرے شہر سے جاتے ہیں، دے ہم کو دعا نانا
آباد کریں گے ہم ، ہائے اب کرب و بلا نانا
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.) was sitting with his young grandson, Husain (A.S.), and granddaughter, Zainab (S.A.), sitting in front of him. Suddenly, tears started streaming down his face.
Husain (A.S.) asked him, “Grandfather, why are you [...]
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Ripping the Python
Abu Jahal (L.A.) owned a huge python that he kept in a well near Makkah. Whenever a new baby was born, he used to leave the python near the child. If the child died upon looking at the python, it was considered illegitimate.
When Ali (A.S.) was born, Abu Jahal brought the snake to Abu Talib’s [...]
On the 6th of July, 2000, British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s son was arrested for drinking when he was found drunk and incapable near Leicester Square, London.
When asked about it, Tony Blair remarked:
“Being a prime minister can be a tough job and being a parent is probably tougher!”
It is apparent from the above statement that [...]
Saying of Ali(A.S.)
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