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**Your Words Are Light**

**[The Reward of the Toothstick (Siwāk)]** My father (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Aḥmad ibn Idrīs narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad narrated to me— Ibrāhīm ibn Isḥāq narrated to me, from Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā, from ʿUbayd Allāh al‑Dahqān, from Durust ibn Manṣūr, from ʿAbd Allāh …

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**Divine Ordainment of the Husseini Epic**

**In the Realm of the Husseini Epic (8)** **Abdul Sattar Al‑Jaberi** **The Trial of Husayn (peace be upon him) and the Trial Through Him** The public movement of Imam Husayn (peace be upon him) against the Umayyad authority began in the month of **Rajab in the year 60 AH**, after …

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Etiquette of Social Interaction in the Hadiths of Imam Ali bin Musa al-Rida (peace be upon him) – 4

Etiquette of Social Interaction in the Hadiths of Imam Ali bin Musa al-Rida (peace be upon him) – 4 In al-Kafi, from Muhammad ibn Yahya Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Ibn Abi Nasr, who said: “I asked Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha (peace be upon him) about a matter, but he refused to …

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The clear light in the stories of the prophets and messengers 4

From **al-Bāqir** (peace be upon him), in which it states that when **Adam** (peace be upon him) had completed the days of his prophethood, God—Glorified be He—revealed to him that he should place knowledge and the inheritance of prophethood in his son **Hibat Allāh** (Seth). And God gave Adam glad …

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Prostrating on the Turbah of Husayn

**Reports about prostrating on something other than the earth due to necessity** 1. **Anas ibn Malik** said: When we prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), if one of us could not place his forehead firmly on the ground because of the intense heat, he would spread …

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Prostrating on the Turbah of Husayn

**Reports concerning prostration upon something other than the earth due to an excuse** 1. **Anas ibn Malik** said: When we prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and one of us could not place his forehead firmly on the ground because of the intense heat, he would …

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Etiquette of Social Interaction in the Hadiths of Imam Ali bin Musa al-Rida (peace be upon him) – 3

The Etiquette of Social Interaction in the Hadiths of Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (peace be upon him) — Part 3 7. The Recommendation of Eating in the Home of a Believing Brother Al-Barqi narrated in al-Mahasin: from Yasir al-Khadim, from Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha (peace be upon him), who said: …

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The clear light in the stories of the prophets and messengers 3

**The Luminous Light in the Stories of the Prophets and Messengers** **3 / 8** It is stated regarding the sustenance of the prophets: **“O Allah, I ask You for abundant and wholesome provision from Your provision.”** **I say:** What is meant by *lawful sustenance* in the two traditions is that …

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Prostrating on the Turbah of Husayn

**Reports concerning prostration upon something other than the earth without any specific excuse** 1. **Anas ibn Malik** reported: His grandmother Mulaykah invited the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) to a meal she had prepared for him. He ate from it and then said: “Stand so that …

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**Your Words Are Light**

[The Reward of the Intelligent Person] My father (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Ahmad ibn Idris narrated to me from Muhammad ibn Ahmad, from Muhammad ibn Hassan, from Abu Muhammad al‑Razi, from al‑Husayn ibn Yazid, from Ibrahim ibn Bakr ibn Sammal, from al‑Fadl ibn ‘Uthman, who said: I …

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