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**Prostrating on the Turbah of Husayn – Sheikh Abdul‑Husayn Al‑Amini** **03** It may be asked: *Why did the Messenger of God not carry soil with him?* The answer to this is: **First:** Based on what has already been mentioned—that it is not permissible to transfer soil from the two sacred …

**A Thousand Sayings on the Believer – Sheikh Hadi al‑Najafi** Faith means life: *“Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life.”* The believer is truly alive even if death overtakes him, while anyone other than the believer is dead even if …

## Doubts and Responses – Sayyid Sami al‑Badri (1) ### Introduction of the Book These are modest pages undertaken to respond to some of the doubts that have been raised against Islam and Shiʿism. The history of raising doubts against Shiʿism in its specific sense (1) is an old one. …

**Your Words Are Light** **[The Reward of Praising Allah with What He Praised Himself]** My father (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdullah narrated to me from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Ibn Faddalah, from ‘Abdullah ibn Bukayr, from Zurārah ibn A‘yan, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon …

**“Your words are light.”** **[The Reward of Saying: Subḥān Allāh, Al‑ḥamdu lillāh, Lā ilāha illā Allāh, Allāhu Akbar]** Muḥammad ibn al‑Ḥusayn narrated to me, saying: Saʿd ibn ʿAbdullāh narrated to me from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, from al‑Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Faḍḍāl, from Abū Dāwūd al‑Mustaḍraq, from Thaʿlabah ibn Maymūn, from …

**Wisdoms and Admonitions (7)** ### The Best of God’s Creation It is narrated that the children of Adam once gathered in a house and began arguing. One of them said: “The best of God’s creation is our father Adam.” Another said: “The nearest angels.” Another said: “The bearers of the …

**Stories of the Infallibles (peace be upon them)** Voices of the people rose in sending blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad and his family. Then they began repeating: “The doubt has vanished… the doubt has vanished… There is no place for charlatans before the knowledge of the family of the Messenger …

**On the Virtue of Knowledge, Teaching, and Learning** So he chose knowledge, and wealth and kingship were given to him along with it. One of the scholars said: *I wonder—what has the one who missed knowledge truly attained? And what has the one who attained knowledge truly missed?* Ibn ʿAbbas …

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful “And among His signs is that He created for you from among yourselves spouses, that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy.” Some people consider conflict in married life to be a …

Purposeful Articles: Why Is Money Not a Measure of Perfection? They mistakenly believed that he was unfit for leadership because he was not wealthy. In reality, the goals and values of the Children of Israel had changed due to their excessive love for wealth and children, to the point that …