Islamic Books

CHAPTER X: THE DEATH OF THE HOLY PROPHET. A few months after his Last Declaration at Ghadir-eKhum, the Holy Prophet took ill. His malady was developing, his fever returned and his illness...

CHAPTER XV: ALI'S SILENCE OVER THE CALIPHATE Ali's silence in the matter of the Caliphate was not due to the absence of friends and supporters, but, out of ( 119 ) respect for...

CHAPTER XVI: INTRIGUES AND CONSPIRACY AGAINST ALI The cry for the revenge of Osman's murder After the inauguration of Ali, Talha and Zubeir with several others came to him and requested...

CHAPTER XVII: BATTLE OF SIFFIN-BEFORE AND AFTER Moawiya's preliminary activities and defiance of Ali It has already been stated that during his sojourn at Medina on the occasion of his...

CHAPTER XVIII: THE KHARIJITES Who were the Kharijites The truce having been concluded on 13th Safar, 37 A.H. at San, when Ali was returning homeward with his army, a body of 12,000 men...

CHAPTER XX: THE DISAFFECTION OF THE KHARIJITES The prospect of a truce between Ali and Moaviya did not please the Kharijites. For one thing, a strong and stable government would put an end...

such authors to make the other niceties of his life, though important and worthy of reference, seem minor if compared to his situations with his brother, family members, harem of the household of...

MUDRIKA Mudrika was good-looking, high-ranking celebrity. He acted as the reference of the Arabs who used to visit him for learning from his knowledge and virtue. He also predicted...

BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE Al-Abbas, was the first child of Umm-ul-Banin. With his birth, Medina shone and the whole world glittered. Waves of pleasures flowed in the family of Ali...

undertaken the mission of serving water to the caravan of his brother Imam al-Hussein on the ten days of Muharram, AH 60. BATTAL UL-ALQAMI Al-Alqami is the name of the river on whose...

AL-ABBAS IN THE IMAMS' SIGHT The Immaculate Imams are the representatives of God, the successors of His Prophet and the leaders that God has assigned for people so as to make...

AL-ABBAS IN THE BATTLE OF SIFFEEN Some historians have slackened the reins when they ascribed exaggerate situations of fighting to al-Abbas ibn Ali. As a matter of fact, it is not strange...