Four interviews about the ninth of Rabī´ al-Awwal

30 August 25 Articles
  Four interviews about the ninth of Rabī´ al-Awwal   By Mojtabā Kalbāsī Allah, the Almighty, in the holy Quran, in different occasions talks highly about the time and the place of some important events like what is related to the prophets and their delegation of Prophecy. For instance, He swears by the fig and olive and the mount of Sīnā and the secured city to indicate the significant status …
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What was the secret of appointing the Imams to the position of Imamate and Wilayah? Is human intellect able to understand this?

30 August 25 Question and Answer
This question is not exclusive to the appointment of the Imams (peace be upon them), but can be brought up regarding the selection of all the prophets and even angels such as Jibra’il, the Trustee of revelation, and regarding the superiority of some prophets over others and some nations and individuals over others, and in the same way about the superiority of humanity over many other types of creation. The …
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Is it true that Imam Hussain’s assassin was killed on the ninth of Rabi’ al-Awwal and his head was sent to Imam Sajjad?

30 August 25 Question and Answer
Is it true that Imam Hussain’s assassin was killed on the ninth of Rabi’ al-Awwal and his head was sent to Imam Sajjad? What is the historical importance or significance of 9th of Rabi\'ul Awwal? It is said that this was the day when killers of Imam Hussein (a.s.) were killed by Ameer Mukhtar and a letter was sent to Imam Zainul Abideen causing him to smile and so on? …
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The time before martyrdom of Imam Ḥasan al-Askari

29 August 25 Articles
The time before martyrdom of Imam Ḥasan al-Askari   This period includes many important points which some of them are to be presented here: Introducing the next Imam, al-Mahdi, to Shi’as Since Imam Mahdi was born secretly, Imam Hassan al-‘Askri was worried that Shiites could not recognize him as the twelfth Imam and proof of Allah. So it was his duty to introduce him to some of the noble and …
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Four Historical Events of the Day of ninth Rabi al-ʿAwwal

29 August 25 Articles
Four Historical Events of the Day of 9th Rabi al-ʿAwwal Narrators of history suggest four historic events which mark the day of 9th Rabi al-Awwal as significant: Firstly, some historians are of the opinion that the Prophet Muhammad was born on the 9th of Rabi al-Awwal. There are two other opinions: 12th Rabi al-Awwal and 17th Rabi al-Awwal respectively. For the Shia's, the most popular narration is the one which …
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Jaʿfar al-Kadhdhāb (the liar), the uncle of Imam Mahdi!

29 August 25 Articles
Jaʿfar al-Kadhdhāb (the liar), the uncle of Imam Mahdi! A narration Abu l-Adyān , one of the servants of Imam Ḥasan al-ʿAskari, said: “In the last days of Imam Hasan Askari’s life , he gave me some letters and asked me to take them to Mdāen. ‘You shall return to Samaraa in fifteen days. At that time people shall be crying and you shall find my body waiting to be …
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The Beginning of Imam Mahdi's Imamate

29 August 25 Articles
The Beginning of Imam Mahdi's Imamate   (The 9th of Rabī' al-Awwal, 260 A.H. (The 6th January 874 A.D.) In the lunar calendar, the ninth day of Rabī' al-Awwal is the anniversary of the beginning of the Imamate of the last Divine Savior (Imam Mahdi). It is also the day of renewing the covenant with him, and with his purposes and sacred ideals. For this reason, the Shias of this …
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Did Imam Hasan Askari (A.S) have another son besides Imam Mahdi?

29 August 25 Question and Answer
Did Imam Hasan Askari (A.S) have another son besides Imam Mahdi? Author: H.Mousuki      Imam Hasan Askari is the eleventh Imam in the Shia sect and according to truth sources, he is among the successors of the prophet after his death. In the article, we are going to see whether he had another child apart from imam Mahdi (A.S). Question: Did Imam Hasan Askari (A.S) have another son besides Hazrat …
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