January 2021

                Storm may overtake you while there may be none to prick you (for reforms). Shall I be witness to my becoming heretic after acceptance of Faith and fighting in the company of the Prophet?! “In that case I shall be misguided and I shall not be on the right path.” (Qur’án, 6:56). So you […]

                Soon after me there would be put on you a man with a broad mouth and a big belly. He would swallow whatever he gets and would crave for what he does not get. You should kill him but (I know) you would not kill him. He would command you to abuse me and

In the company of the Prophet of Allah (PBUH) we used to fight our parents, sons, brothers and uncles, and this continued us in our faith, in submission, in our following the right path, in endurance over the pangs of pain and in our fight against the enemy. A man from our side and one

Well, as for your idea whether this (delay) is due to my unwillingness for death, then by Alláh I do not care whether I proceed towards death or death advances towards me. As for your impression that it may be due to my misgivings about the people of Syria (ash-Sham) ,well by Alláh, I did

                They leapt upon me as the camels leap upon each other on their arrival for drinking water, having been let loose after unfastening of their four legs till I thought they would either kill me or kill one another in front of me. I thought over this matter in and out to the extent

(This sermon has already appeared earlier but due to the difference between the two versions we have quoted it again here). Its subject is the downfall of the world and reward and punishment in the next world.                 Beware, the world is wrapping itself up and has announced its departure. Its known things have become

When in Siffín the men of Mu`áwiyah overpowered the men of Amír al-mu’minín and occupied the bank of River Euphrates and prevented them from taking its water, Amír al-mu’minín said:                 They(1) are asking you morsels of battle. So either you remain in ignominy and the lowest position or drench your swords with blood and

                The basis of the occurrence of evils are those desires which are acted upon and the orders that are innovated. They are against the Book of Alláh. People co-operate with each other about them even though it is against the Religion of Alláh. If wrong had been pure and unmixed it would not be

                Praise be to Alláh Who lies inside all hidden things, and towards Whom all open things guide. He cannot be seen by the eye of an onlooker, but the eye which does not see Him cannot deny Him while the mind that proves His existence cannot perceive Him. He is so high in sublimity

                Praise is due to Alláh when night spreads and darkens, and praise be to Alláh whenever the star shines and sets. And praise be to Alláh whose bounty never misses and whose favours cannot be repaid.                 Well, I have sent forward my vanguard (1) and have ordered them to remain in camp on