Bismillāh. From the Forty Hadith on Rajab and Sha’bān Ibrāhīm b. Maymūn asked Imam al-Ridhā ‘alayhis-salām: What is the best supplication in this month? So, he (the Imam) replied: doing istighfār; surely whoever does istighfār seventy times in Sha‘bān, is like one who does istighfār seventy thousand times in other months. I asked him: How … Read more
Bismillāh. From the Forty Hadith on Rajab and Sha’bān It has been reported by Qāsim b. Yahyā from his grandfather al-Hasan b. Rāshid, “Imam Ja‘far b. Muhammad (a) said: do not abandon the fasting of the 27th Day of Rajab, for it is the day on which the prophethood was bestowed upon Muhammad (s); and … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. It has been narrated from Amīrul Mu’minīn (Ali ibn Abī Tālib) A that he used to fast in it and say: Rajab is my month, Sha‘bān is the month of the Messenger of Allah 1 and the month of Ramadan is Allah’s month. Misbāh2:797; Wasā’il … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. Imam al-Kāzim (a): Rajab is a great month in which Allah multiplies good deeds and erases sins. Whoever fasts one day in Rajab is kept at a distance from the Fire equal to a year’s journey, and whoever fasts three days, Paradise becomes obligatory … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. Imam al-Kāzim (a): Rajab is a river in Paradise, whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Whoever fasts one day in the month of Rajab, Allah will give him to drink from that river. Wasā’il al-Shī’ah, vol. 10, p. 472 لا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِين They said: ‘Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we shall surely be among the losers.’ Sūrat al-A‘rāf, No. 7, Āyat … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَإِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ And remember when the angels said, “O Maryam! Allāh has indeed chosen you and purified you and chosen you over all the women of the world. Sūrat Āl Imrān, No. 3, Āyat … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ …and my success (tawfīq) is not but through Allah. Upon Him, I have relied, and to Him, I return. Sūrat al-Hūd, No 11, Āyat 98 In Sūrat Hūd, the Prophet Shu‘ayb (a), after calling his … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ ۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يَعْقِلُونَ And there are those of them who hear you, but can you make the deaf to hear though they will not understand? Sūrat Yūnus, No.10, Āyat 42 Among the five senses that … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ Do not incline toward the wrongdoers, lest the Fire should touch you, and you will not have any friend besides Allah; then you will not be helped. … Read more