It is mentioned in many traditions that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Ali bin Abi Talib (AS) and, according to some narrations, even the Holy five (Panjetan), and also all the fourteen Infallibles (AS) arrive at the head of the dying person. (More about their radiant faces and appearances will …
Read More »Prostration on the Soil of Karbala (The Land of Imam Hussain’s (AS) Martyrdom)
Adapted from: “The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts” by: “‘Ali Asghar Ridwani” The Philosophy behind Prostrating on the Soil of Karbala One of the subjects which has attracted the attention of both Sunnis and Wahhabis is why the Shias prostrate on soil from Karbala, known as the soil …
Read More »Qasim ibn Hassan a.s in Karbala
Qasim ibn Hassan was the youngest son of the second Shia Imam Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib. Qasim was born in 47 A.H., three years before Hassan ibn Ali was martyred. When the third Shia Imam Hussain ibn Ali prepared to leave Medina in the month of Rajab 60 …
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