Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Anecdotes of Reflection Volume ٣

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Foreword
• Transliteration Table
• Introduction
• Notes
• 41. Supplication
• Short Explanation
• 1) The Supplication of Mashlul
• 2) Congregational Supplication
• 3) Repelling Calamities
• 4) Supplicating for Rain
• 5) Supplication for the Dead
• Notes
• 42. Religion
• Short Explanation
• 1) Religion is Dead
• 2) The Religiousness of the Learned One from Dizful
• 3) Religion Beside the Royal Throne
• 4) The Religiousness of Abu Ja’far Husaini
• 5) Religion-Selling by Samurah
• Notes
• 43. Dhikr (Remembrance Of Allah)
• Short Explanation
• 1) Remembering Allah when Confronting the Enemy
• 2) The Enamoured One
• 3) The Poor Ones Question the Noble Prophet
• 4) Remembering the Beloved while in Comfort
• 5) The Woman who Remembered Allah
• Notes
• 44. Sustenance
• Short Explanation
• 1) They Should Witness the Wisdom!
• 2) Incorrect Deduction from The Qur`an
• 3) Sustenance in the Measure of Sufficiency
• 4) Charity Increases Sustenance
• 5) Wealth from Unknown Places
• Notes
• 45. Pleasure (Over Divine Acts)
• Short Explanation
• 1) Complete Contentment with Allah
• 2) Pleased with Three Calamities
• 3) One of the Inmates of Paradise
• 4) Ammar in the Battle of Siffin
• 5) The Best Creation
• Notes
• 46. Showing Off
• Short Explanation
• 1) The Proud Monk
• 2) The Congregational Prayers
• 3) The Two Apparels
• 4) The Dissembled Worship
• 5) Informing People of Worship
• Notes
• 47. Fornication
• Short Explanation
• 1) Five Fornicators and Five Rulings
• 2) Interpretation of the Dream
• 3) Prophet Yahya’s Murderer was an Illegitimate Child
• 4) The Bath of Minjab
• 5) The Noble Prophet and the Youth
• Notes
• 48. Generosity
• Short Explanation
• 1) What Shall I Answer Imam al-Zaman?
• 2) More Generous than Hatim
• 3) Allah Loves Generosity
• 4) Three Hundred Gold Coins
• 5) The Extremely Generous Companion
• Notes
• 49. Polytheism
• Short Explanation
• 1) The Extremist Who Considered Himself a Shia
• 2) A Polytheist Turns Into a Believer
• 3) Concealed Polytheism
• 4) Disbelief and Polytheism
• 5) Debate with the Polytheists
• Notes
• 50. Satan
• Short Explanation
• 1) Prophet Nuh and Satan
• 2) Prophet Musa and Satan
• 3) Firawn
• 4) Muawiyah
• 5) Prophet Yahya and Satan
• Notes
• 51. Patience
• Short Explanation
• 1) Survival of Religion Lies in Patience
• 2) Ease After Patience
• 3) The Patience and Fortitude of Bilal
• 4) Patience is Better than Retaliation
• 5) The Wedding Night
• Notes
• 52. Charity
• Short Explanation
• 1) Auspicious and Inauspicious Times
• 2) Hatim’s Mother
• 3) In the Darkness of the Night
• 4) The Mother of the Satans
• 5) The Widely Respected Shia Government Minister
• Notes
• 53. Silah Rahim
• Short Explanation
• 1) Plague
• 2) The Imam’s Bonds of Kinship
• 3) Abbas, The Prophet’s Uncle
• 4) Non Observance of Silah Rahim & Death
• 5) The Painful Consequence of Breaking Family Ties
• Notes
• 54. Oppression and Injustice
• Short Explanation
• 1) The Oppression of Dadhanah
• 2) Working for the Oppressors
• 3) Retaliation
• 4) The Oppression of Dhahhak Himyari
• 5) The Incident of Harrah
• Notes
• 55. Worship
• Short Explanation
• 1) The Outcome of ‘Dry’ Worship
• 2) Worship out of Love
• 3) The Long Worshipper
• 4) Iblis’ Worship
• 5) Imam Sajjad
• Notes
• 56. Covenants and Promises
• Short Explanation
• 1) The Noble Prophet and Abu Haitham
• 2) The Conquered King of the Sasanid Dynasty
• 3) The Oath of Fudhul
• 4) Standing up for Islam until the End
• 5) The Muslim Slave
• Notes
• 57. Justice
• Short Explanation
• 1) Shadeed’s Governance
• 2) Impartiality Between Children
• 3) The Red Apparel
• 4) Equality in the Spoils of War
• 5) The Name of ‘Ali is Synonymous with Justice!
• Notes
• 58. Chastisement
• Short Explanation
• 1) The Chastisement of the People of ‘Ad
• 2) Ibn Muljam and the Chastisement in the Purgatory
• 3) The Recompense of Deeds
• 4) The Cause for the Descent of Chastisement
• 5) Chastisement of those who Conceal the Truth
• Notes
• 59. Forgiveness
• Short Explanation
• 1) Beating The Servant
• 2) Pardon for the Killer
• 3) Freedom of the Slave-Girl
• 4) The Son’s Pardon for the Killer
• 5) The Conquest of Mecca
• Notes
• 60. Intellect
• Short Explanation
• 1) Slaughtering the Gourd
• 2) Mature In Intellect
• 3) The Consequence of Foolishness
• 4) Imam ‘Ali and the Astrologer
• 5) The Insanity-Exhibiting Wise Person
• Notes