Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Anecdotes of Reflection Volume ٢

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

• Dedication
• Foreword
• Transliteration Table
• Introduction
• Notes
• 21. Piety (Taqwa)
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Incorrect Piety
• 2) Abu Dharr
• 3) A Drunkard is not to be Trusted
• 4) Sheikh Murtadha Ansari
• 5) The Objection of ‘Aqil
• Notes
• 22. Trust In Allah
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Trader who Placed his Trust in Allah
• 2) The Noble Prophet and Trust in Allah
• 3) The Illness of Prophet Musa
• 4) Hammad Ibn Habib
• 5) Relying upon the Butler
• Notes
• 23. Submission
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Imam’s Reply
• 2) Mu’adh Ibn Jabal
• 3) Learn Submission from the Pigeons
• 4) Sa’sah
• 5) Submission before a Ruling
• Notes
• 24. Contemplation
• Short Expalantion
• 1) Rabi’ah
• 2) Contemplation before Action
• 3) Types of Contemplation
• 4) Thoughts of Leadership
• 5) The Kingdom of Rey or Killing the Imam
• Notes
• 25. Humiliation
• Short Expalantion
• 1) Mufaďďhal Ibn ‘Umar
• 2) The Conduct of the Noble Prophet
• 3) The Consequence of Holding Someone in Contempt
• 4) The Short and Ugly Son
• 5) Bring forth One Worse than Yourself!]
• Notes
• 26. Pride
• Short Expalantion
• 1) Abu Jahl
• 2) Walid Ibn Mughairah
• 3) The Rich near the Poor
• 4) Sulaiman Ibn ‘Abdul Malik
• 5) Khusrow Parvez
• Notes
• 27. Humbleness
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Humbleness of Salman Farsi
• 2) Bilal the Abyssinian
• 3) The Humbleness of the Noble Prophet
• 4) Muhammad Ibn Muslim
• 5) ‘Isa and the Washing of his Disciples’ Feet
• Notes
• 28. Repentance
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Inventor of a Religion and Repentance
• 2) The Employee of Bani Umayyah
• 3) Return before Death
• 4) Abu Lubabah
• 5) Buhlul, the Gravedigger
• Buhlul9, the Gravedigger
• Notes
• 29. Ignorance
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Ignorant Commander
• 2) The Caliph’s Ignorant Son
• 3) The Handsome but Ignorant Person
• 4) Qais Ibn ‘Asim
• 5) A Long Beard
• Notes
• 30. Greed
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Mud from a Grave is a Greedy Person’s Medicine
• 2) Greedy for Pleasure
• 3) ‘Isa and the Greedy Person
• 4) Dhul Qarnain
• 5) Ash’ab Ibn Jubair Madani (d. 154 ah)
• Notes
• 31. Envy
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Friend of ‘Isa
• 2) ‘Abdullah Ibn Ubayy
• 3) The Strange Act of the Envious Person
• 4) The Envy of the Womenfolk
• 5) The Consequence of Jealousy
• Notes
• 32. Truth and Falsehood
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Right of a Deceased Muslim
• 2) Mua`wiyah Ibn Yazid
• 3) Accepting the Truth
• 4) The Intoxicated turns Grateful
• 5) The Gratitude of Abu Dharr
• Notes
• 33. Lawful and Unlawful
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Jews and the Unlawful Food
• 2) By Unlawful Means
• 3) The Satan’s Snare
• 4) The Caliph’s Food
• 5) ‘Aqil
• Notes
• 34. Forbearance
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Nuisances of the Pigeon-Fancier
• 2) Tolerance Towards the Commander’s Deeds
• 3) Qais Minqari
• 4) Imam Hasan and the Syrian
• 5) Sheikh Ja’far Kashif al-Ghita
• Notes
• 35. Modesty
• Short Expalantion
• 1) Musa and the Daughters of Shu’aib
• 2) The Modesty of the Eyes
• 3) Zulaikha
• 4) The Modesty of Amirul Mo’minin
• Notes
• 36. Fear
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Fearful Youth
• 2) The Mute Language of the Stone
• 3) Punishment by Fire
• 4) The Fearful Ones
• 5) Yahya
• Notes
• 37. Treachery
• Short Expalantion
• 1) The Treacherous Minister
• 2) Treachery during Ziarat
• 3) The Daughter’s Disloyalty towards the Father
• 4) The Indian and the Sixth Imam
• Notes
• 38. The World
• Short Expalantion
• 1) Esteem and Humiliation
• 2) Imam ‘Ali and the Public Treasury
• 3) Hadhrat Sulaiman
• 4) Talhah And Zubair’s Love for the World
• 5) What he Desired and What Eventually Happened!
• Notes
• 39. Lies
• Short Explanation
• 1) Walid Ibn ‘Uqbah
• 2) Hunger and Lies
• 3) The Lies of the Poet
• 4) Zainab the Great Liar
• 5) The Plain Lie of Amir Husain
• Notes
• 40. Theft
• Short Explanation
• 1) The Imam and the Thief’s Confession
• 2) The Bedouin’s Camel
• 3) Buhul and the Thief
• 4) The Qur’an-Reciting Blind Thief
• Notes