Entries by Binish

Brief Life History of The 10th Imam – Part #10

BRIEF LIFE HISTORY OF IMAM ALI AL-RIDHA (A.S.)-PART #10 Source: “Shia Islam AT A Glance” BY: Sheikh Abdul Jalil Nawee; and Shia Youth Inc. Website: www.Shia-youth.org.  Imam Alī ibn Mūsā al-Rezā (a.s.)  is commonly known as Ali al-Ridha (a.s.). He was a descendant of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), and  was an Imam of an extra ordinary knowledge according to the Shia scholars and Sufis. EARLY LIFE: On […]

Brief Life History of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (a.s.) – Part # 9

BRIEF LIFE HISTORY OF IMAM MUSA AL-KADHIM (A.S.)- Part #9  Imam Musâ ibn Ja‘far al-Kâdhim  (a.s.), also called Abul Hasan, and al-Kadhim (the one who controls his anger), was the seventh Shiite Imam after the death of  his father Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (a.s.). He is regarded even by Sunnis as a renowned scholar, and was a contemporary of the Abbasid caliphs Al-Mansur, Al-Hadi, Al-Mahdi and Harun al-Rashid. […]

Brief Life History of Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq (a.s.) Vol 2

IMAM JA’FAR AL-SADIQ  IBN IMAM  MUHAMMAD AL-BAQIR  (A.S.) – PART #8 (VOL. 2) Source: “Shia Islam AT A Glance” BY: Sheikh Abdul Jalil Nawee; and Shia Youth Inc. Website: www.Shia-youth.org. Note: The Life History of The 6th Imam is Continued from Vol 1 ( See  www.shia-youth.org, Cat: Basic Education, for Vol 1, Part #7 or Prior Parts #1- #7). […]

Brief Life History of The 6th Imam -Vol 1

IMAM JA’FAR AL-SADIQ  IBN IMAM  MUHAMMAD AL-BAQIR  (A.S.) – PART #7 (VOL. 1) Note: The Life History is divided in two volumes. Source: “Shia Islam AT A Glance” BY: Sheikh Abdul Jalil Nawee; and Shia Youth Inc. Website: www.Shia-youth.org. IMAM AL-SADIQ AND HIS LINEAGE:  Imam Ja’far ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq (a.s.) also known as Imam as-Sadiq(a.s.) (the Truthful), is the sixth Shia Imam. […]

Brief Life History of The 5th Imam – Part#6

IMAM MUHAMMAD AL-BAQIR IBN IMAM ZAINUL ABIDIN  (A.S.)- PART #6 Source: “Shia Islam AT A Glance” BY: Sheikh Abdul Jalil Nawee; and Shia Youth Inc. Website: www.Shia-youth.org EARLY LIFE:  Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir (a.s.), (the one who splits open knowledge) was the fifth Shiite Imam, succeeding his father Imam Zain al-Abidin (a.s.). He was born on 1 Rajab 57 A.H. […]

Brief Life History of The 4th Imam

IMAM ZAINUL ABIDIN IBN IMAM HUSAIN  (A.S.)- PART #5 Source: “Shia Islam AT A Glance” BY: Sheikh Abdul Jalil Nawee; and Shia Youth Inc. Website: www.Shia-youth.org EARLY LIFE:  Imam Ali ibn Husain (a.s.) known as Imam Zainul Abidin (a.s.), or Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.), or Imam al-Sajjad (a.s.)  was the fourth Shia imam.  He was born in Medina, in the year 38 […]

Brief Life History of Imam Husain (a.s) -Part #4

IMAM AL-HUSAIN IBN  ALI  (A.S.)- PART #4 Source: “Shia Islam AT A Glance” BY: Sheikh Abdul Jalil Nawee; and Shia Youth Inc. Website: www.Shia-youth.org. Early Life: Imam Ḥusain ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) , born on 10 October 625  (3 Sha’aban AH 4 ), also spelled as Husayn, Hussain or Hussein, was the son of Imam Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib (a.s.), the first Imam of Shia Islam , and  Fatimah Zahra (s.a.), the […]

Brief Life History of Imam Hasan (a.s) -Part #3

Imam Al-Hasan Ibn Imam Ali  (a.s.) – Part #3 Source: “Shia Islam AT A Glance” BY: Sheikh Abdul Jalil Nawee; and Shia Youth Inc. Website: www.Shia-youth.org. Early Life : Imam Ḥasan ibn Imam Ali (a.s.) was the second Shiite Imam, succeeding his father Imam Ali (a.s.) and preceding his younger brother, Imam Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.). He was the elder son of Imam Ali (a.s.) and Holy Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) daughter, Fatima (s.a.). Muslims respect him as the […]

Brief Life History of Imam Ali (a.s.) -Part #2

Source: ” Shia Islam At A Glance” By: Sheikh Abdul Jalil Nawee, and Shia Youth Inc. Website www.Shiya-youth.org. Continued from Part 1. IMAM ALI  IBN ABU TALIB (A.S.) – PART #2 Saqifah, Ijma – A Controversy: Sunni Muslims believe that the selection of Abu Bakr as the first Caliph was unanimous at the ijma or the general consensus.  […]

Brief Life History of Imam Ali (a.s.)

  IMAM ALI  IBN ABU TALIB (A.S.) – PART #1 Sources: “Shia Islam At A Glance” By: Molana Sheikh Abdul Jalil Nawee, and Shia Youth Inc. website: www.Shia-youth.org.     Under miraculous circumstances, Hadhrat Abu Talib’s wife, Fatima bint Asad, gave  birth to a baby boy in the most sacred sanctuary of Ka’bah, Mecca, on 13 Rajab 21 BH (Before Hijrat). […]