The revolution of Husayn (as)

In the month of Muharram 61 AH (approximately, the 20 of October 680 AD), an event took place in Iraq at a place known as Karbala on the bank of the river Euphrates. A large army which had been mobilized by the Umayyad regime besieged a group of Shi’a numbering less than a hundred and

The Caravan of Pride

The Caravan of Pride (Mawkeb-ul Abaa) is an eye-opening movie which skilfully portrays the heart wrenching series of events that unfolded after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain. After the massacre which took place on the plains of Karbala, the remaining members of the Family of the Holy Prophet (saw), who were not killed in the

Muharram An Idea Of Truth

 Moinuddin Chisti was referring of course to Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammed (s.a.w)    “Shah ast Hussain , Baadshah ast Hussain      Deen ast Hussain, Deen panah ast Hussain      Sar dad no daad dast dar dast-e-Yezid      Haq ke bena la -ila ast Hussain .”      Loosely translated , the

The Daughters of the Holy Prophet(s.a.w.a.) in the Courts and the Market

The Daughters of the Holy Prophet(s.a.w.a.) in the Courts and the Market Kufa was the capital of Iraq and the capital of Hazrat Ali’s (a.s.). It was also a place of residence of Hazrat Ali’s (a.s.) friends and partisans. The walls and doors of Kufa were familiar with the eloquence of Hazrat Ali (a. s.).

Janabe Burair Ibne Khuzair Hamadani – The Reciter of Quran

Janabe Burair Ibne Khuzair Hamadani – The Reciter of Quran   The Chief of the Reciters, Burair bin Khuzair was from the people of Bani Mashriq and belonged to Hamadan. (Asadul-Ghabah – Ibn Aseer Jazari)   Some of the authors of Rejal have referred to him as Burair bin Haseen instead of Burair bin Khuzair.