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Hadith of the week
A group of As-Sadiq's companions were sitting in the Imam's presence one night while the moon was shining and the stars were bright. They said, 'O son of the Messenger of Allah! How brilliant the sky is and how bright the stars are!' As-Sadiq (as) said, 'You say this, while the four archangels, Gabriel, Michael, Israfil, and the Angel of Death are looking toward the earth. They see you and your brothers throughout the regions of the earth, and your light ascending to the heavens and reaching them is more beautiful to them than the light of these stars. They say the same thing about you that you just said about the stars, 'How beautiful are the lights of these believers!'"
(Uyun al-Akhbar al-Ridha (a) by Shaykh al-Saduq)
BOOK UPDATE
— Second Edition —
Maqtal al-Husayn (a) - The Martyr of the Tear
Constructed from the Books of Shia Ahadith
This Maqtal narrates the tragedy of Karbala entirely through the ahadith of the Prophet and the Imams (as), as preserved in the books of Shia hadith, rather than through the historical works upon which most Maqtal accounts rely. This new edition draws on a far wider range of primary sources than before. Alongside al-Kafi, the three Amali, and Kamil al-Ziyarat, it now gathers narrations from Uyun Akhbar al-Ridha, al-Khisal, Ilal al-Shara'i, Kamal al-Din, Thawab al-A'mal, al-Mahasin, Tuhaf al-Uqul, Dalail al-Imamah, Maqatil al-Talibiyyin, and others.
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Narrated in al-Khisal, Imam Ali (asws) said,
“Those who know about oppression, who assist it and who are content with it are all partners in it.”
