the present article deals with the performing prostration or sajdah, on imam husain’s turbah, the clay obtained from karbala where imam husain (pbuh) attained his holiness’s martyrdom. in so doing, we first investigate the superiority of prostration on clay, found in islamic narrations and traditions from shiite and sunnite points of view. it is upon these traditions that we prove that prostrat...

maqsad-ol-aqsa fi tarjamat-ol-mostaqsa« is a detailed history of mohammad (peace be upon him) and the khalifas, which is translated from arabic by hossein ibn el-hassan el-khwarazmi el-kubravi (died in a.h. 839). his other writings prove his talent in many different scientific fields such as gnosticism, commentary of quran, mathematics and astronomy. his poems were published as »the name of hos...

a branch of the question of holy imams’ knowledge is sources of their knowledge. knowledge of sources of imams’ knowledge is a clear criterion for kind of encountering their words. in hadiths, a writing called al-jami‘a, sometimes named al-sahifa, is considered among sources of imams’ knowledge. along with “thousand doors of knowledge,” al-jami‘a is one of imam ali’s two main sources of knowled...

one of the most sectarian suspicions arises aboutnahjul-balagha, is the suspicion of mentioning the al-sahabah (the companions of prophet mohammad).in this regard, many cast doubt on the authenticity of the chain of transmission, or isnad, ofsermon of ash-shiqshiqiyahto imam ali (as) and claim that it is really the work of the compiler. however, those familiar with al-radhi’s writings can easil...