Pearl of Wisdom
'The Commander of the Faithful (AS) did not used to sleep at all on three nights: the rd night of the month of Ramadan, the eve of 'id al-fitr, and the eve of the th of Sha'ban. And these are the nights when sustenance is allotted, and prescribed times of death and all that is to happen in that year is decreed.'
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha [as] Bihar al-Anwar, v. 97, p. 88, no. 15
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Abbas Ahmed Virjee |
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Abbas Ahmed Virjee is a Pharmacist with an MPharm degree attained from London School of Pharmacy. After qualifying he spent one academic year in Syria studying Arabic at Damascus University.
Upon returning to the UK, he pursued part-time studies at the Islamic College for Advanced Studies (ICAS). In November 2001, he went to Qum to study Islamic Studies at the hawza. He is now back in the UK, and his main areas of interest are Self-development, Spirtuality and Mysticism.
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