Do Muslims Celebrate the Birth of Jesus?

Every year without fail someone will ask me if I celebrate Christmas. The question is always asked with guarded caution. People don\'t want to pry, but really don\'t know what Muslims believe about Jesus and Christmas. So just a few days ago, as one of my many New Year\'s resolutions, I decided to take this opportunity to address this issue about Christmas and Jesus for the Muslim community. First, I was brought up in a Jewish household. All ...

( 2022-01-14 05:44:29 )

Imam Hussain (as) in the Holy Quran

Imam Hussain (as) is the example for the self-conscious, uncompromising revolutionary, the one who advocated the rights of the oppressed. He is one of the near relatives of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) whom Almighty God orders us to love:Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives; and whoever earns good, We give him more of good therein; surely God is Forgiving, Grateful. (42:23)Imam Hussain (as) was a member of the ...

( 2022-01-13 13:31:32 )

Requirements of prayer

It has been narrated in juridical, mystical and ethical books that: prayer is a reality which contains four thousand questions. This huge amount of external and internal questions represents the excellent position of prayer among the other worships. I don’t know how to start the declaration of this important spiritual action; I’m like a person who has stood near a beach and is looking at an extremely massive sea. Two conditions have been ...

( 2022-01-13 13:31:32 )

The Method of Shi'ism in Authenticating the Hadith

Shi'ism, in addition to seeking to authenticate the chain of transmission of hadith, considers the correlation of the text of the hadith with the Qur'an as a necessary condition for its validity. In Shi'ite sources, there are many hadiths of the Prophet and the Imams with authentic chains of transmission which themselves assert that a hadith contrary to the Qur'an has no value. Only that hadith can be considered valid which is in agreement with ...

( 2022-01-13 04:25:21 )

The Qur'an Makes a Challenge

Not only from the point of view of eloquence, but also, as we have seen, in the fields of human ideas and society, and for all levels of understanding, the Qur'an is a miracle. For rhetoricians it has its eloquence, for philosophers its wisdom, and for scientists its different kinds of knowledge. For all these reasons the Qur'an addresses all people and says: "If you say this book is the word of man, bring its like and its ...

( 2022-01-12 12:14:53 )

Those Who Allah Loves Most

The day when every soul will find what it has done of good brought forward, and what it has done of evil; it will wish there was a far space between itself and it (evil). And Allah warns you to beware of Him; and Allah is Compassionate with His servants." (3:30)"They ask you what they should spend, Say: what-ever of wealth you spend, is for the parents, relatives, orphans, the needy and the traveler, and whatever good you do, Allah ...

( 2022-01-12 08:12:19 )

The value of Ramadan month

Professor Ansarian: It is surprising that sleeping in the month of Ramadan in which we have no duty to carry out is counted as prayer, and his silence is recorded as worshiping and remembering Allah Almighty, and his little action which a part of it, is being hungry from dawn to dusk is accepted and his prayers are also accepted. Yes, the banquet of Allah is like this and it made no sense if it were different or like ordinary feasts, it is a ...

( 2022-01-12 06:11:01 )

Martyrdom anniversary of 10th Shia Imam 'Ali un-Naqi al-Hadi'

By: Baqir Shareef al-QurashiImam al-Hadi (a.s.) was a pure branch from the tree of prophethood, and a shiny bough from the tree of Imamate. By him and his fathers Allah has consolidated Islam and exalted monotheism. Before talking about the aspects of his great personality, we will discuss his pure origin, birth, upbringing and martyrdom.The Origin And The BirthHis FatherThe father of Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) was Imam Muhammad al-Jawad ...

( 2022-01-12 03:07:55 )

Heaven and Hell

The literal meaning of the hadith where it says: (you have built the world and ruined the Hereafter) is that the abodes of the Hereafter and paradise are places already built and flourishing(thriving) that are turned into ruins(wreckage) by our works. But it is obvious that the intent is parallelism of expression. Since the term ta'mir (building) was used in relation to the world, the parallel term takrib (destruction) was used in relation ...

( 2022-01-11 16:58:55 )

Imam Hussain Ibn Ali (AS) the third Imam.

Second son of Fatima (SA) and Ali (AS) Hussain (AS) was born on 3rd Shabaan, 4th year of Hijri (10.1.626 AD) When he was born the Holy Prophet was given the news of the birth of his 2nd grandson. He arrived at the house of his daughter, took the little baby in his arms, said the Azan and Iqamah in his ears. People around the Prophet saw tears in his eyes. Fatimah asked what was the reason for this, he told her that this boy of hers will achieve ...

( 2022-01-11 09:52:14 )

How does the Quran present God?

When we wish to assess the scientific personality and knowledge of a scholar we examine his works and subject them to close study. Similarly in order to measure the talent creativity and ability of an artist to invent original images we undertake the study of his artistic production.In the same way we can also perceive the attributes and characteristics of the pure essence of the Creator from the qualities and orderliness that pervade all ...

( 2022-01-10 21:45:04 )

The Science of Qur'anic Commentary

After the death of the Prophet a group of his companions, including Ubayy ibn Ka'b, 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Ansarl, Abu Sa'ld al-Khudrl, 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar, Anas, Abu Hurayrah, Abu Musa, and, above all, the famous 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abbas, were occupied with the Science of Commentary. Just as they had heard the Prophet explaining the meanings of the verses, they would transmit it orally to other ...

( 2022-01-10 18:41:04 )

Islam is the Religion of Peace

Islam is primarily a religion of peace. Its name “Islãm” comes from “silm” which means two things: one is “submitting to God” and the second is “peace”. Both meanings are inter-twinned. Whenever Muslims meet one another, they use the greeting of peace: “as-salãmu ‘alaykum — peace be upon you”, and the other person responds by saying “‘alaykumus salãm — upon you be ...

( 2022-01-10 13:39:24 )

The Prophet's (as) Love for Fatima az-Zahra (sa)

It is difficult to define the extent of the Prophet's (as) love for Fatima az-Zahra (sa) for she occupied a special place in his heart like no other person did. The Prophet's love for Fatima az-Zahra (sa) was mixed with respect and exaltation; and in addition to being motivated by the father/daughter relationship, this love was granted to her for the special talents, and noble traits Fatima az-Zahra (sa) enjoyed. Perhaps we can go to the extent ...

( 2022-01-10 07:35:54 )

Islam and the Question of Violence

Seyyed Hossein Nasr Vol. XIII, No. 2 Despite the presence of violence in many regions of the world ranging from Ireland to Lebanon to the Pacific Basin and involving many religions from Christianity to Hinduism, the Western world associates Islam more than any other religion with violence. The Muslim conquest of Spain, the Crusades - which were not begun by Muslims -, and the Ottoman domination of eastern Europe have provided a historical ...

( 2022-01-10 07:35:54 )

Four bad characteristics to avoid according to Imam Ali (AS)

It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: Whoever is able to avoid four deeds will never be inflicted with inconvenience (bad events): Haste and hurry; obstinacy and intransigence; arrogance and selfishness; laziness and indolence [1].

[1] Tohaful Oqool, Page 206.

( 2022-01-09 23:31:14 )

The Vicegerents of Allah and the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.A.)

Source: Ain-al-Hayat, By: Allama Muhammad Baqir Majlisi Imam Zainul ‘Abidin (as) has said, “we are the Vicegerents of Allah and the Prophet (S) for the people of this world. We are the Masters of the pious and the shield against the retribution of Allah for them, the same way as the stars are the shields for the inhabitants of the sky. We are the people for whom, and because of whom, Allah has protected and kept the earth intact. With our ...

( 2022-01-09 20:28:56 )

Hazrate Adam (AS) and prayer

Interpretation of Holy Quran written by Ali son of Ibrhim Qomi which was written in about third century of Islamic calendar and it was close to Imam Hassan Askari’s(AS) period of imamat. Big and great scholars like Allama Tabatabaei who has written interpretation of Holy Quran named ‘Tafsir Al-Meezan’, relies on Quran’s interpretation of Ibrahim Qomi and has quoted many quotation from his tafsir in his books. Ali son of Ibrahim Qomi ...

( 2022-01-09 19:28:48 )

The Duty of the 'Ulama and the People

All Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds and the Maker of all creation, and may Peace and benedictions be upon His servant and messenger, His beloved and elect, our master, our prophet, and our sire, Abu al-Qasim Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his pure, immaculate, and infallible Progeny. I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan: "So for their breaking their compact We cursed them and made their hearst hard; they ...

( 2022-01-09 16:27:42 )

The Recommended Acts

Allah says in a Hadith Qudsi, "My servant continues drawing nearer to Me through voluntary, optional, and extra acts of worship until I love him, and when I love him, I am hearing through which he hears, the sight through which he sees, the hand through which he grasps, and the foot through which he walks." Besides being extremely particular about acting upon what is obligatory and refraining from what it forbidden, it is also important to ...

( 2022-01-09 10:21:43 )