- Hezbollah resistance movement voiced support for a ceasefire plan announced by Russia and the United States, which will put a week-long end to fighting in Syria’s embattled city of Aleppo. Hezbollah’s media arm, known as the Military Media, said on Saturday that the “allies of Syria” abide by whatever decision that the Damascus government makes. The resistance movement, which has been engaged in anti-terror ...
By: Richard Peppiatt Record numbers of young, white British women are converting to Islam, yet many are reporting a lack of help as they get used to their new religion, according to several surveys. As Muslims celebrate the start of the religious holiday of Eid today and hundreds of thousands from around the world converge on Mecca for the haj, it emerged that of the 5,200 Britons who converted to Islam last year, more than half are white and ...
The Role of the Father in Child Rearing
O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste! " [Holy Quran: Maryam: 19:28]
Consider the Following Four Facts
It is understood from verses 33-37 of the Chapter Al-i-Imran and verse 28 of Chapter Maryam that man's development and perfection depend upon the following four factors.
1- A believing father
2- A believing mother
3- A good and sympathetic ...
Marital Relationships in the Major Religions
Allah says in the Qur'an in prohibition of adultery: Verily it is a vulgarity and a vileness and an evil path to follow'. 20The use of the expression vulgarity, together with the particular past tense verb in Arabic (Kaana) gives the command an eternal and static quality with reference to God's abstraction from time and the singularity of his law in creation, a notion which is not confined solely to ...
Every Muslim who has attained puberty and has sufficient means not only to undertake a journey to Mecca but also for the subsistence of his dependants during his absence, must once in his life time perform pilgrimage. Kaaba is the edifice which was presented to God as a gift by His Prophets Abraham and Ishmael.
The rites for the pilgrimage begin on the 8th of the eleventh month and culminate into the Idd of Sacrifice on the 10th. (II:158, ...
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution underlined that anti-Iran sanctions must be terminated, rather than suspended, under a nuclear deal whose text was finalized in July, stressing that Iran would not accept any deal that does not include the lifting of the sanctions. “If the sanctions are not going to be removed, then there will be no deal,” Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said in a Thursday meeting with members of Iran’s ...
The fundamental rights of every citizen in Nigeria as stipulated in section 4 of the 1999 amended constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has given every citizen the liberty to live and to belong to any religious doctrine of his choice, base on his conceptual understanding.The injunction of this liberty could not be violated or seized by any individual, entity, or authority, as also stipulated in section 33 of the 1999 constitution, ...
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - In a meeting with a group of Students from German universities in Qom on Sunday, Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani, a top Shia cleric, referred to a Quranic verse saying, "Observing Hijab is among the most highly emphasized Quranic ...
In occupied Kashmir, senior Shiite cleric and leader of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi, has strongly denounced the continued house arrest of the APHC Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani, and illegal detention of the APHC General Secretary, Shabbir Ahmed Shah.Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi in a statement issued in Srinagar termed imposition of ban on the political activities of the Hurriyet leaders as frustration ...
Adopted from the Book : "Temporary Marriage in Islamic Laws" by : "Sachiko Murata"3. The Hadith Transmitted by the CompanionsIn Sunni sources hadith have been transmitted from the Prophet showing that he banned mut'a during his lifetime. In most of the Sunni 'sound collections' (sihah), it is related from 'Ali that he said: 'Verily the Prophet of God banned the mut'a of temporary marriage and the eating of the meat of domesticated asses.'1 In ...
‘They ask you what is permitted to them? Say: all good things are permitted for you…’ (Qur’ān 5:4)
However, what is evident from the verses of the Noble Qur’ān is that Islām in no way, shape or form forbids man’s persuit of pleasure. Neither does it ever ask man to disregard a natural desire that exists within him.
‘…Allāh desires ease for you, and He does not desire hardship for ...
Students from Al-Hadi School, a Shia Muslim majority school based in Houston, Texas, won a rather prestigious award this February as it was presented with 1st place for the Science and Engineering Fair at the University of Houston.
Students from Al-Hadi School, a Shia Muslim majority school based in Houston, Texas, won a rather prestigious award this February as it was presented with 1st place for the Science and Engineering Fair at the ...
Say: Whatever ye spend that is good, is for parents and kindred... [Holy Quran: Baqara: 2:215]
Relatives
Each husband and wife has some relatives. Neither one is allowed to force the other to stop seeing them. Each one has parents, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews, grandparents, etc. Visiting them is considered worship, and associating with them is an excellent deed and can help resolve many difficulties. A wife should ...
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The teachings of the Holy Qur'an and the hadith of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) and his Ahl-al-Bayt reveal that the Islamic government is established through the votes and will of people and that no system of governance can materialize without the will of the masses. Meanwhile, the status of people's resolve in the political system of Islam can be explained in two categories: First and foremost, governance and leadership in ...
One of the distinctive features of Islam is its emphasis on knowledge. The Quran and the Islamic tradition (sunnah) invite Muslims to seek and acquire knowledge and wisdom and to hold men of knowledge in high esteem.In the Holy Quran the word al-Ilm, knowledge, and its derivatives are used more than 780 times. The first few verses that were revealed to our Holy Prophet (S.A.W) mention the importance of reading, pen, and teaching for human ...
- Security forces in Saudi Arabia raided the town of Awamiyah in the country's eastern Qatif region on Tuesday and shot martyred a Bahraini Shia man and injured 26 others.The interior ministry identified the man as Ali Mahmoud Ali Abdullah and said an operation to arrest him took place in Awamiya town at 4:00 pm (1300 GMT).The interior ministry spokesman claimed that when officers raided a farm in Awamiyah the suspect "opened fire and the ...
- A member of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has rejected the news that Sheikh Zakzaky has lost his eyesight.Explaining the latest status of leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, a member of the movement Hassan Bala asserted “the only reliable news is that the physical condition of Sheikh Zakzaky’s wife is improving and the leader himself is still alive.”In response to a question about ...
Bahrain has rebuffed its British and US allies over a ban on the main opposition group in the country, insisting it "will brook no interference in its internal affairs."In a statement issued late on Monday, foreign ministry hit back its western allies as saying: "Such statements and positions are unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of the kingdom of Bahrain, and in the decisions of the Bahraini judicial ...
How to Choose a Spouse
Marriage is my tradition, and whoever does not long for my tradition is not of my nation. [Bihar al-Anwar, v.103, p.220]
The Evil-Doer is Deprived of God's Mercy
In a very important tradition by the noble Prophet of Islam it is stated in Arabic "Al-Naqess Melown" which means "The evil-doer is denied God's Mercy." Undoubtedly, the Arabic term "Naqess" in this tradition does not carry its usual meaning. It does not ...
