The Holy Qur’an has proposed ways for people to make up for their mistakes. In the words of Qur’an, this is the act of asking for forgiveness called ‘repentance’ which has different types:
1.To deny the mistake one has committed.
2.To admit that you did it, but to try to justify it by bringing excuses.
3.To admit that you have made a mistake or have committed a sin and to promise not to do it again and to try your best to ...
Backbiting is decided as forbidden so long as it is intended to disgrace others. It is natural for us to look for mistakes and faults in others in order to make ourselves feel better and powerful. Many people may not realize that backbiting is a sin. It is related that the Prophet said: Backbiting means that you say about your brother something which pains him.Before speaking ill of others ask yourselves these two questions:"Would I want someone ...
The French parliament is debating plans to ban women from wearing the full Islamic veil, known as the burka, in public.
The country appears to be obsessed with Islamic dress. In 2004, the wearing of headscarves was outlawed in French schools and now Muslim women are back in the spotlight. As a young Scottish Muslim, I am tired of Western governments’ attempts to impose their values upon these women. Being brought up in Scotland ...
ncentives of Backbiting(1) Enmity and envy are the strongest incentives of backbiting.(2) Joking is another incentive of backbiting, because it is regarded as fresh subject for arising joking and laughter at others.(3) Boasting is also an incentive of backbiting, because the boastful, in most cases, tries to refer to the others’ defects to prove that he disdains and does not enjoy such defects.(4) It frequently happens that an individual ...
Imam Ali shrine completes medical preparations for providing urgent medications and first aids for the visitors of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage.
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Medical and Health Affairs Division belonging to the office of the secretary general of Imam Ali Holy Shrine completed its preparations for receiving the urgent medical cases during the Arbaeen Pilgrimage; in addition to providing different medicines in coordination with the medical ...
Having Imam of the Time is of valuable spiritual blessings of God we do not appreciate enough. He does not exclusively belong to any certain group but to the entire mankind. He intermediates divine blessings. Everything anyone has is due to his being but most people do not know him and are not in connection with him.One reason for this great loss is that people do not know the Imam properly and miss the real meaning of respecting him.By properly ...
“O People!
"Indeed ahead of you is the blessed month of Allah. A month of blessing, mercy and forgiveness. A month which with Allah is the best of months. Its days, the best of days, its nights, the best of nights, and its hours, the best of hours. It is the month which invites you to be the guests of Allah and invites you to be one of those near to Him. Each breath you take glorifies him; your sleep is worship, your deeds are accepted and ...
Having accepted that from the Islamic point of view, faith in God is ingrained in human nature, and that it is only the parents and the society that corrupts the soul and divert it from the Right Path, the question comes: Can Islam be imposed forcefully on non-Muslims? Or we may even ask: Is the minor jihad a means of imposing the faith of Islam on non-Muslims?I do not intend to get into the issue of the minor jihad; but, briefly stated, the ...
The Great Challenge to Produce One Chapter Like the Chapters of the Holy Quran God has said in the Quran:And if you are in doubt about what We have revealed (the Quran) to Our worshiper (Muhammad ), then produce a chapter like it, and call your witnesses (supporters and helpers) besides God if you are truthful. And if you do not do it, and you can never do it, then fear the Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones. It has been ...
British Muslim women who wear the hijab feel generally better about their body image than those who don’t wear the hijab.The research, conducted by Dr Viren Swami from the University of Westminster and colleagues looked at body image issues amongst British Muslim women.Dr Swami explained: “In the West anxiety about body image, for women, is so prevalent it’s considered normal. This study aimed to explore how these attitudes ...
Men and women need each other spiritually and intrinsically and such a need is something that does not change because of social changes and industrial and technological advancement. This need is rooted in the nature of human beings and it is this very nature which drives human beings to form families and sound family relations. It is an important concern of our age which accounts for the decrease in wrong-doing, mental aberration and ...
The Great Challenge to Produce One Chapter like the Chapters of the Holy Quran God has said in the Quran:And if you are in doubt about what We have revealed (the Quran) to Our worshiper (Muhammad ), then produce a chapter like it, and call your witnesses (supporters and helpers) besides God if you are truthful. And if you do not do it, and you can never do it, then fear the Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones. It has been ...
British Muslim women who wear the hijab feel generally better about their body image than those who don’t wear the hijab.The research, conducted by Dr Viren Swami from the University of Westminster and colleagues looked at body image issues amongst British Muslim women.Dr Swami explained: “In the West anxiety about body image, for women, is so prevalent it’s considered normal. This study aimed to explore how these attitudes ...
Imam al-Sadiq (A.S) said: 'Music engenders hypocrisy.'[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 241, no. 7]The biologists and the life scientists have defined two types of nerves. They are the principal nerves and the arterial nerves. The principal nerves stretch from the neck to all vital organs. The arterial nerves spread from the main nerves to all parts of the body.The secondary nerves are connected to outward parts of the body and convey the messages to ...
* Truth of speech: It stands for telling the very reality of a thing without falsification or concealment.
* Truth of deeds: It stands for the conformity of deeds with words, such as the commitment to oath and fulfillment of pledges.
* True determination: It stands for the determination to do good.
* True intention: It stands for purifying the intent from blemishes of showiness.
1. Sharia: The ...
It is a good time to prepare for Ramadhan. This holy and blessed month in which only the wicked / damned Shaghi 1 will not be forgiven of his sins (as per hadith narrated from the prophet s.a.w). This is a month to be awaited the whole year round. It is a beautiful month. Let’s read Dua no 45 of Sahifa Sajaadiyya of Imam Sajjad and see how he talks about Ramadhan and how he addresses the month:1. السّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ...
The Knowledge of God is eternal and He knows from the beginning what will happen to a certain creature and based on the changing state of that creature He will make a certain Divine decision. In this sense, different wills have been granted based on the number of temperaments and changes in the subjects. Thus no flaw or change has been made in the First Order of God, rather, each knowledge is appropriate in proportion to its subject and any will ...
O ye who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is Men and Stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive from God, but do (precisely) what they are commanded. [Holy Quran: Tahrim 66: 6]
Protect Yourself and Your Family From the Fire of Hell
A verse in chapter Tahrim places an extremely heavy responsibility on the head of household. If ...
Head of the Bahraini Ulama Islamic Council, which was dissolved by the authorities, Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal, said that Shiites are facing "the biggest targeting in our contemporary era".Al-Mashaal said in a speech he delivered on Saturday (July 9, 2016) "we are in front of the biggest targeting and challenge in our contemporary era. After the revocation of Sheikh Isa Qassim's citizenship, who among us still guarantees his citizenship, every ...