A ban on using chairs in mosques has provoked outrage in Bangladesh, with critics saying it will exclude the elderly and the physically challenged from prayers. The Islamic Foundation, an autonomous government agency, issued the fatwa over the weekend, saying devotees must instead use prayer mats. But the move has attracted criticism both from within the government and Muslim clerics. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told a weekly cabinet meeting ...
A man accompanied Prophet Jesus (A.S) the son of Mary (Maryam) and said that he would go with him. They continued along until they came to a river. They sat and started to eat. They had three loaves of bread. They ate two of them and one remained.Prophet Jesus (A.S) went to the river, drank some water and returned. Prophet Jesus (A.S) did not find the third loaf, so he asked the man who had taken that loaf. The man said that he did not know.They ...
Responsibilities of the Head of the Household
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 ...
the book "truth as it is" was published in Bulgarian, in Sofia by Ahlul Bayt World Assembly with cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran's cultural attaché.
The book was written in Arabic by "Ayatollah Jafar al-Hadi", a member of the Ahlul Bayt World Assembly's Book Council and has explained the principles of Shia Islam very concisely and eloquently.
The book has tried to introduce and describe Ahlul Bayt (A) and their lifestyle "as ...
By: Sayyid Hasan Islami Politics has two faces—a smiling face that gives glad tidings of prosperity, power and authority, and a furious one that calls to mind power struggle, power worship, and injustice. It is owing to this that politics is likened to Janus,[329] the first mythological king of Latium.[330] The gods had bestowed the king with such powers of clairvoyance that he would see the past and the future in unison. It is for this ...
pdated list of missing person during the Nigerian Army pogrom in Zaria 12-16 December, 2015.1. Sumayya Isa Hassan Samaru Zaria 2. Mahmmad Bello Lukman Zaria 3. Idris Usman Sabongari Zaria 4. Muhammad Sani 5. Muntaka Sani Haruna Samaru-Zaria 6. Muhammad Auwal Tandari Potiskum 7. Babawuro Baffa 39 Nafada Gombe 8. Babawuro Baffa Abubakar Nafada Gombe 9. Tijjani Muhammad Jigawa Gagiya Guri 10. Tijjani Muhammad Gagiya Malam Madori 11. Shuaibu Kofar ...
Chief Minister of Sindh is reported to consult his law minister Rana Sanaullah for placement of any officer in Punjab. When Rana Sanaullah was consulted with regard to Intisar Hussain Jafri, he opposed a Shia police officer’s deployment in Punjab and said that Shia officer would carry out indiscriminate operations, in the ongoing war on terror due to which ‘our friends will suffer’.Due to the above mentioned reason, Shahbaz ...
- Hundreds of Bahrainis hold protests throughout Manama, venting rage at a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling that has more than doubled the jail sentence against the country’s top opposition leader.The protesters on Tuesday defied a curfew in the village of Saar west of the capital, chanting angry slogans and setting the British flag on fire.Protesters also took to the streets in the Bilad al-Qadeem area of Manama, calling for the immediate ...
- I went to Zaria to be interviewed by a Journalist from a major daily Nigerian Newspaper about the Zaria massacre. Before I arrived the Journalist was taken to the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, where some injured victims of the brutal Zaria massacre by the Nigerian Army are recuperating.What shocked the Journalist was when he met some sisters of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) who were shot by the Nigerian Army in ...
Seeking Knowledge
One of most valuable man's characteristics being one's power and aptitude to acquire cognition and knowledge... cognition of oneself, of the world in which one lives, and of secrets and mysteries concealed in the existence... etc. Man can acquire all this cognition through reasoning, detection and witnesses, gaining perfection of existence for oneself within the range of this cognition. In the Islamic Law this perfection has ...
All religions of the world have laid great emphasis on the rights of parents and the duties of children towards them. According to Islamic teachings, to be obedient and to show kindness to parents has been enjoined in the Qur’an in such a manner as to say that among the noble deeds, to obey parents, treat them respectfully and to show kindness to them, is next to worshipping Almighty Allah. The Holy Qur’an says: “Your Lord ...
From his book "Misbah-uz-Zulam", Roots of the Karbala’ Tragedy The tradition of Mishkat1 from Abdullah Ibn Umar says that the Holy Prophet (S) has described Abu Dharr (r.a.) to be a very truthful person. The second tradition is related from Abu Dharr himself. The Holy Prophet (S) said: “Abu Dharr is a very truthful and loyal person and is having similarity to Prophet Isa (a.s.).” He is the same companion of the Messenger of Allah (S) whom ...
Probably, the utmost form of self-sacrifice for the sake of Allah is in the case of Imam Al-Hussein (a.s.). The event of Karbala itself marks a landmark in Islam, as it shaped the history of the Islamic nation. Imam Al-Hussein (a.s.), the grandchild of the Prophet (p.), the Messenger of Allah, and His best and most devout worshipper; the son of Imam Ali (a.s.), the most pious judge and bravest warrior; the son of Lady Fatima (a.s.), the ...
People have taken to the streets in the Afghan capital city of Kabul to protest atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. On Friday, Afghan activists launched a rally in Kabul to express their anger at the flagrant discrimination against the Muslim community in Myanmar, lashing out at the West for turning a blind eye to the plight of the Rohingya minority. “Persecution against Burmese Muslims has reached its peak. Yet ...
Leader of the Islamic Revolution has told a group of Qom Seminary School representatives in Parliament some special circles has been ‘de-revolutionizing’ Seminary School. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received on Tuesday a group of members of Association of Qom Seminary School (Hawzeh) Scholars Representatives in Parliament where he highlighted and hailed the role the Seminary School had played during and after the Revolution of ...
It is narrated that one of the great commanders dispatched an expert physician to Medina to treat the patients for free. The physician stayed in Medina for a while, but either no one or only a very few people came for a visit. He was really surprised and complained to the Prophet. The Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P) told him that this is the way in this town since I have asked the people to eat only when they are hungry, and to stop eating before they ...
At the end of the last day of the Holy Month of Ramadhan, the day of presentation of deeds, it is up to us to seek refuge with the impeccable ones M'asumin [A.S] i.e. the Holy Prophet [PBUH] and his Holy Progeny Ahl-ul-Bayt [A.S], and the one, to whom that particular day belongs - resort (tawassul)towards the threshold of their generosity, through our best conduct in accordance with all the codes and etiquette; should keep our self-engaged in ...
1. The Brotherhood of Islam
A Muslim is related to different people in different ways: first, he is very closely related to his family members; second, he is related to his relatives; and finally, he is related to other Muslims in the bond of religious brotherhood known as the Muslim Ummah.
The first two circles of relationship are based on family ties. You and your brother or you and your cousin are from a common fore-father. But the ...
What is certain is that there have been relations between prophets and the Creator of the universe, that they have received the facts from the original source of creation, and that these relations have had to do with their purified selves and, fortified spirits.It is obvious that if these relations with the divine source were taken away from the prophets, they would have no such supreme position. All the honour and value of the prophets lie in ...
It has been narrated from b. 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (S) said, “That which is sent forth will be seen and that which is left behind will have the least benefit, and woe upon those people who have left things behind (which will be of no use to them in the next life) - that which they left behind was either an entitlement which they prevented others (from using) or was something worthless which they had collected (to make use of) ...
