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 ...
Disclosure of Unmanly Virus War by Pentagon and Al Saud against Muslim WorldAhlulBayt News Agency - Bioterrorism is an issue, which is recently focused on more seriously within Iranian circles. Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents. These agents are bacteria, viruses, or toxins, and may be in a naturally occurring or a human-modified form. This method is usually ...
The Taliban has announced the start of its spring offensive, pledging to launch large-scale offensives against government strongholds backed by suicide and guerrilla attacks to drive Afghanistan's government from power. The announcement of the formal start of "Operation Omari", named after the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, comes just days after Secretary of State John Kerry visited Kabul and reaffirmed US support for the national ...
Islam and the Family
Islam and the Family
While the warp of society is the individual person and the woof is social order, the unit of the design is the family. Families in which mutual understanding, sincerity and tenderness reign, form details of a harmonious pattern. But a family in confusion and disarray distorts and mars the pattern.
The instinct for survival is innate in human beings. Producing children is the expression of one ...
- The Syrian army and popular forces continued their advances in the Southern part of Aleppo province, killing a number of Ahrar al-Sham movement terrorists, including their notorious commander.Abdullah Mohammed al-Hasm, a Kuwaiti national and commander of Ahrar al-Sham Movement in Southern Aleppo, was killed in heavy clashes with the Syrian army on Saturday night, but his death was confirmed on Sunday evening. Several other ...
Muslim Women who wear full face veils in public in a Swiss state could be fined up to £6,500 under new rules imposed by the local government, according to media report. The parliament approved a law banning the garment, which covers the body from head to feet and is worn in public by women in many Muslim countries. The local government in the southern Swiss state approved the ban after a referendum in September 2013 saw two in three ...
The Holy Prophet [s] said: "He who grieves a true Muslim cannot then compensate for it by offering him the entire world because it is not sufficient compensation (unless he repents and appeases the said person)."Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 75, p. 150Imam Kadhim [a] said: "Among your most compulsory duties towards your Muslim brother is that you conceal nothing from him which profits him either in this life or in the Hereafter."Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 2, ...
* It is necessary to keep in mind the forecited disadvantages of backbiting.
* It is necessary to pay the greatest attention to self-discipline by applying the noble traits to oneself.
As he was asked about his educator, Muhammad ibn Hanafiyeh said: "It is my Lord Who educated me in myself. I have followed and imitated any element that is enjoyed by men of sense when I found good, and I have avoided any element that is practiced by the ...
We sometimes notice points in our Islamic interpretations that raise questions for some of us in connection with worship. For example we are told in the case of prayer that either the Prophet or the Imams have said, "Prayer is the pillar of religion," or if we think of religion as a tent, 'prayer is the pole that keeps it standing." This remark is also quoted from the narrations attributed to the Prophet, "The requisite for the acceptance of ...
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that the government will take all the necessary steps to bring an end to all kinds of discrimination against women. He said the government is committed to address women's problems and take necessary steps to stop hateful practice of honour killing, noting that men and women enjoy equal rights in Islam and the government has laid special focus on the protection of women rights. He said the screening of ...
As we approach the 86th anniversary of the tragic occasion of the demolition of the holy graves of Baqi in Medina (which took place on the 8th of Shawwal in the year 1345 AH), we are greatly saddened at the injustice. That holy piece of land is the burial place of great personalities without whom the history of Islam is incomplete. It is the burial place of four of our great infallible Imams: Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba, Imam Ali Zainul Abideen, Imam ...
A mu'min will have gracefulness on his face even if he is sad at his heart. A person remaining morose all the time is not good. A mu'min must keep a broad forehead, pleasant mien, and good nature. He should also have a good sense of humor. But all this should be in moderation.It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (S) that excessive jesting puts one to shame and excessive laughter harms ones faith. If a person lies, the radiance of his face ...
The 30th Islamic unity conference under the banner of "Unity, Necessity of Countering Takfiri movements" was kicked off by President Hasan Rouhani in Iranian Capital City of Tehran with religious thinkers and elites from more than 50 countries across the World in attendance.The unity event this year is centered on the hows of countering Takfiri groups for boosting unity among Muslims and braving the standing problems the World of Islam is ...
The US has admitted that mistakes led to a deadly strike on Syrian troops - an incident that highlighted the chaotic situation of a conflict involving multiple factions and forces. Yet it has claimed the strike did not constitute a war crime because the mistake was unintentional. In September, the US acknowledged that coalition warplanes had carried out airstrikes that led to the deaths of at least 62 troops, injured a further 100 and ...
If a young adult or an adult man or woman does not marry, it seems to be rather impossible to remain chaste and free of corruption. It is a difficult problem to find a young adult out of millions, not married, yet be chaste and sinless. If we find a youth who is truly chaste and not married, then we may say she/he is one of God's Saints. Avoiding commitment of sins, remaining immune from corruption, being safe from the outburst of the instincts, ...
A rally was staged in Germany in solidarity with the prominent Saudi Shia cleric Sheikh al-Nimr.
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - A rally was staged in Germany in solidarity with the prominent Saudi Shia cleric Sheikh al-Nimr. In the capital, Berlin, Germans called upon Riyadh to immediately release Sheikh Nimr and drop all illegal charges brought against him as they carried large portraits of the Shia Saudi cleric.The German demonstrators also ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Hujjat al-Islam Ali-Reza Arafi, the president of al-Mustafa International University in an interview with RASA news agency referred to a recent speech by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, where he said: “the United States has the most dishonourable government in the world.”He explained that this statement is based on the evidence of the dishonourable actions of the ...
The New York Times revealed that "on the morning of March 13, 2011, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, Jeffrey D. Feltman, wrote an urgent email to more than two dozen colleagues informing them that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were sending troops into Bahrain to put down anti government protests there."The paper included a number of pictures of an email from former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...
Children, whether male or female, are the greatest and most beneficial blessing that God has favored his servants with. The Prophet Abraham (Pbuh) did not have any children and was sad about this. When he was very old, God gave his worthy servant two sons: Ismael and Issac. Issac is the source of the divine Prophets until the time of Jesus and Ismael is the source of all the Prophets to the time of Muhammad, the last Prophet ...
2nd & 3rd night of Muharram at Ahlul Bayt Center of Ottawa, Ontario (USA ) 1437-2015Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Muharram is a month of remembrance and modern Shia meditation that is often considered synonymous with Ashura. Ashura, which literally means the "Tenth" in Arabic, refers to the tenth day of Muharram. It is well-known because of historical significance and mourning for the murder of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of ...
