Nigerian forces have opened fire at a group of Shia Muslims holding a demonstration in preparation for the upcoming Arba’een mourning rituals, which mark 40 days after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, the third Shia ...
AhlulBayt World Assembly has issued a statement on occasion of first anniversary of Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house arrest in Bahrain.
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH The Ahlulbayt World Assembly’s Statement on the 1st Anniversary of Sheikh Isa Qassim’s House Arrest in Bahrain
The Ahlulbayt World ...
Among the greatest intellectuals of Islam is the name of Abu Ali Husain ibn Abdullah ibn Sina, the well-known philosopher. Abu Sina is called “Bu Ali Sina” and “the chief Shaykh”. This great personality was a national of Bukhara, which at that time was a part of the Iranian kingdom. His father had come from Balkh but they had settled down in Bukhara.Not only this intellectual is the matter of pride for the Islamic world ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite has masterminded the murder of 400 people after becoming a key member of terror group Al Shabaab, it was claimed last night.The British fake jihadi is thought to have orchestrated a number of attacks including last month’s slaughter of 148 people at a university in northern Kenya.Lewthwaite, the widow of London 7/7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay, is believed to have risen rapidly through ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Physician members of the International Organization for Shia Doctors say Iran's scientific and research achievements are of high global status and international well-credited universities rely on them.Public Relations Department at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences said about 300 physicians are members of the International Organization for World Imamia Medics, who arrived in Shiraz, August 8, to be kept abreast of ...
The Suffi are considered by some as the inner or mystical dimension of Islam They are not considered a sect of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sūfī , though some senior members of the tradition reserve this term for those practitioners who have attained the goals of the Sufi tradition. Another common denomination is the word dervish. The word, 'Sufi' has been ascribed various ...
Ayatollah Makarem said Karbala provided a great investment to the Islamic world such that during its own time, the tragedy became a great scandal for the Umayyad Dynasty and during subsequent periods, became an important movement to combat all deviations and oppression. The martyrdom of Imam Husayn, his family and companions on the plains of Karbala provided a great investment to the Islamic world such that during its own time, the tragedy ...
The Islamic way of greeting a Muslim is by saying "As-Salamu Alaykum". It means "Peace be upon you", and the response of it is "Wa Alaykum As-Salam" meaning, "and on you be peace". It is highly recommended to greet a fellow Muslim in this manner, and once greeted, it is wajib (compulsory) on the other person to reply back.It is also stated in the Qur'an to say this greeting when one enters his/her house, even if the house is empty. "...So when ...
(A.S) said: Knowing that my daily sustenance is from God and will not go to anyone else, calmed me. In fact the reason for calmness and staying away from anxiety is to believe in God and the power of the Almighty. Because believing in the fact that God has the power over all the matters and will act accordingly can take away the worries that whatever is due to a person from God will be given to that person and no one else. In another words, the ...
Existence of spirits within animals and its differnce from that of the Human Being
Question: Do animals possess souls and if so how does the animal soul differ from the human soul?
Brief Answer
Before embarking on the answer to this question, it must be noted that the answer provided below is based on the school of Transcendent Theosophy, i.e., Sadrian philosophy. In this light, the answer will be expounded under two ...
Imam Sadiq (Pbuh) said:
Most benefits come from women.[Vasa'il-al-Shia, v.14, p.11]
In Islam, woman are paid great attention and they are treated as admirable creatures. How the women is viewd in the human past and how they are viewd in Islam v.s western countries ? is answered and analysed by Professor Hossein Ansaryan in his book “ the structure of family in Islam”. The following text is an exemplar.
Mental Deviation of ...
The registration of visa applicants planning to visit Iraq for Arbaeen will begin by the end of the current Iranian month, which falls on August 22, Mohsen Nezafati, an official at Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization told Tasnim.He also noted that all Iranian pilgrims will have to submit an application through a designated website.If Iranian and Iraqi officials agree on all conditions, pilgrims will begin to obtain visas as early as ...
Motives of Cooperation
Development of Woman's Character
The social activity paves the way for participation and presence in various arenas, the factor causing development of dimensions of existence and blossoming of talents and aptitudes."Whoever gives up merchandise, two thirds of his mind "brain" will be lost." 139From all this, it becomes clear for us that staying at home or seclusion and separation from society and people results in ...
More than 1,000 Muslim clerics in India have ratified a religious ruling that condemns the Islamic State and calls the extremist group's actions "un-Islamic," a top Indian Muslim leader said Wednesday.
Religious leaders from hundreds of Islamic mosques, education institutions and civic groups across India have signed the edict, or fatwa, saying the actions of the Islamic State group went against the basic tenets of Islam.
The edict was issued by ...
THE VIEW OF THE MODERN WORLD
This was about the ancient world. Now let us see what the modern world says. It does not resort to speculation and approximation. It is concerned with observation, test and experiment. Its conclusions are based on facts, figures and objective studies. In the modern world, as the result of deeper medical, psychological and social studies, more and bigger disparities between man and woman, unknown to the ancient ...
ailed Bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Ali Salman has censured Manama’s heavy-handed crackdown on dissent, saying the Al Khalifa regime is trampling on the most basic human rights and freedoms in the Persian Gulf state. In a Twitter message addressed to an annual security conference underway in the Bahraini capital (known as the Manama Dialogue), Salman urged the participants in the forum to have in mind the fact that people in his country are ...
By: Dastghaib ShiraziIn the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the MercifulDo they not see that We have created cattle for them, out of what Our hands have wrought, so they are their masters? And We have subjected them to them, so some of them they have to ride upon, and some of them they eat. And therein they have advantages and drinks; will they not then be grateful? And they have taken gods besides Allah that they may be helped. (But) they shall ...
Have the verses of the Holy Quran been compiled and gathered according to the taste, liking and desire of the companions or according to the will and instruction of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him. Did Uthman not put the Quranic verses relating to caliphate and vicegerency among the verses of Ahkaam (legal rules)? Is publication of the Quran on the basis of the sequence of the revelation a kind of innovation (bid'ah)? If it is not, why does ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - To the fruits of my heart,
My dear son Mojtaba,
My dear daughter Naba’,
You are the joy of my heart and you know how much I love you, long to see you, and dream about the future I desire for you.
Allow me, dear Mojtaba, to address your little sister in this letter, to answer a question that is keeping her innocent mind busy: “Why were you detained, dad?” Since she is still not aware, like you are, of ...
abir, the son of Abdullah Ansari has been narrated as saying: The Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P) saw a man with badly disheveled hair. He asked him: Did he not find anything to comb his hair with? He saw another person with filthy clothes. He shouted: Did he not find any water to wash his clothes? [Mizan al-Hikmat, v.10, p.92]Imam Baqir (A.S) said: Sweeping your houses will eliminate poverty. [Mizan al-Hikmat, v.10, p.93]The sixth Imam (A.S) said: ...