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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
One of the factors that affect man’s life span is relations with parents. The nature of this relationship can adversely or favorably affect man’s life span.Relations with ParentsParents play a key role in increasing the length of one’s life. Academic findings indicate that children who live with their children enjoy a relatively higher level of emotional wellbeing compared with peers whose parents are often absent throughout ...
Name :Bibi Khadija ibnt-e-Khawailadt (SA)) Title : Umm-ul-Momineen Agnomen : Tahira Father : Khawailad ibn Asad Mother :Fatima Birth :at Makkah Death :10th Ramadan 2 years before Hejira at the age of 65 years. Buried in Meccah There are only four women in the entire world who measured up to the lofty standards of real greatness and perfection set by Islam. They are: 1. Bibi Asiya (SA), the God fearing wife of Pharaoh 2. Bibi Maryam ...
The Friday prayers sermons and religious teachings are planned to be presented in sign language in mosques in Msila province of Algeria. The sign language experts will be present at mosques during Friday prayers following an agreement signed between the Office of Endowments and Religious Affairs and the Social Activities Department of the province. The agreement was signed at "Ali ibn Abi-Talib (AS)” Mosque under the supervision of ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Activists on social media said that the Bahraini Interior Ministry's security forces continued to take down on Tuesday (October 13, 2015) banners and flags for the Ashura season which the country's Shiite majority commemorates each year.Some information stated that the security forces took down the Ashura banners in the villages of Shahrkan, Al-Malkiya, Sehla, Bu Quwah and Isa Town.The Shiite majority in the island ...
Canada’s premier Muslim women’s festival is set to take place Sunday, in the South Western Ontario city of Kitchener, amid hopes of extending new bridges with the larger community. “Since its inception in 2010, the Coalition of Muslim Women of Kitchener-Waterloo has presented an annual summer event to build bridges of understanding, friendship and mutual respect with the larger community, and to transcend commonly held ...
The Philosophy of Socrates
I. Introduction
The traditional belief of the Greeks had been that their cities had received their laws from some divinity, protector of the city, and that good (happiness) consists in conforming one's life to these laws, accepted as divine and eternal. The Sophists shook this faith to its very roots.
As in the case of the problem of knowledge, by defending relativism they ended in Skepticism; so also in the ...
As the auspicious birth anniversary of Lady Fatima Zahra(as) -- the mother of Imams -- approaches, a group of panegyrists and eulogists from across the nation met with Ayatollah Khamenei this morning, March 8, ...
The present article presents in short the disadvantages of consuming intoxicants and dallying in activities such as gambling and the advantages of staying away from such activities.
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"Guard thyself against the insidious evils of intoxicants and games of chance.”1 In a few brief sentences I am called upon to strengthen the bulwarks of humanity against an insidious, fair-seeming evil, that, armed with the shining nets of pleasure, ...
Most flat feet cause no trouble and do not need treatment. An arch support can help a mild flat foot. An in-shoe orthotic can benefit any child with flat feet. This device never causes harm. Worn from an early enough age, they might actually help the adult position of the foot. All podiatrists and orthopedists can provide you with custom orthotics. If the child is 10 or older, the flexible flat feet can be considered permanent. Long-term use of ...
A letter calling on “Muslim authorities” to reject parts of Islam’s holy book of Qur'an and signed by 300 French public figures – including an ex-president, three former premiers and several MPs – has sparked reaction across ...
After the first verse, the worshipper reads: All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe. Thus, he establishes that every praise and extol is for Allah, the Exalted, because He, the Glorified, is the Lord of the Universe. Every perfection and beauty is a manifestation of His upbringing. When the worshipper reads this verse and sees the signs of Allah's Lordship and nurture in his own self and the world, the heaven, the earth, the minerals, ...
O' GRACIOUS LORDWe pray to Thee, O' Gracious LordOf heavens and of earthThe source of virtue and of loveOf dignity and worth. You are the One who nourishesAll things both big and smallThe Omnipotent, Loving, KindAnd Mighty Lord of all. O Bountiful! We pray to TheeFor health and happinessBe pleased to grant us faith and loveGood fortune and success.Be kind enough to make us treadThe path of righteousnessAnd let our deeds reflect the ...
