abies and small children vary a great deal in the amount of sleep they need. Some babies sleep practically all the time between feeds, while others are active and lively and have long periods of wakefulness, both day and night. Parents get extremely worried about this, not just because their own night’s rest is constantly being disturbed, but because they are afraid the lack of sleep may affect their child’s health. From this ...
Respect For Parents
As it is Wajib to fulfill the rights of the parents, it is also necessary to give them due respect and honour. Numerous traditions have been recorded from the Ahlul-bayt (a.s.)
1) One must not address the parents by their names. However, they can be addressed by their title or kunniyat. 2) One must not precede them while walking, nor should one sit down before them. 3) While having meals one should not begin before the ...
The debate over wearing veils at public universities has resurfaced after reports of professors singling out women for wearing hijabs. Both politicians and the public are struggling to find a balance between French secularism and religious tolerance.
The issue of whether to let women wear scarves at university came into the spotlight earlier this month when a professor at the Paris XIII university said that he did not support "religious symbols ...
A group of Shia clerics in Bahrain has called for the promotion of equality in the Shia majority Persian Gulf country, which has a Sunni-dominated government. Nearly 40 Shia clerics said in a statement released on Tuesday that Shia citizens of Bahrain “have always called for citizenship equality... without any discrimination based on ethnicity, color, religion or sect.” Led by Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ahmed Qassim, Bahrain's leading ...
Hundreds of UW students abstained from food and drink Friday between dawn and sunset. Funds raised in the event will go to Islamic Relief, a nonprofit organization currently supplying food, water and tents to victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
According to Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA) hundreds of UW students abstained from food and drink Friday between dawn and sunset for the Muslim Student Association’s (MSA) seventh-annual ...
By: Jerrmein Abu ShahbaPraise be to Allah Who is Manifest before His creation because of themselves. Who is apparent to their hearts because of clear proof; Who created without meditating, since meditating does not befit except one who has thinking organs while He has no thinking organ in Himself. Praise is due to Allah whose worth cannot be described by speakers, whose bounties cannot be counted by calculators, whom the height of intellectual ...
To Be in Contact with the Other People who Are Waiting for the Return of Imam MahdiPeople who are waiting for Imam Mahdi to return know that Imam’s program is an international one and that he needs a lot of companions in order for his movement to be victorious. Therefore, those who are waiting for the return of Imam Mahdi keep their contacts with the other believers and try to increase the number of Imam Mahdi’s lovers. Being in ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - A group of Jewish settlers stormed Monday morning al-Aqsa Mosque from the Israeli-controlled al-Magaribeh gate under heavy Israeli police protection.Unprecedentedly, the settlers left early the holy shrine before completing their tour due to the presence of big numbers of Palestinian worshipers.The worshipers started shouting Takbeer forcing the settlers to leave the Mosque shortly after breaking into it.Earlier ...
"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.""To her the name of father was another name for love."~~By Fanny Fern.~~"They didn"t believe their father had ever been young; surely even in the cradle he had been a very,very small man in a gray suit, with a little dark mustache and flat, incurious eyes."~~By Richard Shattuck.~~"Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers-and fathering is a very ...
Every system, intending to achieve certain goals, must be designed in a realistic manner. Therefore, if the system is supposed to be implemented in order to serve human life, particularly in the long-run, it must serve man's goals and be consistent with his fitrah (primordial nature). This is not possible unless the designer of the system has a command over the knowledge necessary for understanding social and individual aspects of man.Besides, ...
Spokesman for organization in charge of Arabeen ceremonies affairs Hamidreza Goudarzi said over one million pilgrims have crossed into Iraq through four official Iranian outlets so far. On Sunday, he noted that based on latest information today, about 1,050,000 Iranians have passed through the four border checkpoints on the Iraqi border namely Shalamche, Chazzabe and Mehran as well as air borders. The official referred to Mehran as the busiest ...
The hijab is something that I have been adhering and striving to perfect for more than about 10 years (since the age of 9). An attachment that has grown to become an integral part of my existence – the hijab is my true identity. My love and appreciation for it has intensified over the years, as the desire to sincerely worship Allah swt alone (not people/shaytaan/my own ego) has been my main focus and realisation in reaching the ultimate ...
The Ahlulbayt World Assembly has issued a statement in condemnation of the new round of Muslim genocide in Myanmar.The full text of the statement is as follows:In the Name of Allah, the Demolisher of TyrantsIn the deadly passivity of Western governments and their affiliated global institutions, a new round of attacks against Muslims has been launched in Rohingya in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.Theinnocent Muslim community of Myanmar have been ...
On the occasion of the holy birth anniversary of the holy Prophet (S) and Imam Jafar al-Sadiq a clelebration will be held on Friday, December16 in Islamic Center of England in ...
The topic of this paper was chosen out of the conviction that humanity is suffering today from a number of serious social problems related to women and to the interrelations of the two sexes in society. Although these problems may be more pronounced, disturbing, more debilitating for some of us than for others, there are probably few if any regions of the contemporary world whose citizens have not felt in some way the repercussions of these ...
Imam Sajjad said: One thing guaranteeing men’s prosperity is to have children whom they can help. [Kafi, v.6, p.2]
The Position and Worth of Children
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 ...
Since most of the world-lovers are not lagging behind dogs in their stinginess, jealousy and harshness the commander of the faithful (A.S) addresses them as dogs when he says, “When you see world-lovers rushing towards things passionately, do not get deceived. Beware of them as they are barking dogs and hunting animals that are ever ready to harm others. The powerful among them eats up the weak and the majority devours the ...
The Prophet (Pbuh) said: I recommend you to have good morality, since verily this will take you to heaven, and you should not be foul tempered since that will undoubtedly take you to Hell. [Vasa'il, v.16, p.29, Al-i-Bayt Press]The Value of Good MoralityIt is necessary for the parents to consider a few things which are repeatedly stressed in the Holy Quran for the sake of themselves and their children. It is not difficult to have ...
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A Ph.D. dissertation on Shia jurisprudence written in English language was defended by Hujjat al-Islam Jahangiri in the seminary of Qom.
The doctoral dissertation defense was held at the International Institute for Islamic Studies in the city of Qom, Iran.This dissertation study on Shia jurisprudence was done by Hujjat al-Islam Yahya Jahangiri, an international Muslim missionary who was a Ph.D. candidate in the field ...
More than 150 volunteers helped a Muslim charity hand out food and winter clothing to an estimated 1,200 needy Calgarians in Canada on Sunday. The Muslim Families Network Society (MFNS), a Calgary non-profit, provided canned food, warm clothing and grocery gift cards to newly arrived Syrian refugees. But the charity also helped many others. “We are making no distinction; we are serving everybody who is in need,” said Idrees Khan, ...
