Allah (God) wisely and fairly willed to create pairs of everything in the firmly-founded and extensive order of Creation. In the expansive scene of Creation the pairing of everything is an absolute truth with no exception. Even before man came to know this fact through his knowledge and perform scientific research on it, the Glorious Quran had made this truth known in numerous verses, including verse 49 of the Blessed Surah (Chapter) entitled ...
- Millions of people in Iran marked the anniversary of the martyrdom of the first Shia Imam, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH), who passed away on the 21st day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan some 14 centuries ago.Black-clad mourners from different social backgrounds and age groups have converged in mosques, places of worship and religious sites nationwide attended Shia mourning rituals.During the ceremonies, poems were recited and sermons ...
Therefore, by comparing the points mentioned in the two Declarations, one could infer that:1. Several different points have been mentioned in a single article in the Western Declaration of Human rights and it is difficult to comparatively study them in accordance with the similar declarations.2. The international Declaration of Human Rights passed in 1990 talks about saving the life as long as God wants it; this means that no human power should ...
The U.S. city of Hamtramck has recently elected a Muslim-majority City Council for the first time in the country. The town of Hamtramck, in the state of Michigan, was a long-time Polish-Catholic enclave, but it has been demographically changing recently, and the election has shown how far the city had come. The three people who received the most votes were Muslim, two were incumbents - Anam Miah and Abu Musa - and the third, newcomer Saad ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Steve Maman, Jewish businessman from Canadian Montreal, started last year a campaign to free Iraqi women held captives in the hands of Da'ish (ISIS) organization.Da'ish gunmen stormed into Iraqi Sinjar Mountain, where mostly inhabited by the Izidi sect, and held hundreds of women and children, forcing them to slavery.Today, Maman is organizing an international campaign to release 128 Izidi and Christian women and "free ...
Muhammad ibn Ya’qub (al-Kulayni) from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Ibn Mahbub, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan and ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Abdi from ‘Abd Allah ibn Abi Ya’fur, who report Abu Abd Allah (Imam al-Sadiq) (A) to have said, “One who passes his evenings and mornings in such a way that the world be his biggest concern, God ordains poverty between his two eyes and causes his affairs to become ...
It is stated in divine books that man is entrusted with children who are God's blessing and kindness. To safeguard this "trust" we must attend to their moral and religious education and choose a pure and good spouse for them to marry. The woman who gets married and goes to her husband's home will be influenced by her husband, his family and his home. In that environment she will be asked to do things by her husband. The house she goes to must be ...
The RevolutionThe Muslims' anger increased because of Uthman's and his rulers' behaviour. The Prophet's Companion's in Madina wrote to people every where: If you want Jihad, then come to it. Because your Caliph has corrupted Muhammad's religion.For this reason, the delegates from Kufa, Egypt, Basra, and the like came to Madina and went to the Caliph to ask him to change his based policy. But he dismissed them. So, they went to Ali Bin ...
O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, lawful and good; and do not follow the footsteps of the Evil One, for he is to you an avowed enemy. [Holy Quran: Baqara 2:168]
The Virtues and Vices of Wealth
A man's need for property and wealth to manage his life's affairs, and especially with the burdensome responsibility of managing a family, is a completely natural need. Wealth and property, business and commerce are not in any way connected with ...
Two explosions have rocked a road junction in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens of others, local media reported.
The explosions took place several minutes apart, with the first going off at around 10:00am (0700 GMT), according to local Dogan news agency.
A video on social media showed the moment of the explosion: young people were dancing and waving banners as a massive fireball ...
Fasting during the month of Ramadan can be good to your health if it’s done correctly.Benefits of fasting during Ramadan include:- Fasting promotes weight loss- Rests digestive system- Resolves inflammatory diseases and allergies e.g. arthritis and skin conditions such as psoriasis- Reduce blood glucose level- Reduce cholesterol ...
The text of the statement which is signed by head of the Supreme Council at Qom's Society of Seminary Teachers Ayatollah Muhammad Yazdi is as follows: In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the most Merciful The inhumane massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and the brutal violence against them is going on while the so-called international human rights defenders keep silent. During this brutal mass slaughter of Muslims, men, women ...
Police forces in Bahrain fired tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting the execution by Saudi Arabia of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
AhlulBayt News Agency - Police forces in Bahrain fired tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting the execution by Saudi Arabia of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.The clashes broke out on Monday as protesters gathered in the village of al-Daih west of Manama, witnesses said. ...
The eternal nature of the punishment that the faithless and wicked are to suffer in hellfire presents a problem for many people. Given the fact that evil acts are marked by the finiteness of the world, how, they ask, can requital for those acts be eternal and everlasting? Can there be any common measure between a finite act and an infinite punishment? A punishment that is to extend over an indefinite future does indeed represent an extreme form ...
Ethnic Azeris in northwestern Iran have held a rally to condemn the ongoing crackdown on Shia Muslims in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Iran’s Fars news agency said on Thursday that Iranians gathered in front of Azerbaijan’s Consulate in the provincial capital city of Tabriz to denounce Baku’s intensified wave of arrests and the martyring of Shias in Nardaran district, north of the Azeri capital.
The protesters, who were marking ...
Bahraini regime forces have arrested yet another senior Shia cleric as the ruling Al Khalifah regime continues a heavy-handed crackdown on the Shia community in the country.Bahraini forces arrested Seyyed Majid al-Mashaal, the secretary of Muslim Scholars Council, after raiding his home on Saturday morning.On January 29, 2014, a Bahraini court decided to dissolve the council, which includes a number of prominent Bahraini Shia scholars, and ...
A Social, Cultural, Educational & Religious E-Forum Under the Facilitation of the World Federation of KSI Muslim Communities Issue No. 07-06, May 26, 2006 / Rabi' al Thaani 27, 1427 AHThe institution of marriage has been given tremendous importance in Islam. Generally, in the terms of jurisprudence it is highly recommended, but in many cases due to extraordinary circumstances, it becomes obligatory and a religious duty. For instance, ...
Member of Bahrain's Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Abdulrahman Al-Moawada said that the unit has received during January 2016, 17 complaints about torture or otherwise ill treatment and begun its investigations into the allegations.With regards to the SIU's achievements during the past month in the cases it's investigating, it has listened to the statements of 54 complaintants and witnesses, interrogated 26 defendants, questioned 28 suspects ...
Shiites under the aegis of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN has on Friday protested over the continuous detention of it leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky, saying that the confinement of it leader by the government after being granted a bail by court, is illegal.
A press statement titled “a prisoner of conscience at 66,” signed by Shiek Abdulhamid Bello, one of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria’s leader, to celebrate the birthday of Zakzaki ...
The Nigerian government has broken all the rules by continued detention of a Shia cleric and many of his followers without charge since late last year, a grassroots Islamic movement says.The army killed hundreds of Shia Muslims as it detained cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky in December, while hundreds of others are still missing, believed dead or in state custody. The heavy-handed crackdown has triggered international condemnation, with Human ...
