What are the consequences of worshipping this world?

[1] Nahjul Balaghah, Wisdom ...

( 2024-05-19 05:25:04 )

Ejaculation by looking at erotic scene whilst fasting/the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei’s answer

Question: A person whilst fasting has looked at erotic scene and ejaculated, does this act make fasting ...

( 2024-05-19 05:25:03 )

Breaking Salaat when backbiting is happening at the same place/the Grand Ayatollah Makarem’s Fatwa

Question: If whilst performing Salaat, others are engaged in backbiting, what is the duty of the person who is performing ...

( 2024-05-15 03:05:14 )

The Value of Friendship

Love is a natural human feeling. It is for this reason we see every man is attracted by an internal power to other members of his kind. Thus, this instinctive need must be fulfilled and every one must establish brotherly relations with certain individuals or groups so as to benefit socially from such relations.Love is the foundation of security and comfort. It is the most enjoyable spiritual need which develops with time. There is not a more ...

( 2024-05-14 03:59:00 )

Is it allowed to wear clothes with printed words and pictures which promote western culture? The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei’s answer

The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei answered a question about wearing clothes with printed words and pictures which promotes western culture. Question: Is it allowed to wear clothes with foreign (western) printed words and pictures, and are these clothes considered as promoting western culture? The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei: If they do not cause social corruption, there is no problem wearing them, and whether promoting western culture is considered ...

( 2024-05-13 02:14:58 )

Is questioning pervasive and all-encompassing? What does questioning of prophets mean?

The Holy Quran says, "Most certainly then We will question those to whom (the messengers) were sent, and most certainly We will also question the messengers." (Al-A\'raf: 6) Elsewhere the Quran again says, "And most certainly you will be questioned as to what you did." (Nahl: 93) When it comes to these two verses, two important questions seem to be of considerable significance: 1. It is inferred from the foregoing two verses that questioning is ...

( 2024-05-13 00:59:30 )

Considering verse 70 of Surah al-Isra, is mankind superior to all other beings or to only some of them?

What is meant by the word "kathir" in verse 70 of Chapter al-Isra?Concise answerGod, the Exalted, says in the Quran regarding the status of mankind in the universe that He granted the offspring of Adam dignity and made them excel other creatures.As for whether or not man is superior to other creatures, a lot of discussions have taken place among scholars and exegetes of the Quran. What is inferred from the scholars' comments and arguments in ...

( 2024-05-11 02:09:08 )

The Beginning of the ‘Abbasid Campaign and Its Effect upon the Spread of Shi‘ism

By: Ghulam-Husayn Muharrami The campaign of the ‘Abbasids started in 111 AH.[20][274] On the one hand, it contributed to the spread of Shi‘ism in the various territories of the Muslim world, and on the other, the acts of strangulation of the Umayyads were lessened. As a result, the Shi‘ah were able to have a relative breathing space. During this period, the infallible Imams (‘a) laid down the Shi‘ah juristic and scholastic foundations ...

( 2024-05-07 08:06:09 )

The Grand Ayatollah Shobairi’s answer to a question about the ruling for Salaat and fasting when stopping journey after about 25 kilometres

Question: If a passenger stops the journey after about 25 kilometers and does not want to continue, and stays in that place for 10 days or returns home, what is the ruling about Salaat and fasting in that place or in the middle of the ...

( 2024-05-05 06:03:33 )

Timespan for fasting in a country without dawn or sunset/the Grand Ayatollah Fayyaz’s answer

The Grand Ayatollah Fayyaz answered a question about the timespan for a country which has no dawn or sunset.

Question: I am in Sweden and do not know how many hours I should fast.

The Grand Ayatollah Fayyaz: If the country you are living in has day, night, dawn and sunset, must act according to its religious times. But if it has not, must act according to the religious times of the nearest country.

( 2024-05-05 03:53:57 )

Graves

1 Question: If transferring a deceased Muslim to Muslim countries entails great difficulty, is it permissible to bury the body in cemeteries of non-Muslims from among the followers of the revealed religions [that is, Ahlul Kitãb]? Answer: It is not permissible to bury a Muslim in cemeteries of non-Muslims, except if that is the only choice because necessity knows no laws. 2 Question: The Muslim communities in non-Muslim ...

( 2024-05-05 00:39:31 )

Is to resort to the divine saints [awliyā’] for mediation [tawassul] regarded as polytheism [shirk] and tantamount to innovation in religion [bid‘ah]?

Reply: Tawassul means to resort to a sacred being for mediation with God. Ibn Manẓūr thus says in Lisān al-‘Arab: “.عليه تعطفه آصرةٍ بحرمة إليه تقرّب بكذا إليه توسّل” “If you resort to others for mediation; that is, respect and honor them, they will treat you tenderly.”[1] The Glorious Qur’an states: ﴿ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ ...

( 2024-04-29 04:36:53 )

The duty of the eldest son regarding the Salaats not performed by his deceased father/the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei’s answer

Question: If the eldest son who is responsible for the Salaats not performed by his deceased father dies, is the duty transferred to his eldest son or to the next son of the deceased father? Source: PERSIAN ...

( 2024-04-27 07:15:13 )

Fair Exposition of the Difference between the Truth and Aberration

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( 2024-04-27 06:14:48 )

Why the believer needs to prepare the provisions for hereafter?

[1] Sharhe Chehel Hadith, Imam Khomeini (RA), Page ...

( 2024-04-27 06:14:47 )

Can a man marry to a woman whom he has already committed adultery with?

Can a man marry to a woman whom he has already committed adultery with or he can never get married to her?Concise answerThere would be no problem for a man to get married to a woman whom he has already committed adultery with if she had no husband or got divorced but passed her Iddah (waiting period) completely on that time. Imam Khomeini (r.a) said in this regard: "If a man commits adultery with a woman who has no husband or gets divorced and ...

( 2024-04-26 06:21:01 )

Where and when did mourning for Imam Hussein (A.S.) start first?

complete question When we look at the lives of the Holy Prophet (S) and the Imams (A.S.), not only we do not see anything about mourning and lamentation but there are evidence and sayings prohibiting such acts. For example, Hamza (A.S.) was martyred in the Battle Uhud or later when Ja’far bin Abi Talib was martyred, not only the Prophet (S) did not hold such ceremonies but he forbade others from doing so. Now, the question arises as to ...

( 2024-04-26 01:50:37 )

In contemplating the traditions of Ahlulbayt, what aspect of their life is meant?

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( 2024-04-24 05:54:31 )

Why do the Shī‘ah perform the five daily prayers in three periods?

Why do the Shī‘ah perform the five daily prayers in three periods? Reply: In order to clarify this point, we had better examine the views of jurists [fuqahā] in this regard first: 1. All Muslim groups agree that in ‘Arafah[1] one may perform both noon [ẓuhr] and afternoon [aṣr] prayers successively without any interval between them, and in Muzdalifah[2] it is also permissible to say sunset [maghrib] and night ...

( 2024-04-24 02:24:48 )

A review of Ḥadīth aḍ-Ḍuḥḍāḥ

Relying on such narrators like Sufyān ibn Sa‘īd ath-Thawrī, ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umayr, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Muḥammad ad-Darāwardī, and Layth ibn Sa‘d, some authors (and compilers) like Bukhārī and Muslim attribute the following two statements to the Holy Prophet (ṣ): a. “.ضحضاح إلىٰ فأخرجته النّار من غمراتٍ في وجدته” “He is in a shallow place of Fire [ḍuḥḍāḥ].[1] But had ...

( 2024-04-21 08:31:20 )