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, ...
Saudi Arabia is once again in the news for its treatment of dissenters.This time it’s Raif Badawi, 31, a liberal Saudi activist that questioned religion and the governmental authorities on his Arabic language blog.Badawi was arrested in 2012 for a variety of crimes, including apostasy, criticizing government and disobeying his father’s orders. He came to the attention of authorities after starting a website that criticized the Saudi ...
The Ninth Year after the MissionNine years after our Master Muhammad's mission passed. The number of the Muslims increased. Umar bin al-Khattab was very sensitive.One day, he took his sword to kill our Master Muhammad [s]. He asked about him. It was said to him:He's with his Companions in a house near al-Safa Mount.So, Umar headed for him. On the way to al-Safa Mount, a man belonging to the tribe of Umar named Naeem came across and asked ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Bahrain's main opposition group Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society stressed that August 14 is a historic day in Bahrain and a badge of pride for all Bahrainis for it represented a transition from a protectorate to an independent and sovereign state.It considers that August 14, 1971 was a major turnpoint leading to the stability of Bahrain and cohesion of its people under the unified principles and values of establishing a ...
Sayyed Nasrallah started his speech by stressing that the Palestinian cause is the most rightful one in our region. “There is no rightful and legitimate cause like al-Quds and countering the Zionist enemy,” his eminence said. “One may mix between right and wrong, but when we talk about al-Quds we are before and evident right,” Sayyed Nasrallah said referring to the different stances from the events taking place in ...
Misguidance from Allah
Question: What is the meaning of Allah’s (awj) misguidance in the Qur`an?
Brief Answer
Misguidance is a non-existent entity. Since guidance means to lead someone to a goal, then misguidance is the absence of guidance. In the parlance of the logicians, the relation between guidance and misguidance is privatives and positives (‘Adam wa malakah). In other words, if guidance were to exist in a ...
Referring to existence of 12000 twelve-Imams Shi'as in New Zealand, a Member of Board of Directors of Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) Islamic Foundation in New Zealand reported about the increasing inclinations to Shi'ite in this country.
Member of Board of Directors of Ahl al-Bayt Islamic Foundation in Auckland, New Zealand in a professional meeting on conditions of Muslims in New Zealand said among researchers of Islamic Research Foundation of Astan Quds ...
As I have said before, society needs rules and laws to preserve peace and justice, that the law cannot be free from inequities unless it is given by Allah. But I have told you earlier that Allah cannot be seen, He cannot appear Himself before human beings to give them His law.
Therefore, Allah appoints somebody to represent Him on the earth. That Viceregent of Allah is called "Prophet." As a mirror has a bright side to receive light and ...
WOMAN AND THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES
"O mankind! surely We have created you of a male and a female, and
have made you nations and tribes that you may know one another. Surely
the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct..."
Holy Qur'an (49: 13)
"O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you ...
The family of a British woman who fled to join the so-called Islamic State in Syria have said they are 'sickened' by a poem she wrote praising the massacre in Tunisia and attacks in Kuwait and France.
Former private schoolgirl Aqsa Mahmood left her home in Glasgow in November 2013 and married a militant from the terror group in February last year.
She has since posted a series of radical messages under the nom de guerre Umm Layth, including a ...
Promoting cohesion in the British society, a group of Muslim women in England’s Nottingham organized its annual family fun day on Saturday, inviting locals to come together, according to news agencies. The event was organized by the Radford-based Muslim Women's Organization at Radford recreation ground. The family event featured face-painting, eyebrow-threading, Mehndi, which is henna tattoos, Asian food including biryani, kebabs, pakora ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency -ABNA- The third part of the 8th International Congress of Muslim Medics has started in Qom on Thursday with the speaking of Ayatollah "Alireza Arafi".
The head of the Al-Mustafa International University with emphasizing on the accuracy in the use of narratives of Ahlul Bayts (AS) said: "We must to look at the Islamic medical sources by jurisprudential view; it means we should not ignore what is happening in today's ...
By: Allamah Syed Muhammad Husain Tabataba'i Salat Al-Jama'ah (Congregational Prayer) It is mustahabb for all Muslims to recite al-salat al-yawmiyyah in the form of salat al-jama'ah. The thawab (Allah's reward) for salat al-jama'ah is several thousand times more than the thawab for the salat recited individually. Conditions Concerning Salat Al-Jama'ah (i) Imam al-jama'ah (the leader or imam of congregational salat) must be a mukallaf (the one ...
Conditions to the fulfilment of Prayer
Question: What are the conditions that guarantee the fulfilment of a prayer?
Brief Answer
The word du’a (supplication) literally means “to call”, “to request a favour”, “to seek help” and in some cases it is used to denote the general meaning of calling. But in its [popular and] technical sense, it refers to the act of making a request from Allah (awj). The word ...
1. The Brotherhood of Islam
A Muslim is related to different people in different ways: first, he is very closely related to his family members; second, he is related to his relatives; and finally, he is related to other Muslims in the bond of religious brotherhood known as the Muslim Ummah.
The first two circles of relationship are based on family ties. You and your brother or you and your cousin are from a common fore-father. But the ...
Nigerian Women staged a fresh protest in Bauchi demanding the release of 'Sheikh Zakzaky'; IMN women stripped naked & raped before they shot to death / Photos
AhlulBayt News Agency - Female Muslims of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria staged a fresh protest on Monday 15 February 2016, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of their leader Sheikh Zakzaky, his wife Malama Zeenatuddeen and hundreds of his followers who are illegally ...
al-Khidr’s actions in the Qur’an, Vide Sura al-Khaf: 80
Question: Regarding verse 80 of Surah al-Kahf, where Khidr (ع) explains his reason for killing the young boy- in view of the Divine principle of not recording evil deeds or punishing people for them before they have taken place, some questions arise…
1. Although Allah (awj) knew that this youth would commit evil deeds in the future, why wasn’t he granted respite ...
1) Sins are of two types- The Greater and the Lesser. All those sins are Greater which have been specifically termed as Greater in the Holy Qur’an and the traditions. The number of such sins exceeds forty and they all have been explained in the traditions of the Holy Ahl-ul-Bayt (A.s).2) All those sins are Greater about which the Qur’an and Hadith explicitly state that those who commit these sins will enter Hell. Or if it is not ...
SAHAR (Morning Meal)The time for the completion of your morning meal is about ten minutes before "Subh-e-Sadiq" is 80 minutes before sunrise. The following Du'a may be recited at the time of Sahar.Bismillah-Ir Rahman-Ir RaheemYaa mafza'ee 'inda kurbatee wa yaa ghausee "inda shiddatee ilaika faze'to wa bika-staghasto wa bika luzto laa aloozo bi-siwaaka wa laa atlob-ul-faraja illa minka fa-aghisni wa farrij,'anni yaa mai-yaqbal-ul-yaseera wa ...
