Reasons for the battle of UhudThe Qureshites came out from the Battle of Badr with an astonishing result which they did not expect. They were confident of their capability to annihilate the Muslims easily. Because of they were more numerous and with a bigger reserve and more logistics. Yet, they suddenly found themselves losing seventy of their warriors and leaders, along with seventy captives, in a one-day battle. And above all, the ...
Who was Qaarun? In Hebrew Qaarun is called Qurah. He was the son of Yasa bin Qahat bin Levi bin Yaqub a.s. and a cousin of Moosa a.s. Qaarun was extremely beautiful, pleasant looking and rich man. He was characterized as pious and learned man of Bani Israil. People were respecting him after Moosa a.s. Qaarun was one of the seventy people who went to the Mount Sinai with the Moosa a.s. At the beginning he was poor, penniless and needy. Then the ...
The Worth of Cleanliness and Hygiene in IslamOnce the marriage takes place and the young couple start their mutual life with love and affection, they must attend to basic issues in life, and seriously avoid any indifference or sluggishness in this regard. One of these basic issues is cleanliness and hygiene in all aspects of life. We must pay close attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of our body, hair, mouth and teeth, clothing, the floor ...
A movie theater in Glasgow, Scotland, which planned to screen the Iranian film “Muhammad (PBUH), the Messenger of God”, cancelled its decision under pressures by certain Arab countries. RT Arabic reported that the screening was called off due to unknown letters of threat by those opposing the movie. The letters were reportedly sent from such countries as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Nigeria. Sources said that the letters did not ...
The Lofty Goals Behind Marriage in Islam
God doth wish to lighten your (difficulties). [Holy Quran: Nisaa 4:28]
An Honorable Household
If a young adult or an adult man or woman does not marry, it seems to be rather impossible to remain chaste and free of corruption. It is a difficult problem to find a young adult out of millions, not married, yet be chaste and sinless. If we find a youth who is truly chaste and not married, then we may say ...
The Philosophy of the Early Greek Naturalists
I. THE IONIANS
General Notions
As Greece is a mountainous and rather barren country, its inhabitants have been obliged from remote times to seek new lands that would offer them work and prosperity. At the beginning of the sixth century before Christ, we find one winding series of coastal colonies, extending from the coast of Asia Minor to Africa, to Spain and to southern Italy. Here the Greeks ...
LUCKNOW, India - Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad was on Monday arrested along with his supporters here in Kaiserbagh area when he was going to hold a demonstration at Shahi Masjid in Hazratganj area, police said.Jawwad, who had earlier announced his plan to hold a demonstration at Hazratganj here after taking out a procession to protest misuse of Shia Waqf properties and demand removal of Waseem Rizvi, Chairman of Shia ...
One of those important books on the qualities of a Islamic Family, is the nobel writing of Professor Hossein Ansarian “ The Islamic structure of Family”. The aforesaid book can be refered to as the most comprehensive of Islamic books in this regard. The issue to be followed is adopted from this book.
Delivery
Although childbirth is a very pleasant experience for the mother, the father and the relatives, it is very painful for the ...
Blessed by the Revolution, the Iranian woman has been set in the right path. Today, the Iranian woman can enter the field of science and climb the science ladder while preserving the religion, chastity, piety, dignity, grace, personality and reverence of a typical Muslim woman. There are, among you, many female students, professors and scholars. A woman might also embark on the field of religious sciences and information without any obstacles. ...
For four years, the American Muslim youth community center has organized an annual halal food festival to draw Muslim families and also to enhance friendship ties with non-Muslims. This year’s festival, held Saturday at Rowland Park, drew vendors from Central Jersey, New York City and even as far away as Ohio. Thousands of people attended and they included many local and immigrant Muslims as well as non-Muslims. Crescent Foods, a company ...
Islamization of knowledge or a new form of scientism?IntroductionSome of the key events in recent Muslim history have been linked to imperialism. The abolition of Western colonialism resulted in varying degrees of political freedom for the Muslim world. In addition to the political freedom gained by the fall of direct imperialism, however, Muslim scholars have also been striving to gain intellectual freedom. This endeavor has ...
During his jurisprudence class at Qom’s Grand Mosque, Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi condemned the recent attack on Imam Ali (A) Mosque in the eastern Saudi Arabian town of al-Qadih, saying that the whole world has condemned this crime, including Saudi politicians and scholars. “How can they assume that the people of the world will remain unaware [of who the true perpetrators are?]” he asked.His Eminence stressed that ...
He made the remarks in a fast-breaking (Iftar) meal ceremony held at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad. Hakim called Iran-Iraq relations historical, adding that the Iraqi groups should prepare for countering challenges they will face after defeat of ISIS. In the ceremony, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, for his part, hailed the achievements made in the fight against terrorism. Iraq is committed to good neighborly relations with Iran, ...
Popular leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky and his wife are still in custody and suffering from serious health conditions as a result of lack of access to adequate medical care, a Nigerian cleric in Iran said.The representative of Nigerian clerics in Iran, Mohammad al-Shuaib, said the last time there was news on Zakzaky’s health conditions, it was about his severe eye injury.He added that currently ...
Phtotos: First four days of Muharram at Imam Hussain center of Windsor, Canada 1437-2015Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Muharram is a month of remembrance and modern Shia meditation that is often considered synonymous with Ashura. Ashura, which literally means the "Tenth" in Arabic, refers to the tenth day of Muharram. It is well-known because of historical significance and mourning for the murder of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of ...
Bukhari Muhammed Bello Jega was one of the victims of a recent bloody anti-Shia crackdown in the town of Zaria, Nigeria. A man of peace, and a man of faith, Bukhari was slain by radicals alongside his wife and baby daughter, for his beliefs differed from that of Wahhabi clerics.Bukhari Muhammed Bello Jega was one of the victims of a recent bloody anti-Shia crackdown in the town of Zaria, Nigeria. A man of peace, and a man of ...
Some people accuse the Shias of believing that it is permissible to visit the shrines of the Prophets, Imams and saints, building them, to seek blessings through them, to pray and make supplications around them whereas it is prohibited to consider tombs as mosques or to build mosques upon tombs.THE ANSWERThere is no prohibition on visiting tombs in any of the traditions, rather the Wahhabis prohibited it. We have discussed this matter in our ...
The Modest Covering and Woman’s Chasteness
Thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except... [Holy Quran: Nur 24:31]
Veiling, or covering woman's beauty and protecting her from the evil eyes of the rude, lustfully corrupt and satanic men is a Quranic decree, a holy law, human duty and a moral affair. Islamic veiling, whose best form, is the long veil or chador being a reminder of that spring ...
- Hundreds of Bahrainis hold protests throughout Manama, venting rage at a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling that has more than doubled the jail sentence against the country’s top opposition leader.The protesters on Tuesday defied a curfew in the village of Saar west of the capital, chanting angry slogans and setting the British flag on fire.Protesters also took to the streets in the Bilad al-Qadeem area of Manama, calling for the immediate ...
