"The path towards education is open to everyone including seminary graduates as you must endeavor to educate yourselves for as much as you can, "Ayatollah Javadi said, addressing female seminary students in a ...
After the unsatisfactory conclusion to the Battle of Siffin, Imam Ali (AS) returned with his army back to Kufa on the 13th of Safar 37 A.H. During the march, a group of 12,000 men kept themselves at a distance from the main part of the army.The group was furious at the way things had ended at Siffin. These were the Kharjites (Kharjite means one who rebels against religion). They were the same people who had put down their weapons on the ...
The following is a lecture by Seyyid Hossein Nasr entitled, ``Islam and Modern Science’’, which was co-sponsored by the Pakistan Study Group, the MIT Muslim Students Association and other groups. Professor Nasr, currently University Professor of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, is a physics and mathematics alumnus of MIT. He received a PhD in the philosophy of science, with emphasis on Islamic science, from Harvard ...
1. Reminders and requests should be given with gentleness and softness so as not to create a barrier between parents and child. 2. If your child is respected, he/she is less likely to rebel against the rules of the house. Respect and good interaction between parent and child are the bases in forming the child’s character. It is narrated from the Prophet (s): “Respect your children and talk to them with (good) manners and a likeable ...
Amirul Momineen Ali (a.s.) says in Nahaj-ul-Balagah: Zunbun…Maghfoor meaning: Sins are of three kinds: The one which will be forgiven, two; the committer of which can hope for pardon and three; the sin which will never be forgiven.The forgivable sin will be that which might have been paid for in the world. For example, the offender might have been punished according to Shariat Law because God is far higher than the one who may punish anybody ...
One gains perfection by getting close to God. The closer one gets to God, the most perfect his soul becomes, until he reaches a state that he can pay attention to nothing, but to God.Quoting Prophet Muhammad, Imam Sadiq said, the Prophet of God believed that the obligations God has ordained were the best deeds ever and doing them could get one closest to God.If people do the things God has recommended, God will love them. He will become their ...
The Holy Qur’an has proposed ways for people to make up for their mistakes. In the words of Qur’an, this is the act of asking for forgiveness called ‘repentance’ which has different types:
1.To deny the mistake one has committed.
2.To admit that you did it, but to try to justify it by bringing excuses.
3.To admit that you have made a mistake or have committed a sin and to promise not to do it again and to try your best to ...
By: Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi It is quite probable that these so-called experts of Islam and of the Middle East have confused the basic order of the Qur’an with the style of hijab worn by Muslim women of various ethnic backgrounds.The requirement of hijab is a Qur’anic command. The basic requirement is that a Muslim woman should cover her head and bosom with a khimar (a head covering), and her body with a jilbab (a ...
Human Rights First on Tuesday (June 14, 2016) said that the suspension of Bahrain's main opposition group Al Wefaq is part of an alarming new crackdown by the government, designed to eliminate all remaining opposition in the country."The Bahraini government seems determined to kill all avenues of peaceful dissent. This is a dangerous course, and is likely to fuel extremism and deepen political instability," said Human Rights First's Brian ...
Every Age has Its Morals
The morals Imam Ali referred to, therefore, are those that change and are reflected in daily relations and manners, and every new horizon. We find that in the past man had limited horizons. People's values were limited to their lives and to working in order to reach particular, limited ends. But life has expanded, and with it knowledge. Changed also are the ways of instruction and the benefits. Thus, the Imam wanted to ...
The Islamic Nurturing of the Adolescent
Islam encourages child rearing in the manner described in the following hadith: "Leave him free for seven years, discipline him for seven, and be his companion for seven." Instruction between 7-14 years of age determine how the person will move towards the right guiding principles by focusing on the inner person, the natural elements of his personality, until adolescence comes along in the fourteenth ...
The Maintenance Department of the Imam Ali Holy Shrine has begun decorating the courtyard in preparation for the greatest Eid, Eid al-Ghadeer.
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The Maintenance Department of the Imam Ali Holy Shrine has begun decorating the courtyard in preparation for the greatest Eid, Eid al-Ghadeer. Department official Atheer Dahash said in a statement to the media center of Imam Ali Holy Shrine, "Our engineering and technical ...
Ayatollah Makarem said Karbala provided a great investment to the Islamic world such that during its own time, the tragedy became a great scandal for the Umayyad Dynasty and during subsequent periods, became an important movement to combat all deviations and oppression. The martyrdom of Imam Husayn, his family and companions on the plains of Karbala provided a great investment to the Islamic world such that during its own time, the tragedy ...
Jihad is the foundation stone of the magnificent building of Islam. In its absence the religion of God would neither have been the cause of mercy for the world, nor would it have proved a source of blessing to mankind. For jihad means fighting against oppression and oppressors, and sacrificing one's life and wealth in the way of God for the preservation of peach and tranquility.
In the Shi'a religion it is of two kinds: "Jihad al-akbar" (the ...
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 RIGID AND THE MISINFORMED
It is one of the characteristics of man that he sometimes overacts and sometimes underacts. If he adopts the middle course, he endeavours to differentiate between the changes of the right type and that of the wrong type. He endeavours to push time forward with the help of his knowledge and creative power, and to identify himself with the manifestations of progress and advancement. He also tries to arrest ...
As the Bahraini uprising's fifth anniversary approaches, thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets on Friday (February 5, 2016) in different villages across Bahrain expressing their adherence to the demands made on February 14, 2011.Protestors held photos of detained Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, and marched through the streets following Friday's prayers in Al-Diraz, chanting "holding back is ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) express grave concern about the new threats against the freedom of press that have been created by suspending the only independent newsletter in the country; "Al-Wasat" newspaper, and the harassment of journalists over opinion articles.
On 06 August 2015, the Information Affairs Authority (IAA) announced that it has temporarily ...
What is the purpose of the Qur'an in pointing towards 'seven heavens'?
Answer: Islamic scholars and commentators have narrated some clarifications regarding 'seven heavens' (towards which indication are made in the Holy Qur'an also).
1. Here, seven is meant to be multiplication (to be more). It means that He has created many heavens, i.e. He has created a number of times. And mostly it so happens that in Arabic, Persian, Urdu or other ...
The British newspaper “The Times” reported the existence of families in the Libyan city of Derna that give their daughters to the extremists in exchange for protection. According to doctors in the city, the extremists force young girls to marry them in exchange for providing protection for their families. In 2013, doctors recorded one case of underage marriage every three weeks, but since the proliferation of foreign fighters in ...
