Chapter One:
Excellence Of Marriage
MAN AND WOMAN: ENHANCEMENTS OF EACH OTHER
Allah created man in a manner which he is incomplete and imperfect without a spouse. Many may upgrade his knowledge, faith and qualities, but he shall never reach the desire perfection while he does not have a spouse. (Be it man or woman). Nothing can substitute marriage and the raising of a family. Both the male and female sexes need each other from a spiritual, ...
THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT FOR WOMEN'S LIBERATION
Islam has done a great service to women. It not only put an end to the absolute control of the fathers, but gave women freedom, a personality and independence of thinking and opinion.
It officially recognised her natural rights. However, there are two basic differences between the steps taken by Islam and what is happening in the West and is being followed by others.
The first difference ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The Court of Appeals in Bahrain has refused to release Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary General of Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, in a hearing held this morning.The Bahraini Authority is to keep the opposition leader in detention despite the fact that the court’s ruling to lock him up lacked fundamental bases of a fair trial. Salman’s lawyers had complained that they as well as himself were prevented from ...
Those are limits set by God: those who obey God and His Apostle will be admitted to Gardens with rivers flowing beneath, to abide therein (forever) and that will be the Supreme achievement. [Holy Quran: Nisaa 4:13]
An Outlook on Family Rights
The rights of wives and husbands are completely described in the Glorious Quran. When studying them one can recognize these mutual rights as being one of the miracles of the pure culture of Islam. No ...
By: Richard Peppiatt Record numbers of young, white British women are converting to Islam, yet many are reporting a lack of help as they get used to their new religion, according to several surveys. As Muslims celebrate the start of the religious holiday of Eid today and hundreds of thousands from around the world converge on Mecca for the haj, it emerged that of the 5,200 Britons who converted to Islam last year, more than half are white and ...
Non-fulfillment of another\'s right, without a valid excuse is the twenty-sixth greater sin. If a person who has some right upon someone and demands his right but the one on whom the obligation rests does not fulfill the right, even though he is capable of it, then this person has committed a greater sin. Non-fulfillment of rights as a greater sin is according to Nass (Holy Quran and hadith). The frequently quoted tradition of Amash from Imam ...
THE QUESTION OF THE CHANGE OF SCRIPT
Recently in Iran, there has been a controversy about the change of script. This question can be considered from two angles from the point of view of the Islamic principles, and in two forms. The first is whether Islam favours any particular alphabet and discriminates against others. Does it regard the present alphabet, known as Arabic, as its own and others such as Latin as alien? Islam which is a ...
Islam has adopted positively the principles of the general health to concentrate in the legislative fields. All of the precepts and laws of Islam yield the best fruits that preserve the physical health and guard against many diseases. Some Western physicians, after they had been acquainted with the Arab and Islamic medicine, accepted Islam. Dr. Georgeo Dar Blanto says, “All of the Islamic precepts, rituals, and recommended practices have a ...
A PARABLE OF THE QUR'AN
Islam is a progressive religion and wants its followers to be progressive. The Qur'an has employed a parable to persuade the Muslims to keep marching forward, under the light of Islam. It says that the followers of Prophet Muhammad (P) are like a seed which is sown in the soil. First, it shoots out in the form of a tender seed leaf, then it grows stronger and stronger till it stands on its own stalk. It grows so ...
An educational course on Quran memorization and Tajweed principles was held for 89 boys in the Comoro Islands.According to gulfeyes.net, the Holy Quran Memorization International Organization held the 50-day course in cooperation with Sa’d ibn Mu’adh Quran Memorization and Recitation Center.The participants learned reading and memorizing the Quran, Tajweed principles and a number of the Quranic supplications.Top participants were ...
Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria includes the three cities of the capital Deir ez-Zor, Al-Mayadin and AL-Bukamal. Over 90 percent of the territory of Deir ez-Zor was seized by ISIS terrorist group in mid-December 2014. It is located between Raqqa, the self-acclaimed capital of ISIS terrorists in Syria, and other ISIS-held areas in the neighboring Iraq. ISIS has one of the most significant sources of income now that it holds a majority of ...
The damage estimated is more than $5,000. Wednesday’s vandalism is reportedly the second such incident within one month. A man who appears to resemble the most recent suspect was allegedly caught on surveillance video trying unsuccessfully to break into the mosque. "Our community is concerned about the possible motive for this incident,” said CAIR-MN Director Jaylani Hussein. “We urge law enforcement authorities to do their ...
Thousands local and foreign Shiites have commemorated the day of Ashura in New York city America and Montreal city of Canada, on November, 25, 2012.
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Thousands local and foreign Shiites have commemorated the day of Ashura in New York city America and Montreal city of Canada, on November, 25, 2012.Shiites marked the day to morn the martyrdom of Hussain ibn Ali (AS), the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad ...
Raising Children in Islam
Imam Sajjad said: One thing guaranteeing men’s prosperity is to have children whom they can help. [Kafi, v.6, p.2]
The Position and Worth of Children
Children, whether male or female, are the greatest and most beneficial blessing that God has favored his servants with. The Prophet Abraham (Pbuh) did not have any children and was sad about this. When he was very old, God gave his worthy servant two sons: ...
A total of 250 works have been sent to the first Imam Khomeini (RA) International Festival, which is going to be held on January 23 in the holy city of Qom. According to IGNA, Alireza Nayij, secretary of the Political Studies Association of seminary schools said that the festival has been planned in line with the main activities of the Islamic Studies Association of Hawzah. He added that the festival aims to introduce ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - William Chiwaula, the competitor from Zimbabwe, called the International Quran competition a factor to improve unity among Muslims.
According to the news staff at the 32nd International Quran Contest, Chiwaula said the contestants have had the opportunity to take part at a high-level competition in Iran adding that the competitive environment can bring Muslims closer to each other.
The 36-year-old Zimbabwean who has ...
In this event, Khorramshahi stated: “It is due to the divine nature of this great book that today, after more than 1400 years, close to 1.7 million Muslims of different sects and faiths live all over the world.”
He referred to some of his own translations of the holy book and said that this translation of the Holy Quran is published in three different sizes with the calligraphy of Othman Taha and has been edited four times by ...
By Yuram Abdullah Weiler*“While Western politicians are very vocal, and rightly so, in their condemnation of Christian persecution in many Muslim-majority countries, reaction to the extreme violence against Shi’ite communities is much more muted.”—Eldar Mamedov, adviser in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament[1]The recent mass slaughter of Shi’a Muslims in Zaria, Nigeria carried out by the ...
