There is one issue which remains to be discussed. It is one of the criticism they have made against the modest dress which says that the modest dress deprives the honor and respect of a woman. You know that human dignity has become one of the important goals of humanity since the words about human rights have developed. Human digluty is respected and it must be followed; all human beings share in this whether man or woman, black or white, or ...
It is a useless exercise to establish difference between arithmetic and mathematics. Mathematics is abroad term that arithmetic as one of its branches.To move further in this topic it’s important to define both these terms separately:MathematicsMathematics can simply be defined as a method of studying the relationships between shapes, quantities and numbers. It use symbols, signs, theorems and formulas and includes calculus, trigonometry, ...
Everyone looks ahead towards his/her future life either by planning or by day dreaming about what can happen. Human beings live with hope and struggle with hope. A mother feeds her baby with hope. A farmer plants seeds with hope. A young man marries with hope of a happy and prosperous future and independence from his family. A patient who places himself in the hands of a surgeon and takes bitter medicine lives with hope. In short, success and ...
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Tuesday for an end to the violence in held Kashmir, promising jobs for young people, in his first comments since deadly clashes began over a month ...
The Taliban has announced the start of its spring offensive, pledging to launch large-scale offensives against government strongholds backed by suicide and guerrilla attacks to drive Afghanistan's government from power. The announcement of the formal start of "Operation Omari", named after the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, comes just days after Secretary of State John Kerry visited Kabul and reaffirmed US support for the national ...
Both terms are correct. However, often people who convert to Islam often call this a "reversion" as opposed to a "conversion", because of the understanding that Islam is simply the extension of our innate human nature (fitrah).Because of this, these converts feel that they were always "Muslim", but due to the influence of their society or environment, their ideas and viewpoints differed from those expressed in Islam. But upon studying the ...
Many of us consider spending of Sadaqah on relatives as wrong and believe that such an act is disgraceful. Contrary to our belief and thinking, Islam encourages us to do the same.It is reported from Imam ‘Ali bin al-Hussein (A.S) that the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P) has said, “Begin your charity at home. By this I mean that you spend on your father, on your mother, on your sister and on your brother. Thereafter, follow the ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - United States Commission on International Religious Freedom confirmed (Thursday, April 30, 2015) that Shi'a Muslims continued to be detained and arrested arbitrarily throughout the year, urging the US government to press on the Bahraini government to implement the BICI recommendations.In its 2014 annual report, USCIRF concluded that "the Bahraini government has made demonstrable progress in rebuilding mosques and ...
- Hezbollah resistance movement voiced support for a ceasefire plan announced by Russia and the United States, which will put a week-long end to fighting in Syria’s embattled city of Aleppo. Hezbollah’s media arm, known as the Military Media, said on Saturday that the “allies of Syria” abide by whatever decision that the Damascus government makes. The resistance movement, which has been engaged in anti-terror ...
For those even with limited information about Islam and Islamic history it is clear that “human rights” in view of Islam is not merely a passive and comparative issue. Today, we are not starting a discussion to present a similar school of thought as Islam in contrast with legal and political thoughts in the West, or just acquit ourselves of our backwardness. Rather, we will discuss such values and principles as human dignity, ...
One of the factors that affect man’s life span is relations with parents. The nature of this relationship can adversely or favorably affect man’s life span.Relations with ParentsParents play a key role in increasing the length of one’s life. Academic findings indicate that children who live with their children enjoy a relatively higher level of emotional wellbeing compared with peers whose parents are often absent throughout ...
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 ...
The Negative Effects of Pessimism
Pessimism is a dangerous spiritual illness. It is the cause of many losses, defects and disappointments. Pessimism is a painful misfortune that tortures the human soul and leaves unamendable defects on man’s personality which cannot be erased. When experiencing pain and/or inflictions people tend to become sensitive, at this point it is possible for pessimism to appear as a result of a strong revolt in the ...
The Light of Love in the Horizon of Life
Conceit Leads to People ‘s Resentment
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Our Leaders and Modest
The Light of Love in the Horizon of Life
It is love that lights the horizons of life. Love plays deep and vast roles in man’s material and spiritual development; it holds magnificient and astonishing power. This power was implemented in man’s conscience and continues to grow until in some instances it comes like an endless sea. If ...
By: Sayyid Muhammad RizviSome Important Terms1. Ijtihad literally means "to endeavor, strive, put oneself out, work hard." In Islamic legal terminology it means “the process of deriving the laws of the shari'ah from its sources.”2. Mujtahid means a person who does ijtihad or who is an expert of Islamic laws.3. Fiqh literally means knowledge, and in Islamic terminology it means the science of Islamic laws.4. Faqih (pl. ...
A Muslim woman wears hijab for the simple reason that God has commanded it in the Quran and Sunna. As Muslims we make the testimony "Mohammad is the messenger of God". The Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) would not be a messenger if he did not come with a message, and his message is the Quran. Therefore, we are really saying "The Quran is the message of God". Our faith in God motivates us to obey God’s message and that is why we follow ...
The men of the Age of Ignorance were terribly brutal to women. They lived in ignorance of God's logic, illumination and revelation and condemned women to be a means for man's life of capricious desires. They viewed women as being the main factor for supplying all of their lustful pleasures. These men thought reading and writing to be dangerous for women and would not let them leave the house to carry out daily affairs or visit relatives. Men ...
The majority of rational problems and confusions against creation of intercession, stick to Divine justice and expediency for presentation of doubts.Sheikh Muhammad Rashid Reza, the Syrian scholar and thinker, is one such skeptic. In Al-Manar Exegesis he has tried to find flaw with intercession by a rational reasoning: “It is clear that the ordinance of God is the same as His justice and this has been formed based on the Divine ...
It is a common misconception with some non-Muslims that Islam would not have millions of adherents all over the world, if it had not been spread by the use of force. The following points will make it clear, that far from being spread by the sword, it was the inherent force of truth, reason and logic that was responsible for the rapid spread of Islam. Islam has always given respect and freedom of religion to all faiths. Freedom of religion is ...
As Muslims worldwide brace for the fasting month of Ramadan, a Scottish charity has launched a new campaign to offer medical care for Muslims who suffer diabetes during the holy month.Muslims with diabetes are being encouraged to engage with their healthcare team as part of Diabetes UK's Ramadan 2015 campaign."This year Ramadan falls in summer, meaning the length of fast could be 17 hours or more," Saqib Abbasi of the Diabetes UK’s ...
