The deputy secretary-general of al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Bahrain's main opposition bloc, said the continued detention of Sheikh Ali Salman, the secretary-general of the group, will only prolong the crisis in the Persian Gulf Arab country. “Convicting Sheikh Ali Salman, is tantamount to convicting national unity, internal peace, moderation and public demands, which have been raised by the sheikh,” Sheikh Hussain Aldaihi ...
Criteria of Spouse Selection
WHOM MAY WE SELECT AS A SPOUSE?
Now we have reached the most sensitive and important point of our discussions! Whatever we have discussed so far was a prelude and prefix to this chapter. That is to say, whom may we select as a spouse? With what sort of qualities, peculiarities, standards and criterions, so that we may lead a prosperous life with each other, and be the cause of each other's progress, ...
Feeling overwhelmed? Stop stress in its tracks with this 14-day relaxation regimen
Monday
Day 1: See the big picture. When obstacles pop up, ask yourself how stressful the situation really is: Will this matter in three months? Three years? For issues with long-term repercussions, write down exactly what you think the problem is or how the situation needs to change.Brainstorm about what you can do to move toward a better outcome, itemize ...
It should be remembered that the desires of the carnal self are numerous and of diverse kinds, varying according to their intensity as well as the desired object. Sometimes they are so subtle that one is not aware of them as suspect wiles of Satan and of the self, unless he is made conscious and waken up. With all their variety(assortment), all of them work together in obstructing people from the Divine path and deviating them from it. Their ...
Condemning Stinginess In Material NeedsThe first need which both the husband and wife have to take care of is the material needs of each other. The husband must make all possible efforts to provide material comforts to his family, but if he is miserly not only does he fail to fulfil that which is obligatory on him but also becomes the target of those verses of the Holy Quran which condemn miserliness. The Holy Book says that the miserly person ...
Indian Muslim parliamentarian and President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said that terror group ISIS is a blot on Islam and everybody needs to condemn its activities. The Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad said ISIS should not be linked with religion and the world should unite to fight it. Owaisi said Islamic scholars belonging to all schools of thought have given a fatwa against the ISIS. “We all ...
HOW DOES ISLAM BUILD THE FAMILY
The Imam, Ali bin Al-Husain (a.s.) wrote back to him: "I received your
letter reproaching me for marrying my bondmaid, claiming that there
were in Quraish women who would have brought glory to me if I married
them and have their children. But no one is superior than the
Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) in glory and generosity. She had been of my
belongings, I emancipated her from my possessions for a reward ...
On Tuesday 02 June 2015, a Bahraini court sentenced activist Zainab Al-Khawaja to an additional nine months in prison, increasing her prison sentence in Bahrain to 5 years and one month, in addition to previous sentences. On this occasion, she was charged with entering a restricted area while trying to visit her father Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who is serving a life sentence at Bahrain’s Jau Prison. Although, the sentence was suspended ...
Pakistanis have taken to the streets in Islamabad to express their anger at the government’s decision to join a Saudi-led coalition allegedly set up to counter terrorism. Protesters presented a memorandum to the Pakistani Foreign Office, calling on Islamabad to withdraw from the Saudi-led alliance. The demonstrators said Islamabad had agreed to join the Saudi-led coalition for money. “Neither the Pakistan army nor the nation is ...
Coupling, copulation and reproduction in the world of inanimate objects, plants and animals are based on the rules of Creation and the correct order of the instincts. This vital issue and magnificent, natural program, however, must be carried out and be based on divine regulations; those heavenly rules pointed in the Glorious Quran and in celestial maxims of the Prophets and Imams[1].
The basic ingredients of this fact (marriage) have been ...
ISIS terrorist group is paying up to $10,000 to each recruiter in European countries for recruiting people to join ISIS in Syria and Iraq, UN experts said on Friday. “ISIS is using social media and informal networks of friends and family, with many of them in Syria, to recruit new militants in Belgium,” said Elzbieta Karska, who heads a UN group studying the issue. According to UN experts, more than 500 Belgians have joined the ...
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Monday toured the 32nd Tehran International Book Fair.
AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Monday toured the 32nd Tehran International Book Fair. Further details about the visit will be released later . The 32nd Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) has kicked off at the center of Tehran in presence ...
Nigerian authorities say Shia leader Ibrahim al-Zakzaky, who has been arrested and whose family and supporters have faced a bloody crackdown, will face prosecution.On Saturday, Nasir al-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State in north-central Nigeria, where Zakzaky was arrested in his home city of Zaria last week, said the cleric “will be prosecuted for any crimes that he may have committed,” Nigerian newspaper THISDAY reported on ...
n the special program of ‘Tebb al-Masumin’ that was held in the Dar al-Hidayat of the Razavi holy shrine, Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimin Mahdavinia noted that there are over 300 verses in the holy Qur’an that refer to the issue of nutrition and added, “This number of Qur’an verses in addition to hundreds of traditions from the Infallible Imams (A.S.) about nutrition indicates the particular attention of Islam to the ...
The word Shi'a, to quote Ibn Manzur, means "those people who love what the Prophet's Progeny loves, and they are loyal to such Progeny". Hameedullah Khan states "Shiat Ali means specifically that party which, after the death of the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) attached itself to Hazrat Ali...considering him the successor of the Prophet (PBUH) both in temporal and religious matters".1. Lisan al-'Arab, by Ibn Manzur, vol. 8, p1892. Schools of Islamic ...
As news about the growing influence of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) spread, an army of Muslim "clicktivists" armed with 140-character positive, peaceful or humorous messages, have taken to Twitter to counter anti-Muslim sentiments.
"The insidious thing about anti-Arab hate speech is that it seems to be acceptable, where the ‘n-word' or anti-Semitic remarks are not taken with the same degree of outrage," ...
If you are a new Muslim and you don't speak Arabic you are not obligated to speak Arabic. However you are obligated to speak it while in prayer. You must recite salat (prayer) in the Arabic language. It is encouraged to learn the language, both to speak it and to read it since the Holy Qur'an is in the Arabic language. You can learn this by going over the 'Salat page' of the Revert Muslim website, or contact us for a copy of the Salat ...
According to the Holy Quran, what are the ways through which mankind is put to test?Concise answer
God says in the Holy Quran that Allah created death and life, that He may try which of you is best in deed. The concept of divine test is very different from the tests carried out by human beings in respect of one another. Our test is aimed at getting more understanding and knowledge and at removing our doubts and ignorance but divine test is not ...
