Mary, the Mother of Jesus, holds a very special position in Islam, and God proclaims her to be the best woman amongst all humanity, whom He chose above all other women due to her piety and devotion. “And (mention) when the angels said, ‘O Mary! Indeed God has chosen you, and purified you, and has chosen you above all other women of the worlds. O Mary! Be devoutly obedient to your Lord and prostrate and bow with those bow (in ...
Al-Farazdaq said: "Al-Kumayt was the poet of the first and the last. 'Ukrima al-Dabbi said: "Were it not for his poetry, there would be no translator for the language nor would there be a tongue for explanation. ( Roudat al-Jinan, vol. 6, p. 59) He was the foremost thinker and writer of the period. He played an important role in developing Arab culture and Islamic scientific movement. The following are some bright sides of his life.
His Birth ...
The Bahrain Airport authorities banned on Wednesday November 9, 2016, deputy Secretary General of the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights, Fatima al-Halwaji, from leaving the country. Al-Halwaji is one of many rights and political activists whom the authorities ban from leaving the country. The most recent case was that of activist Monzer al-Khour, who was banned from traveling last Saturday by the King Fahed Bridge borderline ...
In the 3rd year of Hijrah the first son was born to Fatima (S.A.), who was named "Hasan (A.S.)." The birth of this child saved the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) from the torture of the enemies and the sorrow of the separation of friends. He (P.B.U.H.) happily and joyfully visited Fatima's (S.A.) house and took Imam Hassan (A.S.) into his lap and recited Azan and Aqamat in his ears. Then he gave some silver, which was equal in weight of the hair of the ...
The debate over wearing veils at public universities has resurfaced after reports of professors singling out women for wearing hijabs. Both politicians and the public are struggling to find a balance between French secularism and religious tolerance.
The issue of whether to let women wear scarves at university came into the spotlight earlier this month when a professor at the Paris XIII university said that he did not support "religious symbols ...
Aristotle: The State of War and the State of Nature
Politics, Book I, Chp. 2, selections
He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin, whether a state or anything else, will obtain the clearest view of them. In the first place there must be a union of those who cannot exist without each other; namely, of male and female, that the race may continue (and this is a union which is formed, not of deliberate purpose, but because, in ...
Treatment of Illness and Supplication
Question: If a person falls ill, should he seek treatment a) with a doctor, or b) by eating dust from near Imam al-Husayn’s grave, or c) through supplication?
Brief Answer
Each of the aforementioned actions could potentially cure his illness independently or by combining with the other two. However, the best course is to accompany all our actions—among which are medical and ...
A Bahraini human rights group says the health condition of prominent Bahraini human rights advocate Ebtisam al-Saegh, who has repeatedly gone on hunger strike in protest at the torture and ill-treatment she has endured in prison, has deteriorated following a mass food poisoning.According to a Twitter account attributed to Nabeel Rajab, the chairman of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, the pro-democracy campaigner had to be hospitalized after ...
An American Muslim woman, who was on U.S. President Barack Obama's list of "leading Muslim females" in the country, said she was discriminated against on Friday after a flight attendant allegedly refused to give her an unopened can of soda. “I am sitting on a United Airlines flight in the air 30,000 ft above and I am in tears of humiliation from discrimination,” Tahera Ahmad, Director of Interfaith Engagement and an ...
Ibrahim bin Abbas, who was one of the high-ranking officials of the Abbasid caliphate, has left the following eyewitness account of Imam Reza's(A.S.) impeccable character.- His Holiness never irritated others by verbal or practical teasing.- His Holiness did not interrupt others' speeches.- The Holy Imam (A.S.) never refused the demands of others.- I never witnessed him to have his legs stretched out before the others.- And I could never find ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The Grand Imam of the al-Azhar mosque, Egypt's top Muslim authority, has called for a meeting of leading Sunni and Shia scholars in the capital, Cairo.The call by Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb aired on Egypt's state TV on Wednesday evening came at the close of a series of programs about Ramadan. Al Tayeb called on Sunni scholars to issue a Fatwa (Religious edict) prohibiting the killing of Shia Muslims. He also called on Shia ...
Bodies of 8 martyrs killed in a Friday suicide bombing at a Kuwaiti Shia mosque were buried in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq.
AhlulBayt News Agency - Bodies of 8 martyrs killed in a Friday suicide bombing at a Kuwaiti Shia mosque were buried in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq.Seven of the martyrs were Kuwaiti Shias and one was a Saudi national, al-Alam news network reported.They were buried at Wadi al-Salam cemetery in Najaf.On Friday, June 26, at ...
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: Ismael and Issac. Issac is the source of the divine Prophets until the time of Jesus and Ismael is the source of all the Prophets to the time of ...
The Man of Islam
I have tried in the course of my life to be a man of Islam, but do not know if I have stood up to the test. I have found that Muslim man must behave in society according to the ethics of Islam, not according to his personal ethics. Whether he calls to Islam or is a scholar, a thinker, or activist, he must keep within the overall picture of Islam, especially in ethics. I did not see myself as being so free that I could impose on ...
Ali Ibn Yaqtin was one of the pupils of Imam Al-Sadiq (A.S) and a loyal follower of him, who was known to be among the most pious and humble men during those times. It is narrated that once the season of Haj had arrived, Ali found out that Imam Al-Sadiq (A.S) is going to Haj as well; therefore, he decided to accompany the Imam as well. He had saved up some coins for his journey for a long time, and he was counting the days to arrive in Mecca and ...
The birth of Christ is an occasion we celebrate, since Christ (p.) is one of Allah's messengers, through whom the power of God, the most Exalted, was manifested and who gave the world a message of love, peace, tolerance and justice.
The birth of Jesus Christ: A symbol of love and tolerance(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) The birth of Christ is an occasion we celebrate, since Christ (p.) is one of Allah's messengers, through whom the power of God, the ...
... Thiqat al-'Islam Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, from Muhammad ibn Sinan, from 'Awn ibn al-Qalanisi, from Ibn Abi Ya'fur, who reports Abu `Abd Allah (al-'Imam al-Sadiq) (A) to have said: "One who meets Muslims with a double face and a double tongue, on the Day of Judgement he will come with two tongues of fire." [1]
Exposition:
Double-facedness is the characteristic of the person ...
Hypocrisy: The Ugliest Trait
Hypocrisy is Undoubtedly one of the most detestable qualities. It is in man’s nature to accept happiness and freedom; and to upgrade itself to the highest degree of dignity. Yet when man becomes polluted with lying, violation of promises and breaching of agreements, hypocrisy finds itself a wide arena and is ready to penetrate such polluted natures. Hypocrisy advances in these circumstances until it eventually ...
-It is narrated from Imam Reza (AS) who said: The prostration (Sijdah) after performing Wajib Salaat, is a kind of thanking God for the blessing granted to God’s servant to be able to perform his/her religious duty, and the saying which is repeated at least three times while prostrating is: “Shokran Lellah”. Imam Reza (AS) was asked: What is the meaning of “Shokran Lellah”? Imam Reza (AS) replied: It means that the ...
