Seyyed Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Iranian’s cultural attaché in Baku, addressed the forum which was attended by a group of female scholars and intellectuals.
Ebrahimi also referred to Surah An-Nisa of the Holy Quran which includes numerous references to women and noted that Hazrat Khadijeh (SA), Hazrat Zahra (SA) and Hazrat Zeynab (SA) are the best role models for women.
Also speaking at the program was Azadeh Taleh Ava, head of the ...
Militants of the ISIS stormed on Tuesday an all-girls school in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, and threatened to mercilessly punish the students if they violated the Sharia dress. The radical group had issued a statement earlier on Monday, calling on all women in Aden, including school girls, to show commitment to the dress code imposed by ISIS under the pretext of applying the Sharia law. Local sources reported that ISIS militants ...
n Algeria, for example, government agencies and charity centers have begun handing out food packages.According to Algerian minister of solidarity, family and women's affairs, millions of families will receive the packages, ajib website reported.She said there is no need for those who want to get the food packages to leave home but they will receive their packs at home.Ramadan is a blessed month of reflection, prayer and fasting for Muslims. ...
The Philosophy of Socrates
I. Introduction
The traditional belief of the Greeks had been that their cities had received their laws from some divinity, protector of the city, and that good (happiness) consists in conforming one's life to these laws, accepted as divine and eternal. The Sophists shook this faith to its very roots.
As in the case of the problem of knowledge, by defending relativism they ended in Skepticism; so also in the ...
Dozens of mosques around the UK are to open their doors to non-Muslims this weekend in an effort to counter negative perceptions of Islam and educate people about the ...
Religion Verses Envy
Allah, the Almighty, has said in the Holy Qur`an: Despite the fact that it is in man’s nature to love and achieve benefits for himself, he is requested to comply to the jurisprudential laws, the logic of reason, and the social welfare when he attempts to respond to his said nature. Therefore, when Allah grants someone a benefaction, no one should encroach upon or deprive him of this gift for the one reason of fulfilling ...
Ever since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran 35 years ago in 1979, when Iranian women recovered their Islamic identity, a great number of books and articles have been published on Hijab or the Islamic veil for safeguarding the freedom and liberties of Muslim women. Recently, Mrs. Randa Abdul-Fattah has dwelt on this lively topic in a very interesting manner in her novel "Does My Head Look Big in This?" The book which has ...
Injustice and oppression to the orphans brings severe punishment in this world as well as Hereafter. In the same way kind and gentle behaviour towards them earns countless rewards in this world, as well as the Hereafter. Especially blessed by Allah are those who protect the orphans and take the responsibility of being guardians to them. Numerous traditions have been recorded concerning this. A few of these are quoted below.
Hazrat Imam Ja'far ...
ook how everywhere in the world where there is a Muslim community, they receive a much harsher treatment compared with others. Kashmir is a contemporary example for this. Muslims there speak out their rights. Anyone who is informed of what Kashmir has gone through, knows what Muslims of Kashmir express is nothing but truth and justice. Those who silence them have an unjust cause. Those who attack them are the ones who are doing the wrong action. ...
Also, it would be appropriate to ponder about the narrations regarding supplications, as well as to think about the ways and manners of supplications as practised by the sinless Imams [a]; must take a profound look at the exalted themes and subtle meanings which are contained in the supplications compiled by those honourable ones. In order to discover that whatever these impeccable ones have incorporated in their supplications regarding Allah ...
Head of Iraqi Scholars Association on Tuesday sharply criticized Sunni clerics of Iraq for their silence over the heinous crimes committed by the Takfiri (extremist) terrorists. Sheikh Khalid Al Mulla rapped the silence of senior Sunni clerics in Iraq over the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group's atrocities, saying that they are ashamed of issuing fatwas (religious edicts) against the group. Al Mulla said that even ...
Such An Intelligent Youth Whose Fame Regarding His Foresight Would Endure Forever Muhammad ibn Tusi, famous as Shaykh Tusi is the most well known jurist and Mujtahid of the Shias who lived during the first half of the 5th century A.H. He was originally an inhabitant of Tus and was born there in 385 A.H. He received primary education in his homeland of Iran and after that he moved to Baghdad for higher studies. During those times Baghdad was the ...
All the religions in the world have allocated places for worshipping Allah. In this way, man would be able to have an unspoken communication for his/her needs with Allah free from all worldly attachments. In the manifested religion of Islam, this space of worship, which is called a mosque, enjoys some types of specific characteristics. A mosque is a holy place besides being a place for social, political and cultural activities. Muslims in the ...
An Afghan Shi’a scholar has said that Saudi Arabia has embarked on a project to sow discord between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims in the war-torn country and called for national unity. Hujjat al-Islam Sayyed Isa Hoseyni-Mazari, the director of the Tebyan Centre of Cultural-Social Activities, referred to the terrorist movements and inhuman activities promoted by Saudi Arabia in Afghanistan and noted the unity of the Afghan people in the ...
Here is Gabriel informing me that Allah gave Fatema to you in marriage, and made forty thousand angels testify to her marriage. He also revealed to the Tree of Tooba to sprinkle them with gems, rubies, jewelry and embellishments. When it had done this, the Houris rushed to collect these gems, rubies, jewelry, and embellishments to exchange them for gifts until the Day of Resurrection." These are the tidings that Prophet Muhammad ...
Imam Ali said:
A child's right over his/her parents is to choose him a good name, to give him the proper upbringing and to teach him the Quran. [Nahj ul-Balaghah, Hikmat, p399]
The Path to Prosperity
At first we will mention the following words from the Commander of the Faithful about prosperity. These divine and wise words have risen out of his heavenly heart to guide man towards prosperity. In response to one who asked what prosperity is ...
"I am not a racist in any form whatsoever. I don't believe in any form of discrimination or segregation. I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with the religion of Islam. It just teaches us to believe in Allah as the God. Those of you who are Christian probably believe in the same God, because I think you believe in the God Who created the universe. That's the One we believe in, the One ...
By: Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari And He has cast great mountains in the earth lest it might be convulsed with you, and rivers and roads that you may go aright; and landmarks; and by the stars they find the right way. (al-Nahl, 16/15-16) The term “guidance” always brings to one’s mind the notion of spiritual instruction and direction. However, in the case of God Almighty and His constant and widespread grace, we cannot confine this term to ...
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - 1. An act of obedience The scarf an act of obedience to Allah and to his prophet (pbuh&hh), Allah says in the Qur'an: ﴾It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His messenger have decreed a matter that they should have an option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, has indeed strayed in a plain error.﴿ (S33:36). Allah also said: ﴾And tell the believing women to lower their ...
"Human all have a telling role to play in countering extremism," stressed hia Source of Emulation Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi-Golpaygani urging Muslims and non-Muslims to stand united against extremist groups. Making his remarks in religious course held in holy Qom Seminary, the religious cleric demanded Muslims not to bow out of their responsibilities of sorting out the current setbacks encouraging them to collaborate for solving the ...
