Unfortunately, many of us feel it is nearly impossible for our offspring to select the right kind of atmosphere in which they are able to freely and comfortably nurture their faith while living in the West. On the other hand, there are the parents who have complete confidence in their children and never worry about who their friends are and what they do. For them, raising children well at home rules out any possibility of them being negatively ...
Slovak police investigate the case of a Muslim woman robbed and attacked in downtown Bratislava on the same day as terrorist attacks in Brussels, March 22. The woman travelled in Hodžovo Square with her son, aged 3, and she wanted to take bus No. 83 to the Main (railway) Station at the stop near the Presidential Palace when an unknown man tried to take off her veil and pulled her handbag. When she looked back, she saw he took her purse and ...
Bible verses regarding head covering or Hijab. It clearly states that the woman needs to cover up her hair.
King James Bible CORINTHIANS 11:1-18
11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Thirteen graves, thought to belong to Muslims, were damaged in acts of vandalism over the weekend in the Swiss city of Lausanne, police said on Monday. The damaged headstones in the Bois-de-Vaux cemetery bore the names of people thought to be Muslims based on their names appearing to be of Arab or North African origin. However, none of the sites had specific symbols distinguishing the buried as ...
1.The reality of marriage
It must be taken into consideration that marriage in fact is the intermarriage of the souls, not just the bodies.
From this it becomes known that the spiritual intermarriage needs a special kind of maturity, and not attaining the stage of spiritual majority and maturity in this connection might be a cause of the relapsing of the marital life even when committed to some of the external indications of the Shariah, ...
AhlulBayt News Agency - The Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen (biggest Shiite religious-political party of Pakistan) Secretary General Allama Nasir Abbas Jaffary on the third day of hunger strike on Sunday urged the Army Chief General Raheel Sharif to form a commission to probe the recent gunning down of four in Parachinar allegedly at the hands of FC and Levies personnel.Speaking to a media conference here the MWM leader, who was flanked by Sunni Ittehad ...
A discontented nurse working clandestinely for a covert medical corps in Şanlıurfa—a city in Southeastern Turkey, close to the border with neighboring Syria— divulged information about the alleged role which Sümeyye Erdogan plays in providing extended medical care for ISIL wounded militants transferred to Turkish hospitals. Living in a dilapidated apartment in Istanbul’s outskirts along with her two children, a 34-year- ...
Some unidentified assailants shot dead the leader of a Shiite religious organisation in Prowa area of Dera Ismail Khan, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday. Police said that the armed motorcyclists opened fire at Anjuman Sadda-e-Hussain president Mukhtar Hussain Baloch near Proa Adda, injuring him critically. He was hurried to nearby hospital but he succumbed to injuries on the way.
The assailants, however, managed to flee from the ...
AhlulBayt News Agency - Bahrain sentenced opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman to four years in jail Tuesday on charges related to alleged incitement against the ruling system, his Al Wefaq party said on its official twitter account."The regime is pushing toward aggravation and issued a sentence of four years for the Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman," the party wrote.
Amnesty International has called on Bahraini authorities to release ...
Increased divorce rates in recent years demonstrate that many couples have failed to consider the key principles that keep a marriage alive and fruitful.Islam however, acknowledges the enormity of the institution of marriage by equating it to half of one’s faith. Marriage is a challenge and there definitely aren’t any shortcuts to take. Nonetheless, there are a few key principles outlined by the Qur`an and ahadith that are useful in ...
Publication of Vol. 21 “Little Angels” in Spanish Language by AhlulBayt (a.s.) World-Assembly
AhlulBayt News Agency – Newly Quarterly “The Little Angels” in Spanish (Main language: angelitos) is released.Quarterly “The Little Angels” is an Illustrated and colored which is arranged by chief editor, Somayye Rabbani and is aimed at children and adolescents.
This volume that is the 21st of the series is ...
third limit of friendship is that a position or fortunes should not change the relation with the friends. The fourth limit is that the friend should not deprive his friend of anything that he is capable of doing. The fifth limit –which is the most comprehensive-, is that the friend should never leave his friend alone in calamities.” ( 3 )
Friends’ Selection
The characteristics of friends move between them very quickly. The bad, however, ...
Themes I - Our Youth In the Light Of The Quran
The Word as a medium of InstructionQuestion: In the light of the bequest of Luqman to his son as he was exhorting him, what is the value of direct education in terms of guidance, perspective, and advice?
Abrahamic education
Corrupt woman and society
Studies on Noah's experience
The Problem of Jealousy
Friendship and Friends
The Two Parents and their Guardianship over their ...
A number of pilgrims were narrating their experiences of Hajj to Imam Al- Sadiq (A.S), and recounting their views about their fellow pilgrims. One person was immensely impressed by a fellow pilgrim and said, ‘He was truly pious and an indefatigable worshipper of Allah. Whenever we broke journey to rest for the night, he retired to a secluded place, spread out his prayer mat and got engrossed in the worship of Allah.’The Imam (A.S) ...
On the sideline of International Cancer Congress, CEO of Razvi Hospital in the International Cancer Congress revealed the hospital’s achievement to one of the most advanced surgical procedures for brain tumor.Dr. Saeed Hashemzadeh while announcing this news said, “Razavi Mehr Center has planned this advanced surgery in order to provide the best health care services to patients with cancer.”“In this surgical procedure, in ...
Nasrallah made the remarks while delivering a speech in commemoration of the 17th anniversary of the liberation of the southern Lebanon from the Israeli occupation. Addressing nation from the southern city of Hermel, Nasrallah said resistance has got strong enough not to wait for support from the rest of the world or from inside the country or outside. Lambasting the world’s indifference toward the occupation of Lebanon by Israel, he ...
Work not- Just PrayAn extremely anxious and perplexed man visited Hazrat Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (‘a), and begged him to pray that Allah would increase his sustenance and relieve him of all financial stress.The Imam (‘a) answered, ‘I shall certainly not pray for you.’The poor man sighed and asked, ‘But why not? What have I done?’The Imam (‘a) replied, ‘You know perfectly well that Allah has devised ...
On Tuesday,(October 27th, 2015) Mohammad al-Nimr, brother Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shia cleric and well-known pro-democracy political activist was picked up by the Saudi authorities and imprisoned for crimes against the crown.
Saudi Arabia has a long record when it comes to cracking down on what its officials perceive as dissidence; allowing for its judges to hand out the harshest sentences: death penalty and/or corporal punishments, to ...
How is it possible for some of the Imams to reach Imamate while still children?Concise answer
According to the undisputed belief of Imami Shi'ism taken from numerous verses and Prophetic traditions, the Imamate is a Divine position. So if it is established that someone has been divinely appointed to this position a Muslim must submit to his command and authority without question obeying Allah (awj) as He says, "Allah best knows where to place ...
She used to be a Southern Baptist, a radical feminist and a broadcast journalist. Now Aminah Assilmi is an ambassador of Islam.The director of the International Union of Muslim Women, Assilmi calls Fairfield, Ohio, home. She travels the country speaking on college campuses, increasing public awareness and understanding of the faith.She wears the traditional Islamic hijab, which includes a head scarf, covering her hair and neck and modest ...