Prosperity or RuinAttaining prosperity or ruin is the result of one's acts, morals and beliefs. Good morals, righteous beliefs and good deeds will result in prosperity, while wrong belief, bad character and wicked deeds will result in one's life getting ruined. Prosperity implies happiness in this world and the Hereafter, while getting ruined implies a disastrous life here and loss in the Hereafter. The result of prosperity is God's Pleasure and ...
a) The first reward granted to those who swallow their anger is that they shall have protection on the Day of Resurrection.If Allah was to grant a person protection on the Day of Resurrection, which is also the day known as: The Day of Grief; The Day of Everything in the Open; The Day of Trepidation; The Day of the Great Fear; and The Day of the Distress, then is there any greater blessing or gift?!In the same way, if a person was to possess the ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Bahrain's main opposition group Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society stressed that August 14 is a historic day in Bahrain and a badge of pride for all Bahrainis for it represented a transition from a protectorate to an independent and sovereign state.It considers that August 14, 1971 was a major turnpoint leading to the stability of Bahrain and cohesion of its people under the unified principles and values of establishing a ...
Originally, in Arabic the word 'as-Sawm' meant 'al-Imsak', that is, to abstain totally from any act including eating, drinking, walking, speaking, etc. Thus, the Arabs used to refer to a horse refusing to run or to be fed, as 'Sa'im', that is, fasting. As is clear, the word 'Sawm' is ancient and was used in a different context by the Arabs before Islam. Then, however it did not have the specific meaning given to it by Islam as a term denoting a ...
At least two commanders of the ISIL militant group have been killed and six others arrested in mop-up operations by Afghan security forces carried out against the Takfiri terrorists in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. Brigadier General Fazl Ahmad Sherzad, the provincial police chief, told reporters on Tuesday that the ISIL extremists were killed and arrested in Chaparhar district, located 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of the ...
The relation between man and woman becomes lawful by contracting marriage. There are two kinds of marriages: (i) Permanent marriage (ii) Fixed-time marriage In a permanent marriage, the period of matrimony is not fixed, and it is forever. The woman with whom such a marriage is concluded is called da'ima (i.e. a permanent wife). In a fixed time marriage (Mut'ah), the period of matrimony is fixed, for example matrimonial relation is contracted ...
Swiss media revealed on Saturday that a “World champion” in Muay Thai Boxing has joined ISIS in Syria, indicating that boxing fans demanded by depriving him of all sports titles in his possession, while the world champion confirmed that he is seeking to die “as a martyr through Jihad ...
The Russian capital Moscow is growing increasingly Islamic, as the number of Muslims in the city has increased to over 1.5 million over the past decade, according to Russia’s chief of imams. There are hundreds of mosques in Moscow, but not enough to accommodate the huge number of worshippers, forcing many to pray on the streets. According to experts, the number of Muslims in the city has grown dramatically in the past two decades due to ...
The infallibility of the Prophets in the Qur’an
Question: Explain the infallibility of the prophets. Why is it that some verses of the Qur`an contradict their infallibility?
Brief Answer
The answer to these questions can be summarized in the following points:
1. Infallibility is a state of the soul that makes an infallible person shun sins or any unpalatable acts and protects him from mistakes and forgetfulness ...
"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."
"To her the name of father was another name for love."
~~By Fanny Fern.~~
"They didn"t believe their father had ever been young; surely even in the cradle he had been a very,
very small man in a gray suit, with a little dark mustache and flat, incurious eyes."
~~By Richard Shattuck.~~
"Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers-
and ...
- Covering over 20,000 square meters, it stands adjacent to the world-famous Imam Mosque in south side of the historical Naqsh-e Jahan (Imam) Square, the second largest in the world after Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, the mosque is still functional as a busy place of worship in the historical precinct of the city. It features evolutionary yet remarkable decorative tilework, stucco and other intricate ...
Sayyed Nasrallah: US-Gulf Sanctions Ineffective / Fighting public sector corruption in Lebanon “major battle”
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah stressed on Friday that fighting the public sector corruption in Lebanon is a major national battle, adding that the party will start carrying out all the items of its election program in order to be honest with its supporters.
In a televised speech ...
When the sperm of the man enters the womb of the woman and fuses with the ovum, the process of fertilisation and the woman becoming a mother commences. The fertilised egg(the ovum) starts fast metamorphosis and ultimately takes the final shape of a human being. In fact the age of a person can be counted from the day the process of fertilisation takes place.
One intellectual writes:
“When a person arrives in this world, he would already ...
Three Welsh teachers say they will join their Muslim students’ sponsored fast in an effort to counter Islamophobia wave in the UK. “Seeing the efforts they make to study while doing Ramadan, we wanted to show we empathise and want to show that there is community support within the community here,” the teachers said. “By participating in the fast, we hope to show solidarity with our Muslim students as well as those in ...
The Islamic Centre Hamburg was established half a century ago to date. It was registered in Germany by Ayatollah Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti on February 8, 1966.Such great Muslim scholars as Hojjs. Mohammad Mohaqeqi, Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari, Mohammad Moqaddam, Mohammad Baqer Ansari, Seyed Reza Hosseininasab, Ayatollah Seyed Abbas Qaemmaqami, and Ayatollah Reza Ramezani serving as its directors over the years, the center has carried out ...
Happiness and misery have different ranks. Neither everyone who is in Heaven nor everyone who is in Hell have the same rank. The Hell has seven doors, each taking the newcomer to a different place. The more sever one’s sins, the lower the rank of the Hell he enters.The Gates of Hell:According to Holy Qur’an, “And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all! To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class ...
The 52-year-old Ayse Gurcan has become Turkey’s first ever hijab-wearing female minister. She was appointed by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as one of the members of the interim Cabinet announced on Friday, August 30, and will serve as the minister of family and social policy. Gurcan, a mother of three, is a member of the board of the Foundation for Youth and Education (TURGEV). She is seen as the mastermind behind the ...
One Ethiopian female student was asked why you follow the rules of Islam such as fasting, hijab (head cover), prayers: she answered: I am following because Allah had ordered us to follow so as a Muslim, it is our duty to follow the rules taught to us by God.1. Why is Hijab compulsory for the girls in Islam?We observe how the media is ruthlessly misusing the external appearance of the woman by disrobing her. And only Allah knows, to what worst ...
Every Muslim who has attained puberty and has sufficient means not only to undertake a journey to Mecca but also for the subsistence of his dependants during his absence, must once in his life time perform pilgrimage.Kaaba is the edifice which was presented to God as a gift by His Prophets Abraham and Ishmael.The rites for the pilgrimage begin on the 8th of the eleventh month and culminate into the Idd of Sacrifice on the 10th. (II:158, 196-203; ...
Cows are revered by Hindus and slaughtering them as well as possession or consumption of beef is banned in most Indian states, with some imposing life sentences for breaking the law. Junaid Khan, 15, was travelling from New Delhi on Friday with three of his brothers when a fight erupted over seats. Between 15 and 20 men pulled out knives and set upon the brothers while making anti-Muslim comments and insisting one of the packets they were ...
