In the era of Imam Reza (peace be upon him), the continuation of Imamate came with concerns. The Shiites saw that there was no specific character of Ahlul Bayt (peace be upon them) that he would hope for the continuation of...
Read More »New Clear Fatwa of al-Azhar regarding Tawassul; a Prelude to Decline of Wahhabi Dominance
In reply to a question about the ruling of making entreaty to the Prophet (s) for curing Coronavirus disease, the fatwa committee of the Islamic research assembly of al-Azhar said, “after the Prophet’s (s) demise, according to the...
Read More »Is It Permissible to Eat Foods Prepared by Christians, Jews and Non Ahl al-Kitab?
Since the followers of the past revealed religions (that is, the Jews, the Christians and the Zoroastrians) are ritually pure, many of the problems concerning the status and permissibility of the food are resolved when we...
Read More »The Rights of a Suckling Infant in Islam
According to the recommendations of the great leaders of Islam, the best food for a baby is the mother’s milk. For a suckling child, nothing can be substituted for the mother’s milk. Therefore, one of the...
Read More »The Rights Islam Offers to Women
With the onset of Islam and its special teachings, the life of women entered into a new phase - a phase which differed vastly from the previous one and became one in which women availed of...
Read More »Article: Digital Technology and Pilgrimage: Shiʿi Rituals of Arbaʿin in Iraq
Based on two fieldwork studies conducted during Arbaʿin in 2016 and 2017, the present study attempts to examine the changing characteristics of the rituals...
Read More »The Second Fatimah: The Spiritual Role of Lady Ma’sumah and a Study of Her Ziyarah
It is unlikely that those who lived at the time of Lady Ma'sumah - the daughter of the seventh Twelver Shi'a Imam, Musa al-Kazim - anticipated the effect she would have on tens of millions of people after...
Read More »Can the Slaughtered Meat of the Non-Muslims Be Used (Lawfully)?
The opinion of the Shia' jurists and the School of Thought of the Ahl al-Bayt (the family of the Noble Prophet of Islam (s)) is that meat that has not been slaughtered according to Islamic laws, the ruling is that it is...
Read More »Why Do Shia Pray at Three Times while Quran Says Pray at Five Times?
Although the Quran has mentioned that prayer is wajib several times and hasn’t gone into the details, it has spoken of its times: “Maintain the prayer from the sun's decline till the...
Read More »Bahraini Scholars Slam Saudi Media’s Insult to Ayatollah Sistani
In a statement, Bahraini clerics condemned the Saudi Arabian media’s insult to leading Iraq Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani....
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