Legal maxims reflect settled principles of law to which jurists appeal when confronting new legal cases. One such maxim of Islamic criminal law stipulates that judges are to avoid imposing hudūd and other sanctions when beset by...
Read More »Call for Papers: Shiʿi Piety: Theory and Materiality from Premodern to Postmodern
Leiden University Shiʿi Studies Initiative (LUSSI) will host one-day workshop titled Shiʿi Piety: Theory and Materiality from Premodern to Postmodern on...
Read More »Summer Schools: Islam in Constitutional Adjudication in Europe
Providing law clerks and legal assistants to Constitutional and Supreme Courts as well as PhD students, post Docs and researchers with an opportunity for comparative critical analysis of case law...
Read More »Ramadan Is the Month of Humbleness, Repentance, Piety and morality: Ayt. Khamenei
In the sermon delivered by the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) on the last Friday of the month of Sha’ban, there are certain points that show this month is not only the month of worshiping God. It is also the month of morality and the month of acquiring and...
Read More »Fasting in Ramadan: A Simple Guide to Ritual, Social and Spiritual Dimensions+PDF
The book “Fasting in Ramadan: A Simple Guide To Ritual, Social & Spiritual Dimensions” is a collection of articles written and speeches given by ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi on the various dimensions and significance of the Holy month of Ramadan. Fasting during the month of Ramadhan is one of the …
Read More »Who Did Fast in Space for the First Time?
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor is a Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and was the first Malaysian to go into space. He was launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew during holy month of Ramadan on October 10, 2007. Sheikh Muszaphar and three other finalists were selected …
Read More »Ahlulbayt World Assembly’s Statement on the 1st Anniversary of Sheikh Isa Qassim’s House Arrest
We are on the threshold of the first anniversary of the heinous crime of Al Khalifa regime - supported by the United States, British government, and Saudi regime - against hundreds of Bahraini citizens who had peacefully staged a...
Read More »Wisconsin Churches Wish Muslims a Blessed Ramadan by Printing 100 Signs
Wisconsin Council of Churches (WCC) have reached out to its Muslim neighbors in Madison with a greeting message to welcome the holy month of Ramadan...
Read More »Obligatory Qada and Kaffarah of Fasting
Fasting means that a person must, in order to do homage to Allah, from the time of Adhan for Fajr prayer up to Maghrib, avoid nine things which will be mentioned later. In some situations Qada or Kaffara or Both of...
Read More »My Child Is Becoming Baaligh, What Should I Do?
Sometimes when my daughter will have questions about her religious obligations, I feel like just saying, “You have to do it. That’s it.” But I have to sit back and realize that it takes time to understand and I am doing a...
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