There is a hadith from Imam Sadeq (as) in hadith sources regarding Nowruz which the popular vote has verified it to be reliable and therefore they have given the fatwa to the...
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Pope Francis sends a letter to the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, spiritual leader of Iraqi Shiites in which he recalls their fruitful meeting two years ago during the papal visit to Iraq and encourages him to promote fraternity among believers as a concrete response to...
Read More »Call for Papers: Succession in Islamic Law
The conference addresses the role succession law played in Muslim communities in the past, how it unfolds today and what it implies for future generations...
Read More »Call for Application: Doctoral Scholarship on the Study of Imāmī Shīʿism
The Al-Mahdi Institute (AMI) welcomes applications for the AMI Doctoral Scholarship to support talented students working on the study of Imāmī (Twelver) Shīʿism....
Read More »Human Rights in Islamic Societies: Muslims and the Western Conception of Rights
This book compares Islamic and Western ideas of human rights in order to ascertain which human rights, if any, can be considered universal. This is a profound topic with a rich history that is highly relevant within global politics and...
Read More »Pope’s Message of Gratitude to Ayatollah Sistani
A delegation from the Vatican, headed by the President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, conveyed the Pope’s message of gratitude to the office of the Grand Ayatollah Sistani, the...
Read More »Ayatollah Khamenei’s Message on Release of Spanish Version of His Book
In the ceremony announcing the official release of the Spanish translation of the book "Cell Number 14" in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, Ayatollah Khamenei's message to all the Spanish speaking people of the world was published...
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At present we are living in the period of Greater Occultation which is the period of “general deputyship”. That is, guidance of the Shiites is an obligation as well as a responsibility of the grand jurists and prominent religious scholars who bear the necessary qualifications and the...
Read More »Do all the Fuqaha Say that Smoking is Forbidden?
Islam prevented humans of eating or drinking or using everything that is harmful for health and the more harmful the prevention of its cause would be more serious until it reached the level of...
Read More »Boundaries of Life and Death from the Viewpoint of Shi‘i Islamic Jurisprudence
The article provides an overview of the various opinions, theories and debate concerning the boundaries of human life (the beginning and end of human life) in Shi‘i Islam and the important consequences in terms of the use of...
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