Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
The Al-Mahdi Institute (AMI) welcomes applications for the AMI Doctoral Scholarship to support talented students working on the study of Imāmī (Twelver) Shīʿism....
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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...
Read More »Why Does the Imam al-Mahdi Not Write a Book to Guide People during the Occultation?
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...
Read More »West’s Capitalistic System and the Sexualized Identity of Women
In this article, Hakimeh Saghaye-Biria, assistant professor at Tehran University, focuses on how and to what extent the identity of women has been sexualized in capitalistic societies....
Read More »Does Imam al-Mahdi (aj) Have a Spouse and Children?
Although it is possible for the imam (as) to have a spouse and children, and such a matter is in no way in conflict with his occultation, nevertheless, there isn't any substantial hadithic reasoning that proves anything regarding this subject. It can be said that just as how Allah (swt) wished for...
Read More »When the Imam al-Mahdi Reappears, How Many Prophets and Imams Will Return and Accompany his Reappearance?
It has been narrated that after the reappearance of the Twelfth Imam (aj) and his establishment of a global Islamic government and prior to the Day of Judgment, certain individuals will be raised from their graves and brought back to...
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