Imam al-Rida ('a) played an integral role in guiding the intellectual progress of the Muslim Ummah and defending the Islamic beliefs against the encroachment of...
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Imam Ali ibn Musa Al-Rida was the great-grandson and direct descendant of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). He lived between 765AD and 818AD....
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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei says that everyone should make all-out efforts to prevent the disruption of Muslim unity, because creating discord between the...
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The issue of Wilayat al-Faqih is one of the important issues in the jurisprudence of Islam; the jurisprudents have mentioned both intellectual and narrative proofs and it is over one...
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Robin Woodsworth Carlsen met Imam Khomeini during his third visit to Iran since the Islamic Revolution. Earlier he had written two books on Iran, the first, Crisis in...
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Imam Khomeini is exception among Muslim scholars as he succeeded in bringing about a revolution and establishing the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thus, it is necessary to...
Read More »The Teacher Who Had the Most Profound Influence on Imam Khomeini
The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini’s spiritual development was, however, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Shahabadi (d. 1328 Sh. /1950); to him the....
Read More »The Fusion of the Gnostic and Politics in Life of Imam Khomeini by Hamid Algar
It is related that when teaching a class on ethical advancement at Qum in the 1930's, Imam Khomeini (R.A.) would always close his lectures with the following sentence from the Munajat-i Sha'ban, a litany unique in....
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Many prominent international figures, especially the ones known in religious and political arenas, have honored and glorified the Founder of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Imam Khomeini (May his soul rest in peace)....
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In essence, Imam (ra) views the medical profession as an invaluable means to worship God and serve creatures of God. According to Imam (ra), seeking divine pleasure should be the...
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