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The fact that a woman’s inheritance is half that of a man’s has enticed many to delve into the rationale behind this rule. In the answers that have reached us from the leaders of religion, the following point has been...

According to Islam, the man and woman have to be in pursuit of a common objective, which is to reach the pinnacle of humanity, and both must bear the means of accomplishing such an...

When I was roughly 19 years old, I was assigned with a duty to deliver a letter written by my father (Ayatollah Sadr, the then grand Ayatollah) to the incumbent Iranian Prime Minister. I, therefore, travelled from Qom to...

Ayatollah Khamenei has introduced a model of an ideal Islamic family, which will aid in building an Islamic civilisation

Statistics have shown that the rate of marriage, particularly in recent years, has decreased considerably....

According to a consensus by Shiite and Sunni jurists, if a man has triply divorced his wife, then it will be forbidden for him to marry her again, unless the woman marries another man and then gets divorced from him or...

As with every other aspect of our lives, Islam provides us with all the necessary information for the sexual lives of man and woman. The reason for this is simple; Islam recognizes the innate nature of man, and has ordained sexual relations for pleasure, and not just procreation. Sexual desires cannot, and should not be...

What practical lessons do we as a community take from Lady Zaynab immense contribution to humanity? How well do we appreciate the monumental impact she made on the establishment of our faith and the implications that may have on our lives today...

it is essential for the woman to have the consent of her husband to use birth control methods.

Iranian top cleric Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani thanked Austria’s supreme court for overturning a ban wearing headscarves in the European country’s schools....