Regarding the tragedy of Ashura, one of the questions that arises is why Imam Husayn (a), knowing that he would have become martyr along with his companions, brought his family with him and what the role of the women in...
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The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question Ayatullah al-Sistani Regarding the Mourning Ceremonies of Imam al-Hussain (p) for the Month of Muharram, 1442 A.H. during the...
Read More »Video: Ayatollah Khamenei’s Advice on Mourning in Muharram amid Coronavirus
The Shia prominent jurist, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei offers some advice for Imam Hussain (as) mourning on this Muharram during Coronavirus outbreak....
Read More »Pakistan to Adopt Iran’s Shia Scholars Model for Muharram Ceremonies
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan called on his people to follow Iran’s model for Muharram mourning ceremonies....
Read More »Can a Sayyida Marry a non Sayyid?
There is no problem in the marriage between Sayyid girls or women with non-Sayyid Shiite men as it is not necessary for Sayyid girls and women to marry Sayyid men. None of the...
Read More »Is It Permissible to Eat Foods Prepared by Christians, Jews and Non Ahl al-Kitab?
Since the followers of the past revealed religions (that is, the Jews, the Christians and the Zoroastrians) are ritually pure, many of the problems concerning the status and permissibility of the food are resolved when we...
Read More »The Rights of a Suckling Infant in Islam
According to the recommendations of the great leaders of Islam, the best food for a baby is the mother’s milk. For a suckling child, nothing can be substituted for the mother’s milk. Therefore, one of the...
Read More »Can the Slaughtered Meat of the Non-Muslims Be Used (Lawfully)?
The opinion of the Shia' jurists and the School of Thought of the Ahl al-Bayt (the family of the Noble Prophet of Islam (s)) is that meat that has not been slaughtered according to Islamic laws, the ruling is that it is...
Read More »Triple Talaq according to Shia and Sunni Scholars
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...
Read More »Is It Permissible for a Muslim Man to Marry a Non-Muslim Woman?
Is it permissible for a Muslim man to marry a non-Muslim woman who is still married to a non-Muslim man? Is there an ‘idda period for her when she separates from...
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