Fiqh & Socitey

The Holy Imam Musa al-Kazim is the Seventh Apostolic Imam. His epithet was Abu 'l-Hasan and his famous title was al-Kazim. His matchless devotion and worship of God has also earned him the...

In the sunnah, especially in Shiʿi narrations, the intellect or intellection has been given much importance. One of the merits of Shiʿi narrations compared to non-Shiʿi narrations is the...

His Holiness went on to point out the role that great religious and spiritual leaders must play in preventing catastrophes, and noted that they are expected to persuade the...

The International Qur’anic Studies Association has opened its call for papers for its Annual Meeting to be held in San Antonio, TX and virtually from...

The following is an excerpt from the speech delivered on June 12, 1995 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, in a meeting with Sulayman Kattani, a...

Dialogue parties must inform society about what they learn of commonalities and the nature of differences between the religions, so that society moves away from fear and misunderstanding to an increased knowledge that...

This article seeks to elucidate Lady Zaynab’s commitment to wilayah from Medina to Karbala, and then Sham (Damascus) by her obedience to - and protection and defense of...

One should be aware that although the imam’s names,) especially Imam Ali’s(, haven’t been mentioned in the Quran, nevertheless, their names,) especially Imam Ali’s (can be found in the...

Ali was born within the Ka'bah with his eyes closed and his body in humble prostration before the Almighty. Fatimah stayed in the Ka'bah for three days and as the...

This paper presents the discourse about the religious Other of an influential cleric of the twentieth century, Muḥammad Jawād Maghniyah....