Fiqh & Socitey

Hajj is the greatest outward symbol of both tawhid and the ummah—including implicitly the latter’s integrity and....

Ayatollah Khamenei described the Religious Authority and person of Ayatollah Sistani as being a great blessing for Iraq and stated, “Hashd al-Shabi is another great blessing in...

Located in Fairfax Virginia, Mufid Academic Seminary (MAS) announces the launch of its BA in Hawzah Studies program for...

Sayyid Abu al-Qāsim Kāshānī (b. 1885 - d. 1962) was an Iranian faqih and politician who campaigned against Britain in Iraq and had a role in the nationalization of the...

In the era of Imam Reza (peace be upon him), the continuation of Imamate came with concerns. The Shiites saw that there was no specific character of Ahlul Bayt (peace be upon them) that he would hope for the continuation of...

In reply to a question about the ruling of making entreaty to the Prophet (s) for curing Coronavirus disease, the fatwa committee of the Islamic research assembly of al-Azhar said, “after the Prophet’s (s) demise, according to the...

With the onset of Islam and its special teachings, the life of women entered into a new phase - a phase which differed vastly from the previous one and became one in which women availed of...

Based on two fieldwork studies conducted during Arbaʿin in 2016 and 2017, the present study attempts to examine the changing characteristics of the rituals...

It is unlikely that those who lived at the time of Lady Ma'sumah - the daughter of the seventh Twelver Shi'a Imam, Musa al-Kazim - anticipated the effect she would have on tens of millions of people after...

Although the Quran has mentioned that prayer is wajib several times and hasn’t gone into the details, it has spoken of its times: “Maintain the prayer from the sun's decline till the...