Fiqh & Socitey

Ayatollah Qorban Ali Mohaqiq Kabuli, an Afghani Shia Marjaʻ passed away on June 11, 2019 at the age of 91...

The resistance movement of Ayatollah Khomeini is off-spring of a massive Shi’i Usuli movement after its revival in Karbala. Kashmir is associated with Sufism when it comes to...

A two-day workshop, hosted by Al-Mahdi Institute in conjunction with the UK Organ Donation and Transplant Research Centre at the University of Bedfordshire, hopes to facilitate multi-disciplinary scholarship dealing with...

Al Jazeera TV announced that Saudi Arabia had taken Saturn for the crescent moon of Shawwal at Monday’s sunset...

This book discusses the importance of Hajj, one of the obligatory pillars in Islam. The secrets, conditions of necessity, different types of Hajj as well as ...

Muslims around the world are fasting from dawn to maqrib this Ramadan. But what happens if the sun never sets...

Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (1902 – 1989) was among the most influential characters of the 20th century. He led the Islamic Revolution and overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Here in the video, you can see his mini-biography...

The 3rd of June 1989 was a tragic day, the 7 am news on the Iran radio stated the following: "In the name of God, to God we belong and to Him we return. The holy spirit of the leader of...

With the excitement of the joyous completion of the holy month of Ramadan, it is easy to forget about the needs of those in poverty and our obligation to provide charity to...

Certain factors are at play for sighting the crescent on the first night of the month. These factors include “the time when the sun and the moon sets”, “the interval between the setting of the two”, “the coordinates of the sun and the moon and also the difference between the angles of them which is down to the latitudinal as well as the directional difference of the moon and the sun”, “the percentage of...