Fiqh & Socitey

The 13th Annual National Muslim Congress Conference will be held in Dallas, TX on Aug 18-20th 2017. In attendance will be a number of renowned scholars who will address various topics at...

Ḥanafīyah is the earliest sect among all Suuni jurisprudential schools. It was founded by Na‘mān b. Thābit b. Zūṭī. He was born in 80 A.H. at Kufah, but according to the famous opinion, was of Iranian origin. His grandfather, Zūṭī, was a...

The Islamic seminaries of Iran strongly condemn the inhumane crimes of Zionists in attacking the holy al-Aqsa mosque and warn the Israeli regime that desecration of al-Aqsa is the same as hurting the...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei says Muslims should use the Hajj rituals this year to take a united stance against Israeli efforts to control the...

The Iraqi intelligence service thwarted a plot by the IS militant group to carry out attacks against Shiite shrines and the house of the most revered spiritual Shiite leader in Iraq, an...

The so-called "refugee crisis" has made clear that derogatory attitudes towards Islam and Muslims are very common in some Eastern European countries and even lead to political demands that are incompatible with the...

Twelver Shi’as (Imamiyah)   1- Authentication (tawthīque) of Shi’ism Shi’ite jurisprudential sects follow the ideas of Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.). Twelvers is the main sect of them, which follows its famous twelve Imams’ ideas, especially, the sixth Imam, Abū  Abdu Allah Ja‘far b. Muhammad al-Ṣādiq, and because of that they are …

The holy pilgrimage to Makkah, known as the Hajj, is one of the most outstanding manifestations of monotheism and universal brotherhood. All Muslims from all ages, classes and race gather in the same place to profess their belief and commitment to religious truths. This is not a mere acceptance professed by...

According to jurisprudential and historical studies, blood money is an economical matter. It has been legislated in order to compensate for the loss incurred by the injured. From another point of view, in an...

The Pew Research Center on Wednesday released the results of a far-reaching new survey of Muslims nationwide that highlighted a broad sense of anxiety and unease about their place in the United States and with a president who most consider...