Sociability & Relations

The office of the Supreme Religious Authority in Najaf Ashraf issued a statement about his meeting with the special representative of the Secretary-General for...

This story is told by the studious historian, Dr. Rasool Ja’farian in his Maqalat va resalat-e tarikhi (Daftar-e chaharom), quoting from Hujjat al-Islam Mohammad Hossein Ash’ari, son of late Ayatollah Ali Asghar Ash’ari Qomi, one of the...

The modern city of Samarra is situated on the bank of the river Tigris some sixty miles from the city of Baghdad. The city is of outstanding importance because of its two shrines...

In this book, the writer hopes to shed light on the some of the questions that likely motivated a reader to pick it up in the first place: What are the differences between a Shiʻi and a Sunni Muslim? How did these differences develop over time in...

In this article, Imam al-Sadiq, the sixth Shi‘a Imam, gives advice to his companion Abd-Allah ibn Jundab on the features of a true Shi‘a, some of which are those who know God, heed the hereafter, constantly engage in...

He lived in a rented house and I remember that he moved from one house to another several times. His house was very small and humble that he could not even receive his...

A study of the issue of marja’iyyah in the Qur’an and the hadith reveals that all the related texts emphasize on the marja’iyyah of the Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.), and although there may be...

This book brings together the study of two great disciplines of the Islamic world: law and philosophy...

Allama Sayyid Jaʿfar Murtaḍā al-ʿĀmilī a religious scholar, an expert in the history of Islam and Shiism, a Shiite biographer, and a scholar of the Islamic seminary of Qom and Najaf passed away at the...

In light of the reality that Allah chose the Prophet Muhammad (s) as the seal of his prophets, and as an example for all of mankind, it becomes critical for us to look in to the essential elements and teachings which can be...