In this booklet, the author discusses the detrimental effects of music on our lives. He talks about the origin of music and its effects from various points of views. He also discusses what the Qur'an and narrations of the Ahlul Bayt have to say on...
Read More »No Changes Should be Made to Muslim Personal Law in Conflict with Islamic Law
Indian Union Women’s League (IUWL) national general secretary P.K. Noorbina Rasheed has requested the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice constituted to review personal laws in the country that no...
Read More »Book: The Shī‘ah and Islamic Disciplines
The invaluable legacy of the Household [Ahl al-Bayt] of the Prophet (may peace be upon them all), as preserved by their followers, is a comprehensive school of thought that embraces all branches of Islamic knowledge. This school has produced many brilliant scholars who have...
Read More »Between Qum and Qayrawān: Unearthing Early Shī‘ī Ḥadı̄th Sources
In this article, I develop and test a new methodology of unearthing early Shī‘ī ḥadı̄th sources that served as the basis for the later collections of the fourth/tenth century. This method, besides answering the question of historicity, enables us to understand the dissemination of...
Read More »New Released: Islamic Theological Sects: A Textbook
The English translation of "Textbook of Theological Sects and Religious Sects" compiled by Mortaza Maddahi and translated by Hujjat al- Islam Mohammad Reza Peysepar in order to introduce some of the views of Islamic scholars to the...
Read More »A Partial Solar Eclipse Will Put On a Show, How to Perform Ṣalāt al-Āyāt
A partial solar eclipse will be visible from Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The eclipse will become visible first in Reykjavik, Iceland, at 8:58 a.m. local time; where the sun will eventually be about 20 percent covered...
Read More »2023 International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
The goal of the conference is to identify and discuss the barriers to a successful implementation of diversity, equity and inclusion, what needs to be done, and the future prospects of sustaining the movement toward a....
Read More »A Responsum by the Fifth/Eleventh-Century Imāmī Theologian Abū Yaʿlā Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Ḥamza al-Jaʿfarī on the Number of the Imams
The present study discusses the scarce available data about Abū Yaʿlā al-Jaʿfarī and shows that he, rather than al-Murtaḍā, is the author of the tract, which circulated under titles such as Risālat al-ḥujja fī l-imāma and Masʾala fī bayān imāmat al-aʾimma al-ithnay ʿashar....
Read More »The Concept of Freedom in Islam
Submission to the will and laws of Allah is the source of all freedom. It liberates the mind, soul, and behaviour from the evil influences of the world. It helps mankind overcome oppressive tyrants, unjust laws, lusts, deviation and psychological complexes which...
Read More »Is Death Considered as One’s End or Beginning?
Considered as One’s End or Beginning Death has always manifested itself as a horrendous monster in the eyes of man. The very thought of it has made life miserable for many...
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