Sociability & Relations

What is the ruling on transacting with those whose faith is Baha’ism?  If a Muslim transacts with a Baha’i, can we transact with that Muslim on the same thing he transacted with the...

Religious pluralism means that felicity is not exclusively reserved for a particular religion or religious sect. Truth and felicity not being limited to a specific religion in its turn means that all religions have a certain amount of truth to...

The Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani, the Grand Shi’a Marjaʻ in Iraq, expressed his condolences in a message on the passing away of Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Saeed Al-Tabatabai Al-Hakeem...

Ayatollah Bashir Najafi sent a message of condolences on the demise of Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Saeed Hakim, the Grand Shi’a Marja’ of holy city of Iraq....

Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim, one of the Shia authorities in Najaf, died today, Friday, at the age of 87, due to cardiac arrest in one of the...

Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn was a living embodiment of ‘Ashura as he witnessed his father, brothers, and companions cruelly massacred on the plains of Karbala. While having to live in such sorrow, the Imam lived through a difficult era as he strove to...

Intolerance feeds on ignorance, while tolerance thrives on knowledge. When one knows through revelation that religious diversity is divinely willed, such knowledge inspires tolerance as a spiritual, and not just an...

Hojjat al- Islam Hamid Shahriari, the secretary general of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) said if the coronavirus situation improves, a limited number of...

This article transcribes, translates, and analyses the lament to showcase a distinct religious tradition within a hybrid cultural milieu...

One of the doubts often raised by skeptics in connection with the event of Karbala is about the Shi‘ah belief that every imam is prescient so has knowledge of things that are hidden from most...