Sociability & Relations

Following the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet (S), the Shi‘ah infer religious laws from four fundamental sources: The Book of Allah (Qur’an);...

Ayatollah Muhammad Yazdi, a Shia Cleric, Faqih, politician and member of Iran Assembly of Experts was passed away at the age of 89, in Isfahan, Iran....

The idea of formally committing this Declaration down to writing took shape in 1979, when the Tenth Conference of the Islamic Foreign Ministers decided to form a consulting committee composed of Muslim experts to prepare a....

The most important reason for the permissibility of Taqlid in religious affairs rests in the very rational point that every layman or inexpert individual turns to an expert for advice on technical and...

There are many theories about the appearance of Shīʿa that are completely baseless. Some believe, for instance, that Shīʿa appeared as a result of political conflicts in the first century...

Prominenet Shia cleric, preacher and All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Naqvi Passed away in Lucknow late on Tuesday at the age 83....

The Islamic legal system organizes people’s lives in all dimensions, individual or social. This system is called 'al-ahkām al-shar‛īyyah'. Islamic jurisprudence explains this system and is one if the deepest and....

Historians said, ‘Imam Abu Muhammad (a.s.)  was the highest authority for jurisprudents in taking the rulings of the Shariah and the principles of religion....

In this paper the writer proposes to describe the teachings of Shi'ite Islam about authority in a manner accessible to Catholic partners in dialogue....

Nigerian Shia Muslims are a group based in Kaduna state, but with significant presence in some other northern states. No clear statistics of Shia population are...