Fiqh & Worship

While the idea that aspects of the future could be disclosed by God was not uncommon in medieval Islam, today such a belief...

The Mustafa (PBUH) Science and Technology Foundation has held the STEP forum jointly with the University of...

Shiite jurists and scholars are of the conviction that the hajj cannot be performed anywhere else but in Mecca. Arbaeen, described as the world’s largest annual pilgrimage, is a ritual that occurs 40 days after the day the third Shiite Imam Hussain bin Ali  (A.S.)was slain by forces loyal to …

Kobe Mosque, was founded in October, 1935 in Kobe and is Japan’s first mosque. Its construction was funded by donations collected by the Islamic Committee of Kobe from 1928 until its opening in 1935. The mosque was confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943. However, it continues to function …

The ceremony of Arba’een is a valuable treasure for us, for it has protected the grandeur of Islam and that of the Shiite school of thought. Therefore, it must be  appreciated as  magnificent as possible. In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful The procession and the ceremonies held …

observes the teachings of Islam including those relating to prayer, hijab, self-reform, selflessness and...

Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi stressed necessity of utmost respect for Sunni sanctities saying that respecting Sunni community will...

Hurting any part of the body through hitting it, or uncontrollable wailing during a tragedy are practices of the Era of Ignorance (Jahiliyya); both the Qur'an and...

One can indeed wonder why a simple Google search for Ashura and Karbala comes attached with a flurry of bloody images which...

Millions of Shia Muslims in Iran and other parts of the world are commemorating Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH)...