Those who wish to spread corruption in the world of today are quite active; it is therefore necessary for those who wish to spread righteousness and truth to stand up against them and...
Read More »Zakat in Shi‘a Fiqh by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
A sister from Toronto had sent questions to me in 1999 about zakat and I had written a detailed response to her explaining the Shi‘i perspective on....
Read More »Nigerian Court Orders Sheikh Zakzaky’s Wife taken to Hospital for COVID-19
At the resumption of the Sheikh Zakzaky case in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, the state High Court has ordered officials of the Kaduna Correctional Center to...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Answer to some Questions on COVID-19 Vaccine
Vaccines against Coronavirus have already been manufactured by Pfizer, AstraZeneca & Moderna, and others are expected, or already on the market. The medical authorities of several countries have approved these vaccines and....
Read More »What Is the Status of the Women in Islam? Are They the Same as Men?
According to Islam, the man and woman have to be in pursuit of a common objective, which is to reach the pinnacle of humanity, and both must bear the means of accomplishing such an...
Read More »Imam Musa Sadr’s Solution for Shaking Hands with Women
When I was roughly 19 years old, I was assigned with a duty to deliver a letter written by my father (Ayatollah Sadr, the then grand Ayatollah) to the incumbent Iranian Prime Minister. I, therefore, travelled from Qom to...
Read More »Why Do Shiites Wipe their Feet rather than Washing them in Wudhu?
Sunnis wash their feet when performing wudhu and they describe this practice as fardh (mandatory). It is certainly mandatory and I am wondering why Shiites are refraining from performing a fardh by...
Read More »Building a Family in the Eyes of Ayatollah Khamenei
Ayatollah Khamenei has introduced a model of an ideal Islamic family, which will aid in building an Islamic civilisation
Read More »Barriers to Spouse Selection
Statistics have shown that the rate of marriage, particularly in recent years, has decreased considerably....
Read More »The Historic Fadak Sermon of Fatima by Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani
It is quoted in the book al-Ihtijaj of Shaykh al-Tabarsi from ʿAbdullah b. Hasan who relates from his fore-fathers that when Sayyidah Zahra was informed that...
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