At least one person has lost his life and several others sustained injuries when Nigerian army opened fire on protesters demanding the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, who has been held for four years on....
Read More »Video: Everything I Have Is Blessing from my Father’s Prayer
Ayatollah Sayyid Shahab al-Din Marashi Najafi has reported a memory from his father: When we were in Najaf, one day my mother told me to call my father to come for lunch...
Read More »Modern Perspectives On Islamic Law
The book explores the role of Islamic law in secular Western nations and reflects on the legal system of Islam in its classical context as applied in its traditional homeland of the Middle East and also in South East Asia...
Read More »Last News about Sheikh Zakzaky according to His Son
My father has finally been allowed access to a phone, so for now we are able to communicate; a court date has been set; and many promises have been made. This is all I can say that is...
Read More »Intellectual Legacy of Imam Riḍa from the Viewpoint of Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
The scientific debates and discussions held by Imam ʿAlī ibn Musā al-Riḍā (ʿa) are not a historical matter which only pertains to the past; they are rather a main source which should be utilized today for the...
Read More »Allama Askari Discussion with a Sunni Scholar on Cursing the Companions
Despite the fact that there is a tradition in which the Holy Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) said, "My companions are like the stars of heaven, if you follow each one, you will be guided," why do you Curse some of...
Read More »The Oldest Video from Imam Rida Holy Shrine
On July 25, 1939, during the fire of World War II, a Swiss traveler named Alamayard together with his friend ride with a car through Afghanistan to Iran and, with a camera hidden under his clothes, recorded the first colored film from the shrine of Imam Rida (A.S)....
Read More »Obeying the Law of Non-Muslim Country according to Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwa
The truth of the matter is that Islam, particularly in accordance with the School of Ahl al-Bayt (Holy Progeny of the Prophet), commands obedience of its adherents to the laws and order of their home country. Failure to do so, conversely, can even be...
Read More »Video: Ziyara of Imam Rida Would Be even Better than Hajj: Ayatollah Bahjat
In this footage someone said to the Late Ayatollah Bahjat that I am going to go to Mashhad for Ziarah of Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Rida (pbuh), in reply late Ayatollah Bahjat said to him Ziyara of Holy Shrine of Imam Rida (pbuh) maybe would be even better than Hajj...
Read More »Nigeria to immediately Release Sheikh Zakzaky: Lebanese Clerics
The Association of Lebanon’s Muslim clerics is demanding the immediate release of jailed Nigerian Shia scholar and leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky whose health condition is...
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