In The Messenger: The Meanings of the Life of Muhammad, leading Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan considers the ways in which the Prophet's actions, words and teachings can guide us in the....
Read More »Prophet’s Conduct and How to Call to Truth
The article before you is about the Holy Prophet’s conduct in inviting people to truth. By studying it you will realize that, contrary to what is claimed by self-interested and spiteful people, the spread of Islam was because of its strong logic and nothing else. Therefore, those who claim that Islam spread by sword and violence are...
Read More »The Attitude & Conduct of the Holy Prophet of Islam
His great role as a Prophet, Messenger, guide, leader and all the great characteristics of different personalities combined into one man excelled him over all other men in history, and also because of the Holy Quran, which was a miracle given to the....
Read More »The Childhood and Youth of the Holy Prophet (S)
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad Al-Mustafa (S), was born after sunrise on Friday the 17th of Rabiul Awwal 570 A.D. in Mecca. He was born in the Year of the Elephant, when Abraha tried to destroy the...
Read More »Unity of Muslim Ummah, It’s Need, Importance and Suggestions
No doubt unity and consensus has a miraculous role in developing a nation and achieving their higher goals. Muslim's unity is a major and undeniable problem of the time. The increasing sectarian ethnocentrism has spattered and blemished the fundamental Islamic...
Read More »Drawing Inspiration from Imam ʿAlī’s Life and Character
This paper examines some of the virtues of Imam ʿAlī (ʿa), son of Abū Ṭālib and successor of the noble Prophet of Islam (ṣ), as outlined in a speech by Sayyid Sulayman Hassan on the anniversary of Imam ʿAlī’s (ʿa) martyrdom.....
Read More »Iran as the Flagbearer of Islamic Unity & Anti-Imperialism
Imam Khomeini, the architect of the Islamic Revolution, realized the need for Muslim unity back in the 1980s when he proposed the idea of ‘Hafta e Wahdat’ (Week of Unity) in the month of Rabiul Awwal to honor the memory of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)...
Read More »Opposing the Imam: The Legacy of the Nawasib in Islamic Literature
In this book, Nebil Husayn examines the enduring legacy of the nawasib, early Muslims who disliked ʿAli and his descendants. The nawasib participated in politics and discussions on religion at least until the ninth century. However, their virtual disappearance in....
Read More »Al-Šarīf al-Murtaḍā’s Oeuvre and Thought in Context: An Archaeological Inquiry into Texts and their Transmission
This book is a detailed analysis of the reception and transmission of the doctrinal, legal, literary, and exegetical oeuvre of al-Šarīf al-Murtaḍā, arguably one of the most important thinkers of the medieval period, within and....
Read More »How Can We Believe in the Existence of Imam Al-Mahdi?
Supposing that the hypothesis of the Expected Leader and all that it comprehends of prolonged life, early leadership and a silent absence, is possible, that would not be enough proof for his existence, thus, how can we indeed believe in the existence of...
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