Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This work is an authoritative compilation of Islamic law based on the jurisprudence of the Shiite Imam...
April, 2017
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7 April
Khums: A Support for Financial Independence, Part III
In this paper, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi examines the impact of khums on meeting the financial needs of the Muslim...
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7 April
Book: Islamic Law: According to Ja`fari School of Jurisprudence V.1
This work is an authoritative compilation of Islamic law based on the jurisprudence of the Shiite Imam, Ja`far al-Sadiq...
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6 April
A Legal Jurisprudential Deliberation on Lineage and Inheritance of the Pre-Implantation Embryo
The pre-implantation embryo, as the product of human reproduction process through unconventional methods and as the result of advancement in...
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6 April
Book: Obligations and Prohibitions in Islamic Divine Law
This book is arranged into two sections:1. Inward obligations and prohibitions, under the title “Beliefs,” and 2. Outward obligations and prohibitions under...
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5 April
Holy Peace or Holy War: Tolerance and Co-existence in the Islamic Tradition
In this paper, the writer attempts to delineate the Qur’anic position on peaceful coexistence with the “other” and also examines the classical juridical and exegetical pronouncements on...
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3 April
Khums: A Support for Financial Independence Part II
In this article, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi examines the impact of khums on meeting the financial needs of the Muslim...
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2 April
Article: Peace and Conflict Resolution in the Islamic Tradition
The Qur’anic view of peace and co-existence is interwoven with its view of a universal moral discourse that unites all human beings. According to the Qur’an, human beings are...
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2 April
Article: A Brief History of Ijtihad in Twelver Shi’ism
In the classical period of Islam, the term ijtihad was part of a longer formulation, namely: ijtihad bi al-ra’y, which means ‘putting in utmost effort in the exercise of...
March, 2017
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31 March
Article: The Saudi Ulema and the Shi‘a of Saudi Arabia
This article examines the attitudes of the Saudi ulema towards the Saudi Shi‘a in political and social terms through the analysis of fatawa, sermons, lectures, and publications issued by the Saudi religious authorities...