Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This article will explore how modernity has impinged on the classical formulation of Islamic law and how the intersection of shari’a and modernity has forced Muslim jurists to...
March, 2017
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5 March
The Jurisprudential and Legal Analysis of the Delayed Payment Fine in Banking Contracts in Iran
Delay in debt repayment by bank customers is one of the challenges facing the Islamic banking system in Iran. One solution to this problem can be the stipulation of a...
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3 March
Defining the Boundaries of Sacred Space
This study examines how some of the most preeminent commentators of the Shi‘a exegetical tradition have interpreted Qur’an 9:28 to frame the...
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2 March
Offering Complete or Shortened Prayers?
In this article, Liyakat Takim discusses the prayer of a traveler at places designated as holy in Shi‘i hadith and juridical...
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1 March
Thou Shalt Emulate the Most Knowledgeable Living Cleric
This paper analyses the reconceptualization of Islamic law and authority as defined by Shaykh Murtada al-Ansari the influential scholar and first sole supreme exemplar of the...
February, 2017
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28 February
Combining or Separating the Daily Prayers: Shi‘i and Sunni Perspectives
In this paper, the writer initially discusses sectarian polemics in the eighth and ninth centuries as stated in Shi‘i and Sunni polemical and...
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28 February
Khums: A Support for Financial Independence, part 1
In this paper, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi examines the impact of khums on meeting the financial needs of the Muslim...
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27 February
Book: Kharaj in Islamic Law
The book, written by Ayatollah Sayyed Hussain Modarresi Tabatabaei, is an attempt to clarify all aspects of kharaj from the viewpoint of...
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26 February
Book: Divorce according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
Divorce is discussed in this present book, volume 6 of 8, written by Muhammad Jawad Moqniyyah, which three main criteria for divorce are: adulthood, sanity and...
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25 February
The Lineage of Children Born by Sperm Donation: A Shiite Perspective
There are three persons that have a possible legal relationship to the child born from this method - the sperm donor (biological father), the...