Many benefits from praying have been mentioned in the traditions. If you ask mystics or scholars about how to reach heights in spiritual matters, they will emphasize...
April, 2022
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11 April
A Short History of ʻIlm al-Uṣūl by Shahīd Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
The subject under discussion is the knowledge of the Principles of Jurisprudence (Usul’ul Fiqh). The study of Principles of Jurisprudence is tantamount to a preparation to the...
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9 April
What do You Know about Islamic Economics?
A short text about the nature of the Islamic economic system, its distinction from Capitalism and Marxism, and the primary obstacles encountered in its application to...
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9 April
The Role of Islamic Lifestyle and Healthy Nutrition in accordance with the Recommendations of Islam and the Holly Quran by Focusing on the Risk of Cancer Incident
Given the availability of valuable nutritional resources and instructions in Islam to prevent and combat nutrition-related diseases, these theories can be applied and prevent from spreading and...
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9 April
The Pure Life: A Smart Guide for Food and Nutrition for a Healthy Lifestyle from the Quran and Hadith
The Pure Life, by Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Taqi al-Modarresi is a most valuable contribution to the ever-urgent discussions surrounding sustainable food systems, personal and...
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6 April
Cultural Relations between Christianity and Shia Islam
The history of the Shi`ah and Christian cultural relations is comparatively old. Of these relations may be mentioned inter-religious dialogue in the area of Kalam that took place in a spirit of complete mutual...
March, 2022
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29 March
A History of Islam in Indonesia: Unity in Diversity
In this survey Carool Kersten presents the Islamisation of Indonesia from the first evidence of the acceptance of Islam by indigenous peoples in the late thirteenth century until the...
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19 March
Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi’ism
For more than a millenium the idea of the future coming of the Mandi has provided Shi'i piety with a unique aspiration in the redemption through the appearance of the twelfth Imam....
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17 March
Ḥadīth, the Shī‘a Cultural Memory
One of the specialized Ḥadīth domains in the recent orientalist studies is the investigation of the reasons and factors of the appearance and advent of the Shī‘a Ḥadīths and the reason behind the Shī‘a followers and scholars in...
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16 March
The Origins of the Shī’a: Identity, Ritual, and Sacred Space in Eighth-Century Kūfa
This book explores the birth and development of Shī'i identity. Through a critical analysis of legal texts, whose provenance has only recently been confirmed, the study shows....