Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This book comprises the religiously legal injunctions (fatawa) of grand maraji‘ al-taqlid and prominent Shi‘i religious scholars concerning the legal prohibition (hurmat) – according to the Qur’an and the hadith – of insulting revered Islamic figures and calling the People of...
October, 2020
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8 October
In Pictures: Millions Hold Arbaeen Mourning Rituals in Karbala
Milions of Muslims in Iraq have started holding Arbaeen ceremonies to commemorate the Martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam in the battle of...
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7 October
From Attachment to a Sacred Figure to Loyalty to a Sacred Route: The Walking Pilgrimage of Arbaeen
The present article aims to discover the different social and psychological reasons for pilgrims’ feelings of attachment to Imam Hussein and to the...
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7 October
Pilgrimage: Ziyara from the Viewpoint of the Holy Quran, Hadiths and Theological Discourses
On the occasion of Arbaeen pilgrimage, IRIC has published a booklet entitled “Pilgrimage: Ziyara from the Viewpoint of the Holy Quran, Hadiths and Theological Discourses” to be...
September, 2020
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29 September
Book: Modern Hadith Studies: Continuing Debates and New Approaches
This book brings together western and Middle Eastern scholars to explore medieval and modern approaches to the study of Hadith...
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26 September
Video: Funeral of Ayatollah Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khoei [ra]
Although a formal funeral ceremony for him was not allowed by the Ba'athist regime, this video footage captured by one of the government intelligence agents depicting the...
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17 September
PHD Thesis: The Memory of Ali b. Abi Talib in Early Sunni Thought
ro-‘Alid sentiment (al-mayl ilā ‘Alī, tashayyu‘) is a prevalent, trans-sectarian tendency (i.e. among Sunnīs and Shī‘īs) to venerate ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661) and his...
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17 September
Article: Ahkam Concerning the Ahl al-Bayt
In this article Nebil Hussain examines more than a dozen laws that classical Sunni and Twelver Shi‘i jurists characterized as specific to the Prophet’s progeny and...
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14 September
History of the Shi‘a in the Time of Imam Sajjad (a)
Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn accomplished his role as a guide and benefactor by teaching Islamic principles, emphasizing the concept of Imamate, resisting moral corruption, looking after the needy, and..
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10 September
For Sale to the Highest Bidder: A Precious Shiʿi Manuscript from the Early Eleventh Century
The prominent Twelver Shiʿi scholar and poet, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn “al-Sharīf al-Raḍī” (d. 406 /1015), author of a monumental, partly preserved Qurʾān commentary in ten volumes, Ḥaqāʾiq al-taʾwīl fī mutashābih al-tanzīl, and compiler of...