After telling Muslim men to lower their gazes, the Holy Qur’an reminds women: “And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that they should not display their beauty and...
Read More »The Summer Heat: Melting Away Our Hijab
Is our faith as fragile as ice, that we let it melt away with the heat? Although it is obligatory upon all Muslims to practice Hijab in its various forms, unfortunately some of...
Read More »Haram Business and Trade
Islamic laws are of five types: obligatory (wajib), recommended (mustahab), discouraged (makruh), permissible (mubah) and forbidden (haram). Business, trades and professions in Islam would also fall into these....
Read More »Marjaʻiyya: Powerful Institution Of Great Pride For Shia Muslims: Tribute To Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani
We are also gathered here to remember a great student from this institution of Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s) and Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s): Ayatollah al-Uzma Lutfullah Safi Golpaygani, whom we are commemorating and....
Read More »Imam Rid: Bringing the Hearts of Masses Closer to Ahl al-Bayt (as)
Today was 11th Zil Qa’da which coincided with the birth of the 8th Imam of the Ahlul Bait (a.s), namely Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida (a.s) and I extend my congratulations to our....
Read More »Imam Rida in the Words of the Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei
Despite availability of thousands of books, old and new, on the life of the Imams, still most of their life is obscure and little known to the people. Imam Rida (p.b.u.h), the captain of the ship of Islam in the Turbulent Marv (Khorasan) Note: In a message issued to the …
Read More »A Reflection on the Key Teachings of Imam Al-Rida (‘a) from the Viewpoint of Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
Imam al-Rida ('a) played an integral role in guiding the intellectual progress of the Muslim Ummah and defending the Islamic beliefs against the encroachment of...
Read More »8 Wise Sayings of Imam Ali Al-Rida
Imam Ali ibn Musa Al-Rida was the great-grandson and direct descendant of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). He lived between 765AD and 818AD....
Read More »Sowing Seeds of Discord between Shia and Sunni Is the Tricks of Britons
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei says that everyone should make all-out efforts to prevent the disruption of Muslim unity, because creating discord between the...
Read More »Where Has the Concept of Wilayat al-Faqih Been Mentioned in the Quran?
The issue of Wilayat al-Faqih is one of the important issues in the jurisprudence of Islam; the jurisprudents have mentioned both intellectual and narrative proofs and it is over one...
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