Tag Archives: Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani

This book, published on the advice of His Eminence Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, provides a comprehensive list of traditions from the infallibles on Jihad al-nafs or the Struggle of the Self, and it serves as both a theoretical lesson and a practical manual for every wayfaring believer to implement....

After the terrorist attack in the city of Parachinar, Pakistan, which killed innocent passengers, the office of the Grand Ayatollah Sistani issued a statement in which the Pakistani government demanded that the Pakistani government take appropriate measures in this regard....

Ghusl is a ritual washing performed to attain spiritual cleanliness and physical purity. This full-body purification can become necessary for engaging in various acts of worship. The need for ghusl arises at specific times: after menstrual periods, marital intimacy, and childbirth. It is also recommended on Fridays, Eids, and before entering Mecca and....

Medical doctors play a vital role in society by preserving and caring for human life. But Islam highlights that their responsibilities go beyond physical healing—there’s a spiritual and ethical duty that they must uphold...

Islamic Laws of the Female Reproductive Cycle offers a clear and comprehensive guide to the Islamic rules surrounding the female reproductive cycle. While Islamic laws are universal, women face specific guidelines for menstruation (haydh), non-menstrual bleeding (istihadhah), and....

Grand Ayatollah Sistani, expressed sorrow on Saturday over the assassination of Hezbollah leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs....

Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani has expressed his solidarity with Lebanon amid latest deadly Israeli strikes on the Arab country, calling for urgent efforts to cease the regime’s brutal aggression and protect Lebanese civilians....

In his new book, God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,  Sajad Jiyad draws on original sources and hundreds of interviews during decades of fieldwork inside Iraq to show how Sistani, as the revered senior Shia cleric in a Shia-majority country, commands the loyalty of millions of faithful....

Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani has called upon Muslim nations to join forces and stand up against Israel's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip and provide further support to the residents of the besieged Palestinian coastal sliver....

Hajj is one of the five pillars on which Islam is based. In a noble hadith, Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) said, “Islam is based on five pillars: on prayer (salat), alms (zakat), pilgrimage (hajj), fasting (sawm), and....