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Sunnis wash their feet when performing wudhu and they describe this practice as fardh (mandatory). It is certainly mandatory and I am wondering why Shiites are refraining from performing a fardh by...

Ayatollah Khamenei has introduced a model of an ideal Islamic family, which will aid in building an Islamic civilisation

It is quoted in the book al-Ihtijaj of Shaykh al-Tabarsi from ʿAbdullah b. Hasan who relates from his fore-fathers that when Sayyidah Zahra was informed that...

The only child of Muhammad to survive him, Fatima was from early times taken up by Shi’a Islam, for whose adherents she is the virgin mother, the heavenly intercessor with...

This article introduces some of the facets of Fatima al-Zahra's status and personality by relying on the words of the Prophet, the Imams, and....

As with every other aspect of our lives, Islam provides us with all the necessary information for the sexual lives of man and woman. The reason for this is simple; Islam recognizes the innate nature of man, and has ordained sexual relations for pleasure, and not just procreation. Sexual desires cannot, and should not be...

Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, professor in Islamic Seminary of Qom, Mujtahid, Quranic exegete and philosopher has passed away at 85 in holy city of Qom, Iran.....

Jurisprudence, as stated in the well-known definition, refers to knowledge of the judgments about the deeds of "the people responsible for their...

I came across a trailer for the movie "The Lady of Heaven" and was floored by the cinematic quality. I became excited about the prospect of a Shia movie hitting the Hollywood big screen, but then...

Although Muslims do not believe that Jesus is the son of God — a critically important distinction between Muslim and Christian views of him — Muslims do revere Jesus as an...