We know that youth is a period of “crisis” of instincts, specially “sexual instinct”. If this instinct is not guided properly, it would have the worst stroke on the felicity and happiness of the youths. Their creative powers will be spoiled like unopened buds, and their ingenuity and innovation which …
Read More »Organ Transplants according to Islam
The issue of organ transplantation in Islam is divided into the cases where the donor is alive and when he is dead. There are a couple potential problems regarding organ transplant from a live donor. One of the potential problems is that in Islam it is prohibited to harm oneself to the point of...
Read More »Reducing Negative Factors of Prenatal Development in Islam
There are many negative environmental factors effecting the prenatal development of a child. Muslim children do not suffer from nearly as many of these factors than non-Muslim children. Hence, the possibility of a Muslim producing strong, healthy, and intelligent babies is...
Read More ȣ1,000 Prize for the Best Article on Islamic Studies
The Third Round of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World is now open for submissions. The award includes publication of the winning manuscript and a prize of £1,000, and it will be officially presented at the Annual Conference of...
Read More »Book: Introduction to Jurisprudential Maxims
Jurisprudential maxims (al-qawa‘id al-fiqhiyyah) play an important role in determining one's legal duty in particular situations. When applied, these maxims - such as the 'Maxim of Purity', the 'Maxim of...
Read More »Ayatollah Makarim Issues Open Letter to Al-Azhar’s Imam on Temporary Marriage
Temporary marriage is not a means to abuse by sensual abusers and homosexuals! For this reason, in the questions we have been asked, we have given a fatwa that temporary marriage is only permitted if it is necessary, for example, when a person is away from his family and fears that if doesn’t use such a...
Read More »Shaking Hands by Muslims with Non-Muslim of the Opposite Sex
One of the difficulties faced by Muslims in non-Islamic countries is that in many instances they are exposed to situation where they are in a dilemma regarding shaking hands with...
Read More »European Religious Leaders Launch a Tour against Terrorism
Dozens of religious leaders boarded a bus on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Saturday to kick off a European tour of the sites of recent terror attacks to remember the victims and...
Read More »Call for Paper: The Thousand Year School of Shia
“Shīa studies” nowadays is in the focus of interdisciplinary studies of many academic centers, research institutes and scholars. For this reason, and considering the importance of the exchange of ideas and approaches in Shi’a Studies, the...
Read More »Why the West Spreading Dangerous Ideas of Ibne Taymiyyah and Wahhab?
Why would the West even consider spreading dangerous ideas of Ibne Taymiyyah and Wahhab? And didn’t they take into account the immeasurable destruction that could result from injecting Wahhabi fanaticism into...
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