This volume offers an engaging introduction to the diverse writings of influential scholars representing six classical Islamic schools of theology: Sunnism, Zaydism, Twelver Shiʿism, Muʿtazilism, Ibadism, and....
Read More »The Way of Nobility: Knowledge of the Imam
The Way of Nobility: Knowledge of the Imam (Minhāj al-karāma fī maʿrifat al-imāma) is one of the most celebrated works in favour of the Shīʿī belief in the Imāma...
Read More »Webinar: A Fatimid Text on the Necessity of the Imamate
This lecture will discuss the contents and context of The Book of Interim Times and Planetary Conjunctions (Kitāb al-Fatarāt wa-l-qirānāt) as well as the state of....
Read More »The Origins and Early Development of Shi’a Islam
This book reconstructs the development of an Islamic ideal in the form of Shi'ism It traces the Shi'a response to this ideal, from its origins among a group of the Prophet's Companions until the...
Read More »Explanation to the Belief of Mahdism in Shi’a Imamiya by Ayatollah Saafi
The author debates, discusses and corrects the book “Islamic Messianism” written by the respected scholar, Abdul Aziz Sachedina, which gives erroneous impression to readers of the Real and Right Islam which Shia’sm is, and enabling readers to analyse faith to...
Read More »Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shi’ite Islam
The present work attempts to shed light on some aspects of the Imamite doctrine during the period of Minor Occultation and on the contributions of Abu Ja'far b. Qiba to the formation of the developed Imamite doctrine...
Read More »The Qur’an in the Words of Imam Sajjad (as)
Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn was a living embodiment of ‘Ashura as he witnessed his father, brothers, and companions cruelly massacred on the plains of Karbala. While having to live in such sorrow, the Imam lived through a difficult era as he strove to...
Read More »Ghadir Khumm: One of Islamic History’s Best Kept Secrets
Non-Muslims who like to attack Islam accuse the Prophet of Islam of having neglected to name his successor, not knowing that he actually did exactly so in accordance with the Divine order which he had received on...
Read More »Article: Ghadir in Sunni Interpretations Viewpoint
Undoubtedly Ghadir is one of the most brilliant incidents of mysterious history of Islam that Holy Prophet proclaimed to Muslims as Divine Order. The message that Ghadir tries to convey can be considered the same as the mission of all divine prophets throughout the...
Read More »Book: Shiʻism: Imamate and Wilayat
This treatise deals with some fundamental issues of the Shi'a Islamic faith. Although not all the chapters were written at the same time, they are inter-related and connected by the theme of imamate and wilayat of the...
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