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....
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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...
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The research examines the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the issuance and dissemination of fatwas in Sunni Islam today. It offers an overview of the history of fatwas and the radical changes that the discipline has undergone throughout Islamic history....
Read More »Does Playing Video Games that Have Blasphemy and Magic Render a Person non-Muslim?
Does playing video games that have Shirk/Kufr and Magic in them nullify one's Islam? Does watching Shirk or Kufr, such as in movies and serials on TV make the viewer a Kafir? These elements of Shirk/Kufr are widespread, and so a clear answer to this...
Read More »Book: Islamic Laws of Fasting by Ayatollah Sistani
This booklet provides a comprehensive look at fasting, its philosophy and goals, the rules that govern its performance, and the important details related to its...
Read More »Fasting according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
Fasting in the month of Ramadan is one of the `pillars' of the Islamic faith. No proof is required to establish its being obligatory (wajib) and one denying it goes out of the fold of Islam, because it is obvious like salat, and in...
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What is the ruling on taking intravenous injections during Ramadhan when we are fasting? Is it permissible? Does it break the fast? What about other types of...
Read More »Primary Sources of Islamic Thought
The source that ideas, notions, principles and values are taken from, determines the nature of thought and its identity and properties along with its ability to grow, contribute, influence and be....
Read More »Book: Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe: France
This volume of Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe covers France and consists of an...
Read More »Islamic Laws on Eating and Drinking according to Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwas
Allah the Almighty has made the beautiful nature and all animals and fruits and greeny at die disposal of mankind for his own use, so that he is able to use these things for eating and drinking, and covering himself to build his shelter, and other necessities, but for the protection of man's life, and for the...
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