Tag Archives: shia Scholars

The 2019 Annual International Imam Khomeini Conference, Organised by the Research Group of Anjuman e SharaieShian and Hawza Ilmiya Jamia Babul Ilm, was held in The Oriental College of...

Ayatollah Qorban Ali Mohaqiq Kabuli, an Afghani Shia Marjaʻ passed away on June 11, 2019 at the age of 91...

Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (1902 – 1989) was among the most influential characters of the 20th century. He led the Islamic Revolution and overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Here in the video, you can see his mini-biography...

The 3rd of June 1989 was a tragic day, the 7 am news on the Iran radio stated the following: "In the name of God, to God we belong and to Him we return. The holy spirit of the leader of...

He did not like to be known as a mystic and avoided the use of mystical words. He even did not allow us to take pictures of him. Once, a photographer came with an expensive camera and told me, "let me take a...

The city of Najaf is the home to one of the oldest Islamic seminaries in the world. Many great scholars have graduated from this Hawza. But what makes a scholar? What stages do they go through to...

“It has been said famously that on my parents’ wedding night when my mother’s uncle encouraged the bride and the groom to hold each other’s hands together, my father – now although he was an Allameh – bent down and kissed my mother’s hand in...

Organized by the University of Religions and Denominations, the 9th International Intensive Course on Shiʻa Studies: the Status of the Seminary and Clergymen in Shiite Thought, endeavors to enhance scholarly attention to Shiʻa Islam and...

Even when our mother expressed discomfort, if he had an answer, he would not say. He would not respond with anger or sadness at all to the state of sadness from his family, and in most cases he showed no...

An interesting narration from Rezvan Aqil, the correspondent of An-Nahar, about meeting with Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani, the great Marja’ of Shiite...