Leader of the Islamic Revolution Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei visited the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini (RA) south of Tehran on Saturday morning....
Read More »Reminder about Qada (Make-Up) Fasts, Fidyah, and Kaffarah
It is well known that a person who misses a fast from the month of Ramadan is required to make it up. In addition, sometimes such cases require offering a fidyah and/or a kaffarah as well....
Read More »Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani Highlights Islamic Teachings on Protecting Environment
An Iranian senior cleric, Grand Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani underlined that Islam and the Holy Quran attach great importance to protecting the environment, saying the environment is a divine trust and its destruction is forbidden by Islamic law....
Read More »Enlightening Students in the Laws of Religion: Tabṣirat al-Mutaʿallimīn fī Aḥkām al-Dīn
Tabṣirat al-Mutaʿallimīn fī aḥkām al-dīn is a seminal work in Twelver Shia Islamic jurisprudence. It systematically outlines the principles and rulings of Sharia law (fiqh), covering acts of worship, transactions, punishments, and social responsibilities....
Read More »A Glance at the Life of the Commander of Faithful
The birth of Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb (as) took place under unique circumstances inside the Holy Kaaba at Makkah on the 13 th of Rajab (30th Amul Feel / Year of the Elephant) about 600 AD i.e. 23 years before Hijra of Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw).....
Read More »Women Role in Redefining Concepts of Just Peace, Global Justice
The speakers present at an international conference in Tehran emphasized that women play a fundamental and decisive role in redefining the concepts of just peace and global justice, and global experiences confirm this role....
Read More »Paradise Understood: New Philosophical Essays about Heaven
T. Ryan Byerly and Eric J. Silverman have edited an impressive collection of 17 new essays dealing with these and other problems related to the possibility and desirability of Heavenly existence, its presuppositions, and its implications All of the essays are of the highest standard of analytic theology, and I can only recommend the book to anyone interested in one of the most important themes of theological reflection concerning the Christian hope for the world to.....
Read More »Silence on Crimes against Gazans as Betrayal to Islamic Principles: Scholar
Secretary-General of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), Ali al-Qaradaghi, has denounced international silence on the ongoing Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza as a betrayal of Islamic principles....
Read More »Ayatollah Khamenei’s Message to the Union of the Islamic Students Associations in Europe
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei says the heavy assault of the US military and its disgraceful appendage in this region was brought to defeat by the initiative, courage, and self-sacrifice of the young people of Islamic Iran....
Read More »Ayatollah Milani Redefined the Role of Shiite Authority: Rabbani
Hojatoleslam Rabbani Birjandi described the Late Ayatollah Milani as a jurist whose presence reshaped the function of religious authority within society. He said that Ayatollah Milani’s approach went far beyond teaching and issuing religious rulings, positioning the Shia sources of emulation as a guiding force for the Islamic nation during...
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