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We should take Lady Masoumeh as a role model in worship, especially taking into account her young age and the severity of her sickness. We would not perform prayers on time and would ignore supererogatory prayers because of some little....

The martyrdom of Imam al-Hasan al-‘Askari (as) is reported to be on Friday, Rabi al-Awwal 8, 260/January 1, 874. The way that noble Imam (as) was martyred is related as follows: ‘Ubayd Allah b. Khaqan's son said: “One day my father (who was the vizier to the ‘Abbasid Mu‘tamid) was informed that...

The political life in the age of Imam Abu Muhammad (a.s.) was very bad and unstable. Oppression, injustice, and seditions prevailed everywhere, and many revolts broke out....

Once again, we are in the midst of a cruel and bloody war between Israel and the Palestinians. Many things are as they always are in such wars; Israel’s indiscriminate and unproportional use of force against civilians, failure to acknowledge its responsibility regarding the...

Through unity and adopting a unified policy on fundamental issues, the Islamic countries will be able to deal with the interferences of the United States and other bullying, aggressive powers, Ayatollah Khamenei said. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei meets with a group of Iranian people and …

There is a string of questions and even criticisms regarding Imam al-Sadiq. The issue of vice-regency was not put forward to all the Imams only to the following four Imams: Imam ‘Ali, Imam al-Hassan, Imam al-Ridaand Imam al-Sadiq. In Imam al-Sadiq’s case, there is the issue of briefly offering the...

Imam al-Sadiq (as), the most prominent scientific character in the human history, is well known for his intelligence and creativity, which we cannot find an end or a limit to. This talented Imam brought the source of information and wisdom back to earth and filled the world with his knowledge and sciences as...

Muslims should be awake, Muslims should be alert that if a dispute takes place among Sunni and Shi'ite brothers, it is harmful to all of us, it is harmful to all Muslims....

Even if we accepted the hypothesis (which Shiʻism does not accept) that the appointment of the ruler of Islamic society is given by the Shariʻah to the people themselves, still it would be necessary for the Prophet to give an explanation concerning this...

The occultation (Ghaybah) of the twelfth Imam consists of two phases: one is Ghaybah al-Sughra (The lesser occultation) and the second is Ghaybah al-Kubra (The greater occultation)....