Islamic Articles

Bayt al-Mal and the Distribution of Zakat The Bayt al-Ma-l bears the responsibility of the undertaking of the society's fiscal system and welfare provisions.1 Accordingly, the Bayt al-Ma-l acts as a treasury complemented with the task of planning a...

Bayt al-Mal and the Distribution of Zakat The Bay...

To the best man who ever walked on earth or ascended to heaven... To the one for whom the whole world was created... To the one whom I never saw yet in whom I firmly believe and whom I passionately love, in whose footsteps I try my best to follow, an...

To the best man who ever walked on earth or ascend...

The practices of Muslims as ordained by the Shari'ah (Islamic Law) have their origin in the Qur'an. Although the foundations of the Shari'ah must also be sought in the Sunnah and the elaboration of the law depends furthermore, with respect to Shi'ism...

The practices of Muslims as ordained by the Shari'...

Cavillers attempted to generate doubt using hadiths on khums through misleading objections. Below are five hadiths on khums, each including the disputants’ objections and clarifications of their false ideas. Some have objected the following hadith o...

Cavillers attempted to generate doubt using hadith...

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful The Noble Prophet (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) has said: مَنْ حَفِظَ عَـلـى أُمَّتِـي أَرْبَعِينَ حَدِيثًا يَـنْتَفِعُونَ بِهَا بَعَـثَهُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقِيه...

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most ...

The Meaning of Theocracy The concept of theocracy or the sovereignty of God, admittedly, would sound strange and remote in a society as today's. Centuries and ages have passed without such ideas and concepts making any impres­sion on the minds o...

The Meaning of Theocracy The concept of theocracy...

Before taking up this proof it may be necessary to consider the problem of causality as a prerequisite; for understanding the argu­ment of contingency and necessity is difficult without understand­ing causality. Principle of Causality One o...

Before taking up this proof it may be necessary to...

At one point the Holy Qur’an considers supplication as a means for the value of people: قُلْ مَا يَعْبَأُ بِكُمْ رَبِّي لَوْلَا دُعَاؤُكُمْ " "Say: My Lord would not care for you were it not for your prayer".5 At another place God orders people to...

At one point the Holy Qur’an considers supplicatio...

But in today’s world more than ninety percent of people suffer from some sort of nervous and mental disturbance. Every day we witness millions of crimes in the world. A lot of people, due to distresses and worries and because of their indecisions, re...

But in today’s world more than ninety percent of p...

"واعلم اَنَّ الَّذِي بيّدِهِ خَزائِنُ السَّمواتِ والارض قد اَذِنَ لَكَ في الدُّعاءِ وتَكَفَّلَ لَكَ بالإجابَةِ وامَرَكَ اَن تَسألَهُ ليُعِطيَكَ وتَستَرحِمَهُ لِيَرحَمَكَ ولم يَجْعَل بَينَهُ وبَينَكَ مَن يَحجِبُكَ عَنهُ، ولم يُلجِئكَ اِلى مَن يَشْفَعُ...

"واعلم اَنَّ الَّذِي بيّدِهِ خَزائِنُ السَّمواتِ و...

"وَاعلَم يَا بُنَيَّ أنَّ اَحَداً لَم يُنَبِّئ عَنِ الله كَمَا اَنبَأ عَنهُ الرَّسُولُ صَلّى الله عَلَيهِ وَآلهِ، فَارضَ بِهِ رَائِداً وَاِلى النَجَاة قَائِداً فَانّي لَم اَلُكَ نَصِيحَةً وَاِنَّكَ لَن تَبلُغَ في النَّظَرِ لِنَفسِكَ وَاِن اِجتَهَدتَ ...

"وَاعلَم يَا بُنَيَّ أنَّ اَحَداً لَم يُنَبِّئ عَن...

Since God is the Creator of everything and every creature, and He initiates creation and resurrection, and mixes sorrow with happiness, ugliness with beauty, assets with miseries and has made this principle of juxtaposition as the basis for perfectio...

Since God is the Creator of everything and every c...

There are many people whose personal knowledge is used for the evaluation of things and events. If they assume something is true, they accept it, or else they would reject it. But we should know our scientific knowledge and means are limited. "وَمَا...

There are many people whose personal knowledge is ...

Although this world is a mixture of treasure and snake, flower and thorn, sadness and happiness, asset and misery, hardships and ease, sweetness and bitterness, it is harmonious and lovely and every particle and part of it is in its proper place. And...

Although this world is a mixture of treasure and s...

Since early times, there were groups such as Disanieh, Manawieh, Mazdakieh, and the like who were of the opinion that there should be relatedness and relation between cause and effect. Therefore, they used to believe that there were two Gods. The rea...

Since early times, there were groups such as Disan...

Although Islam agrees with logical imitation, i.e., the reference of the ignorant person to the scholar, on which the order of society relies, such as one’s reference to physicians, engineers, tailors, carpenters, and jurisprudents knowledgeable in t...

Although Islam agrees with logical imitation, i.e....

As we know, man's knowledge, compared with what is unknown to him, is like a drop of water in the sea. If man wants to capture this drop of knowledge, he has to select the proper method of approach so as not to get drowned in the immense sea of what ...

As we know, man's knowledge, compared with what is...

"وَاعلَم يَا بُنَيَّ اَنَّ اَحبَّ مَا انْتَ آخِذٌ بِهِ اِليَّ مِن وَصِيَّتِي تَقوَى الله وَالاِقتِصَار على مَا فَرَضَهُ الله عَلَيكَ، وَالاَخْذَ بِمَا مَضَى عَلَيهِ الاَوّلُونَ مِن آبَائِكَ وَالصَالِحُونَ مِن اَهلِ بَيتِكَ، فَاِنَّهُم لَم يَدَعُوا اَ...

"وَاعلَم يَا بُنَيَّ اَنَّ اَحبَّ مَا انْتَ آخِذٌ ...

There are many pieces of knowledge which are gained through experience and trial, either through personal experiencing or by the experiences of others, but neither through perception nor scientific analysis. When the child draws his hand for the fir...

There are many pieces of knowledge which are gaine...

As we have experienced, children are more capable of learning than adults. They retain what they are exposed to at this early age. It is said: "The acquisition of knowledge at childhood is like engraving on the stone; but the acquisition of knowledg...

As we have experienced, children are more capable ...

Know that there is no good in knowledge that is not beneficial, and knowledge that is not worthy of acquisition is not beneficial "و اعلم انّه لا خير في علم لاينفع ولا ينفع بعلم لا يحق تعلمه" As we know, the Islamic commandments and its allowable a...

Know that there is no good in knowledge that is no...