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I said that some of the Quranic instructions about jihad against kufar (disbelievers) are unconditional, which means they state only this: "O Prophet Fight with the Kufar and the hypocrites." Or, in the case the verse pertaining to which we recited, ...

I said that some of the Quranic instructions about...

The Second issue concerns the circumstances in which Islam says we must fight. The first verses of the Quran that come to us about jihad, in the accepted view of all the commentators, are those from Suratul-Hajj: "Truly God defends those who have fai...

The Second issue concerns the circumstances in whi...

Previously we said that one of the points that, in its own view, the world of Christianity considers to be a weak point of Islam is the issue of Islamic jihad, which prompts it to say that Islam is a religion of war, not a religion of peace, while Ch...

Previously we said that one of the points that, in...

Thus, those groups which claim that religion. must always oppose war, and advocate peace, because peace is good and war is totally bad, are mistaken. Religion must of course advocate peace, and the Quran says: "Was-Solho khayron", "Peace is better", ...

Thus, those groups which claim that religion. must...

In such an event, we cannot say that because we are the advocates of peace, we are opposed to war. Such a thing would mean that we are advocates of misery; advocates of surrender. Make no mistake, peace and surrender are as different from each other ...

In such an event, we cannot say that because we ar...

The first issue that we shall consider will relate to the legitimacy of jihad, whether or not it is correct for a law of war to exist within the context of religion and the text of its commands. Protesters say, "No, war is evil, and religion must alw...

The first issue that we shall consider will relate...

The fifth issue concerns the reason for the law of jihad in Islam. Some believe that there should be no jihad in religion at all: that religion should contain no law of war: that since war is a bad thing, religion must oppose it and not itself establ...

The fifth issue concerns the reason for the law of...

The third question relates to the word jezyah or tribute. We are told to fight them until they pay the jezyah, which means until they either accept Islam or pay the jezyah. In the Quran there is no doubt that a difference has been maintained between ...

The third question relates to the word jezyah or t...

The second question is related to the fact that the verse does not explicitly state that we are to fight all the People of the Book, but tells us that we are to fight against those of them who believe neither in God nor in the Hereafter,... who count...

The second question is related to the fact that th...

This term is a very important one, and I wish to explain it to you, for otherwise it will be difficult for you to grasp the full meaning of the verse under discussion. Any command (even a human command) can be given in one place with no conditions, a...

This term is a very important one, and I wish to e...

"And Fight those who have not faith in God, nor in the Hereafter, and (who) forbid not what God and His Prophet have forbidden and (who ) are not committed to the religion of truth, of those who have been brought the Book, until they pay tribute by h...

"And Fight those who have not faith in God, nor in...

I said to him, ‘O son of the messenger of Allah, who is the Imam and successor after you?’ He got up hastily and went in the house. Then, he came out holding a three-year-old boy, whose face was like a full moon, on his shoulder and said, ‘O Ahmad, w...

I said to him, ‘O son of the messenger of Allah, w...

Imam Hasan ibn ali Askari, the son of the tenth imam, was born in 232/845 and according to some shi'ite sources was poisoned and killed in 260/872 through the instigation of the abbasid caliph mu'tamid. the eleventh imam gained the imamate, after the...

Imam Hasan ibn ali Askari, the son of the tenth im...

Imam Hasan Al-Askari (A.S) spent his short life in sufferings and distresses. The Abbasid kings spared no effort in oppressing him. They moved him from a prison to another. They subjected him to confinement and imposed on him an economical blockade. ...

Imam Hasan Al-Askari (A.S) spent his short life in...

Imam Hassan [pbuh] declared:” My son, do recite all the Holy Books of the past Prophets! “ Hazrat Mahdi [ pbuh ] recited then the Book of Ibrahim [ pbuh ] in Syrian; after that Hazrat Mahdi recited the Holy Books of the Prophet Noah, Idriss, Salih [ ...

Imam Hassan [pbuh] declared:” My son, do recite al...

A draught took shape in one of the years in Samarra. "Mo’tamid" the Abbasid Caliph ordered people to proceed to the desert and pray for rain. People did go to the desert for three days consecutively but rain did not fall. The next day, the Christians...

A draught took shape in one of the years in Samarr...

Birth & Childhood When he was born his father said that it was an order from the prophet (pbuh) that he should be named Hasan. It was so well known that the last Imams father would be called Hasan that people had previously looked for the 12th Imam a...

Birth & Childhood When he was born his father said...

Abu Hâshim al-Ja‘fari narrates that once a person asked Imam Hasan al-‘Askari (a.s.) the following question: “Why does a woman get half of the share of a man in inheritance?” The question is about a son and a daughter inheriting from their father or ...

Abu Hâshim al-Ja‘fari narrates that once a person ...

The Holy Imam Hassan al - `Askari spent twenty - two years of his life under the patronage of his father, Imam 'Ali al-Hadi (an-Naqi) (a.s.) after whose martyrdom he became his divinely commissioned Imam. Imam Hassan ibn `Ali al - `Askari , the son o...

The Holy Imam Hassan al - `Askari spent twenty - t...

1- Do not dispute (with others) lest you will lose splendor and do not joke (with everyone) lest you will be disrespected. 2- As for those who accept to sit in a place other than the first row of a session, Allah and His angels will bless them until ...

1- Do not dispute (with others) lest you will lose...

It is a 4 Raka't Namaaz (SALAT) (a) In first raka't, recitation of surah Faatih'ah, recite surah Zilzaal 15 times. (b) In second raka't, after surah Faatih'ah, recite surah Ikhlaas 15 times. (c) After Salaam recite the following Dua: ENGLISH TRANSLAT...

It is a 4 Raka't Namaaz (SALAT) (a) In first raka'...