Happiness Drowning Never Bet Against Ali (a.s) The Sorrow of Mountains The rise of Islam had put many tribes on their toes. The fear of losing worldly leadership and desired lifestyles were factors for hatred towards Islam. Thus, many tribes tried t...

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How to perform minor ablution (wudhu) Rules Regarding Nail Polish This is why we see various religions share the same ritual concepts, as some of the benefits of those shared rituals are not limited to humans in a specific generation. It is true tha...

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Never Bet Against Ali (a.s) The Sorrow of Mountains Blessed baby The Imam (a.s) who went through several imprisonments by Abbasid caliphs was missed very much by his followers and they were anxious, excited, and eager to finally see him. While these...

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Our Qibla Blessed baby The Sorrow of Mountains A Muslim army consisting of only 1500 soldiers in Medina were on their way to go 165 kilometers north to battle an army with strong fortresses that were stationed on top of mountains, advanced weaponry,...

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Prostration on Karbala Soil You Failed to understand Him so you Denied his existence?! Our duties during occultation For 13 years in Mecca the Prophet (pbuh) was ordered to pray towards Bayt Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), and to make the Ka’ba in between wh...

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Blessed baby A Brief look At the Wisdom behind Imam al-Jawad’s Marriage To Please Our Creator The daughter of Amir al-Mu’mineen and lady Fatima al-Zahra (s) with all the pain and agony she was going through, stood strong in the face of her enemies....

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Only God Can Judge You? Nail polish and Muslim women Sense of Humor in a Muslim’s Life Repentance is regret over committing a sin, hence, it is vastly quoted that regret is repentance. It is evident that regret comes with the intention to stay away ...

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A Brief look At the Wisdom behind Imam al-Jawad’s Marriage Our duties during occultation Who Created Allah? Upon hearing and reading the description given by Imam Al-Ridha (a.s) one might ask, “Does this mean that he (a.s) was more blessed than othe...

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Prostration on Karbala Soil Only God Can Judge You? Nail polish and Muslim women The first of five signs of a believer that our eleventh Imam gives, is praying the fifty-one rik'as (units), Which consist of the seventeen rik'a daily obligatory pray...

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Rules Regarding Nail Polish Physical Education Dress Code Dilemma For Muslim Girls Part Time Hijjabi While silently preparing herself to wash her face and arms thinking of the hard day she had been through and how hard where the lessons on that day...

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Good manners are half of religion Fearing Allah (swt) Some Q&A about Taqlid; Following a Jurist Hawzah News Agency - In this paper the author proposes to describe the teachings of Shi‘ite Islam about authority in a manner accessible to Catholic pa...

Good manners are half of religion Fearing Allah (...

Good manners are half of religion Part Time Hijjabi Physical Education Dress Code Dilemma For Muslim Girls It is like Allah has created them and left them to be and act like how they wish, allowing them to fall into actions which hurts them. How is...

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The Stance of Muslims Towards Black People Fearing Allah (swt) Prostration on Karbala Soil Another way our beloved religion informs us of the reward we can achieve by having good manners, such as the saying of the Prophet (pbuh & his household), “No...

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Firstly it has to be made clear that Shias believe that Allah should be obeyed the way he wants and he showed us the way by sending messengers and their successors (a.s). It also has to be made clear that Shias believe it is not obligatory to do pros...

Firstly it has to be made clear that Shias believe...

1- Wash your face from the tip of where the hairline is, to the bottom of the chin, and the entire horizontal plane of the face within the reach of the span of the hand from the middle finger to the thumb. All this with your right hand starting from ...

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A positive role model is a person who has reached Allah’s satisfaction. For example, Allah (swt) in the holy Quran gives Muslims a role model in how to behave with the enemies of Allah: “Indeed, there is for you a good example in Ibrahim and those wi...

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The answer to the question is put in a couple of pictures: 1. Selling- Which is seen prohibited, meaning the transaction and deal is considered invalid and an unlawful trade, unless it is sold for medical necessity uses. 2. Farming drugs- which is al...

The answer to the question is put in a couple of p...

An atheist entered the court of Abu Al-Hassan Al-Rida (a.s) when the Imam was in audience with a group of people. Abu Al-Hassan (a.s) addressed the atheist, “O´ man, have you realized that if the truth is as you people say(1), although it is no...

An atheist entered the court of Abu Al-Hassan Al-R...

There are various acts that can answers these questions, but one of the most important is praying for the Imam especially praying for his “Faraj” or relief. The Imam (a.s) himself stated, “And increase your supplications to hasten Al-Faraj (relief), ...

There are various acts that can answers these ques...

One eyebrow-raising moment in the life of Imam al-Jawad is his marriage to Ummul Fazl, the daughter of Al-Ma’mun, the man who poisoned his father. This marriage changed some of the Shi‘as’ opinion about the Imam. However, by looking deeply into the i...

One eyebrow-raising moment in the life of Imam al-...

The Prophet (p.b.u.h & his household) stated, “There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab, nor for a non-Arab over an Arab. Neither is the white superior over the black nor is the black superior over the white, except by piety."(1) A great e...

The Prophet (p.b.u.h & his household) stated, “The...