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According to the Imamiyah faith, every sane thinking person has a moral duty to know his Creator. He should believe in His Oneness and Divinity, and should ascribe no partner to Him in His Actions. He should also believe that creation, sustenance, li...

According to the Imamiyah faith, every sane thinki...

Now, on the other hand, if you reflect upon the life of 'Ali (a.s.) and his descendants, you will come to know why Shi'ism spread and how it spread; moreover the truth will be revealed as to whether Shi'ism was the innovation of the Iranians, or the ...

Now, on the other hand, if you reflect upon the li...

The Shi'as too continued to follow their leader; the spirit of the time demanded that differences should be ignored. For this very reason, they did not try to establish themselves as a sect during the regime of the first caliphs. Of course 'Ali's fri...

The Shi'as too continued to follow their leader; t...

Shi'ism is not a new religion. It begins with the beginning of Islam. The embodiment of the code of religion, that is, the seal of the Prophets (s.a.w.) planted the tree of Shi'ism together with Islam; with his own hands, he watered it and looked aft...

Shi'ism is not a new religion. It begins with the ...

22. " And do not marry women whom your father married, except what has already passed; verily it is indecent and hateful and it is an evil way." Commentary One of the customs in the pre-Islamic era of Ignorance was that whenever a person passed away,...

22. " And do not marry women whom your father marr...

"Unlawful to wed blood and foster relations - Not to marry two sisters at a time - To marry free women - Laws regards wedding slave girls." 23. " Forbidden to you (in marriage) are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your parental...

"Unlawful to wed blood and foster relations - Not ...

21. " And how can you take it (back) when one of you has already gone in to the other and they have taken from you a firm covenant ? " Commentary This verse indicates that in the fulfilment of propagations and forbidding wrong, human's affections sho...

21. " And how can you take it (back) when one of y...

20. " And if you intend to take one wife in place of another and you have given one of them a considerable property then do not take anything of it. Would you take it by slandering (her) and with manifest wrong ? " Commentary At the Age of Ignorance,...

20. " And if you intend to take one wife in place ...

19. " O' you who have Faith! It is not lawful for you to inherit the women against their will, and do not straiten them in order that you may take a part of what you have given them, unless they are guilty of manifest lewdness; but deal kindly with t...

19. " O' you who have Faith! It is not lawful for ...

18. " And repentance is not for those who go on doing evil deeds until death comes to one of them, he says: 'Verily now I repent', nor for those who die while they are disbelievers. Those are they for whom We have prepared a painful torment." Comment...

18. " And repentance is not for those who go on do...

17. " Verily repentance with Allah is only for those who do evil ignorantly and then repent soon. So, these are they toward whom Allah returns (mercifully) and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise." Commentary In the previous verse, the subject of the fulf...

17. " Verily repentance with Allah is only for tho...

16. " And when two of you commit it (lewdness) punish them both, but if they repent and amend, then turn aside from them. Verily Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy) , the Merciful." Commentary In this verse the ordinance of fornication is stated. It in...

16. " And when two of you commit it (lewdness) pun...

Punishment to immoral women and men - Tolerance for repentance - Unlawful to treat women harshly - Kindness to women enjoined. 15. " And as for those of your women who are guitly of lewdness, call to witness four of you (Muslims) against them; then i...

Punishment to immoral women and men - Tolerance fo...

14. " And whoso disobeys Allah and His Messenger, and transgresses His limits, He will admit him in Hell-Fire, to abide therein, and he shall have an abasing torment." Commentary In this verse, other side of the coin is discussed about and those grou...

14. " And whoso disobeys Allah and His Messenger, ...

13. " These are limits (set) by Allah; and whoso obeys Allah and His Messenger, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever; and this is the great success." Commentary Following the discussion of inheritance in ...

13. " These are limits (set) by Allah; and whoso o...

7. " Men shall have a portion of whatever the parents and the near relatives leave, and women shall have a portion of whatever the parents and the near relatives leave, be it little or much, (it is) a decreed portion." Occasion of Revelation One of t...

7. " Men shall have a portion of whatever the pare...

12. " And you will have half of what your wives leave, if they have no child. But if they have a child, then you shall have a fourth of what they leave after (the payment of) any bequest they may have bequeathed or a debt; and they shall have a fourt...

12. " And you will have half of what your wives le...

11. " Allah enjoins you concerning your children: The male shall have the equal of the portion of two females; and if they are more than two females, then they will have two-thirds of the inheritance; and if there is (only) one, she will have the hal...

11. " Allah enjoins you concerning your children: ...

10. " Verily; those who devour the properties of the orphans unjustly, certainly they swallow Fire into their bellies, and they shall enter the burning Fire." Commentary In Tafsir Al-Mizan, this verse has been taken as an evidence for the embodiment ...

10. " Verily; those who devour the properties of t...

9. " And let those fear who, if they left behind them weakly children, would fear on their account, so let them be in awe of Allah, and let them speak right words." Commentary As the Islamic literature denotes, devouring the wealth of orphans has ref...

9. " And let those fear who, if they left behind t...

8. " And when the relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the division (of heritage) , give them (something) out of it and speak to them kind words." Commentary An Ethical Ordinance Certainly this verse has been revealed after the law of d...

8. " And when the relatives and orphans and the ne...