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“O Believers, if an unrighteous person comes to you with information, you should verify it or else you might inflict harm on a people in ignorance and then end up regretting what you have done” (Holy Qur'an: Chapter 49, Verse 6) The Shi'ah are devot...
“O Believers, if an unrighteous person comes to yo...
Reliability of the Traditions Early Shi'ite scholars classified traditions into two: the reliable and the unreliable. Those traditions that were corroborated by circumstantial evidence were considered reliable and authoritative. Those that were not,...
Reliability of the Traditions Early Shi'ite schol...
Perhaps one of the most debatable subjects regarding the life of the Prophet is the biographers' dispute on the exact date of his birth. If someone were to gather all of the different opinions on this issue, there would be about twenty options to cho...
Perhaps one of the most debatable subjects regardi...
In the year 60/680, al-'Imam al-Husayn (A) stayed for about three months at Makkah in the course of his movement against the succession of Yazid, the degenerate son of Mu'awiah, to the Caliphate. Yazid had assumed the leadership of the Islamic world ...
In the year 60/680, al-'Imam al-Husayn (A) stayed ...
Shukrani Kitabu hiki kimeandikwa kwa lugha ya Urdu na Mtukufu Sayyadul Ulama Maulana Sayyid Ali Naqi Saheb, Mujtahid wa huo Kikuu cha Lucknow, Uhindi. Kimetafsiriwa kwa Lugha ya Kiingereza na Sayyid Hashim Raza Rizvi, B.A., B.T., Yadgar-e-Husayni H...
Shukrani Kitabu hiki kimeandikwa kwa lugha ya Urd...
Kisa Cha Siku Ya Ashura Na Kuuliwa Kwa Imam Husayn Hii ni kumbukumbu ya kujitolea mhanga na kuu­liwa kwa Imam Husayn na takriban jamii yote ya Mtume Muhammad (s.a.w.w) katika kuinusuru dini na kuitetea haki dhidi ya hao walowezi na wapi­nzan...
Kisa Cha Siku Ya Ashura Na Kuuliwa Kwa Imam Husayn...
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds and benedictions be upon Prophet Muhammad and his Purified Progeny. The Important role that translation plays in propagation of religion is known to all. ...
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...
Prologue “We are the slaves of Yazid and it is entirely upon him to either give back our freedom or sell us in the slave-market” The people of Madina were forced to repeat the above words as a sign of accepting the rule of Yazid who reigned from 68...
Prologue “We are the slaves of Yazid and it is en...
Au Nom d'Allah, Le Très Clément, Le Très Miséricordieux Le Noble Prophète (que la Paix soit sur lui et sur sa Famille) a dit: « Celui qui, parmi ma Communauté, mémorise quarante Traditions ou Ah...
Au Nom d'Allah, Le Très Clément, Le ...
Two terms need to be understood in regard to the Qur'anic meaning: nusus (sing, nass) and zawahir (sing. zahir). By nusus is meant those Quranic texts which are absolutely clear, being of a single meaning, about which there is no ambiguity whatsoever...
Two terms need to be understood in regard to the Q...
It is a pleasure for us, and all praise to Allah, to undertake the publishing of the English translation of the book Wala'ha wa wilay atha, which was written in Persian by the late, great, Islamic thinker Shaykh Murtadha Mutahhari - may Allah bestow ...
It is a pleasure for us, and all praise to Allah, ...
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. An inquiry into the system of the laws which govern the process of history and the effects which historical events produce on the life of society is one of the most important needs of our society a...
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...
Says Qur’an: Allah affirms that there is no god but He; and so do the angels, and those with knowledge, He is established in justice. (3: 19) Such is the claim of the Qur’an. So when we come across the atheistic people or those who seriously believ...
Says Qur’an: Allah affirms that there is no god b...
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...
“O you who believe! Fear Allah and seek an approach unto Him...” (5:35) Over the last few centuries, the Muslims have been wracked by severe discord and hostility over the issue of tawassul (beseeching or supplicating) to Prophet Muhammad (saws), th...
“O you who believe! Fear Allah and seek an approac...
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Self-making and attaining to the highest level of perfection have ever been the final objectives of every human being, knowingly or unknowingly. Never the less, this is not an easy task, as it requ...
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...
The original in Persian, entitled Risaleh ye sayr was suluk mansub be Bahr 'Ulum, Allamah Ayatullah al-'Uzma Sayyid Mahdi ibn Sayyid Murtada al-Tabataba'i al-Najafi, ridwan Allah 'alayh (Tehran: Intisharat-e Hikmat, 1360 H. Sh./1402 H.), has been int...
The original in Persian, entitled Risaleh ye sayr ...
From a Shi'a point of view, there are four sources on which any investigation about Islam has to be based: the Glorious Qur'an, the Sunnah (including sayings, actions and tacit approval of the Prophet), reason, and consensus. After a careful consider...
From a Shi'a point of view, there are four sources...
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful With the demise of Imam Khomeini on June 3rd, 1989, the world lost a great revolutionary and an unparalleled leader who awakened the Muslims, revived Islam and restored it to its pristine grandeur t...
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...
The love of the family of the Prophet Muhammad(s.a.w) and his family, his ahl al-bayt, Allah's peace and blessings be upon them, is something common amongst all Muslims. After all, Allah commanded His final Prophet(s.a.w) to tell the Muslims: “Say: ...
The love of the family of the Prophet Muhammad(s.a...
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful the Compassionate It is unanimously agreed by all Muslim scholars, researchers, and historians that the noble character of Prophet Muhammad who is the Seal of Messengers, has no like or similarity as he possesses m...
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful the Compassiona...
