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Governance within Religion On the basis of the teachings of Islam one can say that Islam is not a religion confined to belief and worship. It is a complete...

Governance within Religion On the basis of the te...

Research into the Matter of Longevity There was another article on research on longevity that appeared in an Arabic journal. The following is the translation of that article: ...

Research into the Matter of Longevity There was a...

Chapter 10 The Residence of the Twelfth Imam Dr. Fahimi: Where does the Imam of the Age live during the occultation? Mr. Hoshyar: His residence is not established....

Chapter 10 The Residence of the Twelfth Imam Dr....

Chapter 11 The Minds of the People Prepare for the Advent of the Mahdi The session began exactly on time. Dr. Jalali opened the meeting with his question. ...

Chapter 11 The Minds of the People Prepare for th...

Chapter 9 The Research about Longevity It was almost a month later when Dr. Jalali informed everyone about the next meeting on Friday evening at his residence. The group...

Chapter 9 The Research about Longevity It was al...

Were these Letters from the Imam in His Own Handwriting? Dr. Jalali: Who wrote these letters? Was it the Imam himself or someone else? Mr. Hoshyar: It is...

Were these Letters from the Imam in His Own Handwr...

Chapter 6 Can a Five Year Old Boy Become an Imam? The session began on time. Everyone was anxiously waiting to begin the discussion. Dr. Fahimi formulated his question...

Chapter 6 Can a Five Year Old Boy Become an Imam?...

Chapter 8 The Sunni Books on the Characteristics of the Mahdi The session began on time at Dr. Fahimi's house. Dr. Fahimi welcomed the group and without wasting much...

Chapter 8 The Sunni Books on the Characteristics...

Chapter 7 Why Did Not the Occultation Become Complete from the Beginning? The group met at Dr. Jalali's house. The session began on time. Everyone was anxious to hear...

Chapter 7 Why Did Not the Occultation Become Com...

The Other-worldly Prosperity Even as a human being is constantly occupied with the mundane aspects of life, there is some mysterious life rooted in the depth of his own...

The Other-worldly Prosperity Even as a human bein...

Chapter 3 Mahdiism, the Jews, and the Iranians People were slowly assembling at Dr. Fahimi's residence. After the usual welcome and hospitality, the session began at eight o'clock. This...

Chapter 3 Mahdiism, the Jews, and the Iranians P...

Chapter 5 Who Was the Imam after Hasan `Askari? On Friday evening the group met at Engineer Madani's house. The session formally began with the question raised by Dr....

Chapter 5 Who Was the Imam after Hasan `Askari? ...

Chapter 4 The Unseen World and the Imam of the Age The following session was convened at Dr. Jalali's residence. He was the first person to open the discussion....

Chapter 4 The Unseen World and the Imam of the Ag...

Chapter 2 The Pseudo-Mahdis On the appointed evening friends came together at Dr. Fahimi's house. After the usual formalities and enquiries the session began. Mr. Hoshyar began to speak....

Chapter 2 The Pseudo-Mahdis On the appointed eve...

5: Unfounded Prejudice It is obvious that to pursue an agenda and to follow prejudice is not conducive to objective research. Anyone who intends to do research about a...

5: Unfounded Prejudice It is obvious that to purs...

Rules and Principles On starting to lay down the foundations of this book, I haven’t thought it to be so protracted, so I tried my best then to delete from...

Rules and Principles On starting to lay down the ...

LIGHTS ON THEMUHAMMADAN SUNNAH or DEFENCE OF THE HADITH Publisher's Foreword 2 Dedication 4 Dr. Taha Husayn's Foreword 6 The Author's Response 17 Definition of the Book 20 Narrating Hadith...

LIGHTS ON THEMUHAMMADAN SUNNAH or DEFENCE OF THE...

Al-Imam al-Mahdi, The Just Leader of Humanity Introduction In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate The month of Sha'ban in the Muslim calendar is a time of...

Al-Imam al-Mahdi, The Just Leader of Humanity In...

Hypocrites Among Sahabah andSurat al-Tawbah: Al-Baghawi and others reported from Ibn Abbas as saying: The Messenger of Allah was not aware of the hypocrites till the revelation of Surat Bara’ah...

Hypocrites Among Sahabah andSurat al-Tawbah: Al-B...

Criticism by Ulama’ of Fiqh al-Hadith: He (Muhammad Abduh) said also: Beside the criticism of the ulama’ of fiqh al-hadith against the asanid (chains of transmission) of reports and works,...

Criticism by Ulama’ of Fiqh al-Hadith: He (Muhamm...

Sayings of Madhahib Imitators: After completing the speech of those who refuted Ibn al-Salah, I am going to cite a number of sayings about imitators of madhahib and their (...

Sayings of Madhahib Imitators: After completing t...