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The Day of Wilayah In the year 10AH, the Prophet proceeded on his journey to Mecca to perform pilgrimage. A pilgrimage which was later to be called the 'farewell pilgrimage' (hujjat al-wada'a). Named so because it was the last pilgrimage the Prophet ...

The Day of Wilayah In the year 10AH, the Prophet p...

Imam Husain's (A.S.) Final Battle After he had buried the baby, he met in duel with many a man who never stood a chance of emerging alive. He then charged the enemy troops who did not stand their ground in the face of his attacks. Thereupon Omar bin ...

Imam Husain's (A.S.) Final Battle After he had bur...

Lady Zainab (A.S) Speaks in the Court of Yazid After the massacre of Imam Husayn bin 'Ali (a.s.) and his companions at Karbala, the forces of Yazid bin Mu'awiyah took the children and women of Husayn's caravan as prisoners. They were taken from Karba...

Lady Zainab (A.S) Speaks in the Court of Yazid Aft...

Hazrat Zaynab's sermon in Kufa When Zaynab (PBUH) reached Kufa, she addressed people with fury words: "Praise to Allah, and may the blessing of Allah be upon Muhammad and his progeny. O people of Kufa! You are hypocrites and deceitful. You feign to b...

Hazrat Zaynab's sermon in Kufa When Zaynab (PBUH) ...

Khutba of Hadrat Zainab (S.A.) delivered in the court of Yazid After she saw Yazid disrespecting the head of her brother (as) with a cane. She stood and said: "God says, and He says the truth, the end of miscreants will be awful, those who belied the...

Khutba of Hadrat Zainab (S.A.) delivered in the co...

Imam Sajjad (as) in the Court of Ibn-e-Ziad Keeping in view the reports of the officials about the turmoil and disturbance of the Kufa city, Ibn-e-Ziad ordered that they (Prisoners) must be brought to the court, as soon as possible. The unclean, dirt...

Imam Sajjad (as) in the Court of Ibn-e-Ziad Keepin...

Imam Hassan (AS)- Life History By: Ali Naqi Naqvi Name and Genealogy His name was 'Hasan', title 'Mujtaba' and kunniyat 'Abu Muhammad. He was the elder son of Ameerul Momineen Ali ibne Abi Talib (AS) from Hazrat Fatima Zahra (SA), the revered daughte...

Imam Hassan (AS)- Life History By: Ali Naqi Naqvi ...

Inviting the Rulers to Islam The Holy Prophet (SA) settled in Madinah. Gradually, a great number of the Muslims of Makkah, who were under the torture by the unbelievers, relinquished their homes and belongings and migrated to Madinah. Ansar also kept...

Inviting the Rulers to Islam The Holy Prophet (SA)...

Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.) Refutes the Agnostics Imam Hasan al-Askari (as) lived a short life of 28 years. In this short life, he (as) had to endure great sufferings at the hands of the Abbasid tyrants. But in spite of all that suffering and confine...

Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.) Refutes the Agnostics ...

The Role of Reason in Ijtihad In the previous discussion, "The Principle of Ijtihad in Islam", two trends in Islamic thought were referred to. One of them related to the subject of the justifiability or unjustifiability of the use of qiyas and ijtiha...

The Role of Reason in Ijtihad In the previous disc...

Arbitration in Islam (By Ayat. Muhammed Beheshti) From time to time differences arise on various questions between the people living together. Historical and personal experience shows that no society has ever existed, between the individuals or the s...

Arbitration in Islam (By Ayat. Muhammed Beheshti) ...

Taqlid: Meaning & Reality (By Sayyid Muhammed Rizvi) Some General Terms Wajib - obligatory' necessary' incumbent. An act which must be performed. You will be rewarded for performing it and punished for neglecting it' e.g.' the daily prayers' the fast...

Taqlid: Meaning & Reality (By Sayyid Muhammed Rizv...

Prayers of a traveller (Musafir) (According to the fatwas of Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Sistani) A traveller should reduce the Rak'ats in Zuhr, Asr and Isha prayers, that is, he should perform two Rak'ats instead of four, subject to the following eight con...

Prayers of a traveller (Musafir) (According to the...

Special Questions & Answer Concerning Muharram Rituals Beating Chest & Zanjir Zani Question: Why do Shiites beat their chests during Muharram? What is the reason? Answer: Beating chest is one of the important expressions of lamentation and a means of...

Special Questions & Answer Concerning Muharram Rit...

Taqlid: Following a Mujtahid 1. It is necessary for a Muslim to believe in the fundamentals of faith with his own insight and understanding, and he cannot follow anyone in this respect i.e. he cannot accept the word of another who knows, simply becau...

Taqlid: Following a Mujtahid 1. It is necessary fo...

The state of sex education in Muslim schools by Samana Siddiqui Islamic schools and sex education may seem like a contradiction for some. After all, don't parents send their kids to these schools to protect them from sex?

The state of sex education in Muslim schools by Sa...

Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids by Jan Hunt, M.Sc.In Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Italy, Israel, Germany and Austria, it is illegal for a parent, teacher, or anyone else to spank a child. In some states and provinc...

Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids by Jan Hunt, M.Sc.In ...

Usurpation (Ghasb) Usurpation means that a person unjustly seizes the property or right of another person. This is one of the major sins and one who commits it will be subjected to severe chastisement on the Day of Judgement. It has been reported fro...

Usurpation (Ghasb) Usurpation means that a person ...

Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!" (part 1) By Alfie Kohn Hang out at a playground, visit a school, or show up at a child's birthday party, and there's one phrase you can count on hearing repeatedly: "Good job!" Even tiny infants are praised for smac...

Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!" (part 1) By Alf...

Ghusl for touching a dead body 527. If a person touches a human dead body which has become cold and has not yet been given Ghusl (i.e. brings any part of his own body in contact with it) he should do Ghusl regardless of whether he touched it while as...

Ghusl for touching a dead body 527. If a person to...

Rules regarding will (Wasiyyat) 2703. A Will is purported to direct that after one's death, a certain task be completed, or that a portion of his property be given in ownership to someone, or that the ownership of his property be transferred to someo...

Rules regarding will (Wasiyyat) 2703. A Will is pu...