Beliefs

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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...

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...

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...

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...

  A. This claim (there is a creator for every existing thing) is a fallacy(1) and the question is a loaded question. Who says that every existing thing needs a creator? Q. Then why do you state...

    The one who is an ascetic in the transient world is at ease and his heart and body are at ease, both in the world and the next life. However, the one who seeks that which is in the...

1. On his own chain of transmission Shaykh Saduq narrates that Imam al-Baqir (as) said,     «کان صومه قبل شهر رمضان، فلمّا نزل شهر رمضان ترك.» “The fast of the day...

There is a number of hadiths that have mentioned the fast of ‘Ashura: With recourse to Shi‘ah sources of hadiths, we come to know that it has been narrated in some hadiths that the one who...

When we study history, we come to know that the Jews organized their traditions around their own calendar. The Jews had their own months which did not coincide with the Islamic calendar. There is no logic...

1. Qadi ‘Ayni says, “They have differed about the judgement of fasting during the early days of Islam. Abu Hanifah has said that it was wajib to fast on the day of ‘Ashura in the past....

The question which is put forward at this juncture is this: Does this permission mean that Imam al-Husayn (as) gave his companions clearance from duty and acquittal from the obligation of fighting? Does...