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The Meaning and Origin of Akhlaq
The word akhlaq is the plural for the word khulq which means disposition. "Disposition" is that faculty (malakah) of the soul which is the source of all those activities that man performs spontaneously without thinking about them. Malakah is a p ...
Zeinab Donati - 03/30/2016 - 19:36
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The Ahadith, The Traditions
Hadith Number 1:Zakat, A Bridge of Islam رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِي أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَلزَّكَاةُ قَنْطَرَةُ الإِسْلاَمِ، فَمَنْ أَدَّاهَا جَازَ الْقَنْطَرَةَ وَمَنْ مَنَعَهَا إِحْتَبَسَ دُوْنَهَا وَهِيَ تُطْفِئُ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ. It has been narrated from the Nobl ...
Abul Hasan - 09/16/2012 - 22:34
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Laylatul Qadr, the Night of Power
The month of Ramadhan has been singled out for special worship (`Ibadat) and exclusive favours. It is a month unlike other months. One reason for this, as defined by the Qur'an, is because the Holy Qur'an was revealed in this month. Says Allah i ...
Aliwaale - 10/28/2013 - 15:16
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Nafasul Mahmum, Relating to the heart rending tragedy of Karbala'
26215 views Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi Islamic Study Circle A historical account, using original sources, of the Tragedy of Karbala', from the time of the birth of Imam Husayn (as) till the time of Mukhtar's revolt. Aejaz Ali T Bhujwala (Al Husayn ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/04/2019 - 18:14 - 1 comment
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Section 1: Signs of Allah in Nature
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Surah Ar-Ra‘d – Verse 1 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ المر تِلْكَ ءَايَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَالَّذِي اُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَبّـِكَ الْحَقُّ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النّ ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/24/2014 - 00:16
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Diseases of the Soul: Backbiting (Gheebah)
26261 views A short article that discusses the great sin of backbiting (gheebah), and suggests a cure for it. Backbiting (gheebah)... Nor backbite one another; would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would abhor it. (Qur'an 49 ...
Aliwaale - 08/18/2019 - 12:24
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Surah As-Saffat, Chapter 37
(The Rangers) No. 37 (Revealed at Mecca) 182 Verses in 5 Sections The Feature of the Surah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful This Surah, containing one hundred and eighty two verses, was revealed at M ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/24/2014 - 00:41
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Chapter 5: Child-Custody
Fatma: What is Islam’s view on child custody? Sayyid: The Qur’an advises couples accordingly, “Take mutual counsel together, according to what is just and reasonable.” (65:6) Granting that couples cooperate and come to a mutual agreement on what is best f ...
Aliwaale - 02/04/2013 - 00:10
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The Hereafter (Ma'ad)
26351 views Ayatullah Sayyid Abdul Husayn Dastghaib Shirazi Ansariyan Publications- Qum A detailed account of humanity’s experience of death, and the stages beyond it, including the status in one’s grave, Barzakh, the Day of Judgment (Qiyamah), and the fi ...
Abul Hasan - 09/04/2019 - 18:39
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The Event or Eid al-Mubahalah
26352 views The Event or Eid al-Mubahalah In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. O Allah! Send your blessings to the chief of Your Messengers and the Last of Your Prophets, Muhammad (S), and his pure and cleansed progeny. Should ...
Zeinab Donati - 08/24/2019 - 13:33
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Crying from the Viewpoint of the Holy Qur’an and Traditions
By studying the Holy Qur’an and traditions [hadith s], realities of weeping and shedding tears become known and various secrets about crying are clarified. We now refer to some of the Qu’ranic verses and traditions which discuss this issue: A. Qur’anic ve ...
Zeinab Donati - 12/14/2016 - 23:53
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The Three Distinguishing Characteristics of the Qur'an
Our study of the Qur'an acquaints us with three distinguishing characteristics of this holy book. The first distinguishing characteristic is the absolute authenticity of its source. That is, without the slightest need of any comparison between the ol ...
Aliwaale - 03/05/2013 - 04:27
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Slander, Dangerous weapon of cowards
One of the greatest and most dangerous and in the meantime most popular corruptions of tongue is slander. Slander indicates mentioning hidden weak points and faults of the others so that if they hear, they will be disturbed. These points are either concer ...
Zeinab Donati - 04/18/2014 - 15:57
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The Muslims and the Jews
In A.D. 70, the Roman general, Titus, captured Jerusalem and put an end to the Jewish rule of Palestine. Following the Roman conquest, many of the Jews left their homeland and wandered into other countries. Some Jewish tribes crossed the Syrian desert and ...
Zeinab Donati - 11/10/2013 - 14:54
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Khums In The Qur'an & History
"Khums" literally means "one-fifth or 20%". In Islamic legal terminology, it means "one-fifth of certain items which a person acquires as wealth, and which must be paid as an Islamic tax". The Qur'an mentions it in the f ...
Muslim Faisal - 09/23/2012 - 22:00
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The Twelve Imams Part 1
بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ This article is in reference to the question that: Where did the twelve Imams (as) come from and why should the number of Imams be twelve and twelve only? As a matter of fact, the answer is right inside the Sahih a ...
Zeinab Donati - 11/12/2013 - 15:01
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Some Traditions on Imam al-Husayn (as)
بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In this article, I would like to present some of the traditions recorderded in the Sunni collections of the traditions Regarding him: The Messenger of Allah said: "Al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the chiefs of the ...
Zeinab Donati - 11/12/2013 - 15:01
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The Literal and Figurative Definition of Jurispudence
The Arabic term for jurisprudence (fiqh) literally means: knowledge about something and understanding it; being clever. 1 Fiqh's literal definition does not only mean understanding a word, instead it is a deep knowledge about it. Fiqh has been used i ...
Abul Hasan - 02/08/2013 - 05:35
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Charity
How To Spend Money on Charity Surah Baqarah, 2:215 يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلْ مَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِلْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالأَقْرَبِينَ وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ وَمَا تَفْعَلُواْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ اللّهَ بِهِ عَلِيم ...
Abul Hasan - 09/16/2012 - 22:16
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Chapter 2: Basic Human Rights
The first thing that we find in Islam in this connection is that it lays down some rights for man as a human being. In other words it means that every man whether he belongs to this country or that, whether he is a believer or unbeliever, whether he lives ...
Zeinab Donati - 07/29/2015 - 11:58