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An Analysis of Ayat-e-Tatheer

Reading Time: 6 minutes Introduction Certain controversial issues continue to divide and weaken the Muslims, thus giving a platform to divisive forces to create doubts where none exist. Therefore, in order to unite the Muslims and to defend the […]

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Why Shias prostrate on earth?

Reading Time: 10 minutes Among the doubts related to jurisprudence (fiqh) raised by some Muslims is why Shias prostrate on earth or the turbah. There are various questions on the subject which we have dissected addressing each point separately: […]

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Concept of the Unseen in Islam

Reading Time: 5 minutes Allah, the Most Wise says in His Noble Book: عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَى غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا  إِلَْا مَنِ ارْتَضَى مِن رَْسُولٍ فَإِنَْهُ يَسْلُكُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ رَصَدًا لِيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا رِسَالَاتِ رَبِْهِمْ […]

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Ali Ibn Abi Taalib (a.s.) and Allegiance

Reading Time: 10 minutes By: Maulana Sayyed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi (r.a.) Introduction: The foremost books on Islamic history “Al-Maghaazi” of Ibn Is’haaq and its summary “Seerah al-Nabi (s.a.w.a.)” of Ibn Hisham were written in the second and third centuries […]

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Doubts Related To Nahj Al-Balaaghah

Reading Time: 6 minutes First Doubt In Nahj al-Balaaghah various sermons and sayings discuss difficulties during death, darkness of the grave, troubles after death and other related calamities.  These subjects are such as would upset any one and hence […]

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Celebrations: A Sunnah, not Bidah

Reading Time: 10 minutes Love and mastership (Wilayat) and expression of displeasure (Bara’at) are the cornerstones of Islamic teachings. We understand the meaning of empowering goodness and prohibiting evil from them. These were the aims of Imam Husain‘s (a.s.) […]