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Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Khums on Inherited Coins Q: I got some silver coins through inheritance. Are they liable to khums or zakāt? A: An inherited property is liable to no khums. If the...

Khums on Inherited Coins Q: I got some silver coi...

Khums on Appliances Bought for Future Q: I am a student and want to get married. I intend to purchase domestic appliances for my future life. If I start now...

Khums on Appliances Bought for Future Q: I am a s...

Subtracting Taxes from Income before Khums Calculation Q: In 1982 I calculated the khums of the total assets I had in my store. In 1983, when I wanted to calculate...

Subtracting Taxes from Income before Khums Calcula...

Q: The question is about those who save money for the benefit of their children without intending to escape paying khums. The children are minors and as a result the...

Q: The question is about those who save money for ...

Q: One started a business with a khums-paid capital which provides him with monthly earnings. He owes money to people and people also owe him money. He, also, helps others...

Q: One started a business with a khums-paid capita...

Q: I am a government employee and receive my salary at the end of each month. My khums year starts on the first of July. My question is: Can I...

Q: I am a government employee and receive my salar...

Q: It is said that the khums for which we made mudāwarah with any office of His Eminence’s attorneys / representatives should be paid later to the same office. Is...

Q: It is said that the khums for which we made mud...

Q: Some people owe a sum of money to someone and at the same time he owes others the same amount. Is he obliged to pay khums if he has...

Q: Some people owe a sum of money to someone and a...

Khums Year’s Starting Date Q: I have recently been employed in a government institution. On the 1st of August I was introduced to the institution for taking a five-month paid...

Khums Year’s Starting Date Q: I have recently bee...

Q: What is the view of Your Eminence regarding what is found in media (satellite TV canals and internet) that is explicit insult and disgrace towards the wives of the...

Q: What is the view of Your Eminence regarding wha...

Historians record that a Syrian looked at Fatima daughter of ‘Ali (‘a)38 then asked Yazid to give her to him to serve him. This daughter of the Commander of the...

Historians record that a Syrian looked at Fatima d...

Yazid ordered al-Husayn's head to be brought to him. He put it in a gold washbowl.23 The women were behind him. Sukayna and Fatima stood and tried anxiously to steal...

Yazid ordered al-Husayn's head to be brought to hi...

Yazid turned to al-Sajjad (‘a) and asked him, “How did you, ‘Ali, see what Allah did to your father, al-Husayn?” “I saw,” answered al-Sajjad (‘a), “what Allah, the One and...

Yazid turned to al-Sajjad (‘a) and asked him, “How...

Ibn Ziyad sent a messenger to Yazid to inform him that al-Husayn (‘a) and those in his company were killed, that his children were in Kufa, and that he was...

Ibn Ziyad sent a messenger to Yazid to inform him ...

Having come to know that ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas refused to swear the oath of allegiance to Ibn al-Zubayr, Yazid wrote him saying, “It has come to my knowledge that the...

Having come to know that ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas refu...

Ibn Jarir [al-Tabari] has said that when the news of al-Husayn's martyrdom was announced, ‘Abdullah Ibn Ja’far held a mourning majlis, so people came to him to offer their condolences....

Ibn Jarir [al-Tabari] has said that when the news ...

Ibn Jarir [al-Tabari] narrates the following: Ibn Ziyad wanted to send ‘Abd al-Malik Ibn al-Harith al-Salami to Medina in order to inform ‘Amr Ibn Sa’id al-Ashdaq48 of the killing...

Ibn Jarir [al-Tabari] narrates the following: Ibn...

My heart goes for your head atop a spear Outfitted with its own lights with an attire, Reciting the Book from the top of the spear, Through him did they...

My heart goes for your head atop a spear Outfitted...

At the same time when Ibn Ziyad ordered the captives to be brought to his meeting place, he also ordered al-Mukhtar son of Abu ‘Ubayd al-Thaqafi to be brought to...

At the same time when Ibn Ziyad ordered the captiv...