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How Can Religious Youth Protect Their Faith? Adopted from "Imam Reza Network" Question : We are seven brothers and sisters. Our father and mother are religious and we are like them. Praise be to Allah! A few days ago, I was listening to a lecture by ...

How Can Religious Youth Protect Their Faith? Adopt...

Keeping the Promises to Children By : Abdul Adheem al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani Question : My husband often promises my children to buy them some presents, take them to the park, or something of that nature, but then he does not carry out his promises eithe...

Keeping the Promises to Children By : Abdul Adheem...

How to Bear the Difficulties of Life? By : Hojjat al-Islam Abdul Adheem al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani Question : Please advise me how to bear the difficulties of life! I feel like I am about to perish The answer : Imagining oneself as about to perish is in i...

How to Bear the Difficulties of Life? By : Hojjat ...

Managing the Children By : Hojjat al-Islam Abdul Adheem al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani Question : Each one of my children has his own special characteristics and ambitions. How should I deal with them in the house? I love them from the depths of my heart, but...

Managing the Children By : Hojjat al-Islam Abdul A...

Ramadan Gives Us the Great Gift of Taqwa Allah says in the Qur'an: "It is He who made the night and day to follow each other for such as have the will to celebrate His praises or to show their gratitude." (25:62) Life and death and the succession of ...

Ramadan Gives Us the Great Gift of Taqwa Allah say...

Moral Lessons from the Sacred Life of Imam Reza (a.s.) 'Ali bin Shua'yb once visited Imam 'Ali al-Reza (a.s.) and the following conversation ensued: Imam (a.s.): "O 'Ali! Do you know whose subsistence is the best?" 'Ali replied, "Master, you know bet...

Moral Lessons from the Sacred Life of Imam Reza (a...

Islam and Racism By Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari The "Unity" is the basis of Islamic theology. and therefore "Unity" is the ground of its philosophy of society. All humanity is one; a great unit. Its individuals are members of one society incorporate, ...

Islam and Racism By Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari The...

Building of the Ka'abaFrom the Book "Story of the Holy Ka'aba and its People"Qur’an in Sura Baqra Verses 121 to 127 described it clearly that Allah had ordained his servant Ibrahim to build the Shrine there for worship of One God. During Kusayi’s tim...

Building of the Ka'abaFrom the Book "Story of the ...

Event of Ghadir Khumm The Farewell Pilgrimage Ten years after the migration (hijrah), the Messenger of Allah [peace and blessings be upon him and his Progeny] ordered to his close followers to call all the people in different places to join him in hi...

Event of Ghadir Khumm The Farewell Pilgrimage Ten ...

Arabia Before Islam In order to acquire a close familiarization with Islam it is necessary to know the environment in which Islam took birth and started to spread since such an understanding greatly aids the recognition of that entity. It is possible...

Arabia Before Islam In order to acquire a close fa...

The Battle of Badr The battle of Badr was the most important among the Islamic battles of Destiny. For the first time the followers of the new faith were put into a serious test. Had victory been the lot of the pagan army while the Islamic Forces wer...

The Battle of Badr The battle of Badr was the most...

The Morning of Ashura by : Dr. Ibrahim Ayati During the night of Ashura the Imam and his companions offered prayers, sought Divine forgiveness, and made supplications. The night eventually came to end and the morning of their day of glory arrived. It...

The Morning of Ashura by : Dr. Ibrahim Ayati Durin...

Qasim ibn Hassan in Karbala Qasim ibn Hassan was the youngest son of the second Shia Imam Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib. Qasim was born in 47 A.H., three years before Hassan ibn Ali was martyred. When the third Shia Imam Hussain ibn Ali prepared to le...

Qasim ibn Hassan in Karbala Qasim ibn Hassan was t...

The Battle of Karbala The Battle of Karbala was a military engagement that took place on 10 Muharram, 61 AH (October 10, 680) in Karbala, in present day Iraq, between the prophet Muhammad's grandson Husayn ibn Ali and a military detachment from the f...

The Battle of Karbala The Battle of Karbala was a ...

How Imam Reza (A.S.) Was Martyred? Imam Reza Network It was not politically feasible for al-Mamoon to reach Baghdad accompanied by Imam al-Reza (A.S.), for that would stir the winds of dissension against him and he might not be strong enough to withs...

How Imam Reza (A.S.) Was Martyred? Imam Reza Netwo...

The Life of Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) The Pre-Islamic World Before the advent of Islam, people all over the world were sadly impoverished in thought, opinions, and individual and social attitudes. Although such conditions were not the same in all parts o...

The Life of Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) The Pre-Islamic ...

After Kerbala ... ; Zaynab By : Syed Zafar Abbas Naqvi The morning of 11th Muharram dawned as Zaynab took up the responsibilities where Husayn bin Ali (a) had left them. Husayn (a) had played his part and from this juncture Zaynab assumed her importa...

After Kerbala ... ; Zaynab By : Syed Zafar Abbas N...

Event of FadakImam Reza NetworkAfter his victory at Khayber the Holy Prophet (S) decided to destroy the remaining strongholds of the Jews and thus end the danger to Islam. He therefore turned his attention to the Jewish village of Fadak, which was a ...

Event of FadakImam Reza NetworkAfter his victory a...

Historical Sermon of Bibi Fatima Zahra (S.A.) in the Nabawi Mosque Imam Reza Network In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful By "Allah" we mean: Allah besides Whom there is no deity [God]; He describes Himself: the Knower of the unseen ...

Historical Sermon of Bibi Fatima Zahra (S.A.) in t...

The History of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) The holy city of Mashhad is the administrative capital of the Khorasan province. Its present population is nearing two and half millions and occupies an area of more than 200 square kilometers. It is...

The History of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.)...

Declaration at Ghadir Khumm "O MESSENGER! MAKE IT KNOWN, THAT WHICH HADTH BEEN REVEALED UNTO THEE FROM THY LORD, FOR IF THOU DO IT NOT, THOU WILL NOT HAVE CONVEYED HIS MESSAGE. ALLAH WILL PROTECT THEE FROM MANKIND. LO! ALLAH GUIDETH NOT THE DISBELIEV...

Declaration at Ghadir Khumm "O MESSENGER! MAKE IT ...