Ethics

Adopted from the Book : Youth and Morals Certain characteristics and unwanted habits weaken the ties of love and sometimes result in breaking up excellent relationships. Hot-tempered individuals who are unable to keep the love of others, erect an ind...

Adopted from the Book : Youth and Morals Certain c...

Adopted from the Book : Youth and Morals Love is a natural human feeling. It is for this reason we see every man is attracted by an internal power to other members of his kind. Thus, this instinctive need must be fulfilled and every one must establis...

Adopted from the Book : Youth and Morals Love is a...

And be good to the neighbour who is your relative and to the neighbour who is not a relative . . . (Qur'an, 4:36) Islam has great respect for the mutual rights and duties of neighbours. The Holy Prophet said: Jibra'1 always used to advise me to be ge...

And be good to the neighbour who is your relative ...

Amidst the chaos of the everyday life, certain phrases like Brotherhood, Dignity, and Forbearance have lost their meaning. One might think those phrases belonged to a previous age and to another period of time. The age that a father would ask his son...

Amidst the chaos of the everyday life, certain phr...

By : Sayyid Hasan IslamiPolitics has two faces—a smiling face that gives glad tidings of prosperity, power and authority, and a furious one that calls to mind power struggle, power worship, and injustice. It is owing to this that politics is likened ...

By : Sayyid Hasan IslamiPolitics has two faces—a s...

1- Knowledge is a shield, truthfulness is might, ignorance is abasement, understanding is glory, generosity is success, good behavior causes friendship, he who has knowledge about his time, ambiguous things do not attack him. 2- Whoever attacks a mat...

1- Knowledge is a shield, truthfulness is might, i...

Knowledge and Ignorance In reply to some one who posed Imam Ali (as) a difficult question, Imam Ali (as) said : "Ask in order to understand, and do not ask in order to find fault, for surely the ignorant man who wants to learn resembles a man of know...

Knowledge and Ignorance In reply to some one who p...

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said: " The one who takes prayer light is not of me. No, by Allah, such a person will not reach the Haud, Pound of abundant." Man-La-Yahduruhul-Faghih, vol. 1, p. 206 Imam Baqir (A.S.)said: " On the Reckoning Day , the First...

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said: " The one who take...

By: Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari While the warp of society is the individual person and the woof is social order, the unit of the design is the family. Families in which mutual understanding, sincerity and tenderness reign, form details of a harmonious...

By: Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari While the warp of s...

Importance of Early Marriage in Islam A Social, Cultural, Educational & Religious E-Forum Under the Facilitation of the World Federation of KSI Muslim Communities Issue No. 07-06, May 26, 2006 / Rabi' al Thaani 27, 1427 AH The institution of marriage...

Importance of Early Marriage in Islam A Social, Cu...

Do You Want to Stay away from Sins?A man came to Imam Hussain (a.s.) and said, "I frequently disobey Allah and cannot prevent myself from sins; therefore, please, give me an advice O son of the Prophet so that I may keep away from sins."Imam: "Do fiv...

Do You Want to Stay away from Sins?A man came to I...

How the sisters and brothers can respect each other? By: Abdul Adheem al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani Question: I am a twenty year-old girl. I live on my nerves to a degree that I have no confidence in my abilities to lead a happy life. Our house is like a wre...

How the sisters and brothers can respect each othe...

Marriage of Hazrat Fatima az-Zahra (s.a.) and Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.)Many of us have probably placed ourselves and even others in difficult conditions and unnecessary expenses only to pass through the regular routines of life. Interestingly eno...

Marriage of Hazrat Fatima az-Zahra (s.a.) and Imam...

Ethics & Training (By Ayat. Makarem Shirazi) Is it possible to alter individuals' morality and mentality through training? This is a question which clarifies the position of ethics, because if we accept that morality and mentality of individuals depe...

Ethics & Training (By Ayat. Makarem Shirazi) Is it...

Eternity of Moral Values (By Ayat. Murtadha Mutahhari) Before entering the discussion concerning the eternity of moral values it should be noted that according to the philosophies of `being' reality and knowledge as well as moral values are considere...

Eternity of Moral Values (By Ayat. Murtadha Mutahh...

Karbala & Humanity (By Ali Khalfan) When Imam Hussein and his 72 faithful companions were in Kerb ala standing up against the soldiers of Yazid, the tyrannical ruler and usurper of the mantle of Khilafah, they were sending powerful messages to mankin...

Karbala & Humanity (By Ali Khalfan) When Imam Huss...

Some of the Aspects of Imam Husain's Character Imam Husain's Relationship with Allah We can better understand the depth of Imam Hussein's (a.s.) relationship with Allah, the Most High, if we don't lose sight of the fact that the Prophet (s.a.w.) hims...

Some of the Aspects of Imam Husain's Character Ima...

The Significant factor of the Revolution of Imam Hussain (A.S.) (By Ali Khalfan) "You are the best of people raised up for the benefit of mankind. Enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong and believing in Allah..." (Qur'an, 3:110) Ponder ...

The Significant factor of the Revolution of Imam H...

The Personality of Imam Ali (A.S.), a Perfect Example (By Shaheed Ayatullah Abdul Husain Dastghaib Shirazi) One look at the life of Amir ul-Mu'minin 'Ali (a.s.) will make the best of us hang our heads in shame. We would appear to be the most despicab...

The Personality of Imam Ali (A.S.), a Perfect Exam...

Pride or Arrogance is a Greater Sin By : Shaheed Ayatullah Abdul Husain Dastghaib Shirazi As mentioned in the tradition of Imam Riza (a.s.) narrated by Fazl ibn Shazan. Shaykh Ansari has also verified the authenticity of this tradition in Makasib. A ...

Pride or Arrogance is a Greater Sin By : Shaheed A...

Building the family based on Islamic teachings By : Abdul Adheem al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani Question: I would like to build my family on sound bases according to Islamic teachings. What is the guiding principle to achieve this goal? The answer: First, you...

Building the family based on Islamic teachings By ...