Beliefs

The most frequently used name for Al-Mahdi's (as) mother is Nardjis. She was from the Roman Empire, the most powerful European state of that time. Muslims defeated her father and she was taken as a prisoner of war. The Imam of that time was Imam Hass...

The most frequently used name for Al-Mahdi's (as) ...

Although both Shi'ah and Sunni Muslims accept the idea of Al-Mahdi (as), they present two different images of him. The Twelver Shi'ah believe that Al-Mahdi (as) was born 255 AH (896 AD) in Samarah, Iraq, and is the Twelfth Imam according to the Shi'a...

Although both Shi'ah and Sunni Muslims accept the ...

As it has been explained, Al-Mahdi is a famous title, which was used for different men. Some were given this name the day they were born and others have claimed later to be Al-Mahdi (as). Throughout Muslim history many pretenders and imposters have c...

As it has been explained, Al-Mahdi is a famous tit...

In the future, as it has been depicted in the authentic Islamic books, Islam will become a universal religion for the whole of mankind. This is a Qur'anic concept, and the Holy Qur'an has promised this in very clear terms. * The final collapse of the...

In the future, as it has been depicted in the auth...

The word's meaning is clear, and its root is explained in the "Dictionary of Etymology" as follows: Probably before 1300 AD savior is one who saves mankind from sin, a title of Jesus Christ, in Arthur Merlin, borrowed from the Old French saveour, fro...

The word's meaning is clear, and its root is expla...

The people of the four schools of thought and other jurists of the masses have claimed that this type of marriage has been apogated and forbidden. They claim that there are traditions reported by the two Shaykhs in their Sahih books, so we examined t...

The people of the four schools of thought and othe...

The Imamis have agreed - following their twelve Imams - on its continued permissibility in accordance with the proofs, some of which you have read i.e., the consensus of the people of qibla that the Almighty Allah legislated it in His true religion a...

The Imamis have agreed - following their twelve Im...

According to al-Tha'labi and al-Tabari, 'Ali, the Commander of the Faithful, repudiated him. When these two authors reached the verse of mut'a in their major tafsir works, they reported with a chain of transmission to him saying: "Had 'Omar not prohi...

According to al-Tha'labi and al-Tabari, 'Ali, the ...

On this issue, sufficient proof from the sunna is provided for us by the authentic mutawatir traditions reported from the Imams of the pure family. The two Shaykhs, al-Bukhari and Muslim, have reported many authentic traditions on the legislation of ...

On this issue, sufficient proof from the sunna is ...

They have argued by several ways; the first one being the apparent [meaning] of the Almighty's words: "There is no blame on you if you shorten the prayer." In itself, blameworthiness (which is a sin) indicates permissibility, not an obligation [to pe...

They have argued by several ways; the first one be...

Among the spiritual punishments is also that of living with Satans and with all other hell dwellers. While the people of paradise will enjoy one another's company. The hell dwellers will abhor one another and they will be hating one another strongly....

Among the spiritual punishments is also that of li...

Ali (a.s.) says in one of his sermons in Nahjul Balagha : "(O Lord!) I believe You are pure and clean of all those things which are not fitting Your greatness. You are the Creator of all the creation and You are, in the sight of Your creation, the Ow...

Ali (a.s.) says in one of his sermons in Nahjul Ba...

It is mentioned in traditions that the people of hell will be given the punishment of hunger so that they will willy-nilly eat the fruit of the Zaqqoom. Thereafter they will be made to taste the chastisement of thirst so they may drink more and more ...

It is mentioned in traditions that the people of h...

Since the greatest physical bounty in paradise are houries the Holy Quran makes a mention of them on various occasions. The houri is called a houri because it denotes a female having a fair body and Ten' means a large-eyed lady. As both these special...

Since the greatest physical bounty in paradise are...

Explaining the Holy Verse: And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him? (89:23) The Holy Prophet is reported to have said, "On the Day of Resurrection, hell will be brought f...

Explaining the Holy Verse: And hell is made to app...

Another explanation of Araaf is that it is a wall, which will be erected between people of paradise and people of hell on Sirat as mentioned in Surah Al Hadid. The Lord of the Universe says: (0 My Dear Messenger!) On that Day, you will see the Faithf...

Another explanation of Araaf is that it is a wall,...

The Lord of the universe has reserved a place in the Hereafter for those people who leave this world with fear of God in their heart. There, God has kept innumerable and unimaginably tasteful things for the righteous befitting that highest host. To g...

The Lord of the universe has reserved a place in t...

The Imam (a.s.) said, "All right. Since you insist so much, I am praying to Almighty Allah. If He wills, He will return the Haji to this world." After a short time, the Imam smiled and said, "God has answered my prayer and He has returned the Haji to...

The Imam (a.s.) said, "All right. Since you insist...

It is written in Mustadrak of Noori that according to what is mentioned in Anwaar-ul-Maziyyah (by Syed Gayasuddin Najafi, a Shia jurisprudent and a famous scholar among Imamiyah): In our village situated near Hilla there lived a man named Muhammad bi...

It is written in Mustadrak of Noori that according...

One more station in the very first valley, which has been mentioned in many Sunni and Shia narrations, is the Wilayat of Ali (a.s.). In commentaries like that of Thalabi, the explanation of verse : And stop them; (37:24) Is shown as: Stop them! They ...

One more station in the very first valley, which h...

And most surely those who do not believe in the hereafter are deviating from the way. (23:74) Sirat too is one of the things belief in which is obligatory and it is one of the Essentials of Faith. So one must have an overall faith in it. The literal ...

And most surely those who do not believe in the he...