The Muslims observe two big festivals in a year. One as Eid-ul-Fitr and the other is Eid-ul-Adha. These two are the days of great festivity. Eid-ul-Fitr is observed at the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The fasting creates the feelings of faith, spirit ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/25/2014 - 15:23
Prayer is offered individually and also in jama’ah (congregation). But there is great reward when the prayer is offered in jama’ah. Prayer in congregation gives us both worldly and spiritual benefits: 1. Islamic equality In the congregation, rich and poor ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/25/2014 - 15:23
Salat al-mayyit is wajib al-kifa’i, i.e. it is obligatory on every Muslim but as soon as it is performed correctly by one of them, it remains no more obligatory on others; but if no one offers the prayer everyone is a sinner. If the deceased was six years ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/25/2014 - 15:23
Sawm means to abstain from those things which break the fast, from subh al-sadiq (true dawn) till Maghrib, in obedience to Allah. Obligatory fasts 8 fasts are obligatory (wajib): (1) Month of Ramadan; (2) Qadha of the month of Ramadan; (3) 3rd day of I’ti ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/25/2014 - 15:23
Muftirat The things or actions which make a fast void (batil) are 10 in number:- 1. and 2. Eating or drinking anything. 3. Sexual relation; 4 Speaking, writing or conveying by sign any lie about Allah, the Prophets, the Imams, or Bibi Fatima (S.A.); 5. Su ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/25/2014 - 15:23
Nadhr is a vow, a voluntary undertaking, of an act of virtue, as binding one's self in gratitude for some special favor prayed for. It is a solemn promise to God. Types of Nadhr (a) Nadhr al-- bir (Shukr, Thanks)- if a particular wish is fulfilled th ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/25/2014 - 15:23
Lessons 2/3 1. State whether the following were Imam, Ahl al-Kisa’ or both:- (a) Hasan al-Mujtaba. (b) Ali al-Murtaza (c) Musa al-Kadhim. 2: Name the Imam whose life was shortest and the one whose life is the longest? Lessons 4/7 1.Name the Books which we ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/25/2014 - 15:23
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The letter of the Leader of the faithful, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) to the Egypt's governor-designate, Malik ibn al-Harith al-Ashtar, written in 38 A.H., should rightfully be called the first Co ...
Zeinab Donati - 10/09/2014 - 06:51
About the Author of the Letter In the World such persons are rarely found in whom besides one or two virtuous qualities other qualities might also attain prominence, much less the convergence of all contradictory qualities, because every temperament is no ...
Zeinab Donati - 10/09/2014 - 06:51
Preamble In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful This is what Allah's servant 'Ali, Arnir al-mu'minin, has ordered Malik ibn al-Harith al-Ashtar in his instrument (of appointment) for him when he made him Governor of Egypt for ...
Zeinab Donati - 10/09/2014 - 06:51
This document, which deserves to be called the constitution of Islamic polity, was prepared by the person who was the greatest scholar of Divine law and acted upon it more than anyone else. From the study of Amir al-mu'minin's way of governance ...
Zeinab Donati - 10/09/2014 - 06:51
Translation of Itmaam-i-Hujjat 7055 views Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi Ansariyan Publications- Qum This book covers almost all the major objections of scholars of Ahlul Sunnat on Shia Beliefs and customs. Sayyid Athar Husayn S.H. Rizvi Sunni & Shi’ ...
Yasir Abbas - 09/05/2019 - 15:27
Dedicated To those who Like the Truth, Prefer the facts, And Love justice, And To those who Rising above prejudice and narrow mindedness, Wish to understand Shiaism In the light of truth. 1580 views ...
Yasir Abbas - 02/19/2015 - 05:47
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and benedictions upon the Messenger of Allah and his Purified Progeny (as). By the Grace of the Almighty, the English translation of Itmaam-i-Hujjat is completed on the 18th of Zilhajj (Eid-e-Ghadeer), 1426 A.H. ...
Yasir Abbas - 02/19/2015 - 05:47
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. In a time when the whole world is hell bent on hindering the spreading light of Islam and is trying different types of schemes to suppress this voice and every possible scheme is being carried out. Espec ...
Yasir Abbas - 02/19/2015 - 05:47
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah the Lord of the worlds and blessings and peace be upon the best of creations, Muhammad and his Purified Progeny. So to say: An Urdu weekly, “Rizwan”, used to be published from Lahore, ...
Yasir Abbas - 02/19/2015 - 05:47
(Objections against Shia faith published in the ‘Rizwan’ Magazine, Lahore. Sayyadush Shohada 1 Special Issue 1374 A.H.) Objection 1: Forged Quran Again this year read about some interesting beliefs and laws of the Shia faith and gain lesson from them. Mus ...
Yasir Abbas - 02/19/2015 - 05:47
(Published in ‘Al-Jawwad’, March 1955 A.D.) Rizwan says: “Again this year, read about some interesting beliefs and laws of Shia faith and gain lesson from them. Muslims all over the world believe that the Quran in our hands is the one revealed by Allah an ...
Yasir Abbas - 02/19/2015 - 05:47
Mus’haf of Fatima 1 The famous religious book of Shias, Usul al-Kafi has the following tradition on page 146: Imam (as) said, “We have Mus’haf-e-Fatima. And do you know what Mus’haf-e-Fatima is?” He said, “It is a Quran, and By Allah! It does not have eve ...
Yasir Abbas - 02/19/2015 - 05:47
(First published in Al-Jawwad, May-June 1955) The editor of Rizwan has written the next objection after ‘Forged Quran’ as: Bada (Change in Divine Will) The principle of Bada in Shia ideology is also very strange. They say that Bada happens to God. It mean ...
Yasir Abbas - 02/19/2015 - 05:47
