Are our actions really ours? Or are we just a tool in the hands of Allah? The Shi’ahs say: “Taqdir means that, 'Allah possesses foreknowledge of human actions. But He does not compel any man to act in any particular way.’” 1 To make it clear, it shou ...
Yasir Abbas - 03/26/2015 - 02:08
Based upon their belief of lutf (Grace), the Shi’ahs believe that it is incumbent upon Allah to send Prophets or their successors to this world to guide people towards the right path. The Sunnis say that it is not incumbent upon Allah, because they do not ...
Yasir Abbas - 03/26/2015 - 02:08
6791 views Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS) In This Extraordinary compelling and powerful read, we see without a shadow of a doubt the horrific true nature and extreme ill consequences of Alcohol on the human ...
Zeinab Donati - 08/17/2019 - 07:19
This booklet was originally published by Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust in Karachi (Pakistan). Since the booklet has been found useful and interesting, action has been taken to republish the same in order to put as many copies within the reach of people throug ...
Zeinab Donati - 04/01/2015 - 14:42
The term alcohol is applied to a wide range of organic chemical compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in different proportions of combination, with varying properties. Of these the most well-known are the two alcohols, namely, the methyl or wood spirit ...
Zeinab Donati - 04/01/2015 - 14:42
The effects of alcohol are easily recognised at the second stage after careful study. All activities get tainted. Gait becomes unsteady and talk gets less circumspect. Well-developed movements become way-ward. Self-control is seriously impaired. Man gets ...
Zeinab Donati - 04/01/2015 - 14:42
Extract from the Book, "Proposals and Notes on Constitution of Pilgrim Welfare Fund and Duties and Functions of Pilgrim welfare officers on Ships", Pages 106, 107, 108, & 109, printed by the Anjuman-i-Khaddamun Nabi, Pakistan, Karachi-2. I g ...
Zeinab Donati - 04/01/2015 - 14:42
The part played by alcohol in ruining lives juvenile as well as adult-has been the subject of the day-to-day working of the land courts. Here are reproduced some of the judgements of the United States Supreme Court, which should serve as eye-openers for a ...
Zeinab Donati - 04/01/2015 - 14:42
Besides its deleterious influence on the nervous system and other important parts of our body, alcohol has a harmful action on the phagocytes (white blood corpuscles), the agents of natural defence against infective microbes- Professor Metchnikoff, Pasteu ...
Zeinab Donati - 04/01/2015 - 14:42
The first hint regarding the evil of drink was in a general command to the effect: Say, "Verily did prohibit my Lord shameful deeds those apparent of them and those concealed, and sin and rebellion without (any) right, and that ye associate with Alla ...
Zeinab Donati - 04/01/2015 - 14:42
9006 views Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi Meaning and Origins of Shiism Sayyid Sa’eed Akhtar Rizvi Published by Islamic Education and Information Centre *** The author presents a brief but complete research on Shi’ism. Proof from Qur’an, Hadith and Histo ...
Zeinab Donati - 08/17/2019 - 06:39
9180 views Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS) Meaning of Imamate and Khilafah, as well as Shi'i and Sunni views on topics such as necessity of Imamate, infallibility, and Shura. Prophethood & Imamate I ...
Zeinab Donati - 08/17/2019 - 06:42
1. Meaning of Imamate and Khilafah Al-Imamah literally means 'to lead '; al-imam means 'the leader'. In Islamic terminology al-imamah (Imamate) means 'universal authority in all religious and secular affairs, in succession to the ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:11
5. The Necessity of Imamate and the Qualifications of an Imam A. Necessity of Imamate From the Shi'ite point of view, the institution of Imamate is necessary, according to reason. It is lutf (grace) of Allah which brings the creature towards obedienc ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:11
18. Sunni views on the caliphate The majority of Sunnis today are the Ash'arites. They, as well as the Mu'tazilites, believe that the institution of Imamate /Caliphate is necessary, and it is incumbent (wajib) on men to appoint a caliph. The Mu& ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:11
ABU DAWUD, Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath al-Azdi as-Sajistani (202/817—275/889): a s-Sunan, Cairo (n. d.). ABU 'L-FIDA ', 'Imadu 'd-Din, Isma'il ibn 'Ali ibn Mahmud al-Ayyubi (672/1273—732/1338): at- Tarikh (al-Mukhtasar fi ak ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:11
Four Memoranda on Various Personal Laws of Islam 4948 views Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania This book contains the text of three memoranda submitted by the author to the Kenyan government in response to a request by the go ...
Zeinab Donati - 08/17/2019 - 06:40
In 1964, Tanganyika parliament passed the "Islamic Law (Restatement) Act", which empowered the minister responsible for legal affairs to prepare and publish a statement of Islamic Law after consultation with learned persons in the Islamic school ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:44
English Translation The Principals, Secondary Schoois, Tanzania Mainiand Re: Implementation of the directive of the President regarding wearing of Hiiab in Schools His Excellency the President, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, (speaking) in a Maulid (Birthday ofthe Pro ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:46
Extract From The Covering Note The following memorandum was written by Maulana Sayyid Sa’eed Akhtar Rizvi for submission before the Commission on the laws of Marriage, Divorce and succession, set up by the Kenya government under the Chairmanship of Mr. Ju ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:44
