The first essential element {rukn} of prayer is the intention {niyyah}. Intention means that we have to know what we are doing, what we are reciting, and for whom and for what a certain movement is made. The value of every deed lies in the intention and m ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/30/2013 - 03:11
Allahu akbar {Allah is greater} The first utterance which is obligatory for the pilgrims {h ujjaj} to the House of God is the recital of labbayk 1 the recital of which signals the commencement of their H ajj rituals and this state also makes a series of t ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/30/2013 - 03:11
After the recital of Takbirah al-I h ram, Surah al-Fati h ah is to be recited and if this surah is not recited in the prayer, the prayer is invalid. “There is no prayer without the Opening of the Book {fati h ah al-kitab}.” 1 The other name of this surah ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/30/2013 - 03:11
The importance of Surah al-Ikhlas In the prayer, after Surah al-Fati h ah, one of the surah s of the Qur’an must be recited. The person praying might choose any surah; of course, with the exception of the four surah s in which prostration is obligatory. A ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/30/2013 - 03:11
Bowing down {ruku‘} Bowing down {ruku‘} is an essential pillar of prayer. Performing it in an excessive or inadequate manner, whether intentional or unintentional, renders the prayer invalid. The word “ rak‘ah ” {circle} which is used in counting the cycl ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/13/2015 - 04:23
“Subhan Allah” {glory be to Allah} While in ruku‘ and sujud, the person praying glorifies God. When the verse, “So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme,” 1 was revealed, the Prophet (S) thus said: “Apply this command to your ruk u ‘ and say: س ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/30/2013 - 03:11
The word “ qunut ” means obedience accompanied by humility. For example, while addressing Hadrat Maryam (Mary), God says: “O Mary, be obedient {uqnut i} to your Lord.” 1 What is meant by qun u t in prayer is the supplication that we recite in the second r ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/30/2013 - 03:11
Tashahhud أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاّ الله وَ أَشَهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُه، أَللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّد. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.O Allah! Send blessi ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/30/2013 - 03:11
Qur’an. Al-Faqih. Al-Ghadir. Al-Kafi. Al-Wafi. Bi h ar al-Anwar. Faraz-ha’i az Tarikh-e Islami {Highlights of Islamic History}. Ghurar al- H ikam. Jami‘ al-A h adith. Kanz al-‘Ummal. Khomeini, Ruhullah Musawi. Sirr a s- S alah. Ma‘ani a s- S aduq. Maqtal ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/30/2013 - 03:11
5336 views Muhsin Qara'ati Hujjat Al Islam Mohsin Qara’ati in his televised program Lessons from the Quran is using parables and similes, which has been a very successful method of getting the message of understanding across to the general population ...
Zeinab Donati - 08/18/2019 - 07:41
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Thanks to the All Mighty Lord and praise and blessings to the Prophet SAWA and his Pure Progeny peace be upon them and may the return of Imam Al-Mahdi – Our Savior, be hastened in this troubled world, for surely, the time for his re ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
One of the most effective methods that Hujjat Al Islam Mohsen Gharaati uses during his televised program Lessons from the Quran is the use of parables and similes, which has been very successful in getting the message of understanding across to the genera ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
If a well versed scientist gives an excellent speech, one would not question why was such a good speech given by this expert?! Because he has the knowledge and expertise in the field that he is able to express his views. However, if this same scientist, w ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
If you enter a house in which you know this place has no owner, nor is there any accountability, nor any cameras watching over your actions, nor having control over your actions without any trace of system or mandate over what you do. In such an unrestrai ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
If all of humanity would build houses facing the sun, nothing will be added to the sun, and if all of humanity build houses facing away from the sun, the sun will not deteriorate in any way. The sun is not in any need of mankind to be facing it, rather it ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
As God loves those who are his friends and supporters, when they disobey His authority, they are immediately punished with the Gods Wrath for their actions until they are reminded, as the Qur’an states: وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ لَأَ ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
When the police stop a driver on the road, they request the drivers licence from the driver. If the driver presents a doctor licence, political licence, builders licence, business approval documents and licence of “ijtihad”, or whichever other documents o ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
From the doctrine of traditions, the more the number of participants in congregational prayers the more rewards are obtainable until such time that there are ten participants, in which the rewards become so great that it is immeasurable, and no one other ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
By looking at the benefits animals and the actions of some people, we can see that such similes such as أُولَـٰئِكَ كَالْأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ “They are as cattle, nay, they are in worse errors” 1 Are both true and logical. The most valuable clothes ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
The Qur’an states: وَ اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ وَ يُعَلِّمُكُمُ الله “Be God wary and God will teach you.” 1 Only when one is God wary can the true realities can be learnt. “Taqwa”, God Wary, means to distance oneself from bad and ugly actions. So yes, people wh ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
