• Paying visits to relatives
    • Imam Baqir (PBUH) also says “meeting relatives and being good to neighbors increases wealth.” The same great Imam says “meeting relatives makes your ...
    • The Blessed Position of Ruku
    • In Islam, we are taught to constantly improve our spiritual status so that we may gain nearness to Allah. If we perform our daily prayers, we should improve by learning the meaning of the words and actions; if we know the ...
    • How do we know Allah (SWT) is satisfied with us?
    • Answering the question Sheikh Ansarian said the same question was asked from Imam Baqir (A.S) and Imam explained by saying that “refer to your heart and see if you like the friends of Allah? If you do, ...
    • How to Farewell the Holy Month of Ramadhan
    • It would be appropriate to open the tongue for an excuse as follows: O Allah (the Glorious, the Exalted)! Through this noble month you did a great favour upon us and bestowed a great blessing, but alas, we did not appreciate its worth, and by ...
    • The Last Day of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
    • At the end of the last day of the Holy Month of Ramadhan, the day of presentation of deeds, it is up to us to seek refuge with the impeccable ones Masumin [A.S] i.e. the Holy Prophet [PBUH] and his Holy Progeny Ahl-ul-Bayt [A.S], and the one, to whom ...
    • How to fast all your life?
    • On p. 258, Vol. 1, of Ilal al-Sharai, and also on p. 92, Vol. 94, of Bihar al-Anwar, Imam Reza (A.S) was asked why an optional fast is recommended for the entire year, and he answered by saying that it served to complement obligatory fast. Then he ...
    • The Giveaways of Ramadhan
    • As Muslims, we strive to be better people. We pray; we fast. We are patient; we help others. We are always in battle trying to overcome the misguidance of Satan. With all that, wouldnt it be nice for us to get ...
    • The Holy Month of Ramadhan and Our Habits
    • We, as human, wander among certain moods and desires. Despite our fluctuant life and uncertainties we face, we remain in a constant struggle to achieve calmness. However, after enduring years of suffering and difficulty in work, study, and ...
    • Spiritual Reform in Ramadhan
    • With time, we have become more and more immune to inhumanity. We are becoming indifferent to injustice, corruption, and un-brotherly behaviour. Thousands of our innocent brothers and sisters are dying in different parts of the world due to ...
    • The Lessons learned during Ramadhan
    • Besides the feeling of hunger and thirst, fasting teaches us to control the love of comfort. It helps us to keep our sexual desires within control. Fasting builds and nourishes the soul of the fasting Muslim. The fasting person enriches his ...
    • Ramadhan: From Passionate to Compassionate
    • O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against evil). For a certain number of days; but whoever among you is sick or on a journey, then ...
    • Ramadhan Gives Us the Great Gift of Taqwa
    • Allah says in the Qur’an: It is He who made the night and day to follow each other for such as have the will to celebrate His praises or to show their gratitude. (25:62)Life and death and the succession of nights and day have a purpose and that is ...
    • Divine Trials are Serious
    • God has legislative and genetic plans for educating the soul of people and has included difficulties in both plans. The legislative plan elaborates worships and the genetic plan involves ...
    • Emergence of Actions
    • Latent characteristics are not the only scale for God’s reward and punishment scales; an individual cannot be punished or rewarded for his latent characteristics as long as good or bad characteristics of man have not emerged, and these ...
    • Purifying Hearts
    • God tests believers to purge them and purify their hearts from carnal desires. He says, “So that Allah might test what is ...
    • Distinguishing Evil from Good
    • One of the reasons for divine trials is to separate believers from hypocrites and the pious from the sullied. “Allah would not ...
    • Evolution of Man as a Reason for Divine Trial
    • Divine trial is an unchangeable and constant divine tradition. God tries all humans at all times. Therefore the prophets and divine authorities are not only exempted from this rule, their trial is harder. Because God ...
    • Lying: the Destructive Weapon (Part 2)
    • Now that the true face of a lie has been exposed, what remains is to know where lying will lead the individuals and society. First and foremost, from a religious standpoint, Allah ...
    • Lying: the Destructive Weapon (Part 1)
    • Do not lie! From a religious perspective, lying is wrong. From an ethical perspective, lying is wrong. We continue to be warned against lying. While there are many who never lie, there are many of us who find it very hard to not lie. Even worse, ...
    • Lost Balance
    • “It is Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth, and He sends down water from the sky and with it He brings forth crops for your sustenance. And He disposed the ships so that they may sail at sea by His command, and He disposed ...
    • Yazid Is Still Alive
    • Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) did not give allegiance to Yazid. This is the generic message that most of us have been taught as kids, whether at ...
    • Live Like Imam Ali (A.S)...or Imam Sadiq (A.S)?
    • We are taught that things in life are not always what they appear to be and to not judge a book by its cover. We are also taught to be wary when hearing rumors until we have verified them ourselves. We are taught these things because ...
    • Alcohol in Islam
    • Everyone knows, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, that drinking alcohol is considered a sin in Islam. Consuming alcohol is listed as one of the major sins; one of greater sins for which eternal punishment is promised. There are traditions by ...
    • Confessions of a Pencil (Part 2)
    • We need that sharpener alongside the pencil. At different times, we will peel the skin of the pencil. Be it the most expensive or the cheapest, it is bound to be sharpened. The pencil has to endure the pain. Why? ...
    • Confessions of a Pencil (Part 1)
    • Everything around us speaks to us. But how often do we hear what they say? A moment of contemplation can go a long way. If we pay closer attention, we can ...
    • The Human Dignity and the Spiritual Healing of the Heart: Part 1
    • The Holy Qur’an mentions “We have honored the progeny of Adam” (17:70). God did so, first by “making him the best of creation” (95:4) and then blowing into him His own spirit (Qur’an; 15:29, 32:29) Adam was created from clay. What is common between ...
    • Orderliness, Key to Success
    • The person who arranges his/her programs in various walks and phases of life on the basis of a carefully designed order is most likely to achieve the desired level of success in the fulfilment of the goals. No doubt, through ...
    • Finding Faults in Others
    • Islam places great emphasis on each individual taking account of one’s actions. Setting aside some time during the end of the day to evaluate ourselves and work on our weaknesses is highly commendable and is ...
    • Contentment and effort
    • Those who consider wealth as a source of prosperity are entangled in greed to earn more money on the one hand, and on the other, they take ...
    • Greed, unnecessary pain
    • Some people believe that human beings should gain more to enjoy more. This mentality gives birth to greed. This mentality maintains that by traversing this path, we can enjoy more and gain more provisions and comfort. But, ...
    • Why to worry about future provisions?
    • Man normally imagines that he has a long life and then thinks how to provide provisions for himself. His main mistake is that he thinks that his lifetime provisions should be available to him at present to ...
    • God has guaranteed man’s provisions
    • Human beings are always worried about their provisions, while in three different stages, God has already sent our provisions. It is not fair to suspect God. The first stage is when man is ...
    • Life provisions: Concern about sustenance
    • Sustenance is one of the basic necessities of human life. Therefore, fear of future and how to provide provisions is a public concern. This concern would be useful if it is at a moderate level, but if it ...
    • Meaning of life and the Hereafter
    • Those, whose meaning of life is confined to these worldly objectives, are satisfied with achieving those objectives. Just like a kid who becomes unutterably happy with small chocolates. Explaining the situation of such people, the Holy Qur’an states: ...
    • The art of being satisfied with your life
    • Human beings are perfectionist and purposeful and strongly avoid banality, meaninglessness and purposelessness. Banality and vanity does not satisfy such a being, therefore if life does not have meaning and purpose, being alive has no value, even if ...
    • Donation and Generosity
    • The infallible Imams provided the needy persons with their needs in case of having surplus and in addition to this as superior humans and models for the whole humanity in the course of history; they even offered ...
    • Thanksgiving
    • Some verses of the holy Qur’an consider gratefulness to God as a requisite for having faith in God and serving Him. Other verses have in different ways encouraged or recommended people to ...
    • Austerity and strictness
    • Limiting the consumer in an excessive manner or strictness towards costs of life is an extreme aspect that has been censured by the holy Qur’an and the infallible Imams. Both strictness and extravagance are deviated forms compared to ...
    • Different types of extravagance
    • There are new instances of wastefulness and extravagance taking shape based on new circumstances. To name some instances one can refer to ...
    • Wastefulness and extravagance
    • If a person makes use of God-given blessings in an excessive manner he has conducted an act of wastefulness and extravagance and he will be accountable for his performance. This is not something merely related to individual life, but
    • Create Great Memories
    • When you look back in life, only great memories are left for you. So it’s very crucial to create wonderful and happy memories in life. There are most often times when we take everything for granted, don’t care or consider all the ...
    • Moderation in Consumption
    • Moderation in consumption: One should make use of the God-given blessings in a moderate manner. By moderation one means to consume in such a way so as to refrain from both strictness and wastefulness. Of course such a limit differs ...
    • Observing the Limits of Consumption
    • A Muslim consumer seeks to follow the holy Qur’an which is a divine revelation as well as the tradition of the infallible Imams as a model for finding the logical path in life that guarantees his happiness and prosperity in this world and afterlife and ..
    • Desire to use divine blessings in Islamic perspective
    • Enjoying the divine blessings by humans in order to preserve their health and life and performing their individual and social duties with exuberance is not only a desirable action but also obligatory and necessary from the view of Islam. Islam has ...
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