• Saving Human Life
    • Therefore, by comparing the points mentioned in the two Declarations, one could infer that: ...
    • Who will rule the heaven?
    • You might think that in order to get to this position we need to go through difficult practitioners and religious rituals. But according to Imam Baqir, it is not that difficult, “God said to Muses, ‘I ...
    • The Rulers of Heaven
    • They say that there is going to be a great earthquake on the Doomsday. Some other features are also mentioned for the Day in At-takwir Surah. Events like ...
    • Muharram in Africa: North of Africa
    • The entrance of Islam to Africa started when Prophet Muhammad’s followers immigrated to Habesha (today’s Ethiopia). From the first century A.H. Islam became ...
    • People Could Go to Hell by Wrong Worship!
    • Obsessive people just waste their times, while one’s life has a huge value. There have been people throughout the history who acted differently from others, although ...
    • The Yemeni Uprising
    • According to the sayings of Imams, the Yemeni flag is the flag to be used in the battle against the enemies of Imam Mahdi. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), commenting on people of Yemen, said: ...
    • Imam Sadiq’s Effective Strategy
    • Imam Jafar bin Muhammad had two kinds of different behavior towards the rulers, especially towards Mansour Abbasi; these two seem to be contradicting each other. He would sometimes ...
    • Hussein, the Rescuer of the Human Society
    • According to Muhammad bin Bishr Hamdani, “Imam Hussein wrote a letter to the people of Kufa and said, ‘In the name of God; From Hussein bin Ali to the believers and Muslims. Hani and Saeed brought me your letters. And they were ...
    • Unlawful Income
    • “Those who devour usury will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil one by his touch Hath driven to madness. That is because they say: ...
    • Our Records Are Inside Us
    • There are three stages of judgment on the Doomsday: The first stage is the stage of the records. Many verses in the Holy Qur’an talk about the records that contain every deed of people; they are so ...
    • Qualifications of Ruler in Imam Hussein’s Viewpoint
    • Imam Hussein, in one of his speeches, mentioned some important points to remind people why they needed to fight against the despotic governors and why he and his family deserved to be the rulers. Some of the points mentioned were: ...
    • Imam Hussein’s Goals
    • Imam Hussein was always looking for a chance to fight against the Umayyad (Bani Umayyah’s) cruel rule to put an end to their oppression. This opportunity was not found in times of Imam Hassan, and not ...
    • When Will the Gates of Hell Open?
    • Happiness and misery have different ranks. Neither everyone who is in Heaven nor everyone who is in Hell have the same rank. The Hell has seven doors, each ...
    • The Unpleasant Act of Ogling
    • Almighty God has granted us with valuable gifts. Physical talents and abilities are among them. The least God expects from us is not to use the gifts He has granted us against His path. Like not to ...
    • Receiving one’s Record from Behind the Back
    • The Qur’an has talked about people who get their Records with their right or left hands. What does “hand” signify here? What is inferred from this strange method of distribution of records? Is there ...
    • The Secret Number, Forty, in the Qur’an
    • Number Forty is a special number in the religious and Islamic culture. The significance of the age of forty is undeniable, as Prophet Muhammad said, “When one gets forty God tells ...
    • Urban beautification, Islamic Style
    • Development of cities and urban life is one of the phenomena of the ancient human civilization whose history goes back to a few thousand years ago. Historical evidences indicate that with the formation of ...
    • How to Gain More Sustenance
    • What differentiates human beings from other creatures is their ability to think. One uses this ability in order to gain sustenance, which contains the ...
    • The Importance of Seizing the Opportunities of life (Part 1)
    • If man compares all desires and pleasures of this life to his age, he will find that the latter is more precious. He will also discover that nothing at all can come to the value of his age, since the pleasures of this world can be regained, while the ...
    • What are Self-judgement and Self-control mean?
    • Self-judgment is to call oneself to account every day regarding the good deeds and wrongdoings. If the scale of acts of obedience overweighs that of acts of disobedience, we must thank God, lest we must discipline ourselves. Self-control stands for ...
    • Who is a Hypocrite?
    • The insincere man who thinks he can get the best of both worlds by compromising with good and evil only increases the disease of his heart, because he is not true to himself. Even the ...
    • Sarcasm
    • Sarcasm is to imitate people’s words, deeds, or gestures so as to degrade or mock at them. Because such deeds of sarcasm create enmity, malice, and spoiling of the social relations, Islam has ...
    • Habituate your Tongue on Saying the Good
    • Any investigation of the social crises proves that the origin of most of such troubles is the initiatives of wording and the mutual obscenities that interrupt the social relations and arise hatred. On that account, it becomes very necessary, for ...
    • Greed is the Enemy of the Soul
    • Greed is the excess fondness of money and fortune. It is one of the bad manners that draw to various evils and sins.Amir ul-Muminin (A.S) said: “Know with certainty that you cannot achieve your desire and cannot ...
    • Treatment of Arrogance
    • The arrogant should recognize his reality: his origin is a dirty sperm and his end is stinky carrion. Between these two, man is weak and feeble. Hunger and thirst ...
    • Disadvantages, Incentives, Levels & Sorts of Arrogance
    • Arrogance surrounds with a ring of vanity and pride and inflicts with the fondness of selfishness and showiness to the degree that nothing will satisfy the arrogant except false flattery and fake praise. The arrogant, then, ...
    • Arrogance
    • Arrogance is a mental state causing self-admiration and haughtiness against others in words or deeds. It is censured and dispraised in many texts in the Qur’an and Sunna: “Do not scornfully turn your face away from people. Do not ...
    • Who is Muhammad Legenhausen?
    • Ive been asked too many times to explain how I became a Muslim. Nearly every time, I come up with something different. I dont make anything up, but the acceptance of a religion is complicated. It involves ...
    • Sean Stone Converted to Islam
    • Sean Stone, the 27 year old son of Oliver Stone, Hollywood’s prominent Director, said at a press conference in Tehran that he has accepted Islam and believes that Christians, Jews and Moslems all worship one god. He has added another name to his ...