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It is incumbent upon God that for the admonishment and guidance of human beings, He should appoint messengers and necessary commandments and laws should be provided to them.Reason of this MatterThe purpose of creation of the human being is not only limited so that he should live in the world, …

The most critical issue in the social life is that how we can form a great and powerful unit from the small units.Man’s society has been in the form of various small and great units from the beginning days.Following affairs have caused this variety and scattering.1- RaceFirst of all, development …

The Great Arif (Gnostic) from Deccan who fasting for forty years in Holy City of Mashhad Syed Shahsawar Ali Shah Mansoori (Ibn ar-Reza) was the great grandson of Syed Burhanuddin Shah Khaleelullah, the only son of Syed Shah Nuruddin Nimatullah Wali buried in Mahan near Kerman in Iran. Syed Shah …

Executive Director, The Fiqh Council of North AmericaNapoleon Bonaparte was one of the greatest military genius in history. He conquered much of Europe and became the emperor of France from 1804 to 1815. He centralized the French government, established the Bank of France and introduced the Napoleon Code to reform …

Crescent Monthly Journal, April, 2015Crescent International is a publication of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought (ICIT), Toronto, CanadaThe only game the Najdi Bedouins know is to spread sectarian fitnah. Would they succeed in Yemen where not only the Shia Houthis but also several Sunni groups are also opposed to …

Hadrat Fatima Ummul-Baneen was the noble wife of Amirul-Momineen Imam Ali (A.S.) and the mother of brave and courageous Hadrat Abul-Fazl al-Abbas(A.S.),the Flag Bearer of the Imam Husain(A.S.) at the battlefield of Karbala. The meaning of ‘Ummul Baneen’ is ‘Mother of Sons’. All of her four sons were martyred along …

Source: Chapter 7 from the famous book ‘Asre Zahoor’ [The Time of appearance of Imam Mahdi (A.S.)] written by famous Lebanese scholar Allama Ali al-Korani which was first published in 1984 Yemen and its role at the Time of AppearanceMany narratives from Ahlul Bayt (A.S.)[The Family members of the Holy …

Hadrat Fatima Zahra (A.S.) the Leader of the Women of the Worlds, the only Daughter of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) and the Mother of the Leaders of Youth of Paradise: Imam Hasan (A.S.) and Imam Husain (A.S.)Hadrat Fatima Zahra (A.S.) completely resembled the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) and the Holy Prophet …

On the evening of Oct. 30, 1938, radio listeners in the greater New York area settled in for a broadcast of “Ramon Raquello” and his orchestra. Suddenly the performance was interrupted by the host, who explained that he had a special bulletin from “Intercontinental Radio News.” Perhaps a few listeners …

Newly published research suggests nuggets of misinformation embedded in a fictional television program can seep into our brains and lodge there as perceived facts.Our beliefs about the world are shaped by many factors. The courses we took in college. The lessons we learned from our families.And, of course, the prime-time …