The True Face of Tashayyu

Overview : As a follow-up to the earlier post regarding the Akhbari view of tatbir , this post highlights the fatwa about the required pen...

Synopsis: This post briefly covers the view of tatbir among akhbari scholars, as explained by Shaikh Muhsin Al Asfoor (Akhbari scholar from ...

Synopsis: The popular Shia view is that the prostration in prayer is only valid if the forehead is placed on bare earth, or on something tha...

"Al Fikratil Hayyah fi Hukm Halqil Lahyah" by Ayatullah Muhammad Muhammad Sadiq al Sadr , Page 129 (Original Arabic page posted at...

موقع سماحة العلامة الشيخ محمد العبيدان القطيفي Shaikh Muhammad al Obaidan al Qatifi's* website *Shaikh al Obaidan is a Saudi schola...

A summary of Ayatullah Sistani 's lecture, delivered on 6 October 1996, quoted by Ayatullah Yaqubi in his book 'Mathematics for the...

"The revolution of Imam Hussain (as): Its specialities and focal points" by Ayatullah Khamenei  (Original Arabic page posted at...

These days, marriage ceremonies are conducted by 'Shaikhs' (also called 'Maulana' in the Indo-Pak region) who recite the Nik...

  This post is divided into four parts, to ascertain four fundamental issues:     1. Who was the first Shia Imami scholar ever to d...