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What is the essence of death and can one delay it?

15521 2012/10/20 Traditional

According to Islamic philosophy, death means that the soul no longer manages the body and simply leaves it. This viewpoint can be traced back to the ahadith and Quranic verses that negate death being

Do we have free will and, if we do, what is it limited to?

8779 2012/10/20 Traditional

A lot of times we find ourselves in a path that we must take. This is the path of predestined things in our lives, such as our ethnicity, family, language and physical features like our height and wei

How do plants and inanimate objects glorify God, the Exalted?

20110 2012/10/15 Traditional

Man s knowledge about creatures of the world is truly restricted and unmentionable. How Dif y restricted and unmentionable. nanimate objects testiory? different creatures glorify God is still unknow

Do Shiites differentiate between Allah and Imams?

8014 2012/10/11 Traditional

Like all other schools, Shiite school has been encountering extremist groups that are called by different names such as ghulāt ( exaggerators ) , muqassera and nawasib and which have, in the course of

Are there any insects and animals in the world of genies? Are these also made of fire like genies? Also, are there plants and trees in the world of genies?

6849 2012/08/28 Traditional

Although we do not see genies and may not be able to prove their existence through scientific and philosophical arguments, we must believe in them because the Holy Quran, the Messenger of Allah ( pbuh

How can girls wear bright (gaudy) dresses on the one hand and go out in public without displaying their beauty on the other?

8287 2012/08/11 Modern

According to the Quran, man is a creature that has a divine fitra [ God-gifted nature ] on the one hand and a material nature on the other. Not differentiating between them will cause a person to be d

Do Shia Muslims not go to Hell?

18909 2012/08/04 Traditional

The fact that some people are held responsible for their deeds and subjected to punishment in Hell and some are endowed with blessings and bounties is based on a principle which Allah has pointed out

What are the challenges facing Islam – Christianity dialogue?

8864 2012/07/21 Modern

For an answer to the above question, we deemed it appropriate to draw your attention to a lecture delivered by Ayatollah Hadavi Tehrani in this regard. There is a clear tendency towards religiosity

Aren’t we free in choosing our religion? Then why did the Prophet demand the people of Yemen to either become Muslim or pay Jizyah?

8356 2012/07/21 Traditional

Jizyah gives non-Muslims the freedom of choosing whether they want to be Muslim or simply be a non-Muslim citizen of an Islamic government without having to convert their religion and it is natural to

Is divine knowledge merely proven by the teleological argument?

7040 2012/06/21 Traditional

There are many ways to prove divine knowledge: 1. The teleological argument, 2. The argument that one cannot grant what one does possess, 3. The infiniteness of God and His encompassment of the entire

What is the Sunni point of view on the Prophet’s infallibility regarding matters other than receiving and conveying revelation?

12381 2012/06/20 Traditional

What is certain is that there is a consensus among the Islamic sects on the Prophet s infallibility regarding the reception and conveyance of revelation, but that being the case in his everyday life i

Which verse of the Holy Quran containsevery kind of tawhid? What are the different kinds of tawhid?

17667 2012/06/20 Traditional

Tawhid is a widely discussed topic among Islamic and Quranic concepts, which is why it consists of various types and levels. This is why tawhid has been widely given in-depth discussions in many verse

Do the Holy Prophet’s parents enter Paradise?

15522 2012/06/19 Traditional

Based on the verses of the Holy Quran, belief in God and good deeds are generally the most important requirements for entering Paradise. Shia scholars and also a number of Sunni sects believe that the

How can we differentiate between a divine test and a divine punishment?

13929 2012/05/26 Traditional

Some of the calamities and hardship we endure in our lives are definitely a part of divine trial and tribulations that are aimed to make us choose our path and adopt our strategy and position against

Did Prophet Lot offer his daughters to homosexual men? Did he commit incest with his daughters, as the Bible says?

34287 2012/05/21 Traditional

The two accounts of the story of Prophet Lot ( pbuh ) in the Holy Quran and Bible contain many commonalities. It can even be said that they share the same fundamentals; the only difference lying in th

When we say Almighty Allah, does it account for all attributes or only for the power and might of Allah?

7485 2012/05/21 Traditional

At the level of His essence, when we say He is the Almighty, it accounts for all of His attributes. That is, there is no difference which attribute we use to refer to His essence. On the other hand ou

Is the hadith of Raf’ al-Qalam and the idea that the Shi’ites are absolved of religious duty on the ninth of Rabī’ al-Awwal authentic and valid?

9948 2012/05/21 Contextual study

This hadith not been narrated in the main and prominent sources of hadith. In addition, what is meant by the absolvement of religious duty ( رفع القلم ) is that their sins are forgiven because of the

What are the fundamentals and principles of Islam?

8705 2012/04/24 Traditional

Literally Islam means submission and the religion of Islam is called Islam because it seeks man s submission to the will of God, the Lord of the worlds. Thus, Islam requires man to surrender himself t

From the Islamic and Shi’a point of view, where exactly does man have free will in?

7627 2012/04/21 Traditional

Islamic texts ( the ahadith and the Quran ) clearly stipulate that man has free will. This does not mean that man has complete freedom and no other power or factor limits his will. Man has control o

How can the contradiction between Islam and Christianity about God having a son be resolved?

8663 2012/04/19 Traditional

Based on what has been stated in surah Tawhid, the Muslims believe God to neither have begat a son, nor been begotten himself. All monotheistic religions also hold this same belief, with Christianity

What are the means for strengthening Shiite beliefs?

7043 2012/04/19 Traditional

In order for us to strengthen Shiite beliefs, it is necessary that we substantiate these beliefs scientifically separating them from superstitions and illusions. We must also provide appropriate answe

Why has Fatimah Ma’sumah been given the titile ‘Ma’sumah’; is she an infallible?

7343 2012/04/18 Traditional

The name of Lady Ma sumah, is Fatimah. In historical books and hadith sources, her eminence is referred to as Fatimah bint Musa ibn Ja far. She wasn t technically an infallible, the way the prophets a

Where will the evil Shias be punished; in this world, the Barzakh or the Hereafter?

11137 2012/04/17 Traditional

According to the Quran, all people will be punished or rewarded based on their actions and this is something clear; some in this world, some in the Barzakh and some in the Hereafter. As to the traditi

Can knowledge, power and other qualities God has endowed the prophet and his progeny with limitless in every respect?

6217 2012/04/17 Traditional

If what is meant by infiniteness is that it is not limited by any boundaries, even the boundary of createdness or being created and reliance and need , then it must be said that nothing other than All

Is ‘Apprehension’ a quality that can be attributed to God?

6503 2012/04/17 Traditional

Taking into consideration the verse لا تدرکه الابصار و هو یدرک الابصار و هو اللطیف الخبیر [ 1 ] , Mudrik ( being apprehensive ) is one of God s names. [ 2 ] In the Quran and traditions, this attribute

What are the arguments to prove that the wilayah (guardianship) of the Infallibles, peace be upon them?

8183 2012/04/16 Traditional

The wilayah of the infallibles, peace be upon them, can be proved through the four authoritative and valid sources such as the Quran, Sunnah, reason and consensus. Shia scholars have a consensus abo

In light of the various (and sometimes contradictory) meanings which have been listed for the term Wilāyat (guardianship), please detail the actual meaning behind the word.

8746 2012/04/14 Traditional

The word Wilāyat comes from the word Walī; various meanings have been listed for this word. The lexical meaning of this word is complete guardianship or ownership over a matter or object. Its more gen

Was the earth created before the sky? There are planets in the galaxies very much older than the earth. As well, no astronaut has said that there are seven firmaments or skies above the earth. What is the Islamic point of view in this regard?

15744 2012/04/14 Traditional

The creation of other creatures on earth is not meant to hold or entail material benefits for mankind; the material benefit is only one aspect of the story. The more important aspect is that contempla

Could you please explain the essence of infallibility? I personally believe only God is infallible.

6725 2012/04/14 Traditional

The correct terminology to use here is that God is free from all limitations and flaws, not that He is infallible which is a term used for other than God. That being said, everything other than God is

I wish to know what the seven paradises are. Can you explain them for me?

46682 2012/04/07 Traditional

Dar al-Salam ( Abode of Peace ) , Dar al-Jalal ( Abode of Glory ) , Jannatul Mava ( Garden of Refuge ) , Jannatul Khuld ( Garden of Eternity ) , Jannatul Adan ( Garden of Eden ) , Jannatul Firdous ( G

What is the meaning of \'al-Islam\' in the verse 19 of Sura Aal-e Imran?

10219 2012/04/04 Modern

The literal meaning of Islam is absolute submission to the will of Allah. The term religion reflects God s expectations from mankind in matters related to his individual and social thoughts, conducts

If Islam was not sent down in the Arabian Peninsula, would hell and heaven be described in the same way as they have been described now?

6746 2012/04/03 Modern

There are two viewpoints in this regard; one that believes that non-religious factors have a role to play in the emergence of religion and another that denies the role of such factors in the formation

What are the causes of the reappearance of the Imam of Time (atf)?

8850 2012/04/03 Traditional

The causes of the reappearance refer to those things that serve as agents instrumental in the reappearance of the Imam of Time ( atf ) . Although God s will is the fundamental cause of the reappearanc

Why did Islam expand and spread in Asia more than it did in Europe?

14390 2012/04/02 Traditional

Islam emerged in Asia and it spread across the Arab world and Asia. There are multiple factors behind the fact that Islam did not spread in Europe. Those factors include the internal discord and confl

What is Shia’s view about caliphate and successorship to the Holy Prophet (s)?

10689 2012/03/18 Traditional

According to Shia: 1. Caliphate or successorship to the Holy Prophet ( s ) is divinely appointed and that at God s order the Prophet, many a time, introduced Ali ( a.s. ) as his successor. 2. The

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