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Why should religion interfere in politics?
6900 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/11/21The theory of the separation of religion from politics is a viewpoint that supports marginalizing religion from different fields of human life. According to this viewpoint, man is able to discover the true rules to culture, politics, judgment, economy, commerce, manners, social relationships, etc., and legislate them with ...
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What are the fundamentals and principles of Islam?
7316 Traditional 2012/04/24Literally 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 to the One God and worship none other than Him. In ...
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What is meant when it is said that Awliya’ullah have the knowledge of the past, present and the future?
13920 Traditional 2011/06/21The knowledge we possess is accumulated from many different ways. One of these ways is one’s connection with Unseen which is also done in many forms and can differ depending on the individual’s emotional, spiritual and mental capacity and can increase or decrease depending on his connection with ...
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Did Umar scold and punish Abu-Hurairah as a result of him forging hadiths?
38161 Science of narrators 2008/07/02Bukhari, Muslim, Dhahabi, Imam Abu Ja’far Iskafi, Muttaqi Hindi and others have reported that the second khalifah, whipped Abu-Hurairah as a result of him going too far in forging hadiths from the Prophet (pbuh) and strongly prohibited him from narrating any more till the end of his reign.The reason ...
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Is it true that the Messenger of Allah (S) once missed his Dawn Prayers?
6097 عصمت 2015/05/03This issue is among jurisprudential topics and has also something to do with theological themes. There are reports and narrations transmitted in this regard but jurisprudents are not unanimous about them and they do not have a united view point in this regard. Some are of the ...
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How should one go about identifying the most learned Mujtahid, if the testimonies of the witnesses contradict each other?
5964 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/01/15All grand jurists have said in their edicts that there are three ways of identifying a Mujtahid, and the A'alam:First: when a person is certain that a particular person is a Mujtahid, or the most learned one. For this, he should be a ...
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When the Quran is speaking of the times of ‘salat’, what is meant by ‘salat’, is it supplication and asking for forgiveness, or prayer?
7364 Quranic Studies 2010/08/01The term ‘salat’ in Quranic verses that are mentioning the times for prayer, refers to prayer. Quranic verses that state the times for prayer can be categorized into different categories in which we will list in the detailed answer. ...
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What are the signs for the reemergence of the Master of the Age [i.e. the Twelfth Imam]?
7814 Modern 2011/08/10The topic of the signs of the re-emergence is a complicated one and calls for a thorough investigation of all the related narrations. However, in brief, the signs fall under two categories. One group consists of those signs which will certainly occur, foreshadowing the re-emergence: the rebellion ...
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Can a man marry to a woman whom he has already committed adultery with?
5954 زنان شوهردار 2014/09/18There would be no problem for a man to get married to a woman whom he has already committed adultery with if she had no husband or got divorced but passed her Iddah (waiting period) completely on that time. Imam Khomeini (r.a) said in this regard: "If ...
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Is it allowed to work in a place where food is prepared by pork or supermarket where sells such products? And also is it ok to touch them?
7340 گوناگون 2014/01/22Grand Maraje’, do not find it permissible to work in such places where haram products are sold, so if your job is exclusively related to selling pork, you are not allowed to work there, otherwise there is no problem. Anyway, there would be no problem in case ...
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How is Prophet Adam’s (A.S.) creation (about 5,764 years ago) make sense when fossils found from human beings are almost 25 million years old?
125773 Exegesis 2012/01/15There is no inconsistence between these two. If we have heard that Prophet Adam has been created six to seven thousand years ago, this might refer to a different and new generation of human beings which started with Prophet Adam (A.S.) and might ...
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Is lobster, clam, oyster and octopus halal?
104549 Laws and Jurisprudence 2012/02/18Eating lobster, clam, oyster and octopus is haram. According to religious resources regarding halal and haram meat, there are general rulings and numerous standards; for instance, a set of rulings has been given for land animals, sea creatures, birds and so on.The condition for halal meat sea ...
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Why are shrimps halal and crabs haram? What makes one of them halal and the other halal despite the fact that both of them are from the same category?
101860 Philosophy of Religion and Law 2012/03/18Although all Islamic laws are a result of the benefits or disadvantages and harms that back them, and there is a particular reason behind each and every one of them, discovering the exact reason in detail for every one of them is extremely difficult. The most we ...
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What is meant by Sidratul-Muntaha that the Quran has mentioned?
95311 Exegesis 2010/04/07This question doesn’t have a brief answer. Please click on the detailed answer. ...
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Is there any problem in sweeping and cleaning one”s house at night?
91203 Hadith 2015/06/071. Having conducted a research into Hadith (scriptural) sources, we found out that the narrations about cleaning, dusting and sweeping a house are absolute and unrestricted in the sense that they include both day and night. There is nothing to indicate that dusting and cleaning are forbidden ...
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Can a Sunni girl get married to a Shia man and why? Please list the reasons.
88336 Philosophy of Religion and Law 2009/04/20The popular viewpoint amongst Shia scholars and jurisprudents is that a Shia man can get married to a Sunni woman, but there is a difference of opinion regarding the marriage of a Sunni man with a Shia woman; most scholars see it as impermissible.The reasons behind the first ...
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Why hasn’t Imam Ali (a.s.) been mentioned in the Holy Quran?
83811 Exegesis 2008/05/11One should be aware that although the imam’s names, )especially Imam Ali’s(, haven’t been mentioned in the Quran, nevertheless, their names, )especially Imam Ali’s(, can be found in the Prophet’s sayings. One very good example is the hadith of Ghadir which is considered the official announcement of the appointment of ...
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What is the definition of "Muslim" according to the Quran?
83533 Exegesis 2010/04/06According to the Quran a Muslim is one who has absolutely surrendered to Allah and his commands and believes in pure Tawhid (the oneness of God) that isn't tainted with any Shirk and this is why the Almighty has introduced Prophet Abraham as a true ...
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Why do we the Shia pray at three times while the Quran tells us to pray at five times?
73175 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/08/14The reason the Shia perform their prayers in three times is the Quranic verses and traditions on the matter. Although the Quran has mentioned that prayer is wajib several times and hasn’t gone into the details, it has spoken of its times: “Maintain the prayer from the sun's ...
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Which animals and insects have been named in the Quran?
57533 Exegesis 2009/12/16Approximately 35 animals have been named in the Quran; the birds and insects of which are:Salwa (سلوی)=The quail (Baqarah:57), Ba’uth (بعوض)=Mosquito (Baqarah:26), Dhubab (ذباب)=Fly (Hajj:73), Nahl (نحل)=Honeybee (Nahl:68), Ankabut (عنکبوت)=Spider (Ankabut:41), Jarad (جراد)=Grasshopper (A’raf:133), HudHud (هدهد)=Hoopoe (Naml:20), Ghurab (غراب)=Crow (Ma’idah:31), Ababil (ابابیل)= probably ‘Swallow’ (Fil:3), Naml (نمل)=Ant ...