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The Spiritual Season – Q&A With Sheikh Salim Yusufali

10th May 2013

1) Why are the three Islamic months of Rajab, Sha’ban, and Ramadhan considered as the “spiritual season?” Allah has created the physical universe in a way that throughout the year, we typically experience different seasons. Each of these seasons has its own particularities; in one time of the year, He wishes for it to be ...

In the Footsteps of Fatima (s.a.)

25th March 2013

By Zaynab Amin Fatima al-Zahra (s.a.) was a woman who enjoyed a great status with Allah. Not only was she a muhaddathah [someone with whom the angels communicate], Imam as-Sadiq (a.s.) even narrates that after the death of her father, the Trusted Spirit Gabriel (a.s.) would regularly visit and console her. This, alongside many other ...

Single Red Tulip in a Field of Yellow Tulips

Gratitude

21st March 2013

By Sheikh Hamid Waqar A Muslim’s gratitude towards Allah is of such importance that he should strive night and day to be thankful of the Lord’s bounties. Being grateful is expressing one’s satisfaction of Allah’s blessings, either verbally or through action. There are many verses of the Quran and traditions from the Noble Prophet (s) ...

Twenty Points on Morals

13th March 2013

By Ayatullah Abdullah Fatemi-Niya Translated by: Shia Translation 1) Each month and each day has its own illumination, which comes to one’s home free of charge. It is we who must preserve this light. The Shi’a of the Commander of the Faithful [Ali] are beloved by God. If they guard over the ṣalāh (obligatory prayers); [if ...

Hope Amidst Trying Times

28th February 2013

By Tahera Kassamali The Almighty has created human beings and will surely test them in this world. He says: The One who created death and life to test you as to which of you is best in deed (Sura al-Mulk, 67:2). And in another place: And We will surely test you with something of fear ...

In Memory of Br. Ali Moaddel: A Spoken Word Poem

15th February 2013

To God we Belong and to Him Will We Return In Memory of our Brother, Ali Moaddel Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things, Who created death and life that He may try you– which of you is best in deeds; and He is the ...