Islam is the only religion which offers comprehensive solutions to social problems and takes a holistic approach to address them. For such a working system to prevail to the Day of Judgment, there must be some wise mechanism to preserve the integrity of...

Islam prescribes very high qualification for a divine leader. He should be the most knowledgeable, the wisest, and the most gallant of all. He should also be immune from every kind of sin, mistake and error. The Prophet and the Imams, besides being religious leaders,...

In view of divine, logical and political basis of Imamah, one may wonder why then the system of Imamah could not be apparently implemented after the demise of holy prophet (S) in terms of rulership and caliphate? Shi’as – The Followers of Imam Ali (P) In view of these...

Imam Ali (A), the first Imam, was the cousin of the Holy Prophet. He was born on Friday, the 13th Rajab in the Holy Ka’aba. He was brought up under the tutelage of the Holy Prophet. As Imam Ali (A) says: “The Holy Prophet brought me up in his own arms and fed me...

These two honorable Imams (AS) are brothers of each other and are the sons of Imam Ali (AS) and Fatimah (AS). According to the authentic Islamic Traditions, the Holy Prophet (SA) had deep affections towards these honorable grandsons whom he called his own...

All of us affirm the reality of death. Every new birth brings with it the news for its death. No matter how much you plan, no matter how much wealth you accumulate, no matter how much powerful you become, the death is certain and there is no escape. What death brings...

Is the belief in the Day of Judgment based on reason and wisdom? The fact is that what ever Prophet Muhammad (blessings of Allah and peace are upon him and his family) has conveyed us about this Final Day and life after death is clearly based on wisdom. A...

We observe that in this world the good and evil deeds of men are not subject to any final accounting. Criminals and oppressive rulers encroach on men’s lives and their freedom and many times also enjoy opulence and luxury until the end of their lives. They are not...

Many of us think that as long as a man’s heart beats, and the nerves are active and he walks about, he is alive. When can he be said to be dead? When the physician listens to his heart and declares that it has stopped functioning. This is to some extent true, but this...

Faith in resurrection besides logically interpreting and revolving the puzzle of life and death and besides being a truth, which must be accepted, produces diverse effects on human life, the most important of them being the following two: The picture of death which...