Islamic Laws
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The Virtues of Hajj
By: Shaheed Ayatullah Abdul Husain Dastghaib Shirazi Just as neglecting Hajj is severely punished its fulfillment is greatly rewarded with numerous benefits for this life as well as hereafter. Traditions mention a great number of benefits some of which are…
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One Who Does Not Pay Zakat is a Kafir
By: Shaheed Ayatullah Abdul Husain Dastghaib Shirazi A person who accepts that Zakat is obligatory but does not pay due to niggardliness, is a transgressor and will face the consequences accordingly. But if he does not believe that Zakat is…
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What are Practical Methods for Raising Upright Children?
By: Abdul Adheem al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani Question: How should we educate our child and feed him with religious teachings, moral values, social principles, and historical lessons? Could you suggest a practical and successful method? The answer: There are still fathers and…
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The Cultural Growth of Children in the Light of the Islamic View?
By: Abdul Adheem al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani Question: Would you please do us a favor by showing the stages of the cultural growth of children in the light of the Islamic view? The answer: There are four stages: First, the stage of…
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How is the Personality of a Child Formed?
By: Abdul Adheem al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani Question: After having our first child by the will of Allah the Almighty, an argument took place between my wife and me about how the personality of a child is formed. Would you please give…
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Islam and the Exigencies of the Age
By: Martyred Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari In the introduction to “Man and his Future” in which I investigated the subject of the greatness and then decay of the Muslims, I recognized that the causes of the decline of the Muslims could…
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The Customs of the Pre-Islamic Period that were Abolished by Islam
By: Martyred Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari The holy Qur’an abolished the customs of the “Time of Ignorance” (the pre-Islamic period) concerning the dower and restored it to its original and natural position. In the pre-Islamic period, fathers and mothers of girls…
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Proposal and Engagement in Islam
By: Martyred Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari I begin my discussion about the proposed forty articles from the very point they themselves begin. Those proposals for the Civil Law start in the subject of proposal and engagement. The fact is that the…
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The Flexibility of Islamic Laws
By: Martyred Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari Another matter which should be made clear is that Islamic thinkers believe that within Islam there is a enigmatic secret which enables this religion to adapt to and improve according to the advance of time.…
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The Natural Basis of Family Rights
By: Martyred Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari We pointed out that the spirit and foundation of the Declaration of Human Rights is that even human being should benefit from a kind of essential and honourable respect and individuality. In the context of…