Islamic Laws

Women and Hijab

By: Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini Hijab literally means covering and is a type of clothing that covers a woman’s body. Islam instructs women to cover their bodies (except their hands and face) from non-mahram1 men. The necessity of having Hijab can…

Branches of Religion

Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini God-Almighty has determined a series of commandments and practical programs for us that if they are practiced, our lives of the world would be administered in an excellent manner and would be prosperous and would also make…

Islam and the Family

By: Ayatullah Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari While the warp of society is the individual person and the woof is social order, the unit of the design is the family. Families in which mutual understanding, sincerity and tenderness reign, form details…

Rights of the Islamic Society

By: Sayyid Mahdi as-Sadr Merits of the Islamic Society Because of its remarkable qualities, the Islamic society, in the reign of its prosperity, was nonesuch and ideal among the international civilized nations. Its individuals composed one compact family of virtues…

Islam and Alcoholic Drinks

By: Ayatullah Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari Islam is a faith which appeals to reason and conscience. Since alcohol is injurious to reason and diminishes a man’s intelligence, moral sense, logical powers and spiritual sensitiveness, any drop of it is strictly…

Rights of the Relatives

By: Sayyid Mahdi as-Sadr Merits of the Relatives Relatives are the family to whom one belongs. Man’s relatives are the most similar, affectionate, and helpful. Describing the relatives, Amirul-Mu’minin (a) said: “Man, though wealthy, cannot dispense with his clan. He…

Matrimonial Rights

By: Sayyid Mahdi as-Sadr Merits of Marriage Marriage is the holy legal tie between man and woman through which they share the same life and reciprocate definite rights and obligations. God has passed the law of matrimony so as to…

Short Term Marriage [mut‘ah]

By: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabataba’i In Bahman of 1342 (January/February, 1964), following the opinion of Dr. Russell Lee that humans are part of the group of creatures that naturally cannot content themselves with a single wife, the Keyhān Newspaper…

The General Framework of Ownership

By: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabataba’i Beings that we see upon the earth—comprising plants, animals, and humans—are generally engaged in activity and effort. They each endeavor outside the spheres of their selves to preserve their lives and obtain useful and…

Alcoholic Beverages, Cause of Humanity’s Decline

By: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabataba’i As opposed to other religions—the teachings of which are either based upon withdrawal from the society such as Christianity, Brahmanism, and Buddhism, or fix upon the development of a specific tribe or race such…