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Clergy Corner
Advice for the Believing Youth
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Greetings and salutations to the Grand Marja, Ayatullah al-Uzma al-Sayyid Ali…
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A Thorn in the Meadow: My Journey to the Hawza
In 2011, the year before I embarked on my journey to the Islamic Seminary in Lebanon, a friend of mine…
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Religion
Sacrificing for Islam: the Life of Imam Ali
The term sacrifice is defined as the “act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded…
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Clergy Corner
Mawla: Friend or Guardian?
Studying the old lexical, literal, and commentary texts shows that Mawla means “guardian”, “being more appropriate than the believers”, and…
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Clergy Corner
Remembering Shaheed al-Sadr
If we want to talk about Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr’s personality, we could very easily say that he was…
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Clergy Corner
Ask the Experts
“If after the occultation of your Qa’im there were not to remain a person from amongst the scholars who: invite…
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History
Allama Hilli – Part II
Allama Hilli was among the foremost scholars to acquaint the people of Iran with Shi’ism. With his witty first appearance…
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History
Allama Hilli – Part I
The king stared in utter shock, while the courtiers attempted to stifle their laughter. The man from the South had…
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