A Tale of Two Holy Births Birth of Isa (as) Maryam, the daughter Imran took shaky strides in the desert. She had first decided to retreat to the house of worship. She was, however, ‘forced’ out of there and was told that the House of God is not a place …
Read More »Martyrdom of Lady Fatima Zahra (AS)
The Sun Behind the Clouds or Benefits of an Absent Imam
The Sun Behind the Clouds or Benefits of an Absent Imam Dr. Seyed Hadi Mousavi: Is the existence of an absent Imam beneficial for the people? [Referring to the last Shiite Imam, who is in the Major Occultation] Bagherpourkashani: Yes, in the Shiite narrations and hadiths, the way people benefit …
Read More »The Unholy Invitation or Dajjal of Basra
The Unholy Invitation You may have inadvertently entered or heard about a recent sect. It appears to be like the rest of the deviant sects: at the beginning, it is seemingly beautiful with populistic slogans. What they basically do is deceiving you with their methods of propaganda and psychological …
Read More »A Glimpse into the Life of the Eleventh Infallible (as)
“The young boys were playing with their toys, just as most young boys do – except for one boy, who stood amongst his peers with tears streaming down his cheeks. “Would you like me to buy you a toy to play with?” asked a concerned onlooker. “…We have not been …
Read More »People with Weak Reason (Aql) Can Also Reach the Truth
Bagherpour Kashani: It goes without saying that all human beings do not share the same level of intellectual ability (aql), and this very fact has been mentioned in the sharia law as well. But this does not mean individuals of weak reasons cannot reach the truth. God put fundamentals of …
Read More »Obey Allah
― Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S “You were ordered to obey Allah, and you were created to perform good deeds.”
Read More »The Most Knowing Man
― Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S “He is the wisest and the most knowing man who advises people not to lose hope and faith in the Mercy of Allah and not to be too sure and over-confident of immunity from His Wrath and Punishment.”
Read More »Independent judgments of the reason
Bagherpour Kashani: This is not the case that the reason always needs data; but reason itself, has independent judgment of the affairs. For example, Law of noncontradiction1, the law of excluded middle2, and coincidental oppositorum3 are the independent judgments of the reason. If rational arguments based on these axioms, the …
Read More »Hadith: “Reason is a Hojjat”
Reason is like scales, and people see its hands on another numerical just because they are not fully in front of it. Dr. Seyyed Hadi Mousavi: Reason is the scale in its calculating. But this scale gives the right answer only when the given information to it is without error. …
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