Articles
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28Dec
The narration of Imam Ali (as) supposedly wanting to marry Abu Jahl’s daughter
From the book: Ilal Sharai by Shaykh Sadooq, Vol.1, Chapter on why Sayyida Fatimah (a) was buried at night, Hadith 2, page 185-189: “A man comes to Imam Ja’far (as) asking why Sayyida Fatima (as) was buried at night, and Imam Ja’far (as) himself opts to tell him the entire story. This shows how absurd […]
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03Aug
Experience of God
The Cambridge Dictionary defines experience as “(the process of getting) knowledge or skill which is obtained from doing, seeing or feeling things”. All of our experience in life comes from our five senses and as such this definition follows. However, the experience of God is very much dissimilar to our every day experience, especially as […]
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The love of Ahlulbayt (as) and respect for their progeny, the Sadaat, is an obligation upon all Muslims. Allah states in the Quran: قُلْ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَىٰ ۗ In this waqf, Imam Ali (as) mentions three categories of Sadaat: Quraysh, Bani Abdul Muttalib and Bani Fatimah, and he has allocated […]
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07May
London has a new mayor
5th May 2016. A historic day. For the first time in British political history, a Pakistani Muslim has been elected the mayor of London. That in itself would have been an achievement in its own right, but to do it in the face of such an acrimonious campaign has been truly remarkable. Being a student […]
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The continuous reports of gangs being discovered up and down the country has left the Muslim community in general, and the Pakistani community in particular, in such a state of shock that it will take a while to find words which can adequately explain what has happened. While it is a truism that only a […]
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By the time you read this, I am sure you will have already read and heard in great detail about the cartoons published by the French satirical paper, Charlie Hebdo, as well the murder of its cartoonists in response. Let me then begin by congratulating not just the Muslims but all of humanity on the […]
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difficult situation – such as what happened in Iraq two weeks ago – can very easily lead to panic and despair, but a true leader is one whose response is calm and collected while being firm and strong at the same time.
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11Feb
Dialogue or Distraction?
If Musharraf deserves to be tried under Article 6 of the Constitution, TTP deserves to be hanged for rejecting the authority of the constitution outright. Instead, the Pakistani government is negotiating with them!
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Until we confront the skeletons in our own closets, it will be far too easy for authors such as Hitchens to spew rubbish. We will have provided them with the resources to do so, and for people the world over to label Muslims as terrorists, because, unwittingly, we will have adorned ourselves with that label.
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27Jan
Power of the tongue
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
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This article was written last year in answer to a question about taqlid. First of all, I offer my felicitations to the Imam of our time on the birth anniversary of his father Imam Hasan Askari (as) and to all the believers. I’ve been asked by various people regarding the issue of taqlid and in […]
