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Useful selections and miscellanea
From the book al-Mahasin by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Barqi (d. 274 AH). The Section of Likenesses and Associates The Chapter of Threes: 1- Ahmad ibn Abi ʿAbd Allah al-Barqi, from Muʿawiya ibn…
19 July 2026
Al-Zahraʾ and the Magnitude of the Tragedy of Imam al-Husayn (a) and His Children (And what is other than it is greater than it..) Ibn Qulawayh narrates in Kamil al-Ziyarat this great narration,…
8 August 2022
The Daily Invocations of Blessings in the Month of Shaʿban upon the Prophet and His Family (at Midday) And on the Night of the Middle [of the Month] Muhammad ibn Yahya al-ʿAttar narrated, from Ahmad…
15 March 2021
From among the sayings narrated, in brief maxims, from Imam Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-ʿAskari (a). 1- He (a) said: Do not dispute, lest your splendor depart; and do not jest, lest people grow bold…
19 January 2016
In the company of a book... The Foot That Remained There The daily memoirs of the prisoner Sayed Naser Hosseinipour in the secret prisons of Iraq.. Sayed Naser Hosseini takes you, in his memoirs,…
3 January 2016
Devoting Oneself on the Night of Mid-Shaʿban Daʿaʾim al-Islam, vol. 1, p. 185: We have narrated from Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad (a), from his father, from his forefathers, from ʿAli—Allah's blessings be…
1 June 2015
Mosque libraries are an old and beautiful idea, and of benefit to whoever frequents the mosque while waiting for the congregational prayer, or at the times of religious lessons, or while waiting for…
28 May 2015
The book The Islamic Institute between Authenticity and Development, by His Eminence the great marjaʿ Grand Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad Taqi al-Modarresi (may his shadow endure), which consisted of…
20 May 2015
The book Imam ʿAli, the Elect of the Messenger (s) has gone to press, while its author has departed this life; so it was like a birth and a new resurrection for its author, the believing friend of…
The book (The Role of Historical Events in Clarifying the Beliefs of the Ahl al-Bayt (a), a wonderful book, responds to the readings . that seek to prove that the belief concerning the Ahl al-Bayt…
The Bulletin of the Rulings of Islam, in accordance with the fatwas of His Eminence the religious authority (marjaʿ) Grand Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad Taqi al-Modarresi (may his shadow endure) Shawwal…
26 September 2010
“As for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say, ‘Here, take and read my book! Indeed I knew that I will encounter my account [of deeds].’ So he will have a pleasant life, in an…
10 September 2010
Zakat al-Fitra in the Noble Sunna 1- It is narrated that Imam al-Sadiq (a) said: “The fitra is obligatory upon everyone upon whom zakah is obligatory.” 2- The Imam, the Commander of the Faithful (a),…
9 September 2010
His Eminence the religious authority (marjaʿ) Grand Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad Taqi al-Modarresi (may his shadow endure). There is no doubt that the human being's knowledge of himself is a key to…
31 August 2010
May Allah magnify our reward and yours on the anniversary of the martyrdom of the Commander of the Faithful, the Master of those who affirm Allah's oneness and the Imam of the Godwary, ʿAli ibn Abi…
29 August 2010
Coinciding with the anniversary of the birth of Imam ʿAli (a), and on the occasion of the passing of 35 years since the founding of the International Nahj al-Balagha Institute, in whose founding…
“O you who have faith! Prescribed for you is fasting as it was prescribed for those who were before you, so that you may be Godwary. * That for known days. But should any of you be sick or on a…
My God, the beggars have stood at Your door, the poor have sought refuge in Your court, and the ship of the destitute has halted on the shore of the sea of Your generosity and Your nobleness, hoping…
