Book Introduction: The Alignment of Jurists with the Rational People (ʿUqalāʾ) Author: Mehdi Montazir Qa’imPublisher: Nashr-e NeyYear: 1403 (2024–2025 CE) Overview The…
By Sayyid Husayn Sharafuddin – a professor and faculty member at the Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute. He is also a…
Book Review Session: “A Jurisprudential Analysis of Tashabbuh bil-Kuffar: With Emphasis on Symbolic Dress from Foreign Cultures” This article presents a summary…
Cultural and Social Changes Reflected in the Inquiries Posed to Shaykh Haeri Yazdi During the First Pahlavi Period By Shaykh Rasul Jafariyan…
By Hujjat al-Islam Ali Mirzaei Qasabeh, Senior Instructor and Member of the Ijtihadi Circle for Family Jurisprudence at the Higher Seminary of…
This is a translation of a lecture delivered by Ustad Soroush Mahallati at the Fahim Institute in Qom, on the night of…
By Shaykh Ḥusayn al-Khechin[1] Translated by: Sayyid Burair Abbas | Reviewed, Edited, & Annotated by: Muhammad Jaffer Introduction Some contemporary scholars[2] and…
The Intra-Imami Dispute Over Fadak: A Brief Overview of Shaykh Muntazari’s Political Interpretation and the Debates Surrounding It By Shaykh Haider Hobbollah;…
One hundred and fifty-six words authored by the scholars of Balkh Translation: Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Abi Nasr Additionally: One…
This is part three of a series of posts on the topic of language, speech, words and utterances, and their relation to…
This is part two of a series of posts on the topic of language, speech, words and utterances, and their relation to…
What follows is a series of posts on a topic pertaining to language, speech, words and utterences, and their relation to blasphemy…
This article is from almost ten years ago, written by Dr. Hassan Ansari. Among the manuscripts I have examined in one of…
Utilizing the Capacity of Fiqh in New Circumstances and the Necessity of Transferring the Experience of Innovative Ijtihad to the Intellectual Generation…
Source: https://fa.abna24.com/story/1492997 The Ahl al-Bayt News Agency (ABNA) recently organized an academic discussion, critiquing the book “Cursing and Condemnation in the History…
By Shaykh Rasul Jafariyan In the late 12th century AH, one of the Ottoman scholars issued a fatwa declaring smoking forbidden, going…
By Shaykh Rasul Jafariyan Introduction When we browse the introductory sections of books on Milal wa Nihal (the study of religions and…
By Sayyid Amin Mortzevi | Short posts published by Imam Muhammad Baqir Fiqh Institute It is best to perform each prayer at…
Is animal sacrifice an ethical act? The issue of sacrificing and being sacrificed in the way of God The below is a…
This was a single lecture delivered by Ustad Soroush Mahallati at Muassaseh Miftah-e Keramat on Wednesday, December 6th, 2023. The topic of…
By Muhammad Jaffer[1] [2] The prerogative to rationalize Imam Ḥusayn’s movement primarily emerged from theological-polemical exigencies and thereby entered the domain of…
In the previous article, we made some prefunctory remarks regarding the challenges of extracting jurisprudential discussions from the tragedy of Karbalā. We…
By Muhammad Jaffer[1] Despite the relatively short span of time in which its events transpired, the fateful tragedy of Karbalā is arguably…
Recently I taught a module on Music in Islamic Law, Culture and Society. During the module, I made a very quick reference…
A couple of months back whilst studying the jurisprudential discussion surrounding the impermissibility of completely shaving the beard in Sheikh Anṣāri’s Makāsib…
In 2017 I shared a short writeup from one of my teachers Ustad Sayyid Rafipour that explains the four positions on moon…
By Shaykh Haider Hobbollah Translated by Faisal H and Sayyid Burair Abbas What is well-known, rather which may even be a consensus…
By Shaykh Haider Hobbollah The question of an illegitimate child (al-ibn ghayr al-shar’ī) or a child born out of illicit relations (walad…
These are edited transcripts of khārij lessons given between December 15th 2018 to December 29th 2018, on the topic of Citizenship Law…
One of the most sacred and revered days for Shi’as is ‘Eid al-Ghadīr wherein like other auspicious days, there are some ‘amāl…
Abortion – prematurely and proactively ending a pregnancy – is an extremely sensitive issue in the religious sphere. Approaching it theoretically requires…
This is the fourth and fifth short lesson delivered by Ustādh Rafī’pūr – a teacher of khārij – in the city of…
By Shaykh Haider Translated by Sayyid Burair Abbas Among the most crucial matters in Islam is the issue of purity of oneself…
By Shaykh Haider Hobbollah Translated by Muhammad Jaffer, Sayyid Burair Abbas, and Sayyid Ali Imran Edited by Sayyid Burair Abbas Introduction Muslims…
This is the third of five short lessons delivered by Ustādh Rafī’pūr – a teacher of khārij – in the city of…
This is the second of five short lessons delivered by Ustādh Rafī’pūr – a teacher of khārij – in the city of…
This is the first of five short lessons delivered by Ustādh Rafī’pūr – a teacher of khārij – in the city of…
f) The last contextual indicator we can cite is by employing another principle from legal theory on the narrations themselves. We have…
We have been discussing whether these narrations are considering musical instruments on their own prohibited in an absolute manner, or are they…
The question we have been trying to answer regarding the narrations is whether they are addressing musical instruments from the perspective of…
Below is a brief summary – not containing any argumentation – of an opinion of Shaykh Haider Hobbollah on the topic of…
In this lesson, we will look at just a few reports jurists entertain when discussing the subject of musical instruments. We will…
In our previous lesson, we said that the intellect does not directly comment or give a judgement on specific musical instruments. However,…
Our jurists generally begin their discussions based on the narrations, whereas we have reiterated many times that a discussion should begin with…
These are transcripts from 12 advanced jurisprudence lessons given on singing (al-ghinā’) by Ustad Soroush Mahallati. These lessons were given during the…
The below is a translation of a treatise authored by Ayatullah Jaffer Subhani on the topic of whether Islam permits women from…
The following is a speech delivered by Ustad Mohammad Soroush Mahallati at a conference in commemoration of the late Dr. Davoud Feyrahi…
This paper seeks to investigate the legal ruling on using the toilet while facing the qiblah or with your back towards it…
One of the popular rulings within Islamic law is that if a woman gives the adhan, it does not suffice for a…
The last few weeks, Ustad Soroush Mahallati was briefly covering the qā‘idah al-ilzām (QI) and summarized the evidence for and against it…
بسمه تعالى These are transcripts from 12 advanced jurisprudence lessons given on singing (al-ghinā’) by Ustad Soroush Mahallati. These lessons were given…
This post was originally published on Shiism and Islamic History blog. Written by Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Madadi al-Musawi – Postgraduate and researcher…
[To read the other translation in this series, click here. Note: MPB is the abbreviation for meat of the people of the…
Translators note: The following is the translation of the advanced jurisprudential classes of Ayatollah Mohallāti which started on 14th November 2020. The…
By Ustādh Rafi‘īpūr – teacher of baḥth al-khārij in Qom Translated by Sayyid Ali Introduction One of the discussions alluded to in…
About two years ago, a renowned elderly gentleman from the local community, who had served the community in various capacities, and who…
What follows is a transcript from lessons 107 & 108 – March 9th and 10th 2020 – of last year’s advanced jurisprudence…
Introduction This paper seeks to investigate the legal ruling on an individual sitting for a brief moment (jilsah al-istirāḥa) after performing the…
وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًا وَاتَّخِذُوا مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى ۖ وَعَهِدْنَا إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْعَاكِفِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ…
One of the principles covered in our advance jurisprudence classes with Shaykh Haider Hobbollah on the topic of Food and Drinks was…
Originally published on Shiitic Studies. Introduction A more distinctive feature of the Imami Madhhab is its acceptance of Mut’a (temporary marriage), which it claims was sanctioned…
By the grace of Allah (swt) this past academic year (2018-2019) one of the lessons I was able to attend was Jurisprudence…
By Afzal Sumar – a researcher in Islamic studies with a particular focus on Shi’ism. He also translates Arabic religious texts into…
What follows is a summary of a number of discussions held by me and three other seminarians, where arguments of numerous jurists…
Recently a thread on the popular forum ShiaChat blew up into half-a-dozen pages, as a member posted up this ruling of Sayyid…
Download PDF Translators’ Note Ever since the abolition of slavery in the 20th century, numerous Muslim scholars have addressed accusations against the…
By Dr. Sayyid Abbas Salehi – Researcher and teacher in the seminary and university Original source: http://farsi.khamenei.ir/others-note?id=9793 – this article was published on the…
This article was written by Shaykh Abd al-Hakeem Carney (d. 2007) and was originally published on a website he was running called Shiapedia.…
Source: Dāvarīyeh Faydh Kāshanī miyān Pārsā va Dāneshmand, published by Nashriyeh Dānishkadeh Adabiyāt Tabrīz, Vol 9, 1336 (link here). It is also…
Written for the module: Islamic Family Law, taken at The Islamic College for a MA in Islamic Studies with professor Ali al-Hakim. Originally…
Written for the module: Human Rights in Islam, taken at The Islamic College for a MA in Islamic Studies with professor Mahboubeh Sadeghinia. Originally…
Syed Khomeinī is a figure widely remembered as the pioneer in bringing about the Islamic Revolution in 1979 yet what is often…
The Occultation of the Imām (a) Towards and during the minor occultation we find certain reports that seem to indicate that the…
Source: Gāmī be pīsh dar fiqh banuvān, by Syed Hādi Tabatabā’ī (http://mobahesat.ir/16349) When the discussion of women assuming ministerial positions arose during…
Source: Syed Khamenei, Risāleh yeh Amῡzeshī (v.2), Ahkām e Mu’āmilāt, p. 120 – 127 Definition: Music in the general sense has two…
Source: Syed Khamenei, Risāleh yeh Amῡzeshī (v.2), Ahkām e Mu’āmilāt, p. 117 – 119 Third Discussion: The rulings pertaining to singing 1.…
Source: Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Risāleh yeh Amῡzeshī (v.2), Ahkām e Mu’āmilāt, p. 106 – 110 The (purpose of bringing the) discussion…
Source: Syed Khamenei, Risāleh yeh Amῡzeshī (v.2), Ahkām e Mu’āmilāt, p. 111 – 116 Second Discussion: The ḥurmat (prohibition/impermissibility) of Singing Singing,…
Within Shī’ī Imāmī theology, when it comes to jurisprudence there is no real difference between the Prophet’s (p) time and the time…
Structure of the Discussion Ustādh Maḥmūd Shahābī, who was a student of Muḥaqqiq Iṣfahānī, divides up the eras of Fiqh into two…
The upcoming series of posts are based on lecture notes taken in classes given by our respected teacher, Ustādh Rafī’īpūr, in the…
These are two rulings regarding Yawm al-Shakk (Day of Doubt), which is the day where one is unsure whether it is the…
Location: Madreseh Fiqhi Imam Baqir (institute of Ayatollah Shubayri Zanjāni) Date: 7th March 2018 Speaker: Ayatollah Dr. Muhaqqiq Damad Transcribed by Sadiq…
The importance of prayers is acknowledged by both the Shī’a and Sunnīs, who consider it to be one of the major pillars…
One of the greatest Akhbārī scholars to ever live was the 17th century Shaykh Yūsuf al-Baḥrānī (1695 – 1772). He held a…
Click for previous lesson. Our discussion on a’lamiyyah reached its conclusion in the last lesson, and we said it is only one…
Click for previous lesson. Our discussion is on the obligation of doing taqlīd of the most-learned. The conclusion we arrived at is…
Click for previous lesson. We went through some of the evidence for those who believe it is not permissible to refer to…
Click for previous lesson. Our discussion is regarding imitating a jurisconsult who is not the most-learned. In other words, if there is…
Click for previous lesson. We are discussing the necessity of following the most-learned juristconsult. Sayyid Kho’ī says that a verdict of a…
Click for previous lesson. In some areas of the text and in the footnotes, I have made use of the work A…
These are class-notes taken from Sayyid Muhammad Sadiq ‘Alam al-Hoda’s Bahth al-Khārij on al-Ijtihād wa al-Taqlīd which began on October 11th, 2017 in…
We find Shaykh Ṭūsi in his al-Mabsūṭ[1] writing: نيّة القربة أن ينوي أنّه يصوم فقط متقرّبا به إلى اللّٰه تعالى، و نية…
In our previous post, we showed briefly how jurists have argued that Ṣawm is a worship that is ta’abbudi. All ta’abbudi acts…
In this series of posts, we will be going over a few rulings pertaining to fasting, generally found in Kitāb al-Ṣawm (Book…
A lesson given by Agha Rafi’pour (a jurist and teacher in the Hawzah of Qom), transcribed by Sayyid Husayni and translated by myself…
